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Plainsboro Re-elects Lewis,
Nabi; WW Selects Ciccone
by Cara Latham
the evolution and growth of the
new hospital — two projects that
ncumbent Democrats Neil “will have very good benefits in
Lewis and Nuran Nabi tri- the long term for the community
umphed over Republican chal- and the region.”
lenger Paul O’Brien to retain their
Nabi also pointed to the
seats on Plainsboro’s Township achievements of the Township
Committee, while in West Wind- Committee, including its village
sor, Diane Ciccone was elected to center, open space initiatives, and
remain serving with the council the new library and hospital prothat had appointed her in April.
jects. “I feel proud to be a part of
Lewis and Nabi received 2,618 this,” he said, adding that he will
and 2,434 votes, respectively, continue to support these policies.
while O’Brien
“Combining all
received 1,693
these activities
‘I’m pleased that the
votes. In West
has improved
Windsor, with a
West Windsor residents
the township’s
vote of 3,335 to
quality of life.”
have voted confidence
2,176, Ciccone
Nabi
also
in
me.
Hopefully
it’s
a
garnered
46
pointed to the
recognition of what I’m
percent of the
committee’s
vote, defeating
trying to do and planability to bring
Andrew Hersh.
in outside fundning
to
do
in
the
fu“Nuran and I
ing in the form
ture,’ said Ciccone.
were very humof grants to
bled
and
support townpleased by the
ship projects, which “has lessened
strong support we got from the the tax burdens on the citizens’
community, and we also are look- shoulders.” He said he will contining forward to doing everything we ue looking for that additional revcan to maintain the quality of life in enue.
the township,” said Lewis, who
O’Brien said his primary plan is
said the two winners realize there to continue moving forward with
will be a challenging road ahead of the Plainsboro Business Partnerthem. He said, though, that the two ship organization he founded to
were committed to preserving the strengthen the business communiaspects of life that have drawn in ty in town. “We’re trying to build a
and kept so many people in Plains- foundation for this group and get
boro.
the community involved,” he said.
He said they look forward to the
opening of the new library, seeing
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South Homecoming:
Above, Chris Jones stiffarms the competition,
while Maciej Kadlubowski (55), Zach
Hundertmark (75), Chris
Matthews (34) and Andrew Manley (5) add
protection in the Pirates’
39-13 win over Nottingham. Pictured right are
Homecoming King Mark
Benjamin and Queen
Brooke Townsend.
Photos by Brian McCarthy.
DAY-BY-DAY IN PLAINSBORO & WEST WINDSOR
For more event listings visit www.wwpinfo.com.
Friday
November 6
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North and South Boys and Girls
Soccer. NJSIAA Preliminaries.
Call for time.
North and South Field Hockey.
Preliminaries. Call for time.
North and South Girls Volleyball.
First Round. Call for time.
Drama
The Thing About Men, OffBroadstreet Theater, 5 South
Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell,
609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic musical
comedy based on Doris Dorrie’s
screenplay features Todd Reichart, Allison Quairoli, Barry
Abramowitz, Tom Stevenson, and
Pam Jorgensen. $27.50 to
$29.50. 7 p.m.
Bell, Book and Candle, Actors’
NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue,
Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694.
www.actorsnetbucks.org. Classic
comedy about a modern-day
witch in Manhattan. $20. 8 p.m.
Equus, Kelsey Theater, Mercer
County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-5703333.
www.kelseytheatre.net.
Drama with PinnWorth Productions. $14. 8 p.m.
Blood: A Comedy, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and
Montgomery streets, Trenton,
609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. David Lee White’s
comedy about faith, science, family, and hot pepper cheese cubes.
$25. 8 p.m.
The Children’s Hour, Peddie
School, Hightstown, 609-4907550. www.peddie.org. Register.
$10. 8 p.m.
Art
Gallery Talk, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton campus, 609-258-3788. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu.
“African
Rites of Passage in Art and Early
Photography” presented by guest
curator Holly W. Ross in conjunction with “Life Objects: Rites of
Passage in African Art.” 12:30
p.m.
Art Exhibit, Straube Center, 100
and I-108 Straube Center Boulevard, Pennington, 609-737-3322.
www.straubecenter.com. Opening reception for exhibit of contemporary art including collections of
oil and acrylic by seven artists.
Free. 5 to 7 p.m.
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Real or Unreal: Actors in High School North's ‘Six
Actors in Search of an Author’ include Andrew Zutty,
back left, Stephanie Siano, Meg Orita, Molly Karlin,
Michael Kaish, Sari Forshner, and Adam Neimann.
Front row includes Josh Rutstein, left, Paul
Lavadera, Jenna Fields, and Jeremy Kaish.
THE NEWS
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Views & Opinions
Are you curious about
how much your home is worth?
To the Editor:
EMTs Face
Volunteer Shortage
services that save lives! These services are required by all ages.
Those who volunteer are true “angels of mercy,” but if we are unable
to cover all the bases, we need to
direct our attention to the obvious
before a tragedy occurs.
Joan Shames
Coneflower Lane, West Windsor
W
est Windsor is an affluent town with a wonderful concern for the environment and 59.5 percent of its
property taxes going toward its
fine education system. I learned
the hard way that it didn’t have
something that we all take for
granted! The rescue squad has paid
t a recent meeting of the Town
EMTs during the day but a volunCouncil approval was given
teer crew in the evening. At times,
however, it doesn’t have any vol- for a contract to be awarded to the
lowest bidder to begin renovations
unteers.
I was one of the unlucky ones on the Princeton Junction Firewho needed an ambulance when house. This is a significant event
they didn’t have any volunteers. I and a cause for celebration. Having
was unresponsive, and the 911 op- a community arts center operating
in and serving
erator finally lothe West Windcated an ambusor community
lance in another
If
we
are
unable
to
covis now one major
town. Luckily I
step closer to reawoke on the way er all the EMT bases,
to the hospital. I we need to direct our at- ality.
For those of
live in an active tention to the obvious
you
who have
adult community
in West Windsor. before a tragedy occurs. expressed interest in helping the
Our residents pay
West Windsor
the same 59.5
Arts
Council
as
a volunteer, the
percent that goes toward education
and vote to maintain this high qual- time has arrived to tap your skills
ity even though we don’t have chil- and help us bring this new arts center to life.
dren going to the schools.
On Wednesday, November 18,
We do, however, require basic
Richard K. Rein
Editor and Publisher
Cara Latham
News Editor
WW Arts Council
Calls for Service
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at 7:30 p.m. in the West Windsor
Senior Center, our executive director, Eduardo Garcia, members of
the West Windsor Arts Council
Board, and our Arts Advisory
Board members will present architectural drawings, an overview of
the projected operational structure
of the new arts center, and the projected timeline for volunteer efforts to help make the arts center a
reality. We have invited representatives of the Township to join us
that evening as well.
Our volunteer task forces, comprising several members of our
community, have already begun
working on several initiatives.
However, with renovations beginning shortly, much more needs to
be done. While some work needs to
be done before the end of this year,
most of the task forces’ work will
begin after the new year gets underway. But now is the time to match
your skills, your talents and your
interests to these task forces, as we
all work together to launch this exciting new enterprise.
Are your talents along artistic
lines to help program performances, exhibits, and/or classes in
the new arts center?
Are your skills on the administrative side to help address “use of
facility” policies and other operational issues such as fundraising
and coordinating volunteers?
Do you have an HR background
to help with personnel policies and
benefits?
Are you interested in planning
special events such as the grand
opening of the arts center?
Do you have bookkeeping or accounting experience to help design
the financial systems for the new
arts center?
Are you experienced in database
management or web development
and design?
Do you have a marketing or public relations background to help design and execute a coordinated
marketing effort through the opening and beyond?
Do you simply want to help in
whatever way you can?
If you answer “yes” to any of
these questions then join us on November 18 to help make our new
arts center a focal point in our community!
Since we would like to provide
refreshments and handouts, please
RSVP to this invitation. If you are
unable to attend but still want to
help, please let us know so that we
can keep you informed, as volunteers set out to undertake different
tasks.
West Windsor Arts Council
Arts Request
Raises Questions
F
or several years we have tried,
unsuccessfully, to interest the
West Windsor-Plainsboro Board
of Education in getting the complete universe of our high school
students involved in community
service. President Obama has used
community service as a personal
hallmark in building responsible
citizenship. Here are a few issues
that must be addressed:
(1.) Why didn’t the WW Arts
Council solicit volunteers for various tasks at the time of its inception/organization? For example,
the WW Soccer Association raised
funds for many years prior to getting its own fields: www.wwpsa.org/
(2.) How much money —
grants, donations, funds — has
been delivered to the WW Arts
Council under the stewardship of
its executive director? By contrast,
what has the WW Arts Council invested in its executive director and
ancillary staffers?
(3.) Why was a specific venue
(the old Princeton Junction fire-
It is imperative that the
Arts Council disclose its
financial information as
an integral part of its
501(c)3 nonprofit status.
house) necessary prior to starting
these critical efforts?
(4.) As a suggestion in anticipation of the November 18 unveiling
of a business plan at the newly renovated and expanded WW Senior
Center, it is imperative that the Arts
Council disclose its financial information as an integral part of its 501
(c)-3 nonprofit status.
“A Call to Service?” Unfortunately, at this time, community service is passively discouraged, according to the WW-P Board of Education, which feels our students
and parents are “too busy” to assist
this educational effort.
Recently I sent communications
to each of our elected WWP Board
members soliciting their opinions
and input. Unfortunately, only one
board member responded: John
Farrell.
Undertaking a challenge like
this builds a sense of community
and spirit as volunteers become
stakeholders in the success of the
WW Arts Council. It serves as an
incubator for untold greatness in
countless arenas.
Peter R. Weale
144 Fisher Place
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requested that the name of the farmhouse be
the Schenck House, after the family that
lived in the house and farmed the land for
three generations.
To decorate the interior, we received a
donation from American Cyanamid of most
brief history of the Historical Society of of the furniture from the Doherty House on
Quakerbridge Road. Amelia Doherty, the
West Windsor:
West Windsor is fortunate to receive new last of her line to live in the house, had wantresidents from all over the United States, as ed the house and furnishings to be made into
well as all over the world. Many of these a museum, but that was not possible. We
new residents bring with them the history of were able to convince the company to dotheir former homes. However, how many of nate the furnishings to the Schenck House.
our residents, both new and longtime, know With this donation, we were able to decorate
the history of the Township of West Wind- several rooms: the original kitchen in 18thsor or of the existence and work of the His- century style; the double parlor in Eastlake
torical Society of West Windsor in preserv- Victorian style; the dining room and two
bedrooms in late-19th-century style.
ing and publicizing this history?
In addition, we mounted a comprehenIt was this lack of historical information
sive
photo exhibit, featuring each of the vilthat caused the Historical Society of West
Windsor to be formed in 1983. Our purpose: lages of West Windsor, as well as farming,
preserving and publicizing the history of the schools, War of the Worlds, etc. We also
produce special exhibits
Township, its people, and
featuring collections and
its buildings. We began by
antiques. Special exhibits
producing a series of The Historical Society
have included “Bridal
newsletters,
called of West Windsor’s purGowns of the Past,”
“Broadside,” which dis“Dolls and Dollhouses,”
pose:
preserving
and
cussed the history of each
“Women’s Handicrafts,”
of the villages that made up publicizing the history
and “Hats of the 20th
the Township, as well as its of the Township, its peoCentury.”
service organizations. Beple,
and
its
buildings.
Thanks to long-time
tween 1983 and 2004, 38
residents, we have colwere written and publected an extensive lilished. These newsletters
brary
of
photographs
and information about
are available at the Schenck House either inWest
Windsor,
its
families,
buildings, and
dividually or bound in a looseleaf notebook
history. The material in this library is availas a collection.
In 1991 Max Zaitz and his family donated able to students by appointment.
Our organization meets five times a year
117 acres and a farmstead on Southfield
at
the
Schenck House at 7 p.m. on the first
Road to West Windsor Township. The
farmstead consisted of a 1790-1830 farm- Monday of the odd months. We usually have
house, a large Dutch-English-style barn, a program to follow at 8 p.m. on a topic of
and other outbuildings. It was the Zaitz historic interest. Our 2009-10 programs inFamily’s request that the farmhouse become clude the following:
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Historical Society
Welcomes Members
A
the headquarters for the Historical Society
of West Windsor, and that they should be responsible for restoring the house and opening it to the public. It took us until 2003 to restore the farmhouse. The Zaitz family also
Linda Barth of the D&R Canal Commission will speak to us about the D&R Canal
on January 4.
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ken promises, general malaise,” I
told him, and as I spoke those
words, I finally knew how we were
going to be voting.
“Expressing Little Enthusiasm
for Either N.J. Gubernatorial Candidate, Voters Elect for Change”,
read the headline on Sherman’s
Star-Ledger story. Again, it turns
out, I am running right along with
the crowd.
I wish Chris Christie well. I
hope he can rally the goodwill from
his victory and turn the economic
picture around for our state. I also
think he should take a lesson from
history, specifically, from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
and his New Deal programs that are
credited with helping to pull the
United States out of the Great Depression.
Here’s something I don’t understand about the current unemployment numbers. I cannot comprehend how so many people can be
out of work when there is so much
work that needs to be done. For example, our infrastructure is a mess.
Look at California and the Bay
Bridge linking San Francisco to the
East Bay that was out of commission for nearly a week. It’s frightening to think about all of the crumbling roads and bridges across the
country, and especially here in
New Jersey.
One of the agencies created by
the New Deal, and its largest, was
the Works Progress Administration, or WPA. From 1935 to 1943,
the WPA provided almost eight
million jobs for unemployed
Americans. These workers built
roads, bridges, and schools; they
started and operated many large
projects involving literacy, arts,
and media. They organized programs to feed hungry children and
provide clothing and housing to
those in need.
In 2009 we have hungry children. We have homeless people.
Let’s kill two birds with one stone.
Create more programs to feed and
house the hungry and homeless,
and create jobs by employing people to run those programs.
You know all those unemployed
young people you’ve been hearing
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Unless Chris Christie
can take his voter mandate and turn it into
more jobs, lower taxes,
and a brighter future
for everyone in this
state, the victory will be
a hollow one.
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status quo mean?” he wanted to
know. “It means everything stays
as it is, it means four more years of
the same thing, higher taxes, bro-
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about? Let’s put them to
work helping older people learn how to use computers and navigate technology. Let’s tap into
their youthful energy, creativity,
and idealism to make the world
greener and to save the children in
Darfur and wildlife at the same
time.
As for the older people who are
out of work? Engage them as teachers and mentors to young people to
show them how to do things the
“old-fashioned” way, which is
sometimes the best way, especially
when it comes to things like manners and attention to detail.
The people of New Jersey have
spoken. We have new leadership at
the top, but it will also take a lot of
will and discipline at all rungs of
the ladder. The lessons of history
are powerful and effective. Let’s
hope that those in power have studied them and use them to turn this
state and country around.
Will always likes to be on the
winning team, and on the day after
Election Day, it turns out we are.
But unless Chris Christie can take
his voter mandate and turn it into
more jobs, lower taxes, and a
brighter future for everyone in this
state, the victory will be a hollow
one.
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e have a new
governor in the
state of New Jersey, and as usual, the Suburban Mom seems to have her finger right on the pulse of the electorate.
“Wes Chalker didn’t know who
he would vote for until he walked
into the voting booth” is how reporter Ted Sherman began his story in Tuesday’s Star-Ledger. Replace Wes Chalker’s name with
mine and you get the picture, not
just of my mood on Election Day
2009, but as it turns out, many of
my fellow state citizens.
Frankly, I was so unenthusiastic
about my gubernatorial choices
Tuesday that I contemplated sitting
out this election. It’s not the first
time I’ve considered doing so, but
as always, my civic conscience
wouldn’t let me cop out. I don’t
ever expect to run for public office,
but still, I wouldn’t want an apathetic voting record to turn around
and bite me you know where. I can
just imagine those headlines: “U.S.
Senate candidate Euna Kwon
Brossman, formerly known as the
Suburban Mom, has a perfect
record of not voting in five straight
elections due to general disgruntlement with the choices.”
Aside from the potential embarrassment, when I took the oath of
citizenship at the age of 18 as a naturalized U.S. citizen, I did vow to
uphold my civic duties, and I consider voting one of our most important responsibilities. Last but not
least, I always want to set an example for my own children, which is
why once again, Will was with me
when we went to cast our ballots.
“Okay, Will,” I remarked, at the
door. “I’m wondering if we should
go with the devil we know or the
devil we don’t.” Needless to say,
my 10-year-old was somewhat bewildered. Devils were not discussed in his fifth-grade social
studies class when it came to the
lesson on elections.
Of course, the incumbent, Jon
Corzine, was the known quantity.
In his four years as governor, he did
nothing to fulfill his promise of
rolling back taxes, and he fell short
of many of his professed goals to
improve the economy, clean up
corruption, and lift general morale.
It wasn’t his fault that the economy
was collapsing around him, and
even the reality of his millions and
the reflected glory of support from
President Obama weren’t enough
to help him beat back his Republican challenger.
The unknown quantity is, of
course, our new governor, Chris
Christie, and I am not sure that I
know exactly what he stands for.
I’m not alone in this, however, as
polls show that most New Jersey
residents who voted for him did so
not because they were happy with
him, but because they were unhappy with Corzine.
“We can go for change, or we
can go for the status quo, Will,” I
explained, as we walked into the
Wicoff School gym. “What does
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John Fabiano, Allentown historian, will
discuss New Jersey people of interest, such
as the famed Molly Pitcher, on March 1.
Our final meeting on May 10 will be a Pot
Luck Supper.
The public is invited to all meetings and
programs. The Schenck House will be open
to the public on the following Sundays from
1 to 4 p.m.: December 13, February 14,
April 11, and June 13. The events are free;
donations appreciated.
The HSofWW began in 1983 with 100
charter members, and that membership continues to grow. Membership forms are available at the Schenck House during our open
days. Yearly membership options are: Family ($12); Individual ($8); Senior Citizen,
65-79 ($5); Over 80 ( FREE).
Mary Schenck and Joan Parry
Hersh to Ciccone:
Congratulations
I
want to give a heart-felt congratulations to
Diane Ciccone. I spoke with Diane and
her husband Darell on election night to congratulate them directly. Diane is a terrific
person. I wish her much success in achieving the objectives she has set forth.
I also want to thank the 2,176 people who
supported me and voted for me and the
3,335 people who supported and voted for
Diane. You opened your homes, shared your
ideas, and worked hard toward the objectives that we laid out in our respective campaigns. I thank you all for your courtesy,
your passion, and for coming out to vote.
You are the 33 percent of registered voters who spoke out for the future of the township. You exemplified the non-partisan spirit that thrives in West Windsor.
May our elected politicians follow your
lead. There is a lot of work to be done, and as
a community working together, we can and
will be part of the solution.
Special thanks to Township Clerk Sharon
Young, Deputy Clerk Gay Huber, WW-P
News reporter Cara Latham, and the many
others who have worked so hard during the
election process.
Andrew Hersh
5 Halstead Place, West Windsor
GRoWW’s Direction:
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The second annual GroWW (Greening of
West Windsor) Environmental Education
Fair on October 3 displayed environmental
initiatives happening through our township
to protect our natural resources. As a township we have embarked on a path to develop
a Sustainability Plan for our community that
encompasses land-use decisions, energysaving opportunities, better health initiatives and a desire to increase our recycling
program. The exhibitors displayed a wide
range of products and services.
This year’s theme, “GroWWing the next
generation of Problem Solvers,” became a
reality when we witnessed the student volunteers welcoming residents, manning their
own educational booths, providing musical
entertainment, staffing the recycling center,
and participating throughout the year in
planning meetings. We are proud to watch
the next generation make the commitment
for protecting the planet’s health.
We thank all the volunteers, the core
committee for their commitment to finding
new exhibitors, the WW Administration and
Council for myriad supporting functions
and we especially thank Alex Drummond
and the Public Works staff for cleaning up.
To all our neighbors, thanks for showing
up, asking good questions and letting us
know how much you enjoyed the fair.
Heidi Kleinman
Chair, GroWW Committee
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Sharma and Sarah Yu.
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Another Zutty
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E
ric Zutty, an eighth grade
student at Community Middle School, is headed to San
Diego in a few weeks to perform in
“Whisper House,” Duncan Sheik’s
new musical. The show opens at
the Old Globe Theater on Wednesday, January 13.
Zutty, 14, portrays Christopher,
a young boy who is sent to live with
an aunt when his father dies during
World War II and his mother is
coping with her own grief. His
aunt, whom he has never met, is the
keeper of a remote lighthouse. He
soon meets ghosts serving as a
Greek chorus.
According to Eric’s mother, a
private tutor and a child wrangler
will be assigned to him and they
will be living in apartments within
walking distance from everything.
Zutty will join Actor’s Equity
Union.
“It should be quite an experience
and he is very excited,” says his
mother Jill. “He already has several scenes down, and he is looking
forward to meeting the cast and
crew. We also plan to explore San
Diego in what little free time he
will have.”
The show, which was workshopped at Vassar College last
summer, was written as a concept
album. “Whisper House” was born
when actor Keith Powell, of “30
Rock,” asked Sheik to develop a
musical theater piece with him.
The book was written by Kyle Jarrow, already an Obie winner for “A
Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant.”
Zutty played the role of Aaron
Carson in the New York production of “Shameland,” and has appeared in shows such as “Law and
Order SVU,” “One Life To Live,”
and Conan O’Brien’s show.
“Eric is grateful to his family,
friends, and school who have given
him so much support,” says Jill.
His older brother, Andrew, a student at North, is also in theater and
has appeared on Broadway.
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marching band, wind symphony,
orchestra, and theater together.
The bride graduated in 2000 and
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Her attendants included Andrea
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internship at McCarter Theater in
Princeton; Nina Kundra Mody, also a graduate of WW-P High
School, Class of 2000; and Shannon Davis, a graduate of High
School South, Class of 2004. The
flower girl was Marissa Todd, a
cousin of the groom.
The bridegroom graduated in
1998, and joined the U.S. Navy in
2003. He is currently a SecondClass Petty Officer stationed at the
Groton, Connecticut submarine
base and is a surgical technologist
in the Department of Surgical Services. He will be pursuing a master’s degree as a physician’s assistant at the end of his active duty service. He is the son of Margaret and
Michael Davis of Plainsboro.
His attendants included Jim
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School, Class of 1997; Jonathan
Elliott, WW-P High School, Class
of 2000; and Joe Raska, a Navy coworker.
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The University Medical Center
at Princeton has announced the following births:
Daughters were born to Plainsboro residents Elaine and Mark
Bennett, October 18; Lesley and
Tunde Alphonso, October 28; and
Kavitha Thupally and Vijayabhaskar Reddy Thupally, October
31.
Sons were born to Plainsboro
residents Mahalakshmi Balasubramanian, October 21; and Mary
J. and Hashim A. Bulbulia, October 24.
Daughters were born to West
Windsor
residents
Renata
Adamska and Witold Srenczyk,
October 20; Kim Krzywicki, October 25; and Alexandra and Gonzalo Combas, October 27.
Sons were born to West Windsor residents Barbara and Ed Mcqueen, October 20; and Farah and
Vishwanath Acharya, October
22.
Deaths
Catherine P. Brooks, 75, died
October 18, at RWJUH, New
Brunswick. Survivors include a
grandchild, Tyree Brooks of
Plainsboro.
Ellen Nichols Leone, 83, of
Tinton Falls died October 20. Survivors include her daughter and
son-in-law, Lisa and Robert Fania
of West Windsor.
Victor Romashkin, 81, of
Amelia Court House, Virginia died
October 21 in Midlothian, Virginia. Born in Homel, Russia, he
was a former Plainsboro resident.
Survivors include his wife, Jadwiga “Janet” Romashkin; a daughter and son-in-law, Caroline and
Dave Shadow of Moseley, Virginia; a son, Alexander Romashkin
of Denver, Colorado; and two
grandchildren.
Harold Ely Applegate of
Hightstown died October 23 at
Meadow Lakes. A graduate of
Hightstown High School, Class of
1940, he served in the Army Air
Corps during World War II. A for-
mer West Windsor resident, he
worked at RCA and Squibb. He
played trumpet in the Blawenburg
Band and the Greater Trenton
Symphony in the 1940s.
Survivors include his brother
and sister-in-law, Kenneth and
Miriam Applegate of Hightstown.
Donations may be made to the
Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society.
David R. Fyffe Sr., 84, of Monroe died October 24, at the Elms,
Cranbury. Survivors include son
and daughter-in-law, Dennis and
Robin of West Windsor.
Robert L. McCarty, 51, of Old
Bridge died October 31 at his
home. Survivors include a sister,
Candace McCarty of Plainsboro.
Vincent Vinci, 87, of Glenn
Mills, PA, died October 25. Survivors include son and daughterin-law, Anthony and Patti Vinci of
West Windsor. Donations may be
made to Youth Life, at
www.younglife.org/giving.
Janet Newton, 66, of Aurora,
died November 2 in Aurora, Illinois. Survivors include her son,
David Newton of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to the St.
Charles Public Library, 1 South 6th
Avenue, St. Charles, IL 60174.
Winifred Hickey Nowak, 86,
of Manchester died November 3.
Survivors include son and daughter-in-law, Gregory and Kathleen
Nowak of Plainsboro. Donations
may be made to St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude
Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Carolinda Lyons Parillo, 64,
of Plainsboro died November 3 at
St. Peter’s University Hospital.
Born in New Brunswick, she
moved to Plainsboro seven years
ago.
Survivors include two sons and
daughters-in-law, Paul and Deborah Parillo of Somerset and
Dwayne Parillo and Jill Myers of
Skillman; three daughters and sonin-law, Michele Boisier-Regula
and Adam Regula of South
Brunswick, Jennifer and Brian Pelligrino of Easton, PA, and Lisa
Lanza of Florida; a brother, Frank
E. Lyons of Houston; a sister, Mary
Colletto of Edison; seven grandchildren; and a great granddaughter.
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
In the Schools:
WW-P Financials
T
by Cara Latham
he annual audit of the West
Windsor-Plainsboro school
district’s finances not only
showed that the district has maintained good financial standing, it
actually led to an award.
The certificate of excellence in
financial reporting award comes
from the Association of School
Business Officials, an international
organization, reported Superintendent Victoria Kniewel on October
27.
District auditor Scott Clellan of
Wiss and Company, of New Jersey
and New York told the board that
only 19 districts throughout the
state received the award. In addition, “it’s not a New Jersey award;
it’s an international award,” he told
them.
During his summary of the audit
report, he told the board that “from
a financial position outlook, your
fund balance increased, which is a
good thing.” In addition, the board
worked through challenges and
still came up strong financially. For
example, the state deferred the last
state aid payment to all districts, including WW-P, which means the
board had less cash flow through
July of this year, “and you were still
able to work around it.”
Clellan’s only warning was to
ensure its administration has a
“good handle” on how the federal
stimulus money the district receives is spent because it will be
heavily scrutinized.
A publicly available summary
of the audit includes recommendations for improvement. They include that the district ensure it receives goods and services before
making payments for those items;
that supporting information for receipts contains dates and purposes;
that all schools follow the district’s
internally adopted policies when
opening new bank accounts; and
that all schools perform cash reconciliations on a monthly basis.
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WW Custodians
W
hen Jeff Grabell, a teacher at
Dutch Neck Elementary,
holds a “Star Party” for his students
and their parents at the school, he
leans on the custodial staff to help
him set it up.
For starters, the night-time stargazing event requires the assembly
of telescopes as well as the outside
lights to be turned off. One of the
custodians helped him build the
telescope and determined how to
shut the lights off for the night.
On a separate occasion, the same
worker helped Grabell construct a
bookshelf. And he even served as a
judge in a contest the teacher was
holding in class one day, much to
his students’ excitement.
“It’s hard to imagine an outsourced employee knowing which
switches turned off the outside
lights,” said Grabell. “We need
custodians and foremen who know
our buildings, know our kids, know
our programs. Please don’t take
them away from us.”
Grabell was among a handful of
teachers who, in addition to members of the custodial and foreman
staff and union, attended the
board’s October 27 meeting to
protest the possibility that the 100
workers might be replaced with the
services of an outside company.
The meeting marks the second
time in a month that the members
of the two unions representing the
employees crowded the board’s
meeting to protest the possibility
the board will replace them with a
private company.
The news broke last month that
the board is looking into the move
as part of a cost savings review and
has solicited the services of Edvocate Inc., a Toms River-based consulting company, to study the possibility of outsourcing the work.
Edvocate has provided the district
with a packet titled, “Facilities Program Modeling/Assessment, Outsourcing Process and Monitoring
Services Proposal.” The packet
sets a 10-month time line, that calls
for a decision on the matter and a
bidding process to begin in January. School board members said
they have not reviewed the issue, or
the report.
Kathleen Schmidt, a Town Center teacher for 10 years, said Cliff
Jones, a custodian at her school
was helpful in her goal of teaching
model behavior. He respected himself, respected others, and contributed to the safe environment at
‘Anybody can wipe tables. It takes very special people, like Mr.
Jones, to make that job
more,’ said Town Center teacher Kathleen
Schmidt.
the school. On Halloween, he even
dresses as Clifford the Dog for the
children. And one time, he offered
her one of his cold bottles of water
during a hot day in the classroom.
“Anybody can wipe tables,”
Schmidt said. “It takes very special
people, like Mr. Jones, to make that
job more.” That won’t happen, she
said, with employees from a private company.
Jon Brady, a custodian in the
district and a single father, said he
understands the district’s reputation for maintaining excellence because he attended its schools. He
said he took great pride in the work
he performed and said that the appearance of the grounds and buildings contributed to the schools’
good reputation.
The custodial and foreman staff
in the district help to “keep the environment peaceful and running
smoothly,” he said, adding that he
believed it is “our consistent pres-
ence that makes our environment
safe and comfortable.”
Other custodians echoed the
sentiment during the meeting, including Cliff Jones, who said he
was concerned and hurt that the
board would even consider outsourcing the workers. “We are
thankful for being here,” he said.
“At Town Center, we work together to get things done.”
After the public comment, board
president Hemant Marathe repeated his comments from the previous
school board meeting that the
board has not made any decision. It
still hasn’t seen the report from Edvocate, and the timeline for a decision on the matter was set by the
consulting company, not the board,
Marathe emphasized.
Bubble At South
Delivered; Not Up
T
he High School South swimming team is still waiting. The
new bubble to be constructed over
the school’s pool has been delivered successfully, but inclement
weather has delayed its installation, school officials reported on
October 27.
The installation was delayed yet
again when concerns arose with the
secondary inflation unit, which
does not have the louvers necessary to inflate the bubble. Without
the louvers, air would constantly
flow out of the unit, thus preventing inflation, according to information posted on the district’s website
on November 3.
Officials said in the statement
that they expected the inflation of
the bubble to take place at the end
of the week. Currently, the site is
“undergoing final preparations for
inflation.” Meetings with the contractor will continue on a weekly
basis until the project is completed.
Delays in construction of the
new structure caused worry among
members of South’s swim team, as
well as parents and coaches, who
feared the delays would hamper the
team’s ability to continue its recent
success. Last season the girls were
state champions. Since the swimming program’s inception, it has
won five state championships, including last year’s title. And it has
made it to the state finals over the
past three years.
School officials have said they
are doing everything they can to
have the bubble installation — part
of the 2006 construction referendum — finished by Monday, November 16, when the swim teams
begin practicing for the upcoming
season. The season officially begins on December 1.
The bubble, an air-tight structure that guards against the winter
weather, is removed during the
spring and summer seasons for use
by other community groups.
Complications with state fire
codes led the board to rewrite the
bid specifications, delaying the
process, before the project was
awarded in March to AC Construction Corp., of Woodbridge, for
$446,000.
During the summer, no work
was done on the bubble because the
contractor had not been meeting
the time schedule school officials
set, but administrators have said
they are doing everything in their
power to get the bubble installed
before the beginning of the season.
H1N1 Vaccination
Clinic at Village
T
he West Windsor Health Department will be holding an
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H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinic for
children in the WW-P school district in grades four to six on November 11.
The clinic will be held at Village
School from 4 to 7:30 p.m. No appointments are necessary, but vaccinations will be distributed on a
first-come, first-serve basis. There
is no cost for the shot.
According to West Windsor
Township Administrator Robert
Hary, the health department will be
conducting clinics throughout the
school district based upon the
availability of the vaccine. “We’re
going to try to do it in an organized
fashion,” he said, adding that after
the clinic for grades four through
six, officials plan to move their
way up through the high school
level.
The township receives the vaccines from the state, which provides the vaccinations as officials
use them. The first clinic was held
on November 4 for grades kindergarten through three. Officials
hope to run the clinics on a weekly
basis “until such a time as we can
get through the high-risk groups,
provided the vaccine is sent to us
on a timely basis.”
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He said he does not know
whether he would run for election
again in the future, though, “I think
as a result of my candidacy a lot of
other folks who thought they may
want to run in the future have come
out of the woodwork,” creating a
larger pool of candidates for the
party. “There is a renewed enthusiasm in the Republican Party in
town.”
O’Brien said he was also encouraged by the fact that he received about 39 percent of the vote
— 741 votes under Nabi. “I want to
see if there is any statistical significance to this campaign versus the
last time a Republican ran.” He will
also look at the numbers of the gubernatorial election and compare
the percentage of Republican to
Democratic votes in town. “It was a
great experience, I learned a lot
from it, and I met a lot of great people I would normally not have had
the opportunity to meet if I didn’t
run.”
O’Brien offered congratulatory
messages to Lewis and Nabi and
thanked them for their service to
the township. He also said it nice to
be part of a clean campaign season.
Ciccone was chosen in April to
serve as former Councilman Will
Anklowitz’s replacement until the
election.
“I’m really pleased that the West
Windsor residents have voted confidence in me,” Ciccone said from
her victory party at the home of
Councilwoman Linda Geevers.
“I’ve been on council for six
months, and hopefully it’s a recognition of what I’m trying to do and
planning to do in the future.”
That entails “making sure we
have a stable and sensible budget,”
as well as continue getting the
council to work together to be
proactive on following through on
green initiatives, marketing the
township to draw in business, revitalizing Route 571, and implementing more bicycle and pedestrian-
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NJT has said it would give West
Windsor a courtesy review of its
plans for the garage.
During the planning stages, NJT
will most likely send out a request
for proposals to hire a private company to build the garage. West
Windsor has asked NJT to include
retail uses in that process.
“We asked them to make sure
whoever ends up engaged with
them wants to be part of that,” McManimon said, adding that NJT has
been receptive to the idea. The focus is to make sure that the private
company is “interested in much
more than just a parking garage.”
Engaging retail uses along with
the parking garage in that area, McManimon believes, is “the best way
to ensure private property owners
will want to develop their land.”
“We’re focused on trying to
make sure what happens first happens right,” McManimon added.
After the first RFP is sent out, NJT
will most likely issue a second RFP
for the rest of its property around its
parking garage, branching out from
the tracks on the south side.
Responding to questions from
council, McManimon said that the
rest of that NJT-owned property
would be subject to redevelopment
law. Because of this, the agency
would be willing to work with
West Windsor to incorporate the
retail use into the garage to make
the site work.
“The amount of property they
have is more than twice the size of
the site where the garage will go,”
he said. It would be “totally against
their interests” to ignore suggesest Windsor may see rede- tions from West Windsor that may
velopment action at the come out of the township’s courPrinceton Junction train station as tesy review of their plans for the
soon as next year, the township’s garage.
redevelopment attorney told counCouncilman Charles Morgan
cil on October 26.
asked whether NJT has changed its
While it is no surprise that New position on West Windsor’s plans
Jersey Transit has been working on to have two crossings over the
plans to construct a parking garage Dinky line (NJT has opposed the
on the property it owns near the idea of two crossings). “They’re
tracks, Redevelopment Attorney pretty open-minded” to the
Ed McManimon said West Wind- progress compatible with the first
sor is encouraging NJT to build a phase of redevelopment, McManigarage with a retail component — mon responded.
an important part of the developWhen pushed for clarification,
ment of the train station’s core McManimon said that “the ultiarea.
mate answer is no, but I believe it is
“The timeline is that New Jersey a phase.” He said that NJT will
Transit is going to do something probably create the circulation sugsubstantial in 2010,” McManimon gestions for the area.
told the council, responding to a
McManimon also said that bequestion about specific redevelop- cause West Windsor has wanted to
ment timelines. “We want to make avoid the use of eminent domain, it
sure it’s not just a
needs “to create a
garage, and I
dynamic that enthink we’ve concourages private
‘The timeline is that
vinced them.”
developers
to
McManimon NJT is going to do some- want to develop.”
said the principal thing substantial in
Having
the
element
that 2010. We want to make
garage and retail
needs to be
uses on site could
worked out is the sure it’s not just a
provide that dytraffic circula- garage, and I think
namic.
tion for the site.
NJT is anticiwe’ve convinced them.’
“Site control
pating sending
is the most critiout the request
cal issue,” said McManimon, for proposals in January, although
pointing to three large, contiguous that timeline is not definite. Acpieces of property owned by West cording to NJT numbers, the net inWindsor, the West Windsor Park- crease in parking spaces provided
ing Authority, and NJT. These by a structure would be about
pieces of property fall within the 1,000, Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh recore of the redevelopment area, ported during the meeting. Townnear the tracks. Officials have said ship officials are working to get adthe prime spot for the garage is par- ditional parking for West Windsor
allel to the tracks located in what is residents only.
currently the Alexander Road lot
Hsueh emphasized that as redeon NJT property. “In my view New velopment moves forward, the
Jersey Transit is the big player in township will “not consider any
the room. They want to build a very development unless they present
large garage on a large piece of sur- their plan and offer to pay for the
face parking.”
infrastructure
improvements.
Because NJT has the ability to There will be no taxpayer money
forgo any local zoning laws when it used here.”
comes to building parking garages
Hsueh also said that the townto serve transit needs, it does not ship’s first priority was to ensure
need to follow the redevelopment that West Windsor has all the
plan, McManimon said. However, agreements and commitments in
friendly improvements — all issues she raised during her campaign. “I think that we can do that
now, and I’m just happy that the
residents have confidence in me to
do those things.”
Hersh focused on the revitalization of Route 571, even hosting a
rally for 571 Day, which he maintains was not a political gimmick.
Ciccone said she appreciated his
efforts and said she hoped he would
stay involved.
Hersh congratulated Ciccone,
saying she ran a good, positive
campaign. He said he spoke with
Ciccone to congratulate her and
that she encouraged him to stay involved in the community. “It was a
fantastic way to end what has been
a really positive race for both of
us,” he said.
While Hersh has no plans to run
again, he plans to remain involved
in volunteering in the community,
especially with regard to the issues
he raised during the election.
“They’re still issues in town, and
it’s not like they magically go away
just because election season is
over,” he said. “There’s a lot we
can achieve outside of the council.”
“I hope that the community supports much of what the council has
promised to achieve this year,” he
added. “I think that Diane has set
some very good objectives for the
township, and I wish her much success in achieving it.”
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place with other agencies before
moving forward with redevelopment.
Among those priorities is setting
the traffic circulation for the site
and the funding that comes with it.
He pointed to the $19 million in
funding toward the Vaughn Drive
project the state DOT had pulled in
2007 because it felt the redevelopment process was not moving forward.
The total cost of the road project
was estimated then to be $38 million, with the township contributing 50 percent of funding. Funding
for the Millstone River Bridge replacement project, costing $8.1
million, and the funding for Penns
Neck improvements, totaling nearly $200 million, were also dropped.
“With the economy the way it is
today, the state is not going to give
us $178 million for U.S. 1 and $19
million for Vaughn Drive,” Hsueh
said, adding that the first step could
be working out the traffic circulation issues with NJT. Township
professionals have already held
four technical meetings with NJT.
However, the six mayors of
towns along the Route 1 corridor
have agreed to meet with the DOT
commissioner to talk about receiving funding for the Penns
Neck/Route 1 improvements,
Hsueh said.
The mayor also reported that
testing has been done on the two
brownfield sites, the township
compost site, and the township bus
depot, with funding from the Hazardous Site Remediation Fund
from the state Department of Environmental Protection. Once the results come back, the township will
move into the design of the cleanup
plan. That phase can also be funded
by the DEP, but any work after that
may or may not be funded by the
state because that funding depends
on the use designated for the site.
Hsueh has said he wants to see
surface parking on those sites, but
surface parking or parking garages
are not types of remediation that
would be eligible for funding
through the DEP.
With regard to Route 571, a hot
topic lately, especially during the
election, Hsueh reiterated that the
Dreher Group, developers of the
approved Rite Aid shopping center, where the Chicken Holiday had
been located, already submitted its
designs for the property last month
and will be submitting its engineering plan so that construction on the
first building can begin shortly.
Zero Percent Tax
Increase for 2010?
I
n order to guarantee that the administration is serious in preventing a tax increase in the upcoming budget, Councilman
Charles Morgan is proposing the
council establish an official policy
— via resolution — that there be a
zero percent increase.
The intent, said Morgan, is to get
the administration to show the
council the implications of the alternatives, which would include
any increases the administration
may feel are necessary.
Other council members said,
though, that passing the resolution
would overstep the council’s authority. Morgan tried to put the resolution on the table during the
council’s October 26 meeting, but
council members agreed to reviewthe proposal during the Monday, November 9 meeting.
“I think it’s best to work with
one budget we are given and then
review where we are and what we
want to do,” said Councilwoman
Linda Geevers, who said she would
not support the resolution. “The executive branch has to come forth
with one budget recommendation
to the council. The council then reviews the entire budget line by
line.”
Morgan’s proposal stems from
what he believes was 100 percent
agreement on council in May that it
wanted to see options for increases
in one percent increments, all the
way down to a zero percent increase in the 2010 municipal budget. Under the proposed policy, the
administration would be required
to show the implications of a zero
percent increase — including the
areas in the budget that would have
to be cut to have a zero percent increase — followed by the implications of a 1 percent increase, and so
on.
“We’ve got [Business Administrator Robert] Hary saying, ‘We
listened, and we’re going to do the
best,’ and those of us who asked before, and we’ve not received it,”
Morgan said of the council’s requests for options. “It all goes back
to whether or not we can trust the
administration to do what council
wants.”
The language in the proposed
resolution states that the council
“desires to have more than one
budget alternative presented to it
by the administration,” and that it
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sion in my draft that says you can’t
do that. The percentages have to be
pro-rated through all departments.”
“The West Windsor Township
Council desires to have realistic alternative budget scenarios for its
consideration other than a zerobased budget option and the budget
recommended by the administration,” the resolution also states.
“The West Windsor Township
Council possesses the authority
and responsibility for setting township policy pursuant to the Faulkner Act.”
Morgan says the council members are “not experts in the departments,” he said. “We can make a
suggestion, but we’re not close
enough to make informed decisions about the least negative re-
ductions.” Under the proposal, the
administration will have to show
council the options, and council
can decide which it can tolerate.
“That’s the only way we’re going
to have an honest set of options.”
“This is good for the community,” Morgan said of the proposal.
“It shows we worked harder. Accountability becomes a real issue
for us.”
Geevers said that the administration could present an option
sheet for further savings, but it
should not be mandated.
“The issue for me isn’t about
whether or not we’re for or against
the zero-percent option,” she said.
Having a zero percent option is
“something I had supported, but
that doesn’t mean I would support
forcing the hand of the administration under our form of government.”
Partisan or Not?
M
embers of council will review the council’s self-imposed prohibition against the discussion of partisan politics on the
township’s cable channel in light
of the recent election season.
During the council’s October 26
meeting, Councilman Charles
Morgan suggested the council look
at the policy after a public comment made by council candidate
Andrew Hersh during a recent
(taped) council meeting in which
he announced the “571 Day” he
had organized. Township Attorney
Michael Herbert had issued an
opinion that Hersh was violating
the township’s policy, which states
that partisan politics cannot be
aired on the cable channel within
60 days of an election, Morgan
said.
The opinion prompted an E-mail
from Hersh to the council and began E-mail conversations between
Morgan and others on council over
the definition of “partisan.”
As it has been interpreted in this
case by township officials, Morgan
said, no one can make public ser-
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vice announcements about events
taking place in the community that
are not government-sponsored.
“We’re either going to shut down
all of that advocacy, which I think
is important communication for the
community, or we’re going to
change our code,” said Morgan.
“We’re damned if we do and
damned if we don’t.”
“It’s a catch 22 because the
channel is not a public access channel; it’s a government and education channel, which is very restrictive,” he added. “We have to allow
public comment by law, but when
they can speak to any issue they
want, it’s beginning to become a
public access channel.”
When the council first began
taping its meetings, it did not allow
the taping of the public comment
period for this reason, Morgan
said.
Morgan said he does not believe
there is a right answer to the problem. He does believe that if the
council is not going to allow the
televising of anything that is public
access in nature, then it cannot be
televising public comment at all.
“Can’t we have a quasi-government channel that allows some advocacy?”
The policy currently in place is
self-imposed. If the council
changes it to a public access channel, it cannot deny the public from
accessing it for programming.
Geevers said the rule is that no
one is allowed to campaign on the
channel. “Once you’re a candidate,
it’s difficult to say that anything
you say during public comment isn’t political,” she said. “The problem was that Mr. Hersh sounded as
if he was promoting himself and his
background. That isn’t allowed.”
Someone can take a position on
an issue, “but if you start promoting your background, most people
would take that as campaigning,”
Geevers added.
Geevers said that Hersh was also
promoting the Route 571 rally.
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Morgan said the resolution
would set the policy that the administration would also have to make
cuts across the board in all departments, not just in one area. “How
do you get them to give us an honest alternative that would be a viable alternative?” Morgan said. He
explained that technically, the administration could hypothetically
come back with a budget that proposes cutting the entire police department, knowing that it would
not be an option that council would
approve — and therefore would
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Maneely Rezoning
T
he West Windsor Townsh ip
Council postponed introducing an ordinance creating zoning
that would permit mixed-use development on the planned site for
Project Freedom.
Citing concerns about effects
the rezoning could have on the
neighborhood surrounding the site
— tucked between Old Bear Brook
and Bear Brook roads — the council rescheduled the ordinance introduction for Monday, November
9. The township’s engineering and
planning professionals are expected to be in attendance to answer
questions that night. The postponement also gives the township time
to notify the neighbors and the developer of the site.
The ordinance was sent to the
council by the Planning Board,
which spent three years studying
the zoning on the 46-acre undeveloped tract. The rezoning, adopted
in September by the board, designates the parcel as a Planned Mixed
Use Neighborhood.
Maneely Princeton LLC, owner
of the site, sought the rezoning.
‘There’s a little neighborhood there that
needs to be protected.
We don’t want buildings
right next to those
homes that are completely out of scale.’
Concept plans include a mix of
modest-sized stores, personal and
professional services, corporate
suites, market-rate residential
units, and Project Freedom.
Project Freedom is a nonprofit
organization that develops barrierfree housing to enable disabled individuals to live independently.
Maneely has proposed 10 acres for
Project Freedom, and 15 acres for
preservation, including the deten-
tion areas.
Plans originally called for 51
townhouses, 46 apartments, and 60
Project Freedom affordable housing units. The non-residential component was proposed to include
202 hotel suites with a 7,800
square-foot business center and a
3,200 square-foot fitness center, as
well as 11,000 square feet of office
space and 40,000 square feet of retail space. However, as part of the
township’s latest round of affordable housing obligations, 15 additional affordable units were added
to Project Freedom before the
township sent its plan to the state in
2008.
The ordinance calls for a trafficcalming roundabout at the corner
triangle of the property where Old
Bear Brook and Bear Brook meet.
The height of the buildings on site
was also raised from 35 to 38 feet
before approval.
“There’s a little neighborhood
there that needs to be protected,”
said Councilman Charles Morgan.
“We don’t want buildings right
next to those homes that are completely out of scale. The original
feel was that the buildings close to
the road and adjacent to these
homes should not be more than two
stories. We’ve got an ordinance
that emerged with 38 feet, which is
three stories.”
Morgan added, “there’s a whole
separate issue with respect to the
roundabout that I don’t fully understand.” In addition, he said, “if
we’re going to change the ordinance in any type of substantive
way, the developer needs to be given the opportunity to be there and
be heard. To me, a developer is as
much of a constituent as anybody
else.”
The ordinance would also affect
at least one neighbor in particular,
who could potentially see a threestory building within 50 feet of her
home, Morgan said. Council members were also concerned that
many old trees on the tract would
have to be cut down for the project.
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he Township Council has approved a memorandum of understanding that would require
Princeton University to contribute
a minimum of $50,000 a year, plus
the adjusted cost of inflation, in
lieu of taxes for its farmland-assessed “Sarnoff frontage” property.
The PILOT (payment in lieu of
taxes) agreement, approved during
the council’s October 26 meeting,
stems from a verbal agreement
made in 2002, when the university
purchased the 81-acre property
fronting Route 1 from the Sarnoff
Corporation. Until 2008, when the
property was downgraded to farmland assessment, the university
paid taxes on the parcel.
Kristin Appelget, the university’s director of community and regional affairs, said during the
meeting that even though there has
not been an approved formal
agreement with the township, the
university made a voluntary contribution of $50,000 to the township
in good faith that an agreement
would be reached in 2009.
Township Attorney Michael
Herbert told the council that prior
to 2008, the university had been
paying taxes on the property at a
much higher rate than the $50,000
approved in the agreement. Now
because it is assessed as farmland,
the township can not legally receive as much money for the property, unless it is through voluntary
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The agreement, which states
that the university is providing the
voluntary contributions as part of
its “commitment to provide some
assistance to host municipalities as
a responsible citizen,” establishes
that the university will begin making the annual payments in 2009. In
addition to the $50,000 annual payments, “in recognition of inflationary factors, the university will increase this voluntary payment annually by the established cost-ofliving index.”
Prior to voting on the agreement, Councilwoman Linda Geevers asked whether the township
would still be guaranteed the
$50,000 even if inflation factors for
some reason drove the value down.
Herbert said the township would be
guaranteed at least $50,000.
Council members also asked
how the township could ensure it
would still receive the voluntary
contribution if the university
should sell the property. Appelget
said if that were the case, the township would have to work out a new
agreement with the new owner, and
that the university would no longer
be responsible for making the contributions. However, she added,
“the university is not selling this
property.”
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A
PSE&G energy audit is underway at West Windsor’s municipal building that aims to find
greener solutions for the township’s use of gas and electricity.
The audit, conducted by
PSE&G through its Small Business
Direct Install Program, is free for
PSE&G businesses and governments that use under 200 kilowatt
hours of energy, according to
township landscape architect Dan
Dobromilsky.
Consulting
groups
from
PSE&G began the one to two-week
examination of the township building on October 26, during which
they looked at factors including the
type of light bulbs, switches, and
motors on the equipment that the
township is using. Because they are
familiar with the equipments and
they can determine items that can
be replaced with more sustainable
equipment, Dobromilsky said.
PSE&G will pay for 80 percent
of the cost of implementing those
changes, he added. The township
would be required to pay the remaining 20 percent, either up front
or in the form of a two-year interest-free loan attached to its bill.
“The goal is that the savings basically pay the loan off. After two
years, it costs you zero dollars, and
you now have more efficient
equipment that you reap the benefit
from.”
Business Administrator Robert
Hary said there was also “a possibility that we could create a positive cash flow, even before the two
years are ended, but we would have
to wait to see the results of the audit
before we make that determination.”
Pat Ward, the township’s director of community development,
said PSE&G made a presentation
to the Mercer Area Chamber of
Commerce, during a special mayors’ meeting, at which time they
discussed the program.
“We took the initiative to call
PSE&G and asked to be the first on
the list,” Hary said. “Their contractor contacted us, and we did get
ourselves placed on a priority list,
which got us moving ahead of others.”
Dobromilsky said that while the
energy audit only covers electric
and gas, the township can still look
at conducting a full sustainability
audit, as called for by members of
the Township Council as well as
the sustainability element of the
township’s Master Plan — adopted
last month by the Planning Board.
Hary said he hopes to have the
audit completed by November 6.
The report will come within a
month.
“The timing is very good, given
that we passed our sustainability
element for the Master Plan,” said
Ward. “There’s a lot of new technology available to us now.”
Schenck Contracts
W
ith the approval of two more
contracts for restoration
work at the Schenck farmstead,
West Windsor is rounding the corner in its efforts to renew the historical landmark in the heart of the
township.
The Township Council approved the contracts on October
26. The first was for $129,970 to
Authentic Construction of Manasquan for the interior fit-out of the
artifacts room in the barn on the
site, as well as for the construction
of foundations for the school house
and wagon house. Once this work
is done, the township can apply for
a certificate of occupancy.
The second was a $45,000 contract to the New Jersey Barn Company for framing the wagon house.
Officials will also work to prepare a bid document to hire someone to install the sheeting and roof,
‘The savings basically
pay the loan off. After
two years, it costs you
zero dollars, and now
you have more efficient
equipment that you'll
reap the benefit from.’
as well as a door, for the wagon
house. Once that work is done, the
only remaining work will be the
construction of restroom facilities
on site, said Sam Surtees, the manager of the township’s Division of
Land Use. That will be an item proposed for the 2010 capital budget.
“The building is going to look like
a farm structure so it will fit in.”
With the two new contracts in
place, “we’re over the hump,” Surtees said, adding that officials want
to get the bid document for the
sheeting and roofing out before the
end of the year.
Set back from Southfield Road,
the Schenck Farmstead is buffered
by the surrounding cornfields and
rows of trees and shrubbery. The
council endorsed a Master Plan for
the farmstead in 2008.
The site’s structures date from
approximately the 1740s to the early 1900s, and officials have hoped
it would serve as a tool for educating residents about the town’s agricultural roots, as well as serve as
the home base for the township’s
historical society. The three structures on site — the Dutch-English
barn, the carriage/wagon house,
and the school house — complement the main house, which now
serves as the historical society’s
home.
The restoration project spans
back to 1991, when the land and its
structures were donated to the
township by West Windsor land
baron Max Zaitz. Officials have
been working on its restoration
ever since. The plan also allows for
other historical structures to be located on site in the future. Some
planned buildings include a windmill — already donated for the site
— and a pump house.
Other Contracts. In other business during the October 26 meeting, council also approved a
$26,206 contract to PB Americas
of New York for engineering inspections to the Grover’s Mill Dam
as well as a contract for $133,289 to
Lucas Construction Group of Morganville for various bicycle and
pedestrian improvements throughout town. Council also approved a
contract for $8,500 to Remington
& Vernick Engineers of Haddonfield for construction observation
for bicycle circulation improvements.
The council also approved a
contract for $52,175 to Van NoteHarvey Associates, of Alexander
Road for engineering services for
parking improvements in Community Park.
Student Housing for
PTS Approved
P
lans for the new student housing apartments on the Princeton
Theological Seminary’s West
Windsor campus were approved by
the Planning Board on November
4.
The seminary plans to upgrade
its outmoded student housing on
the 54-acre site, located between
Canal Pointe Boulevard and the
Delaware and Raritan Canal along
Emmons Drive, Loetscher Place
and Farber Road. Plans include the
demolition of 25 existing 1950sera garden apartments currently located on site to make way for three
new buildings with 68 units each.
The current site includes the 25
apartment buildings, along with an
8,375-square-foot daycare center
and a 6,500-square-foot pool build-
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ing, as well as several small maintenance buildings.
The site plan also calls for the
Witherspoon building, which has
40 units, to remain on site, bringing
the new total of housing units to
244 — just four units more than the
original site.
The proposal also includes a
new 52,000-square foot Student
Recreation Center, which would
consolidate the services of the existing childcare and indoor pool facility, a 5,100-square-foot maintenance building, a grass athletic
field, and a community garden.
The plan also includes 377 small
parking facilities.
Hersh Plans More
Events for 571
M
ore than 50 people met in the
parking lot of the former
Acme on Princeton-Hightstown
Road on October 24 to discuss
what has become a hot topic lately
— the dismal appearance of Route
571.
Dubbed “571 Day” by council
candidate Andrew Hersh, who insisted the event was to gather ideas
and raise awareness for the issue
and not a part of his political campaign, community members exchanged ideas during the open-mic
event. “It was an amazingly successful venue for the public to
speak to each other,” Hersh said.
The goal of the event, Hersh
said, was to bring attention to the
downtown area and allow residents
and business owners to mingle
with one another and come up with
ideas to move forward.
Not in attendance, however, was
the person whom Hersh said would
be there — David Marconi of Silbert Realty (which now manages
the Acme shopping center) whom
Hersh was expecting would discuss his ideas for the site.
“He had confirmed that he was
showing up and then didn’t,” Hersh
said.
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Despite this, Hersh said other
community members took the microphone and spoke about the history of Route 571, its decline, and
the buildings and surroundings.
“We had a much bigger contingent
than I expected, and I was very
happy with that,” said Hersh, who
said other members of the Citizens
for a Better 571 group counted as
many as 100 people. Organizers
collected at least 50 signatures.
The mayor and Township
Council members were also invited, but only Charles Morgan attended and spoke during the event.
Hersh also organized a walk down
to Wallace and Cranbury roads and
back while discussing the boarded
up buildings and the need to build
sidewalks. Hersh said a few real estate agents and business owners also came to the event.
“Overall, it was a successful
start to what will be a series of
events that take place in either the
Acme parking lot or elsewhere
along that stretch of road,” said
Hersh.
Hersh is already planning his
next event before the tree lighting
ceremony on Sunday, December 6.
Hersh said that if he gets permission from Marconi, the event will
be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in
the Acme parking lot. Hersh hopes
people will bring their own instruments and partake in caroling
planned for the event, and he said
he already has two groups that have
agreed to play at the event. At 6:30,
those in attendance will walk over
to Clarksville Road for the tree
lighting ceremony, which begins at
7 p.m.
“While we’re planning events,
the ultimate goal is to form an alliance between the township, the
businesses, and the residents to focus effort on 571 first, before we
invest in new development elsewhere,” said Hersh. “In doing that,
we simply want to see the approved
part of the redevelopment plan that
is Route 571 prioritized.”
So far, Hersh said he has about
225 to 250 people who have signed
up for the E-mail list.
WW Grants
W
est Windsor has received
two grants totaling $725,000
from two state entities — $500,000
from the Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Acres
fund and $225,000 from the Department of Transportation’s 2010
municipal aid program.
The $500,000 grant from the
DEP was an amended increase to a
previously obtained grant of
$4,950,000 the township received
in 2000.
Annually the DOT provides
$78.75 million in aid to municipalities, but the governor increased
that amount by $25 million this
year. The $225,000 from the DOT
will be used for the first phase of
improvements to Village Road.
AAA Rating, Again
W
est Windsor has again
achieved a bond rating of
AAA from Standard & Poor’s.
The AAA bond rating is the
highest available rating, and fewer
than 10 municipalities in the state
have a AAA rating, according to a
statement from the township.
The report issued by S&P stated
that the rating reflected the township’s “rapidly expanding local
economy with a sound commercial
base, despite the township’s overall suburban and rural nature, coupled with access to the broader employment bases of Philadelphia
and New York City.”
The report also cited the township’s “strong wealth and income
indicators, coupled with historically low unemployment” as well as
its “consistently solid financial
performance, characterized by
sound reserves in excess of 20 percent of budget over the past five audited fiscal years.”
Although home values, which
were above the national average in
2008, have experienced modest
declines, “foreclosures do not pose
significant concerns.” And, the
township has several development
projects, commercial and residential, that should be completed in the
near future, the report states.
“West Windsor’s position remains sound,” the report stated.
“Despite a modest drawdown in
fiscal 2008, its first in four fiscal
years, reserves remain very
strong,” the report stated. “The
township closed fiscal 2008 with a
$433,000 drawdown and a $7.8
million unreserved general fund
balance, or, in our opinion, a very
strong 23 percent of operating expenditures.”
Further, the report states that
S&P anticipates that the economic
bases will “diversify and expand”
despite the township’s “build-out
nature. In addition, Standard &
Poor’s expects West Windsor to
maintain its healthy financial management and performance, characterized by solid reserves.”
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh pointed
to the work of Chief Financial Officer Joanne Louth, who he said has
worked closely with him and the
business administrator to “implement sound budgeting policies and
practices and adopt a longer term
approach to financial planning and
management.”
The bond rating, he said, is anticipated to lower the cost of borrowing money, which translates
into lower costs for municipal projects — therefore, saving taxpayers money.
Town Hall Meeting
M
ayor Shing-Fu Hsueh will
hold another of his Town
Hall meetings on Saturday, November 14, at 2 p.m. at the township’s municipal building on
Clarksville Road.
The town hall meeting will be an
open forum for residents to discuss
current township projects and issues and ask questions of the mayor.
Officials Target December
For New Library Opening
by Cara Latham
we’re not there yet,” she said. In
the meantime, library administralthough construction crews tors are busy re-cataloging the
are still putting the finish- books and DVDs. One feature of
ing touches on the new the new library is that DVDs will
Plainsboro Public Library, Plains- be placed onto shelves under the
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located on the
Committee on October 28 that offi- shelves in that particular area.
cials are hoping the doors can open
“We also have put all the CDs
sometime in December, although out instead of behind the desk,”
work still needs to be done. eliminating the need for the patron
Progress was made on the critical to bring the CD case to the desk,
installation of the elevator in the where an employee would have to
new facility. Issues that caused de- search for the CD. Library staff are
lays in the installation of some of also working on packing up the
the telephone lines have been re- boxes in the basement as well as
solved.
creating lists to delegate responsiThe front door to the library has bilities during the move, Baeckler
also been completed, and “once we said.
get the elevator in, we can make
arrangements for the furniture,” he
said. Sheehan also reported that the
lighting seemed to be in good
shape and that the deadline for the
temporary certificate of occupancy
embers of the Township
is Monday, November 9.
Committee grappled to deUpon completion, the $12.4 fine their intent in creating an ordimillion library will hold 125,000 nance to prohibit home business
volumes and provide informal commercial vehicles on residential
reading areas, display space for art, roads before agreeing to have the
quiet study rooms, 40 computer measure carefully drafted.
stations, a children’s section with
During the October 28 meeting,
an expanded science/computer the committee continued a discuscenter, a local history room, and sion initiated in July about comcommunity meeting rooms. In ad- plaints the township has received
dition, it will feature a health edu- over the past few years from homecation center and independent owners regarding construction,
study rooms.
storage, and commercial vehicles
According to the library’s direc- being parked on their streets.
tor Jinny Baeckler, the temporary
Essentially, committee memcertificate of occupancy would al- bers do not want to see commercial
low officials, if all goes well, “to vehicles stored on residential
add carpeting and shelving on the streets on an ongoing basis if they
third floor, and then we would are associated with a business.
work from the top down.”
“The question is the intent,” said
“We still don’t have all the Mayor Peter Cantu. “It’s to try to
panes of glass up on the roof,” and prohibit parking of commercial vethere is water-resistant work that hicles not associated with a home
still needs to be completed on the construction project on the street.”
edges of the roof to prevent water
“The objective is to protect the
from leaking through, she said. integrity of the residential zone,”
The patio floors have also not been he added. “With no control, you
installed yet, she said.
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“We’re wrapping up loose ends; problem.
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The new ordinance would create
additional restrictions for street
parking and driveway use for commercial vehicles. Officials are
looking to prohibit commercial vehicles from being “kept” on the
street. The prohibition would not
only be for commercial trucks associated with home businesses, but
also storage units on streets.
“This really is for the storage of
vehicles on the street of a commercial nature,” said Les Varga, township director of planning and zoning. “The problem exists with the
storage of vehicles and equipment,
like pod storage units and trailers
that are used for business.”
For example, store lumber associated with home projects in units
would be prohibited from being
stored on the streets. The prohibitions would encompass the whole
right-of-way, although driveways
would be excluded from this section of the ordinance, the point being to encourage use of the driveways for home construction.
Driveways, however, would not
be a place to park a commercial
truck or other large vehicle associated with a home office occupation, under the changes being proposed. The regulations would not
prohibit homeowners from parking
commercial vehicles in the street or
driveway for a short period of time
like, for example, a lunch break,
but those vehicles must be stored in
a garage.
Committeeman Neil Lewis said
he felt the intent was correct with
regard to prohibiting 18-wheelers,
but feared it might be too restrictive. Committeeman Ed Yates
echoed the sentiment, questioning
whether a person’s ability to park a
company car, used for commuting
to work, would be prohibited
overnight. The committee agreed
that this would not be the intent.
“We don’t want to be punitive;
we want to be defined,” Cantu said.
“You’ve got to be careful with the
language here. If we agree on the
intent, maybe we should take a shot
at redrafting the ordinance.”
Township Administrator Robert
Sheehan suggested that in order to
draft the ordinance, the township’s
professionals should look at factors like the size and type of vehicles to prohibit, in terms of creating
language that would be most suitable for the intent without being
too restrictive.
The ordinance is being drafted
and will be brought to the committee for review soon. In order to proceed, the measure would have to
come in the form of an ordinance
introduction and public hearing before it is adopted.
Police Cameras
P
lainsboro Township has received an $80,000 camera surveillance system from the federal
Construction crews are still working on the elevator
and roof of the new Plainsboro library, but a certificate of occupancy is expected Monday, November 9.
government that officials hope will
take crime fighting to the next level.
The long-range standalone camera surveillance system, funded
through a grant from the Department of Homeland Security’s
Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program, is different from
a regular security camera in that it
does not just record passively.
Complete with a GPS tracking system, the cameras contain built-in
alarms and filtering systems so that
police are notified as soon as suspicious activity occurs. The cameras
also have their own power source
and are wirelessly hooked up to a
computer to provide feedback.
The security system — manufactured by Alexander Road-based
SightLogix, which was awarded
the contract by the federal government — can also store and catalog
‘We don’t want to be
punitive. We want to be
defined. You’ve got to be
careful with the language here.’
all of the information by turning it
into a format that can be transferred
to other computers, which is used
to determine the type of incidents
that are occurring.
“They’re very proactive because of the alarming feature,” said
Lieutenant Jay Duffy of the Plainsboro Police Department. “It’s not
that we’re retroactively trying to
gather information from it about a
situation.”
Police are able to set parameters
and filters on the cameras to pick
up certain factors, and they can filter areas of view so that the cameras will trigger the alarms for particular factors. “If a person comes
into that area, you can set parameters as to the direction the person is
traveling in, the size of the person,
how long they stayed in that area,”
and more, Duffy said. “You can filter out people and just see cars.
You can filter out animals or leaves
or something traveling in a certain
direction. It causes fewer false
alarms.”
For example, if police set the
cameras up to prevent looting at a
construction site, they can set the
parameters so that the camera will
pick up human activity on the site
after a certain time period. So, if
someone is on site overnight when
he or she is not supposed to be
there, the camera will sound an
alarm back to the computer laptop
controlled by police, and “we’ll
know that something’s going on
there, so we can deploy the officers
to the location.”
“Once a camera does hit on what
you set it up for, it records at a very
high resolution for identifications
reasons to try to figure out who it
is,” Duffy added.
Plainsboro Police plan to use the
cameras for day-to-day police
work. “The cameras are going to be
used for surveillance of potential
search warrant targets,” he said.
This way, police can survey the
site, gather information on how
many people may be in the building and what police will be dealing
with.
The cameras can also be used in
cases in which agencies around the
state are at a heightened alert from
the federal government, which is
why the grant came from the Department of Homeland Security.
The cameras can be used to look
out for a particular type of terrorist
activity, and Plainsboro Police can
place them in areas in the township
where they believe there will be a
higher potential for something to
occur, Duffy said.
Duffy said police have already
received training in using the cameras and will have access to technical assistance from SightLogix in
the future. This is the second grant
the township received from the
DHS. The first came in 2007.
Shuttle Service To
Begin In Spring
B
eginning sometime in the
spring, Plainsboro residents
will have another way of getting to
the Princeton Junction train station, and it will only cost them $1
or less.
That comes thanks to a federal
grant obtained by Middlesex
County to start a new shuttle route
from Jamesburg, through Cranbury and Plainsboro, and to the
train station, and back. According
to Les Varga, the township’s director of planning and zoning, the new
shuttle route will supplement the
county’s 600 bus.
It will run every hour from 6
a.m. to about 6 p.m., with a route
that takes passengers from Veterans Park in Jamesburg, down
through Gatzmer Avenue, Forsgate Drive, and Perrineville Road,
through Prospect Plains Road, to
Cranbury-Half Acre Road, up
Route 130, to Old Trenton Road,
then down North Main Street,
through Cranbury, and then to
Plainsboro Road. From there, it
will come down around Scudders
Mill Road onto Schalks Crossing,
and then onto Enterprise Drive.
It will make a route around the
Village Center and the municipal
complex, head to Maple Avenue,
and then to Grovers Mill Road,
where it will end at the Princeton
Junction train station. From there,
it will turn around and head back
along the route.
Varga said there are seven stops
planned right now along the entire
route, including two definite stops
at the Village Center and municipal
complex in Plainsboro. There is a
possibility that there will be a stop
at the intersection of North Main
and Plainsboro Road.
There is no cost to the township
for the route, and it is something
Mayor Peter Cantu has been trying
to establish for a long time, Varga
said. “This is the fifth or sixth type
of shuttle the county has going, but
nothing has seeped this far down
into the county,” said Varga. The
mayor was also urging the county
to implement a shuttle service that
was sustainable. “This is hopefully
going to be around for a while.”
The price to ride the shuttle will
be 50 cents for senior citizens and
$1 for all other passengers, and
Varga said he believes the shuttle
will be a 16- to 30-passenger bus,
similar to the fleet the county uses
‘If this fits your schedule, this would be ideal,
especially during the
midday times to get into
the village area and hospital, and even to get
down toward Cranbury,’ Varga said.
already on other routes. There has
not been a date set for the implementation of the shuttle, but officials are anticipating it will begin
in the spring. “If this fits your
schedule, this would be ideal, especially during the midday times to
get into the village area and hospital, and even to get down towards
Cranbury,” said Varga.
Plainsboro Road
Work Bonded
A
bond ordinance providing
funds for the second phase of a
traffic calming project on Plainsboro Road is expected to be introduced by Township Committee on
Tuesday, November 10.
The township received a $1.14
million grant toward the second
phase of reconstruction, which will
cost a total $1.75 million. The
$580,000 bond ordinance will
make up the difference, said Township Administrator Robert Sheehan.
Phase II of the reconstruction
project will continue work performed several years ago on
Plainsboro Road from Morris
Davison Park up to Deer Creek
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Drive. The second phase of reconstruction will run from Deer Creek
Drive, west on Plainsboro Road to
the P-loop. Improvements include
construction of an island in the
middle of the roadway, enhancing
pedestrian safety and crosswalks,
and providing for new curbing.
“The islands and crosswalk improvements are really placing that
premium on trying to enhance
pedestrian safety,” Sheehan said.
Sheehan said the township was
fortunate to receive the grant to
cover a large portion of the costs
for the project. Once the bond ordinance is introduced and subsequently adopted, township officials will have the winter months to
bid the project. Sheehan anticipates the project will begin in the
spring.
Hullfish Retires
T
he time has come for Patricia
Hullfish to step away — completely — from her work with
Plainsboro Township.
Hullfish, who stepped down as
township clerk in February, 2008,
to pursue a part-time position as
Mayor Peter Cantu’s assistant, is
retiring effective December 1.
For a quarter of a century, Hullfish fielded calls from residents,
spent 17 to 18 hours working on
election days, attended Plainsboro
Township Committee meetings,
sent out proper notices and gathered material for those meetings,
worked on issuing residents’ passports, along with a plethora of other responsibilities that come with
the job.
She has served as the executive
assistant to Mayor Peter Cantu
over the last year. The executive
assistant position required Hullfish
to act as a liaison between the mayor, various governmental or private
sector organizations, and the public. She was also responsible for
coordinating the mayor’s schedule
and assisting in the preparation of
news releases, speeches, bulletins,
pamphlets, and other material.
Hullfish said she will not miss
working but will miss her co-workers. “I worked a long time,” she
said. Her retirement is “going to be
great.”
Plus, she will remain on the
township’s Planning Board. “I was
a volunteer first, and I’ll be a volunteer after,” said Hullfish, who
has served on the board for 23
years. “I can’t not be involved.”
In her retirement, Hullfish plans
to spend a lot of time working on
the house she and her husband purchased on the Jersey shore. Eventually, the couple might move
there. Hullfish will also become a
grandmother very soon, and although it was not planned to coincide with her retirement, “it
worked out great.”
“I’ve worked for so long,” she
said. Not going to work “will be
strange, but I think I’m going to enjoy being home.”
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THE NEWS
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
by Cara Latham
ears of ongoing turmoil in
the Plainsboro Police Department have finally
boiled over into a public airing of
dirty laundry — courtesy of a hearing over the termination of Corporal Nicholas Procaccini.
For decades anonymous letters
to the media and insiders in the department have told tales of labor
unrest, favoritism, controversy
over overtime hours, work slowdowns by officers, battles with police administration, and more. But
now for the first time, the gory details were on display for all to see
and hear — in Town Hall.
Procaccini’s hearing, made public at the officer’s request, began on
October 30 and lasted a little more
than an hour, but was adjourned after Procaccini’s attorney raised a
procedural question regarding how
the hearing would address his
claims that the charges brought
against his client violate the 45-day
rule. That rule places a 45-day limit on the time the department has to
file a complaint against an officer
after a violation occurs.
The police department is pursuing Procaccini’s termination based
on four charges: he was late for duty; he did not follow protocol when
making motor vehicle stops; he violated procedure dealing with sick
leave; and he violated policy in using the department’s E-mail system.
Central to the township’s argument is that there are strict laws and
regulations governing police departments in New Jersey, and that
Procaccini, who served as the president of the Plainsboro PBA for 14
years, violated those laws.
Procaccini’s attorney, however,
alleges that the charges are for behavior exhibited by many officers
in the department and that his client
A Rogue Cop or Whistleblower?
is unfairly being targeted as a result
of defending another officer whom
he says was terminated for filing a
sexual harassment complaint. He
characterized Procaccini, of South
Lane in West Windsor, as a
whistleblower.
Both attorneys summarized
their positions during opening
statements. Presiding over the
hearing was hearing officer Robert
Czech, hired by the township as a
special hearing officer dealing with
personnel matters, who will make
the ultimate decision. Czech’s
background includes stints as
township administrator in Middletown, Kearny, and Montclair as
well as business administrator in
Passaic. He also formerly worked
as an attorney for a law firm specializing in municipal and employment law issues.
Also in attendance at the hearing
were Chief Richard Furda, Township Administrator Robert Sheehan, Lieutenant Jay Duffy, and
Lieutenant Thomas DeSimone.
“There are certain truisms of police work in the state of New Jersey,” said Arthur Thibault, of
Apruzzese McDermott, Mastro &
Murphy law firm of Liberty Corner, the attorney representing the
township and the police department. Everything is controlled by
order, whether it is through regulations directly handed down from
the Attorney General’s office or
through an individual police department’s own policy. It is important to have those policies to maintain discipline, and police officers
must follow those rules, Thibault
said.
During his opening statement,
Thibault summarized the series of
events that led to what he says are
Procaccini’s violations of these
rules. In the first charge, police allege that Procaccini reported to
work a little before 10 a.m. — just
before a scheduled active shooter
training session — on a day in
April he was scheduled to work
from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., his regular
‘It may seem harsh to
fire a corporal for a
number of rule and policy violations. But their
performance and jobs
are governed by rules,
and they’re required to
follow those rules.’
shift. Procaccini allegedly did not
have permission to come in late.
Police policy requires officers to
check their E-mail messages
through what is known as a DMS
system. More importantly, Procaccini should be reviewing all of the
policy notifications, as a corporal
in charge of other patrol officers in
the department, because he should
be able to answer questions and explain the policy in his supervisory
position, Thibault said. But Procaccini had 33 policies in his inbox
he never reviewed or signed off on,
and he admitted to doing so, leading to the second charge, Thibault
added.
The third charge dealt with Procaccini’s handling of motor vehicle
stops. Plainsboro police conduct
bi-monthly reviews of its officers’
stops to ensure they are following
proper procedures, and the video
cameras in the patrol cars are reviewed. Thibault said tapes re-
viewed show Procaccini making
stops, but not asking for drivers’ licenses, registration, or other credentials before letting drivers leave
with a warning.
There were times Procaccini obtained a driver’s license, but not a
registration. Not only is it a direct
violation of police policy, but these
drivers could have been unregistered drivers or could not have had
licenses at all, Thibault said.
In addition, the department
came across an evaluation Procaccini gave to a police officer who
was on probation. After Procaccini
filled out the paperwork for the review, he sat with the officer to provide the evaluation, during which
he told the officer, “It’s all bullshit
anyway,” Thibault said.
Finally, in 2009, Procaccini violated the sick leave policy after
gallbladder surgery. While sick,
there were days Procaccini did not
call out sick, or times when he did
not report his place of confinement.
Other times he did not report that
he left his place of confinement,
Thibault said. “If you are out on
paid leave, it is to be notified.”
“The problem with that is highlighted by an incident on June 7,
2009,” when Procaccini sent an Email to the chief, his patrol lieutenant, and the patrol sergeant,
telling them he would not be in for
the rest of June — rather than reporting it to dispatch, Thibault
said. In addition, he listed himself
back in his regular shift, making it
appear as if his platoon was running heavily, even though he was
not going to be at work. When another officer from his platoon
asked for a day off during that time,
police administration authorized
the day off, thinking Procaccini
would be in for work. Because they
were now short-handed, the township had to pay overtime to another
officer to cover the shift.
“At first blush, it may appear it
seems harsh to fire a corporal for a
number of rule and policy violations,” Thibault said. But the “truisms” about police work and how
police work is governed in the state
make it justified, he added. “Their
performance and jobs are governed
by rules, and they’re required to
follow those rules.”
P
rocaccini’s lawyer, Timothy
Smith of South Orange, argued
however that the police department
and township were targeting Procaccini and launching a vendetta to
fire him for being a whistle-blower.
Smith said the department began
an investigation coincidentally after he encouraged a female officer,
who was eventually let go from the
department, to file a sexual harassment complaint against another officer in the department.
The manner in which the
charges were investigated and
brought against Procaccini was
clear evidence of “public corruption,” and “a direct retaliation to
whistle-blowing by my client.”
In addition, “a lot of what you’re
going to see here is violative of the
45-day rule,” Smith added.
Incidents have occurred over the
years in the department in which
other police officers also could
have been found in violation of
these rules, but those incidents
were “disregarded and ignored,”
said Smith. Rather, when it came to
Procaccini, police dug through his
tapes and two years’ worth of Email to bring him up on the charges.
In response to the charge that
Procaccini had not obtained credentials from drivers he stopped,
Smith argued that police policy es-
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
tablishes guidelines stating that
procedures can be reasonably modified to fit the situation.
In addition, Smith alleged that a
double standard exists: Procaccini
responded to an accident allegedly
involving a friend of Chief Richard
Furda. Smith said Furda told Procaccini that he should not issue
charges against the chief’s friend.
With regard to the “late to duty”
charge, Smith said Procaccini had
resolved the situation, even submitting a report to his supervisors
about it. With regard to Procaccini’s comments during his evaluation of a patrol officer, Smith argued that Procaccini had told the
officer “Listen, your career’s not
ruined,” as a result of an imperfect
evaluation, Smith explained.
The language he used was inappropriate, but if charges were pursued against every officer who uses in inappropriate language, there
would be charges pending against
multiple officers every time banter
took place, Smith said.
With regard to the E-mails,
Smith said there were cases in
which other officers did not read
and “sign off on” their E-mails as
well. He alleged that police found
that Patrol Officer Kevin Lowery
did not sign off on 90 E-mails in his
inbox but was not charged.
With regard to the charge that he
inappropriately handled his sick
leave, Smith said that Procaccini
had permission to change his
schedule, and had done so because
he realized that during the period of
time he was going to be out, he had
training days scheduled, and he
wanted to take himself out of that
special schedule.
Smith argued that all of the
charges should be discarded because of a 45-day rule, the number
of days he says the police department had to file the charges from
the incident. “The department can’t
say that something happened two
years ago or six months ago,” and
charge him now, Smith argued.
Thibault, however, argued that
the 45-day rule does not apply because the 45-day clock begins
when the report hits the desk of the
person who is going to issue
charges. Therefore, the investigation into Procaccini’s behavior was
not included. When the report was
given to Furda, the 45-day rule began, he said.
Czech said he would address the
45-day rule in his summation when
he issues his opinions on the matter. However, Smith asked how
each charge should be addressed
during the hearing if he would continue to make the 45-day rule argument, and a recess was called.
When he returned about 40 minutes later, he said the best solution
was to adjourn the hearing until an
agreement could be made between
the two attorneys.
Sexual Harassment Case. Procaccini has also filed a lawsuit in
Middlesex County Superior Court
against the township, the police department, and Furda.
The suit alleges that the township and its police department violated the state law against discrimination for retaliation by suspending him in July and then terminating him because he defended former Officer Jennifer Wittmer. It also alleged that Furda was an aider
and abettor to the firing of Procaccini. Wittmer, according to the
lawsuit document, was terminated
after she filed a sexual harassment
complaint against Patrol Officers
Kevin Lowery and Adam Wurpel
and Corporal Scott Seitz.
According to the lawsuit,
Wittmer, who was a probationary
police officer, told Procaccini in
September, 2008, that she was be-
ing sexually harassed by Lowery
and Wurpel, and that she was being
subjected to disparate treatment
within the department, as she was
being trained differently from the
male officers by Seitz. Procaccini
says he told Sergeant Jay Duffy,
who told Wittmer to make a formal
complaint, which she did in October, 2008, launching an internal affairs investigation.
Procaccini also told Furda about
the incident. Wittmer was terminated in December, 2008, while the
internal affairs investigation was
still ongoing and prior to her actual
probationary end date in January,
2009, the suit states. Procaccini
again told Furda that he felt she was
fired because of her sexual harassment complaint.
“Once it became clear to Chief
The manner in which
the charges were investigated was clear evidence
of ‘public corruption’
and a ‘direct retaliation
to whistleblowing by my
client,’ Smith said.
Furda and the Plainsboro Police
Department that Mr. Procaccini
strongly
supported
Officer
Wittmer and denounced the actions
of the department,” the relatiation
and harassment began, the lawsuit
alleges. First, Furda and other officers allegedly held a secret PBA
meeting in March, 2009, during
which the sexual complaint was
discussed and other officers said
they wanted Procaccini to resign as
the PBA president.
As a result, Procaccini resigned
his position. A few days later, he
filed a formal harassment complaint with Township Administration Robert Sheehan, and subsequently made a follow-up complaint. The lawsuit alleges that
since those two reports, the number
of retaliation and harassment incidents increased.
While he was on sick leave and
recovering
from
gallbladder
surgery, Procaccini alleges in the
lawsuit that he was served at his
home with three internal affairs
questionnaires containing 32 questions, which he was required to answer by July 12, the same day he
was scheduled to participate in a
promotional exam. Because of the
lengthy questionnaires, Procaccini
was unable to prepare or participate in the promotional exam, the
lawsuit states.
A few days later, he was told his
complaint to the township would
be treated as a contractual grievance, despite his argument that his
complaint was supposed to be confidential. On July 17, the next day,
he was served with the four sets of
charges and placed on suspension.
According to a claim filed by
Officer Jason Mariano, of Allentown, said he was also harassed as a
result of his support for Wittmer.
The claim states that Wittmer was
being trained by Mariano’s corporal and sergeant.
Shortly after Wittmer was hired,
Lowery began to harass her, and
she asked Mariano to talk with
Lowery in hopes he would stop.
Lowery then began spreading rumors that Wittmer and Mariano
were having an affair, the claim
states. Mariano spoke with thenchief Elizabeth Bondurant about
the harassment. Wittmer was then
given a poor evaluation by her corporal, who admitted that Lowery
had provided input for the evaluation, at which time she told the corporal that Lowery had been harassing her, the lawsuit states. “Only
later, when another sergeant became aware of the harassment was
an investigation initiated,” the
claim states.
Since Mariano spoke up for
Wittmer, he has endured harassment, including an internal affairs
review of Mariano’s assigned vehicle, where numerous issues with
the vehicle were subsequently investigated. When Mariano tried to
talk to Furda about the continual
harassment and ostracism by his
fellow officers, Furda mentioned
specific incidents where Wittmer
and Mariano were sitting together
at training, and it “looked bad,” the
claim states.
Mariano is seeking $1 million in
the claim, citing emotional distress, punitive damages, and attorney’s fees as a result of the harassment he sustained. According to
Procaccini, Mariano is still on the
force, but has decided to submit his
retirement papers as a result of an
injury he sustained.
Furda deferred comment to
Township Administrator Robert
Sheehan, who said “it has always
been our policy not to comment on
personnel matters and unsubstantiated charges.”
Plainsboro
Continued from page 15
Hullfish added: “Plainsboro’s
such a great place to work, but it’s
really time to move on while I can
enjoy it. It will be different. It’s
very exciting to be having a grandchild and to be able to know that
I’ll be able to enjoy my grandbaby
and the rest of my family.”
She always had an interest in
photography, and she hopes she
can pursue that more in her retirement as well. But “nothing beats
getting up in the morning and going down to the beach for a couple
of hours.”
Pay Taxes Online
P
aying property taxes in Plainsboro has gotten a little easier.
Residents can now make their
quarterly property tax payments
online.
While credit cards are not accepted at the tax collector’s office
in the municipal building, residents can log on to www.officialpayments.com or call 1-800-2729829 to make the payments.
Residents will need their tax
bills, with their block and lot information. When making the payments, residents will also need to
enter Plainsboro’s jurisdiction
code, which is #4065. Those who
use the new feature, however, will
be charged a 2.75 percent convenience fee. Anyone with questions
can call the tax office at 609-7990909, ext. 320.
Plainsboro Pantry
I
n an effort to balance its pantry
and stock up on a variety of items
that are really needed, officials at
the Plainsboro Food Pantry are
looking for specific items that are
not typically considered by those
making donations.
According to Cindy Capritti,
program coordinator for the township’s Department of Recreation,
officials are really looking for
themes, including breakfast items
and shelf-stable complete meals.
“We have lots of soups, canned
vegetables, and dried pasta,” said
Capritti. “I’m trying to re-direct
people’s giving to the items we really need.”
The grocery items the pantry
needs include: applesauce and
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canned fruits; breadcrumbs; cake,
bread, and muffin mixes and frosting; dry cereal (cold or hot); coffee, tea, and coffee creamer; condiments including ketchup, mustard,
dressings, vinegar, oil, olives, relish, barbecue sauce, and pickles;
cookies, crackers, popcorn, and
other sugar-free, low or no-salt
snacks; diapers (sizes 4, 5, and 6);
white or wheat flour; gravy; lactose-free infant formula; jello,
pudding mix; juice; mayonnaise;
canned meats like chicken, turkey,
ham, and tuna; whole, evaporated
or condensed or canned milk; oatmeal and cream of wheat; pancake
mix and syrup; pasta mixes like
PastaSides or PastaRoni; instant
and canned potatoes; powdered
drink mixes; rice and boxed rice
mixes; salad dressings; stuffing;
salt-free or low-salt nuts; peanut
butter and jelly; sugar, honey, and
sugar substitutes; and tomato and
pasta sauce.
Capritti would like to stock up
on boxed dinner meals and meal
starters, known as “shelf-stable
dinners.”
Examples
include
Hormel Compleats microwavable
meals; Hormel Homestyle Bakes
boxed meals; Shake ‘n’ Bake;
Hamburger Helper; and taco kits.
“We could definitely use them.”
While Thanksgiving is coming
up later this month, Capritti said
the pantry is running a food drive
in conjunction with a local corporation, and officials are anticipating that typical Thanksgiving holiday food needs are taken care of,
“but it doesn’t mean we can’t use
more of those items.”
The pantry is also looking for
personal care items including adult
incontinence pads; body lotion;
deodorant; disposable razors; sanitary pads and tampons; shampoo
and conditioner; soap; and toothpaste and toothbrushes.
The pantry is not currently accepting baby food, canned beans,
boxed macaroni and cheese;
canned or dry soup; plain or dry
pasta; or canned vegetables.
Small donations may be
dropped off between 8:30 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. at the Department of
Recreation and Community Services, located in the municipal
building on Plainsboro Road. For
large quantity donations, call
Capritti at 609-799-0909, ext. 352,
to schedule a delivery.
In addition, the Plainsboro Post
Office will have a bin set up for
collection throughout the holidays.
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NOVEMBER 6, 2009
North XC Looks To
Defend State Title
by Cara Latham
I
f any team in the WW-P school
district has consistently proven
to be unstoppable, it is the North
boys’ cross country team. Having
repeated as Mercer County
champs, the North boys’ country
team is looking to defend its state
title, and it has promising talent in
more than just the record-breaking
Rosa twins.
Jim and Joe Rosa have undoubtedly led the team this year, but behind the Rosa twins is a group of reliable runners who have continued
to contribute to Knights’ successful reign over the past three years.
When the team won the F Division title at the Manhattan Invitational with 84 points this season,
Joe Rosa won the individual title
with a time of 12:03.8 that technically beat the course record of
12:06.7. The meet director decided
not to credit the time as a course
record because of the construction
taking place at the site, which
moved the starting line up by 120
yards. Not surprisingly, following
close behind him was his brother,
Jim, who finished with a time of
12:08.8.
But behind the Rosa twins, considered to be two of the best runners in the U.S., is a steady and
consistent runner in Jon Squeri. He
finished fourth in the meet against
Notre Dame, Lawrenceville, Steinert, and South. He was the first
place finisher at the Mercer County
championship with a time of 16:05,
as the Rosas slowed down at the
end to allow him to take the victory
after he fought past South’s Sam
Macaluso. They followed in onesecond increments behind him.
The Rosas’ show of respect for
their teammate does not overshadow Squeri’s own ability — he is
ranked among the top 50 runners in
the nation.
Squeri’s accomplishment, as
well as the Knights’ other runners,
helped them to garner a 38-point
win — well ahead of all other
teams competing at the meet.
Casey Dalrymple placed 14th,
while Patrick O’Connell was 18th.
North ended up with seven runners finishing in the top 33, a familiar theme when it comes to the
Knights. Back in September, Joe
Rosa took first place at the Briarwood Invitational, another event
where the team came out with a big
first place win, with a 63-68 edge
over LaSalle. Again, in that victory, Rosa broke a record — his own
this time, which he had set last year
at the event. That record time was
15:33.1. This year, he finished the
course with a time of 15:19.3. And
again, his brother Jim placed second in the event, with a time of
15:38.
Who was the next Knight to finish? Squeri, who placed sixth. And
he was followed by Dalrymple,
who was 14th, and O’Connell, who
was 40th. At the Shore Coaches Invitational last month, Joe Rosa
again set a new course record of
15:04, beating the old record by 12
seconds. Jim came in second,
Squeri finished fourth, and Dalrymple followed. At the New Balance Jersey Shore Cougar Invitational in September, Squeri finished second, and Dalrymple finished fourth.
Last year the team took the title
in Group III at the NJSIAA Group
Meet run at Holmdel Park. Joe
Rosa took third place in Group III,
while Jim took fifth. Jon Squeri
took 11th place. The team also won
the sectional title at the NJSIAA
Central Jersey Group III Championships at Thompson Park. In that
event, Joe Rosa took first place,
followed by his brother. Jon Squeri
made the top eight.
The team will get its chance to
shine again in the state tournament
on Saturday, November 7, when it
heads to Thompson Park. The top
10 individuals and top five teams in
each race will advance to the state
group championships the following weekend at Holmdel Park.
Caroline Kellner. At South,
meanwhile, Caroline Kellner is
following in the footsteps of her
sister, Katie, who was South’s
standout throughout her running
career.
The younger Kellner took first
place at the Mercer County Championship with a time of 18:42, and
next up for her is the Central Jersey
Group IV meet at Thompson Park
(where she placed fifth last season)
on Saturday, November 7.
North’s Emily Scott came in
second behind Kellner with her
personal best time and has been
leading the Lady Knights this year.
South Stars: Clockwise from top left, Prathik Chandrasekaran, Alex Wan, Brian Schoepfer, Dan O’Connell, Shelby Miller, Keighly Bradbrook, Caroline
Kellner, and Katie Calder. Kellner placed first at the
Mercer County Championship on October 30. The
South girls placed fourth overall, while the boys finished third.
Football Teams Eye
Playoff Berths
H
eading into November, both
of WW-P football teams are in
a good position to see their seasons
extended. Both are now at 5-3 with
wins on October 31. The playoffs
begin on Friday, November 13 and
Saturday, November 14.
North, in the meantime, has already claimed the CVC Patriot Division Crown, led by Sean Reed,
who is second in the division for
rushing yards, with 183 runs for
1,025 yards and 13 touchdowns
this season.
This season has strayed from recent form, with North starting out
strong, and South bouncing back
from a few bumps in the road early
this season. This time North will
have a chance to make the playoffs
for the first time since 2003, when
the Knights lost at home to Willingboro, 54-14.
North had a huge win against
North’s Top Big Guns: From left, Jim Rosa and Joe
Rosa, Casey Dalrymple, Jon Squeri, Patrick O’Connell , Emily Scott, and Tracie Kong. The boys’ team
claimed the Mercer County Tournament championship. The girls’ team placed fifth at the event.
Photos by Brian McCarthy.
Hamilton, 14-6, on October 31,
bouncing back from a 37-7 loss to
Notre Dame the week before. During that game, the defense was the
deciding factor, as Juwan Lee
came up with three interceptions,
two of which led to the Knights’
two touchdowns. It was also during
this game that Reed broke the
1,000-yard mark despite being
held to 74 yards on 23 carries.
North will play away at Robbinsville on Saturday, November
7, at 2 p.m.
South, meanwhile, slipped past
Steinert, 20-13, after having to
overcome adversity when its opponents scored within the first 41 seconds of the game. Despite the back-
and-forth, a 36-yard touchdown
pass from Chris Evans to Jack Dennehy and a one-yard touchdown
run by Chris Matthews with less
than four minutes remaining in the
game put South over the edge.
South will take on Princeton at 2
p.m. on Saturday, November 7.
Sports Scores
Football
North (5-3): A win against Hamilton, 14-6, on October 31. Rushing:
Sean Reed: 23-74, TD; Jaymar Anderson: 4-8; Sean Pitcherello: 1-4;
Len Bellezza: 1-2; Ryan Phelan: 4-(12). Passing: Phelan: 3-5-0-67. Receiving: Drew Kenavan: 2-62, TD;
Josh Harrison: 1-5.
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The Princeton Youth Hockey Tigers Bantam A
Team, right, won the championship at the Columbus
Landing Tournament in Northeast Philadelphia. The
team defeated Haverford, 1-0, in overtime, and the
Stars in the championship game, 3-2. Pictured in the
back row, are Coach Ian McNally, left, Garrett Weinberg, Robert Cooleen, Patrick McCormick, Danny
Seelagy, John Thornton, Sam Engel, Sean Henry,
Johnny Matthews, Peter Nawn, and Coach Hoyt Ammidon. In the front are Tristan Tilghman, left, Mike
Morabito, Hap Ammidon, Andrew Holubec, Kyle
Young, Chris DeMarco, and Spencer Reynolds.
A loss to Notre Dame, 37-7, on
October 24. Passing: Ryan Phelan:
2-9, 39 yards. Rushing: Sean Reed:
37-170, TD. Weisbecker: 2-8; Chris
Banks: 7-37; Jaymar Anderson: 2-9;
Bellezza: 6-11; Phelan: 7-21. Receiving: Reed: 1-30. Interceptions:
Lee: 1-14.
South (5-3): A win against Steinert, 20-13, on October 31. Rushing:
Chris Jones: 13-43; Chris Matthews:
14-26, 2 TD; Chris Evans: 5-24; Zak
Krakower: 1-1; Ryan Brazel: 1-(-2).
Passing: Evans: 6-10-0-86, TD. Receiving: Casey Tosches: 3-38; Jack
Dennehy: 2-42; Jones: 1-6.
A win against Nottingham, 39-13,
on October 24. Rushing: Chris
Matthews: 17-79, 2 TDs; Chris
Jones: 18-95; Chris Evans: 6-(-7); Bijan Matthews: 1-2. Passing: Evans:
5-8-0, 132, TD; Zach Donohue: 1-10, 8 yards, TD. Receiving: Jack Dennehy: 2-60, 2 TD; Chris Matthews: 119; Zak Krakower: 3-61. Sacks: John
Haggerty: 1-4. Interceptions: Ryan
Brazel: 1-101, TD; Andrew Manley:
1-55, TD.
Boys’ Soccer
North (11-5-2): A win against
Lakewood, 5-0, on November 3 in
the first round of the Central Jersey
Group III tournament. Goals: Kevin
Nowak: 4; Bryan Lentine. Assists:
Alex Cadar: 2; Mulhall. North took 11
shots. Eric Scala had 3 saves.
A loss to Notre Dame, 4-2, in the
Mercer County Tournament quarterfinal on October 27, after two overtimes. Goal: Jordin Pieffer. Eric
Scala had 5 saves. Dan Hayduchok
had 1.
A win against Nottingham, 2-1, in
the Mercer County Tournament on
October 26. Goals: Taimur Shah,
Kevin Nowak. Assist: R. Bell. North
took 13 shots. Scala had 4 saves.
A loss to Princeton, 2-1, on October 22. Goal: Nowak. Assist: Nassir
Silwany. North took 9 shots. Scala
had 10 saves.
South (17-3-1): A win against Allentown, 5-1, on November 4, to
clinch the regular season CVC Colonial Division title. Goals: Alex Prieto:
2; Zach Mozenter; Brian Sapon; Tom
Savage. Assists: Prieto, Sivertsen.
South took 22 shots. MacQueen had
4 saves; Ochoa had 2.
A win against South Brunswick, 31, on November 3 in the first round of
the Central Jersey Group IV tournament. Goals: Alx Prieto; Zach
Mozenter; Stephen McCarron. Assists: Prieto: 2. South took 18 shots.
MacQueen had 5 saves.
A loss to Princeton, 2-1, in the
Mercer County Tournament title
game on October 31. Goal: Skapyak.
Assist: McCarron. MacQueen had 7
saves.
A win against Notre Dame, 1-0, on
October 29, in the semifinals of the
Mercer County Tournament. Goal:
Alex Prieto. Assist: Skapyak. South
took 7 shots. MacQueen had 7
saves.
A win against Pennington, 2-1, on
October 26, in the Mercer County
Tournament quarterfinal. Goals: Prieto, Mozenter. Assist: McCarron.
South took 6 shots. MacQueen had 7
saves.
A win against Steinert, 6-0, on October 24 in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament. Goals:
Drew Sivertsen: 4; Peter Cerrito;
Mike Skapyak. Assists: Alex Prieto:
2; McCarron; Aurora. South took 23
shots. MacQueen had 4 saves;
Ochoa had 3.
A win against Lawrence, 5-1, on
October 22. Goals: Zach Rosenberg:
4; Prieto. Assists: Prieto: 3; Mozenter; Rosenberg. South took 18 shots.
MacQueen had 4 saves; Ochoa had
2 saves.
Girls’ Soccer
North (9-8-1): A win over Allentown, 3-2, in the first round of the
NJSIAA Group III Central Jersey
Tournament on November 2. Goals:
Parrott; Ibanez; Forsell. Assists:
Ibanez; Haase. King had 4 saves;
Wisotsky had 3 saves.
A win over Hamilton, 4-0, on October 29. Goals: Lexie Forsell: 2; Chismar; Ibanez. Assists: Kercheval: 2;
Ibanez; Haase. North took 21 shots.
Wisotsky had 4 saves.
A loss to South, 2-1, in the Mercer
County Tournament quarterfinal
round on October 27. Goal: Jackie
Kercheval. North took 13 shots. King
had 6 saves.
A loss to Princeton, 1-0, on October 22. Saves: Brianna King: 5.
South (8-6-3): A loss to Manalapan, 4-1, in the first round of the
NJSIAA Group IV Central Jersey
tournament.
A win against North, 21, in the
Mercer County Tournament quarterfinal round on October 27. Goals:
Matthews: 2. Assists: Schwartz, Ciara Schoenauer. South took 8 shots.
Pungello had 11 saves.
A loss to Princeton Day School, 21, on October 26, after a tie-breaker
penalty kick shootout resulted in a 43 advantage for PDS. Goal: Caroline
Ziedonis. Assist: Morris. South took
11 shots. Pungello had 8 saves.
A win against Lawrence, 1-0, on
October 22. Goal: Molly Johnston.
Assist: Brittain Dearden. South took
25 shots. Pungello had 8 saves.
Field Hockey
North (14-4): A win over Middletown South, 2-1, on November 4 to
advance tot he semifinals of the state
tournament. Goals: Devin Brakel,
Shiffa Rizki. Assists: Carpio, Brakel.
North took 6 shots. Silva had 7
saves.
A win against Allentown, 2-1, on
October 29. Goals: Kristen Carpio: 2.
Assists: Heather Bilardo, Shiffa Rizki. Silva had 11 saves.
A loss to Allentown, 3-2, on October 26. Goals: Carpio, Rizki. Assists:
Brakel: 2. North took 7 shots. Silva
had 8 saves.
A win against Stuart, 2-1, in the
Mercer County Tournament quarterfinals on October 24. Goals: Girandola, Carpio. Assists: Carpio, Brakel
. North took 9 shots. Silva had 6
saves.
South (3-12): A loss to Lawrence,
2-0, on October 29. Burnosky had 15
saves.
A loss to Hopewell Valley, 2-1, on
October 28. Goal: Laura McCormick.
Burnosky had 12 saves.
Tennis
North: A loss to Princeton, 5-0, on
October 26.
A loss to South, 4-1, on October
22. Doubles: 2.) Aparna Shankar
and Aneesha Raghunathan, 6-3, 5-7
(10-6).
South: A win over Steinert, 5-0,
on November 1. Singes;: 1.) Ammu
Mandalap, 6-0, 6-0; 2.) June Lee, 60, 6-0; 3.) Lesley Norris, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: 1.) Sahana Jayaraman and
Larissa Lee Lum, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Amanda Stanton and Mallory Wang, 6-0,
6-3.
A win against North, 4-1, on October 22. Singles: 1.) Ammu Mandalap,
6-1, 6-0. 2.) June Lee, 6-0, 6-0. 3.)
Belinda Ji, 6-4, 7-5. Doubles: 1.)
Larissa Lee Lum and Sahana Jayaraman, 6-1, 6-0.
Boys’ Cross Country
North: A first place finish, with 38
points, for the Mercer County championship on October 30. 1.) Jon
Squeri, 16:05; 2.) Joe ROsa, 16:06;
3.) Jim Rosa, 16:07. 14.) Casey Dalrymple, 17:07.
The West-Windsor Plainsboro Kickers U-14 girls’ travel soccer team, above,went
undefeated through the Hazlet Columbus Day Weekend Tournament, defeating the
Middletown SC Galaxy, 3-0; Oceatn Township United, 1-0; Marlboro Dynamite
Blue, 4-2; and Millstone Hurricanes, 3-1. Ally Rogers, Paige McGuire, Julia Tampellini, Simone Counts, Julia Tyler, and Melinda Altamore scored goals. Pictured
at rear are Julia Tyler, left, Nicole Ciolfi, Simone Counts, Caitlynn Ennis, Rachel
Randolph, Ally Chismar, Sarah McNeilly, Ally Rogers, and Paige McGuire. Kneeling Bianca Ignato, left, Melinda Altamore, Kayla Carlen, Lindsay Philbin, Julia
Tampellini, Eva Reyes, and Anna Stasinos. Kelly Quigley is in front.
South: A third place finish, with
86 points, at the Mercer County
championship meet on October 30.
4.) Sam Macaluso, 16:14; 6.) Brian
Schoepfer, 16:34.
Girls’ Cross Country
North: A fifth place finish, with
137 points, at the Mercer County
Championship meet on October 30.
2.) Emily Scott, 18:53.
South: A fourth place finish, with
101 points, at the Mercer County
championship meet on October 30.
1.) Caroline Kellner, 18.41 (her season-best); 16.) Shelby Miller, 21:13.
Volleyball
South: A win against Shawnee,
25-20, 25-18, in the first round of the
NJSIAA Group III tournament.
Sports Briefs
S
outh graduate Megan Pisani,
now a sophomore on Rider
University’s field hockey team,
scored a rebound goal with 1:35
left in overtime to push Rider over
Lock Haven, 1-0, for the team’s
first Northeast Conference regular
season title on November 1. The
goal was her 21st of the season and
tied the Rider single-season mark.
Plainsboro resident Jimmy
Merrow had 44 saves on 47 shots
for the SUNY Canton men’s hockey team on October 20.
REGISTRATION NOTICE
West Windsor-Plainsboro
Basketball Association
Girls & Boys Leagues:
Grades 3rd through 12th
Saturday, November 7
8:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
Plainsboro Municipal Bldg.
Room D. Plainsboro Road
Coaches Needed for All Leagues
For info. Email: LSM247@aol.com
or call 609-275-8449
Avoid potential waiting list! Contact us now!!
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DAY-BY-DAY IN WW-P
NOVEMBER 6
Continued from page 1
Art Exhibit, Lovrinic Antiques, 15
North Union Street, Lambertvile,
609-397-8600. Opening reception
of “The Collective,” a fine art show
and sale featuring artists Joseph
Barrett, Jerry Cable, Gordon
Haas, Ty Hodanish, Al Lachman,
and Colette Sexton. On view to
November 16. 6 to 9 p.m.
Dancing
Salsa Class, Pennington Ewing
Athletic Club, 1440 Lower Ferry
Road, Ewing, 609-883-2000.
www.peachealthfitness.com. For
advanced beginners. $15. 7 to
8:30 p.m.
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton,
609-931-0149.
www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8
to 11 p.m.
English Country Dance, Lambertville Country Dancers, Titusville United Methodist Church,
7 Church Road, Titusville. www.Lambertvillecountrydancers.org.
No partner needed. Beginners
welcome. $8. 8 p.m.
Classical Music
Piano Teachers’ Forum, Jacobs
Music, Route 1, Lawrence, 609921-1510.
“Technique
and
Artistry: You Can’t Have One
Without the Other” presented by
composer Catherine Rollin. She
presents a master class at 2 p.m.
$10 for each. 9:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
First Fridays Concert Series,
First Presbyterian Church of
Trenton, 120 East State Street,
Trenton, 609-396-1712. www.old1712.org. R. Alan Rigoletto
presents classical guitar concert.
Free. 12:15 p.m.
The Pianist Conductor, New Jersey
Symphony
Orchestra,
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton,
800-ALLEGRO.
www.njsymphony.org. Olli Mustonen,
conductor and pianist. Music of
Schumann, Mozart, and Sibelius.
$20 to $82. 8 p.m.
World Music
Yamato Drums, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton,
609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. Japanese Taiko
Drum Ensemble includes 12
drummers with Wadaiko drums.
$35 to $46. 8 p.m.
Good Causes
Kids Stuff
Benefit Evening, Crisis Ministry
of Princeton and Trenton, McCarter Theater, Princeton, 609396-9355. www.thecrisisministry.org. Reception followed by performance of Yamata, a Japanese
drum ensemble. Register. $175.
6:30 p.m.
Fall Day Camp, Red Green Blue,
True Color Creations, 4 Hulfish
Street, Princeton, 609-683-5100.
www.redgreenblueonline.com.
One-day camp. $79. 9:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
A Night of Taste, St. Augustine of
Canterbury School, 45 Henderson Road, Kendall Park, 732-9511380. Wines and beers from Glendale Liquors, hors d’oeuvres by
Rolly’s American Bistryo, Cranbury, silent auction. Must be 21.
$30 to $40. 7 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Shuli, Lawrence Mullaney, and
Steve Trevelise, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com.
Shuli’s performances include at
look at the dangers of smoking
pot, his life as an Israeli, and a behind-the-scenes look at the “The
Howard Stern Show.” Reservation. $17.50. Comedy school graduates also perform. 8 p.m.
Faith
Cafe Grand Opening, Turning
Point Church, 15 South Broad
Street, Trenton, 609-393-9574.
Trevor Shane, Charmaine Davis,
and Wenonah Brooks entertain.
Food available. 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available.
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Drum Circle for Adults, Center
for Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. No experience required. Drums provided or bring your own. $15. 7 to
8:45 p.m.
History
Curator’s Talk, Historical Society of Princeton, Bainbridge
House, 158 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org.
Eileen
Morales presents a talk about the
current exhibit, “Rex Goreleigh:
Revisited in Princeton.” Free. 2
p.m.
West Windsor Library, 333 North
Post Road, 609-799-0462. www.mcl.org. Singalong with Pat
McKinley. 10:30 a.m.
For Teens
West Windsor Library, 333 North
Post Road, 609-799-0462. www.mcl.org. Screening of “Haunting in
Connecticut.” 2 p.m.
Game On, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Video, electronic, and
board games for middle and high
school students. 3:30 p.m.
Lectures
Evergreen Forum Reception,
Princeton Senior Resource
Center, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, 609-9247108. Wine and cheese party includes a preview of spring courses
and an open discussion of the program. Register. Free. 4 to 6 p.m.
Live Music
Jon Burr, Salt Creek Grille, One
Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200.
saltcreekgrille.com. 7 to 10 p.m.
The Two Man Gentlemen Band,
The Record Collector Store, 358
Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown,
609-324-0880. www.the-recordcollector.com.
Original
neovaudvillian swing, with elements of
hot jazz, ragtime, vintage rhythm
and blues, old-time country, and
1930s vocal groups, from New
York. $12. 7:30 p.m.
15 Keys, It’s a Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road,
Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 8 p.m.
Jazz Cafe, South Brunswick Arts
Commission, South Brunswick
Municipal Complex, 540 Route
522, Monmouth Junction, 732329-4000. Laura Hull with pop,
jazz, and original songs. $5 includes refreshments. 8 to 10 p.m.
Gabe Manak Band, BT Bistro,
3499 Route 1 South, West Windsor, 609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com. 9 p.m.
Choice Society, Tre Piani, 120
Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-452-1515.
www.choicesociety.ning.com.
Hip
hop, reggae, and pop
music. Drink specials,
hors d’oeuvres. $5
admission. 10 to 2
a.m.
Singles
Princeton
Singles,
Friendly’s, Montgomery Shopping Center,
Route 206, 908-8745434. Breakfast. Register. 9:30 a.m.
Singles Night, One
South Rustic Grill,
4095 Route 1 South,
South
Brunswick,
732-355-1030. Happy
hours for singles 35
and up. DJ by Music
Express begins at 10 p.m. Free
food. Cash bar. No cover. 4 p.m.
Divorce Recovery Program,
Princeton Church of Christ, 33
River Road, Princeton, 609-5813889.
www.princetonchurchofchrist.com. Support group for men
and women. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Sports
Lingerie Football League, Sovereign Bank Arena, Hamilton Avenue at Route 129, Trenton, 800298-4200. www.comcasttix.com.
Philadelphia Passion vs. Miami
Caliente. $16 to $106. 9 p.m.
Saturday
November 7
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North and South Boys and Girls
Soccer. NJSIAA Preliminaries.
Call for time.
North and South Boys/Girls
Cross Country. NJSIAA. Call for
time.
North and South Field Hockey.
Preliminaries. Call for time.
North Football. At Robbinsville. 2
p.m.
South Football. At Princeton. 2
p.m.
Drama
The Thing About Men, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Green-
Music Lecture: Pianist
Alfred Brendel presents
‘Character in Music,'
and illustrates his talk
by playing musical
examples, Monday,
November 9, Richardson Auditorium,
Princeton University.
wood Avenue, Hopewell, 609466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic musical comedy
based on Doris Dorrie’s screenplay features Todd Reichart, Allison Quairoli, Barry Abramowitz,
Tom Stevenson, and Pam Jorgensen. $27.50 to $29.50. 7 p.m.
Suicide Gal, Won’t You Come
Out Tonight, Come Out Tonight,
Actor’s Dance Studio, 1012
Brunswick Avenue, Ewing, 609278-0799. Original play written by
J. Boyer, directed by Steve Gaissert. Actors include Marjorie
Duryea and Bonnie White. Jill
Czumbil is the stage manager. Reception and post performance discussion. $12. 7:30 p.m.
Bell, Book and Candle, Actors’
NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue,
Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694.
www.actorsnetbucks.org. Classic
comedy about a modern-day witch
in Manhattan. $20. 8 p.m.
Equus, Kelsey Theater, Mercer
County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-5703333.
www.kelseytheatre.net.
Drama with PinnWorth Productions. $14. 8 p.m.
Blood: A Comedy, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and
Montgomery streets, Trenton,
609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. David Lee White’s
comedy about faith, science, family, and hot pepper cheese cubes.
$30. 8 p.m.
The Children’s Hour, Peddie
School, Hightstown, 609-4907550. www.peddie.org. Register.
$10. 8 p.m.
Film
Central New Jersey Jewish Film
Festival, Regal Cinemas, 2399
Route 1 South, North Brunswick,
732-932-4166.
www.jewishstudies.rutgers.edu. Screenings
of “The Little Traitor” and “Lemon
Tree.” $6 to $11. Check website
for full schedule and tickets. 7 p.m.
Acme Screening Room, Lambertville Public Library, 25
South Union Street, Lambertville,
609-397-0275. www.nickelodeonnights.org. Screening of “Three
Monkeys,” 2008. $5. 7 and 8:55
p.m.
Art
Sponsored by the Township of Plainsboro’s Public Works Department,
the Plainsboro Park Rangers and the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association
Young
Artist
Workshop,
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609689-1089. www.groundsforsculpture.org. A spotlight on Dana
Stewart includes a gallery talk
about his fanciful beast sculptures
throughout the area. “Exaggerat-
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
ed Beasts” workshop for ages 6 to
9, from 11 a.m. to noon. “Imaginative Creatures” for ages 10 to 12
from 1 to 3 p.m. Register. 11 a.m.
Art Exhibit, Lawrence Library,
Darrah Lane and Route 1,
Lawrence Township, 609-9896922. www.mcl.org. Opening reception for watercolor exhibit featuring the works of William H. McCarroll, Sheila Norton, Gus Norton, Peg Brockman, Max Nimeck,
and Michelle Rosenthal. On view
to November 30. 2 to 4 p.m.
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free. 2
p.m.
Art Exhibit, Morpeth Contemporary, 43 West Broad Street,
Hopewell, 609-333-9393. www.morpethcontemporary.com.
Opening reception for exhibit featuring the works of Marc-Antoine
Goulard, a musician and artist.
“The music has led me to use tone
and composition as the form of my
expression,” he says. “By constructing abstract pieces I create
paintings which speak of experiences or emotions that are simultaneously broader and deeper
than the representation of the concrete, daily, mundane.” On view to
November 30. 6 to 8 p.m.
Dancing
Dance Classes and Workshops,
Web of Compassion, Suzanne
Patterson Center, 45 Stockton
Street, Princeton, 609-497-4598.
www.webofcompassion.org.
Dance and yoga classes. Call for
schedule. 2:30 to 6:20 p.m.
No Name Dance California Mix,
Central Jersey Dance Society,
Universalist Congregation, 50
Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, 609945-1883.
www.centraljerseydance.org. Cha cha workshop,
$10. East coast swing lesson followed by open dancing, $12. No
partner needed. 6 p.m.
Literati
Gennady Spirin, The Artful Deposit Gallery, 201 Farnsworth
Avenue, Bordentown, 609-2986970. www.theartfuldeposit.com.
Booksigning with artist illustrator
featuring his newly illustrated
books, “Life in the Boreal Forest,”
“The Twelve Days of Christmas,”
and “Goldlocks and the Three
Bears.” 1 to 4 p.m.
Author Event, JaZams, 25 Hulfish
Street, Palmer Square, 609-9248697. www.jazams.com. Herman
Parish, author of the “Amelia Bedelia” books since 1995. He is the
nephew of Peggy Parish, the original author of the books, who died
in 1988 and based her series on a
maid her family once had while living in North Africa. 4 to 6 p.m.
Author Event, Princeton Public
Library, Witherspoon Street, 609924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Scott Sipprelle, author of “The
Golden Dog,” discusses his novel
about the underbelly of the financial world as seen through the
eyes of an idealistic young man
from Kansas. Sipprelle is a venture capitalist and hedge fund
manager. 4 p.m.
Classical Music
Concert, Sinfonietta Nova, Prince
of Peace Church, 177 PrincetonHightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-462-4984. www.sinfoniettanova.org. Commemoration of the
20th anniversary of the fall of the
Berlin wall. Capital Singers of
Trenton join for choral works of
Mark Hayes and John Rutter.
Conducted by Gail H. Lee. Reception follows concert. $15. 7:30
p.m.
Music of the Spheres, Princeton
Pro Musica, Princeton University
Chapel, 609-683-5122. www.princetonpromusica.org. Morten
Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna” and
music of Mozart, Brahms, and
Raminish. $25 to $35. 8 p.m.
Pop Music
Concert, Jersey Harmony Chorus, West Windsor-Plainsboro
High School South, 346 Clarks-
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Turning Guys into Responsible Guys
E
very fan of Peter Pan knows
Neverland, the place the Lost
Boys call home, where no one
ever grows old and no one ever
has to grow up and face the responsibilities of adulthood. The
real world equivalent of Neverland might be called “Guyland,” a
place of prolonged adolescence
where boys will be boys for as
long as possible, suspended in a
fabricated existence where they
can keep the party going for as
long as they can.
Michael Kimmel, PhD, a professor in the department of sociology at SUNY Stony Brook and the
author of more than 20 books including his latest, “Guyland: The
Perilous World Where Boys Become Men,” is the featured speaker in the first of this year’s lecture
series sponsored by CommonGround, a consortium of the parent associations of 13 Princeton
area independent schools, on
Tuesday, November 10, at the
Peddie School in Hightstown.
Drawing from his extensive research, Kimmel will define the
boundaries of “Guyland,” how
parents unknowingly help facilitate the behavior that is perpetuated within it, and how we can motivate our children, especially our
sons, to check out of Guyland and
into the real world.
As he defines it, “Guyland rests
on a bed of middle-class entitlement, a privileged sense that you
are special, that the world is there
for you to take.”
This sense of entitlement is
what explains some of the behaviors he describes in his book, behaviors that are shocking but that
have, in many cases, become a
disturbing norm. “In college, they
party hard but are soft on studying,” he writes. “They slip
through the academic cracks, another face in a large lecture hall,
getting by with little effort and
less commitment. After graduation, they drift aimlessly from one
dead-end job to another, spend
more time online playing video
games and gambling than they do
on dates (and probably spend
more money too), ‘hook up’ occasionally with a ‘friend with benefits,’ go out with their buddies,
drink too much, and save too little.”
After graduation, many of
these young men return home
where they drift into jobs that are
underwhelming, or they move inville Road, West Windsor, 732271-1596. www.harmonize.com/jerseyharmony. “Our Musical
Scrapbook” features ballads, upbeat songs, popular tunes, and
jazz sung in a cappella, four-part
harmony, barbershop style. Also
performances by Tickled Pink, the
school’s girl a cappella group, and
Just 4 Quartet. $15. 7:30 p.m.
to apartments and roommate situations with other like-minded
friends who put off doing things
that have traditionally been associated with growing up — settling
down into a serious relationship
or buying a home. Ironically, this
is the demographic targeted by
advertisers as one of the most desirable, portrayed with humor,
tolerance, and even a glorification
of bad behavior, especially in
movies such as “Failure to
Launch” and “Hangover.”
What prompts this bad behavior and allows it to flourish in our
society today, I ask Kimmel,
wearing the hat of both reporter
and mother of a 10-year-old son I
want to help steer clear of the
chasm of Guyland. “The single
cardinal rule of manhood is to
demonstrate that you are not gay,”
Kimmel responds. He tells me of
the pressure that boys and men are
under every single day to impress
other males, what he calls the desperate desire to be seen as a real
guy by other guys, and the way to
do it is to act as manly as possible.
Failure to do so, he asserts, is to be
ridiculed as a sissy or as gay.
“Could we possibly be so homophobic in 2009,” I ask Kimmel, who tells me I am naive if I
don’t believe that homophobia is
entrenched in today’s youth society. To illustrate, he relates an
anecdote involving his own 10year-old son, Zachary. “A week
ago my son got his first text message from someone in his school
who said ‘that is so gay’ and he
wanted to show it to me. His reaction was, isn’t this stupid, dad,
should I do anything about it? I
told him you have to talk to the
guy who sent it to you. You have
to tell him why it’s wrong to say
that. That’s so gay, you’re so gay,
he’s so gay — that’s the biggest
single put down in middle school
and high school. That is happening all over the place. Homophobia is quite permissible.”
The law of physics dictates that
for every action there is an equal
and opposite reaction. I wonder if
this desire to be a man among
men, to assert one’s masculinity
within the pack, is somehow a
backlash to the feminist movement and the gains of women and
girls of all ages. “I start with the
position that gender equality is
good for both girls and boys,”
says Kimmel. “We’ve been paying all this attention to girls, and I
4192. www.princetonhcs.org. “In
the French Quarter” features a
Creole dinner, tarot card readers,
can-can girls, a silent auction, and
dancing to the music of the Fuzzpops. Black tie or festive attire.
Register. $275. 6:30 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Good Causes
Shuli, Lawrence Mullaney, and
Steve Trevelise, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com.
Shuli’s performances include at
look at the dangers of smoking
pot, his life as an Israeli, and a behind-the-scenes look at the “The
Howard Stern Show.” Reservation. $20. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
An Evening in Paris, Thomas
Edison State College Foundation, Marriott, College Road,
Plainsboro, 609-984-1588. www.tesc.edu. Annual gala with dinner,
dancing, entertainment, and silent
auction. Black tie. Register. $250.
6:30 p.m.
Comedy Night, Hillbilly Hall Tavern and Restaurant, 203
Hopewell-Wertsville
Road,
Hopewell, 609-466-9856. www.hillbillyhall.com. Angry Bob, Glen
Miller, and April Brucker. Adults
only. Food and beverages available. $12. 8 p.m.
A November Night, University
Medical Center at Princeton
Auxiliary, The Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset, 609-497-
Crafts
Solid Gold Hits, Patriots Theater
at the War Memorial, Memorial
Drive, Trenton, 609-984-8400.
www.thewarmemorial.com.
Duprees, Jay and the Americans,
Kid Kyle, the Flamingos, and Vito
Picone and the Elegants. $19 to
$70. 7:30 p.m.
Quilt Lovers Open House,
Princeton Public Library, 65
believe that the reforms to benefit girls
have benefited boys as
well. Women today
expect to manage family and career and
that’s good for everyone.” However, Kimmel says, women, as
mothers, girlfriends,
and wives, also have to
stand up against what
he calls the pull of
Guyland. And they also need to engage the
fathers.
“The people who have been
most vigorous in their efforts to
end hazing and bullying and teasing and rampant homophobia is
the moms. The question is, what’s
up with the dads that they don’t
think this is a problem. We have to
engage dads in the discussion
about what it means to be a guy,
and the behaviors they are encouraging in the name of masculinity,”
says Kimmel. “The big problem is
that there are kids in our schools,
high schools down to elementary,
who are being brutalized and we
are doing nothing to protect them
and that’s what concerns me.”
K
immel grew up on Long Island’s south shore. His father
was a chiropractor and his mother
was a psychoanalyst. The older of
two children, he has a younger sister who lives in San Diego and is a
musician. Kimmel graduated
from Lawrence High School in
1968, and then earned a bachelor’s in philosophy at Vassar College in 1972. He earned a masters
in sociology in 1974 from Brown
University and then a PhD in sociology in 1981 from Berkeley.
“Both my mom and dad were
role models to me in a very important way. They taught me that you
don’t have to choose between nurturing and love on one hand and
competence and ambition on the
other,” says Kimmel. “My mom
always had a career outside the
home, so I understood from the
get-go that women could be
moms and have careers too. My
dad was very loving and physically affectionate. When I played
baseball, he was my coach. I also
coached my son’s Little League
team, but when he played soccer, I
wasn’t good enough to coach, but
I made sure I was there to watch
him and cheer him on.”
Kimmel maintains that chilWitherspoon Street, 609-9248822. www.princetonlibrary.org.
Meg Cox, author of “The Quilter’s
Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide.” She will display
quilts and fabric free for anyone
who wants to start a simple quilt.
11:30 p.m.
Food & Dining
Pasture Party, Cherry Grove
Farm, 3500 Lawrenceville Road,
Lawrenceville,
609-219-0053.
www.cherrygrovefarm.com. Celebration of local food made with the
farm’s beef, lamb, pork, and
cheese prepared by Ian MacDonald. Also Witherspoon Bakery, Nomad Pizza, Terhune Orchards,
Hopewell Valley Winery, Small
World Coffee, Flying Fish Brewery, and the Bent Spoon. Music by
Riverside Bluegrass, the Cherry
Pickers, and Spring Street.
Hayrides and kids’ activities. $60.
Noon to 5 p.m.
Product
Cooking
Demonstration, Miele Design
Center, 9 Independence Way,
Princeton, 800-843-7231. www.mieleusa.com. Register. Free.
Noon.
Boys Behaving Badly:
Michael Kimmel speaks
on boys aged 16 to 26
who are stuck in the
time warp he calls
Guyland.
dren need strong role models.
“There is a role for everyone to
play both moms and dads and then
the community too. Children need
a lot of love and support and that
can come in many different packages. But the truth is that the package it comes in is less important
than the package itself, which has
to be love, care, and support.”
He believes that single mothers
can do the job of raising boys to be
men, as long as they are sending
the right message to their children. “The absent father means
nothing. Women alone can raise
boys and that’s not a problem.” In
his book, Kimmel explores further the idea that strong role models can help shape boys into men
by appealing to both their masculinity and humanity — it doesn’t have to be a choice of one or
the other.
Kimmel himself would appear
to be a great model as well. He
cuts our interview short when he
realizes what time it is. “Listen, I
have to go,” he tells me. “I have to
make dinner.”
— Euna Kwon Brossman
Lecture Series for Parents,
Common Ground, Peddie School,
201 South Main Street, Hightstown. Tuesday, November 10,
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Guyland: The
Perilous Place Where Boys Become Men” presented by Michael
Kimmel, a sociology professor at
SUNY Stony Brook, and author
of “Guyland.” Register. Free.
609-924-6700 or www.princetoncommonground.org.
Health & Wellness
Caregiver
Support
Group,
Alzheimer’s Association, St.
Francis, 1435 Liberty Street,
Hamilton, 973-586-4300. www.alz.org. “Caregiving for the Person
with Dementia: Things You Need
to Know.” Register. Free. 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
Aromatherapy Boot Camp, Onsen For All, 4451 Route 27,
Princeton, 609-924-4800. www.onsenforall.com. Darby Line presents alternative solutions to common ailments. Register. $150. 9
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Mixed Level Yoga, Holsome Holistic Center, 27 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-279-1592. holsome.com. $15. 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.
Body, Breath, and Spirit Workshop, Volition Wellness Solutions, 842 State Road, Princeton,
609-688-8300.
www.volitionwellness.com. Movement, breathing, meditation, and healing. Presented by Jane Martin and Pat
Czeto. $99 includes lunch. 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
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Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite
635, Plainsboro, 609-750-7432.
www.relaxationandhealing.com.
“Meet Your Power Animal,” a guided visualization experience from
Native American traditions. Register. $30. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Yoga for Teen Athletes, Simply
Yoga, 4437 Route 27, Kingston,
609-895-1481. www.simplyyogakingston.com. Register. $15. 1 to
2:30 p.m.
Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite
635, Plainsboro, 609-750-7432.
www.relaxationandhealing.com.
“African Drumming Basics” includes the fundamentals of playing the djembe drum in a group.
Register. $15. 2 to 4 p.m.
The Consciousness Course,
Planet Apothecary, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 732-406-6865.
Register. $99. 5 to 8 p.m.
Yoga and Sex, Princeton Center
for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland
Drive, Suite 506, Skillman, 609924-7294. www.princetonyoga.com. Philosophy and lovers in Hindu mythology, enhancement of
sensuality and sexual experiences, a yoga practice of asanas
with benefits for sex, and an introduction to tantric yoga presented
by Kristen Boccumini Thwing. Music for practice and aphrodisiac
munchies. For all levels. Benefit
for Off the Mat, Into the World’s
African Humanitarian Tour in
Uganda. Register. $40. 6 to 9 p.m.
Kirtan with Red Hawk Fly, One
Yoga Center, 405 Route 130,
East Windsor, 609-918-0963.
www.oneyogacenter.net. Chanting for the family. $10. 7 p.m.
History
Live Music
Lunch, Drumthwacket Foundation, 354 Stockton Street, 609683-0057. www.drumthwacket.org. Lunch at New Jersey governor’s official residence will include
choice of one sandwich, a side salad, dessert, and hot or cold beverages. Lunches provided by Griggstown Quail Farm and Market.
Advance reservations required.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Country and Bluegrass Music
Show, WDVR-FM, Women’s
Club, 43 Park Avenue, Flemington, 609-397-1620. www.wdvrfm.org. Heartlands Hayride Band.
$10. Food available. 6 to 8 p.m.
House Tour, Historical Society of
Princeton, Bainbridge House,
158 Nassau Street, 609-9216748. www.princetonhistory.org.
Homes on view include 984 Cherry Valley Road, 132 Birch Avenue,
947 Mercer Road, and the
Drumthwacket Estate Outbuildings: 176 Parkside Drive, 6, 19,
and 20 Greenhouse Drive; and 87
Lovers Lane. Register. $40. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Barry Ryan’s Rockabilly Express
and the Ultra Kings, The Record
Collector Store, 358 Farnsworth
Avenue, Bordentown, 609-3240880. www.the-record-collector.com. $14. 7:30 p.m.
House Tour, Lawrence Historical
Society, Brearley House, Meadow Lane, Lawrenceville, 609-8951728. www.thelhs.org. Free. 10
a.m.
Tour of Historic Princeton Cemetery,
Nassau
Presbyterian
Church, Princeton Cemetery,
Greenview Avenue, 609-9240103.
www.nassauchurch.org.
Free guided tour of the cemetery,
established in 1757, led by Reid
Byers, cemetery docent. 11 a.m.
Cannon Firing Demonstration,
Washington Crossing State
Park, Visitor Center Museum, Titusville, 609-737-9303. Reenactment groups conduct artillery
demonstrations. Free. 11 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Nassau Club, 6 Mercer
Street, Princeton, 609-512-1265.
Lunch. Donations of clothing and
personal care items for wounded
military personnel invited. Register. $24. 11:30 a.m.
Roebling Museum, 100 Second
Avenue, Roebling, 609-599-7200.
www.roeblingmuseum.org. “The
100th Anniversary of the Manhattan Bridge” presented by Dave
Frieder. Register. Free. 1 p.m.
A Capital Kickoff, I Am Trenton
Community Foundation, New
Jersey State Museum, Trenton,
609-775-3910.
www.trenton1784.org. Multicultural community
celebration begins two months of
activities to commemorate the
225th anniversary of the 54 days
when Trenton served as the capitol of the United States. The event
includes international music and
performances, children’s activities, and historical information.
Food available. $10; $15 per couple. 6 to 10 p.m.
For Families
Bacon, Sausage, and Scrapple,
Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route 29, Titusville,
609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. Pork products created and
available. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, November 8
2-4 pm
Art for Families, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org. “Bringing Figures to Life.” Free. 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
First of Octember, Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone Library,
609-258-2697. www.princeton.edu. Based on the zany Dr. Seuss
holiday in “Please Try to Remember the First of Octember,” the program invites imagination. Art materials supplied. Ages 3 and up.
Free. 1 to 4 p.m.
Planetarium Shows, New Jersey
State Museum, 205 West State
Street, Trenton, 609-292-6464.
www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. “One World, One Sky” at 1
and 3 p.m. “Extreme Planets” at 2
and 4 p.m. $5. 1 p.m.
Job Search
West Windsor Library, 333 North
Post Road, 609-799-0462. Resume writing workshop presented
by Jennifer Worringer. Register. 2
p.m.
Marlene Verplanck, Salt Creek
Grille, One Rockingham Row,
Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7 to 10 p.m.
Chicks with Picks and Jo Wymer,
Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. 8 p.m.
Karl Dentino, It’s a Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road,
Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 8 p.m.
Meg Hansen Group featuring Billy Hill, Sotto 128 Restaurant and
Lounge, 128 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-921-7555. www.sotto128.com. 9 p.m.
DJ Michael Lee, BT Bistro, 3499
Route 1 South, West Windsor, 609919-9403. btbistro.com. 10 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Why Go Native?, Kingston
Greenways Association, D&R
State Park, 145 Mapleton Road,
Kingston, 609-924-5705. “Bringing Nature Home” presented by
Robert Wells, tree expert and association director of arborculture
outreach from Morris Arboretum,
provides a presentation based on
Doug Tallamy’s book. 10 a.m.
Corn Maze Harvest, Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road,
off Route 29, Titusville, 609-7373299. www.howellfarm.org. $8.
Noon to 4 p.m.
Native Americans of the Area of
the Park, Washington Crossing
State Park, Visitor Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Jim Wade,
former archivist and researcher
with the N.J. State Museum, and
Jim Silk, regional flintknapper,
stone-tool maker, and primitive
technologist discusses primitive
stone tools used by native Americans in central New Jersey. Register. Free. 1 p.m.
Family Nature Programs, Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner
Road, Plainsboro, 609-897-9400.
www.njaudubon.org. “Wildlife Up
Close,” a live animal show presented by Nancy Derricco of the
Mercer County Wildlife Center.
Register. $5. 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Singles
Miniature Golf, Princeton Singles, Pine Creek, Route 31, West
Amwell, 908-874-5434. Lunch to
follow. Register. $8 to $9. 11 a.m.
Wine and Dinner, Dinnermates,
Princeton Area, 732-759-2174.
www.dinnermates.com. Ages 30s
to early 50s. Call for reservation
and location. $20 plus dinner and
drinks. 7:30 p.m.
Sunday
November 8
School Sports
North and South Boys and Girls
Soccer, 609-716-5000, ext. 5134.
www.ww-p.org. NJSIAA Preliminaries. Call for time.
Drama
The Thing About Men, OffBroadstreet Theater, 5 South
Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell,
609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic musical
comedy based on Doris Dorrie’s
screenplay features Todd Reichart, Allison Quairoli, Barry
Abramowitz, Tom Stevenson, and
Pam Jorgensen. $27.50 to
$29.50. 1:30 p.m.
Bell, Book and Candle, Actors’
NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue,
Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694.
www.actorsnetbucks.org. Classic
comedy about a modern-day witch
in Manhattan. $20. 2 p.m.
Equus, Kelsey Theater, Mercer
County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-5703333.
www.kelseytheatre.net.
Drama with PinnWorth Productions. $14. 2 p.m.
Blood: A Comedy, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and
Montgomery streets, Trenton,
609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. David Lee White’s
comedy about faith, science, family, and hot pepper cheese cubes.
$25. 3 p.m.
Film
Central New Jersey Jewish Film
Festival, Regal Cinemas, 2399
Route 1 South, North Brunswick,
732-932-4166.
www.jewishstudies.rutgers.edu. Screenings
of “Bene Israel: Fire Within,” “A
Secret,” “Being Jewish in France,”
“Waltz with Bashir,” “Refusenik,”
and “Valentina’s Mother. $6 to
$11. Check website for full schedule and tickets. 12:15 p.m.
Art
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free. 2
p.m.
Gallery Talk, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton campus,
609-258-3788.
www.princetonartmuseum.org. “African
Rites of Passage in Art and Early
Photography” presented by Holly
W. Ross. Free. 3 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Riverrun Gallery, 287
South Main Street, Lambertville,
609-397-3349. Opening reception
for “Dramatic Color: Powerful Imagery from the Script of My Life,” a
solo exhibit of visual art by Pearl
Mintzer. On view to November 29.
3 to 7 p.m.
Classical Music
London: Purcell and Handel,
Dryden Ensemble, Miller Chapel,
Princeton Theological Seminary,
609-466-8541. www.gemsny.org.
A glimpse of life in London at the
end of Purcell’s career and the beginning of Handel’s features
“Dances & Airs” by Purcell and
arias from Handel’s opera
“Teseo.” $15 to $35. 3 p.m.
Organ Concert, St. Paul Church,
214 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-524-0507.
www.spsprinceton.org. Ahreum Han present concert featuring works of
Marcel Dupre, Felix Mendelssohn,
Louis Vierne, and Franz Liszt.
Free. 3 p.m.
Bravura Chamber Ensemble,
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-924-1604. www.uuprinceton.org. “A Tapestry of
Chamber Music” presented by
members of the Bravura Philharmonic
includes
works
by
Beethoven, Milaud, and RimskyKorsakov. Musicians include
Melissa Bohl, Deborah Gers,
Ronald Sverdlove, Barbara Highton Williams, and Sylvie Webb.
$15. 3 p.m.
Westminster Community Orchestra, Westminster Conservatory, Richardson Auditorium,
609-258-9220.
www.rider.edu/arts. “Triple Play: Opera, Concerto, and Symphony” features
the orchestra performing the overture to Mozart opera’s “La
Clemenza di Tito.” They will be
joined by pianist Albert Lee, a
sophomore at West WindsorPlainsboro High School South, for
the finale from Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto in G. Minor; and
Danielle Sinclair, a soprano from
Plainsboro; and Denise Mihalik,
mezzo soprano. $15. 3 p.m. See
story page 25.
Pop Music
Mad Science, Patriots Theater at
the War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609-984-8400. www.-
African Drumming:
Dave Merritt of
Groove Merchant
Drum & Dance Ensemble presents classes on
Sundays, November 1,
8, and 15, Drum &
Dance Learning Center, Lawrenceville.
thewarmemorial.com. “CSI: Live,”
an interactive journey through
crime scene investigations. 2 p.m.
Good Causes
Dancing for a Cure, The Teal Tea
Foundation, Nottingham Ballroom, 200 Mercer Street, Hamilton, 609-683-2735. www.tealtea.com. Lessons and exhibitions of
Latin and ballroom dancing, a
silent auction, and a buffet dinner.
Featured performers include
Evgeny Dyachenko who performed in the “Dancing with the
Stars” tour. Benefit for benefit
ovarian cancer research. $45 to
$75. 1 to 5 p.m.
Card Making
Workshop
Princeton Public Library, 65
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. www.princetonlibrary.org.
Create cards and matching envelopes using stamp sets with Linda Willimer of Stampin’ Up. Register. $5 materials fee. 2 p.m.
Theology on Tap
Princeton Theological Seminary,
Fridays, MarketFair, West Windsor. Discussion of the crossroads
between life and theology led by
Josh Scott. Geared to young
adults. E-mail joshua.scott@ptsem.edu for information. 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Pasture Party, Cherry Grove
Farm, 3500 Lawrenceville Road,
Lawrenceville,
609-219-0053.
www.cherrygrovefarm.com. Celebration of local food made with the
farm’s beef, lamb, pork, and
cheese prepared by Ian MacDonald. Also Village Bakery, Nomad
Pizza,
Terhune
Orchards,
Hopewell Valley Winery, Small
World Coffee, Flying Fish Brewery, and the Bent Spoon. Music by
Riverside Bluegrass, the Cherry
Pickers, and Spring Street.
Hayrides and kids’ activities. $60.
Noon to 5 p.m.
Tea Time, Lawrence Road Presbyterian Church, 1039 Lawrence
Road, Lawrenceville, 609-8827909. First seating for all ages.
Second seating at 4 p.m. is for
adults only. Register. $20; children, $10. 2 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Basic Energy Medicine Workshop, Energy for Healing, 4446
Route 27, Kingston, 609-9377682.
www.energyforhealing.com. Worried about swine flu?
Strengthen your immune system
and boost your energy level. Learn
the Eden Energy Medicine 10-
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
minute daily routine and more.
Taught by Certified Eden Energy
Medicine Practitioners. Workshop
intensive. Class size strictly limited. Call for information and registration. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Blood Drive, Plainsboro Public
Library, 641 Plainsboro Road,
609-275-2897. www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Mini medical exam including cholesterol test. Babysitting provided. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Exploring the Chakras, Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50
Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Skillman,
609-924-7294.
www.princetonyoga.com.
Workshop
about chakras and the affect on
physical and spiritual levels presented by Kristen Boccumini
Thwing. Benefit for Off the Mat, Into the World’s African Humanitarian Tour in Uganda. Register. $30.
Noon to 3 p.m.
Craniosacral Therapy, Onsen
For All, 4451 Route 27, Princeton,
609-924-4800. www.onsenforall.com. Workshop, “The Power of
Presences and Stillness” presented by Edward Feldman. Register.
$95. 1 to 5 p.m.
Yoga for Kids Workshop, Simply
Yoga, 4437 Route 27, Kingston,
609-895-1481. www.simplyyogakingston.com. For ages 4 to 12.
Register. $30. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Toast to Your Health, St. Francis
Medical Center, Trenton Country
Club, 201 Sullivan Way, West
Trenton, 609-599-5659. www.stfrancismedical.com. Wine and
food tasting. Register. $50; $85
per couple. 3 to 7 p.m.
Yoga and Meditation, Let’s Do
Yoga, 15 Jewel Road, West Windsor, 732-887-3561. letsdoyoga@gmail.com. Multi-level yoga
class. Beginners are welcome.
Bring mat and blanket. Register.
$12. 5 to 6:30 p.m.
History
Cooking With the Frugal Housewife, Washington Crossing
State Park, Washington Crossing
Historic Park, Route 32, Washington Crossing, PA, 215-493-4076.
www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing. Connie Unangast presents five-hour class focusing on
the fundamentals of 19th century
housewifery. Register. $50. 10
a.m. to 3 p.m.
From Revolution to Relativity, Historical Society of Princeton, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Classic walking tour of downtown Princeton and
Princeton University includes stops
at Nassau Hall, University Chapel,
Woodrow Wilson’s homes, and Einstein’s residence. Register by
phone or E-mail jeanette@princetonhistory.org. $7. 2 p.m.
For Families
Seeds of Sun, Har Sinai Temple,
2421 Pennington Road, Hopewell,
609-730-8100. www.harsinai.org.
Israeli jazz ensemble in concert for
children in K to third grade followed by workshop for older children and adults. Register. Free.
10 a.m.
Planetarium Shows, New Jersey
State Museum, 205 West State
Street, Trenton, 609-292-6464.
www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. “One World, One Sky” at 1
and 3 p.m. “Extreme Planets” at 2
and 4 p.m. $5. 1 p.m.
Lectures
Trade Expo, Barter Depot, New
Jersey Expo Center, Edison, 800922-7837. www.barterdepot.com.
Holiday trade show. Information,
food, and entertainment. Silent
auction and shopping for members. Free admission. 8 to 5 p.m.
Live Music
Jerry Topinka, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com.
Jazz brunch. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Corn Maze, Howell Living History
Farm, Valley Road, off Route 29,
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Six Characters But a Full Stage
R
eal or unreal will be the question after audiences see High
School North’s fall drama, “Six
Characters in Search of an Author.” Luigi Pirandello’s play features six mysterious people suddenly appearing at a theater’s rehearsal session. They claim to be
characters from a play whose author never completed their story.
When the company agrees to finish the characters’ tale, strange
things start happening. Performances at North are Thursday to
Saturday, November 12 to 14, at 8
p.m. Call 609-716-5100 to reserve $10 tickets, $5 for seniors.
The play was first staged in
1921 by the Compagnia di Dario
Niccomedi at the Valle di Roma
— to mixed results and Pirandello
was literally run out of the theater
through a side exit in order to avoid
the crowd of enemies. Later adaptations included a New York production in 1954, an opera by Hugo
Weisgall and Denis Johnston in
1959, a 1973 radio version, a PBS
production directed by Stacy
Keach in 1976, and a BBC film
adaptation in 1992. This production is directed by Debbie Goodkin
and produced by Irene Nemser.
Cast members include Delia
Bannon, Mia Calotta, Joey Chapman, Caroline Corriveau, Aditi
Desai, Jenna Fields, Sari ForshnTitusville, 609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. This year’s maze
depicts an old-fashioned schoolhouse with pathways winding
through four acres of corn. Also
hayrides, a pumpkin patch, and a
haybale maze. $8. Noon to 4 p.m.
Shelter Building Wilderness Survival, Washington Crossing
State Park, Visitor Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Fundamentals pertaining to survival
when lost in the wild lead to constructing a weatherproof shelter
from native materials. Register.
Free. 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Retail Therapy
Juried Jewelry Show and Sale,
Monroe Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, 732-521-5000.
www.monroetwplibrary.org.
Handcrafted jewelry by New Jersey artisans and jewelry making
demonstrations. Purchases benefit the library’s foundation. 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
er, Lavanya Ganesh, Ariel Gelfand, Andrew Gordon, Addy Guo,
Constance Huang, Alana Jorgensen, Jeremy Kaish, Michael
Kaish, Pooja Kapadia, Molly Karlin, Alexis Keresztes, Paul
Lavadera, Debra Lopez, Lilly Lu,
Kathleen Mackenzie, Emily Maggio, Allysa Mastellone, Drew McClendon, Aish Menon, Michael
Miele, Luiza Monetti, Adam
Neimann, Meg Orita, Jason Rand,
Josh Rutstein, Danielle Siano,
Stephanie Siano, Benji Sills, Aparaajit Sriram, Abby Stern, Emily
Stern, Michael Stern, Taylor
Stoekel, Emily Straley, Siddhi
Sundar, Anya Watson, Jaclyn
Wemple, Amy Xu, and Andrew
Zutty.
Crew members include Isha
Aggarwal, Autumn Bardachino,
Nicole Baumohl, Daniel Billek,
Katie Brase, Kate Broughton,
Taylor Brown, Sami Buckley,
Joshua Bugge, Kelley Cave, Giovanni Charles, Mounica Chitrapu,
Connie Chung, Christian Cooper,
Marina Cull, Cheyenne Davis,
Sara Duffy, Becca Goldberg, Jake
Goldman, Angela Gui, Katie
Henkel, Tom Hoge, Christine
Johnston, Emily Jones, Alexandra
Kadar, Kristen Kane, Kevin
Kostiw, Tracie Lauver, Alyza
Liu, Kevin Marcoux, Kirsti Marquez, Emma McGregor, Devin
Literati
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
New Jersey Writers Society,
West Windsor Library, 333 North
Post Road, West Windsor, 908578-9281.
www.njwriters.org.
Meeting of group of writers who
seek to improve skills together.
6:30 p.m.
North and South Boys and Girls
Soccer. NJSIAA Preliminaries.
Call for time.
North and South Field Hockey.
Sectionals. Call for time.
Film
Fall Festival of Shakespeare’s
Plays, Princeton Theological
Seminary, Stuart Hall, Room 6,
609-497-7990. www.ptsem.edu.
Screening of “Ran,” 1985, in conjunction with “Through a Glass,
Darkly.” Free. 7 p.m.
Foreign Film, Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Screening of “Children
of Heaven,” an Iranian film made
in 1997. Persian with English subtitles. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Architecture
Princeton Singles, Off Broadstreet Theater, Hopewell, 908874-6539. “The Thing About
Men,” a musical comedy. Register. $25. 1:30 p.m.
Down the Garden Path Lecture
Series, Princeton University
School of Architecture, Betts
Auditorium, Princeton, 609-2583741.
www.soa.princeton.edu.
“Large and Small Works,” David
Adjaye, Adjaye Associates, London. Free. 6 p.m.
Plainsboro Public Library, 641
Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897.
lmxac.org/plainsboro. For advanced adult players. 1 to 5 p.m.
Socials
Reception, Princeton YWCA, 50
Paul Robeson Place, Princeton,
609-497-2100. “Twelve Lives
Changed,” the 2010 calendar featuring the voices of 12 women and
girls whose lives have been
changed through the YWCA’s programs. Each will speak about their
stories. Champagne and light fare.
Calendar to each attendee. Free.
2 to 4 p.m. See story page 29.
Monday
November 9
Municipal Meetings
Public Meeting, West Windsor
Township Council, Municipal
Building, 609-799-2400. www.westwindsornj.org. 7 p.m.
Mejias, Avery Miller, Anjali Nair,
Samyuktha Natarajan, Nicky
Nguyen, Elizabeth Palena, Lauren Palena, Shifra Pfister, Jason
Rand, Danielle Rose, Elena
Rossano, Veronica Santoso, Misbah Shah, Veerin Sirihorachai,
Pravallika Somo, Brianna Tagliaferro, Maya Thomas, Amanda
Trumbauer, Arisa Wada, Jess
Warshauer, Emily Watkins, Alex-
School Sports
Singles
Chess
The Play’s the Thing: Supporting cast members for
‘Six Actors in Search of An Author’ include Delia
Bannon, back left, Amy Xu, Michael Stern, Andrew
Gordon, Anya Watson, Jason Rand, Taylor Stoekel,
and Benji Sills. Middle row: Drew McClendon, left,
Katherine Mackenzie, Aditi Desai; Abby Stern,
Emily Maggio, and Danielle Siano. Front row:
Emily Straley, left, Aish Menon, Jaclyn Wemple,
Alyssa Mastellone, Arile Gelf, and Michael Miele.
Noodle Talk, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-5584. http://tinyurl.com/pnoodle. Lightly structured discussion based on personal questions
that embrace the human condition
instead of flinching from it. Led by
Noodle Talk’s creator Alan Goldsmith. Free. 7 to 9 p.m.
Classical Music
Princeton University Public Lectures, Princeton University,
Richardson Auditorium, 609-2585000.
www.princeton.edu/utickets. “On Character in Music” presented by pianist Alfred Brendel,
who will illustrate his talk by playing musical examples. Register.
Free with ticket. 8 p.m.
Pop Music
Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony
Chorus, 5000 Windrows Drive,
Plainsboro, 732-469-3983. harmonize.com/jerseyharmony. New
members are welcome. 7:15 p.m.
Faith
Annulment Information, Diocese
of Trenton, St. Ann Church, 1253
andra Waters, Luke Weinmann,
Tiffany Yang, and Stanford Zhou.
— Lynn Miller
Six Characters in Search of
an Author, High School North,
90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 12, 13, and 14, 8
p.m. $10, $5 for seniors. 609-7165100.
Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville,
609-406-7400. www.dioceseoftrenton.org. Program presented
by a tribunal judge and annulment
advocate. Register. 7:30 p.m.
Yoga
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available.
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Yoga, Center for Relaxation and
Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road,
Suite 635, Plainsboro, 609-7507432.
www.relaxationandhealing.com. Beginners at 4:15
p.m.; mixed level at 5:30 p.m. $15.
4:15 p.m.
Literati
Delaware Valley Poets, Barnes &
Noble, MarketFair, West Windsor,
609-716-1570. www.bn.com. Laurie Granieri and Tammy Paolino
are featured readers. Open mic
follows. 7:30 p.m.
Lectures
Hopewell Public Library, 13 East
Broad Street, Hopewell, 609-4661625. “Common Investing Mistakes” presented by Fred Gomez,
Wells Fargo Financial Advisors. 7
p.m.
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Meeting, Princeton PC Users
Group, Lawrence Library, 2751
Route 1 South, 908-218-0778.
www.ppcug-nj.org. “Holiday Tech
Gift Guide” presented by Douglas
Dixon, Manifest Technology. New
toys include portable and wireless
gadgets, camera phones, Blueray, and game consoles. 7:30
p.m.
Politics
Woodrow
Wilson
School,
Princeton University, Dodds Auditorium, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu. Romeo Dallaire
speaks. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Singles
Singles Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Drop in for soups, wraps,
gelato, and tea, coffee, desserts,
or espresso. Register at www.meetup.com/Princeton-Area-Singles-Network. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Fly Tying
Ernest Schwiebert Trout Unlimited, Pennington Fire House,
Bromel Place, Pennington, 609984-3851. www.esctu.org. Dave
Rothrock is the featured speaker.
Free. 6 p.m.
Tuesday
November 10
Municipal Meetings
Public
Meeting,
Plainsboro
Township Committee, Municipal
Building, 609-799-0909. www.plainsboronj.com. 7:30 p.m.
Meeting, WW-P Board of Education, Grover Middle School, 609716-5000. 7:30 p.m.
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North and South Boys Soccer.
NJSIAA Preliminaries. Call for
time.
North and South Field Hockey.
Sectionals. Call for time.
North and South Girls Volleyball.
Second Round. Call for time.
Film
Central New Jersey Jewish Film
Festival, Regal Cinemas, 2399
Route 1 South, North Brunswick,
732-932-4166.
www.jewishstudies.rutgers.edu. Screenings
of “And Along Come Tourists,”
“Amnon’s Journey, and “Refusenik.” $6 to $11. Check website
for full schedule and tickets. 12:30
p.m.
Film for Foodies, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Screening of
“Big Night.” Attendees receive a
discount voucher for post-screening dining. 6 p.m.
Art
Visual Arts, Princeton University, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau
Street, 609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu. Opening reception
for video class exhibition. On view
to November 13. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.
Dancing
Tuesday Night Folk Dance
Group, Riverside School, Princeton, 609-655-0758. Instruction
and dancing. No partner needed.
$3. 7 to 9 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
122 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-497-1600.
www.labyrinthbooks.com. Chris Hedges, author
of “Empire of Illusion: The End of
Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle.” 5:30 p.m.
Read One, Knit Too, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Combination
knitting and book discussion
group focuses on Susan Vreeland’s “Luncheon of the Boating
Party.” 7 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Spanish Dance, Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission,
Monroe Township High School,
1629 Perrineville Road, 732-5212111.
www.monroetownshipculturalarts.com. Eva Lucena presents a journey of Spanish dance
and costumes. $7. 7 p.m.
Community
Gatherings
Brittany Townhomes Homeowners Association, meeting room at
the community pool, Plainsboro,
609-395-1000. Board of directors
meeting. 7:45 p.m.
Faith
Talmud Class, Chabad of the
Windsors, East Windsor Library,
138 Hickory Corner Road, 609448-9369. www.chabadwindsor.com. Register. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Food & Dining
Business
Networking,
One
South Rustic Grill, 4095 Route 1
South, South Brunswick, 732-3551030. Meet other professionals in
a social gathering. Free food.
Cash bar. 4 p.m.
Tapas and Wine Dinner, Mediterra, 29 Hulfish Street, Princeton,
609-252-9680. www.terramomo.com. Follows screening of “Big
Night” at Princeton Public Library
at 6 p.m. Register. $25. 8 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Gentle Therapeutic Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available.
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Open House, Sunny Health Center, 16 Seminary Avenue,
Hopewell, 609-466-1227. Free
15-minute massage. Register. 10
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Craniosacral Therapy, Onsen
For All, 4451 Route 27, Princeton,
609-924-4800. www.onsenforall.com. Introduction presented by
Edward Feldman. Register. $15.
Noon to 1 p.m.
Food Workshop, Kristin Harvest,
206 Sandpiper Court, Pennington,
609-462-4717. “Seeking Comfort
Through Right Eating,” a workshop for men and women who
compulsively overeat, think they
have food allergies, or just want to
get over the fall-winter blues. Register. $15. 7 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Sensory Bounce Night, Pump It
Up, 8 Commerce Way, Hamilton,
609-586-5577. www.pumpitupparty.com. For families with special needs children, their siblings,
and therapists. Register. $8.95
per child. 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.
Give Yourself a Night Out: The Gabe Manak Band
performs at BT Bistro, Route 1 South, on Friday,
November 6, from 9 p.m. to midnight.
For Families
Tiger Hall Play Zone, 53 State
Road, Princeton, 609-356-0018.
www.tigerhallkids.com. For ages
to 8. Register. $10. 9:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
For Parents
Lecture Series for Parents, Common Ground, Peddie School, 201
South Main Street, Hightstown,
609-924-6700. www.princetoncommonground.org.
“Guyland:
The Perilous Place Where Boys
Become Men” presented by
Michael Kimmel, a sociology professor at SUNY Stony Brook, and
author of “Guyland.” Register.
Free. 7:30 to 9 p.m. See story
page 21.
Financial Workshop
Kingston Wellness Associates,
4446 Route 27, Kingston, 215598-7225. www.thenewtemperament.com. “Money Consciousness and Your Temperament”
presented by Jay Sanders, CPA;
and Michael Edelstein, founder of
the New Temperament. Register.
$25. 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Lectures
Workshop, Rider University,
Memorial 310, Lawrenceville.
http://osgw.wordpress.com.
“Graphic Design Techniques”
workshop presented by John
Lemasney, an artist, sculptor, designer, technologist, writer, poet,
and manager of Instructional
Technology at Rider University.
Register. Free. 7 p.m.
JobSeekers, Parish Hall entrance,
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street,
609-924-2277.
www.trinityprinceton.org. Networking and
support for changing careers, free.
7:30 p.m.
Princeton Macintosh Users
Group, TBA, 609-258-5730.
www.pmug-nj.org. “Gizmos and
Gadgets” presented by Bill Achuff,
co-founder of the User Group Alliance. Check website for new location. 7:30 p.m.
Politics
Woodrow
Wilson
School,
Princeton University, Dodds Auditorium, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu. Stephen Kotkin
speaks. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Sports
Backpacking 201, Blue Ridge
Mountain Sports, Princeton
Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street, Princeton, 609-9216078.
www.brmsstore.com.
“Leave No Trace Outdoor Ethics.”
Register. 7 p.m.
Wednesday
November 11
Veterans Day. Postal and bank
holiday.
Art
Exhibition and Sale, Princeton
Area Community Foundation,
15 Princess Road, Lawrenceville,
609-219-1800. www.pacf.org. Exhibition and sale featuring works of
Princeton artist Thomas George
including brush and ink drawings,
abstract oil paintings, watercolors,
and the last remaining pastels of
the Institute Pond series. Through
Thursday, December 31. 9 a.m.
Art Exhibit, Chapin School, 4101
Princeton Pike, Princeton, 609924-7206. www.chapinschool.org. Opening reception for “Discarded Visions,” an exhibit of
paintings by Eric Schultz. On view
to December 11. 5 to 7 p.m.
Architecture
Archaeological
Institute
of
America, Princeton University,
McCormick 106, 609-258-9127.
www.princeton.edu. “Hunting and
History in Ancient Egypt” presented by John Baines, Oxford University. Reception follows talk. Free.
6 p.m.
Down the Garden Path Lecture
Series, Princeton University
School of Architecture, Betts
Auditorium, Princeton, 609-2583741.
www.soa.princeton.edu.
“Field Work,” James Corner, Field
Operations, Philadelphia. Free. 6
p.m.
Dancing
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton,
609-931-0149.
www.americanballroomco.com.
For
newcomers. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org.
Instruction
and
dance. $7. 7:40 to 10:30 p.m.
Salsa Class, Pennington Ewing
Athletic Club, 1440 Lower Ferry
Road, Ewing, 609-883-2000.
www.peachealthfitness.com. For
beginners. $15. 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Literati
Lunch and Learn Series, Chicklet Bookstore, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison
Street, 609-279-2121. www.chickletbooks.com. “The Other Side of
Intelligence: Exploring the concept of emotional intelligence and
its impact on our relationship with
self and others” presented by Anthony Cartusciello, Carrier Clinic.
Bring your lunch. Noon to 4 p.m.
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
122 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-497-1600.
www.labyrinthbooks.com. Sally Miller, author of
“Edible Action: Food Activism and
Alternative Economics.” 5:30 p.m.
U.S. 1 Poets Invite, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Paul Muldoon, Evie Shockley, and Philip
Holmes read from their work. 7:30
p.m.
Classical Music
Jazz Vespers, Princeton University Chapel, Washington Road,
609-258-3654. Free. 8 p.m.
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Food & Dining
Fall Tasting Series, Blue Point
Grill, 258 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-921-1211. www.bluepointgrill.com.
Prix-fixe
fourcourse dinner for two. Register.
$95. 5 p.m.
Port Wine, One 53, 153 Washington Street, Rocky Hill, 609-9210153. Wine tasting and hors
d’oeuvres. Register. $55. 6:30
p.m.
Health & Wellness
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, Johnson & Johnson, 199
Grandview Avenue, Skillman,
800-448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available.
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Mixed Level Yoga, Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 635, Plainsboro,
609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. $15. 5:25 to
6:35 p.m.
Healthcare Forum, Har Sinai
Temple, 2421 Pennington Road,
Hopewell, 609-730-8100. www.harsinai.org. Panel discussion on
proposed national healthcare reform with U.S. Representative
Rush Holt, Dr. Robert Remstein,
Capital Health; Dr. Henry D’Silva,
Physicians for Social Responsibility; and Judy Gordon, Healthcare4Allpa.org. Dr. Jeffrey Fine
will moderate. Refreshments.
Register. Free. 7 p.m.
History
Tour and Tea, Morven Museum,
55 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-924-8144. www.morven.org.
Tour the restored mansion, galleries, and gardens. Tea before or
after tour. Register. $15. 11:15
a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Veteran’s Day Lecture, Historical
Society of Princeton, Bainbridge
House, 158 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Elaine F.
Weiss, author of “Fruits of Victory:
Rediscovering the New Jersey
Woman’s Land Army of World War
I.” Reception followed by lecture
and booksigning. Register. $5 donation. 6:30 p.m.
Lectures
Mercer County Network Connections, Windrows, 2000 Windrows
Drive, Plainsboro, 609-520-3700.
www.princetonwindrows.net. “Relocation” presented by Cathy Daly
of Design East includes tips on
staging your home to sell. Breakfast. Register. Free. 8:30 to 10
a.m.
In the Beginning, Institute for Advanced Study, Wolfensohn Hall,
Einstein Drive, Princeton, 609734-8175. www.ias.edu. “Modern
Cosmology and the Origin of Our
Universe” presented by Matias
Zaldarriaga, professor in the
School of Natural Sciences. Free.
4:30 p.m.
Stress Relief for the Holiday Season with Five Easy Tools, Neuro-Enhancement
Strategies,
Princeton Pike, 609-918-0089.
www.neuro-enhancement.com.
“Whole Brain Learning with application NLP presented by Jeff
Schoener. Register at events@nlpwordsmythe.com. $25. 6:30 to
8:30 p.m.
Seminar for Parents, Princeton
Speech, Language, and Learning Center, Hill Wallack, 202
Carnegie Center, West Windsor,
609-924-7080. www.psllcnj.com.
“How to Use New Jersey Law as a
Sword to Obtain Health Insurance
Coverage for Children on the
Autistic Spectrum” presented by
Jodi F. Bouer, an insurance litigator. She will discuss how parents
can obtain insurance coverage for
speech, language, occupational,
physical, and behavior therapy
under the recently enacted Autism
Insurance Reform Bill. Register.
Free. 7 p.m.
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This Concert Makes a Triple Play
W
estminster Community Orchestra will open its season
with a concert entitled Triple
Play: Opera - Concerto - Symphony on Sunday, November 8, at 3
p.m. in Princeton University’s
Richardson
Auditorium
in
Alexander Hall. The program features the orchestra, conducted by
Ruth Ochs, performing the Overture to Mozart’s opera La
Clemenza di Tito and Dvorak’s
Symphony No. 6 in D Major.
They will be joined by pianist Albert Lee, a sophomore at High
School South, for the finale from
Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto in
G Minor; and Danielle Sinclair, a
soprano from Plainsboro, for the
final duet from Act III of Strauss’
Der Rosenkavalier.
Lee, 15, who has studied piano
for seven years, currently studies
with Galina Prilutskaya. He has
earned merit and distinction ratings from the Associated Board of
the Royal Schools of Music and
has passed ABRSM Grade 8. He
also won a five-year award in the
New Jersey Music Teachers Association Piano Festival, has received high honors in the NJMTA
Recital Auditions, and has performed annually in the high honors recital. Lee has also performed
at the Weill Recital Hall at
Carnegie Hall in New York. At
High School South Lee is a member of the track team and plays the
violin in the school orchestra.
Sinclair, a Plainsboro resident
for close to 13 years, has performed with orchestras throughDifficult Questions Roundtable,
Westerly Road Church, Wilson
House, 240 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-924-3816. www.westerlyroad.org. Roundtable discussions concerning life, faith,
suffering, evil, and Christianity,
discussed by Pastor Matthew Ristuccia, Westerly Road Church;
Rajan Matthews, Chuck Hetzler,
and David Ward. Lecture, buffet
dinner, and discussion. Register.
7 p.m.
Meeting, Princeton Photography
Club, Johnson Education Center,
D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1
Preservation Place, Princeton,
732-422-3676. www.princetonphotoclub.org. “Out of the fire and
into the frying pan: A news photographer’s odyssey” presented by
David Handschuh, a photojournalist who will talk the stages of his
career from breaking news photographer on the streets of New
York to 9/11 and his life afterwards. 7:30 p.m.
Live Music
Nanette De Laune, Salt Creek
Grille, One Rockingham Row,
Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 6 to 9 p.m.
Acoustic Showcase, KatManDu,
Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-393-7300. www.katmandutrenton.com. 15 minute
back-to-back sets. Interested musicians can E-mail Lance Reichert
at lance@katmandutrenton.com.
Free. 7 to 11 p.m.
Wendy Zoffer, BT Bistro, 3499
Route 1 South, West Windsor,
609-919-9403.
www.btbistro.com. Wendy Zoffer, flute and vocals; Larry Hinkes, drums; Lou
Volpe, guitar; and Anthony DiMauro, bass. 8 to 11 p.m.
For Seniors
Kosher Cafe East, Jewish Family
and Children’s Service, Beth El
Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream
Road, East Windsor, 609-9878100. www.jfcsonline.org. Hot
Kosher meal for ages 60 and up.
Discussion of living greener with
Ralph Copleman, Sustainable
Lawrence. Register. $5. 12:30
p.m.
out the country in works ranging
from Bach’s Magnificat and St.
John Passion to Respighi’s Lauda
per la Nativita del Signore and
Orff’s Carmina Burana. She has
appeared in numerous operatic
roles including Musetta in La Boheme, Despina in Cos• fan tutte,
Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Gretel
in Hansel and Gretel, and Mabel
in Pirates of Penzance.
In 1990 she won Seattle’s Vocal Competition, and in 1995 she
won the prestigious Opera at
Florham Guild Competition. In
July of that year she performed on
the Apollo Muses Concert Series.
A guest artist on Westminster
Conservatory’s Concert and
Recital Series, she performs frequently with the Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs and the
Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Currently
on the roster of New York City
Opera, she performed in the ensemble of the world premiere performance of Charles Wuorinen’s
opera Haroun and the Sea of Stories in 2004. She can be heard as
soloist on the Seattle Symphony
Chorale’s recording “Singing a
Glad Noel.” She teaches voice at
Westminster Conservatory in
Princeton, and at her home studio
in Plainsboro.
In 2000 Sinclair co-founded
the Westminster Conservatory
Youth Opera Workshop with her
husband and has since served as
its director. “Our Youth Opera
Workshop is currently on hiatus,
but our works are still being performed by children in opera work-
Thursday
November 12
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North and South Field Hockey.
State Semifinals. Call for time.
North and South Girls Soccer.
Sectionals. Call for time.
North and South Girls Volleyball.
Third Round. Call for time.
Drama
Rent, Rider University, Yvonne
Theater, Lawrenceville, 609-8965303. www.rider.edu. Jonathan
Larson’s rock musical. $5 to $20.
E-mail ticketbooth@rider.edu for
tickets. 7 p.m.
Student Fall Music Concert, Peddie School, Hightstown, 609-4907550. www.peddie.org. Pop, rock,
classical, and jazz genres. Free.
7:30 p.m.
shops around the world,” she
says.
Her husband, Michael, also on
the faculty at Westminster Conservatory, is a Suzuki piano
teacher with a very busy studio.
“For fun, we both dance — but not
together — I do Flamenco and
Spanish dance, he takes ballet.”
The couple has three cats.
For the concert, Sinclair is
singing one of her favorite duets
with mezzo-soprano Denise Mihalik. The duo perform together
regularly as part of “Troupe du
Jour,” a touring ensemble that
presents themed classical concerts. “Although we have collaborated on many concert projects,
this is a new piece for us,” says
Sinclair. “Der Rosenkavalier is a
beautiful opera about young love
and growing old, and this duet is
the very end of the opera where all
ends happily — for some of the
characters.”
Founded in 1985, the Westminster Community Orchestra is
based at Westminster Conservatory of Music, the community mu-
Albert Lee and Danielle
Sinclair.
sic school of Westminster Choir
College. Now in her fifth season
as conductor and music director
of the Westminster Community
Orchestra, Ruth Ochs has led the
orchestra in performances of major orchestral and choral-orchestral works, including symphonies
by Brahms, Mozart, and Shostakovich.
Orchestra members are professional and gifted amateur musicians from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. They come from all
walks of life but share a common
goal — the desire to make wonderful music for themselves and
their community.
— Lynn Miller
Westminster Community Orchestra, Westminster Conservatory, Richardson Auditorium. Sunday, November 8, 3 p.m. $15. 609258-9220. www.rider.edu/arts.
Six Characters in Search of an
Author, High School North, 90
Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro,
609-716-5100. Drama by Luigi Pirandello. $10. 8 p.m. See story
page 23.
of Graffiti: Photographs by Jon
Naar.” On display through Tuesday, December 15. Closed Friday,
November 20 to Monday, November 30. Open Monday to Friday, 9
a.m. to noon. Free. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Rimers of Eldritch, Mercer County Community College, Studio
Theater, Communications Building, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3524. Lanford
Wilson’s dark drama set in a small
Midwestern town grappling with a
murder. $14. 8 p.m.
Late Thursdays, Princeton University Art Museum, Campus,
609-258-3788.
http://artmuseum.princeton.edu.
Extended
hours to explore the special exhibitions and collections. Many
evenings feature film screenings,
musical performances, and activities. Free. 7 to 10 p.m.
Blood: A Comedy, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and
Montgomery streets, Trenton,
609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. David Lee White’s
comedy about faith, science, family, and hot pepper cheese cubes.
$25. 8 p.m.
Venting, Theatre Intime, Hamilton
Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-258-1742. www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.
Art
Art
Exhibit,
Lawrenceville
School, Gruss Center of Visual
Arts, Lawrenceville, 609-6206026.
www.Lawrenceville.org.
Opening reception for “The Faith
Art Exhibit, Rider University, Bart
Luedeke Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, 609896-5033. www.rider.edu. Gallery
talk in conjunction with “Cajori/
Grossman: forming the Figure,” a
shared exhibit by husband and
wife artists, Charles Cajori and
Barbara Grossman, showing opposing ways to approach the
drawing and painting of the figure.
7 p.m.
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Dancing
Salsa Dancing, HotSalsaHot,
Princeton YWCA, 69 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, 609-6517070.
www.hotsalsahot.com.
Three levels of class instruction
plus social practice, $20. Only social practice, $7. 6:30 p.m.
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center,
Monument Drive, 609-273-1378.
www.theblackcattango.com. Beginner and intermediate classes
followed by guided practice. $10. 8
p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Amy
Guglielmo and Julie Appell,
“Catch Picasso’s Rooster,” present storytime, craft, and booksigning. 1:30 p.m.
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
122 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-497-1600.
www.labyrinthbooks.com.
Daniel
HellerRoazen, author of “The Enemy of
All Piracy and the Law of Nations.”
5:30 p.m.
Poetry Circle, Lawrence Library,
Darrah Lane and Route 1,
Lawrence Township, 609-9896920. www.mcl.org. Discussion of
poet John Berryman. Register. 7
p.m.
Classical Music
Afternoon Concert, Princeton
University Chapel, Washington
Road, 609-258-3654. Free. 12:30
to 1 p.m.
Food & Dining
Wine Tasting, Mediterra, 29 Hulfish Street, Princeton, 609-2529680. www.terramomo.com. Light
fare to accompany Montes Wines.
Register. $25. 5 p.m.
Make Your Own Mozzarella, The
Grape Escape, 12 Stults Road,
Dayton, 609-409-9463. www.thegrapeescape.net. Register. $85.
6:30 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Kicking the Sugar Habit, Onsen
For All, 4451 Route 27, Princeton,
609-924-4800. www.onsenforall.com. Presented by Csilla Bischoff,
holistic nutrition counselor. Register. $30 to $35. 7 to 8:30 p.m.
For Families
Mommy and Me with a Jewish
Twist, Shalom Heritage Center,
Twin Rivers Shopping Center,
East Windsor, 609-443-7170.
www.shalomheritagecenter.org.
A program for infants, toddlers,
and preschoolers to explore Jewish themes through circle time,
music, and crafts. $8. 9:15 to
10:15 a.m.
Tiger Hall Play Zone, 53 State
Road, Princeton, 609-356-0018.
www.tigerhallkids.com. For ages
to 8. Register. $10. 9:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Amy
Guglielmo and Julie Appell, creators of “Catch Picasso’s Rooster”
and “Tickle Tut’s Toes” present
story and craft. 1:30 p.m.
Lectures
Keller Center, Princeton University, Friend Center 101, 609-2583979. http://commons.princeton.edu/kellercenter. “iPhone Apps:
The New High-Tech Gold Rush?”
presented by developers working
on communication, gaming, social
networking,and health apps. Free.
5:30 p.m.
Manifestations of the Prodigal
Daughter, Lawrence Library,
Darrah Lane and Route 1,
Lawrence Township, 609-5774249. www.mcl.org. Discussion of
the impact of separation in the
lives of children with incarcerated
parents and at risk youth with the
focus on the benefits of mentoring.
Opportunities for volunteers. Refreshments. 6 to 8 p.m.
Engaged Retirement, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. “Downsizing
and Selling Your House” presented by Madolyn Greve, Gloria Nilson GMAC Real Estate. 7 p.m.
Exploring the Right Brain,
Princeton Public Library, 65
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. www.princetonlibrary.org.
Screening of “A Whole New Mind”
followed by a panel discussion
featuring Neils Reeh, University of
Copenhagen; Holly Houston,
Montgomery Township School
District; and David Heberlein, Waldorf School of Princeton. Free. 7
p.m.
Beth El Synagogue Genealogy
Club, 50 Maple Stream Road,
East Windsor, 609-443-4454.
www.bethel.net. “Hodgepodge,”
presented by Dr. Steve Morse,
who will talk about solutions to
problems
with
genealogical
searches, identity theft, DNA
analysis, and other features. Refreshments. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Live Music
Morrie Lounden, Salt Creek
Grille, One Rockingham Row,
Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 6 to 9 p.m.
Mike Montrey Band, Triumph
Brewing Company, 138 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-924-7855.
www.triumphbrew.com. 21 plus.
Free. 9:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Landowner’s
Forum,
D&R
Greenway Land Trust, One
Preservation Place, Princeton,
609-924-4646.
www.drgreenway.org. “Bringing Nature Home:
How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife
in Our Gardens” presented by
Douglas W. Tallamy, author of a
book by the same name. Refreshments followed by the talk. Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.
Politics
Woodrow
Wilson
School,
Princeton University, Robertson
Auditorium, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu.
Ann
O’Leary
speaks. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Colleges
Open House, Mercer County
Community College, Conference Center, West Windsor, 609586-0505. www.mccc.edu. For
adults, high school students, and
parents interested in programs,
new careers, and transfers. 4:30
to 7 p.m.
Retail Therapy
Benefit Day, Goldcore Jewelers,
10 Schalks Crossing Road,
Plainsboro, 609-275-1501. www.goldcorejewelers.com. Benefit for
Keeping Pace NJ, an organization
offering scholarships for horse enthusiasts with special needs. Sell
scrap gold and silver jewelry. Door
prizes. Refreshments. Larry Arghese on guitar. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Rummage Sale, Princeton United Methodist Church, Nassau &
Vandeventer Streets, 609-9242613. Clothing, housewares, electronics, jewelry, toys, books, and
linens. 5 to 8 p.m.
Book Sale, Hickory Corner Library, East Windsor, 609-4484129. $1.50, hardcover; 50 cents,
paperback; and DVDs, CDs,
comics, and books on tape for children, young adults, and adults. 6
to 8 p.m.
Singles
Divorce Support Group, Hopewell
Presbyterian
Church,
Hopewell, 609-213-9509. Register. 7:30 p.m.
Socials
Dinner and Meeting, International Association of Administrative Professionals, RWJ Hamilton Conference Center, 3100
Quakerbridge Road, Mercerville,
609-689-2338.
www.iaapmercer.org. Dinner and demonstration of Dove Chocolate Discoveries. Register with Rosann
Supino at rosann.supino@almacgroup.com. $27. 6 p.m.
609-275-2919
7 Schalks Crossing Rd. • Plainsboro
Boys Being Silly: Princeton University's Triangle
Club presents ‘ Store Trek,’ a musical comedy focusing on corporate green and American consumerism.
Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, at
McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton.
Friday
November 13
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North and South Boys Soccer.
NJSIAA Sectional Finals. Call for
time.
North and South Football. NJSIAA First Round. Call for time.
Drama
The Thing About Men, OffBroadstreet Theater, 5 South
Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell,
609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic musical
comedy based on Doris Dorrie’s
screenplay features Todd Reichart, Allison Quairoli, Barry
Abramowitz, Tom Stevenson, and
Pam Jorgensen. $27.50 to
$29.50. 7 p.m.
Rent, Rider University, Yvonne
Theater, Lawrenceville, 609-8965303. www.rider.edu. Jonathan
Larson’s rock musical. $5 to $20.
E-mail ticketbooth@rider.edu for
tickets. 7 p.m.
Bell, Book and Candle, Actors’
NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue,
Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694.
www.actorsnetbucks.org. Classic
comedy about a modern-day witch
in Manhattan. $20. 8 p.m.
Six Characters in Search of an
Author, High School North, 90
Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro,
609-716-5100. Drama by Luigi Pirandello. $10. 8 p.m.
The Producers, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333.
www.kelseytheatre.net. Musical comedy
based on Mel Brooks 1968 film
featuring a Broadway producer
and his accountant’s scheme to
produce an offensive musical. The
Broadway version earned a
record-breaking 12 Tony awards
in 2001. $16. Reception with cast
and crew follows the opening night
performance. Production continues through Sunday, November
22. 8 p.m.
Store Trek, McCarter Theater, 91
University Place, 609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. Princeton Triangle Club’s musical comedy focuses on corporate green and
American consumerism. $22 to
$35. 8 p.m.
Rimers of Eldritch, Mercer County Community College, Studio
Theater, Communications Building, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3524. Lanford
Wilson’s dark drama set in a small
Midwestern town grappling with a
murder. $14. 8 p.m.
Blood: A Comedy, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and
Montgomery streets, Trenton,
609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. David Lee White’s
comedy about faith, science, family, and hot pepper cheese cubes.
$25. 8 p.m.
My Fair Lady, Princeton University, Berlind at McCarter Theater,
609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu/arts. Musical. $10. 8 p.m.
Venting, Theatre Intime, Hamilton
Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-258-1742. www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.
Film
Anime Films Series, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org.
Screening
presented by Princeton High
School’s anime club. Free. 4 p.m.
Acme Screening Room, Lambertville Public Library, 25
South Union Street, Lambertville,
609-397-0275. www.nickelodeonnights.org. Screening of “The
Beaches of Agnes,” 2009. $5. 7
and 8:55 p.m.
Art
Gallery Talk, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton campus,
609-258-3788.
www.princetonartmuseum.org. “Emmet
Gowin: A Collective Portrait” presented by Emmet Gowin and Joel
Smith. Free. 12:30 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Gallery 125, 125
South Warren Street, Trenton,
609-989-9119. www.gallery125.com. Opening reception for “Point
of View,” a juried show featuring
40 works in a variety of media. On
view through February 6. 6 to 9
p.m.
Dancing
Latin Class, Actor’s Dance Studio, 1012 Brunswick Avenue, Ewing, 609-213-4578. Register. $15.
7 to 8 p.m.
Family Dance, Montgomery
Recreation, Otto Kaufman Community Center, 356 Skillman
Road, Skillman, 609-466-3023.
www.twp.Montgomery.nj.us. Beginner swing lesson presented by
Candace Woodward-Clough followed by open dance. $8; $15 for
family. 7 p.m.
Salsa Class, Pennington Ewing
Athletic Club, 1440 Lower Ferry
Road, Ewing, 609-883-2000.
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www.peachealthfitness.com. For
advanced beginners. $15. 7 to
8:30 p.m.
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton,
609-931-0149.
www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8
to 11 p.m.
Literati
Irish Studies, Princeton University, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau
Street, 609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu. “All the Living and
the Dead: Anthropothanatological
Reading of Joyce and Synge” presented by Stuart J. McLean, University of Minnesota. Free. 4:30
p.m.
Classical Music
Gallery Concert, Westminster
Conservatory, Art Gallery, 2083
Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu. Volanti Flute Quartet featuring flutists Jill Crawford, Ellen Fisher Deerberg, Katherine McClure,
and Barbara Highton Williams present “Quatre Aspects Feminins”
with music of Pierre Paubon, Marc
Berthomieu, and Roelof Temmingh. Free. In conjunction with
the exhibit, “Grossman/Cajori:
Forming the Figure.” Noon.
Spectrum Concert, Princeton
University Chapel, Washington
Road, 609-258-3654. “The Planets” with organ transciptions featuring Eric Plutz. $15. 8 p.m.
Westminster Schola Cantorum
and Williamson Voices, Westminster Choir College, Bristol
Chapel, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu. Works by Brahms, Ives,
Rachmaninoff, Britt, and Stravinsky. Organist Ken Cowan. Conducted by James Jordon. $20. 8
p.m.
Good Causes
Tasting in Titusville, PEI Kids,
Union Firehouse, 1396 River
Road, 609-649-2613. www.peikids.org. Wine and hors d’oeuvres. Register. $45. 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Tricky Tray, St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Scholarship, Ancient
Order of Hibernians, 2419 Kuser
Road, Hamilton Square, 09-7130630. www.trentonparade.com.
$5 includes tickets. Food, beverages, and additional tickets available. 6 to 10 p.m.
Wine Tasting, Habitat for Humanity, Mercer Oaks Golf
Course, 725 Village Road, West
Windsor, 609-443-8744. www.habitatmba.org. Benefit evening
features close to 300 wines, appetizers, pasta, vendors, and a silent
auction. Must be 21. $45 to $50. 7
to 10 p.m. See story page 27.
Comedy Clubs
Eddie Clark, Kinsey Damon, and
Steve Trevelise, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com.
Reservation. $20. 8 p.m.
Food & Dining
4th Anniversary Party, Red
Green Blue, True Color Creations, 4 Hulfish Street, Princeton, 609-683-5100. www.redgreenblueonline.com. Food and
activities. Register. 5 p.m.
The Perfect Holiday Cocktail Party, Miele Design Center, 9 Independence Way, Princeton, 800843-7231. www.mieleusa.com.
“Easy Appetizers and Wine” presented by Holly Curry, Miele’s
home economist, and CoolVines.
Register. $13. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available.
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Author Event, Friends’ Health
Connection, RWJ Hamilton Center for Health & Wellness, 3100
Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton,
800-483-7436. www.friendshealthconnection.org. “Happy at Last:
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It Takes a Village — and a Wine Tasting — to Build a House
H
abitat for Humanity Millstone Basin Area presents its
most important fund-raiser of the
year on Friday, November 13, at
Mercer Oaks Golf Course in West
Windsor. The affiliate’s wine tasting and silent auction will raise
money in support of house-building efforts in Hightstown. Laurenti’s ShopRite Wines and Spirits of
Mercerville offers more than 250
wines, specialty spirits and beers
from 20 vendors as well as hot and
cold appetizers and entrees. Tickets are $45 in advance or $50 at
the door.
Habitat for Humanity, an international organization, helps locally run affiliates with organizational support — but not financial assistance. The Millstone Basin
Area affiliate serves Cranbury,
East
Windsor,
Hightstown,
Plainsboro, Robbinsville, and
West Windsor. Every affiliate is
responsible for raising its own
funds for local building efforts.
The affiliate has completed
eight houses, including seven new
homes in East Windsor and a rebuilt duplex in Robbinsville. Taxdeductible donations may be
mailed to Habitat for Humanity
Millstone Basin Area, Box 178,
Cranbury 08512.
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical
Christian ministry dedicated to
eliminating substandard housing
Finding Joy” presented by Richard
O’Connor, author of “Undoing Depression” and “Undoing Perpetual
Stress.” Register. $15. 7 p.m.
and homelessness worldwide and
to making adequate, affordable
shelter available for families who
meet the basic criteria — partner
families’ income is typically
around 50 percent of the median
for the county. The committee
makes a recommendation based
on interviews and home visits, to
the board of directors. Visit
www.habitat.org for more information.
“Habitat is not a hand out but a
hand up,” says Anthony Infosino,
affiliate president. “The partner
family works on the house’s construction with us and purchases
the completed house from us via a
no-interest mortgage.”
Susan Miller-Mauro of Plainsboro, an active committee member, is helping plan the event with
promotions, graphic design services for the event flyer and booklet, and solicitation of silent auction items and services. A returning committee member, she was
in on the beginning brainstorming
planning sessions.
“I had known about Habitat for
Humanity for sometime and then
had an opportunity to meet some
of the members of the Millstone
Basin chapter at St. Anthony of
Padua Church in Hightstown,”
says Miller-Mauro, who has been
working with them since 2001.
She is a fundraising committee
member and a build volunteer.
Born and raised in Milltown,
Miller-Mauro has degrees in marketing art and design. A self-employed graphic design professional since the mid-1980s, her company, Susan and Associates, supports the efforts of marketing,
sales, and training education, with
print and presentation development. She even has a series of custom-designed wine labels for
those who make their own wines.
Her Hightstown office is soon
moving to Cranbury. She has
lived in Plainsboro for more than
seven years.
Her husband Roger, a private
contractor, works at UPS data
center. Their daughter Cecilia, a
June graduate from High School
South, is traveling in the U.K,,
working on her portfolio and visiting a university for architecture
in Spain. Emily, a junior at South,
is preparing for winter track —
she’s a school record-holder at
South and took first place in Mercer County relays.
Committee members also include Ron Bertoni, Michael P.
Caputo, Maureen Coles, Ashley
Derricott, Nicole Gallagher,
Megan Gebhardt, Jody Kashden
(chairperson), Amy Raes, and
Ana I. Roberti.
“The event is an excellent way
to sample some of the best red
wines for the upcoming cold
weather and a chance to learn
man, 609-240-4693. www.sourlandhills.org. Musical adaptation
of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory.” $8. 7 p.m.
Live Music
History
Lectures
Kristallnacht Memorial Remembrance Program, Office of New
Jersey Governor, NJ Assembly
Chambers, State House, Trenton,
609-292-9274. www.state.nj.us.
Memorial to Nazi riots in Germany
on November 9, 1938. Hundreds
of Jewish synagogues, businesses, and homes were ransacked;
many Jews were beaten and
killed; and 30,000 Jews were sent
to concentration camps. Kristallnacht survivor is guest speaker.
Candlelighting ceremony for all
survivors. Music presentations.
Public invited. Free. 7 p.m.
Woodrow
Wilson
School,
Princeton University, Dodds,
Robertson Hall, 609-258-3000.
www.wws.princeton.edu.
“Preserving Programs that Prevent
Child Abuse and Neglect,” a research and policy conference.
Christina Paxson, dean of the
school, delivers the opening address. Luncheon address by Kimberly Ricketts, commissioner of
the New Jersey Department of
Children and Families. Register.
Free. 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Family Theater
Willy Wonka, Sourland Hills Actors Guild, Montgomery High
School, 1016 Route 601, Skill-
Meeting, Toastmasters Club,
Mary Jacobs Library, 64 Washington Street, Rocky Hill, 609-3060515. http://ssu.freetoasthost.ws.
Build speaking, leadership, and
communication skills. Guests are
welcome. 7:30 p.m.
Cranbury Coffee House, First
Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, 22 South Main Street, Cranbury,
908-307-7154.
www.cranburycoffeehouse.com.
Acoustic Road with soft rock. $8
ticket benefits the food pantry and
deacon’s fund. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Lynn Randall Trio, Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, 15 East Broad
Street, Hopewell, 609-466-9889.
www.hopewellvalleybistro.com.
Jazz. 7 to 10 p.m.
Jackie Jones, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7
to 10 p.m.
Ian McLagan and the Catholic
Girls, The Record Collector
Store, 358 Farnsworth Avenue,
Bordentown,
609-324-0880.
www.the-record-collector.com.
$27. 7:30 p.m.
Design for Living:
Susan Miller-Mauro.
more about wine by discussing
them with the sales representatives on hand,” says Infosino.
“Attendees will receive a discount
for any orders placed the night of
the event and the affiliate will get
a percentage of those sales, as
well as a percentage of ticket
sales.”
— Lynn Miller
Wine Tasting, Habitat for Humanity, Mercer Oaks Golf
Course, 725 Village Road, West
Windsor. Friday, November 13, 7
p.m. to 10 p.m. Benefit evening
features close to 300 wines, appetizers, pasta, vendors, and a silent
auction. Must be 21. $45 to $50..
609-443-8744.
www.habitatmba.org.
The Alice Project, Arts Council of
Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. DVD concert recording party. Register.
$15. 8 p.m.
Beatlemania Now, Grounds For
Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,
Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.groundsforsculpture.org. “Please,
Please Me” focuses on the Beatles in the years 1964 to 1966. Register. $30. Inside concert. 8 p.m.
CJ Barna and Chris Jankoski,
Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. 8 p.m.
Bob Orlowski, It’s a Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road,
Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 8 p.m.
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Choice Society, Tre Piani, 120
Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-452-1515.
www.choicesociety.ning.com. Hip
hop, reggae, and pop music. Drink
specials, hors d’oeuvres. $5 admission. 10 to 2 a.m.
Outdoor Action
Corn Maze, Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route
29, Titusville, 609-737-3299.
www.howellfarm.org. This year’s
maze depicts an old-fashioned
schoolhouse with pathways winding through four acres of corn. Also hayrides, a pumpkin patch, and
a haybale maze. $8. 5 to 8 p.m.
Harvest Moon Dance, Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road,
off Route 29, Titusville, 609-7373299. www.howellfarm.org. 7:30
p.m.
Retail Therapy
Rummage Sale, Princeton United Methodist Church, Nassau &
Vandeventer Streets, 609-9242613. Clothing, housewares, electronics, jewelry, toys, books, and
linens. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Book Sale, Hickory Corner Library, East Windsor, 609-4484129. $1.50, hardcover; 50 cents,
paperback; and DVDs, CDs,
comics, and books on tape for children, young adults, and adults. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grand Opening, Great Looks 4
Less Hair Salon, Mercer Mall,
3375 Route 1, Lawrenceville, 609378-5360. Santa, face painter,
door prizes, and ribbon cutting at
the new multi-cultural hair salon.
Information about HomeFront and
volunteer opportunities. 11 a.m.
Singles
Singles Night, One South Rustic
Grill, 4095 Route 1 South, South
Brunswick, 732-355-1030. Happy
hours for singles 35 and up. DJ by
Music Express begins at 10 p.m.
Free food. Cash bar. No cover. 4
p.m.
Princeton Singles, Montgomery
Theater, Route 206, Montgomery,
908-874-6539. Movie and dinner.
For ages 55-plus. Register. 4 p.m.
Happy Hour, Yardley Singles,
Cafe Mulino Restaurant 938 Bear
Tavern Road, Ewing, 215-7361288.
www.yardleysingles.org.
Jazz from 6 to 10 p.m. 5 p.m.
Divorce Recovery Program,
Princeton Church of Christ, 33
River Road, Princeton, 609-5813889.
www.princetonchurchofchrist.com. Support group for men
and women. Free. Seminar:
“Communication and Conflict
Resolution.” 7:30 p.m.
For Seniors
Aging in Place, Jewish Family
and Children’s Service of
Greater Mercer County, Meadow
Lakes, 300 Meadow Lakes, East
Windsor, 609-987-8100. www.jfcsonline.org. Mercer County Surrogate Diane Gerofsky explains
the purpose and functions of the
surrogate court. Register. Free.
10:30 a.m.
Saturday
November 14
Hall of Honor
High School South, Commons I,
346 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, 609-716-5000. Hall of Honor
2009 inductees are Michael Carr,
Inspiration Award; David Oliver
and Demis Ashton, Service
Awards; Aneesh Chopra, Michael
Renna, and Marilyn Stoddard,
Alumni Achiever Awards; and
Charles McCall, Megan McNulty,
Katherine Riley, Student Achiever
Awards. Ceremony and dinner.
$35. Send a check made payable
to WW-P HS South, to Leslie Fisher at WW-P HS South, 346
Clarksville Road, Princeton Junction 08550. 6 p.m.
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North and South Boys/Girls
Cross Country. NJSIAA Groups.
Call for time.
North and South Football. NJSIAA First Round. Call for time.
North and South Girls Volleyball.
State Finals. Call for time.
Drama
Rimers of Eldritch, Mercer County Community College, Studio
Theater, Communications Building, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3524. Lanford
Wilson’s dark drama set in a small
Midwestern town grappling with a
murder. $14. 2 and 8 p.m.
The Thing About Men, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic musical comedy
based on Doris Dorrie’s screenplay features Todd Reichart, Allison Quairoli, Barry Abramowitz,
Tom Stevenson, and Pam Jorgensen. $27.50 to $29.50. 7 p.m.
Bell, Book and Candle, Actors’
NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue,
Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694.
www.actorsnetbucks.org. Classic
comedy about a modern-day witch
in Manhattan. $20. 8 p.m.
Six Characters in Search of an
Author, High School North, 90
Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro,
609-716-5100. Drama by Luigi Pirandello. $10. 8 p.m.
The Producers, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333.
www.kelseytheatre.net. Musical comedy
based on Mel Brooks 1968 film
featuring a Broadway producer
and his accountant’s scheme to
produce an offensive musical. The
Broadway version earned a
record-breaking 12 Tony awards
in 2001. $16. 8 p.m.
Store Trek, McCarter Theater, 91
University Place, 609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. Princeton Triangle Club’s musical comedy focuses on corporate green and
American consumerism. $22 to
$35. 8 p.m.
Blood: A Comedy, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and
Montgomery streets, Trenton,
609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. David Lee White’s
comedy about faith, science, family, and hot pepper cheese cubes.
$30. 8 p.m.
My Fair Lady, Princeton University, Berlind at McCarter Theater,
609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu/arts. Musical. $10. 8 p.m.
Rent, Rider University, Yvonne
Theater, Lawrenceville, 609-8965303. www.rider.edu. Jonathan
Larson’s rock musical. $5 to $20.
E-mail ticketbooth@rider.edu for
tickets. 8 p.m.
Venting, Theatre Intime, Hamilton
Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-258-1742. www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.
Film
Acme Screening Room, Lambertville Public Library, 25
South Union Street, Lambertville,
609-397-0275. www.nickelodeonnights.org. Screening of “The
Beaches of Agnes,” 2009. $5. 7
and 8:55 p.m.
Art
Gingerbread House Workshop,
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609689-1089.
www.groundsforsculpture.org. Combine gingerbread, frosting, candy, and cookies to make your special hour.
Bring icing spatula and pastry tips.
For ages 10 and up. Register. $25.
1:30 p.m.
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free. 2
p.m.
Art Exhibit, Ellarslie, Trenton
City Museum, Cadwalader Park,
609-989-3632. www.ellarslie.org.
Reception for exhibit featuring
bronze castings by Elizabeth
Miller-McCue, photographs and
portrait drawings by Peter C. Cook
and Howard Siskowitz, and mixed
media works on wood by Bruce
Rigby. On view to January 3. Free.
7 to 9 p.m.
Dancing
Ballroom Class, Actor’s Dance
Studio, 1012 Brunswick Avenue,
Ewing, 609-213-4578. Register.
$15. 2 to 8 p.m.
Dance Classes and Workshops,
Web of Compassion, Suzanne
Patterson Center, 45 Stockton
Israeli Jazz for the Family: Seeds of Sun musicians
— Yuval Lion, left, Gustavo Amarante, Meytal
Muallem, Mattan Klein, and Manu Koch — perform
on Sunday, November 8, at Har Sinai Temple.
Street, Princeton, 609-497-4598.
www.webofcompassion.org.
Dance and yoga classes. Call for
schedule. 2:30 to 6:20 p.m.
Ballroom Blitz, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Unitarian Church,
50 Cherry Hill Road, 609-9451883. www.centraljerseydance.org. Salsa lesson with Henry Valendia followed by open dancing.
No partner needed. $12. 7:30
p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. John
Welshons, author of “One Soul,
One Love, One Heart.” A meditation teacher, his new book details
how to heal difficult relationships.
2 p.m.
Sappho’s Cafe, West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road, 609799-0462. Poetry reading group.
Register. 2 to 4 p.m.
Classical Music
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, Barnes & Noble, MarketFair,
West Windsor, 609-716-1570.
www.bn.com. Holiday favorites. 3
p.m.
Piano Recital, Roosevelt Arts
Project, Municipal Building, Roosevelt, 609-443-4616. www.music.columbia.edu/roosevelt.
“Nocturnes & Ballades” features a
recital of romantic music by
Chopin with commentary by Alan
Mallach, author of “The Autumn of
Italian Opera.” $5 donation. 8 p.m.
World Music
West African Drumming Workshop, Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive,
Suite 506, Skillman, 609-9247294. www.princetonyoga.com.
Sharon Silverstein presents djembe drumming workshop, $20;
community drumming circle at 8
p.m., $15. $30 for both. 6:30 p.m.
Good Causes
Career Launch, Boys & Girls
Club, Marriott Hotel, College
Road, Plainsboro, 609-392-3191.
www.bgctrenton.org. Candlelight
cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres to celebrate with Career
Launch youths. Register. $150. 6
to 6 p.m .
Benefit Evening, Mary Jacobs Library, 64 Washington Street,
Rocky Hill, 609-924-7073. “A Perfect Marriage” features foods and
wines from Spain. Must be 21.
Register. $75. 7 to 10 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Eddie Clark, Kinsey Damon, and
Steve Trevelise, Catch a Rising
Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com.
Reservation. $20. 7:30 and 9:30
p.m.
Faith
Arise! Cry Out!, Moms in Touch
International, Princeton Alliance
Church. 20 Schalks Crossing,
Plainsboro, 609-943-8991. www.momsintouch.org. Prayer for children and schools. Register online.
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Food & Dining
Make Your Own Mozzarella, The
Grape Escape, 12 Stults Road,
Dayton, 609-409-9463. www.thegrapeescape.net. Register. $85.
9:30 a.m.
Bottle Your Own Olive Oil, The
Grape Escape, 12 Stults Road,
Dayton, 609-409-9463. www.thegrapeescape.net. Register. $85. 1
p.m.
Bottle Your Own Balsamic Vinegar, The Grape Escape, 12 Stults
Road, Dayton, 609-409-9463.
www.thegrapeescape.net. Register. $90. 3:30 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Mixed Level Yoga, Holsome
Holistic Center, 27 Witherspoon
Street, Princeton, 609-279-1592.
www.holsome.com. $15. 9:15 to
10:15 a.m.
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available.
9:30 to 11 a.m.
The House of Light, Center for
Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Twoday conference featuring Marilyn
Calvano, the House of Light;
Christi Calvano, Something for
Your Spirit; and Nicole Calvano,
the Infinite U. Register. $497. Continues Saturday, November 15. 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Operation Medicine Cabinet,
Mercer County, McDade Building, 640 South Broad Street, Trenton, 609-989-6559. www.mercercounty.org. Bring expired or unused medicine for safe disposal.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Retrieve Your Pet’s Health, West
Windsor Library, 333 North Post
Road, 609-799-0462. The benefits of a raw food diet presented by
Kathy Haupt. Free. 10 a.m.
Insight Meditation Open House,
Princeton Center for Yoga &
Health, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite
506, Skillman, 609-924-7294.
www.princetonyoga.com.
Presented by Beth Evard. Register.
Free. 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Korean Health Event, Princeton
HealthCare System, 253 Witherspoon Street, Conference Rooms
A and B, Princeton, 888-8978979.
www.princetonhcs.org.
Bilingual panel discussion about
the health needs of the Korean
community with Doctors Albert
Ahn, Buyung-Kee BAng, Youngsoon Hyun, Anna Lee,Clifford Lee,
Aloysius K. Rho, and Peter I. Yi;
Korean buffet dinner, Q&A with
physicians. Register. Free. 3 to 6
p.m.
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History
On the Lenape Trail, New Jersey
Museum of Agriculture, College
Farm Road and Route 1, North
Brunswick, 732-249-2077. www.agriculturemuseum.org. Activities
about the Lenape Indians includes
corn grinding, wood chopping,
making tools out of animal bones,
face painting, basket weaving,
games, and visiting a real wigwam. $4. Noon to 3 p.m.
Civil War and Native American
Museum, Camp Olden, 2202
Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609-5858900. www.campolden.org. Exhibits featuring Civil War soldiers
from New Jersey include their
original uniforms, weapons, and
medical equipment. Diorama of
the Swamp Angel artillery piece
and Native American artifacts.
Free. 1 to 4 p.m.
Family Gallery Tour, Historical
Society of Princeton, Bainbridge
House, 158 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Children and
their parents are invited to take a
curator-led tour of the exhibition,
“Rex Goreleigh: Revisited in
Princeton,” an exhibit featuring
more than Goreleigh’s paintings,
prints, and ceramics. Followed by
a printmaking workshop at the Arts
Council of Princeton. For ages 8 to
12. Register. $6. 1 to 2:30 p.m.
For Families
Art for Families, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org. “A Tale
of Five Objects.” Free. 10 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
Gingerbread House Demonstration, Grounds For Sculpture, 18
Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609689-1089.
www.groundsforsculpture.org. Demonstration by
Peter Max Dierkes, Rat’s Restaurant pastry chef. Free with admission. Noon.
Planetarium Shows, New Jersey
State Museum, 205 West State
Street, Trenton, 609-292-6464.
www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. “One World, One Sky” at 1
and 3 p.m. “Extreme Planets” at 2
and 4 p.m. $5. 1 p.m.
For Teens
West Windsor Library, 333 North
Post Road, 609-799-0462. www.mcl.org. Teen craft class on hemp
keychains. Register. 2 p.m.
Game On, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Video, electronic, and
board games for middle and high
school students. 3:30 p.m.
Family Theater
Willy Wonka, Sourland Hills Actors Guild, Montgomery High
School, 1016 Route 601, Skillman, 609-240-4693. www.sourlandhills.org. Musical adaptation
of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory.” $8. 7 p.m.
Lectures
Workshop, Creative Man Institute, Nassau Inn, Princeton, 908707-8118.
www.CreativeManInstitute.com. “On Becoming a
Happier Man” presented by Ed
Adams, psychologist and founder
of Men Mentoring Men. Register.
$175. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Arts and the Economic Crisis Symposium, Princeton University, Campus, 609-258-1500.
www.princeton.edu. “The Economic Crisis and America’s Art
Ecology includes panels and discussions focusing on “The Practice of the Arts in Hard Times,” and
“Art in the Time of Crisis,” and
“Arts Inventing Culture.” 9 a.m. to
10 p.m.
Arts Symposium, Princeton University, 10 McCosh Hall, 609258-3000. www.princeton.edu/arts. “The Arts and the Economic
Crisis” features panels and discussions with artists, representatives from national arts organizations and advocacy groups, and
scholars with the aim of exploring
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Changing Lives, One at a Time
Y
WCA Princeton celebrates
its 2010 calendar featuring
12 woman and girls whose lives
have been changed through its
programs with a reception on
Sunday, November 8, from 2 to 4
p.m. The women, celebrated in
the new calendar entitled “Twelve
Lives Changed,” each will speak
about their stories. The event will
be held at the YWCA Princeton,
59 Paul Robeson Place. Champagne and light fare will be
served. A calendar will be given
to all those that attend. Free.
Celebrities include Marie
Alonzo Snyder of West Windsor,
a member of the over 40 dance
group; and the Kondetis, a Plainsboro family in the Plainsboro
Aquatics Program.
“When my daughters started
learning to swim, I watched
them,” says Padmaja Kondeti,
mother of three daughters. “The
instructor encouraged me to learn
swimming and now I’m comfortable swimming laps.”
Born and raised in India, she
never learned how to swim. “Not
many people swam when I lived
there,” Padmaja says. She re-
country. Register. Free. 9:30 a.m.
to 10 p.m.
Environment Festival, Lawrence
Library, Darrah Lane and Route
1, Lawrence Township, 609-9896920. www.mcl.org. Presenters
include Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association, Sustainable
Lawrence, the Lawrenceville
School, Lawrence Master Gardeners, and the architectural firm
McAuliffe and Carroll. Register.
Noon.
Live Music
Country and Bluegrass Music
Show, WDVR-FM, Women’s
Club, 43 Park Avenue, Flemington, 609-397-1620. www.wdvrfm.org. Heartlands Hayride Band.
$10. Food available. 6 to 8 p.m.
Indie Music Night, Arts Council
of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
The
Randy Bandits, Anthony Fiumano,
Keith Monacchio, and Hawk and
Dove. $5. 7 p.m.
Richie Cole, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7
to 10 p.m.
Nazz, The Record Collector
Store, 358 Farnsworth Avenue,
Bordentown. www.the-record-collector.com. $17. 7:30 p.m.
Nazz, The Record Collector
Store, 358 Farnsworth Avenue,
Bordentown,
609-324-0880.
www.the-record-collector.com.
$17. 7:30 p.m.
Karl Dentino and Company,
Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. 8 p.m.
Roe Ferrara and Steve, It’s a
Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks
Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 8
p.m.
Ernie White and Tom Reock, Sotto 128 Restaurant and Lounge,
128 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-921-7555. www.sotto128.com. 9 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Marsh Cleanup, Friends for the
Marsh, Spring Lake, Hamilton,
609-585-8845. Bring gloves and
water to drink. 9 a.m. to noon.
Corn Maze, Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route
29, Titusville, 609-737-3299.
www.howellfarm.org. This year’s
maze depicts an old-fashioned
schoolhouse with pathways winding through four acres of corn. Al-
ceived her master’s degree in India. Her husband, Ramesh, did not
swim either. They married in India and have been in the United
States for close to 17 years. He
works in computers for the Royal
Bank of Canada in New York
City. She has been a stay-at-home
mom since the birth of their second daughter.
Their daughters include Pooja,
14, a freshman at High School
North, who volunteers to teach
swimming to younger children;
Sreeja, 12, a seventh grade student at Community Middle
School; and Teja, 10, a fifth grade
student at Millstone River School.
“We started learning together
at the YWCA located at High
School North’s pool,” says Padmaja. “We swim in the summer
and swim laps at least twice a
week during the year. It is good
exercise and feels good.”
Following the reception, the
calendar will be for sale at the
YWCA’s registration office, as
well as in bookstores and other
outlets.
— Lynn Miller
so hayrides, a pumpkin patch, and
a haybale maze. $8. Noon to 4
p.m.
Field Corn and Popcorn Harvest,
Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route 29, Titusville,
609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. Noon to 4 p.m.
Native American Lifestyles,
Stony Brook Millstone Watershed, Buttinger Nature Center, 31
Titus Mill Road, Hopewell, 609737-7592. www.thewatershed.org. Explore the ways and traditions of the Lenape with a silent
discovery hike through the forest,
traditional games, and storytelling.
For families with children age six
and older. $8. 1 to 3 p.m.
Family Nature Walk, Washington
Crossing State Park, Visitor Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Informal naturalist guided walk.
Free. 1 to 2 p.m.
Family Nature Programs, Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner
Road, Plainsboro, 609-897-9400.
njaudubon.org. “Wildlife and Winter.” Register. $5. 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Schools
Open House, Princeton Junior
School, 90 Fackler Road, Lawrenceville, 609-924-8126. www.pjs.org. Pre-school through grade
five. 10 a.m. to noon.
Retail Therapy
Rummage Sale, Princeton United Methodist Church, Nassau &
Vandeventer Streets, 609-9242613. Bag day, $3. 9 a.m. to 1
p.m.
Book Sale, Hickory Corner Library, East Windsor, 609-4484129. $1.50, hardcover; 50 cents,
paperback; and DVDs, CDs,
comics, and books on tape for children, young adults, and adults. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
A Stroke of Fun: The Kondeti family of Plainsboro
learned to swim at the YWCA aquatics program
based in High School North's pool. They now swim
regularly as a family.
Reception, Princeton YWCA,
50 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton. Sunday, November 8, 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. “Twelve Lives
Changed,” the 2010 calendar fea-
Singles
Princeton Singles, Sourland
Mountain, Route 206, Montgomery, 908-874-6539. Hike for ages
55-plus. Register. Lunch follows.
10 a.m.
Wine and Dinner, Dinnermates,
Princeton Area, 732-759-2174.
www.dinnermates.com. Ages 30s
to early 50s. Call for reservation
and location. $20 plus dinner and
drinks. 7:30 p.m.
Socials
Knit n Stitch, Classics Used and
Rare Books, 117 South Warren
Street, Trenton, 609-394-8400. All
skill levels welcome. Ages 8 and
up. Noon.
Sports
Princeton Football, Princeton
Stadium, 609-258-3538. Yale. 1
p.m.
Open House, Spangles Jewelry
Design, 12 Barnard Place,
Princeton Junction, 609-2751355.
www.spanglesdesigns.com. Open house for latest Spangles Jewelry Designs, handcrafted by Mary Lou Spang. Celebrate
the arrival of the holiday season. 2
to 6 p.m.
Sunday
November 15
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North and South Field Hockey.
State Group Finals. Call for time.
North and South Football. NJSIAA First Round. Call for time.
Drama
The Thing About Men, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic musical comedy
based on Doris Dorrie’s screenplay. $27.50 to $29.50. 1:30 p.m.
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Highest Price Paid!
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• Door Prizes
• Lenny Arghese, Guitarist, to Play at the Event
• Refreshments Will Be Served
Grand Opening, Great Looks 4
Less Hair Salon, Mercer Mall,
3375 Route 1, Lawrenceville, 609378-5360. Refreshments, balloonist, and door prizes at the new
multi-cultural hair salon. Information about HomeFront and volunteer opportunities. 11 a.m.
Bag Sale, Hickory Corner Library, East Windsor, 609-4484129. $4 for all the books you can
fit into provided bags. 2 to 4 p.m.
turing the voices of 12 women and
girls whose lives have been
changed through the YWCA’s
programs. Free. 609-497-2100.
Proceeds to Benefit
Keeping Pace, N.J.
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Goldcore Jewelers
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NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Send Your Children
Back to School with Confidence
Summer Special
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New Students
$99/Month
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Students
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Trial Lessons
taught by the
master himself.
Master Yoon Kak Kim
just served as the U.S.
Tae Kwon Do Team head
coach at Summer World
Universiade Games,
held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Opportunities
In Town
West Windsor Community
Garden is accepting applications
for 2010 garden plots to grow your
own vegetables. $35 to $50 per
year plus $25 security deposit. For
West Windsor residents only. Email
westwindsorcommunitygarden@gmail.com.
Millstone River School students are collecting white socks
through Saturday, December 19,
for Air Force medical personnel
stationed in Afghanistan. The students are also collecting money to
use to send the socks overseas. Organizers are Mary Alden and Barbara Asburn. Collection is at 75
Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro.
Checks should be payable to Millstone River Human Relations
Committee. For information call
609-716-5500.
Barnes & Noble holiday book
drive benefits the Children’s
Home Society of New Jersey. The
MarketFair store donated more
than 5,000 books to Mercer Street
Friends
in
2008.
E-mail
crm2646@bn.com for information. The kick-off event is a storytime by Chanda Bell, the creator of
“Elf on the Shelf” on Saturday,
November 21, at 1 p.m. Princeton
Ballet School presents scenes from
“The Nutcracker.”
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PEAC Health & Fitness is collecting blankets in support of
HomeFront. New blankets of all
shapes, colors, and sizes will be
collected at 1440 Lower Ferry
Road, Ewing, through Monday,
November 30. www.peachealthfitness.com or 609-883-2000.
Mercer County is accepting
monetary donations that go toward
the purchase of food vouchers for
veterans to use to purchase holiday
meals. Checks should be payable
to Mercer County Trust Fund and
sent to Mercer County Division of
Veteran Services, 2280 Hamilton
Avenue, Hamilton 08619. Call
609-989-6120 for information.
The county’s goal is $6,000 to allow hundreds of veterans and their
families purchase items for a holiday meal.
HomeFront seeks businesses,
schools, churches, and individuals
to donate Thanksgiving food baskets. Please include canned vegetables, fruit, and cranberry sauce;
dry boxed mashed potatoes and
stuffing mixes; fruit juice; dessert
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Bell, Book and Candle, Actors’
NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue,
Morrisville, PA, 215-295-3694.
www.actorsnetbucks.org. Classic
comedy about a modern-day witch
in Manhattan. $20. 2 p.m.
The Producers, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
609-570-3333.
www.kelseytheatre.net. Musical comedy
based on Mel Brooks 1968 film
featuring a Broadway producer
and his accountant’s scheme to
produce an offensive musical. The
Broadway version earned a
record-breaking 12 Tony awards
in 2001. $16. 2 p.m.
Rimers of Eldritch, Mercer County Community College, Studio
Theater, Communications Building, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West
items; and a grocery store gift card
for a turkey. Additional items for
the week after Thanksgiving include soups, tuna, beef stew,
canned or evaporated milk, cereal,
pasta, tomato sauce, rice, canned
or dried beans, macaroni and
cheese, peanut butter, and jelly.
Register for the amount of bags or
boxes you are preparing with
Stephanie at 609-989-9417 or Email stephanieb@homefrontnj.org.
Call for Entries
Small World Coffee invites
artists to submit a piece of original
artwork for “Love,” exhibitions at
both cafes in February. All artwork
must be suitable for a family environment, must be easily hung on a
wall, prepared for hanging, and not
to exceed 30 inches. Submit up to
three images per artist with a $5 fee
payable to Small World Coffee
sent to 14 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton 08540. Images may be
digitally submitted at www.smallworldcoffee.com. Deadline is
Monday, December 21. 609-9244377.
South Brunswick Public Library seeks entries for a poster
contest for the teen summer reading program. The winning poster
will appear on posters. Visit
www.sbpl.info/teens for information.
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association seeks creative artists with a love of the environment for its Stream Clean-Up
Logo contest. The winning logo
will be printed on the front of shirts
used in clean-up promotional material prior to the spring event.
Send submissions to watershedwatch@thewatershed.org with the
subject line “2010 Stream CleanUp Logo Contest Entry.” Deadline
is Monday, November 16. Submission should also include a short description of why clean water is important to you, a pdf version of
your logo, and your names, address, and contact information.
Visit www.thewatershed.org or
call 609-737-3735, ext. 30 for
more information.
Drama for Kids
George Street Playhouse offers holiday drama workshops for
8 to 10 year-olds. Monday, December 28, comedy workshop;
Tuesday, December 29, create a
play; and Wednesday, December
30, theater mania. Each class is
Windsor, 609-570-3524. Lanford
Wilson’s dark drama set in a small
Midwestern town grappling with a
murder. $14. 2 p.m.
Blood: A Comedy, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and
Montgomery streets, Trenton,
609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. David Lee White’s
comedy about faith, science, family, and hot pepper cheese cubes.
$25. 3 p.m.
Film
International
Film
Festival,
South Brunswick Library, 110
Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.info. Screening of “A Thousand
Years of Good Prayers,” Mandarin
and Farsi with English subtitles,
2008. Free. 2 p.m.
Art
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. http://art-
$50. Call 732-846-2895, ext. 115
for information.
Endangered Sites
Preservation New Jersey
seeks nominations of endangered
historic sites in the State. www.pnj10most.org or call 609-3926409. Deadline is Monday, November 30.
Audition
Somerset Valley Players has
auditions for “Cinderella” on Sunday, December 6; and Wednesday,
December 9, at 7 p.m., 689
Amwell Road, Hillsborough.
Needed are one or two adult males,
four adult females, one or two
boys, ages 13 to 18; nine girls, ages
7 to 18; and an ensemble of age 10
to adult. Readings will be from the
script. Be prepared to dance. Visit
www.svptheatre.org or call 908369-7469.
Good Causes
HomeFront offers holiday
cards to fund programs for families
living in the Family Preservation
Center, a shelter in Ewing. The
card designs wee created in therapeutic art sessions supervised by
Ruthann Traylor, director of ArtSpace. The cards, eight to a box,
are $12 or two boxes for $20. Visit
www.homefrontnj.org or call 609883-7500.
For the Young
New Jersey Chinese Cultural
Studies Foundation and Asian
Studies Department of Seton
Hall University co-host the fourth
Chinese Cultural Project contest.
Students are invited to submit a research-type team project based on
history and facts which can be presented in any format of recital, debate, video, slides, drama, skit, or
poster. Project may be in English,
Chinese, or a combination. Submit
application by Monday, November
30. Final project must be submitted
by Saturday, January 30. Presentation is Saturday, March 27. Visit
www.njccsf-info.org.
New Jersey Performing Arts
Center has auditions for young tristate performers for the Young
Artist Talent Search on Saturday
and Sunday, March 13 and 14. Visit www.njpac.org or call 973-3538009. The final deadline for an application is Friday, February 12.
museum.princeton.edu. Free. 2
p.m.
Gallery Talk, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton campus, 609-258-3788. princetonartmuseum.org. “Emmet Gowin: A
Collective Portrait” presented by
Emmet Gowin and Joel Smith.
Free. 3 p.m.
Dancing
Tango Class, Actor’s Dance Studio, 1012 Brunswick Avenue, Ewing, 609-213-4578. Register. $15.
4 to 8 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Lawrence Library,
Darrah Lane and Route 1,
Lawrence Township, 609-9896920. www.mcl.org. Gwen Redfern Southgate, author of “Coin
Street Chronicles: London’s Vanished Old South Bank Area,” a
memoir about her childhood in the
slums of London and wartime villages to which she was sent.
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Southgate, a resident of Kingston,
is a retired physics teacher. 2 p.m.
Wendy and John. Register.
$15. 10:15 a.m. to noon.
Poetry Reading Series, South
Brunswick Arts Commission,
South
Brunswick
Library,
Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000. Gina Larkin,
founding editor of the Edison Literary Review. Admission is a donation of a non-perishable food item
for the town’s food pantry. 2 p.m.
Essential Oils for Healthy
Sex, Princeton Center for
Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland
Drive, Suite 506, Skillman,
609-924-7294.
www.princetonyoga.com. Aphrodisiac, performance, and
function presented by Nancy
Orlen Weber. Register. $20.
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Classical Music
Faculty Recital, New School for
Music Study, Kingston United
Methodist Church, 9 Church
Street, Kingston, 609-921-2900.
www.nsmspiano.org. Todd Van
Kekerix presents piano music by
Scarlatti, Beethoven, Scriabin,
Debussy, and Liszt. Free. 2 p.m.
Seize the Day!, Capital Singers of
Trenton, Church of the Incarnation, 1545 Pennington Road, Ewing, 609-882-3228. www.capitalsingers.org. Concert with the Capital Singers of Trenton and Friends
of Incarnation- St. James Parish,
including the school choir and
members of the school and parish
community. Benefit for tuition assistance and technology programs. Conducted by Richard M.
Loatman. $20 to $25. 3 p.m.
Faculty Concert, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson
Auditorium, 609-258-9220. www.princeton.edu. “Composing in the
Moment: A Concert of Original
Works” features jazz compositions by Princeton University faculty members. Ralph Bowen, artistic director for the program, plays
saxophone. Performers include
Bruce Arnold, guitar; Michael
Cochrane, piano; Brian Glassman, acoustic bass; John Arrucci,
percussion, and Anthony D.J.
Branker, composer. $15. 3 p.m.
Westminster Choir, Westminster
Choir College, Bristol Chapel,
609-921-2663.
www.rider.edu.
“Flower of Beauty” conducted by
Joe Miller features works from the
ensemble’s recently released
recording of the same name. $20.
3 p.m.
Good Causes
Sunday Brunch, Interfaith Caregivers Trenton, Trenton Country
Club, 609-393-9922. www.interfaithcaregiverstrenton.org. Entertainment by Barbara Trent. Celebration of 15 years of service to
homebound seniors and people
with disabilities. $65. 1 to 5 p.m.
Faith
Kehilat Shalom, 253 Belle Mead
Griggstown Road, Belle Mead,
908-359-0420. www.kehilatshalomnj.org. “Discovering Buried
Treasures and Hidden Meanings
in the Torah Text” presnted by
Rabbi James S. Diamond. Author
of “Stringing the Pearls: How to
Read the Weekly Torah Portion,”
he was ordained by the Jewish
Theological Seminary. Register.
$10. 3:30 p.m.
Theology on Tap, Princeton Theological Seminary, Fridays, MarketFair, West Windsor. Discussion of the crossroads between life
and theology led by Josh Scott.
Geared to young adults. E-mail
joshua.scott@ptsem.edu for information. 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Wines of the World, Hopewell
Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road,
Pennington,
609-737-4465.
www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Explore wines and wine regions of the world. Register. $50.
4:30 to 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Art and Soul: Paint Your Heart
Out Workshop, Volition Wellness Solutions, 842 State Road,
Princeton, 609-688-8300. www.volitionwellness.com. Meditation,
movement, painting. Presented by
Janet Waronker. Register. $99. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Raja Yoga Satsang Series, Integral Yoga of Princeton, 613
Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction,
732-274-2410.
www.integralyogaprinceton.org. Presented by
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Yoga and Meditation, Let’s
Do Yoga, 15 Jewel Road,
West Windsor, 732-8873561. letsdoyoga@gmail.com. Multi-level yoga class.
Beginners are welcome.
Bring mat and blanket. Register. $12. 5 to 6:30 p.m.
History
Civil War and Native American Museum, Camp Olden,
2202 Kuser Road, Hamilton,
609-585-8900. www.campolden.org. Exhibits featuring
Civil War soldiers from New Jersey include their original uniforms,
weapons, and medical equipment.
Diorama of the Swamp Angel artillery piece and Native American
artifacts. Free. 1 to 4 p.m.
From Revolution to Relativity,
Historical Society of Princeton,
Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-921-6748.
www.princetonhistory.org. Classic walking tour of downtown
Princeton and Princeton University includes stops at Nassau Hall,
University Chapel, Woodrow Wilson’s homes, and Einstein’s residence. Register by phone or Email jeanette@princetonhistory.org. $7. 2 p.m.
For Families
Book Fair, Har Sinai Temple,
2421 Pennington Road, Hopewell,
609-730-8100. www.harsinai.org.
Books for children and adults. 9 to
11:30 a.m.
Planetarium Shows, New Jersey
State Museum, 205 West State
Street, Trenton, 609-292-6464.
www.newjerseystatemuseum.org. “One World, One Sky” at 1
and 3 p.m. “Extreme Planets” at 2
and 4 p.m. $5. 1 p.m.
Family Theater
Willy Wonka, Sourland Hills Actors Guild, Montgomery High
School, 1016 Route 601, Skillman, 609-240-4693. www.sourlandhills.org. Musical adaptation
of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory.” $8. 2 p.m.
Lipizzaner Stallions, Sovereign
Bank Arena, Hamilton Avenue at
Route 129, Trenton, 800-2984200.
www.comcasttix.com.
$23.50 to $30.50. 2 p.m.
Lectures
Green Noise 3, We Are BOOST,
Beanwood Coffee Shop, 222
Farnswoth Avenue, Bordentown,
609-439-7115.
www.weareboost.org. “Invent Your Future” presented by Jeana Wirtenberg. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Friends of the Library, Princeton
University, Firestone Library,
609-258-3000. www.princeton.edu. Princeton Bibliophiles and
Collectors meeting. “Rivers of
American” presented by Morley
Melden. 2:30 p.m.
Difficult Questions Roundtable,
Westerly Road Church, 25 Westerly Road, Princeton, 609-9243816.
www.westerlyroad.org.
Roundtable discussions concerning life, faith, suffering, evil, and
Christianity, discussed by Pastor
Matthew Ristuccia, Westerly
Road Church; Rajan Matthews,
Chuck Hetzler, and David Ward.
Lecture, buffet dinner, and discussion. Register. 6:30 p.m.
Werner Lecture Fund, Beth El
Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream
Road, East Windsor, 609-4434454. www.bethel.net. Guest
speaker Emanuel (Manny) Mandel, a volunteer for the Speaker’s
Bureau of the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum will provide a
firsthand account of his rescue
during the Holocaust. 7 p.m.
Long Term Care, Princeton Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-921-2782. “A Geriatrician’s Inside Scoop” presented
by Dr. Joshua Schor, author of
“The Nursing Home Guide.” Refreshments. Free. 7 p.m.
Live Music
Jerry Topinka, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com.
Jazz brunch. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Corn Maze, Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route
29, Titusville, 609-737-3299.
www.howellfarm.org. This year’s
maze depicts an old-fashioned
schoolhouse with pathways winding through four acres of corn. Also hayrides, a pumpkin patch, and
a haybale maze. $8. Noon to 4
p.m.
Shelter Building Wilderness Survival, Washington Crossing
State Park, Visitor Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Fundamentals pertaining to survival
when lost in the wild lead to constructing a weatherproof shelter
from native materials. Register.
Free. 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Schools
Thanksgiving Food Drive, Dance
Expo, 572 130 South, East Windsor, 609-371-2828. www.danceexpo.org. Classes in jazz, tap, ballet, and hip hop. Bring a filled bas-
From Bach to Beethoven: Sinfonietta Nova, a
community orchestra based in West Windsor,
performs Saturday, November 7, to commemorate
and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the
Berlin Wall at the Prince of Peace Church, 177
Princeton-Hightstown Road, West Windsor.
Musicians include Norm Bergstrom (chorus), left
seated, Suzanne Dicker(cello), Joyce Wuensch
(violin), Joyce Chan (viola), Michael Bandimere
(viola), Clay Spence (chorus), and Peter Brooks
(cello). Standing are Gail Lee, left, Alan Amira
(cello), Susan Roszel (chorus), Brenda Mihan
(chorus), and Sally Stillwell (chorus). Other area
musicians include Megan Helvering (horn), Joseph
Hetman (trumpet), and Kevin Tsai (violin), as well
as volunteer Barbara Weinfeld.
ket or an item to be put into a basket to be distributed to needy children. Register by phone or on
website. 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
the arrival of the holiday season.
Noon to 4 p.m.
Singles
Open House, Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, 1128
Great Road, Princeton, 609-9248143. www.princetonacademy.org. School for boys through
eighth grade. Register. 1 p.m.
Princeton Singles, Winberie,
Palmer Square, Princeton, 609799-0442. Brunch for ages 55plus. Register. $18.95. 10 a.m.
Retail Therapy
Plainsboro Public Library, 641
Plainsboro Road, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. For
advanced adult players. 1 to 5
p.m.
Open House, Spangles Jewelry
Design, 12 Barnard Place,
Princeton Junction, 609-2751355.
www.spanglesdesigns.com. Open house for latest Spangles Jewelry Designs, handcrafted by Mary Lou Spang. Celebrate
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“The students ended up earning
$40,000 throughout the state on
various fundraisers, including car
washes and bake sales. It’s the students who ended up paying for it
— it’s not taxpayers’ money.”
As much as students cared
about the history of their home
state, they had become part of it,
and “that is one of the important issues we’re trying to get across —
it’s that they are history,” Stebbins
explains.
M
ost of the tours that Stebbins
gives are one hour in duration. The tours begin at the main
entrance of the State House and
end at the Senate chambers. While
the full-length tour is one hour, express tours at the State House are
also available, which highlights
certain ares of the tour based on a
group’s interest or depending on
where it is from. Sometimes, these
tours will feature a visit from a legislator or other political figure, she
said.
Walk-in tours are also available, Stebbins said, and the tours
are open to all ages, including Girl
Scouts, and Boy Scouts, and
adults.
In addition to the tours, Stebbins gives a 45-minute class in the
welcome center following the
tours called, “Make a Law,” in
which she gives visitors the background about how a law is formed,
including the beginning of the
process and the final steps. “That’s
an important part of social studies,” she said.
The tours at the State House
have been in heavy demand, especially over the last year. “It seems
as though the economy has created
a lack of availability of field trips,
and the price is right here because
it’s all free,” she said. “It’s a nice
field trip; it’s inexpensive and it reinforces what students are required
to know in the curriculum, and it’s
fulfilling for me as an educator and
to be back with the children and
teaching, in respects.”
When Stebbins began the
process in 1999 to become a tour
guide, she had to undergo an extensive interview to determine her
knowledge of history and from
there, the tour guides in training
were given instructional time,
where they took an in depth look at
the State House’s architecture and
were given a thick handbook of information. At the end of training,
they were given a brief section of
the tour to guide and were evaluated by their fellow classmates. “It
was a fun way of making sure we
were ready,” she said.
The State Office of the Legislature is currently looking for more
volunteer tour guides, and will
hold another training session in
January.
“If you have a love of history
and a joy of children, as being a
teacher automatically is important
to me,” then you should consider
volunteering, she said. “It’s very
rewarding to see them light up and
then to get some of the thank-you
notes that you get about making
history fun. It’s sort of an unwritten reward.”
“It’s a very enriching experience in sharing a history with our
youth and next generation,” she
added. “If nothing else, passing
along a love of understanding history, I consider valuable.”
Anyone interested in becoming
a tour guide should call the state
Office of the Legislature Tour Office at 609-633-2709 and speak
with Carol Rogers.
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Monday
November 16
Architecture
Down the Garden Path Lecture
Series, Princeton University
School of Architecture, Betts
Auditorium, Princeton, 609-2583741.
www.soa.princeton.edu.
“West 8,” Adriaan Geuze, West 8
Urban Design & Lanscape, Rotterdam. Free. 6 p.m.
Pop Music
Dark Star Orchestra, McCarter
Theater, 91 University Place,
Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Recreation of historic Grateful Dead set lists. $32 to
$38. 7 p.m.
Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony Chorus, 5000 Windrows Drive, Plainsboro, 732-469-3983. www.harmonize.com/jerseyharmony. New
members are welcome. 7:15 p.m.
Gardens
Winterizing Your Garden Tools,
Master Gardeners of Mercer
County, 431A Federal City Road,
Pennington,
609-989-6830.
www.mgofmc.org. Register. 7:30
p.m.
Health & Wellness
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available.
9:30 to 10:50 a.m.
Yoga, Center for Relaxation and
Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road,
Suite 635, Plainsboro, 609-7507432.
www.relaxationandhealing.com. Beginners at 4:15
p.m.; mixed level at 5:30 p.m. $15.
4:15 p.m.
The Bosu, Bodyblade, and the
Ball, Optimal Exercise Studio,
27B Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury, 609-490-7710. Workshop
featuring three functional, core
training devices. Register. $20.
7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
For Families
Autism Bounce Night, Bounce U,
410 Princeton Hightstown Road,
West Windsor, 609-443-5867.
www.bounceu.com. $7.95; adults,
free. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Lectures
Dale Carnegie Institute, 243
Route 130, Bordentown, 609-3249200.
www.DaleCarnegie-NJ.com. Information about “Strictly
Business,” a three-day immersion
seminar. Register. Free. Class
times will be Mondays, November
23, 30, and December 7, 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Socials
Lecture, Women’s College Club
of Princeton, All Saints’ Church,
16 All Saints’ Road, Princeton,
609-430-1565. Guest speaker Dr.
Holly Harrison Johnson, a Jungian
analyst and licensed clinical social
worker, will talk on Swiss psychologist Carl Jung’s approach to understanding the human psyche.
Free. 1 p.m.
Tuesday
November 17
Business Meetings
Workshop Session, Plainsboro
Business Partnership, Tre Piani,
Princeton Forrestal Village. gdnrule.com. Meeting. 8 a.m.
School Sports
North and South Boys and Girls
Soccer, 609-716-5000, ext. 5134.
www.ww-p.org. NJSIAA State
Semifinals. Call for time.
Film
Film and Discussion, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Screening of
“Naturally Obsessed: The Making
of a Scientist.” Reception and discussion follow filming. 6:30 p.m.
Art
Visual Art Lecture Series, Princeton University, Lewis Center, 185
Nassau Street, 609-258-1500.
www.princeton.edu. Tom Burr’s
art encompassing installation,
photography, sculpture, drawing,
and architecture. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Dancing
Tuesday Night Folk Dance
Group, Riverside School, Princeton, 609-655-0758. Instruction
and dancing. No partner needed.
$3. 7 to 9 p.m.
Classical Music
Thomas Hampson, McCarter
Theater, 91 University Place,
Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. “The Song of America Project” in collaboration with
the Library of Congress presented
by the baritone. $43 to $54. 8 p.m.
Folk Music
Musical Journey of the United
States, Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission, Monroe
Township High School, 1629 Perrineville Road, 732-521-2111.
www.monroetownshipculturalarts.com. Marvin Fischer presents
a journey from Vermont, through
New England, the Southeast, and
on to the West, San Francisco,
and Hawaii. $7. 7:30 p.m.
Faith
Dinner Meeting, Hadassah Trenton-Lawrence, Runway Restaurant, 1100 Terminal Circle Drive,
West Trenton, 609-882-4317. Albert Algazi recounts his flight from
Egypt in the 1950. Register. 6 p.m.
Volunteering, Princeton Senior
Resource Center, Princeton Public Library, 609-924-7108. “Building a Resume for an Encore Career,” a workshop designed for
people who are planning to retire
from one career, for retired people,
and currently unemployed seniors. Register. Free. 7 to 8:30
p.m.
Talmud Class, Chabad of the
Windsors, East Windsor Library,
138 Hickory Corner Road, 609448-9369. www.chabadwindsor.com. Register. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Politics
Food & Dining
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Dodds Auditorium, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu. Jared Polis speaks. Free.
4:30 p.m.
Singles
Singles Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609716-8771.
www.groversmillcoffee.com. Drop in for soups,
wraps, gelato, and tea, coffee,
desserts, or espresso. Register at
www.meetup.com/PrincetonArea-Singles-Network. 6:30 to 8
p.m.
Business
Networking,
One
South Rustic Grill, 4095 Route 1
South, South Brunswick, 732-3551030. Meet other professionals in
a social gathering. Free food.
Cash bar. 4 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Gentle Therapeutic Yoga, Susan
Sprecher Studio, 23 Orchard
Road, 609-306-6682. www.yogasusan.com. $15 walk-in. Discounted class cards available. 9:30 to
10:50 a.m.
Open House, Sunny Health Center, 16 Seminary Avenue,
Hopewell, 609-466-1227. Free 15minute massage. Register. 10
a.m. to 8 p.m.
‘The Producers’: Kelsey Theater's musical production opens Friday, November 13. The cast includes
Melissa Rittmann as Ulla, front; John Zimmerman
as Max Bialystock, seated left, and Jim Petro as Leo
Bloom; Allwyn Baskin as Carmen Ghia, standing
left, Mike Schiumo as Roger DeBris, and Kevin
Palardy as Franz Liebkind.
Emotional Freedom Technique,
Onsen For All, 4451 Route 27,
Princeton, 609-924-4800. www.onsenforall.com. Presented by
Elsie Kerns. Register. $39. 6 to 9
p.m.
Buying Wine at the Holidays,
Princeton Public Library, 65
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. Presentation by Mark Censits of CoolVines. Second floor,
fireplace area. Free. 7 p.m.
Food Workshop, Kristin Harvest,
206 Sandpiper Court, Pennington,
609-462-4717. “Seeking Comfort
Through Right Eating,” a workshop for men and women who
compulsively overeat, think they
have food allergies, or just want to
get over the fall-winter blues. Register. $15. 7 p.m.
JobSeekers, Parish Hall entrance,
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street,
609-924-2277. www.trinityprinceton.org. Networking and support for
changing careers, free. 7:30 p.m.
History
Author Event, Historical Society
of Princeton, Princeton University Friends Center, Olden Street,
609-921-6748.
www.princetonhistory.org. Elaine Weiss, author
of “Fruits of Victory: The Women’s
Land Army in the Great War.” Talk
follows reception. Free. 6:30 p.m.
For Families
Tiger Hall Play Zone, 53 State
Road, Princeton, 609-356-0018.
www.tigerhallkids.com. For ages
to 8. Register. $10. 9:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Lectures
Women and Money, Labyrinth
Books, 122 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Panel discussion with Liz Scafa, owner of
Scafa Financial Services, women
and money; Virginia Bryant, attorney with Bryant Van Dyck, basic
estate planning; and Nell Whiting,
attorney in the financial services
industry, charitable planning. 5:30
p.m.
Hamilton Philatelic Society,
Hamilton Library, Justice Samuel
A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609890-8211.
www.hamilton.home.att.net. Meeting. 7 p.m.
Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease, Hickory Corner Library,
138 Hickory Corner Road, East
Windsor, 609-448-1330. Register.
7 p.m.
Live Music
Open Mic Night, It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. 7 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Ski Trips Review, Princeton Ski
Club, Masonic Lodge, 345 River
Road, Princeton, 732-329-2067.
www.princetonski.org. 7 p.m.
Central Jersey Sierra Club,
Whole Foods Market, Route 1
South, West Windsor, 609-7317016. www.sierraclub.org. Meeting. Free. 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Politics
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Dodds Auditorium, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu. Jeremy Ben-Ami speaks.
Free. 4:30 p.m.
Singles
Meeting, Mercer Single Volunteers, Lawrence Library, Route 1
South and Darrah Lane, 609-8821339. www.mcsvnj.org. Connect
by helping others. New members
welcome. 7 p.m.
Wednesday
November 18
School Sports
North and South Field Hockey,
609-716-5000, ext. 5134. Tournament of Champions Semifinals.
Call for time.
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From The Police Blotter
Plainsboro
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hoplifting. Kim C. Davis, 44,
of Trenton was charged October 30 with shoplifting at CVS
Pharmacy. Corporal George Cier
said he was called to the store and
found her to be in possession of
stolen merchandise from the store,
totaling $252.79. She was also
charged with theft and was sent to
the Middlesex County Jail in lieu
of $1,500 bail.
Criminal Mischief. A resident
of Hamilton was the victim of
criminal mischief on October 23 at
Hunters Glen Drive. Officer Jason
A. Mandato said someone broke
off the front passenger side door
handle of the victim’s car while it
was parked outside of the Caddyshack Bar on Hunters Glen Drive. Damage is estimated to be
$150.
Theft/Burglary. A resident of
Aspen Drive was the victim of theft
on October 21 at Town Center Elementary School. Officer Jason
Mandato said that someone stole
the victim’s Blackberry Tour cell
phone from inside the school.
A resident of Quail Ridge Drive
was the victim of theft sometime
between October 21 and 23.
Sergeant Scott Seitz said someone
stole a pink girl’s Fuji 15-inch bicycle, worth $369.95, from outside
the residence.
Drug Arrests. Anquae J. Freeland, 28, of Newark was charged
September 30 with possession of a
controlled dangerous substance
with the intent to distribute after
several weeks of investigation.
Detective Russell Finkelstein
said Freeland was the target of an
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Film
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Film
Festival,
South Brunswick Library, 110
Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction,
732-329-4000.
www.sbpl.info. Screening of “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,”
Mandarin and Farsi with English
subtitles, 2008. Free. 7 p.m.
ongoing investigation involving
the distribution of drugs behind
104 Morgan Lane, as a result of
several anonymous tips. Finkelstein said he conducted several
weeks of surveillance in the area,
watching several hand-to-hand
drug transactions involving Freeland. Officer Kevin Lowery
stopped Freeland on Dey Road at
Morgan Lane on September 30 for
motor vehicle violations, when
Freeland consented to a search of
his vehicle.
Lowery said he found 25 small
bags containing marijuana. He also
found that Freeland had a suspended driver’s license. He was also
charged with possession with the
intent to distribute in a school zone,
possession of marijuana under 50
grams, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a
motor vehicle, driving while suspended, and other charges.
Ronald R. Foster Jr., 38, of Ringoes, was charged October 22 with
possession of drug paraphernalia.
Officer Timothy McMahon said
police received a call from an
anonymous caller that there was a
suspicious car idling in the parking
lot of Building 18 on Deer Creek
Drive.
When police arrived, Foster was
in the driver’s seat of the car, and
police found a single one-inch
folded waxed paper envelope commonly used to store heroin, said
McMahon. Police also found one
hypodermic needle stuck in the left
side of the front passenger seat, as
well as multiple one-inch folded
waxed paper envelopes, which
were opened, located inside a sunglasses case inside the car, he said.
Foster was also charged with possession of a hypodermic needle.
DWI Arrests. Plainsboro Police charged eight drivers with
drug and alcohol-related offenses
during a checkpoint between 11
p.m. on October 30 and 4 a.m. on
October 31. Police conducted the
checkpoint on Route 1 South at
College Road, in conjunction with
the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. In total, 51 cars were
stopped with 32 summonses issued. Police said five of the drivers
were intoxicated, four were in possession of marijuana, and one driver was wanted out of Mercer
County for more than $32,000 in
bail.
Those charged included Danish
Rashid, 18, of Philadelphia,
charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, possession
of marijuana, and possession of a
controlled dangerous substance in
a motor vehicle;
A 17-year-old juvenile from
Philadelphia, a passenger charged
with possession of marijuana and
failure to wear a seatbelt;
Nicolas A. Duran, 45, of Meadow Road, charged with driving
while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a breath test, and reckless
driving;
Lazerick T. Russell, 20, of Pennington, charged with possession
of marijuana and drug paraphernalia;
Stanley M. Harmon, 30, of
Trenton, charged with contempt of
court on a Mercer County warrant
(bail was set at $32,567.20);
Scott B. Johnson, 25, of
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www.crawfordhouse.org. Benefit
for services and programs for
women in recovery from drug and
alcohol addictions. Honorees are
Noel and Frank Drift, founders of
Dutchtown Nursery. Register.
$100. 6 p.m.
Firehouse Renovation, West
Windsor Arts Council, West
Windsor Senior Center, 609-9191982. www.westwindsorarts.org.
Architectural drawings, overview
of the projected operational structure of the new arts center, and the
projected timeless for volunteer
efforts presented. Volunteer task
forces seek talents, skills, event
Down the Garden Path Lecture
Series, Princeton University
School of Architecture, Betts
Auditorium, Princeton, 609-2583741.
www.soa.princeton.edu.
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Lawrenceville, charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless
driving, driving while suspended,
failure to comply with officers’ orders, and a traffic warrant out of
Trenton for $500;
Michael L. Jacobs, 50, of Trenton, charged with possession of
marijuana, drug paraphernalia, driving while intoxicated, reckless
driving, possession of a controlled
dangerous substance in a motor vehicle, and a warrant out of Plainsboro for $500; and
Damien V. Chiavaroli, 27, of
Levitttown, PA, charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless
driving.
Plainsboro Police busted an underage drinking party on Cottonwood Court on October 31 after
first being called to another incident on Mahogany Court. Officer
Kenneth Beatty said numerous juveniles and underage adults were
found drinking at the residence
while the homeowners were away.
The party was dispersed and the juveniles were released to their parents and guardians.
Dinesh Loyapelly, 27, of Plainsboro was charged October 31 with
driving while intoxicated. Officer
Joseph Bolognese said he saw her
driving erratically on Plainsboro
Road near Scudders Mill Road and
stopped her, finding her to be intoxicated. She was also charged
with reckless driving, careless driving, failure to maintain a lane, and
driving with an expired license.
Thomas Hanson, 49, of Pheasant Hollow Drive was charged October 31 with driving while intoxicated. Officer Kenneth Beatty said
he was called to the parking lot of
Building 1 on Pheasant Hollow
Drive on a report of a hit and run
accident. He said he found Hanson
had hit a curb and a parked vehicle
and was intoxicated. He was also
charged with reckless driving,
leaving the scene of an accident,
and failing to report an accident.
Shaun M. Quirk, 23, of Fox Run
Drive was charged November 1
with driving while intoxicated. Officer Joseph Bolognese said a
caller reported that Quirk had
crashed his vehicle into a curb on
Wyndhurst Drive near Schalks
Crossing Road. When Bolognese
arrived, he said he found Quirk
standing near his car with two flat
tires. He said he found him to be intoxicated. He was also charged
with reckless driving and failure to
maintain a lane.
Ravi Saini, 40, of Staten Island
was charged October 23 with driving while intoxicated. Officer
Arthur Gant said he stopped Saini
for speeding on Plainsboro Road
and found that Saini was intoxicated. Saini was also charged with
reckless driving, speeding, having
a suspended registration, having an
uninsured vehicle, having unclear
plates, having an obstructed view,
and having non-resident vehicle
registration touring and non-resident driving privileges expire after
60 days.
Michelle R. Levy, 45, of Bradford Lane was charged October 25
with driving while intoxicated. Officer Arthur Gant said he saw Levy
cross a double yellow line and
swerve back into her lane, heading
east on Dey Road. He said he
stopped her for failure to maintain
a lane and found she was intoxicated. She was also charged with reckless driving, failure to maintain a
lane, and using a cell phone while
driving.
Sejin Park, 23, of Princeton was
charged October 24 with driving
while intoxicated. Sergeant John
Bresnen said he stopped him on
Route 1 South for failing to maintain a lane and found he was intoxicated. He was also charged with
reckless driving and failure to
maintain a lane.
Barbara J. Powers-Crayne, 21,
of Millstone was charged October
24 with driving while intoxicated.
Officer Matt Baumann said police
were called to Hunters Glen Drive
for a possible fight in the parking
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Health & Wellness
Depression Screening, Carrier Clinic, 252
Route 601, Belle Mead, 908-281-1513. Follow-up evaluation may be encouraged.
Free. 3 to 7 p.m.
Mixed Level Yoga, Center for Relaxation
and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite
635, Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. $15. 5:25 to
6:35 p.m.
lot of building 41. Baumann said
police arrived, located the people
involved and through investigation, determined that PowersCrayne was operating a car while
intoxicated. She was also charged
with reckless driving and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
West Windsor
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rostitution at Massage Parlor. West Windsor Police have
charged two women in connection
with allegations of prostitution at
the Asran House massage therapy
at 55 Princeton-Hightstown Road
in suite 208.
Yuzhu Zhou and Ying Lin, both
of Flushing, NY were charged after
a search warrant was executed on
October 29 at 3:15 p.m. with the assistance from the Mercer County
Prosecutor’s Special Investigations Unit as well as the Federal
Bureau of Investigations, said Detective Sergeant Brian Melnick.
Melnick said the search was the
culmination of a month-long investigation that was started in response to complaints from several
citizens who alleged prostitution
was taking place at the business.
Zhou was charged with two
counts of promoting prostitution
and one count of maintaining a nuisance for running the operation at
the suite. Lin was charged with one
count of promoting prostitution.
Both were released pending future
court dates.
This is not the first time a prostitution bust has occurred on this
stretch in West Windsor; in fact, arrests were just a few doors down in
April, 2001. In that incident, West
Windsor Police charged Vladimir
Rystar, 41, and Galina Rystar, 36,
both of East Windsor, with promoting prostitution and maintaining a place of prostitution. Marina
Pestova, 38, of Brooklyn was
charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution.
The three were charged after a
month-long investigation by po-
Difficult Questions Roundtable, Westerly
Road Church, Wilson House, 240 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-924-3816. www.westerlyroad.org. Roundtable discussions
concerning life, faith, suffering, evil, and
Christianity, discussed by Pastor Matthew
Ristuccia, Westerly Road Church; Rajan
Matthews, Chuck Hetzler, and David Ward.
Lecture, buffet dinner, and discussion. Register. 7 p.m.
Live Music
Dave Renz, Salt Creek Grille, One Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro,
609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 6
to 9 p.m.
History
Sports
Tour and Tea, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. Tour the restored mansion,
galleries, and gardens. Tea before or after
tour. Register. $15. 11:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Soccer Tournament, Mercer County College, West Windsor, 609-570-3778. Opening night banquet for National Junior College Athletic Association division 1 men’s
soccer tournament. Register. 6 p.m.
Literati
Delaware Valley Poets, Lawrenceville Library, Route 1 South at Darrah Lane, 609882-9246. Poetry workshop. Bring 12
copies of your poem. Free. 7:30 p.m.
For Parents
Breastfeeding Support, La Leche League
of Princeton, Princeton Alliance Church,
Scudders Mill and Schalks Crossing roads,
Plainsboro, 609-799-1302. Information and
support for mothers and expectant mothers.
Babies are welcome. Free. 10 a.m.
Lectures
Lunch and Learn, Princeton Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-9212782. “Orientalism and Islam: European
Thinkers on Oriental Despotism in the Middle East and India” presented by Michael
Curtis, professor emeritus of political science at Rutgers University. Free. Noon.
Thursday
November 19
School Sports
North and South Girls Volleyball, 609-7165000, ext. 5134. Tournament of Champions. Call for time.
Drama
Rent, Rider University, Yvonne Theater,
Lawrenceville, 609-896-5303. www.rider.edu. Jonathan Larson’s rock musical. $5 to
$20. E-mail ticketbooth@rider.edu for tickets. 7 p.m.
Broadway in Trenton Series, Sovereign
Bank Arena, Hamilton Avenue at Route
129, 800-298-4200. www.comcasttix.com.
Rain, The Beatles Experience, a multimedia
lice, based on a number of reports
that the Rystars’ company, Pyramid Massage Therapy at 50 Hightstown Road, was a front for prostitution.
During the investigation, on two
occasions undercover officers
were offered an opportunity for
sexual contact with Pestova in return for cash, police said. Money
was exchanged, but no sexual acts
were carried out, police sad. A
search warrant was executed on the
business prior to their arrest.
Shoplifting. Tiera JacksonKing, 18, and Mariah Vaughn, 18,
both of Trenton, were charged October 29 with shoplifting at WalMart. Officer Mark Lee said they
concealed $50 worth of merchandise, including clothing and a costume kit, in their purses and tried to
leave the store without paying.
Jacinta S. Jones, 29, of Trenton
was charged October 31 with
shoplifting at Wal-Mart. Officer
Robert Fow said she shoplifted $97
worth of merchandise and tried to
leave the store without paying.
Janelle Ford, 40, of Trenton was
charged October 31 with shoplifting at Wal-Mart. Officer Frank Bal
said she stole $26 worth of merchandise from the store.
Drug Arrests. John Jackson,
20, of Trenton as charged October
29 with possession of marijuana
over 50 grams. Officer Christopher
Van Ness said that during a motor
vehicle stop in the Mercer County
College west parking lot, he found
the marijuana. He was also charged
with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of alcoholic
beverages in a motor vehicle by a
person under the legal age.
Trespassing. Daniel L. Outten
Jr., 39, of Trenton was charged November 1 with trespassing at WalMart. Officer Walter Silcox said
Wal-mart security saw him inside
of the store after he previously
signed an agreement prohibiting
from being there. Outten also had
event that takes audience members on a
journey of the Beatles rise to stardom and
features historical video footage from the
1960s. $35 to $50. 7:30 p.m.
Blood: A Comedy, Passage Theater, Mill
Hill Playhouse, Front and Montgomery
streets, Trenton, 609-392-0766. www.passagetheatre.org. David Lee White’s
comedy about faith, science, family, and hot
pepper cheese cubes. $25. 8 p.m.
My Fair Lady, Princeton University,
Berlind at McCarter Theater, 609-258-1500.
www.princeton.edu/arts. Musical. $10. 8
p.m.
Venting, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Murray
Theater, Princeton University, 609-2581742. www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.
Film
Art:21, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Screening of “Stories
of C. Atlas, K. Walker, K. Smith, Do-Ho Suh,
and T. Doyle Hancock.” 7 p.m.
an active arrest warrant from
Lawrence.
Receiving Stolen Property.
Jennifer Arango, 23, of Guttenberg
was charged October 20 with receiving stolen property. Officer
Christopher Van Ness said he
stopped her on Route 1 North at
Quakerbridge Road for a routine
motor vehicle stop and found her in
possession of 105 articles of stolen
clothing, 19 bottles of perfume and
cologne, and a woman’s watch,
worth a total $4,012.85. The merchandise, Van Ness said, still contained the price tags and security
devices, and he said he determined
she had shoplifted the items from
several area stores.
DWI. Michael Mattia, 43, of
West Windsor was charged October 28 with driving while intoxicated. Officer Christopher Van Ness
said he stopped him for a motor vehicle violation on Alexander and
Bear Brook roads and found he was
intoxicated. He was also charged
with reckless driving.
James A. Warney, 46, of Somerset, was charged November 1 with
driving while intoxicated. Officer
Nathan Cuomo said he stopped
him for tailgating a car on Route 1
north and found him to be intoxicated. He was also charged with
reckless driving and tailgating.
Dongwon Kang, 23, of Highland Park was charged October 21
with driving while intoxicated. Officer Jason Jones said he stopped
Kang for driving the wrong way on
Alexander Road. He was also
charged with reckless driving, driving the wrong way, and delaying
traffic.
Marcellus Justice Manning, 22,
of Richland was charged October
24 with driving while intoxicated.
Officer Christopher Van Ness said
he stopped Manning on Heritage
Boulevard for delaying traffic and
found him to be intoxicated. He
was also charged with delaying
traffic and reckless driving.
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango,
Suzanne Patterson Center, Monument Drive, 609-273-1378. www.theblackcattango.com. Beginner and intermediate classes followed by guided practice. $10. 8 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Mary Jacobs Library, 64
Washington Street, Rocky Hill, 609-9247073. Tom Verducci, senior sports writer at
Sports Illustrated and co-author of “Sports
and Writing: A Winning Combination.” 7:30
p.m.
Classical Music
Faculty Series, Westminster Conservatory, Niles Chapel, Nassau Presbyterian
Church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609921-2663. www.rider.edu. Sarah Sensening, soprano, and Donald Donald, on piano.
Free. 12:15 p.m.
Afternoon Concert, Princeton University
Chapel, Washington Road, 609-258-3654.
Free. 12:30 to 1 p.m.
Alaska on Film, Princeton University Art
Museum, McCormick 101, 609-258-3788.
http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Screening
of “At the Time of Whaling on Spring Ice.”
Reception in the museum from 9 to 10 p.m.
7 and 10 p.m.
Pop Music
Art
Food & Dining
Late Thursdays, Princeton University Art
Museum,
Campus,
609-258-3788.
http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Extended
hours to explore the special exhibitions and
collections. Many evenings feature film
screenings, musical performances, and activities. Free. 7 to 10 p.m.
Dancing
Salsa Dancing, HotSalsaHot, Princeton YWCA, 69 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, 609651-7070. www.hotsalsahot.com. Three levels of class instruction plus social practice,
$20. Only social practice, $7. 6:30 p.m.
Jeff Larson, Patriots Theater at the War
Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609984-8400. www.thewarmemorial.com. 7:30
p.m.
Product Cooking Demonstration, Miele
Design Center, 9 Independence Way,
Princeton, 800-843-7231. www.mieleusa.com. Register. Free. 6 p.m.
For Families
Mommy and Me with a Jewish Twist,
Shalom Heritage Center, Twin Rivers
Shopping Center, East Windsor, 609-4437170. www.shalomheritagecenter.org. A
program for infants, toddlers, and
preschoolers to explore Jewish themese
through circle time, music, and crafts. $8.
9:15 to 10:15 a.m.
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Repeats in succeeding issues are just
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OFFICE RENTALS
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HOUSING FOR SALE
Must, Must Sell! Roosevelt: Very
special home on 1/2-acre. 4 bedrooms,
3 baths, eat-in kitchen, dining room, living room, den, huge family room,
garage, in-ground pool. Spotless
palace! Many amenities and extras.
$439,900. All reasonable offers will be
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INVESTMENT PROPERTY
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CLEANING SERVICES
House cleaning by experienced
Polish lady: Good references, reasonable prices. Please call 609-392-5960.
Patty’s Cleaning Service: Serving
Plainsboro,
the
Windsors,
the
Brunswicks, and Brandon Farms since
1978. Thorough, honest, and reliable.
Free estimate. 609-397-2533.
Quality Commercial Cleaning: We
offer great office cleaning, good rates
and most of all, good quality of work. We
are insured and bonded. For a free estimate, please call Lidia, 609-989-7799.
Window Washing: Lolio Window
Washing. Also gutter cleaning and power washing. 609-271-8860.
HOME MAINTENANCE
Handyman: Electrical, plumbing, any
projects around the house. 609-2756631.
Man With A Van Service: Pick-up
and delivery service, small local moves,
and light hauling. Serving Mercer County and nearby areas 7 days a week. Reliable, courteous and professional service at reasonable rates. Call: 609-5127248.
Need Help With Your Yard? Fall
yard work, leaves, trimming, mulching,
planting, mowing and more. Call HYM
Landscaping today. 609-722-1137.
Reasonable rates.
COMPUTER SERVICES
Computer Service: Computer repair, computer training (offer senior discount), data recovery, free estimate.
Cell: 609-213-8271.
Lectures
Meeting, Toastmasters Club, CUH2A,
1000 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, 609-2529667. www.tmdistrict38.org. Bring lunch.
Beverages provided. Noon.
Grandparenting 101, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East
Windsor, 609-448-1330. Register. 1 p.m.
Keller Center, Princeton University, Carl
A. Field Center, 609-258-3979. http://commons.princeton.edu/kellercenter. “Social
Entrepreurship: A Rising Generation
Changing the World” presented by Gordon
Bloom. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Live Music
Jerry Topinka and Karen Rodriguez, Salt
Creek Grille, One Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200.
www.saltcreekgrille.com. 6 to 9 p.m.
Sports
Soccer Tournament, Mercer County College, West Windsor, 609-570-3778. National Junior College Athletic Association division 1 men’s soccer tournament. Register.
$12 9:30 a.m.
Friday
November 20
School Sports
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Comedy Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee
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A Taste of Lambertville, Lambertville
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THE NEWS
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Spotlight on Making History Fun
A Retired Teacher from West Windsor
Finds Another Teaching Role in Trenton
by Cara Latham
“It was three businesses combined into one,” she said. “Eventuest Windsor resident ally, the blacksmith shop went
Marilyn Stebbins has when all the horses went.” Stebbeen engulfed in history bins, who has lived in West Windher entire life. From her family’s sor for 53 years now, says that at
historic roots in Lawrence, to her the time, West Windsor was all
26-year career as a teacher, Steb- farmland. Because there was land
bins always felt that students de- available, Stebbins and her husserved more history in their band, a carpenter, bought a plot of
lessons.
land near Mercer County Park,
For the past 10 years, Stebbins where cattle and vegetable farms
has found her own way of promot- were prominent.
ing history as a tour guide at the
Still, Stebbins
State House in
remained actively
Trenton. And
involved with the
If you have a love of
now, the State
Slackwood volunOffice of the
history and a joy of
teer fire company,
Legislature is
as well as the West
children, then you
looking for more
Windsor Volunshould consider volvolunteers like
teer Fire Company
unteering as a State
her.
— and she has
Born
in
House tour guide.
been recognized
Lawrence, Stebfor serving 50
bins grew up in
years at each. Once
the Slackwood section of her two children — a son and a
Lawrence, and rightfully so — her daughter — were in school, Stebgrandmother was a member of the bins began her teaching career as a
Slack family, one of two main pre-school teacher, while going
farming families in the town at the back to school at Trenton State
time. “History was always part of College (now, the College of New
my family,” said Stebbins. Her Jersey), for her teaching degree.
grandmother was from a farm fam- Stebbins went on to teach 26 years
ily. Her grandfather was a black- in Monroe.
smith. After their marriage, they
But, the way teaching had proowned a blacksmith shop, which gressed in America, “I had been
evolved into a car dealership and as disappointed on the way our texta repair garage, known as Mason’s books were eliminating people
Garage on Route 1 at Slack Av- from history,” says Stebbins.
enue, where the Heritage senior “There was a time when I went to
complex is now located. That’s school where geography, civics,
where her father also worked.
W
West Windsor’s Marilyn Stebbins, right, a State
House tour guide, brings New Jersey’s past to life.
and history were taught as three
separate subjects. Now, everything
is squished together as social studies.”
“I always felt our students
lacked some of the background information that was fun about history,” added Stebbins. It was this philosophy and her knowledge of
tours she had taken her students on
as teachers that led her to become a
tour guide at the State House in
1999.
H
aving taken her classes on
tours before, Stebbins knew
the tours were available and realized it was something she could do
with her spare time in retirement,
mostly because she considered it
an extension of teaching.
“To me, it’s a way of giving
small input into what I consider a
necessity of understanding our political system and laws and history,” Stebbins said. “This was sort
of my classroom in retirement.”
Stebbins says it has been one of
the most fulfilling things she has
done in retirement. The tour she
gives is not limited to history, but
also includes the architecture and
structure of the building, and how
it was constructed in phases and
how it has changed.
Those who take the tour will also learn why Abraham Lincoln was
an important part of New Jersey
history, and about the gold dome (a
symbol of strength), which was
made possible by students.
Students around the state had
participated in a “Dimes for
Dome” program in which they
would place a dime in a jar every
time they completed reading a
book, and had organized various
other fundraisers for the funding.
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