Skyline - PrincetonInfo

Paying Family Its Due, page 5; U.S. 1 Crashes a Party, 25;
An Artist Creates Happiness, 26; Cottage Club Loses, 39.
Three-Part Harmony:
Red Molly appears on Thursday,
November 18, at Patriots Theater.
Event listings start on page 13.
17,
MBER
2010
Business Meetings
Preview
Opportunities
Singles
Jobs
Contents
12
13
29
33
43
54
VE
© NO
I F Y OU A RE T HINKING
OF L IVING I N
...
B ORDENTOWN C ITY 08505
101 3rd Street: Former dorm, seven bedrooms, $419,000.
507 Farnsworth Avenue: The Donnelly House, $513,000.
J UST 30 M INUTES A WAY
Mellow, historic, and safe,
Bordentown City offers real estate
deals aplenty for professionals
seeking a walk-around town
and easy access to mass transit.
S COTT M ORGAN
REPORTS , PAGE
35
96 Park Street: Colonial, $384,700.
78 East Union Street: Custom-built, $487,500.
4 East Union Street: Victorian, $389,900.
Princeton's Business and Entertainment Weekly
112 Prince: Townhouse, $385,000.
Telephone: 609-452-7000. Fax: 609-452-0033
Home page: www.princetoninfo.com
2
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
HD Audio & Video Sales
& Installations
724 Rt. 33 • Mercerville
(Between
(Between Jiffy
Jiffy Lube
Lube and
and AT&T
AT&T
Across
Across from
from Hamilton
Hamilton Car
Car wash)
wash)
609-586-HDHD (4343)
LG • Samsung • Panasonic & MORE
LG 42 INCH
PLASMA BUNDLE
WITH BLU-RAY
PLAYER AND
HDMI CABLE
$62999
LG 50 INCH HD
TV AND BLU-RAY
PLAYER AND HDMI
CABLE
$79999
EVERY SPEAKER
20% OFF
INWALL • INCEILING
BOOKSHELF • TOWERS
EVERY SPEAKER
ALL MONSTER
CABLE
PRODUCTS
25% OFF
NOW OPEN!
42” HD Plasma Flat Screen TV
Only
$499
With coupon only. Cannot be combined with any
other offer. Valid on new sales only. Expires 12/31/10.
609-586-4343
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
When Is an Antidepressant
NOT an Antidepressant?
• FDA Approved
• Non-invasive, non-systemic
• NO weight gain,
NO sexual dysfunction,
NO systemic side effects
• Office based procedure
When medications have failed to successfully treat DEPRESSION, a revolutionary new treatment
could be the best option: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Safe, effective, FDA approved.
Call 609-921-6050 to arrange a consultation and see if TMS
Is right for you. Let us help you on your journey
from depression back to being you.
princetontmsinstitute.com for more information
3
4
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Last week in our business
pages we reported that Lahiere’s,
Richard K. Rein
Editor and Publisher
Jamie Saxon
Preview Editor
Scott Morgan
Business Editor
Lynn Miller
Events Editor
Sara Hastings
Special Projects
Craig Terry
Photography
Barbara Figge Fox
Senior Correspondent
Vaughan Burton
Production
Bill Sanservino
Production Manager
Martha Moore
Account
Executive
Lawrence L. DuPraz 1919-2006
Founding Production Adviser
Stan Kephart – Design 1986-2007
Michele Alperin, Elaine Strauss,
Joan Crespi, Simon Saltzman,
Euna Kwon Brossman,
Bart Jackson, E.E. Whiting,
Richard J. Skelly, Doug Dixon,
LucyAnn Dunlap, Kevin Carter,
Helen Schwartz, Anna Soloway
Contributors
U.S. 1 is hand delivered by request
to all businesses and offices in the
greater Princeton area. For advertising or editorial inquiries call
609-452-7000. Fax: 609-452-0033.
Or visit www.princetoninfo.com
Copyright 2010 by Richard K. Rein
and U.S. 1 Publishing Company,
12 Roszel Road, Princeton 08540.
A little crust on the outside and
gooey but not too gooey on the inside. That’s the consistency of this
the venerable Witherspoon Street warm chocolate cake in a pool of
restaurant, would close its doors on chilled raspberry puree so smooth
Saturday, November 13. On page it’s practically translucent.”
Saxon was so upset when she
17 of this issue our food writer, Pat
Tanner, shares several decades of heard that Lahiere’s was closing
memories of dinners past and pres- that she brought three friends to
ent at Lahiere’s. This restaurant has dine there on Thursday, November
been featured in many different it- 11, before the Pink Martini concert
erations in U.S. 1, and as a kind of (her sixth) at McCarter Theater, for
culinary tribute, we have posted one last fix. When no one was
several of these stories on our looking, one of her guests actually
home page, www.princetoninfo.- licked the plate. “Who cares?” he
said with abandon. “What are they
com.
The first, “Itty Bitty Plates for going to do — never let us back
in?” Saxon reports
Big Appetites,” written
they also had a killer
by Pat Tanner for our anBetween
Malbec — Bodega
nual Spring Dining issue
Septima, 2009, from
on May 7, 2008, capThe
Argentina. The extures some of the
Lines
cellent wine cellar at
Lahiere’s best appetizerLahiere’s will surely
sized plates. Tanner
waxed poetic about the sliced, be missed by many.
You can see these stories on
seared yellowfin tuna with wakame
(seaweed) salad, and the risotto princetoninfo.com, as well as a
with roasted duck, sun-dried cran- November 14 piece by Angela Wu
berries, toasted goat cheese, and posted on “The Ink,” the online
magazine of the Princeton Univercremini mushrooms.
Our Preview editor, Jamie Sax- sity Press Club, titled “Lahiere’s:
on, gushed about one of Lahiere’s Closed Forever Ever.”
On the subject of restaurant
most beloved desserts, the warm
Valrhona chocolate cake with closings, we have been told that
vanilla creme anglaise and ice Charlie Brown’s in Kingston (forcream, in a February 3, 2010, story merly Good Time Charley’s) has
titled “A Little Romance: Get also closed.
Closer This Valentine’s Day.” She
Addendum: In our November
recommended taking the choco- 10 issue we failed to provide contact
holic in your life to indulge in the information for the firm of Rebecca
best $8.50 she’s ever spent and Mercuri, a computer security expert
wrote: “You know when you take who provides expert testimony and
brownies out of the oven too soon? computer forensics. Her firm, Notable Software, is based at 116
Grayson Avenue, Hamilton 08619.
U.S. 1 WELCOMES letPhone: 609-587-1886. Website:
ters to the editor, corrections,
www.notablesoftware.com.
second thoughts, and critiWe thank Mercuri for alerting us
cisms of our stories and
to the omission and for entering her
columns. E-mail your
information in our listing form at
thoughts directly to our edithe company database online at
tor: [email protected].
www.princetoninfo.com.
Consistency Counts
Strength on its own can be impressive.
When consistency is added, that’s when it becomes real.
At Northwestern Mutual, we’ve been able to deliver
real strength for over 150 years.
INSIDE
Survival Guide
5
Let Money, Not Love, Guide Family Business
Gauging the Spiritual Side of Scientists
The Heroic Side of the Sales Equation
Business Meetings
5
7
11
12
Princeton Chamber Newsletter
8
Preview
13-34
Day by Day, November 17 to 24
Pat Tanner: Lahiere’s, Remembered
Funny and Funnier: A Back Story
Theater Review: ‘The Good Person of Setzuan’
U.S. 1 Crashes a Party: Crisis Ministry
An Artist Creates Happiness — in Three Dimensions
Opportunities
At the Movies
U.S. 1 Singles Exchange
A Hot Ticket from the18th Century, Revisited
Cover Story
Fast Lane 38
Jobs
Classifieds
13
17
20
23
25
26
29
31
33
34
35
41
43
For advertising or editorial inquiries, call 609-452-7000. Fax: 609-452-0033.
Mail: 12 Roszel Road, Princeton 08540. E-Mail: [email protected].
Home page: www.princetoninfo.com
© 2010 by Richard K. Rein.
For articles previously published in U.S. 1, for listings of scheduled events far
into the future, consult our website: www.princetoninfo.com.
The U.S. 1 Sneak Preview edition is E-mailed weekly.
It contains highlights of the next issue, and links to key websites.
For a free subscription fill out the form at www.princetoninfo.com.
Copyright 2010 Richard K. Rein and the U.S. 1 Publishing Company.
Company Index
Auletta Realty, 36; Beanwood
Coffee, 44; Beneficial Bank, 44;
Bombadil LLC, 11; Boyd’s Pharmacy, 44; ERA Advantage Realty,
36; Farnsworth House, 44; Heart
of Bordentown Tavern, 37; Henderson Sotheby’s, 36.
Jester’s, 44; Marcello’s, 44; NJ
Monthly, 44; Ocean Spray Inc., 44;
Prudent Publishing Company, 5;
Prudential Fox & Roach Hamilton,
36; Re/Max TriCounty, 35; Rice
University, 7; The Record Collector, 44; Toscano, 4.
Please Join Dr. Roderick Kaufmann &
Princeton Dermatology Associates
in Welcoming
◆
Northwestern Mutual paid more dividends than any company
in the industry for the past 12 years.
Dr. Smeeta Sinha
Dr. Sinha will be at our Monroe office,
8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday.
Her specialties are Adult, Pediatric and
Cosmetic Dermatology and Dermatalogic Surgery.
Please Call Today to Make Your
Appointment with Dr. Sinha.
05-3001 The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Milwaukee, WI (Northwestern Mutual). Joseph Michael
Savino is a General Agent of Northwestern Mutual (life and disability insurance, annuities) and a Registered
Representative and Investment Adviser Representative of Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC
(securities), a subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual, broker-dealer, registered investment adviser and member FINRA and
SIPC. The dividend scale and the underlying interest rates are reviewed annually and are subject to change. Future
dividends are not guaranteed. A.M Best Company, 2010; limited to ordinary and group life insurance dividends.
Dividends are reviewed annually, subject to change and not guaranteed.
5 Center Drive, Suite 1A
Monroe Center Forsgate
Monroe Township, NJ
609-655-4544
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
SURVIVAL
GUIDE
EDITOR:
SCOTT MORGAN
[email protected]
Thursday, November 18
In Family Business,
What’s Love
Got To Do with It?
B
ud D’Avella had his first
taste of family business at age 12
when he started working in his father’s drugstore in Newark. Working there during summers and vacations until he left for law school
at age 25, he absorbed the dynamics of running a family business
and dealing with customers. “This
is important to learn, whatever you
do,” says D’Avella. “It made me
very effective through my years as
a lawyer.”
During most of his 25 years
practicing law, D’Avella focused
on the nitty-gritty of family businesses, especially potential solutions to their travails. One lesson
he learned: Even if everyone wants
to resolve outstanding issues, it is
helpful to have a third party to foster the communication necessary
to do so.
In 1998 D’Avella himself became the head of a family business
— the greeting card manufacturer
Prudent Publishing Company in
Ridgefield Park.
D’Avella will present “Dealing
with Human Resource Issues That
Affect Family Firms” on Thursday,
November 18, at 8 a.m. at the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship
at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Call 973-443-8880 or E-mail [email protected].
For D’Avella, three human resources issues must be managed
successfully to ensure the continued success of any family business:
Compensating at market
rates. Families tend to run their
businesses like they run their families. As a result, the first-generation entrepreneur/founder may decide to pay each of his children
equally for their work. D’Avella,
however, strongly emphasizes that
compensation in a family business
should be at market value.
When people feel they have
been treated fairly and will be compensated for extra effort, they will
be motivated to do more, says
D’Avella. In his experience, when
everyone is paid roughly the same,
the strongest workers will slow
down, thinking that it doesn’t matter what they do, they will always
make the same money — as will
those who contribute almost nothing.
So what is the best way to keep
“I love all my children equally and
will therefore pay them the same
amount” from undermining a business? In a sales organization, the
numbers will tell the story and
compensation should be based on
sales volume.
But a manufacturing company
must perform a full review of each
person at least yearly. Following
good human resources practice, the
employee/family members first do
self-examinations, outlining what
they think they have done. The re-
Family Worth: Bud
D’Avella encourages
family businesses to
pay everyone according to worth, not birth.
viewer then shares his impressions, and the two compare notes.
The reviewer helps the person see
where improvement is needed, and
then compensation is determined
based on what the person has accomplished.
Especially for younger people,
this process works better when a
non-family member is performing
the human resources function, with
the owner passing on the decisions,
says D’Avella.
Successfully integrating nonfamily employees. “Often, the
perception is that family is more
important,” says D’Avella, “so you
need to use good business practices
to show family and non-family that
Continued on following page
U.S. 1
5
6
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
A U.S. 1 ADVERTISING FEATURE
The ‘Fraudulent’ Home Improvement Contractor
H
DENTAL
INSURANCE??
Are you looking for the personal touch
in a private office that accepts
your dental plan?
We are now accepting most dental insurance plans Call our office and we will optimize your coverage.
Melvin S. Babad, DMD
Fine dental care since 1975
1941 S. Broad St.
Hamilton NJ
609-396-9491
www.melvinbabaddmd.com
Katherine K
ish
NJBiz Top , President
50 Wo
in Business men
Too many changes coming too fast?
Too little information to make decisions?
Too few clear paths?
Helping you move ahead with confidence
on strategic and marketing directions.
Market Entry, Inc.
609-799-8898
WBE/SBE certified [email protected]
by Darren M. Baldo, Esq.,
CPA, LLM
4. Failure to state start dates
and completion dates.
5. Failure to complete the
work within a contracted time
period without proper reason or
cause and a written extension
of the time.
6. Failure to obtain proper
licenses, i.e., electrical licenses,
prior to performing work.
7. Failure to obtain proper
permits, i.e., building permits,
prior to performing work.
8. Seeking payment before it
is due under the terms of the
contract or payment in full
before the work is complete.
9. Failure to complete the
work within scheduled time or at
all.
10. Substituting materials for
lesser quality materials than
promised or warranted.
11. Failure to list certain
products in the contract.
12. Attempting to charge
additional money without having
a written and signed change
order.
13. Failure to state
homeowner's three-day right to
cancel contract in at least 10point bold type print.
14. Poor workmanship that
causes homeowner to repair
and/or replace goods and
services.
Even though there may be
good and qualified contractors
out there, many contractors
continue to violate the Act. They
still need to revise their existing
contracts and practices in order
to comply with the Act. Both the
homeowners and home
improvement contractors ought
to try to work together to make
sure all of the above contract
matters are addressed in the
written contract to ensure
compliance and avoid
misunderstandings and
litigation. If the contractor gives
you a difficult time about these
items, then take the time to
seek out and hire another
contractor. And, of course, call
my office if you were victimized
by any of the above-listed
violations of the Act or if you're
a home improvement contractor
who needs to revise your
contracts.
Darren M. Baldo, Esq., CPA,
LLM is an attorney who focuses
on litigation, contracts,
collections, bankruptcy, wills,
trusts, estates, employment law
and taxation. Visit
www.dbaldolaw.com for more
information or call 609-7990090.
Homeowners victimized by negligent and fraudulent contractors may be entitled
to triple damages and attorneys’ fees under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
Continued from preceding page
Corner of S. Broad & Chambers Sts.
Crystal Ball
a Little
Cloudy?
as your home
improvement contractor
caused damage to your
home? Has he left the work
unfinished or has he caused
you to redo his work? Or, are
you a home improvement
contractor that is unfamiliar with
the laws that govern your
business practices?
Victimized homeowners may
be entitled to TRIPLE
DAMAGES (three times the
amount of cost to repair or redo
the work), PLUS ATTORNEYS'
FEES. The New Jersey
Consumer Fraud Act (the "Act")
subjects these contractors to
strict laws for their contracts
with homeowners and the work
they perform on homeowners'
homes. These laws were meant
to prevent the unwary
homeowner from being
victimized by negligent and
fraudulent contractors.
Even though fraud may not
have been committed by the
contractor, the Act provides that
homeowners may recover
TRIPLE DAMAGES PLUS
ATTORNEYS' FEES in the
following situations so long as
the homeowner (or
homeowner's attorney) proves
that the contractor's violation of
the Act caused the damage to
the homeowner:
1. Failure to provide home
improvement registration
information.
2. Failure to provide
contractor's insurance
information.
3. Failure to have a written
contract (written estimates may
not be sufficient).
performance is key — not the role
you have in the family.”
D’Avella emphasizes that families need to be careful about the degree of overlap between personal
and business realms. On the one
hand, customers may perceive a
family company to be more dependable. “You always hear about
Johnson floor wax, a family company,” he says. “It tells people,
‘We’re going to be around. We
have an interest in more than the
dollars; we have an interest in the
reputation of our business.’”
But if the overlap is too complete, and the family and the business are one, the business opens itself up to problems. You may not,
for example, be able to fire a family member who is not pulling his
weight or behaving in an unacceptable way, and this can be very destructive. When non-family members see such shenanigans, they are
taking careful note, and the business will suffer as a result. “You’ll
lose good non-family members if
they feel the place has too much
overlap,” he says.
In addition to market compensation, communication is the key to
making non-family employees feel
like valued and equal members of
the team. If the business encourages communication, non-family
members will feel that they can
trust the owners and will be willing
to share important issues and expose problems.
Conflict management. Communication is important not just for
establishing trust, but for manag-
ing conflict effectively. “One of the
biggest problems in family businesses is that the owners/seniors
appear not to have time to sort out a
problem,” says D’Avella. “But if
you make a judgment based on history, knowledge of the family, and
the fact that you have been boss for
a long time, all that does is create
more conflict.”
The first thing that needs to happen when there is conflict is to interview all parties and learn each of
their perspectives. If the owner is
not comfortable in the role of inter-
When people feel
they have been treated fairly and justly
compensated, they
will work harder.
viewer, then someone else needs to
thoroughly research the situation.
“They have to ask questions about
what is going on, put it together in a
fleshed-out report of what the
problem is, and then make a decision based on fact as opposed to innuendo,” says D’Avella.
Even if the investigation does
not have the desired result for a
particular employee, all will be
happier in an atmosphere of fairness. Says D’Avella: “Time after
time, I’ve heard people say, ‘You
didn’t do what I wanted you to, but
you listened. I had your ear, and I
said what I wanted to say, but you
made the decision based on other
things, and I accept that.’”
D’Avella earned a bachelor’s in
biology at Princeton University
and his J.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1973. He accepted
a position at Hannoch Weisman,
where he counseled owner-managed, often family-held, businesses. For 11 years he was the firm’s
managing partner and was instrumental in completing its 1988
merger with Sterns, Herbert, Weinroth & Petrino.
In 1998 D’Avella left to become
president and COO of Prudent
Publishing Company, a familyowned business and one of the
largest producers of personalized
greeting cards in the United States.
The company, with an office in
Ridgefield Park and a plant in Roxbury Landing, has close to 300 employees. It designs and manufactures both holiday and occasion
cards for businesses to send to their
employees and customers.
Under D’Avella’s tutelage,
what had been only a direct-mail
business expanded to the Internet.
“Lots of people prefer to order via
the Internet, even if they have a catalog,” he says. “And now we are also finding customers via the Internet.”
In 2009 the company added
www.christmascardsdirect.com,
where customers can design their
own cards by selecting pictures
and messages or uploading their
own. Prudent then prints the cards.
D’Avella got this idea when he saw
his son and daughter-in-law designing a birth announcement on
the Web.
In D’Avella’s experience, fairness is essential to success in a
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
family business. So when a business owner
finds himself turning to his son to say, “I remember when you were a high scorer in
high school football, so I’ll give you a good
raise this year,” he needs to resist this urge.
Instead he should sit his son down with
pencil and paper, and ask him to start writing about his business successes over the
last year.
— Michele Alperin
Science vs. Religion:
It’s Not What You Think
F
or centuries, science routinely used
empirical evidence to chip away at deeply
held spiritual certainties. But just when science looked like it was winning, religion
hit back with intelligent design.
It was a shrewdly thrown punch — one
that presented a lucid argument that certain
developments in the universe (including
us) happened not by fluke, but by intent.
Was it a scientifically valid proposal?
Well, here’s the interesting part — it doesn’t matter. What set science reeling was
how strongly the theory of intelligent design resonated with the millions of people
outside of the small, cloistered world of academic science research.
The theory had been rattling around in
one form or another, by one name or another, for millennia, but half a decade ago it
came not from zealots or ancient mystics.
It came from highly respected thinkers
who managed to re-light a dialogue that
had become more of a lecture very few understood.
About the time the intelligent design argument went mainstream, Elaine Howard
Ecklund, a sociology professor at Rice
University in Texas, was ensconced in a research project that asked scientists where
they stood on the ancient battleground between science and religion. She found that
scientists were far more spiritual (if not actually religious) than she had ever expected.
Ecklund will discuss her findings and
her book on the subject, “Science vs Religion: What Scientists Really Think,” on
Thursday, November 18, at 4:30 p.m. at
Lewis Library, Princeton University. To
register for this free event, visit
www.princeton.edu/csr.
Ecklund was born and raised in upstate
New York in the shadow of her alma mater,
Cornell. She earned her bachelor’s in human development and her master’s and
Ph.D. in sociology from there before heading to Rice, where she now serves as director of the school’s Religion and Public Life
Program.
Ecklund was brought up in a religious
house and had held what she referred to as
certain narrow expectations about the sciences. Going to college opened her eyes a
little, she says, but it was not until she
looked into the spiritual underpinnings of
scientists nationwide that she really gained
an appreciation for how deeply scientists
felt about all matters metaphysical.
Spirituality without religion. The oldschool image of the scientist as godless
megalomaniac still holds true for some,
particularly those far removed from the research-heavy private universities that dot
the northeast. Ecklund believed in this too,
to a degree. But what she found is that
roughly two-thirds of the scientists she
contacted defined themselves as spiritual.
Even the atheists. In fact, a full 20 percent of atheistic scientists see themselves
as spiritual, Ecklund says. “That really surprised me,” she admits. “But so many are
looking for a cogent morality that fits in
with science.”
Very few scientists, though, identified
themselves as religious, even those who
strongly believe in God. Scientists, she
found, tend to have a more universal (and
universalist) perspective on the subject,
but not any strong devotion to a particular
set of rules or dogma.
She also found that scientists are unlike
most Americans in their spiritual upbringing. Whereas the vast majority of AmeriContinued on page 11
U.S. 1
7
8
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Champions for Business
Princeton Chamber’s Annual Business Leadership Awards Gala
Recognizes Exceptional Business and Community Leaders
Letter from the Chairman
Dear Members and Friends,
Can you believe that the Holiday Season is upon us? Where did
the year go? And what a year it
has been . . . especially for your
Chamber, where we have had
record attendance at all of our
events, a steady growth in membership and, through the terrific
work of our Committees, sustainable expansion of our Mission,
which is to serve the businesses
and the non-profits in the greater
Princeton region.
We wrap up this year with the
celebration of four amazing individuals at our annual Leadership
Gala at Jasna Polana. Christine
Lokhammer is our 2010 Business
Leader of the Year; Tom McCool
the President of Eden Autism Services is Innovator of the Year; and
Rick Weiss, Founder of Viocare,
was selected as Entrepreneur of
the Year. The auspicious Community Leader of the Year award,
given by the Chamber’s Foundation, goes to Leslie Burger and
her Princeton Public Library.
Now, take a deep breath, and
we’re off into the year 2011, with
a terrific speaker at our January
6th Monthly Membership Luncheon at the Marriott Conference
Center. Jeff Vanderbeek, owner
of the New Jersey Devils and a
key player in the development of
the successful Prudential Center
in the center of Newark, will
share his perspectives on these
two amazing enterprises. The
first Business After Business reception of the year will be hosted
by Salt Creek Grille on Thursday,
January 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. You
can find additional information
about these events as well as other upcoming events in 2011 on
the Chamber’s website (www.princetonchamber.org)
or
through our newsletter which is
e-mailed to our Members each
week.
On behalf of the Chamber
Board and its awesome, dedicated staff, let me extend all best
wishes to you for a great Holiday
Season and a great New Year for
you and your business.
All best wishes,
J. Robert Hillier
E
ach year, the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce hosts
its prestigious Annual Business
Leadership Awards Gala in order to
recognize distinctive business leaders who have made a difference in
the business world and the community. This special event also gives
Chamber Members, friends, and
colleagues the opportunity to meet
in a festive atmosphere to celebrate
the accomplishments and achievements of the past year.
This annual event helps support
the programs, activities, and events
that make the Princeton Regional
Chamber of Commerce one of the
most outstanding and recognized
business organizations in the tristate area. The Chamber is proud to
recognize the following outstanding
individuals who have demonstrated
exceptional qualities which have
benefited the business and local
communities.
Business Leader of the Year
Award, Sponsored by WithumSmith+Brown recognizes Christine Lokhammer, Senior Vice
President of PNC Wealth Management.
Innovator of the Year Award,
Sponsored by NRG Energy recognizes Dr. Thomas McCool, President & CEO of Eden Autism Services.
Entrepreneur of the Year
Award, Sponsored by Bank of
America recognizes Rick Weiss,
President & Founder of Viocare. o
Community Leader of the Year
Award, Presented by the Princeton
Regional Chamber of Commerce
Foundation and Sponsored by Glenmede, recognizes Leslie Burger,
Director of the Princeton Public Library. The Chamber extends a special thank you to PNC Bank and
Princeton HealthCare Foundation
for their sponsorship of the Cocktail
Reception as well as RWJ University Hospital Hamilton as dessert
sponsor and Hilton Realty for sponsoring the evening’s program book.
The Business Leadership Awards
Gala is being held on Tuesday, November 30, at the Tournament Players Club Jasna Polana. The evening
begins with a cocktail reception at
5:30 p.m. followed by dinner and
the highlight of the evening, the
presentation of the awards, at 7 p.m.
Upscale business attire is recommended. Registration information
may be found at www.princetonchamber.org or by contacting Cheri
Durst, Director of Special Events, at
[email protected]
or
609-924-1776, ext. 105.
Business Leader
of the Year
T
he Annual Business Leader
of the Year Award recognizes an individual who has made significant
contributions to the communities of
the Princeton region. This individual’s ideas, vision and hard work
have led to significant tangible ben-
efits in our community. By using the
resources at their disposal, the actions of this person have led to
growth in the stature, reputation,
and significance of the Princeton region. The Business Leader of the
Year is a role model for others.
Our 2010 Business Leader of the
Year is Christine Lokhammer,
Wealth Management Director at
PNC Wealth Management. In 2009
Chris Lokhammer celebrated 40
years of Service in Banking in the
Princeton area. Almost all of those
years have been with PNC and its
predecessor banks back to Princeton Bank and Trust Company in
1969.
As a Senior Vice President and
Director of the Princeton Wealth
Management Team, Chris oversees
a team of 22 professionals specializing in investment, trust, financial
planning and banking services for
high net worth individuals and their
families.
In addition to her role as Wealth
Management Director, Chris serves
as the chairperson of a PNC Community Council that meets monthly
to review community involvement
and activities in the greater Princeton area.
Awards of recognition include
but are not limited to, 2003 PNC Advisors Industry Leader Award; 2003
Girl Scouts Women of Distinction
Award/World of Corporate Leadership; Receipt of the 2000 Paul Harris Fellow from the Rotary Club of
Princeton, 2001 President’s Club
for Outstanding Achievement in
Sales, PNC Advisors.
Do you have partial onset
seizures due to EPILEPSY?
Consider the SEA study of an
investigational antiepileptic drug.
Partial seizures, which affect only one area of the brain, are the most common type of seizure experienced by people
with epilepsy. If you or someone you care about is living with epilepsy and continuing to experience partial seizures, even
with treatment, you may want to consider a new medical research study evaluating an investigational antiepileptic drug.
•
•
•
•
To pre-qualify for this study, you must:
Be 16 to 70 years of age
Have had at least four partial onset seizures in the last eight weeks
Not have gone 28 days without a seizure over the last eight weeks
Have been taking one to two antiepileptic drugs for the last four weeks
Qualified participants will receive study-related medical evaluations and study medication at no cost. Reimbursement
for time and travel may also be provided.
To learn more, please contact:
609-921-6050
www.gminstitutes.com
Where Today’s Research Brings Tomorrow's Solutions
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
Sustaining Sponsors 2010
With great appreciation, the Chamber thanks the following companies and organizations
who have shown their support and loyalty to the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce
by becoming Sustaining Sponsors. Our Sustaining Sponsors enable us to take the Chamber
to an advanced level which allows the resources for greater benefits and enhanced programs
& events to our members and the business community.
PLATINUM
Christine Lokhammer
Dr. Thomas McCool
Chris has served on the Board of
Princeton Area Community Foundation for six years and is currently
serving as a committee member for
Trustees and Asset Development.
She serves as a member of the Advisory Board of Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association and is
an honorary member of the Centennial Committee for the Princeton Public Library Capital Campaign. She is also a member of the
5 in 5 Committee for the Arts
Council of Princeton.
Chris continued her education at
both Hunter College and Rutgers
College but did not complete her
degree program as she left school
in 1969 to put her husband through
college at Princeton University
Graduate School. She has lived in
Princeton since 1969 and currently
resides in Hopewell.
tion of Private Schools for Exceptional Children (NAPSEC). He is
also currently the Chairman of the
Board of Autism Services Group
(ASG).
Dr. McCool received a Doctor
of Education degree in educational
leadership from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Institute for Leadership Studies in Hackensack, and
a Masters of Education degree
from West Chester State University in Pennsylvania.
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Tyco International,
Fox Rothschild LLP, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
GOLD
Verizon, NRG Energy, Leigh Visual Imaging Solutions, Glenmede,
Paychex, PSE&G, Nassau Inn, Capital Health
SILVER
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C., Marke Communications, Nelligan Sports Marketing, Inc.,
Heartland Payment Systems, Eden Autism Services, Hopewell Valley Community Bank,
Brown Dog Marketing, J. Robert Hillier, Thomas Edison State College, The Kennedy Factor
BRONZE
The Bank of Princeton, Bartolomei Pucciarelli, Bloomberg, Bovis Lend Lease Inc., CareersUSA,
Community Options, ETS, Janssen Pharmaceuticas, Division of Ortho-McNeilPharmaceuticals, Mercadien,
Munich ReAmerica, PNC Bank, Princeton Air Conditioning, Princeton Fuel Oil, Princeton HealthCare System,
Princeton Internet Group, Princeton University, Sarnoff Corp., SES, Stevens & Lee, TD Bank, WithumSmith+Brown
Profiles continue on following page
Innovator
of the Year
T
he Annual Innovator of the
Year Award recognizes an individual, business, or organization that
has been instrumental in promoting change and innovation in their
industry, their field of interest, or in
the communities of the Princeton
Region. This award recognizes the
diversity of the Princeton region
and celebrates the spirit of innovation and creativity that we all enjoy
and benefit from. The award recognizes that innovation can take
many forms, from a product, a program, a process, or a challenge to
the “status quo.”
This year the Chamber recognizes Dr. Thomas McCool as its
Innovator of the Year. Dr. McCool
was named President/CEO of
Eden Autism Services in 2005.
Headquartered in Princeton, NJ,
Eden is a national center of excellence in treating children and
adults with autism and providing
outreach and support to families,
professionals and the community.
From 1996 to 2005 Dr. McCool
served as the national Vice President of Development and Government Relations for Devereux, a national non-profit organization
which provides services for persons with emotional, developmental and educational disabilities.
From 1985 to 1996 Dr. McCool
was the Executive Director of Devereux California with responsibility for Clinical, Residential, Recreational, and Educational/Vocational Programs for developmentally
disabled children and adults.
Dr. McCool was a gubernatorial
appointee to the California Interagency Coordinating Council, is a
Founding Commissioner of the
National Commission on Accreditation of Special Education Services (NCASES), and founding
member and current Vice Chairman of the National Association of
Residential Providers of Adults
with Autism (NARPA).
He served on the MIND Institute Advisory Board, is also a
member of the Autism Society of
America and is currently serving as
Treasurer of the National Associa-
COCKTAIL SPONSORS: PNC Bank and Princeton HealthCare System Foundation
DESSERT SPONSOR: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton
PROGRAM BOOK SPONSOR: Hilton Realty
9
10
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
The Princeton Chamber
Welcomes Its Newest Members . . .
Rick Weiss
Leslie Burger
Entrepreneur
of the Year
al Chamber recognizes Leslie
Burger, Director of the Princeton
Public Library, as its Community
Leader of the Year.
She was instrumental in planning and designing the new Princeton Public Library which opened in
2004. After many decades of inactivity and extended debate about
the future of the library, she built
partnerships with civic and community leaders and convinced
donors and taxpayers to contribute
more than $22 million to support
the library’s capital and endowment campaigns. Leslie did this by
raising the library’s profile and
challenging the community’s ideas
about the role of the public library
as well as transforming library
services and programs to make the
new library the community’s living room.
Leslie Burger is a past-president
of the American Library Association. She served as ALA president
from July 2006 through June 2007
where she sponsored a variety of
initiatives focused on how libraries
can transform communities they
serve.
Before joining the Princeton
Public Library, Leslie served as a
development consultant at the
New Jersey State Library where
she worked on leadership and marketing initiatives on behalf of the
state’s libraries. She served as Executive Director of the Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative,
a multi-type library cooperative
serving a three county area. She also worked at the Connecticut State
Library as the federal grants coordinator, director of Planning and
Research, and director of Network
Services. Her library career began
at the Bridgeport, Connecticut,
Public Library when she was hired
to develop a community information and referral service.
In 1991 Leslie also founded her
consulting firm, Library Development Solutions. In her consulting
practice, Leslie, who works with
her husband and partner Alan
Burger, has guided more than 120
public, academic, and special libraries, state libraries, and single
and multi-type library cooperatives across the US in strategic
planning, community needs assessments, building evaluation and
design, program evaluation and
implementation.
Recognized as an accomplished
speaker, writer, and consultant on
change management, planning and
evaluation, organizational development and library futures, Leslie
is also a sought after spokesperson
in the media on issues related to the
implementation of the Child Internet Protection Act and protection
of library patron privacy, the future
of libraries, the role of libraries in
revitalizing communities, and
fundraising.
Leslie has held leadership positions in ALA, state and regional library associations including president of ALA’s Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library
Agencies (1996-1997), the New
Jersey Library Association (20012002), the Connecticut Library Association (1982-83), and as an
ALA Chapter Councilor and state
chapter representative to the New
T
he annual Entrepreneur of
the Year Award recognizes an individual who has successfully grown
their business. Criteria for the
award (which are based upon SBA
guidelines) include growth in employees, growth in sales, financial
stability, response to adversity, and
contributions to the community.
This year’s Entrepreneur of the
Year Award winner is Rick Weiss,
President and Founder of Viocare
Inc., a healthcare software company that develops innovative and
scientifically-proven dietary and
physical activity assessment and
behavioral change systems for researchers, clinicians, and wellness
counselors.
Weiss has been the Principal Investigator on 17 National Institutes
of Health grants and contracts, valued at more than $8 million. These
projects have formed the basis of
Viocare’s product line including a
wellness program for counselors,
VioWell; an electronic dietary history questionnaire, VioScreen; and
a community wellness portal,
Princeton Living Well (PLW).
One aspect of PLW is an incentive system that rewards consumers for their wellness efforts
with products and services from local businesses. Viocare’s systems
have been used in support of four
clinical drug trials and by major research and clinical organizations
such as Mayo Clinic, Harvard,
FDA, USDA, and NIH.
Weiss has been awarded two
New Jersey Small Business Development Center Success Awards
(1998, 2005) and has presented at
major healthcare conferences and
published in peer review journals
about new techniques for dietary
assessments.
He received a bachelor’s degree
in electrical engineering and math
from Carnegie Mellon and a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from
Princeton University. Rick started
his career working at Bell Labs and
held management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, and
Squibb.
Community Leader
of the Year
T
he Princeton Regional
Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Community Leader of the
Year Award recognizes an individual, a business, or an organization
whose actions and ideas have supported the greater Princeton community. This award recognizes and
acknowledges that the individual,
business, or organization has, over
an extended period of time, created
a platform of support across the
community, demonstrated effective longstanding civic engagement and is an acknowledged
leader in the Princeton Region. The
award recognizes that a longterm
dedication to community leadership is an inspiration to all.
This year the Princeton Region-
ActionCOACH
Adorno Yoss Wong Fleming, P.C.
Anne Skalka and Associates
Cathedral Consulting Group
Clive Samuels & Associates Inc.
DAMKTG Inc.
Douglas R. Schotland Architect
Fine Line Inc.
French American School of Princeton
GWS Environmental Contractors Inc.
Hearthstone Investors LP
Lebbad Design
Princeton Fitness & Wellness Center
Team Nimbus NJ
The New School for Music Study
Traust Sollus Wealth Management
Ulrichsen, Rosen & Freed
Sal Levatino
Gregory Johnson
Anne Skalka
David Faircloth
Tom Swietek
Michelle Deppe
Doug Schotland
Gregory Peck
Marie Lavigne
Eric Davis
John Galloway
James Lebbad
Amanda McDonald
Lorette Pruden
Sara Ernst
Guy McPhail
Wendy Rosen
Consultants
Attorneys
Accountants
Consultants
Engineering
Mailing Services
Architects
Public Relations
Education
Environmental
Business Development
Graphic Design
Fitness Centers
Business Development
Education
Financial Services
Attorneys
. . . and Its Renewing Members
Blue Star Jets LLC
Capable Communications LLC
Coldwell Banker — Residential
Brokerage
DeVry University
Geico — Cline Enterprises LLC
England Library Association.
Leslie attended library school at
the University of Maryland and also has a master’s degree in organizational behavior from the University of Hartford. She received her
bachelor’s degree from Southern
Connecticut State College.
She received the Princeton YWCA Tribute to Women Award, the
New York Times Librarian Award,
and was honored by the University
of Maryland as College of Library
and Information Science Alumna
of the Year in 2005 and by Southern Connection State University as
an outstanding alumna in 2008.
The Rotary Club of Princeton presented Leslie with their Community Service Award in 2009.
Leslie and Alan, her husband of
37 years and partner in Library Development Solutions, live in
Princeton Junction. She has three
grown children, who live in New
York City. She loves to read (surprise!), garden, travel, cook, and
entertain friends and family.
Herring Properties
Lynch Osborne Theivakumar
Gilmore & Durst
Mercadien Technologies
New York Sports Club
of Princeton
The Parkinson Alliance
SAVE, A Friend to Homeless
Animals
The Savino Group
Sir Speedy Printing
Sovereign Bank, Nassau Street
V.J. Scozzari & Sons
Business After Business with the
Chamber at the Wyndham Princeton
T
he Princeton Regional
Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Networking Reception
hosted by the Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Hotel and Conference Center on Thursday, December 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. The
business community is invited to
attend and bring plenty of business cards for distribution and
entry in the door prize drawing
The Wyndham Princeton is
conveniently located at Princeton Forrestal Center, 900 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro. For
directions, visit www.wyndham.com/hotels/ewrcc/mapanddirections/main. Cost to
attend is $25 for Chamber Members and $40 for non-members.
Register in advance at www.-
Save the Date
MERCER COUNTY
ECONOMIC SUMMIT
Wednesday, March 16
The Conference Center
at Mercer County
Community College
princetonchamber.org or call
609-924-1776.
Join the Chamber on December 9 for a festive evening of
great networking enhanced by a
delightful array of seasonal food
and beverages compliments of
the hosts at the Wyndham
Princeton Forrestal Hotel and
Conference Center. The Wyndham Princeton is the perfect
place to enjoy a relaxing New
Jersey business retreat, meeting,
or vacation. Surrounded by
beautiful landscape and a gorgeous lakefront, The Wyndham
Princeton is in an ideal location,
halfway between New York and
Philadelphia, and only a short
distance from Princeton University.
Former Business Leadership Award Recipients:
From the left in the upper row: Lawrence Krampf,
Marke Communications; Janet Vergis, Janssen McNeil Pediatrics & Ortho McNeil Neurologics; Scott
Needham, Princeton Air; Jerry Fennelly, NAI Fennelly; Jack Morrison, JM Group; Barry Rabner,
Princeton HealthCare; Michael Hierl, The Pacesetter Group; Greg Olsen, GHO Ventures.
From the left in the front row: Mika Ryan, Mercer
County Sports and Entertainment Commission; Jessica Durrie, Small World Coffee; Melissa Tenzer, CareersUSA, and Peter Dawson, Leigh Visual Imaging
Solutions.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
11
Survival Guide
A U.S. 1 ADVERTISING FEATURE
Continued from page 7
Protecting The Content of Your Website
cans are raised in a house in which
religion or faith is at least a semiserious issue, scientists she surveyed overwhelmingly tended to
come from families in which there
either was no religion or religion of
the twice-a-year variety.
Two different languages. In
part because of the differences in
upbringing, scientists and lay people often do not understand each
other. This has led to ongoing feelings of mistrust that Ecklund says
bubbles to the surface whenever
the subjects of science or religion
emerge.
The typical reaction from both
sides has been animosity. Science
clones a sheep, religion hits back
with scolding rhetoric. Religion
fires off intelligent design, science
hits back with scolding rhetoric.
Traditionally, religion has had
to make the most concessions,
even if it has not always made them
quietly. The earth does revolve
around the sun, dinosaurs did exist,
and ecological systems do change
over time. But science has had to
carry the burden of proof, and it
doesn’t help that science is heavy
on theories and elusive on proofs.
Adding to this friction is that fact
that whenever science has been
challenged, its first defense often is
an intellectual one — meaning that
science has tended to question the
intelligence of those who doubt its
theories.
But science now seems to be
seeking middle ground, Ecklund
says. Precedent was set a few years
ago when medicine — what Ecklund calls a curious amalgam of the
humanities and the sciences — acknowledged the power of prayer in
the healing process. It did not matter whether the doctor believed,
but whether the patient did, and
doctors ceased dismissing the effectiveness of prayer.
Science, similarly, has finally
noticed that people tend to be religious. Ecklund’s findings suggest
that most in the science community believe that the merging of faith
and hard evidence is worth broaching. Science, of course, is taking a
practical approach — trying to figure out how to convince the public
that research needs to be wellfunded and how it needs to be presented in such a way that does not
automatically fly in the face of religious beliefs.
Morality. More than anything,
Ecklund says, scientists’ biggest
ally in the debate is their own sense
of spirituality. If science is to be advanced, scientists need to acknowledge their beliefs — something they have been reticent to do
because there is a perception within the scientific community that
talking about religion and spirituality is a no-no, Ecklund says. At
the same time, science can only advance if it stays on pace with a certain morality.
Perhaps the lesson science
needs to learn is that it must start
making concessions too. But religion must be willing to let science
work. After all, Einstein himself
said, “Science without religion is
lame. Religion without science is
blind.”
— Scott Morgan
Tuesday, November 23
The Salesman As Hero
T
he family values you are
raised with are fine for social settings, but they can be deadly in the
business world. Imagine, for example, a company president gathering all the employees around to
announce that, despite everyone’s
best efforts, the company won’t be
I
Selling Business:
Andy Gale says sales
is the backbone of
business.
able to make payroll that week.
Continue to work hard, the president says, and everybody might get
paid in two or three weeks.
That kind of excuse might work
at home over most domestic issues
but not in the workplace, says
Andy Gole, sales expert and
founder of Bombadil LLC in Martinsville. “In the business world,
you have put in your best effort,
yes, but you also have to do or die.
You must integrate both attitudes
in order to succeed.”
This attitude is part of Gole’s
“universal principles of persuasion,” which he has codified into a
universal basis for success in selling. People think they are being
“pushy” by explaining why a
prospect might need a product or
service, he explains. “They think it
is socially inappropriate. But you
need a paradigm shift. If you don’t
make your case, you’re not even in
the game. A business must develop
a legal and ethical method to make
each payroll.”
Gole will be a panelist during a
“How to Make it Rain in a
Drought: A Special Economic-Recovery Presentation” by the New
Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education on Tuesday, November 23, at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick.Cost: $169.
Visit www.njicle.com.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in
Queens, his favorite subject in
school was math. Neither of his
parents had gone to college by the
time Gole finished high school,
But they offered vital values that
shaped Gole’s character.
“My mother stayed at home until I was about 16 and then decided
she wanted to get a college degree,” he recalls. “She had a remarkably strong character. I don’t
think she finished high school with
an academic degree so she had to
get that before she started college.
She became a special education
teacher and eventually got her
master’s degree. She accomplished great things.”
Gole credits his mother for her
desire to achieve her goals. His father “pulled himself up by his bootstraps” and rose to become vice
president of a sleepwear company
in New York. “He worked in sales
and, along with my mother, ingrained this do-or-die quality in
me,” Gole says. “I’ve written
columns in publications about both
my parents and the values they instilled in me.”
Gole graduated from SUNYBinghamton with a bachelor’s in
economics in 1975 and from NYU
with an MBA in 1982.
“I always was interested in math
and thought I’d become an economist,” he says. “Economics appealed to me because of its system
building for thought. It developed
in my brain the building modes and
systems, the thinking capabilities
Continued on following page
n this day, virtually every successful business has a presence on the internet. The importance of a website to a company's marketing strategies, its
product sales and its overall image cannot be understated. Yet,
many businesses often neglect
to take steps to protect the content on their website. They seem
to forget that as easy as it is to
place content online, it is even
easier to copy it without permission. Digital technology has
made it enormously simple for
one individual to instantly become a large publisher of information. All it takes is a laptop
computer and a broadband connection, and one person can disseminate copyrighted, or copyrightable, material across the
boundless landscape of the Internet. This makes policing infringers a very difficult and expensive task. For large corporations like Microsoft, that cost is a
necessary part of doing business
in this day and age. For small
businesses, however, that cost is
prohibitive. This makes it even
more important for copyright
owners to develop (and execute)
a plan to protect their websites
before any publication or disclosure.
What are the copyright issues
raised? First, who owns the
copyright in the web site? If you
hire an outside consultant to develop the site, you may run into
troublesome issues over ownership if you don't plan ahead. The
web site developer may claim an
interest in the work as a compilation or in the underlying content
itself. Remember, the owner of
the work under copyright law is
the creator of the work, and not
necessarily the person who paid
for the work. If one of your employees develops the web site at
your direction, it will almost surely be considered a work-for-hire
and you will own it. However,
someone outside your business
will likely be considered an independent contractor, and therefore you should have a signed
agreement designating the web
site as a work made for hire. That
agreement should also contain
an assignment of all copyright interests in the web site (in case a
court disagrees that the work is
done for hire).
In any event, you should apply
By Craig S. Hilliard, Esq.
for a registration for your web
site. You should do it immediately
(or at least within a month or so
of the introduction of the site on
the web) to protect your ability to
seek enhanced damages and attorneys' fees in the event of infringement. If it is possible, a single registration is recommended
for all of the elements of the web
site. What happens if you continually update your site? The U.S.
Copyright Office offers what are
called "group registrations" that
may give web site owners a less
expensive and less cumbersome
alternative to separate registrations. The three applicable group
registrations available are for updates to automated databases,
serial publications (defined as
works which are intended to be
issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological
designations, such as the January issue of a trade publication),
and daily newsletters (which requires that publication occur at
least twice a week). The Copyright Office has deposit and timing rules for using the different
group registration methods, so
those rules should carefully be
consulted to choose the right one
for your needs.
In addition to taking the steps
necessary to protect your original
website content, you should be
aware of other issues raised by
the publication of material on the
internet. Many web sites are going to be compilations of data or
other information that may itself
be copyrightable. By definition, a
database is a compilation. Those
of you who place content online
should know that to the extent it
is a compilation, anyone else is
free to use the material contained in that compilation as long
as the new work does not feature
the old material in the same selection and arrangement. Copyright protection of compilations is
thin under current law.
Moreover, there may be separate authors of the contributions
to a collective work (for example,
the different chapters to a trade
publication on the internet). Usually, the publisher of a collective
work has the right to use the
components of the collective
work only as part of the collective
work. The rights to use the indi-
vidual chapters stay with the author. Freelance writers have
challenged the distribution of
their articles over the internet despite old agreements which give
publishers broad distribution
rights. You should get appropriate warranties from anyone providing you with the work of other
authors and take other steps
(such as securing promises of indemnification) before publishing
the works of others on your website. With the global reach of your
website, the financial consequences of not doing so can be
devastating.
Finally, one of the important
"exclusive" rights of the copyright
owner is the right to prepare derivative works, for example, the
television program based on the
book, or the sculpture based on
the photograph. In the world of
the web, the derivative work may
be the software program that is
modified to perform an additional
function, or a graphic image that
incorporates a preexisting image. The advent of new digital
technologies makes it stunningly
easy to modify original works of
authorship, through the simple
process of downloading and uploading information. Your web
site should include specific warnings to people who visit the site
that the material is not only copyrighted, but that you maintain the
right to make derivative works
based on the preexisting material
at the site.
Craig S. Hilliard is a shareholder and member of the Litigation Group of Stark & Stark, 993
Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville. For
more information, please contact
[email protected].
www.stark-stark.com
Companies seem to forget that as easy as it is to place content online, it is even
easier to copy it without permission, and policing infringers can be very expensive.
FRANCES M. MERRITT, ESQ.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
MEDIATOR
Family Law Practice
Collaborative Law/Litigation/Mediation
Experienced family law attorney since 1986
Accredited family law mediator since 1995 • Trained collaborative lawyer since 2008
President, Mid-Jersey Collaborative Law Alliance, established 2009
I am committed to using my skills, education
and experience to help people separate,
reach agreements and divorce in a creative,
respectful and less stressful manner.
40 Stonicker Drive, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Phone: 609-895-1717 • Fax: 609-895-1727
Email: [email protected]
www.francesmerrittlaw.com
12
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Continued from preceding page
that I use in my selling system today.”
While Gole did not start off selling, he eventually sold himself on
it. At 27 he found himself as a pricing and planning manager at Standard Container. The company was
sold and was going to relocate to
Atlanta. However, Gold didn’t
want to go. Because of his position,
he had access to the company’s
salary records. He had seen that, after executives, the highest paid employees were in sales. “I approached my mentor at the compa-
ny and discussed how I wanted to
stay in New Jersey and to go into
sales,” he says. “I knew nothing
about selling, where to go, or how
to do it.”
One of his company’s products
was ammunition boxes designed
for the U.S. Army. Gole’s boss suggested he try to sell them as consumer products. So Gole left the
company, remained in New Jersey
and decided to target sporting
goods stores in New York. He tore
a page from the phone book’s yellow pages and went cold calling to
one store after another. His efforts
were usually in vain.
R O B I N N A L LY
A D V E R T I S I N G
&
D
E
S
I
G
N
ADVERTISEMENTS • ANNUAL REPORTS • BROCHURES
CATALOGUES • CORPORATE IDENTITY • DIRECT MAIL
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA • PACKAGE DESIGN
PHOTO SHOOTS • P.O.P. DISPLAYS
PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL • WEB DESIGN
to learn more and to view our portfolio, come visit us at www.robinnallydesign.com
12 Andrew Drive • Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648 • Phone: 609.844.0011
Eventually, he learned how to
sell and became quite good at it. He
traveled the country, parlaying his
budding success into a multi-million-dollar business.
A customer is earned, not
granted. “The first and hardest lesson is to make a paradigm shift,” he
says. “You’ll never get a lick of
business if you assume that a
prospect has a serious intent to do
business. You must earn the right to
do business with a prospect.”
Too often, a sales person will
ask a prospect, “What keeps you
awake at night?” Gole says. “You
can’t ask that too early, it would be
like asking a stranger what he’s
worth.” Lawyers, accountants, and
other professionals are often their
own biggest impediments to success. “An architect will say he went
to school to learn how to design
buildings, not to sell,” says Gole.
“Many professionals think they are
outside the world of business.”
They don’t believe you. The
second flaw is assuming the
prospect will readily believe the
sales person. “I’ve had prospects
check as many of 10 references of
mine,” Gole says. “You have to be
prepared to withstand withering
skepticism. The burden of proof is
on you, not on the prospect. Be prepared to prove your case.”
Don’t call us . . .. The third flaw
is assuming the prospect knows
how to make a decision and will
call the sales person back. “The
sales person has done dozens, hundreds, even thousands of sales,”
Gole asks. “But how often do you
make a decision about buying a
house or hiring an accountant?”
All too often, the prospect will
simply defer to the lowest price because he lacks the right information to make an informed decision.
There is often a latent demand for
products that goes wanting. “You
don’t know what you don’t know,”
Gole says. “Sales people must deliver a material difference. I help
clients determine their material
difference. There was only one
customer for computers in 1945.
With the invention of the transistor
in 1954 and subsequent developments, the demand for computers
grew.” Today’s ubiquity of computers could not have happened
had salespeople not explained their
potential to clients. Gole calls this
“unexpressed demand.”
But sales gets a bad reputation
and some of the blame can be
placed on Willy Loman, the lead
character in the play, “Death of a
Salesman,” Gole says. “The play
taught people to distrust sales people and we’ve accepted this image
of an albatross around the neck of
sales,” he says. “It’s insane. Salespeople are not losers. They are actually heroes. The salesman leaves
the world as he knows it and goes
against convention.”
And he makes it so that the company’s owner doesn’t have to say to
employees on payday, “Sorry but
you won’t be getting paid this
week.” — John F. Heenehan
Business Meetings
Wednesday, November 17
5:30 p.m.: NJ Technology Council,
Awards Gala, Maxine Ballen,
keynote, $200. Hilton East
Brunswick. 856-787-8700.
Thursday, November 18
7:45 a.m.: Middlesex Chamber,
Good Morning, Middlesex, $35.
Prescott Partners, East
Brunswick. 732-745-8090.
8:30 a.m.: FDU-Rothman Institute,
“Human Resource Issues that Affect Family Firms,” Bud D’Avella,
Prudent Publishing Company,
free. Madison. 973-443-8880.
8:30 a.m.: Upward SEO, “Effective
SEO Techniques,” Michael H.
Fleischner, $295. Hilton Garden
Inn, Robbinsville. 888-406-8920.
9 a.m.: Mercer County One Stop,
“Veterans Career Expo,” free to
attend. VFW Building, Green
Lane, Ewing. 609-292-3059.
Noon: Women Interested In Networking, monthly luncheon, $20.
Villa Manino Restaurant, Route
130, Hamilton. 609-890-4054.
4:30 p.m.: Princeton University,
“Science vs. Religion,” Elaine H.
Ecklund, Rice University, free.
Lewis Library. 609-258-5545.
8 p.m.: ACM/IEEE, “Ghost
Democracy,” Mark C. Miller, NYU,
free. Small Auditorium, Princeton
University. 908-582-7086.
Friday, November 19
10:30 a.m.: Professional Services
Group, Amy Castoro, guest
speaker, free. Mercer County
One-Stop Career Center, Yard
Avenue, Trenton. 609-292-7535.
Sunday, November 21
4 p.m.: NJ Future, special event
honoring Ingrid Reed, Eagleton
Institute at Rutgers, $100. Morven
Museum. 609-393-0008.
Monday, November 22
5 p.m.: Keller Center, “Building
Life Science Companies,” Ed
Zscahu, free. Bowen Hall, Princeton University. 609-258-3979.
Tuesday, November 23
7 a.m.: BNI Ivy League, weekly
networking breakfast, free. 100
Overlook Center. 732-960-1730.
11:30 a.m.: Mercer Chamber, Luncheon for Hamilton and Bordentown chapters: The expansions at
St. Francis Hospital, Jerry Jablonski, $55. Villa Manino Restaurant,
Bordentown. 609-689-9960.
7:30 p.m.: JobSeekers, networking, support. Free. Parish Hall entrance, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer
Street. 609-924-2277.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
ART
FILM
LITERATURE
DANCE
DRAMA
U.S. 1
13
MUSIC
PREVIEW
DAY-BY-DAY EVENTS, NOVEMBER 17 TO 24
For more event listings visit
www.princetoninfo.com. For timely updates, follow princetoninfo at
Twitter and on Facebook.
PREVIEW EDITOR:
JAMIE SAXON
[email protected]
Wednesday
November 17
To List An Event
Send listings for upcoming events to U.S. 1 Preview
ASAP (it is never too early).
Deadline for events to appear in any Wednesday edition is 5 p.m. the previous
Thursday.
You can submit press releases to us by E-mail at
[email protected];
by fax at 609-452-0033; or by
mail to U.S. 1, 12 Roszel
Road, Princeton 08540. Ephotos (300 ppi or above)
should be addressed to
[email protected].
We suggest calling before
leaving home. Check our
website, princetoninfo.com,
for up-to-date listings, cancellations, and late listings.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Super Producer
David E. Kelley, Princeton University, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu/arts. Emmy Award
winning screenwriter of L.A. Law,
Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally
McBeal, Boston Public, Boston
Legal, Harry’s Law, and Picket
Fences in conversation with Jordan Roth about his life and work.
No photographs permitted. Free.
5 p.m.
Classical Music
Carillon Concert, Princeton University, 88 College Road West,
Princeton, 609-258-3654. www.princeton.edu. Concert on the fifth
largest carillon in the country.
Free. 6:30 p.m.
Rutgers Sinfonia, Mason Gross
School of the Arts, Nicholas Music Center, 85 George Street,
New Brunswick, 732-932-7511.
www.masongross.rutgers.edu.
Free. 8 p.m.
Paper,” focuses on the artist’s life
as a draftsman and wordsmith, in
conversation with Larry Silver,
professor of art history at the University of Pennsylvania. 6 p.m.
Poetry Workshop, Delaware Valley Poets, Lawrence Public Library, Darrah Lane, 609-8829246. delawarevalleypoets.com.
Visitors welcome. Bring 12 copies
of your poem. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Author Event, Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Kaiser Fung, author of
“Numbers Rule Your World: The
Hidden Influence of Numbers and
Statistics on Everything You Do”
and a statistician with Sirius XM
radio. He teaches practical statistics to professionals at New York
University. 7:30 p.m.
Pop Music
Fell Through a Crack, Princeton
University, Whitman College
Theater, 609-258-3000. www.princeton.edu. Multimedia children’s song for adults featuring
live and processed sound, voice,
text, and video created by M.R.
Daniel for his dissertation composition. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Gallery at Verde,
4492 Route 27, Kingston. Inaugural show features “Sticks &
Stones,” the works of Thomas
Francisco in the gallery. On view
to November 28. The three shops
include Jewelry by Suzanne featuring precious and semi-precious
stones fashioned into necklaces,
Polly’s Pots with designer plant
arrangements and commissioned
landscape work, and Christine
Cancelli Gallery featuring equestrian and pet portrait commissioned paintings. The gallery will
run new contemporary art exhibits
every five weeks. E-mail [email protected] for information. 11 a.m.
Collection of Frances Hodgson
Burnett, Princeton University,
Firestone Library, 609-258-2697.
princeton.edu. “What Happened to
Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Harry
Potter? The Rise and Fall of a 19th
Century Children’s Classic” presented by Ulrich Knoepflmacher,
professor of English emeritus, in
conjunction with “Little Lord
Fauntleroy Comes to Princeton,”
an exhibition featuring Burnett’s
full manuscript of “Little Lord
Fauntleroy,” and selected items
from the Vivian Burnett Collection
of Frances Hodgson Burnett, who
also wrote “A Little Princess” and
“The Secret Garden.” The exhibit
Good Causes
Think Snow
'First Snow at the Lake' by W. H. McCarroll, a Lawrenceville resident
and former chemistry professor at Rider University, from a solo exhibit
opening Thursday, November 18, at the University Medical Center of
Princeton. 609-497-4069.
is on view through Sunday, January 2. 5 p.m.
Architecture
Shades of Green Series, Princeton University School of Architecture, Betts Auditorium, Princeton, 609-258-3741. www.soa.princeton.edu. “Big Mountains”
presented by Bjarke Ingels,
founding architect of Big: Bjarke
Ingels Group, Copenhagen and
New York. Free. 6 p.m.
On Stage
Hello Dolly, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-2041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $22. 2 p.m.
Old Wicked Songs, Bristol
Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100. brtstage.org. Pulitzer Prize nominated drama by Jon Marans features
the music of Robert Schumann.
$31 and up. 7:30 p.m.
[title of show], George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7717.
www.gsponline.org. Musical comedy by Jeff Bowen and Hunter
Bell about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical received many awards and
nominations as it went from a musical theater festival to Broadway
with the help of motivation and
dedicated fans along the way.
$29.50 to $79.50. 8 p.m.
Dancing
Newcomers Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner
Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149.
www.americanballroomco.com.
$10. 7 to 9 p.m.
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction followed
by dance. $8. 7:40 to 10:30 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
122 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Leonard Barkan, author of “Michelangelo: A Life on
Planned Pethood Clinic, Animal
Alliance, 1410 Route 179 North,
Lambertville, 609-818-1952.
www.animalalliancenj.org. Notfor-profit veterinary clinic offers
low-cost animal health services to
all pet owners, regardless of income. Rabies vaccination, $15;
microchipping, $30; shave down
for dogs, $15; heartworm testing
for dogs, $30; FeLV/FIV testing
for cats, $30; dewormings, $5. All
performed by a licensed veterinarian in an animal hospital setting without additional office visit
fee. 6 to 9 p.m.
Food & Dining
Happy Hour, Rocky Hill Inn, 137
Washington Street, Rocky Hill,
609-683-8930. www.rockyilltavern.com. Complimentary
homemade warm old bay chips. 3
to 6 p.m.
Wine Tasting, Joe Canal’s
Liquors, 3375 Route 1 South,
Lawrenceville, 609-520-0008.
www.ultimatewineshop.com.
Mondave’s Legacy and Opus
One. 5 to 7 p.m.
Continued on following page
14
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
November 17
Continued from preceding page
Health & Wellness
This Thanksgiving, let us do the dishes
Come join us at On the Bone at the Doubletree® Hotel
for a Thanksgiving holiday feast. Our delectable prix fixe
Dinner menu includes Starters of soup and salad, a choice of
1 of 3 entrées, and mouth watering dessert of choice. All for
$24.00 for Adults, $12.99 for Children up to 12 years of age.
Children 5 and under are free. Let our caring staff serve
you a delicious meal in our comfortable surroundings.
Caregiver Support Group, Buckingham Place, 155 Raymond
Road, Monmouth Junction, 732329-8888. www.buckinghamplace.net. For adult children of
aging parents facilitated by
Louise Donangelo, Alzheimer’s
Association. Peer support, resources, and tips on care giving.
Supper served. Register. Free. 6
to 8:30 p.m.
Headaches and Migraines, Feldman Chiropractic, 4418 Route
27, Kingston, 609-252-2766.
Types, causes, and natural solutions presented by Edward Feldman. Register by E-mail to [email protected]. 7 to
8:30 p.m..
Lectures
4355 US Route 1 at Ridge Road, Princeton, NJ 08540
609-514-2663 www.opentable.com/on-the-bone
www.doubletree.com
Hilton HHonors® membership, earning of Points & Miles®, and redemption of points are subject
to HHonors Terms and Conditions. ©2009 Hilton Hotels Corporation.
Veteran Benefits and Services,
Holocaust Genocide Center,
Mercer College, West Windsor,
609-570-3324. www.mccc.edu.
Explore anti-Semitism in America
in a roundtable discussion based
on Arthur Miller’s book, “Focus,”
released in 1945. The film, released in 2002 will be screened
on Tuesday, November 23, at 1
p.m. 4:30 p.m.
David E. Kelley, Princeton University, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu/arts. Emmy Award
winning screenwriter of L.A. Law,
Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally
McBeal, Boston Public, Boston
Legal, Harry’s Law, and Picket
Fences in conversation with Jordan Roth about his life and work.
No photographs permitted. Free.
5 p.m.
Call the Doctor! Call the Nurse!
Lecture Series, Middlesex
County Cultural Commission,
East Jersey Olde Towne Village,
1050 River Road, Piscataway,
732-745-4489. www.cultureheritage.org. “Deadly Epidemic
Strikes New Jersey! The History
Behind the Headlines” presented
by Karen Reeds in conjunction
with the exhibit “History of Medicine in New Jersey, 1775-1975,”
currently on display in the Indian
Queen Tavern. Register. Free. 7
p.m.
Citizenship Classes, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Latin American Task Force presents classes.
Second floor conference room. 7
p.m.
Difficult Questions Roundtable,
Westerly Road Church, Wilson
House, 240 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-924-3816. www.westerlyroad.org. “The Environment: Would It Be Better Off Without Religion?” presented by Jennifer Bryson, Islamic specialist
and creator of the Marvel Believe
Care Coloring Book. Discussion
follows. Register. Free. 7:30 p.m.
In the Galleries:
‘Mirror’ by Valeriy
Belenikin, from a group
show opening Saturday, November 20, 5 to
8 p.m., Belenikin Fine
Art Gallery, 5 Lambert
Lane, Lambertville.
609-397-5855.
Parenting Lecture
West Windsor-Plainsboro PTA,
High School South Auditorium,
346 Clarksville Road, West Windsor. Leonard Sax, psychologist,
family physician, and best-selling
author of “Boys Adrift” and “Girls
on the Edge,” tackles the problems facing boys and girls today,
drawing on the latest research.
He argues that a combination of
Clear Skin!
Student
Special!
3 Treatments for
$235
(plus tax)
this
(40% Savings)
feast
Offer good through 11/30/10.
(Valid for one time only.)
thanksgiving
enjoy a
to remember.
J oin us Thanksgiving Day.
Enjoy a 3-course Thanksgiving dinner | $34.95
Children’s menu | $12
Open at 1:00pm
CAN’T JOIN US FOR DINNER?
CALL TO ORDER RUTH’S HOLIDAY SIDES TO GO.
Many of your favorite Ruth’s sides are now available.
Family size (serves 10 –12 people).
A COMPLETE APPROACH
TO SKIN CARE
Let our medically trained staff help to not only treat
current skin conditions, but educate you on how
to prevent future breakouts.
The Aesthetics Center at
Princeton Dermatology Associates
Princeton | 609.452.0041 | in the Forrestal Village
Monroe Center Forsgate
5 Center Drive • Suite A
Monroe Township, NJ
609-655-4544
2 Tree Farm Rd.
Suite A-110
Pennington, NJ
609-737-4491
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
Fresh Made To Order Sushi
Freshness is what matters in Sushi.
Comparable in quality & freshness to the
finest restaurants in the area.
Teriyaki Boy can’ t be beat for its combination of
well-prepared food and inexpensive prices.
—Princeton Living
$
20
Sushi
selections from 2.29
Choose from Teriyaki, Tempura, Udon or Combos & Platters.
Over
Michelangelo as Draftsman: Leonard Barkan in
conversation with Larry Silver, professor of art
history at the University of Pennsylvania, Wednesday, November 17, at Labyrinth Books, 122
Nassau Street. 609-497-1600. Photo: Nick Barberio
social and biological factors is
creating an environment that is literally toxic to boys and creating a
crisis for girls. Sax provides tips
and strategies for weaning sons
away from video games and improving their schooling and motivation and effective strategies to
help daughters deal with stress
and anxiety. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Live Music
An Evening of Jazz, Spigola Ristorante, 3817 Crosswicks-Hamilton Square Road, Hamilton, 609585-5255. www.spigola.net. Dick
Gratton on jazz guitar and Linda
Lee on vocals. Reservations recommended. 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Scott Langdon and Lou Davelman, Rocky Hill Inn, 137 Washington Street, Rocky Hill, 609683-8930. www.rockyhilltavern.com. Musicians and storytellers.
Reservations suggested. 7 to 9
p.m.
Showcase Night, Bob Egan’s
New Hope, Ramada Hotel, 6426
Lower York Road, New Hope, PA,
215-794-7716. www.bobegansnewhope.com. Food and drink
minimum. Register. $20 plus $15
food or drink minimum. 8 p.m.
Open Mic, Alchemist &
Barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-924-5555. www.theaandb.com. 10 p.m.
Karaoke, Ivy Inn, 248 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-462-4641.
10 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Change in the Seasons, Lawrence Nature Center, 481 Drexel
Avenue, Lawrenceville, 609-8826367. www.lawrencenaturecenter.net. Susan Herrmann, science educator and education
chair at the center, talks about nature and the trees, flowers, birds,
bees, animals, and people. 3:30
p.m.
Politics
Woodrow Wilson School,
Princeton University, Robertson
Hall bowl 016, 609-258-2943.
www.princeton.edu. “Pakistan: In
the Eye of the Storm” presented
by Shuja Nawaz, director of the
South Asia Center, Atlantic Council of the United States. 4:30 p.m.
Singles
After Work Social, Professional
and Business Singles Network,
Mother’s Wine Bar, 34 North Main
Street, New Hope, PA, 610-3485544. www.PBSNinfo.com. Happy hour hors d’oeuvres buffet.
Ages 40 plus. Register. $12. 5:30
to 9 p.m.
Socials
Wednesdays for Women, Hamilton’s Grill Room, 8 Coryell
Street, Lambertville. Networking,
dinner, and program. $30. BYOB.
Register by E-mail to [email protected]. 6:30 p.m.
Sports
Trenton Devils Hockey, Sun National Bank Center, 609-5999500. www.TrentonDevils.com.
Reading Royals. $11-$29. 7 p.m.
Take-out & Catering
Service Available.
MARKETFAIR
609-897-7979 Fax: 609-897-1204
Mon-Thurs. 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 11am-7:30pm
Thursday
November 18
FLAME GRILLED
PIZZA & PITA
FRESHLY MADE
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Political Musical Satire
The Capitol Steps, Princeton
High School, Walnut Lane,
Princeton, 609-924-7108. www.princetonsenior.org. Political musical satire via songs and skits.
$35 benefits Princeton Senior Resource Center’s capital campaign. $125 tickets include a 6:30
p.m. reception, valet parking, and
name in program. 7:30 p.m.
Classical Music
Faculty Series, Westminster
Conservatory, Niles Chapel,
Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609921-2663. Melissa Burton Anderson on cello and Clipper Erickson
on piano. Free. 12:15 p.m.
Concert, Princeton University,
Chapel, 609-258-3654. www.princeton.edu. Free. 12:30 to 1
p.m.
Pop Music
Red Molly, Patriots Theater at
the War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609-955-5566.
www.thewarmemorial.com. Three
part harmonies with Laurie
MacAllister, Abbie Gardner, and
Carolann Solebello. $23. 7 p.m.
Fell Through a Crack, Princeton
University, Whitman College
Theater, 609-258-3000. www.princeton.edu. Multimedia children’s song for adults featuring
live and processed sound, voice,
text, and video. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, College of New Jersey, Multimedia Building, Ewing,
609-771-2585. www.tcnj.edu.
Opening reception for “Etiology,”
an exhibit featuring diverse works
about false identity by Meghan
Baier and Ranna Chaudrey. On
view to November 28. 5 to 7 p.m.
Art Opening, University Medical
Center at Princeton, 253 Witherspoon Street, 609-497-4069.
www.princetonhcs.org. Cocktail
reception in conjunction with the
opening of an exhibit by Bill McCarrol of Lawrenceville, who began painting shortly after his retirement from full time teaching in
the chemistry department at Rider University. He enjoys doing
landscape paintings based typically on local scenes in and
around Lawrenceville, the Delaware Bay, and in Normandy,
France. He is a founding member
of the Lawrenceville Main Street
Artists Network Gallery in Lawrenceville and paints regularly
with the Watercolor Anarchists at
Artworks of Trenton. A portion of
the proceeds from the art sale will
benefit UMCP. On view to January 12. 5 to 7 p.m.
Continued on following page
All food is cooked
to order in 100% vegetable oil.
SALADS & SANDWICHES
AUTHENTIC MEDITERRANEAN
& MIDDLE EASTERN FOOD
609-452-8383
WE DELIVER!
Try Our New Flatbreads
BUY 1 GET 1½ OFF
Offer expires 11/30/10.
Nassau Park Shopping Center (between Border’s & Sam’s Club)
15
16
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
November 18
Continued from preceding page
Distinguished Artist Series,
Artsbridge, Prallsville Mill ,
Route 29, Stockton, 609-3973349. www.artsbridgeonline.com.
Paul Matthews talks about his artwork of portraits and landscapes.
He has been painting for more
than 60 years and his technique
and style show in his evolution as
an artist. Free. 7 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Rider University,
Bart Luedeke Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville,
609-896-5033. www.rider.edu.
Gallery talk in conjunction with
“Holocaust Series,” an exhibit of
paintings by Grace Graupe-Pillard developed in response to losing 70 family members in the
Holocaust. On view to December
18. Free. 7 p.m.
On Stage
Take a Trip
to
...
Spain
Book Your
Christmas Party Now!
The Finest Cuisine of Spain and Portugal
511 Lalor Street, Hamilton Township
Tables of 8 or More, FREE Pitcher of Homemade Sangria!
Specially priced packages for parties of 15 or more.
Call for Special Events
& Live Entertainment
Bring in This Ad & Receive a
Free After-Dinner Drink
Major credit cards accepted • Open 7 days a week
www.malagarestaurant.com • 609-396-8878
Autumn Tales, Bimah Players,
Monroe Township Jewish Center,
11 Cornell Avenue, 732-2511119. www.bimahplayers.org.
Staged reading of humorous and
scary ghost stories by Charles
Dickens, Thomas Hardy, and others. Register. $10. 7:30 p.m.
Old Wicked Songs, Bristol
Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. Pulitzer Prize
nominated drama by Jon Marans
features the music of Robert
Schumann. $31 and up. 7:30
p.m.
JW Actors Studio, Arts Council
of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Performance by Far and In Between, an
improv comedy troupe featuring
members of the studio’s advanced improv workshop for the
past two years. $15. 8 p.m.
Hello Dolly, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-2041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $22. 8 p.m.
[title of show], George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7717.
www.gsponline.org. Musical comedy by Jeff Bowen and Hunter
Bell about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical received many awards and
nominations as it went from a musical theater festival to Broadway
with the help of motivation and
dedicated fans along the way.
$29.50 to $79.50. Actors include
Lauren Kennedy, Tyler Maynard,
Susan Mosher, and Seth Rudetsky. 8 p.m.
The Good Person of Setzuan,
Princeton University, Berlind at
McCarter Theater, 609-258-2787.
www.princeton.edu/arts. Adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s play by
Tony Kushner. Directed by Mark
Nelson, Class of 1977. Original
music by Princeton graduate student in composition Gilad Cohen.
8 p.m.
This Is Our Youth, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Murray Theater,
Princeton University, 609-2581742. www.theatreintime.org.
Drama about two young men on
the upper West Side of New York
City in 1982. $12. 8 p.m.
Film
Princeton Public Library, 65
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. www.princetonlibrary.org.
Screening of “Off and Running,”
the story of an African-American
teenager who is the adopted
daughter of white Jewish lesbians. 7 p.m.
Dancing
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center,
Monument Drive, 609-273-1378.
www.theblackcattango.com. Beginner and intermediate classes
followed by guided practice. No
partner necessary. $12. 9:15 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
122 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Jeffrey Stout, author
of “Blessed Are the Organized,” a
book focused on organizing and
College Fear Factor:
Rebecca D. Cox, author of ‘The College
Fear Factor: How
Students and Professors Misunderstand
Each Other,’ speaks
Thursday, November
18, at Frist Campus
Center, Room 302, on
the Princeton campus. 609-258-3000.
grassroots democracy, in conversation with Jarret Kerbel, director
of the Crisis Ministry of Princeton
and Trenton. 6 p.m.
Good Causes
Candlelight Reception, Boys &
Girls Club, Marriott Hotel, College Road, Plainsboro, 609-3923191. www.bgctrenton.org. Candlelight cocktail reception with
hors d’oeuvres to celebrate with
Career Launch youths. Register.
$150. 6 to 8 p.m.
Spirit of Community Awards
Dinner, Isles, Marriott, Lafayette
Yard, Trenton, 609-341-4700.
www.isles.org. Honorees include
Debbie D’Arcangelo, Donald
Davis, Sacred Downing,
Cameron Hunt, Jose Hernandez,
and Eric Maywar. Register. $50.
6:30 p.m.
The Capitol Steps, Princeton
High School, Walnut Lane,
Princeton, 609-924-7108. www.princetonsenior.org. Political musical satire via songs and skits.
$35 benefits Princeton Senior Resource Center’s capital campaign. $125 tickets include a 6:30
p.m. reception, valet parking, and
name in program. 7:30 p.m.
Faith
A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious?, Jewish Family and Children’s Service, Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road,
East Windsor, 609-987-8100.
www.jfcsonline.org. Exploration
of Jewish spirituality, values, and
people offers a modern Jewish
perspective on living in today’s
world. Presented by Cantor Larry
Brandspiegel. Register. Free. 7 to
9 p.m.
Food & Dining
Happy Hour, Rocky Hill Inn, 137
Washington Street, Rocky Hill,
609-683-8930. www.rockyilltavern.com. Complimentary
homemade warm old bay chips. 3
to 6 p.m.
Happy Hour, Tre Bar, Tre Piani
Restaurant, Forrestal Village,
Plainsboro, 609-452-1515. www.trepiani.com. $5 pizza. Drink specials. 5 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, Princeton University, Frist
Center, Washington Road, 800448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Planning for Incapacity, Mercer
County Connection, 957 Route
33, Hamilton, 609-890-9800.
www.mercercounty.org. Seminar
is presented by Susan Knispel,
Esq., project director for the Mercer County Legal Services Project for the Elderly. Register. Free.
10 a.m.
Welcome to Medicare Seminar,
Mercer County Connection,
957 Route 33, Hamilton, 609890-9800. www.mercercounty.org. Register. Free. 6 p.m.
Sound Healing Event, Center for
Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Experience the sound of the Earth
gong with Marco Dolce. Register.
$25. 7 to 8:45 p.m.
Family Theater
Harold and the Purple Crayon,
Patriots Theater at the War
Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609-955-5566. www.thewarmemorial.com. 10 a.m. and
12:30 p.m.
Lectures
Career Expo for Veterans, Mercer County Connection, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 293 Green
Lane, Ewing, 609-292-3059.
www.mercercounty.org. For military veterans from Mercer, Middlesex, and Burlington counties
seeking employment. Bring 30
copies of your resume and dress
professionally for possible on-thespot interviews. Prospective employers can register for a table or
booth for free. Businesses currently registered include banking,
finance, hospitality, security,
transportation, customer service,
medical services, distribution,
and warehousing. Register. 9
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Meeting, 55-Plus, Jewish Center
of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street,
609-737-2001. www.princetonol.com. “Does the New Jersey
Supreme Court Make Law?” is a
retrospective by Deborah Poritz,
former chief justice, New Jersey
Supreme Court. 10 a.m.
Brown Bag Series, College of
New Jersey, Mildred and Ernest
Mayo Concert Hall, Ewing, 609771-2585. www.tcnj.edu. Artist
talk presented by Willie Cole in
conjunction with his exhibit in the
multimedia building. Free. 11:30
a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
Meeting, CUH2A Toastmasters
Club, 1000 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville, 609-252-9667. www.chu2a.freetoasthost.org. Practice
public speaking and leadership
skills in an encouraging atmosphere. Prospective members welcome. Noon.
Also, Meeting, Toastmasters
Club, State Street, Trenton, 609278-2640. Noon.
Drawing the Line: Redistricting
in New Jersey, Eagleton Institute of Politics, 191 Ryders
Lane, New Brunswick, 732-9329384. www.eagleton.rutgers.edu.
Panel discussion. Reception and
program. Register. Free. 5 p.m.
The College Fear Factor, Princeton University, Frist Campus
Center, Room 302, 609-2583000. www.princeton.edu. Rebecca D. Cox, author of “The College
Fear Factor: How Students and
Professors Misunderstand Each
Other,” which centers on a discussion about how the traditional college culture can pose obstacles to
student’s successes. Drawing on
five years of interviews and observations at community colleges,
she suggests strategies for explaining academic expectations. A
graduate of Princeton Class of
1989, she received her master’s
degree from the University of
Texas-Austin and her Ph.D. from
the University of California-Berkeley. She is an assistant professor
of education at Seton Hall University. 5:30 p.m.
IEEE Computer Society, Computer Science Building, Princeton
University, 609-734-3662. www.acm.org. “Twilight Time: Election
Fraud and Media Compliance in
an Age of Change” presented by
Mark Crispin Miller, New York
University. Free. 8 p.m.
Live Music
Edward Boutross, Santino’s
Ristorante, 240 Route 130
South, Robbinsville, 609-4435600. www.santinosristorante.com. Jazz vocal standards. BYOB. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Continued on page 18
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
Pat Tanner
W
for my father-in-law he asked me
to identify the funny green stuff on
the food. It was parsley.)
At Lahiere’s, my father-in-law
was relieved to find his beloved
calves liver on the menu. I still recall the horror on his face when his
knife revealed not the monotone
gray interior he had expected, but a
decidedly pink one that the chef,
quite correctly, had produced. The
dinner was a disaster, not because
of any lapse on the restaurant’s
A restaurant critic
reminisces about
Lahiere’s, closed but
not forgotten.
part, but because of two over-eager
young adults longing to have the
previous generation’s imprimatur
of approval on their lifestyle. Lesson learned.
B
y the 1990s, the nation’s
restaurant scene — including that
of central Jersey — had been transformed by new-wave American
cooking. Lahiere’s, like many other temples of French haute cuisine,
had to decide whether to stay the
course or modernize. It’s always a
tricky proposition for venerated,
emblematic restaurants to change
direction. I remember reading
about an uproar that ensued — I
think it may have been in the 1950s
— when the Christen family, who
founded and eventually ran the
restaurant for three generations, replaced the cafe curtains on the windows. If I recall correctly, they
went from toile to lace (or vice versa). The paper reported the comments of the disgruntled townspeople who weighed in, most calling
the change a lamentable folly.
Nevertheless, decades later, diners found Lahiere’s attempting to
bridge the gap between old and
new. By this time I had become a
professional restaurant critic and
blithely decided to weigh in. If
memory serves, the high spots of
my 1999 review dinner were being
cordially greeted by Joe Christen
(who, to this day, doesn’t know
me) and my delight at being seated
near the table that was Albert Einstein’s regular spot, over which
hung a black and white photo of the
man himself. The food, in summary, was lackluster and expensive.
The dining room looked worn. I regretted having to set these impressions down in print.
I continued to dine there privately from time to time. In recent
years the food improved, especially but inexplicably at lunch (which
also had the benefit of being more
cost effective). I never again
thought the main dining room attractive, preferring instead to dine
in the brick-walled barroom — especially at the corner banquette
with a view of the bar.
For U.S. 1 in 2008 I wrote a story on eating at the bar, and I was delighted to find myself at Lahiere’s
enjoying a meal of small plates that
I cobbled together from the appetizers section of the menu. From
my corner vantage point I was able
to watch the goings on of a quintessentially Princeton gathering at the
bar, for which every member of a
classic cocktail-imbibing, multigenerational family appeared to be
decked out in Brooks Brothers,
from the matriarchal grandmother
in tweed to her married son in
bowtie and suspenders to his twin
four-year-old boys in tiny blazers.
This was Lahiere’s.
That dinner at the bar was, I am
sorry to say, my last visit. But it is
also why I think my relationship
with this restaurant is probably
representative of many. Once a
restaurant loses its mojo, it’s hard
to convince the dining public to
come back. And in this economy,
it’s probably impossible. (Philadelphia’s venerable Le Bec-Fin,
for example, is scheduled to close
in the spring.) I am truly sad to see
Lahiere’s go, and hope this special
place will have a second life, perhaps even as the iconic Princeton
restaurant of the 21st century.
G
hen I heard the news
that Lahiere’s, the iconic Princeton
restaurant, was closing its doors after 90 years, I was surprised by the
depth of my feelings for the place.
After all, unlike generations of area
Princetonians, I never became a
regular. Not like, for example, Jim
Weaver and Kim Clearwater, a
married couple who first met at the
bar there and who say they never
failed to encounter friends there
whenever they stopped in. And
since no one in my family ever attended Princeton University, mine
is not among the many for whom
parental visits to town mandated
meals there, becoming fodder for
generations of family lore.
No, what took me aback was
how I could measure the arc and
stages of four decades of my adult
life in terms of my relationship
with this restaurant, from the first
time I dined there as a newlywed in
1974 to the last, in my capacity as
food writer and restaurant critic.
That arc also reflects, in a tiny way,
the trajectory of the restaurant.
In 1974 my best friend chose
Lahiere’s for her wedding luncheon. I was charmed by how authentically European the place seemed
— and consequently how sophisticated it made us 20-somethings
feel. That experience was pretty
near impossible to find in central
Jersey back then. I recall marveling
at the crusty French bread and luxurious European butter and may
have even dined on Dover sole
with green beans amandine. And to
drink with that? The de rigueur
choice among us nascent (and pretentious) wine cognoscenti of the
day: pouilly-fuisse. Which we
probably mispronounced.
Fast forward about a decade,
and my husband and I decide we
want to fete his parents on their anniversary. Knowing they would
never spend the money for such a
meal, we, newly flush, would treat
them to the dinner of their lives.
Only one problem: they were teetotaling Irish-Americans who enjoyed overcooked beef and boiled
potatoes. (The first time I cooked
Palmer Square
Tree Lighting!
G
G
Friday, November 26
The Green on Palmer Square
3–4:00pm – Meet characters from
American Repertory Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker
Featuring…
Holiday Brass
Princeton High School Choir
A special reading of
’Twas the Night Before Christmas
A visit from Santa!
G
For a complete Holiday Event Schedule
visit us online.
G
4:45pm – Ceremony kicks off
G
Palmer Square
Princeton
G
We’re right in your Neighborhood.
G
www.palmersquare.com
E njoy the ambiance and experience
a touch of Thailand
with our authentic, fine Thai cuisine in a calming,
beautiful atmosphere.
Semi-private party room seats up to 45 persons. Open for lunch
Monday-Saturday & dinner Sunday-Saturday. Please call for hours.
1041 W ashington B oulevard
The S hoppes a t F oxmoor, R obbinsville, N J 0 8691
609-3
3 71-9
9 600 • w ww.ploysiamthaicuisine.com
17
18
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
A Handcrafted Holiday: The Artists of
Yardley host an open house at the historic
Patterson Farm, Saturday and Sunday,
November 20 and 21, 949 Mirror Lake
Road, Yardley. 215-493-1205.
Pictured: Earrings by April Zay, Japanese Washi paper,
sterling silver hooks and wire.
November 18
Continued from page 16
Politics
Center for the Study of Religion,
Princeton University, Lewis Library, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu. “Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really
Think” presented by Elaine
Howard Ecklund, Rice University.
Free. 4:30 p.m.
Woodrow Wilson School,
Princeton University, 101 Sherrerd Hall, 609-258-2943. www.princeton.edu. “Protocol Politics:
The Globalization of Internet Governance” presented by Laura
DeNardis, executive director of
Yale Information Society Project.
4:30 to 6 p.m.
Also, Robertson Hall bowl 016.
“Racial Dimensions of the Foreclosure Crisis” presented by Douglas Massey, professor of sociology and public affairs. 4:30 p.m.
Schools
Sample Class, Waldorf School,
1062 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton,
609-466-1970. www.princetonwaldorf.org. For children ages 2
to 5 and a parent. Register. 9 to
10:30 a.m.
Book Sale
Hickory Corner Library, 138
Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-4129. $1.50, hardcover; 50 cents to $1, paperback;
and DVDs, CDs, comics, and
books on tape for children, young adults,
and adults. 6 to 8:30
p.m.
princetonfolk.org. A master storyteller and a blues guitar entertainer. $20. 8:15 p.m.
Singles
Hearts in Mind, Beanwood Coffee
Shop, 222 Farnsworth Avenue,
Bordentown, 609-614-7315.
www.beanwood.com. Latin-inspired food, wine, and coaching
session with Aaron Chavis. Interactive workshops to identify dating traps, 10 principles of conscious dating, and goals. Register. $20. 7 p.m.
Divorced and Separated Support Group, Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Hopewell, 609466-0758. www.hopewellpres.org. Register. 7:30 p.m.
Dinner, Yardley Singles, Freddie’s Tavern, 12 Railroad Avenue,
West Trenton, 215-736-1288.
www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 9 p.m.
Socials
Newcomers Club Social Coffee,
Princeton YWCA, Bramwell
House, 59 Paul Robeson Place,
Princeton, 609-497-2100. www.ywcaprinceton.org/newcomersclub.cfm. For new residents and
those who have had a lifestyle
change. 9:30 to 11 a.m.
For Seniors
Kosher Cafe West, Jewish Family and Children’s Service, Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road East, East Windsor,
609-987-8100. www.jfcsonline.org. Kosher meal and speaker for
ages 60 and up. “Improving Your
Memory” presented by Shirley
Roberts. Register. $5. 12:30 p.m.
Friday
November 19
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Get Retro
Swing Dance, Princeton High
School Jazz Bands, 151 Moore
Street, Princeton, 609-806-4280.
www.phs.prs.k12.nj.us/band. The
award-winning bands perform big
band numbers featuring music of
Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Duke
Ellington, and Michael Jackson.
$6, $4 seniors and students. 7 to
10 p.m.
Classical Music
Flora, Mason Gross School of
the Arts, Nicholas Music Center,
85 George Street, New
Brunswick, 732-932-7511. www.masongross.rutgers.edu. English
ballad opera featuring Musica
Raritana Period Instrument Orchestra. $10. 8 p.m.
Folk Music
Roy Bookbinder, Princeton Folk
Music Society, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane,
Princeton, 609-799-0944. www.-
Jazz & Blues
Howard Parker& His Hot TakeOut Band, Ellarslie, Trenton
City Museum, Cadwalader Park,
609-989-1191. www.ellarslie.org.
Classic Zydeco jam band performs folk, blues, and politics.
Register. $20. 7:30 p.m.
Pop Music
Princeton Triangle Show, McCarter Theater, 91 University
Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. “Family Feudalism,” a song and dance comedy show. $22 and up. Searchlights on McCarter front lawn beginning at 5:30 p.m. Post show
party in Lockwood lobby with
cast, writers, orchestra, and company. For ages 10 and up. 8 p.m.
The Fab Four, Patriots Theater
at the War Memorial, Memorial
Drive, Trenton, 609-955-5566.
www.thewarmemorial.com. “The
Ultimate Beatles Tribute.” $35 to
$55. 8 p.m.
Art
Artists Network, Lawrenceville
Main Street, 2683 Main Street,
Lawrenceville, 609-512-1359.
www.lmsartistsnetwork.com. Exhibit features works with the “Celebrate” theme. Artwork, ornaments, cards, and gifts available.
Open Thursdays, 1 to 4 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 9
p.m.; and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Artist Talk, Arts Council of
Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Sculptor
Joseph Petrovics visits for a
brown bag talk and Q&A about his
works on display and his approach to art-making. Inside if inclement weather. Noon.
Art Exhibit, D&R Greenway
Land Trust, Johnson Education
Center, 1 Preservation Place,
Princeton, 609-924-4646. www.drgreenway.org. “Stories of the
Sourlands,” a reception in honor
of Oye Olukotun, retiring D&R
Greenway trustee who has preserved key acreage in the Sourland Mountains. “Wildness in Our
Midst,” a celebration of the Sourland Mountains region is on view
to December 31. Register. Free.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Gallery 14, 14 Mercer
Street, Hopewell, 609-333-8511.
www.photosgallery14.com.
Opening reception for “Variations
on Sol Lewitt” by Larry Parsons,
and “Amazing Colors” by Rhoda
Kassof-Isaac. On view to December 19. 6 to 8:30 p.m.
On Stage
Guys and Dolls, Off-Broadstreet
Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy features gambling,
PERSONAL PAPERWORK SOLUTIONS
...And More, Inc.
609-371-1466
Insured • Notary Public • www.ppsmore.com
Are you drowning in paperwork?
Your own? Your parents’? Your small business?
Get help with:
• Paying bills and maintaining checking accounts
• Complicated medical insurance reimbursements
• Quicken or organizing and filing
Linda Richter
Specialized Services for Seniors and
their families, and Busy Professionals.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
romance, and fashion from the
1950s portrayed by Jim Petro of
Hamilton, Vicki Czarnik of
Hopewell, John Burgeron of Morrisville, Elizabeth Rzasa of Lawrenceville, and Curtis Caine of
Princeton. $27.50 to $29.50. 7
p.m.
Les Miserables, Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn,
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. United States premiere of the
25th anniversary production of
the musical based on the 1862
novel by Victor Hugo about romance, revolution, and redemption. The all new production featuring new staging and reimagined scenery inspired by Victor
Hugo’s paintings begins its national tour in January. Lawrence
Clayton portrays the fugitive Jean
Valjean with Andrew Varela as
Javert. Through December 30.
$25 to $92. 7 p.m.
Annie Get Your Gun, Kelsey
Theater, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. $16. Opening night reception
with cast and crew follows the
performance. 7:30 p.m.
Old Wicked Songs, Bristol
Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. Pulitzer Prize
nominated drama by Jon Marans
features the music of Robert
Schumann. $31 and up. 8 p.m.
Hello Dolly, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-2041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $22. 8 p.m.
[title of show], George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7717.
www.gsponline.org. Musical comedy by Jeff Bowen and Hunter
Bell about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical received many awards and
nominations as it went from a musical theater festival to Broadway
with the help of motivation and
dedicated fans along the way.
$29.50 to $79.50. Opening night.
8 p.m.
Boys’ Life, Mercer County Community College, Studio Theater,
Communications Building, 1200
Old Trenton Road, West Windsor,
609-570-3524. Howard Korder’s
Pulitzer Prize-nominated black
comedy about coming of age.
$14. 8 p.m.
The Crucible, Playhouse 22, 715
Cranbury Road, East Brunswick,
732-254-3939. www.playhouse22.org. Drama. $20. 8 p.m.
U.S. 1
Jersey Rehabilitation Medical Clinic. P.C.
12 Roszel Road, Suite A101 • Princeton, NJ 08540
[email protected]
Mei Li - L. AC. MS. NJ, NY Licensed Acupuncturist
NCCAOM Acupuncture & Herb Certificate
New York College of TCM (MS) • Beijing Medical University (M.D. in China)
• Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine
• Allergies
• Gastrointestinal • Massage Therapy
• Asthma
Disorders
• Pain Management
• Diabetes
• Insomnia
• Skin Problems
• Depression • Men & Women • Stop Smoking
• Headache
Problems
• Weight Loss
Mei Li
Most Insurance Plans Accepted
609-419-0088
Continued on page 21
Windsor Green Shopping Center • 3495 US Route 1 South • Princeton, N.J. 08540
Pick Any Two
GREAT LUNCH SPECIALS
$8 PER PERSON
Powered by
*Best
Furry Friend
DOGS & CATS
Rule
The only all natural pet food store
on both sides of the Delaware River.
Bringing you the next generation
of all natural pet foods and supplies.
Windsor Green Shopping Center in Princeton!
609-799-9200
Newtown Shopping Center
& Hopewell Crossing in Pennington, NJ
www.dogsandcatsrule.com
Check out new styles by:
❖ Half Portion of Tomato Mozzarella Salad
❖ Italian Spring Roll
❖ Any Half Salad
❖ Cup of Soup
❖ Any Half Panini
❖ Half Plain Pizza
❖ Half Margherita Pizza
❖ Half Order of Rigatoni Bolognese
❖ Half Order of Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
❖ Lunch Ravioli (3)
❖ Half order of Pasta Nicole
❖ Spaghetti and Meatball
❖ Half portion of Lasagna
❖ Half portion of Sicilian Lasagna
Monday through Friday from 11:30am until 3:00pm
aA
Thank you for dining with us!
Best Bets
Holiday
Gift Guide
U.S. 1’s Special Section
showcases what’s new, clever,
hot, must-have & must-know
— share your best GIFT
IDEAS with 19,000 readers!
Shops at Windsor Green
(The Whole Foods Shopping Center)
3495 US Route 1 South
Princeton, N.J. 08540
609-734-0202
Monday-Friday 10-6;
Saturday 10-5; Sunday 11-3
Issue Dates (choose what works best):
November 24, December 1, 8, 15, 22
10 OFF
$
Each pair of shoes purchased
on or before 11/30/10. Cannot
be combined with other offers,
applied to prior
purchases, or
applied to
sale items.
d
19
Offering a complete range of services
essential to maintaining your
personal image, health and well-being:
x
x
x
x
x
x
Hair Color
Hair Styling
Massage
Skin Care
Nail Care
Waxing
25% off any new service if you mention this ad!
experience the extraordinary
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
9:30-4:00
Closed
9:30-9:00
9:30-9:00
9:30-midnight
9:30-8:00
8:30-5:00
Shops at Windsor Green
3495 Route 1 South
Princeton, NJ 08540
609.228.0300
sydneyalbert.com
Travel
Membership • Travel
Auto & Home Insurance
Windsor Green
3495 Route 1 South
609-419-1704
www.AAA.com
Deadline: ASAP, or Friday, November 19,
to begin November 24.
Contact Martha Moore
at 609-452-7000
Total satisfaction is our goal.
or [email protected]
AAA. Use it for all it’s worth.®
20
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Indulge yourself with three
hundred acres of breathtaking
vistas, attentive service,
and exemplary cuisine.
• Four Hour Reception
• Elaborate Displays
• One Hour Hot & Cold Butlered Hors d’oeuvres
• Four Hour Open Bar
• Champagne Toast
• Four Course Menu or Stations
• White Glove Service
• Personalized Maitre D’ Service
• Linen Choice
Jericho National Golf Club Inc.
250 Brownsburg Rd • New Hope, PA 18938
215-862-8800
Dr. Sheryl Haber-Kuo, M.D.
Board Certified in Internal Medicine
• Medical Preventative
Maintenance
• Treating Men & Women
from 15 yrs to 100 +
• New Patients Welcome
Most Insurances Accepted
Monday evening hours available
Tt
Cranbrook II Professional Building
2312-2314 Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd.,
Suite 201 • Mercerville
609-586-9566
Funny and Funnier: A Back Story
by LucyAnn Dunlap
S
itting in my theater seat,
waiting for the curtain to go up, I
usually peruse the credits in the
theater program. Almost always, I
can find a line of connection between the members of the artistic
team for the show and the actors.
George Street Playhouse’s current
production of “[title of show]” has
taken this to an extreme.
“[title of show]” follows the
frantic efforts of two friends to
write a musical in time to make the
upcoming deadline for a competition for the New York Musical Theater Festival (an annual three-week
event showcasing new work). The
show they write evolves as a show
about writing the show.
In real life, they met the deadline
and their musical was selected for
the 2004 festival. Of course the two
guys, Jeff Bowen (music and
lyrics) and Hunter Bell (book),
played themselves in the show.
Two actress friends, Susan Blackwell and Heidi Bickenstaff, joined
to complete the company, playing
themselves. Success led to a production two years later at The
Vineyard Theater, known for fostering new work (“Avenue Q” was
born there). Next stop: Broadway,
where it played at the Lyceum Theater from July through October,
2008. Bell was nominated for a
Tony Award for the book. Other
productions have been mounted all
over the United States and as far
away as Australia. Now: George
Street Playhouse, New Brunswick,
New Jersey, now in previews and
opening Friday, November 19,
starring Seth Rudetsky and Tyler
Maynard as Hunter and Jeff. One
very big connection: Bell, Bowen,
Rudetsky and Maynard are friends.
George Street artistic director
David Saint says, “I have known
Seth for a long time, having worked
together over 15 years ago, and I
have known Tyler’s work for quite
a while as well. They both possess
enormous, idiosyncratic skills as
comedians. In addition, they are
friends, so the chemistry between
them as Hunter and Jeff will be palpable and truly hysterical.”
As I talk with Rudetsky and
Maynard in the empty cafe of the
George Street Playhouse, their camaraderie is obvious right away, as
Rudetsky, eyeing my folder on the
table, writes something derogatory
by Maynard’s name. He writes:
“Non Equity.” Not true, but it was a
typical tease between actors.
Throughout our talk, there was
much back and forth between
them. At one point, Rudetsky said,
“Oh, tell her about Susan.”
Maynard complied with more
cross references: “My mother was
Susan’s English teacher and directed her in musicals in high school.
As a kid, I had watched Susan (this
is the real Susan, not the character
Susan) in play practice and had
asked her to marry me.” Another
connection: while Maynard was
appearing in Disney’s “Little Mermaid” in Denver, the real Heidi had
gotten a call from Bell and Bowen
begging her to come back to New
York to appear in “[title of show].”
“Of course, she needed to make
money,” says Maynard, adding,
“which meant Disney. All that is in
the play. There I was in Denver
chatting out her problem with her.
In the play, my character is on the
phone talking with the character of
Heidi — while in real life, I had
been on the other end of the line
with the real Heidi.” Confused yet?
Rudetsky had done an industrial
show with Bell and had seen him
do his stand-up comedy routine.
Bell then asked him to come see a
show he was working on. “I re-
Go Ahead, Make Me Laugh: Tyler Maynard, left,
and Seth Rudetsky star in ‘[title of show].’
member I saw ‘[title of show]’ in a
very early production at ‘The
Nymph’ (the name concocted from
the NYMTF, i.e. New York Musical Theater Festival), and I was obsessed with it. I think I saw it 10
times.” He attended investors’ auditions and talked about “[title of
show]” on his show on Sirius Radio where he interviews and talks
about all things theatrical. “I predicted it was going to be a big hit.”
He adds, “It’s amazing that now I
get to be in it after being obsessed
with it for so many years.”
And it’s about time. Interestingly, both Rudetsky and Maynard at
times during the progress of the
show had been asked to be understudies, which neither was ever able
to do. “They wanted me to understudy the two guys,” says Rudetsky
with mischief in his eyes, “but Tyler
one-upped me on that. They wanted
Actor Seth Rudetsky
says ‘it’s such a funny and moving play
for anyone who’s
ever had a dream.’
him to understudy all four characters (male and female). They couldn’t afford to have two understudies
at the Vineyard Theater Off Broadway. I think they were joking, but
maybe that would work, in a weird
way. But he was too busy doing Disney things that paid well.”
R
udetsky talks very fast,
probably the result of growing up
in a very talkative family. I ask if he
has always been funny. To which
he replies, “Oh, yes, all of my family is funny. They’re like me in
drag.” (Both his parents were in education.) Growing up on Long Island, he began piano lessons when
he was five years old. From his personal website, I learn that his first
big role was the Cowardly Lion at
Hillel summer day camp in the
summer of third grade. But acting
took a back seat. He and his two
sisters all took piano lessons, but
with Rudetsky, it became his focus.
He graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in piano performance. In his bio on his website
he writes that though he was
trained as a classical pianist, he
“essentially spent all of my free
time doing Broadway stuff.”
So when he arrived in New York
City to make his way in the theatrical world, he began as a Broadway
pianist and conductor. From that
beginning, he has added job after
job, which makes it hard to categorize him. He’s a pianist, conductor,
producer, musical director, radio
talk show host, actor, stand-up comedian, and writer. (I’ve probably
missed something.) He has published several books, including
“The Q Guide to Broadway” and
“Broadway Nights,” about subbing as an orchestra pit conductor.
He also worked as a full-time
writer for “The Rosie O’Donnell
Show.” I regularly read his weekly
column about Broadway happenings and people on “Playbill.com”
and saw him perform in his Broadway acting debut in Terrence McNally’s “The Ritz” in the fall of
2007. Oh, yes, he’s also a father, to
a youngster named Julie, added to
his life when he coupled with his
partner, James.
Rudetsky’s connection to David
Saint goes way back. “He was my
first director in my first show right
out of college. It was a musical version of ‘Midsummer Night’s
Dream,’ set in the ’60s at Laguna
Beach. I got hired to do the vocal
arrangements. It was a good experience, and we kept in touch.”
Maynard did follow in the real
Susan’s footsteps and appeared in
high school musicals and amateur
musical theater productions. While
attending the College Conservatory of Music at the University of
Cincinnati, he appeared in a number of student productions. After
graduation, he came to New York
to find his fame and fortune. After a
number of parts in Off and Off Off
Broadway productions, he caught
everyone’s eye in a standout performance in “Altar Boyz” in 2005.
I saw him and was totally blown
away; it was as if he had an inner
follow spot that illuminated his
performance. I later saw him as
“Flotsam” in the original Broadway production of “The Little
Mermaid,” and more recently in
the Off Broadway musical that
kicked off this theatre season in
New York, “The Kid.”
Rudetsky and Maynard’s paths
have crossed a number of times,
specifically when the two of them
performed in a one-weekend production of “The Great American
Radio Show” in New York City.
“Maynard made me laugh so hard,”
says Rudetsky. When Maynard
read for the show, the director later
told Rudetsky, “Tyler spent his
whole audition talking about you.”
Maynard offered, “I bet he would
do it; he loves the show so much.
And it worked. Here we are.”
Rudetsky says the show “is so
funny and moving for anyone
who’s ever had a dream — to see a
dream come true. Every time I
leave the show, I say, ‘I have to do
something creative in my life.’ It’s
so inspiring. Each time I’ve seen
the show and even more since I’ve
been rehearsing, I leave and say to
myself, ‘I can’t watch TV tonight, I
have to create something.’” Maynard has also been inspired and has
begun writing a journal. Maybe
this, too, will someday turn into a
play or musical.
“[title of show],” George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick. Previews Wednesday and Thursday, November
17 and 18, 8 p.m; opening night,
Friday, November 19, 8 p.m. Musical comedy by Jeff Bowen and
Hunter Bell. Through December
12. $29.50 to $79.50. 732-2467717. www.gsponline.org.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
November 19
Continued from page 19
The Good Person of Setzuan,
Princeton University, Berlind at
McCarter Theater, 609-258-2787.
www.princeton.edu/arts. Adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s play by
Tony Kushner. Directed by Mark
Nelson, Class of 1977. Original
music by Princeton graduate student in composition Gilad Cohen.
8 p.m.
Striking 12, Rider University,
Yvonne Theater, Lawrenceville,
609-896-5303. www.rider.edu.
Musical in a new expanded version based on “Little Match Girl.”
$20. 8 p.m.
This Is Our Youth, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Murray Theater,
Princeton University, 609-2581742. www.theatreintime.org.
Drama about two young men on
the upper West Side of New York
City in 1982. $12. 8 p.m.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Villagers Theater, 475 DeMott
Lane, Somerset, 732-873-2210.
www.villagerstheatre.com. Musical. Through November 21. $18.
8 p.m.
Dancing
Swing Dance, Princeton High
School Jazz Bands, 151 Moore
Street, Princeton, 609-806-4280.
www.phs.prs.k12.nj.us/band. The
award-winning bands perform big
band numbers featuring music of
Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Duke
Ellington, and Michael Jackson.
$6, $4 seniors and students. 7 to
10 p.m.
Jersey Jumpers, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Unitarian
Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org. East
Coast Swing lesson followed by
an open dance. $12. 7:30 p.m.
Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8
to 11 p.m.
Dance Jam, Dance Improv Live,
All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’
Road, Princeton, 609-924-3767.
www.danceimprov.com. Expressive dance improvisation with live
music. $15. 8 to 10:15 p.m.
Karaoke Dance, American Legion Post 401, 148 Major Road,
Monmouth Junction, 732-3299861. Free. 8:30 p.m.
Literati
Bookfair, Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, West Windsor, 609-7161570. www.bn.com. Stony Brook
Elementary School in Pennington
presents arts and crafts, kids’ poetry readings, family bingo, a
scavenger hunt, and storytimes.
Purchases made benefit the
school’s library. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Princeton Moth-Up, Labyrinth
Books, 122 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-497-1600. www.bordersgroupinc.com. Explore
moth storytelling with the theme,
“Thanks or No Thanks: Stories of
Gratitude or the Lack Thereof.”
Tell a story, listen to storytellers,
or be part of the judging team. All
stories will be videotaped and
some may be featured on NPR’s
Moth podcasts. No experience
necessary. 7 p.m.
Good Causes
Art Auction, St. David’s Episcopal Church, 90 South Main
Street, Cranbury, 732-762-4219.
www.stdavidscranbury.com.
“Good Friends, Good Food, and
Artistic Renderings” includes original paintings by area artists
Corinne Peters, Daniel Thomas,
and the Reverend Linda Scholer,
as well as more than 200 other
original oils, watercolors,
silkscreens, etchings, pen and ink
drawings, paper sculpture, lithographs, and mixed media. Wine,
cheese, appetizers, and desserts.
$10 to $15. 6:30 p.m.
Greg Wolf Fund, Trenton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, West
Trenton, 609-883-3800. www.ericlindell.com. Fall benefit featuring Joe Conklin, a cocktail reception, and live and silent auctions
to commemorate the life of Gregory Joseph Wolf, who was diag-
U.S. 1
21
Chinese Brush Paintings: ‘Moonlight Bamboo’
by Kyung-ah Kim of Princeton, right, from a group
show opening Saturday, November 20, 2 to 5
p.m., at Sycamore Place Gallery, 35 Sycamore
Place, Kingston. 609-720-0277.
nosed with leukemia in 2002 at
age 20. The fund benefits research in blood cancers as well
as to aid in the care and comfort
of young cancer patients and their
families. Register. $100 to $125.
7 to 10 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Center,
West Windsor, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com. Register. $19.50. 8 p.m.
Comedy Night, Grover’s Mill
Coffee House, 335 Princeton
Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Helene Angley of
West Windsor hosts. 8 p.m.
Terry Gillespie, Bucks County
Comedy Cabaret, 625 North
Main Street, Doylestown, 215345-5653. www.comedycabaret.com. $20. 9 p.m.
Food & Dining
Wine Tasting, Terhune
Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road,
609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com. The winery offers
seven varieties of red and white
wine. Taste five wines for $5, $8
with the glass. Noon to 6 p.m.
Walk-Around Wine Tasting, The
Frog and the Peach, 29 Dennis
Street, New Brunswick, 732-8463216. www.frogandpeach.com.
“Wines to Warm You” includes
wines and hors d’oeuvres. Register. $49. 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, Princeton University, Frist
Center, Washington Road, 800448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Family Theater
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sourland Hills Actors Guild, Montgomery High School, 1016 Route
601, Skillman, 609-240-4693.
www.sourlandhills.org. Musical
adaptation of Ian Fleming’s book
and the film with 75 singers, actors, and dancers. $10. 7 p.m.
Lectures
Consumer Affairs, Mercer County Connection, 957 Route 33,
Hamilton, 609-890-9800. www.mercercounty.org. Information on
credit, home improvement, automotive, or Internet fraud. Register. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fund for Irish Studies, Princeton
University, Lewis Center, 185
Nassau Street, 609-258-1500.
www.princeton.edu/arts. “Provincializing Ireland: Patrick Kavanagh vs. the King of the Twist”
presented by Gregory M. Londe,
Princeton University. Free. 4:30
p.m.
Public Lecture, Institute for Advanced Study, Wolfensohn Hall,
Einstein Drive, Princeton, 609734-8175. www.ias.edu. “HumanMade Climate Change: A Moral,
Political, and Legal Issue” presented by James E. Hansen, climatologist and adjunct professor
of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University.
Free. 5 p.m.
Bravura and the Belt, Salon 33,
33 Chestnut Street, Princeton,
609-720-0098. Ward Saxton
presents a program of Broadway
and operatic tunes. Register by Email to [email protected]. Free-will
donation. 7:30 p.m.
All That Jazz, Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Washington Crossing, PA, 215-493-6500. www.crossingvineyards.com. Lynn
Randall Jazz Trio perform. Wine
and cheese available. $20. 8 to
10 p.m.
Bob Orlowski, It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. Easy listening. 8 to 10 p.m.
Judy and Liza Together Again,
Bob Egan’s New Hope, Ramada
Hotel, 6426 Lower York Road,
New Hope, PA, 215-794-7716.
www.bobegansnewhope.com.
Tommy Femia and Rick Skye perform. Food and drink minimum.
Register. $30 plus $15 food or
drink minimum. 8:30 p.m.
John Bianculli Trio, Christopher’s, Heldrich Hotel, 10 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick,
732-214-2200. www.theheldrich.com. 8:30 p.m.
Dirty Jersey Band, Princeton
Elks, 354 Route 518, Blawenburg, 609-466-4945. Dancing and
music. No cover. 9 p.m.
Karaoke Night, Zinna’s Bistro,
1275 South River Road, Cranbury, 609-860-9600. www.zinnasbistro.com. 9 p.m.
Steal Your Face, BT Bistro, 3499
Rt. 1 South. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
DJ Darius, Ivy Inn, 248 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-462-4641.
10 p.m.
Factory Sale
Ana Designs, 1 Ott Street, Trenton, 609-394-0300. www.fivestripes.com. Candles, tapers, and
pillars overstocks. Also other signature striped items. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Singles
Wine Tasting for Singles, Crossing Vineyards and Winery, 1853
Wrightstown Road, Washington
Crossing, PA, 215-493-6500.
www.crossingvineyards.com.
Wine, cheese, and music. Register. $20. 7 to 9 p.m.
Drop In, Yardley Singles, Washington Crossing Inn, River Road,
PA, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Music and dancing.
Cash bar. 9 p.m.
Continued on following page
30#&35800%+0)/40/6/*7&34*5:)041*5"-)".*-50/
38+.&%*$"-
"440$*"5&4
/PX4FSWJOHUIF8JOETPST
46.&&3"#"*(.%
…1SJNBSZ$BSFBOE
1SFWFOUJWF.FEJDJOF
…#PBSE$FSUJ¾FEJO
*OUFSOBM.FEJDJOF
"110*/5.&/54
5 ) & DBSF :0 6 USV TU
Live Music
Wine and Music, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road,
Pennington, 609-737-4465.
www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. The Ones with classic rock.
5 to 8 p.m.
Doug Miller and Bernhard
Geiger, Blue Rooster Cafe, 17
North Main Street, Cranbury, 609235-7539. www.blueroosterbakery.com. Piano and acoustic
bass. 6 to 9 p.m.
Dick Gratton, Chambers Walk
Cafe, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, 609-896-5995. www.allaboutjazz.com. Solo jazz guitar. 6 to 9 p.m.
.045."+03*/463"/$&4"$$&15&%
4$)&%6-&:063"110*/5.&/550%":
#1SJODFUPO)JHIUTUPXO3PBE
4VJUF&BTU8JOETPS
22
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
November 19
Continued from preceding page
Socials
Folk Music
Women’s Group, YWCA Princeton, 59
Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, 609-4972100. www.ywcaprinceton.org. General
meeting for social group formerly known as
the Grads for graduating newcomers. Light
lunch available. Noon to 2 p.m.
Luncheon, Rotary Club of the Princeton
Corridor, Hyatt Regency, Carnegie Center,
609-799-0525. princetoncorridorrotary.org.
Register. Guests, $25. 12:15 p.m.
Ellis Paul and Robyn Landis, Concerts at
the Crossing, Unitarian Church at Washington Crossing, Titusville, 609-510-6278.
www.concertsatthecrossing.com. Paul, a
classic urban songwriter, has written songs
that often appear in movie and television
soundtracks. Landis, a songwriter, an actor, and a professional writer, opens the
show. $23. 7:30 p.m.
For Seniors
Thanksgiving Luncheon, West Windsor
Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road,
West Windsor, 609-799-9068. Hot turkey
sandwich and dessert. Register. $2.50.
12:45 p.m.
Sports
Princeton Hockey, Baker Rink, 609-2584849. www.goprincetontigers.com. Harvard. $10. 7 p.m.
Saturday
November 20
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Golden Oldies
Golden Oldies Spectacular, State
Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue, New
Brunswick, 732-246-7469. www.StateTheatreNJ.org. Jay and the Americans, the
Duprees, the Happenings, and Martha
andthe Vandellas. $32 to $95. 7:30 p.m.
Classical Music
Queen Christina in Rome, Dryden Ensemble, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 84
East Oakland Avenue, Doylestown, PA,
609-466-8541. www.drydenensemble.org.
The saga of the Swedish queen who gave
up her throne for music, art, and religion in
Rome. With actors Roberta Maxwell and
Paul Hecht. $35. 8 p.m.
We W ill PURCHASE Your GOLD
and JEWELRY ON THE SPOT!
Gold • Silver • Platinum
Sterling Silver • Coins
You Can Trade In Your Metals
for Store Merchandise at a Discount Price!
Monday - Saturday
10-5:30 pm
104 Nassau Street • Princeton, New Jersey 08542
(609) 924-1
1363
Rutgers University Choir, Mason Gross
School of the Arts, Kirkpatrick Chapel,
New Brunswick, 732-932-7511. www.masongross.rutgers.edu. Free. 8 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Jazz Nights, Michener Art Museum, 138
South Pine Street, Doylestown, 215-3409800. www.michenerartmuseum.org.
Nazir Ebo Jazz Group featuring Nazir Ebo,
10, on drums. Appetizers and desserts by
Havana, and beverages from River Horse
Brewing Company and Sand Castle Winery. Museum galleries open until 10 p.m.
Register. $40 to $48. 8 p.m.
Pop Music
Concert, Central Jersey Choral Society,
St. David Episcopal Church, 90 South
Main Street, Cranbury, 609-751-5805.
www.cjchoralsociety.org. “Our Favorite
Songs,” a concert featuring solo works
from pop, folk, classical art songs, as well
as Broadway tunes. Silent auction features
hand-crafted, gourmet, beauty, holiday,
and vintage items. Dessert reception follows the performance. $12 and $15. 3 p.m.
Omega Sound Fix Electronic Music Festival, Alfa Art Gallery, 108 Church Street,
New Brunswick, 732-296-7270. www.alfaart.org. Sonic Architecture unveiled by
electronic composers and human-robot
band. Composers include Richard Lainhard and Philippe Petit with Octant, a oneman band. $6. Also Sunday, November 21,
at 4 p.m. $10 for both days. 6 p.m.
Jolly’s Dueling Piano Bar, Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road, East
Windsor, 609-443-4454. www.bethel.net.
Two piano players present music from the
1960s to now to clap along or sing along.
Register. $59 includes refreshments and
the show 7:30 p.m.
Continued on page 24
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Review: ‘The Good Person of Setzuan’
B
ertolt Brecht’s “Good
Person of Setzuan,” now playing
through Saturday, November 20, in
McCarter’s Berlind Theater, doesn’t have an ending. It just stops,
torn off in a flash. The audience is
left to work out what might happen
after relishing this fast-moving
spectacle of spirited pessimism.
Director Mark Nelson’s vision
of Brecht’s dystopia evokes both
chuckles and despair. The original
music by graduate fellow Gilad
Cohen underscores the unsolvable
dilemmas of this tongue-in-cheek
morality play. Fifteen Princeton
students, six of them certificate
students in the Lewis Center’s Program in Theater, vividly portray
various mixes of greed, corruption
and poverty.
Tony Kushner’s adaptation of
the play was used. The newly composed music by Gilad Cohen overflows from the instrumental ghetto
in a corner of the stage into the dramatic action. At intermission the
band continues to play. Sometimes
the music is unobtrusive; some-
Enjoy a one hour caroling tour of the
neighborhood of the Rockefellers,
JP Morgan, Woodrow Wilson, Grover
Cleveland, TS Eliot and F. Scott Fitzgerald
en route to the McCarter Theatre
Fezziwig party and A Christmas Carol
performance package.
ing. He transforms the tobacco shop
into a thriving tobacco factory that
employs the community.
Shen Te has fallen in love with
the planeless airplane pilot Yang
Sun (Jeffrey Kuperman). Pregnant
with his child, she is unable to fall
out of love with him, even though
she knows that he is unworthy and
cares only for himself. Kuperman’s Yang Sun overflows with
charisma. His clear, brisk delivery
of rap songs is irresistible. He enhances Yang Sun’s charm with
convincing virtuoso gymnastics.
Kuperman is responsible for the
show’s choreography.
Shui Ta is tried for the disappearance of Shen Te. Various witnesses attest to his good character.
The gods are the judges. Shui Ta
unmasks himself before the gods
and reveals that he and Shen Te are
one and the same person.
A
ll the performers contributed enthusiastically to the production, as they allow themselves
to sink into a mock-Chinese atmosphere. Extensive bowing and widespread pigtails help set the mythical
location. The prevalence of blonde
pigtails helps sustain the mood of
unreality. Outstanding among the
cast is the comic and corrupt Policeman (Sebastian A. Franco).
The stark sets are designed by
Bill Clarke. The singularly appro-
Look Again: Jenna
Devine as Shen Te
and Jeffrey Kuperan
as the pilot Yang Sun.
Photo: Frank Wojciechowski
priate lighting design is the work of
Beverly Emmons.
This romp of a theatrical evening provides serious ideas wrapped
in effervescence. It furnishes meat
for post-theater discussions. Any
number of lines in the play can be a
starting point. “How can I be good
when everything’s so expensive?”
Shen Te inquires, early in the play.
“Good deeds destroyed her,” the
hard-hearted Shui Ta says about
the soft-hearted Shen Te. “I need
my cousin,” a distraught Shen Te
tells herself when she cannot manage her life. “If you like him [Shui
Ta] you can’t love me,” Shen Te
tells Yang Sun at their wedding.
— Elaine Strauss
“The Good Person of Setzuan,” Princeton University,
Berlind at McCarter. Thursday
through Saturday, November 18 to
20, 8 p.m. Adaptation of Bertolt
Brecht’s play by Tony Kushner.
Directed by Mark Nelson. Original
music by Princeton graduate student Gilad Cohen. $15. 609-2582787. www.princeton.edu/arts.
RALPH LAUREN • ELLEN TRACY • ESCADA
OUR “NOT YOUR TYPICAL
THANKSGIVING SALE”
STARTS FRIDAY NOV. 19TH
AND GOES THROUGH SATURDAY NOV. 27TH
OUR DISCOUNTS ARE
WAY BEYOND 20% IN MOST CASES!
COUTURE (HIGH END): $15 THROUGH $125
❄
(except new arrivals)
❄
SOME REGULAR ITEMS:
20% OVER REGULAR DISCOUNTS
ALL OTHER REGULAR ITEMS: 50% + 50%!!
1378 Route 206, Village Shopper • Skillman, NJ 08558 • 609-924-2288
M-F 10-6, Th. 10-7 and Sat. 10:30-5 • Consignments by appointment
DONNA KARAN • LOUIS FERAUD • MONDI
LAGERFELD • CHLOE • JAEGER
times, compelling. It is lean, purposeful, and transparent. All the
notes are there, and no sound seems
superfluous. The excellent instrumentalists are composer Cohen,
guitar and melodica; Lilia Xie,
flute; Cameron Britt, percussion;
and David Lackey, double bass.
At the opening of the play
Wang, the Water-seller (Gary M.
Fox), welcomes three gods who
visit impoverished Setzuan in their
search for a good person. Fox’s
Wang is a warm and friendly guide,
open and somewhat naive. He observes, with amazement, that the
gods are well-fed and don’t seem to
do any work. Wang, by the way,
cheats his customers.
The gods, a well-cast cohort of
two noticeably tall men (Gabriel D.
Crouse and Ankur Rathee) and one
diminutive woman (Elizabeth
Wagner) wear impeccable garments, presumably made of expensive silk. Costume designer
Catherine Cann creates a chasm
between the fine clothing of the
gods and the drab, often tattered,
garments of the Setzuanese. By
clothing some of the cast in vaguely Chinese outfits, and others in
contemporary street-person togs,
Cann supports the playful sense of
unreality of this production.
Wang, after several failed attempts to find a place for the gods
to spend the night, discovers that
Shen Te (Jenna Devine), a goodhearted prostitute, will house them.
Although they are not permitted to
reward Shen Te for her kindness,
the gods find a loop-hole and compensate her for their lodging. Hardly anyone is not deceitful in this astringent play.
With the money from the gods,
Shen Te sets up a small tobacco
shop. Word of her generosity
spreads and the shop is overrun by
greedy, self-centered townsfolk who
take advantage of her charity. Shen
Te’s supposed cousin, Shui Ta (the
masked Shen Te, wearing men’s
clothing) restores order to the shop.
Stepping deftly on both sides of the
male/female boundary, Devine is either all heart as Shen Te or all business enterprise as Shui Ta. Shui Ta
knows that you can’t run a welfare
program if you don’t have the fund-
TOUR
PARTY
PERFORMANCE
Wednesday, December 15‡All Inclusive $55
ARMANI • CHANEL • HERMES
This romp of a
theatrical evening
provides serious
ideas wrapped in
effervescence.
U.S. 1
DON’T MISS THIS ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY
TO PARTY LIKE A ROCKEFELLER BY
CALLING 609-258-2787 TODAY!
JUNCTION
BARBER SHOP
33 Hightstown Rd., Princeton Jct.
ELLSWORTH’S CENTER (Near Train Station)
Hrs: Tues - Fri: 10am - 6pm
Sat: 8:30am - 3:30pm
609-799-8554
23
24
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
November 20
Continued from page 22
Princeton Triangle Show, McCarter Theater, 91 University
Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. “Family Feudalism,” a song and dance comedy show. $22 and up. For ages 10
and up. 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.
Art
Handcrafted Holiday Gift Show,
Artists of Yardley, AOY Art Center, 949 Mirror Lake Road, Yardley, PA, 215-860-7877. www.artistsofyardley.org. Artisans
present unique gifts and crafts including jewelry, ceramics, art
prints, photography, and home
decor. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Art Classes for Children, Artworks, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton,
609-394-9436. www.artworkstrenton.org. For ages 6 to 14. Cartooning workshop presented by
Ken Wilkie. Register. $10. 10 a.m.
to noon.
Art Show, End of the Row, Rock
and Stymiest roads, Lambertville,
609-397-2895. Visit the 1840s
farmhouse with four fireplaces
and a bread oven restored in
1994. Works by Piroska Toth, felter; Sally Stand, jeweler; Judy Tobie, paper vessels; Deborah Cyr,
fabric collage; Jeanne Walton,
clothing; Chris Darway, sculpture
to wear; Martha MulfordDreswick, basket maker; Hanneke deNeve, children’s clothing
and knits; Amy Whitney, majolica
pots, wool duvets, and roving;
and Annelies van Dommelen,
archival heirloom boxes and
paintings. Ongoing demonstrations of basket making, spinning,
and knitting. Cider, donuts, and
homemade soup available. Also
Sunday, November 21. 10 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Open House, Prallsville Mill Saw
Mill, D&R Canal State Park,
Route 29, Stockton, 609-3973919. Works of Edie Sharp, Anthony Flamio, and Mike Mann. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tots on Tour, Grounds For
Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,
Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.groundsforsculpture.org. For
ages 3 to 5. Listen to a story, become park explorers, make original works of art. One adult must
accompany each child. Register.
Free with park admission. Rain or
shine. Young Artist Workshop:
Holiday Style for ages 6 to 12, at 1
p.m., $12. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Artists Network, Lawrenceville
Main Street, 2683 Main Street,
Lawrenceville, 609-512-1359.
www.lmsartistsnetwork.com. Exhibit features works with the “Celebrate” theme. Artwork, ornaments, cards, and gifts available.
11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Highlights Tour, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
campus, 609-258-3788. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free.
2 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Sycamore Place
Gallery, 35 Sycamore Place,
Kingston, 609-720-0277. Chinese
brush paintings by Wen-Hua Shui
of Plainsboro, Kyung-ah Kim of
Princeton, Anna Tang Hu of Kendall Park, and Yi-Tien Yang of
Hillsborough featuring flowers,
birds, animals, and landscapes. 2
to 5 p.m.
Art Exhibition, Artworks, 19
Everett Alley, Trenton, 609-3949436. www.artworkstrenton.org.
Opening reception for “The Nature of Things,” a group exhibition
exploring nature through art. On
view to December 31. 5 to 8 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Belenikin Fine Art
Gallery, 5 Lambert Lane, Lambertville, 609-397-5855. Reception for “From Oppression to Non-
Conformity” featuring works by
Valeriy Belenikin, Lev Dyakonitsyn, Victor Kazarin, Andrey Averyanov, Pavel Lazarev, and Audrey Medvedev. On view to January 15. 5 to 8 p.m.
On Stage
Old Wicked Songs, Bristol
Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100. brtstage.org. Pulitzer Prize nominated drama by Jon Marans features
the music of Robert Schumann.
$31 and up. 2 and 8 p.m.
This Is Our Youth, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Murray Theater,
Princeton University, 609-2581742. www.theatreintime.org.
Drama about two young men on
the upper West Side of New York
City in 1982. $12. 2 and 8 p.m.
Hello Dolly, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-2041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $22. 4 and 8 p.m.
Guys and Dolls, Off-Broadstreet
Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-2766.
www.off-broadstreet.com. Musical comedy. $27.50 to $29.50. 7
p.m.
Annie Get Your Gun, Kelsey
Theater, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Musical. $16. 7:30 p.m.
[title of show], George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7717.
www.gsponline.org. Musical comedy features Lauren Kennedy,
Tyler Maynard, Susan Mosher,
and Seth Rudetsky. $29.50 to
$79.50. 8 p.m.
Boys’ Life, Mercer County Community College, Studio Theater,
Communications Building, 1200
Old Trenton Road, West Windsor,
609-570-3524. Howard Korder’s
Pulitzer Prize-nominated black
comedy about coming of age.
$14. 8 p.m.
The Good Person of Setzuan,
Princeton University, Berlind at
Art Opening: A duo show, ‘Amazing Colors’ by
Rhoda Kassof-Isaac, above, and ‘Variations on
Sol Lewitt’ by Larry Parsons, opens on Friday,
November 19, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Gallery 14,
14 Mercer Street, Hopewell. 609-333-8511.
McCarter Theater, 609-258-2787.
www.princeton.edu/arts. Adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s play by
Tony Kushner. Directed by Mark
Nelson, Class of 1977. Original
music by Princeton graduate student in composition Gilad Cohen.
8 p.m.
Striking 12, Rider University,
Yvonne Theater, Lawrenceville,
609-896-5303. www.rider.edu.
Musical in a new expanded version based on “Little Match Girl.”
$20. 8 p.m.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Villagers Theater, 475 DeMott
Lane, Somerset, 732-873-2210.
www.villagerstheatre.com. Musical. Through November 21. $18.
8 p.m.
Dancing
Salsa Sensation, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street,
Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org.
Merengue and salsa lessons followed by open dancing. No partner needed. $15. Dance shoes
only. No spike heels. 7:30 p.m.
Ballroom Dance Social, G & J
Studios, 5 Jill Court, Building 14,
Hillsborough, 908-892-0344.
www.gandjstudios.com. Standard, Latin, smooth, and rhythm.
Refreshments. BYOB. $12. 8 to
11 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
122 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Andrei Codrescue,
author of “The Poetry Lesson,” an
account of the first day of a creative writing course taught by a
beatnik. He taught literature and
creative writing at Louisiana State
University for 25 years before retiring in 2009. 3 p.m.
Continued on page 27
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Paul Biondi, left, senior VP, R&D
operations, Bristol-Myers Squibb,
Lawrenceville; and Brett Bishop, VP,
operations, Covance, 210 Carnegie
Center.
Thalia Mingo, left, product manager, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro;
Congressman Rush Holt; Rev. Alison Boden, dean of religious life,
Princeton University, and wife of Crisis Ministry’s executive director,
Jarrett Kerbel; and Daphne Jones, steering comittee, Crisis Ministry.
U.S. 1 Crashes a Party
U.S. 1
25
Doug Fitzgerald, left, principal, Prudential Financial, Newark; Regina Neilssen
of Skillman; Bob Kunkler, divisional VP, business development, Abbott Point of
Care, 400 College Road East; Abby Reynolds, director, BlackRock, 800
Scudders Mill Road; and her husband, Spencer Reynolds, director, new
business development, DSM, a pharma products company in Parsippany.
CRISIS MINISTRY OF PRINCETON AND TRENTON, 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA,
ETS CHAUNCEY CONFERENCE CENTER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12.
It is uncannily refreshing to attend a gala for a nonprofit that reins
Ruth Thurmond Scott, left, board
chair, Housing Initiatives of
Princeton; and Diane Somers,
outreach committee, Trinity Church,
Princeton.
Hannah Deming, left, a junior at
Swarthmore and a former intern at
Crisis Ministry; and Margaret Cowell,
staff member, Crisis Ministry.
in the glitz and puts its money
where its mouth is, or in the case of
Crisis Ministry of Princeton and
Trenton, in the mouths of its clients.
The organization’s 30th anniversary celebration was a modest
affair yet full of heart — live music
provided pro bono by a quartet
from the Princeton High School
Jazz Combo, cocktails and passed
hors d’oeuvres — but the 120
guests in attendance knew that it
wasn’t important that they eat a lot.
The impressive $35,000 the
event raised will help feed the 1,400
individuals and families each month
who come to the Crisis Ministry
pantries in Trenton and Princeton
and who also seek assistance from
Rev. Wayne Meisel, left, of the
Cousins Foundation in Atlanta;
and Annie Pasqua, assistant
director of campus life for service learning, Rider University.
Noum DeVlaminck, left, a French teacher at
Stuart Country Day School; Warren Washington,
homelessness prevention coordinator, Crisis Ministry; and Sandra Lewis, an art teacher at Villa
Victoria Academy.
Reaney Kunkler of Princeton, left,
benefit co-chair; and Sarah Unger,
communications/development director, Crisis Ministry.
Barbara Flythe of
Lawrenceville.
its direct aid programs in homelessness prevention (through back rent,
mortgage assistance, security deposits, and utility retention).
The circular entranceway to the
Chauncey Conference Center was
lit with exactly 252 luminaria. As
executive director Jarrett Kerbel introduced the event’s recognition
and legacy award winners, he said,
“Each light represents one ton of
food the Crisis Ministry distributed
this year, that’s 252 tons, and each
light also represents one household
that reaches out for utility assistance per month; 200 of those lights
also represent how many people receive an eviction notice each week
in Mercer County.”
— Jamie Saxon
For more information visit
www.thecrisisministry.org.
Nancy Hodges, left, a therapist in private
practice, Montgomery Commons; Wendy
Matthews, a child psychologist in private
practice, 20 Nassau Street; and Russell
Annich, a retired judge for Princeton
Borough and Princeton Township.
Martha Lashbrook of Hopewell, left, a
Crisis Ministry volunteer; Pierre Bourassa
of West Windsor, financial services
associate, Prudential, East Brunswick;
and his wife, Roseanne Bourassa,
a Crisis Ministry volunteer.
Rev. Carol Kerbel, former director of
Crisis Ministry, 1983 to 1992; and her
son, Jarrett Kerbel, executive director, Crisis Ministry.
Rev. Alison Boden, left, dean of
religious life, Princeton University;
and Elizabeth Baughan, a Princeton-based conservationist of gilded objects.
Michael Unger, chief administrative
officer, the Atlantic Foundation, 14
Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton; and Bill
Lashbrook, senior vice president,
PNC Real Estate, East Brunswick.
Terry Brown, left, facilities manager,
and Mark Smith, food services director, both of Crisis Ministry.
Bill Creager, left, financial analyst and director, client analytics, Bank of
America, 1700 Merrill Lynch Drive, Pennington; his wife, Angela Creager, a
professor of history at Princeton University; Eric Tazelaar, senior associate,
Richard B. Reading Associates, a market research firm at 759 State Road;
and his wife, Celia Tazelaar.
26
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
An Artist Creates Happiness — in Three Dimensions
by Helen Schwartz
W
hat is happiness?
Does it have mass? Does it have
weight? Can you see it?
The answer is yes if “The Art
and Science of Happiness,” on
view in the gallery at Mabel Smith
Douglass Library on the Rutgers
University campus, is any indication. The cheerful array of brightly
colored three dimensional works
by Lyndhurst resident Patricia
Dahlman resonate with good feeling as they serve up both questions
and answers in reference to a subject that is hard to define and even
harder to see.
For Dahlman, making art is
about making happiness. “When I
finish a work, it often comes as a
surprise. Seeing it all come together makes me happy.
“I actually made a couple of
works for the show,” she says in a
phone interview. “When I was
making them I thought about about
the happiest events in recent years.
That’s why I made the work about
Barack Obama (referring to a piece
called “Barack Don’t Let the Left
Down”).
Dahlman says she that she often
creates works that address social
concerns and make strong political
statements, sometimes in three,
other times in two dimensions.
They are a form of personal expression. “The subject matter grows
out of my feelings, personal
thoughts, reactions to political
events.” She says she often models
her work on photographs, such as
those of the President, that she
takes off the Internet.
Titles of the featured works
alone speak of this artist’s concerns
and the use of her art to influence
change. Among them: “She Has
No Health Insurance,” “No Health
Care for Illegal Immigrants,” and
“Freedom 1,” produced this year.
Using her art to make a statement is a form of validation, according to Dahlman. “It all comes
together to make a statement in the
end. That makes my work valid.
Working in a political way means
getting my voice out there. It gives
me a sense that I am doing something to make the world better.”
D
ahlman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where her father was in
the television industry and her
British-born mother was a homemaker. She discovered the joys of
art at Wright State University in
Dayton, Ohio, where she began her
academic life by studying social
work. “I had friends in art classes,”
she says. “When I tried art I loved
it. The rest, as they say, is history.”
She graduated in 1975.
She also studied art at the Yale
University Summer School of Music and Art in Norfolk. A New Jersey Printmaking Fellowship to
Rutgers Center for Innovative
Print and Paper, two Geraldine R.
Dodge Foundation Fellowships,
and a Yaddo Artist Residency are
part of a long list of honors and
awards. She has exhibited her work
all over the United States.
Although she started her artistic
life as a painter, Dahlman says the
lure of three-dimensional art was
always a subtext. “I always wanted
to make sculpture, but it took a
while before I got there. I also explored collage.”
At one painterly point, however,
she had a eureka moment and realized she could use her painter’s
canvas to build work in three dimensions. Starting with her canvas, Dahlman has invented a
In Stitches: ‘Park Landscape,’ left, canvas, cloth,
thread, wire, and yarn; and ‘Barack Don’t Let the Left
Down,’ canvas and thread, both by Patricia Dahlman.
unique three-dimensional vocabulary — a combination of visible
craft, combining unusual materials
that are active in narrative affect, in
elaborate constructions that often
tell a story. Hand stitchery, used to
assemble these works, also functions as a strong visual element.
“In the last few years I have focused on making sculpture. I cut
out forms in canvas then stuff and
sew them together. The stitching or
fabric covering is like drawing or
painting. I like the color, light, and
surface the thread or fabric makes
on the stuffed canvas.”
Happiness is not the only story
that Dahlman is telling in the
gallery. The works selected for this
exhibition also include several that
comment on issues such as the environmental destruction in the
artist’s community and recent political events. “Some of my stitching functions as drawing in
words,” she says. As material representations of her hopes for an improved future for society and the
world, this aspect of her work
functions as a link to the university’s 2010-’11 Global Initiatives
theme.
The art in this exhibit, however,
is only the tip of the iceberg when it
comes to examining the subject,
according to Ferris Olin, director
of the Institute for Women & Art
and curator of the Mary H. Dana
Women Artists Series. “The exhibition is the visual component of an
Nicole Schrader, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Holiday Special
Botox Treatment $100 off
from 11/15 to 12/15/10
Cosmetic and Functional Nose Reshaping
Laser Wrinkle Reduction • Laser Acne Treatment
Micro Laser Peel • Skin Tightening (SkinTyte)
Laser Hair Removal • Facelift • Eyelid Surgery
Liposuction • Micro Fat Injections • Rhinoplasty
Restylane • Juvederm • Botox
Double Board-Certified
Facial Plastic
& Reconstructive Surgery
Otolaryngology
& Head/Neck Surgery
214 N. Harrison St. • Princeton, NJ
609-279-0009
Participate with all major insurance companies
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
interdisciplinary seminar,” she
says. “It functions as a demonstration of the way in which art can be
used as a significant vehicle for
ideas and emotions, a way to expand knowledge beyond the textual.”
She notes that art can carry a lot
of meaningful intellectual weight.
“I think we often spend a lot of time
talking about literacy. We forget
that literacy includes the visual.
These exhibits are opportunities to
help understand concepts by using
the visual.”
The display was organized as
part of the Rutgers Institute for Research on Women’s 2010-’11 interdisciplinary seminar, “The Art and
Science of Happiness.” The assembled art is staged to function as
a material connection with a series
of programs that explore how economic security, political stability,
family, careers, health, community
involvement, and other domains
contribute (or not) to one’s sense of
being “happy.” This year the emphasis is on the search for the solutions to the crises that threaten to
undermine the precarious balances
that we strive to maintain in our
worlds. This is where Happiness
comes in.
Olin says the assembled sculpture and needlework looks at happiness close-up and from a distance. Chosen from a field of the
November 20
Continued from page 24
Good Causes
Can Day, Mobile Meals of Trenton and Ewing, ShopRite, 1750
Olden Avenue, Ewing, 609-6953483. http://mmte.org. Contributions invited to benefit recipients
of the program. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A Country Barn Dance, Montgomery School District Special
Education PTA, Elks Lodge, 354
Route 518, Skillman, 908-8683916. Benefit evening with dancing, line dancing, lessons for beginners, children’s activities from
5 to 7 p.m. Country Western DJ
Dave Kim of Marlin Disc Jockeys.
Buffet dinner. Cash bar. Register
by phone or E-mail [email protected]. $40;
$75 for couple. 5 to 11 p.m.
Angel Award Dinner, Project
Freedom, The Stone Terrace,
John Henry’s, 2275 Kuser Road,
Hamilton, 609-588-9919. www.projectfreedom.org. Gala to benefit the mission to develop affordable, accessible housing for people with disabilities. Hors d’oeuvres, buffet dinner, open bar,
silent auction, and music by the
Meg Hansen Group. Honoree is
Brian M. Hughes, Mercer County
executive. Register. $100. 6 p.m.
Stop the Wrecking Ball, Trenton
Historical Society, 407 Greenwood House, Trenton, 609-3964478. www.trentonhistory.org.
Eighth annual benefit for “Restore
Trenton,” a grant program that
funds exterior restoration of Trenton residential properties that are
more than 50 years old. The
event will be held at an 1875
brownstone residence owned by
the Episcopal Diocese of New
Jersey for more than 50 years
that is being restored by Greenwood, its current owner. Food,
drink, live music, and a silent auction of items related to the city’s
history. Register. $75 to $85. 6 to
9 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Center,
West Windsor, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com. Register. $22. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Comedy on the Lake, Sarcasm
Comedy, Tavern on the Lake,
101 Main Street, Hightstown,
732-SARCASM. www.sarcasmcomedy.com. Dinner buffet followed by performance featuring
Dena Blizzard, former Miss New
Jersey; Dave “The Hammer”
Shultz, a Stanley Cup champion
who has been seen on HBO’s
work of some 300 artists, the diverse array of constructions speak
of the subject using a vocabulary
that includes color, surface texture,
and process.
Although it might be thought of
as icing on the intellectual cake,
this art makes a valid contribution
as an idea as it provides food for
Stylized landscapes
and familiar objects
and subjects are
combined with pure
abstraction to create
a gallery environment
that joyfully sings.
thought. And like the icing, adds a
rich and flavorful accent to the subject. Stylized landscapes and familiar objects and subjects are
combined with pure abstraction to
create a gallery environment that
joyfully sings using a melody of
surface, color, and shape. In each
case the medium is as important as
the subject. The rich mixture of
high-keyed hue, luxurious surface
texture, and in many cases the lyrical profile of the constructions is
enough to brighten a viewer’s day
without even thinking about the
subject.
“Broad Street Bullies”; and Steve
Trevelise, veteran radio personality on WPST, WYSP, and Sportsradio 610 WIP, and former
house emcee at Catch a Rising
Star, West Windsor. Register.
$29.99; show only, $20. 8 p.m.
Comedy Night, Ivy Inn, 248 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-4624641. 10 p.m.
Craft Fairs
Craft Show, Bordentown Elks,
11 Amboy Road, Bordentown,
609-585-2254. Indoors. Tables
are $30. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Crafters’ Marketplace, YWCA
Princeton, John Witherspoon
School, Walnut Lane, Princeton,
609-497-2100. www.ywcaprinceton.org. The annual juried craft
show showcasing more than 140
professional artisans from the
Northeast. Proceeds benefit the
Pearl Bates Scholarship fund. No
strollers. Handicapped-accessible. $6. Also Sunday, November
21. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Faith
Marriage Seminar, Samaritan
Baptist Church, 531 Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Trenton, 856-566-3267. “Leadership
Coaching for the Husband,” an interactive seminar for men who
want to take proactive steps to improve their marriage presented by
the Promised Land Ministry. Register. 10 a.m.
U.S. 1
For those who question whether
looking at art can create happiness
and encourage change, answers
can be found among the comments
in a gallery guest book. One student wrote, “I like how you used a
lot of color and large shapes for
most of your pieces. It’s an interesting medium you used to describe your personal thoughts and
public issues. more than anything...I am amazed by the feelings
that your pieces are able to convey.
The color schemes as well as the
textures of the fabric remind me of
my childhood.”
Another student was brief but
trenchant in documenting the impact of the exhibition, writing, “I
wish the world was made like your
art.”
And, despite the state of the
world at large, Dahlman says she is
a happy person. “I am happy. There
are so many horrible things happening but I am happy. Maybe I’m
lucky.”
Art Exhibition and Artist
Talk, Rutgers University, Douglass Library Galleries, 8 Chapel
Drive, New Brunswick. Thursday,
November 18, 5:30 p.m. Artist Patricia Dahlman speaks about her
work in conjunction with her multimedia exhibit “The Art and Science of Happiness.” On view to
December 10. 732-932-9407.
healthy eating. Exhibitors with
health and wellness products and
services. “Shape Shifting Through
Time” presented in keynote
speech by Marie Savard, M.D.
and author. Breakfast and lunch
buffets. Registration required (no
walk-ins). $60; $50 members and
seniors. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Symposium Celebrating Care
Givers, Institute of Wonderful
Women Working for Empowerment, Mercer College Conference Center, West Windsor, 609388-1867. www.wonderfulworkingwomen.org. “Helping
Care Givers to Meet the Challenges of Caring for an Aging Population” with conversations featuring James Collymore, Shirley Satterfield, Sharon Nemeth, and Janice Love in lessons learned from
the family perspective. Resources
presented by Rosemarie Valentine, Care One; Beverly Henderson, Mercer Street Friends; Susan
Hoskins, Princeton Senior Resource center; Gabrielle Strich of
Strich Law; Martha Gunning, licensed funeral director; and Valicia Rafferty, St. Francis. Eilene
Doremus, Mercer County Office
on Aging, is the keynote speaker.
Register. $25. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
November Tour Hours:
Monday through Saturday 12:30 - 4:00pm
HOLIDAY
OPEN HOUSE!
December 4th & 5th
Saturday: noon to 5pm
Tours, Greens & Wreath Sale,
Gingerbread Program
Sunday: 1 to 4pm
Tours, Greens & Wreath Sale,
Harpsichord and Cello Concert
Holiday Goodies!
15 Market Street ★ Trenton, New Jersey ★ (609) 989-3027
www.williamtrenthouse.org
The 1719 William Trent House Museum is owned, maintained and operated
by the City of Trenton, Department of Recreation, Natural Resources and Culture,
Division of Culture with assistance from the NJ Historical Commission, Department of State.
Continued on following page
Food & Dining
Nouveau Festival, Crossing
Vineyards and Winery, 1853
Wrightstown Road, Washington
Crossing, PA, 215-493-6500.
www.crossingvineyards.com.
Karen Rodriguez Latin Jazz from
1 to 5 p.m. Wine tastings by the
glass or bottle available for purchase. Noon to 6 p.m.
Farmers’ Market
Winter Farmers Market, Slow
Food Central New Jersey,
Vaughn Drive Parking Lot,
Princeton Junction Train Station,
609-577-5113. www.slowfoodcentralnj.org. Cheese, bread, apple cider, mushrooms, baked
goods, potatoes, squash, greens,
and sweets. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Women’s Wellness Day, Heart to
Hearts, Inc., ETS, Carter and
Rosedale roads, Princeton, 609689-3131. www.hearttohearts.org. Health screening, Reiki and
reflexology sessions, chair massages, talks about sleep apnea,
body image, thyroid issues, and
27
“Dedicated to Quality and Service”
Dr. Mary E. Boname
Optometric Physician
TPA Cert #27OMO0032100
LIC #0A 5298
Family Eye Care
Quality Eye Wear
Benedict A. Fazio
Dispensing Optician
#D 1640
Call or
Stop by
Today
to Try
a Pair for
Yourself.
www.mecnj.com
Mon 10AM - 8PM • Tues CLOSED
Wed. & Thurs 10AM - 7PM
Fri 10AM- 6PM • SAT 9AM - 3PM
1325 Route 206 Suite 24, Skillman, NJ 08558 • Appointments Not Always Necessary • 609-279-0005
28
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
November 20
Chinese Accupressure
& Professional Massage
c Herbal
Foot Medicine
rub, Foot Rub
c Foot Massage, Reflexology
c Deep Tissue Technique
c Truly Relieves Pain and Fatigue
c Back
Gift
Certificates
Available
164 Nassau St., 2nd floor, Princeton, NJ
609-252-9900 • cell 718-813-3827
Open 7 days a week 10am - 10pm - No appointment needed!
Continued from preceding page
T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Plainsboro
Public Library, 9 Van Doren
Street, 609-275-2897. lmxac.org/plainsboro. Demonstration, discussion, and beginner lesson presented by Todd Tieger. Bring soft,
thin-soled shoes and comfortable
clothing. Free. 10 a.m.
Breathwork Workshop, Volition
Wellness Solutions, 842 State
Road, Princeton, 609-688-8300.
www.volitionwellness.com.
Breathing, meditation, and personal healing with Jane Martin
and Pat Czeto. Register. $99. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Meditation Group, Mercer Free
School, Lawrence Community
Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing
Road, Lawrence, 609-456-6821.
Bring a yoga mat or towel. Register. Free. 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Healing Journey Through Art,
Planet Apothecary, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 732-406-6865.
www.planetapothecary.com.
Gallery, discussion, and reception
in conjunction with photographic
art of Frank DiGiovanni. Register.
Free. 7 to 9 p.m.
History
Colonial Harvest Day, Washington Crossing State Park, Johnson Ferry House, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road,
Titusville, 609-737-2515. English
Harvest feast meal prepared by
Susan McLellan Plaisted of Heart
to Hearth Cookery. Cider pressing, corn shucking, wool spinning.
Hot and cold cider. Free. 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Fireside Chat, The Meadows
Foundation, Van Wickle House,
1289 Easton Avenue, Somerset,
732-249-6770. www.themeadowsfoundation.org. Donald J.
Peck, author of “The Spirited
War,” talks about ghosts he discovered in historical research
about early New Jersey. Books
will be available for sale ($20) and
booksigning. Register. $10. 2
p.m.
Kids Stuff
Central Jersey Chess Tournament, Hyatt Place, 3565 Route
1, West Windsor. www.njchess.com. Open to kindergarten to 8th
graders of all levels. All players
receive a medal or trophy. Register online, $30; on site, $40. 1 to 4
p.m.
For Families
Oldtime Auction, Howell Living
History Farm, Valley Road, off
Route 29, Titusville, 609-7373299. www.howellfarm.org. Silent
and live barn auction features
tools, household items, collectibles, books, theater tickets,
farm products, items by the farms
blacksmiths, restoration carpenters, bakers, and sewing guild.
Benefit for purchase of period furnishings for the house, which is
undergoing a restoration. 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Anime! Manga!, Cotsen Children’s Library, East Pyne Hall,
Princeton University, 609-2582697. www.princeton.edu. Artist
Mengsi Chen will sketch visitors
into original manga characters.
Screening of Hayao Miyazaki’s
film, “Howl’s Moving Castle.” For
ages 8 and up. Free. 2 to 5 p.m.
Family Theater
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sourland Hills Actors Guild, Montgomery High School, 1016 Route
601, Skillman, 609-240-4693.
sourlandhills.org. Musical adaptation of Ian Fleming’s book and the
film with a cast of 75 actors,
singers, and dancers. $10. 7 p.m.
Lectures
Networking Group, St. Gregory
the Great Church, 4620 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square. Support in the job search process. Email [email protected] for
information. 8:15 to 10:30 a.m.
Engaged Retirement, Princeton
Senior Resource Center,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Street, 609-924-7108.
Explore your options and develope your plan in a workshop.
Register. 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Live Music
Richie Cole, Candlelight
Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton. 3 to 7 p.m.
Paige Stewart, Blue Rooster
Cafe, 17 North Main Street, Cranbury, 609-235-7539. www.blueroosterbakery.com. The Great
American Songbook. 6 to 9 p.m.
Darla Rich Quintet, Hopewell
Bistro, 15 East Broad Street,
Hopewell, 609-466-9889. www.hopewellvalleybistro.com. 7 to
9:30 p.m.
Carole Lynne and Pat Pratico,
Jester’s Cafe, 233 Farnsworth
Screen Time: Ellis
Paul, whose music
has been featured in
the movies ‘Shallow
Hal’ and ‘Me, Myself,
and Irene,’ appears
Saturday, November
20, at Concerts at the
Crossing in Titusville.
609-510-6278.
Avenue, Bordentown, 609-2989963. www.jesterscafe.net. Register. 7 to 10 p.m.
My Life on the Bench, Salon 33,
33 Chestnut Street, Princeton,
609-720-0098. Musical biography
of Randy Dreyer, piano teacher,
organist, and church musician.
Pot luck dinner. Register by Email to [email protected]. Free-will
donation. 7 p.m.
3-26 Rodney & Eva, Grover’s
Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Rock jam. 8 p.m.
Kirtan, Integral Yoga Institute
Princeton, 613 Ridge Road,
Monmouth Junction, 732-2742410. www.iyiprinceton.com. Arjun Baba. Register. $15. 8 to 10
p.m.
Off the Record, It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. Acoustic pop
folk. 8 to 10 p.m.
Richard Catenacci’s 70th Birthday Show, Bob Egan’s New
Hope, Ramada Hotel, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, PA,
215-794-7716. www.bobegansnewhope.com. Food and drink
minimum. Register. $25 plus $15
food or drink minimum. 8:30 p.m.
Schools
Open House, The Lewis School,
53 Bayard Lane, Princeton, 609924-8120. www.lewisschool.org.
Open house for alternative education program for learning different students with language-based
learning difficulties related to
dyslexia, attention deficit, and auditory processing. Pre-K to college preparatory levels. Summer
study available. 10 a.m.
What’s in Store
Warehouse Book Sale, JR Trading Company, 34 Stouts Lane,
Monmouth Junction, 732-3293500. www.jrtradingbooks.com.
Adult paperbacks and hardcover,
fiction, non-fiction, craft, cookbooks, and books for children. 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Factory Sale, Ana Designs, 1 Ott
Street, Trenton, 609-394-0300.
www.fivestripes.com. Candles,
tapers, and pillars overstocks. Also other signature striped items.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Book Sale, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road,
East Windsor, 609-448-4129.
$1.50, hardcover; 50 cents to $1,
paperback; and DVDs, CDs,
comics, and books on tape for
children, young adults, and
adults. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Singles
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.
For Seniors
Exploring Options: A Multicultural, Multigenerational Day of
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Opportunities
Audition
Somerset Valley Players has
auditions for “The Velveteen Rabbit” on Monday and Tuesday, December 13 and 14, at 7 p.m. Need
three men, ages 20 to 45 plus; two
women, ages 25 to 40 plus; and
children 10 and up. Call 908-3697469 or visit www.svptheatre.org
for location and appointment.
Paper Mill Playhouse has its
annual coat drive during the run of
“Les Miserables,” Friday, November 19 to Thursday, December 30.
The winter coats benefit at-risk
men, women, children, and infants
in New Jersey through Jersey
Cares. Bring to the theater lobby at
22 Brookside Drive in Millburn.
Call 973-376-4343 or visit
www.papermill.org.
Good Causes
For Book Clubs
Enable links the needs of individuals with disabilities and their
families with people in the community who can respond to special holiday requests and needs. The nonprofit agency serves individuals in
the central New Jersey region with
its annual holiday gift drive and is
seeking individuals, families, and
organizations to help with the 2010
holiday gift drive. Please volunteer
to purchase gifts, collect food, make
a monetary donation, and wrap
presents. Call 609-987-5003, ext.
124 or E-mail [email protected].
PEAC Health & Fitness is collecting new, unwrapped toys for
Toys for Tots. Collection will run
from Saturdays, November 20 to
December 11. Bring a toy for ages
newborn to 16 to be distributed to
children in Mercer and Bucks
counties. 1440 Lower Ferry Road,
Ewing. Call 609-883-2000 or visit
www.peachealthfitness.com.
George Street Playhouse invites book clubs and individuals to
participate in discussions about
“The Subject Was Roses,” a
Pulitzer Prize winning drama
scheduled to be on stage in the theater Tuesday, February 8 to Sunday, March 6. $56.50 includes a
ticket to see a performance, the acting edition script of “The Subject
Was Roses,” a study guide, and a
discussion with a member of the
staff. People may participate on
their own and attend the Tuesday,
February 15 performance. Call
Michelle 732-846-2895, ext. 134,
or E-mail [email protected].
Discovery, South Brunswick
Aging in Place, South Brunswick
Senior Center, 540 Ridge Road,
Monmouth Junction, 732-3057079. www.aginginplacepartnership.org. Demonstrations, food,
prizes, exhibits, vendors, round
table discussions, and panel presentations to explore health and
wellness, home maintenance,
quality of life, and access to transportation. The goal is for senior
citizens to remain in the home of
their choice with the lifestyle they
desire. Register. Free. 10 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
chestra. $10. 2 p.m. See story
page 34.
Queen Christina in Rome, Dryden Ensemble, Miller Chapel,
Princeton Theological Seminary,
609-466-8541. www.drydenensemble.org. The saga of the
Swedish queen who gave up her
throne for music, art, and religion
in Rome. With actors Roberta
Maxwell and Paul Hecht. $35. 3
p.m.
Benefit Concert, Princeton Girlchoir, Trinity Cathedral, 801
West State Street, Trenton, 609688-1888. www.princetongirlchoir.org. “Children Making a Difference” features the Girlchoir’s
Grace Notes and Semi Tones
along with the Training Chorus of
the Trenton Children’s Chorus in
concert to benefit the scholarship
funds of the Trenton’s Children’s
Chorus and the Trenton Community Music School. Free-will donation. 3 p.m.
Chamber Choir, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson
Auditorium, 609-258-5000. www.princeton.edu/utickets. “Chansons Francaises” celebrates
French choral music separated
by some 400 years. $5. 3 p.m.
Westminster Kantorei, Westminster Conservatory, Bristol
Chapel, Princeton, 609-9212663. www.rider.edu. “O Dolorosa Gioia,” a program of Italian
madrigals. Andrew Megill conducts. $20. 3 p.m.
Also, Westminster Jubilee
Singers/ “A Time of Gratitude,” a
program of jazz and sacred music
vespers. J. Donald Dumpson
conducts. Guests include Trudy
Pitts on piano and Brian Le Nair
on saxophone. $20. 7:30 p.m.
Sports
Princeton Football, Princeton
Stadium, 609-258-3538. Dartmouth. 1 p.m.
Princeton Hockey, Baker Rink,
609-258-4849. www.goprincetontigers.com. Dartmouth. $10. 4
p.m.
Trenton Devils Hockey, Sun National Bank Center, 609-5999500. www.TrentonDevils.com.
Elmira Jackals. $11-$29. 7 p.m.
Sunday
November 21
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Wine and Music
Nouveau Festival, Crossing
Vineyards and Winery, 1853
Wrightstown Road, Washington
Crossing, PA, 215-493-6500.
www.crossingvineyards.com.
Cafe Duo perform on flute and accordion from 1 to 5 p.m. Wine
tastings by the glass and bottle
available. Noon to 6 p.m.
Classical Music
Carillon Concert, Princeton University, 88 College Road West,
Princeton, 609-258-3654. www.princeton.edu. Concert on the
fifth largest carillon in the country.
Free. 1 p.m.
Flora, Mason Gross School of
the Arts, Nicholas Music Center,
85 George Street, New Brunswick, 732-932-7511. www.masongross.rutgers.edu. English
ballad opera featuring Musica
Raritana Period Instrument Or-
Available
Mercer County Community
College announced the 2010 issue
of “Kelsey Review,” an arts journal
published annually. This year’s is-
Pop Music
Omega Sound Fix Electronic
Music Festival, Alfa Art Gallery,
108 Church Street, New Brunswick, 732-296-7270. www.alfaart.org. Sonic Architecture unveiled by electronic composers
and human-robot band. Composers include Richard Lainhard
and Philippe Petit with Octant, a
one-man band. $6. 4 p.m.
Art
Art Show, End of the Row, Rock
and Stymiest roads, Lambertville,
609-397-2895. Visit the 1840s
farmhouse with four fireplaces
and a bread oven restored in
sues features submissions by 17
writers, artists, and photographers
who live or work in Mercer County. Copies are available in all
branches of the county’s public libraries. The deadline for submission for the 2011 edition is Sunday,
May 15. Visit www.mccc.edu or Email [email protected] for
information.
U.S. 1
Helping our Patients Return
to a Full & Active Life
St. Lawrence Rehabilitation
Center is a comprehensive
physical rehabilitation hospital
that offers all the therapies and
specialty medical programs
you need to help you to return
to a full and active life.
• 166-bed facility dedicated
solely to physical
rehabilitation
• Acute, Subacute and Brain
Injury rehabilitation located
within one facility
• Board certified physiatrists,
physicians specializing
in physical medicine
and rehabilitation, direct
all rehabilitation programs
• State-of-the-art 23,000 sq. ft.
Outpatient Health Center
Volunteer Please
New Jersey Blood Services
seeks volunteers to work blood
drives. Tasks include assisting
donors with registration, escorting
and canteen duties, and watch for
post donation reactions. Call R. Jan
Zepka at 732-616-8741 or E-mail
[email protected].
St. Lawrence
Rehabilitation Center
2381 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-2024
fax 609-844-0648
www.slrc.org
Trip
Jewish Historical Society of
Central Jersey has a trip to New
York City on Tuesday, November
30. Tour includes Hebrew Union
College for a curated tour of “A
Stitch in Jewish Time: Provocative
Textile”; and the Jewish Museum
to view “Houdini: Art and Magic.”
Lunch is at Cafe Weissman, a
kosher restaurant in the museum.
$55 includes the bus trip, museum
admission, and tours. Call Deborah
Cohen at 732-249-4894 for information and reservation.
1994. Works by Piroska Toth, felter; Sally Stand, jeweler; Judy Tobie, paper vessels; Deborah Cyr,
fabric collage; Jeanne Walton,
clothing; Chris Darway, sculpture
to wear; Martha MulfordDreswick, basket maker; Hanneke deNeve, children’s clothing
and knits; Amy Whitney, majolica
pots, wool duvets, and roving;
and Annelies van Dommelen,
archival heirloom boxes and
paintings. Ongoing demonstrations of basket making, spinning,
and knitting. Cider, donuts, and
homemade soup available. 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Handcrafted Holiday Gift Show,
Artists of Yardley, AOY Art Center, 949 Mirror Lake Road, Yardley, PA, 215-860-7877. www.artistsofyardley.org. Artisans
present unique gifts and crafts including jewelry, ceramics, art
prints, photography, and home
decor. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Ellarslie, Trenton
City Museum, Cadwalader Park,
609-989-3632. www.ellarslie.org.
“Teachers Tales” presented by
three long-time teachers at Trenton Central High School, Sam
Davis, administration; Greg Gunzelman, science; and Jack Washington, history. They will share
stories from the classroom, the
gym, the cafeteria, and the halls.
In conjunction with “Trenton High
Through the Years,” an exhibit
showcasing the history of Trenton
High School from 1874. On view
to December 30. 2 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Sycamore Place
Gallery, 35 Sycamore Place,
Kingston, 609-720-0277. Chinese
brush paintings by Wen-Hua Shui
of Plainsboro, Kyung-ah Kim of
Princeton, Anna Tang Hu of
Kendall Park, and Yi-Tien Yang of
Hillsborough featuring flowers,
birds, animals, and landscapes. 2
to 5 p.m.
Gallery Tour, Friends of the
Princeton University Library,
Firestone Library, 609-258-3155.
www.fpul.org. Curator, Alan Stahl,
presents a gallery tour of “Money
on Paper: Bank Notes, and Related Graphic Arts from the Collections of Vsevolod Onyshkevych
and Princeton University,” Milberg
Gallery. On view to January 3. 3
p.m.
Continued on following page
29
609-896-9500
Princeton • Morristown • Sparta • Shrewsbury
Photographic A rt
Variations
on Sol Lewitt
Larry Parsons
Amazing Colors
Rhoda Kassof-Isaac
Fireworks No. 2, Rhoda Kassof-Isaac
November 19 - December 19
Opening Reception
November 19, 6 - 8:30 PM
Meet the Photographers,
Sunday, November 21
1-3 PM
In the
Jay Goodkind Room:
Boxers, Ed Greenblat
Black Star, Larry Parsons
dD
609-333-8511
14 Mercer Street • Hopewell, NJ • Saturday & Sunday • 12 - 5
www.photogallery14.com
30
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
November 21
Continued from preceding page
Also, Gallery Tour, Princeton
University, Curator, John Delaney, presents a gallery tour of
the exhibit, “Strait Through: From
Magellan to Cook & the Pacific,” a
documentation of the story and
drama of the exploration of the
Pacific Ocean that followed the
discovery of the Strait of Magellan. Rare historic maps include
the first printed map to name the
Pacific Ocean from 1540, the first
printed map devoted to the Pacific Ocean from 1589, and the first
printed chart of the whole Pacific
Ocean from 1650. On view Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
through January 2. 3 p.m.
Full Moon Tour and Dinner at
Rat’s Restaurant, Grounds For
Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road,
Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.groundsforsculpture.org. Threecourse dinner for two followed by
group tour lit by the full moon.
Register. $55 per person. 7 p.m.
Dance
Alborada Spanish Dance Theater, Kelsey Theater, Mercer
County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. “El Sueno”
(The Dream) based on the Nutcracker. $15. 7:30 p.m.
On Stage
Wills & Estate Planning
Mary Ann Pidgeon
Pidgeon & Pidgeon, PC
Attorney, LLM in Taxation
600 Alexander Road
Princeton
609-520-1010
www.pidgeonlaw.com
Les Miserables, Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn,
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. United States premiere of the
25th anniversary production of
the musical based on the 1862
novel by Victor Hugo about romance, revolution, and redemption. The all new production featuring new staging and reimagined scenery inspired by Victor
Hugo’s paintings begins its national tour in January. Lawrence
Clayton portrays the fugitive Jean
Valjean with Andrew Varela as
Javert. $25 to $92. 1:30 and 7
p.m.
Hello Dolly, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street,
New Hope, 215-862-2041. www.buckscountyplayhouse.com. Musical. $22. 2 p.m.
[title of show], George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7717.
www.gsponline.org. Musical comedy features Lauren Kennedy,
Tyler Maynard, Susan Mosher,
and Seth Rudetsky. $29.50 to
$79.50. 2 and 7 p.m.
Annie Get Your Gun, Kelsey
Theater, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Musical. $16. 2 p.m.
The Jameson Project, Mason
Gross School of the Arts, Jameson Theater, Jones Avenue, New
Brunswick, 732-932-7511. www.masongross.rutgers.edu. Alternative, student-run theater. $15. 2
p.m.
Boys’ Life, Mercer County Community College, Studio Theater,
Communications Building, 1200
Old Trenton Road, West Windsor,
609-570-3524. Howard Korder’s
Pulitzer Prize-nominated black
comedy about coming of age.
$14. 2 p.m.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Villagers Theater, 475 DeMott
Lane, Somerset, 732-873-2210.
www.villagerstheatre.com. Musical. Through November 21. $18.
2 p.m.
Autumn Tales, Bimah Players,
Monroe Township Jewish Center,
11 Cornell Avenue, 732-2511119. bimahplayers.org. Staged
reading of humorous and scary
ghost stories by Charles Dickens,
Thomas Hardy, and others. Register. $10. 3 and 7:30 p.m.
Old Wicked Songs, Bristol
Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. Pulitzer Prize
nominated drama by Jon Marans
features the music of Robert
Schumann. $31 and up. 3 p.m.
The Crucible, Playhouse 22, 715
Cranbury Road, East Brunswick,
732-254-3939. www.playhouse22.org. Drama. $20. 3 p.m.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Raritan Valley Community College, Route 28, North Branch,
908-725-3420. www.rvccarts.edu. Shakespeare’s comedy. $22
and $27. 7 p.m.
Literati
Tellabration, Garden State Storytellers League, Hamilton Library, 1 Municipal Drive, 609-4990107. Storytelling event for adults
and young adults benefit the
Patrick S. Biddulph Leukemia
Foundation and Hamilton Library
Trust Fund. Workshop and concert, $20. Reservations suggestions. 1 p.m.
Poetry Series, South Brunswick
Library, 110 Kingston Lane,
Monmouth Junction, 732-3294000. www.sbpl.info. Edwin
Romond and Burt Kimmelman
read. Donations of non-perishable foods for the food pantry are
invited. 2 to 4 p.m.
Good Causes
Walking Tour, D&R Canal Watch,
Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader
Park, Trenton, 609-462-5368.
www.canalwatch.org. Two-mile
walk to learn about the history of
the canal, the neighborhoods
alongside it, and challenges now
faced by the waterway. Car shuttles back from Battle Monument
Park available. Rain cancels
event. Free. 9 a.m.
Comedy Clubs
Judy Gold, Bob Egan’s New
Hope, Ramada Hotel, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, PA,
215-794-7716. Food and drink
minimum. Register. $30 plus $15
food or drink minimum. 7:30 p.m.
Craft Fairs
Crafters’ Marketplace, YWCA
Princeton, John Witherspoon
School, Walnut Lane, Princeton,
609-497-2100. www.ywcaprinceton.org. The annual juried craft
show showcasing more than 140
professional artisans from the
Northeast exhibiting original
handmade jewelry, pottery, clothing and other gift items. Cafe
lunch and homemade baked
goods. Proceeds benefit the
Pearl Bates Scholarship fund. No
strollers. Handicapped-accessible. $6. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Faith
Giving, Caring, and Sharing,
Jewish Community Center, Rider University, 2883 Lawrence
Road, Lawrenceville, 609-2199550. www.jcctoday.org. Family
fun for all ages with mahjong,
poker, canasta; concert presented by children from area synagogues; Lisa Garwood shares
stories about acts of kindness; Israeli dancing with Rak-Dan;
Chanukah concert with Yosi; shop
for gifts, candles, and dreidels,
and donate change; and reunite
with camp friends. Bring household and personal products to donate. Volunteer to make phone
calls for the annual federation
campaign telethon. 2 to 5 p.m.
Thanksgiving Ecumenical Worship Service, Hamilton Baptist
Church, Memorial Baptist
Church, 17 Highland Avenue,
Yardville, 609-587-8585. Canned
food collection for the Hamilton
food bank. 7 p.m.
Musical Meditation, Krishna
Leela Center, 13 Briardale Court,
Plainsboro, 609-716-9262. www.krishnaleela.org. Group meditation, chanting, and discussion.
7:30 to 8:15 p.m.
Food & Dining
Nouveau Festival, Crossing
Vineyards and Winery, 1853
Wrightstown Road, Washington
Crossing, PA, 215-493-6500.
37th annual
crafters’ marketplace
a premier, juried show of contemporary crafts and fine art
november 20 & 21
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm
adults $6
seniors (62+) $5
age 16-6 $5 under 6 free
Family Day! seniors (62+) $5
adults $6
under 16 free
John Witherspoon Middle School
217 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ
no strollers please by order of the fire marshal
www.craftersmarketplace.org
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
31
At the Movies
Princeton Library
Films for Foodies, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Screening of
“Waitress.” Mediterra offers special menu items based on the theme
of the film. Register. Tuesday, November 23, 6 p.m.
Mainstream Movies
Confirm titles with theaters.
Conviction. Hilary Swank in
drama determined to free her
brother from prison. Multiplex, Regal.
Due Date. Comedy with Robert
Downey Jr. AMC, Destinta, Garden, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Fair Game. Action with Naomi
Watts and Sean Penn. AMC, Montgomery, Regal.
For Colored Girls. Drama with
Janet Jackson. AMC, Destinta,
MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
The Girl Who Kicked the
Hornet’s Nest. Luftslottet som
sprangdes. Montgomery.
Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows: Part I. Daniel Radcliff
returns in title role for the first half
of the last book in the series. Opens
Thursday, November 18. AMC,
Garen, Multiplex, Regal.
Hereafter. Sci-fi thriller with
Matt Damon. AMC, MarketFair,
Multiplex.
Inside Job. Matt Damon stars in
documentary about the financial
meltdown of 2008. Montgomery.
Jackass 3D. Comedy sequel
with Johnny Knoxville. AMC, Regal.
www.crossingvineyards.com.
Cafe Duo perform on flute and accordion from 1 to 5 p.m. Wine
tastings by the glass and bottle
available. Noon to 6 p.m.
Dummies Guide to Wine
Tasting, Crossing Vineyards
and Winery, 1853 Wrightstown
Road, Washington Crossing, PA,
215-493-6500. www.crossingvineyards.com. Wine, cheese,
fruit, and instructions for savoring
the flavors. Register. $30. 2 p.m.
Fourth Anniversary Celebration,
Valley Wine & Spirits, Hopewell
Crossing, 800 R Denow Road,
Pennington, 609-730-1119.
www.valleywinespirits.com. More
than 30 wine selections for tasting, blind tasting with prizes, food
catered by Piccolo, Vietnamese
delicacies, and mingle with fellow
wine enthusiasts. Register. $20. 5
to 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Raja Yoga, Integral Yoga of
Princeton, 613 Ridge Road,
Monmouth Junction, 732-2742410. www.integralyogaprinceton.org. Presented by
Wendy and Ron. Register. $10.
10 a.m. to noon.
Caregiver Symposium, Jewish
Community Center, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road,
Lawrenceville, 609-883-5391.
www.jcctoday.org. “Taking Care
of Yourself and Your Loved Ones”
presented in conjunction with
Greenwood House. Bagel breakfast. Register. Free. 10 a.m. to
noon.
Yoga, Onsen For All, 4451 Route
27, Princeton, 609-924-4800.
www.onsenforall.com. Gentle yoga class, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Multi-level class, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Register. $15 each. 10:30
a.m.
History
Civil War and Native American
Museum, Camp Olden, 2202
Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609-585-
Life as We Know It. Comedy
with Katherine Heigl and Josh
Duhamel. AMC, Regal.
Mao’s Last Dancer. Drama
based on Li Cunxin’s autobiography. Montgomery.
Megamind. Animated action
comedy. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Morning Glory. Comedy with
Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, and
Rachel McAdams. AMC, Destinta,
Garden, MarketFair, Montgomery,
Multiplex, Regal.
Paranormal Activity 2. Suspenseful sequel. AMC, Destinta,
Multiplex, Regal.
Red. Thriller with Bruce Willis.
AMC, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Saw: The Final Chapter.
Bloody violence. AMC, Destinta,
Regal.
Secretariat. Biopic about the
1973 Triple Crown winner stars
Diane Lane and John Malkovich.
AMC, Multiplex, Regal.
Skyline. Eric Balfour and Scottie Thompson star in film about an
extraterrestrial force in Los Angeles. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair,
Multiplex, Regal.
The Social Network. Biopic
about Mark Zuckerberg, the cofounder of Facebook. AMC, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
Stone. Robert De Niro, Edward
Norton, and Milla Jovovich in action film about jail and parole.
Montgomery, Multiplex.
The Town. Romantic thriller
with Ben Affleck and Rebecca
Hill. AMC.
Unstoppable. Denzel Washington and Rosario Dawson in thriller
about a freight train. AMC, Destinta, MarketFair, Multiplex, Regal.
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.
Walking Tour, Historical Society
of Princeton, Bainbridge House,
158 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Two-hour walking tour
of downtown Princeton and
Princeton University includes stories about the early history of
Princeton, the founding of the
University, and the American
Revolution. $7; $4 for ages 6 to
12. 2 to 4 p.m.
For Families
Family Program, Fernbrook
Farms, 142 Bordentown Georgetown Road, Chesterfield, 609298-4028. www.fernbrookfarms.com. Holiday craft making for
kids. Supplies and a snack included. Register. $20. 1 to 3 p.m.
Rapunzel, Waldorf School, 1062
Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, 609466-1970. www.princetonwaldorf.org. Folk Tale Puppet
Troupe presents program. Register. $5. 2 p.m.
Family Theater
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sourland Hills Actors Guild, Montgomery High School, 1016 Route
601, Skillman, 609-240-4693.
www.sourlandhills.org. Musical
adaptation of Ian Fleming’s book
and the film with a cast of 75 area
singers, actors, and dancer. $10.
2 p.m.
The Passing Zone, State
Theater, 15 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7469.
www.StateTheatreNJ.org. Family
show with jugglers Jon Wee and
Owen Morse includes comedy
and stunts. $15 to $35. 3 p.m.
Enjoy a Pomegranate or Fuji Apple Body Scrub
Tues, Wed, Thurs, Nov 16-24
Easy as Pie:
‘Waitress’ screens on
Tuesday, November
23, at Princeton
Public Library.
609-924-8822.
As a 30 minute add-on to any service for $35.00
Or a 45 minute stand-alone service for $45.00
Scrub is finished with a yummy Fall Fuji Apple lotion application!
Call 609-924-4800
❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄
Give the Gift of Wellness this Holiday Season
Gift Cards available for Massage, Facials, Body Treatments,
Waxing, Soaks, and Classes.
Waiting for Superman. Documentary about public education.
Montgomery.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark
Stranger. Woody Allen film focuses on couples and their anxieties. Montgomery, Multiplex.
Venues
AMC Hamilton 24 Theaters, 325
Sloan Avenue , I-295 Exit 65-A, 609890-8307.
Destinta, Independence Plaza,
264 South Broad Street, Hamilton,
609-888-4500.
Garden Theater, 160 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-683-7595.
MarketFair-UA, Route 1 South,
West Windsor, 609-520-8700.
Montgomery Center Theater,
Routes 206 and 518, Rocky Hill,
609-924-7444.
Multiplex Cinemas Town Center
Plaza, 319 Route 130 North, East
Windsor, 609-371-8472.
Regal Theaters, Route 1 South,
New Brunswick, 732-940-8343.
Lectures
Werner Lecture Fund, Beth El
Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream
Road, East Windsor, 609-4434454. “Chanukah Donuts: A Finger Licking Good Cooking Class.”
$10. 9:30 a.m.
Benefit, New Jersey Future, Morven Museum and Garden, 55
Stockton Street, Princeton, 609393-0008. www.njfuture.org.
Honoree is Ingrid Reed, a founding member, who recently completed three years as chair of the
board and will soon begin as the
organization’s inaugural senior
fellow. Cocktail reception. Festive
attire. Register. $100. 2 to 4 p.m.
Live Music
Larry Tritel and Guy DeRosa,
Thomas Sweet Ice Cream, 1330
Route 206, Skillman, 609-4302828. Guitar, harmonica, and vocals. 1 to 3 p.m.
Rainbow Fresh, John & Peter’s,
96 South Main Street, New Hope,
215-862-5981. 9:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Six Years of Mars Rovers and
the Search for Life in 3-D,
Washington Crossing State
Park, Visitor Center, Titusville,
609-737-0609. Multimedia presentation on our solar system and
planetary exploration presented
by Ken Kremer, NASA ambassador. 1:30 p.m.
Politics
COAH Rules, Princeton Community Democratic Organization, Suzanne Patterson Center,
1 Monument Place, Princeton,
609-647-7961. Adam Gordon of
Fair Share Housing Center of
Cherry Hills, speaks about a new
housing bill proposed and the recent court rejection of COAH
rules. 7:30 p.m.
Continued on following page
Onsen for All, Onsen for You
❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄ ❄
609-924-4800 - www.onsenforall.com - [email protected]
Onsen for All - 4451 Route 27 at Raymond Road. - Princeton, NJ 08540
Wed 11/24 10am-4pm, Closed Thanksgiving Day, Friday 11/26 8am-9pm,
Sat 11/27 9am-7pm, Sun 11/28 9am-6pm
The
Montgomery
NewsPaperA Hometown
Serving
Montgomery Township and Rocky Hill
Get your message into every home in Montgomery
and Rocky Hill on our new website,
www.montynews.com
Call Us to find out how!
Circulation: 20,400
email: [email protected]
908-874-0020
2106 Rte. 206
Belle Mead, NJ 08502
Children & Adults Welcome
MUSIC
LESSONS
• piano
• guitar • drums
• violin
• voice
• clarinet • sax
• flute
• trumpet
PRINCETON: 609-924-8282
★ NEW LOCATION ★
947 RT. 206, SUITE 204 (NEXT TO AUDI DEALER)
5 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN • FREE PARKING
www.farringtonsmusic.com
32
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
00
Complete
Musicianship
at
the Piano
for All Ages & Stages
-29
1
-92
43
45
9
60 g
•
NJ .or
n, ano
o
st pi
ng sms
i
K n
7 • ww.
2
. w
Rt
REGISTER NOW
FOR WINTER
Register
Now for Fall Classes!
CLASSES!
Complete musicianship
at the piano for all ages
and stages
Now Offering
Early Childhood
Music and Movement
Classes for Newborns
through Age 6.
A Division of the Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy
The New School for Music Study maintains
a totally non-discriminatory admissions policy.
Recession-Proof Your Business!
Reduce Office Costs!
• All work supervised by CPA/Certified
Quickbooks Pro Advisor
• Professional Bookkeeper Personally
Assigned to EACH Client
• Personal Record Keeping
and Bill Paying Services Available
609-9
989-1
1450
[email protected]
www.bookkeepersplus.com
November 21
Continued from preceding page
What’s in Store
Farm and Flea Market, Princeton
Elks, 354 Route 518, Blawenburg,
908-240-9694. Tables available,
$10. E-mail [email protected]
for information. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Singles
Spiritual Singles Group, Center
for Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Discussion and social night for singles on a spiritual path. Register.
$22. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Monday
November 22
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Decorate Someone
Else’s House
Deck the Halls Night, Yardley
Historical Association, Old Library, 46 West Afton Avenue,
215-493-6625. The community is
invited to hang ornaments,
greens, and holly. 6 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Popular Music Colloquium,
Princeton University Concerts,
Woolworth Music Center, 609258-5000. www.princeton.edu/utickets. “The Incredible Slightness of Being: 1970s Disco” presented by Alice Echols, University
of Southern California. 4:30 p.m.
Pop Music
Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony
Chorus, Plainsboro Library, 9
Van Doren Street, Plainsboro,
732-236-6803. New members are
welcome. 7:15 p.m.
Food & Dining
Happy Hour, Tre Bar, Tre Piani
Restaurant, Forrestal Village,
Plainsboro, 609-452-1515. www.trepiani.com. $5 pasta. Drink specials. 5 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Look Good, Feel Better Workshop, St. Francis Medical Center, 601 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton, 800-227-2345. www.stfrancismedical.com. For women
who are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Program presents beauty techniques
that help combat the appearancerelated side effects of cancer
treatment. Register with American Cancer Society. Free. 6:30 to
8:30 p.m.
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Cognitive Therapy
Programs, Princeton Center for
Yoga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Skillman, 609-9247294. www.princetonyoga.com.
Introduction to the eight-week
two-hour class format includes information about mindful meditation, yoga, and awareness. Register. Free. 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Lectures
Mario Vargas Llosa and Paul
Muldoon, Princeton University,
50 McCosh Hall, 609-258-1500.
www.princeton.edu/arts. “Roger
Casement, the Congo, Ireland,
and Latin America,” a conversation between Llosa, a Nobel laureate in literature, and Muldoon, a
Pulitzer Prize winning poet. Free.
4:30 p.m.
Singles
Coffee and Conversation,
Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Coffee,
tea, soup, sandwich, or dessert.
Register at www.meetup.com/-
Princeton-Area-Singles-Network.
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday
November 23
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Namaste
Yoga for Beginners, Onsen For
All, 4451 Route 27, Princeton,
609-924-4800. www.onsenforall.com. Basic instruction for those
who are new to yoga or have
practiced only with a DVD. Register. $15. 6 to 7 p.m.
Classical Music
Carillon Concert, Princeton University, 88 College Road West,
Princeton, 609-258-3654. www.princeton.edu. Concert on the
fifth largest carillon in the country.
Free. 6:30 p.m.
Pop Music
Barbershop Chorus, Princeton
Garden Statesmen, Plainsboro
Library, 9 Van Doren Street,
Plainsboro, 609-799-8218. www.princetongardenstatesmen.com.
Men of all ages and experience
levels are invited to sing in fourpart harmony. The non-profit organization presents at numerous
charities. Free. 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Friends of the
Princeton University Library,
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, 609-258-3155. www.fpul.org. “John F. Kennedy: From Old
Nassau to the New Frontier” featuring objects, photographs, and
documents created during
Kennedy’s time as a Princeton
student and throughout his political career. On view to January 31.
9 a.m.
Visual Arts Lecture Series,
Princeton University, Lewis
Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609-
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
SINGLES
MEN SEEKING WOMEN
MEN SEEKING WOMEN
WOMEN SEEKING MEN
DWM who’s intelligent and cultured looking for woman 50-60 who’s
young at heart and in mind. I have
many interests including the arts and the
greater world out there, am in reasonably good shape, and won’t break any
mirrors. Want someone who’s warm, attractive, supportive, and with a sense of
humor. Recent photo appreciated. Box
236197
man with a good sense of humor. I stand
5’9” and weigh 156 pounds. I love to
cook, watch movies, go to the park, and
I work out to keep in shape. If you are into a “fifty-five love” affair feel free to contact me.Box 236643
with an ad because look at it this way what can we lose? But we can gain a lot.
Box 237059
Honest, entrepreneurial SBM, 55,
5’10”, intelligent, born again, professional massage therapist for 20 years,
gentleman, physically and mentally
strong, disease and drug-free, seeks
trustworthy, respectful, non-smoker,
Japanese, Latina, black or white, romantic, send photo and phone number.
Seeking 35-45, in NJ/PA/DE, lovable,
informative for dinner, walks, quiet time,
and serious down-to-earth relaxing.
Box 237010
MYSTIQUE “It’s so good loving
someone and someone love you back”
(written by soul singer Teddy Pendergrass). With that in mind, my search begins: What a wonderful world it would be
to be in love with that special someone.
Well that is my objective, but first I must
discover her. With that being said, I wish
to attract a nice, physically fit, ebony
woman with a good sense of humor, between 35 and 45 years old. Traditional
values would be a plus, for this would
surely complement me. I am a single,
black, intelligent, humble, fun-loving
258-1500. www.princeton.edu/arts. “Free Time” presented
by Frances Stark. Free. 4:45 p.m.
On Stage
Les Miserables, Paper Mill Playhouse, Brookside Drive, Millburn,
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. United States premiere of the
25th anniversary production of
the musical based on the 1862
novel by Victor Hugo about romance, revolution, and redemption. $25 to $92. 7 p.m.
[title of show], George Street
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7717.
www.gsponline.org. Musical comedy features Lauren Kennedy,
Tyler Maynard, Susan Mosher,
and Seth Rudetsky. $29.50 to
$79.50. 8 p.m.
Film
Films for Foodies, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Screening of
“Waitress.” Mediterra offers special menu items based on the
theme of the film. Register. 6 p.m.
Dancing
Tuesday Night Folk Dance
Group, Riverside School, Princeton, 609-655-0758. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Instruction and dancing. No partner
needed. $3. 7 to 9 p.m.
Food & Dining
Dinner, Princeton Elks, 354
Route 518, Blawenburg, 609466-4945. Roast beef, potatoes,
and vegetable. $10. 6 to 9 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Aging Eye, West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road, 609799-0462. Matossian Eye Associates presents program. 11 a.m.
to noon.
Lectures
Holocaust Genocide Center,
Mercer College, West Windsor,
609-570-3324. www.mccc.edu.
Screening of “Focus,” a 2002 film
based on Arthur Miller’s book of
the same name, released in
1945. 1 p.m.
Senator Lautenberg Representative, Mercer County Connection, 957 Route 33, Hamilton,
609-890-9800. www.mercer-
WOMEN SEEKING MEN
Bored and lonely petite 60ish lady
would like a man in her life. I enjoy reading, travel, history & politics. Single
dads/grandads, pet owners OK. Box
235930.
Great Personality: Single Jewish female with red hair, blue eyes, physically
fit, and a non-smoker in her sixties is
seeking a Jewish male who is not married. Searching for a Jewish male in his
50s or 60s who is 5’9” or taller and enjoys companionship, good conversation, travel, and long drives. Hopefully,
through this newspaper, U.S. 1, we will
have a connection. In your reply, please
include your name, telephone number,
and age. Box 237016
Hi I’m a SWF early 70s from Hamilton Township and really excited about
placing a first-time ad. I’m seeking SWM
my age to share movies, day trips, different kinds of music including blue grass,
Kelsey Theatre at MCCC, eating out,
whatever activities we agree upon. I
consider myself a casual, uncomplicated person. I decided to take a chance
county.org. Discuss federal government issues including passport, immigration matters, Social
Security, and tax issues. 5 to 7
p.m.
Politics
Meeting, Republican Women of
Mercer County, Nassau Club,
Princeton. www.rwomc.org. Open
to all Republicans. 6 p.m.
Singles
Princeton Singles, Charlie
Brown’s, Route 27, Kingston,
908-874-5434. Lunch. Register.
Noon.
Pizza Night, Yardley Singles,
Vince’s, 25 South Main Street,
Yardley, 215-736-1288. www.yardleysingles.org. Register. 6
p.m.
Wednesday
November 24
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Les Miz Turns 25GimNmoicks,
e
e
ssle Fr
HaMill
Les Miserables, Paper
Playpping!
ShoMillburn,
house, Brookside Drive,
973-376-4343. www.papermill.org. United States premiere of the
25th anniversary production of
the musical based on the 1862
novel by Victor Hugo about
SetroUp
mance, revolution, and redemption. $25 to $92. 7 p.m.
Removal
U.S. 1
33
SBW likes going to the movies, working out, wants to meet a man, 45-58,
non-smoker, drug-free, trustworthy, respectful, open-minded. Box 237029
MEN SEEKING MEN
An attractive, fit, and athletic bi
white male, 49, looking to meet the
friendship of a fun, daytime workout
companion into cycling, tennis, etc.
Preferably a petite, feminine, white
male. Only replies with phone number
will be answered. Box 236768
HOW TO ORDER
Singles By Mail: To place your free
ad in this section mail it to U.S. 1, 12
Roszel Road, Princeton 08540, fax it to
609-452-0033, or E-mail it to [email protected]. Be sure to include
a physical address to which we can
send responses.
HOW TO RESPOND
How to Respond: Place your note in
an envelope, write the box number on
the envelope, and mail it with $1 cash to
U.S. 1 at the address above.
edy features Lauren Kennedy,
Tyler Maynard, Susan Mosher,
and Seth Rudetsky. $29.50 to
$79.50. 2 and 8 p.m.
CASH
Highest Price Paid
Dancing
Newcomers Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 Klockner
Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149.
www.americanballroomco.com.
$10. 7 to 9 p.m.
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction
followed by dance. $8. 7:40 to
10:30 p.m.
GOLD • DIAMONDS • SILVER
Gold Jewelry (can be damaged)
Sterling Silver Jewelry • Sterling Silver Flatware
Tea Sets • Silver Coins • Gold Coins
Dental Gold • Diamonds ¼ Carat & Up
Rolex Watches
With the Precious Metal Market
at an All-Time High, Now Is the Time to Turn
Broken Jewelry and Unwanted Items to CASH!
Good Causes
Trent Jewelers
Planned Pethood Clinic, Animal
Alliance, 1410 Route 179 North,
Lambertville, 609-818-1952.
www.animalalliancenj.org. Notfor-profit veterinary clinic. 6 to 9
p.m.
16 Edinburg Rd. at 5 Points • Mercerville, N.J.
584-8
8800
609-5
Food & Dining
Wine Tasting, Terhune
Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road,
609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com. The winery offers
seven varieties of red and white
wine. Taste five wines for $5, $8
F r eglass.
e S hNoon
e e p to 6 p.m.
with the
With every
P eMusic
rfect Sleeper
Live
Purchase
Rider Furniture
$649
Twin Set
Full Set
King Set
Fine Quality Home Furnishings at Substantial Savings
FALL EXTRAVAGANZA!
Clifford Adams Jazz Organ Trio,
The Record
Collector
Belvedere
Firm Store,
Addison
358 FarnsworthTwin
Avenue,
BordenSet
Twin Set
town, 609-324-0880.
www.theFull Set
Full Set
record-collector.com.
$15.
7
p.m.
King Set
King Set
Showcase Night, Bob Egan’s
New Hope,
Ramada
Hotel,
6426
Promise
Vera
Wang Pillow Top
Euro Top
Classical Music Crystal Vera Wang
Lower
York Road, New Hope,
Twin Set
Twin Set
PA,Full215-794-7716.
www.bobSet
Full Set
Carillon Concert, Princeton Uniegansnewhope.com.
Food and King Set
King Set
• Prints and Accessories
• Dining Room
versity, 88 College Road West,
drink minimum. Register. $20
Princeton, 609-258-3654. www.plus $15 food or drink minimum.
• Leather Furniture
• Bedroom
princeton.edu. Concert on the
8Sofa
p.m. & Recliner
• Antique Furniture
•
Occasional
fifth largest carillon in the country.
Sale
Open
Mic,
Alchemist
&
Free. 6:30 p.m.
Repair & Refinishing
• Custom Made Upholstery
Barrister,
28 Witherspoon Street,
Whole Month
Princeton,
609-924-5555. www.of
JANUARY!
On Stage
theaandb.com. 10 p.m.
Karaoke, Ivy Inn, 248 Nassau
Old Wicked Songs, Bristol
Street, Princeton, 609-462-4641.
Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe
10 p.m.
Street, Bristol, 215-785-0100.
www.brtstage.org. Pulitzer Prize
Thanksgiving Eve Dance,
Where quality still matters.
nominated drama by Jon Marans
Jester’s Cafe, 233 Farnsworth
features the music of Robert
Avenue, Bordentown, 609-2984621 Route 27, Kingston, NJ
Schumann. $31 and up. 2 and
9963. Kitchen open until 11
7:30 p.m.
p.m. 21 and up. No cover. 10
p.m.
[title of show], George Street
Monday-Friday 10-6; Saturday 10-5; Sunday 12-5
Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue,
New Brunswick, 732-246-7717.
Design
Services
Available.
www.riderfurniture.com
www.gsponline.org. Musical com-
$799
$1199
$899
$1399
It’s ALL ON SALE the Entire Month of November!
Rider Furniture
609-924-0147
34
U.S. 1
ART
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
FILM
LITERATURE
DANCE
DRAMA
MUSIC
PREVIEW
A Hot Ticket from the 18th Century, Revisited
O
pera at Rutgers’ production of “Flora” treats audiences
to an experience in time-travel.
And to an experience in space-travel, as well. The re-creation of this
ballad opera, the first opera presented in North America, takes
place in performances on Friday,
November 19, at 8 p.m., and on
Sunday, November 21, at 2 p.m., at
the Nicholas Music Center on the
Douglass College campus of Rutgers in New Brunswick. Producer
Pamela Gilmore, chief of the opera
department at Rutgers’ Mason
Gross School of the Arts, first became interested in the piece when
she attended a performance last
spring at the Dock Street Theater in
Charleston, South Carolina.
The Dock Street Theater, which
opened in 1736, is said to be the
first structure built as a theater in
the American colonies. The present
Spoleto Festival USA, an annual
spring event established in 1977,
has depended on the space for
chamber music concerts and other
events.
“Flora” was among the shows
included in the Dock’s first season
(the piece had been presented the
previous year, 1735, in the
Charleston Court Room). The popular show was a magnet during the
18th century. Over time, a complete version of the work vanished.
Soon after 1800 a hotel was built
on the site of the theater. The hotel
fell into decay after the Civil War.
In 1937 a reproduction of the original theater was built on the site. In
2007 the building closed for a
three-year renovation costing $18
million. In May, 2010, the theater
reopened and a re-creation of “Flora” was on the Spoleto Festival’s
roster.
Princeton forces, too, contributed to the “Flora” performance last spring in Spoleto. Joe
Miller, director of the Westminster
Choir of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, traveled
to Charleston to prepare the chorus. Members of the Westminster
Choir took on substantial roles in
the piece.
Rutgers’ Gilmore went to
Charleston to see the production. “I
thought it might be a vehicle that
would work for us at Rutgers,” she
says in a telephone interview from
her Manhattan home. Convinced
of its suitability she contacted
Neely Bruce, the man who put
meat on the bones of the surviving
fragments of the opera. Bruce is a
professor of music and American
studies at Wesleyan University in
Middletown, Connecticut, and a
composer.
“Bruce’s was the first recreation
of ‘Flora,’” Gilmore says. “It was
wildly popular in its day. Neely
found proof of its popularity in inventories of the personal property
of soldiers who died in the Revolutionary War. On British officers
there were statistically significant
numbers of broadsheets, giving the
lyrics for ‘Flora’s’ songs. Maybe
the officers entertained themselves
around campfires by singing.” The
by Elaine Strauss
slain members of the non-professional Continental Army were
more likely to have manuals on
how to be a soldier, Gilmore says.
“They needed to know things like
how to clean a gun.”
“Many copies of the text survive, showing minimal change
over time,” Bruce writes in the program notes to the opera. However,
the score for the opera was essentially lost. “It was a bit like trying to
make a suit of clothes with nothing
but a thread,” he told the
Charleston Post and Courier.
“Eighteen pages of single-line
melody have been turned into
about 400 pages of score,” Bruce
wrote. “In effect, I have written a
new 18th century opera.”
“The piece would have varied
from venue to venue,” Gilmore
says, “depending on the instruments and instrumentalists available. There was a theatrical circuit
at the time that went from London
to Charleston to Kingston, Jamaica. In Charleston no violas
were available in 1735. Therefore,
there are none in this performance.”
S
ince “Flora” is a ballad
opera, the tunes existed before the
words. Gilmore offers her definition of the genre. “Ballad opera
was a phenomenon of the early
18th century. The music came from
popular ballads of the day. People
knew them well. The story was
arranged around the tunes; the librettist wrote lyrics to fit the narrative. Typically, the lyrics were
bawdy and somewhat ironic. Most
of the parody and satire are lost on
us today; the references were to
current political situations.
“The librettist for ‘Flora’ was
Colley Cibber. He was the poet laureate of England, but he was controversial. The more prominent poets of the time were outraged by his
appointment. There were fist fights
and riots. Alexander Pope was his
arch rival.”
The action of “Flora” centers on
a young orphaned noblewoman
who is the ward of her greedy, lustful uncle, Sir Thomas Testy. Since
Sir Thomas receives the interest on
Flora’s property until she marries,
he tries to prevent her marriage by
imprisoning her in his house. Flora,
however, already has a commitment to Mr. Tom Friendly. Flora
and Friendly use Hob, a local rustic, to carry letters between them.
Sir Thomas intercepts Hob as he is
about to pass a letter to Flora and
has him thrown into a well.
Hob’s parents rescue him from
the well. The local populace turns
against Sir Thomas. Friendly and
Flora are reunited.
“I found ‘Flora’to be a charming
piece,” Gilmore says. “Our ensemble consists of 28 people. There are
lots of roles, plus chorus and dance
opportunities. It should be a spritely production. Christopher Newcomer, a countertenor who graduated in 2006, is coming back to sing
the role of Hob’s mother.
“One of the appealing things for
me about this ‘Flora’ is that we
have a period instrumental ensemble at Rutgers,” Gilmore continues. That ensemble is the 11-member Musica Raritana Period Instrument Orchestra led by Andrew
Kirkman. Educated in England, associate professor Kirkman has
been at Rutgers since 1997. Particularly interested in the Renaissance and attracted to the music of
Tudor England, Kirkman has also
taught courses on music as recent
as the 1960s. He founded the period instrumental ensemble in 2004.
“We have been doing baroque
productions for seven years,”
Gilmore says. “Andrew is very
obliging. His period ensemble at
Rutgers is a great asset. It provides
wonderful performance practice
experience for students.
“This is a production with virtually no financial support,” Gilmore
adds. “It has no official budget. We
try to make the most of what we
have. We do it with smoke and mirrors and skimping.”
The Mason Gross Theater Program contributes costumes, stage
management, and props and constructs scenery.
Producer Gilmore delights in
the assistance of Marisa Arzillo,
whom she calls “a talented graduate student.” She is the stage director and the costume designer.
“She’s building many of the costumes herself. They’re gorgeous.
She’s a singer and played Susannah
in last year’s opera (Carlisle
Floyd’s “Susannah”). She has directing experience in opera and
musical theater.”
A Ballad Opera: Eileen Cooper, who sings the title
role in ‘Flora,’ above left, and Vincent Grada, above,
who sings Sir Thomas Testy, are pictured in scenes
from a 2009 production of Haydn’s ‘Le Pescatrici.’
Bridgewater resident Franklin
Porath takes care of diction and accent issues. According to Gilmore,
he is an aeronautical engineer and
an opera lover who has had a varied
career in the arts and has served as
a diction coach at the Cleveland
Opera. “He has lived in the west of
England, so he’s familiar with the
Somersetshire accent and how the
speech of the rustics shows the gap
in social class between them and
the nobles. He turned up on my
doorstep after I arrived at Rutgers
and asked how he could help.”
G
ilmore arrived at Rutgers in
2001 (“Pamela Gilmore: One Woman Opera Department,” U.S. 1
January 27, 2010). She grew up in
Baldwin, Long Island, New York
in the 1960s, the child of schoolteacher parents. She began piano
lessons when she was five.
At Mount Holyoke College, she
majored in piano performance and
minored in English. “I didn’t think
I was going to end up being a musician; I thought that writing was
more important. I was a dedicated
young poet. My growing awareness that poetry and music were inexorably linked made me change
focus. I realized that music amplified the word.” Gilmore has maintained a private studio in New York
since 1984 and thinks of herself as
primarily a pianist.
She earned a master’s degree in
vocal accompaniment from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Her first job after graduate school
was as a rehearsal pianist for Wash-
The action of ‘Flora’ centers on a young orphaned noblewoman
who is the ward of her greedy, lustful uncle, Sir Thomas Testy.
ington Opera. “The light bulb went
off. It was an epiphany for me. I
was hooked on opera from then on.
It spurred me to move to New York,
which is the operatic epicenter of
the universe.
“The ways that people acquire
job skills as a vocal coach are diverse, eclectic, and fairly random,”
Gilmore says. “Until fairly recently, there were no academic degrees
that addressed the skill set, and
people more or less found mentors
to guide them. That was certainly
the case for me.” Significant as a
mentor for Gilmore was Joan
Dornemann, prompter for the Metropolitan Opera Company.
“Young vocal coaches play in a
lot of vocal studios to learn about
voice,” Gilmore says. “If you’re
playing 40 hours a week, you’re attending more lessons than a singer
gets in a year. You learn from the
best of teachers, and from the
worst. You learn not only repertoire, but also what I call ‘many different vocal languages.’”
At Rutgers she has produced a
dozen operas ranging in time from
1689 (Henry Purcell’s “Dido and
Aeneas”) to the 1950s (Carlisle
Floyd’s “Susannah”). They have
come from most corners of the
repertoire linguistically — English, Italian, French, and German.
With a touch of financial support, perhaps she could add Russian or Czech vehicles to her resume.
Flora, Mason Gross School of
the Arts, Nicholas Music Center,
85 George Street, New Brunswick.
Friday, November 19, 8 p.m.; and
Sunday, November 21, 2 p.m. English ballad opera featuring Musica
Raritana Period Instrument Orchestra. $10. 732-932-7511 or
www.masongross.rutgers.edu.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Checking Out Bordentown City
A
by Scott Morgan
ny story that I would write
So unlike its big brother (the city housabout Bordentown City needs to begin es about 4,000 residents, the township
with a few disclosures: I have lived there about 16,000), Bordentown City is not a
for five years, I covered it as a municipal pass-through town. This is something
reporter for three, and I ran a business that Maxine Brimmer, a real estate agent
there for one. And considering that a for Re/Max TriCounty in Hamilton, cites
main focus of this story is residential real as a definite plus. The city is not closed
estate, I should also mention that I rent. I off, but you are unlikely to simply stumhave little interest in owning a house ble across it. To get there, you have to try.
right now and I could not afford one in
If there is one real estate agent whose
town anyway.
name everyone in Bordentown City
That said, I am in absolutely no hurry knows it is Maxine Brimmer. Walk
to leave Bordentown. The city is quiet around the one-square-mile city and look
and congenial, historic and easy-going, at its 1,200-plus homes and you will see
and every inch my speed. It speaks a lot Brimmer’s name attached to most of the
for any town that a municipal reporter ones for sale. At any given time, there are
who knows all the dirt would want to live about 30 properties for sale downtown
there. Bordentown is no more or less and Brimmer’s photo adorns the signs in
magical than any other place, but it does front of most.
have a welcome balBrimmer is every
ance of friendliness
bit a townie. Now 58,
and
live-and-letshe has lived in BorWelcome to Bordenlive. And not that
dentown all her life. In
town, where it is quimuch dirt. You can
fact, she lives on the
walk around and feel
et, safe, and affordother end of Union
safe. More imporStreet from where she
able. Just watch out
tantly, you can walk
grew up. She got into
for the sidewalks.
around and actually
the Bordentown real
be safe. You stand
estate game a quarter
more chance of
century
ago
and
harm from the sidewalks (and we’ll come laments only one thing about the city —
back to that) than from anyone or any that not enough people know about it.
area.
Its relative anonymity, despite the ocBordentown City’s major advantage is casional write-up in newspapers (the
its geography. It is hemmed in by the New York Times did a profile of the city
Delaware River, the minuscule borough in 2006, as did the Philadelphia Inquirer
of Fieldsboro, and, mainly, by its larger in 2005), is a major facet of Bordenbrother, Bordentown Township. Large town’s appeal, however. People who live
and suburban, Bordentown Township is here like the town the way it is. And we
what most people know of Bordentown. generally respect each others’ space.
Two major state highways — routes 130
Bordentown does go through its occaand 206 — and Interstate 295 cut large sional resurgences in the public eye.
paths through the township, and various Shortly after my wife and I opened our
country roads lead you into the state’s bookshop on Farnsworth Avenue in
farm belt.
2005, an influx of Philadelphia and New
Could You Live Here?
Bordentown is built for
strolling. If you start at the
end of Prince Street, overlooking the bluffs, you will
find grand waterfront
manors (right).
Farnsworth Avenue, the
city’s main business street
(right, center and bottom)
is replete with shops,
restaurants, and old buildings, including Trinity United Methodist Church.
York expats moved in. Real estate prices
rose to meet them in a still-blossoming
market; houses that had once sold for
$150,000 quickly broke the $200,000
mark, and for the first time, the city’s
largest houses were selling for more than
a half-million dollars.
The interesting thing is that when the
residential real estate market turned to effluent in 2008 and 2009,
Bordentown’s market did
not suffer much. Brimmer
says that because housing
prices did not go up sharply
during the mid-decade gold
rush, they did not collapse
once the bubble popped.
If you’re looking for a
good-size house, one with
multiple bathrooms and
bedrooms and a piece of
yard, Brimmer says, you
will likely pay $300,000 to
$400,000. Or, as she puts it,
“half what you would pay
in Princeton.”
Continued on next page
Laboratories
& Research Center
Princeton Corporate Plaza
Over 80 Scientific Companies
Route 1 Frontage
Between
Princeton & Rutgers
Universities
Big Pharma Has Moved, Downsized
It’s the SCIENTISTS Who Are the FUTURE of Pharma!
Princeton Corporate
Plaza Has an
Affordable Solution!
New Laboratory
Incubator #4
•
•
•
•
•
Small, Equipped Labs 300 SF & Up
Full Services, Small Offices
Short-term Leases – Ask for Help
Immediate Occupancy Available
Innovative, Flexible Designs
Pam Kent, Email: [email protected]
www.princetoncorporateplaza.com • 732-329-3655
Between Robert Wood John
and University Medical
U.S. 1
35
36
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Continued from preceding page
The catch is the school system,
which though not bad is not the
feeder to elite colleges that the
Princeton or West Windsor-Plainsboro districts are. However, if you
do not have to worry about putting
children through high school, there
are bargains aplenty for those looking to live large. According to NJ
Monthly magazine, the median
housing price in the city is
$190,000 and median taxes
$5,500.
4 East Union Street: Built
1900. Victorian. Four bedrooms,
1.5 baths, wrap-around front
porch, original woodwork, front
and back stair cases, stained glass
windows, and third floor office.
$398,900, taxes: $8,734. Listed:
Maxine Brimmer, Re/Max Tri
County, 609-587-9300.
96 Park Street: Built circa
1920. Colonial. Four bedrooms,
2.5 baths, high ceilings, hardwood
floors, gas fireplace, and central
air. $384,700, taxes: $11,545. Listed: Brimmer, 609-587-9300.
112 Prince Street: Built circa
1835. Federal. Six bedrooms, 2.5
•
•
•
Street Scene: The city’s annual Halloween parade draws hundreds. Photo by Bryan Grigsby.
baths, original pumpkin pine
floors, Italian marble mantles and
hearth, built-in shelving in the
kitchen, six panel doors, and original moulding. $385,000, taxes:
$9,332. Listed: ERA Advantage
Realty, 609-298-4800.
78 East Union Street: Built
1950. Custom. Three bedrooms,
2.5 baths, entry foyer, formal living
room with a fireplace flanked by
bookcases and windows, bay window overlooking the front gardens,
and French doors opening to a sunroom. $487,500, taxes: $12,218.
Listed: Prudential Fox & Roach
Hamilton, 609-890-3300.
101 3rd Street: Built circa
1850. Farmhouse. Seven bedrooms, 1.5 baths, formerly used as
a dormitory for the long-defunct
Bordentown Military Institute.
Several large rooms. $419,000,
taxes: $7,211. Listed: Auletta Realty, 609-298-8800.
507 Farnsworth Avenue,
a.k.a. the Donnelley House: Built
1910. Victorian. Five bedrooms,
•
•
•
Cranbury - Office space available by Exit 8A offering large kitchen/
cafeteria, efficient layout, separate offices plus work station area with
12 cubicles, separate conf rooms, mailroom w/sep entrance, furniture also
available. Available immediately. Convenient access to NJ Turnpike and
Route 130. Suites range from 600 Sq. Ft. to 6,000 Sq. Ft.
South Brunswick - A 5400 sq. ft. office building that can be divided into
2 suites with separate utilities including 2 HVAC systems. Building offers
upgraded electrical amps, new carpeting, new front entrance and loads
more. Can be available for immediate occupancy. Great location and great
price. $779,000
Nicolas DiMeglio, Office: 732-297-5000 • Direct: 732-828-9403
1500 Finnegans Lane
North Brunswick, NJ
two baths, wrap-around porch,
stained glass windows, foyer with
a chestnut staircase, butler’s
pantry, and kitchen addition with
separate breakfast room. Also features a two-room suite with a private entry used as a den and office.
$513,000, taxes $14,729. Listed:
Martha Jane Weber, Henderson
Sotheby’s International Realty,
609-924-1000.
Few of the waterfront manors —
the most high-end homes in town
— ever go up for sale. But at the far
northwest end of Prince Street,
where Thomas Paine’s statue
watches over the neighborhood, is
the largest cluster of properties
with a view of the Delaware River
and the Hamilton-Trenton Marsh.
None are on the market, but if they
were, Brimmer estimates they
would probably go for $600,000 to
$800,000. Put them in Princeton,
she says, and they easily would
start at $1 million.
Old (really old) school. If you
want a development-type unit for a
house and you want 08505 as your
ZIP code, you will have to move to
the suburbs of Bordentown Township. Almost all of the city’s 1,900
domiciles are old buildings. Mine,
a former large house that has been
broken into apartments and retail
space, is more than 100 years old,
typical of downtown real estate.
Many houses have plaques dating
back to the Victorian and Civil War
eras.
The age of the houses and commercial buildings downtown is one
reason housing prices are half
those of Princeton. Brimmer says a
lot of old houses on the market here
need updating, which offsets the
relatively low purchase prices. A
house that sells for, say, $400,000
might need another $200,000
worth of work put into it. Some can
be costlier still. With no city-sponsored historic codes mandating upkeep, a large number of properties
in the city go decades without significant maintenance, and the work
needed to make them like-new can
turn buyers away.
Also, many people do not see
the charm of owning a house that
two or three (or twenty) other families have lived in before, but Bordentown jealously guards its historic roots.
It is rich in Colonial and early
New Jersey history (it was, after
all, founded 100 years before the
United States was), and the city
does not look kindly on tear-downs
and re-builds.
Charm, defined. By the end of
the 1990s an interesting parallel
between the way towns were starting to rethink their developments
and the way baseball teams had
rethought their ugly, cereal bowl
stadiums had evolved. In baseball,
the trend was toward more intimate, stylized parks. Municipal
planners quickly followed suit by
developing quasi-urban towns
with shopping districts, lofts, classical architecture, and everything
else you’d find in a gentrified
downtown.
But while towns like Robbinsville and Plainsboro have gone
to great lengths to make their brand
new town center concoctions look
welcoming, Bordentown City is
the real deal, and not easily replicated. Though the entire city is only a square mile, it has sleepy alleys, baseball parks, bluffs, bars,
senior housing, cemeteries, and
factories.
As far as what makes it a charming place, Brimmer says it is the
sense of community. I have to
agree with her. There are, as in any
town, a few gossips and busy-bodies, but steer clear of them and
everyone else is generally friendly
and unintrusive.
“I love my neighbors,”“There’s
such a strong sense of community
here.” Her neighbors, for example,
often mow her lawn and shovel
snow for her. And they talk to each
other.
For the record, I love my neighbors too. I don’t know their names,
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
37
300-Plus Years of Bordentown
B
ordentown City, like so
many 328-year-old towns in the
northeast, began with a Quaker. In
1682 Thomas Farnsworth moved
upriver from Burlington and established Farnsworth’s Landing.
Thanks to its calm, wide riverfront,
the town became a center of trade.
Joseph Borden moved in a few
decades later and the town took his
name after he established a freight
and transport line from the city to
New York and Pennsylvania.
Bordentown’s richest historical
heritage centers on the Revolutionary War. In the 1770s the city was a
hotbed of anti-British sentiment,
embodied best by the country’s
most criminally neglected Founding Father, Thomas Paine, author
of “Common Sense” and “The Age
of Reason.” Benjamin Franklin is
known to have visited Paine’s
home, and the man’s rabble-rouser
friends, such as Francis Hopkinson
(signer of the Declaration of Independence), Oakey Hoagland, and
Joseph Kirkbride, incensed the
British so much that His Majesty’s
Army occupied and pillaged the
city in the late 1770s.
Today there is a statue of Paine
near the bluffs on Prince Street.
Bordentown City is the only place
in the world in which Paine ever
owned property, and though his
house is gone, its foundation remains; 2 West Church Street is a
recognized landmark.
After the war Bordentown developed a reputation for progressive thinking. St. Mary’s Hall, an
all-girls’ Episcopal school founded
in 1837, was the country’s first
school to offer classical education
in Greek, Latin, and French to
girls. Clara Barton, founder of the
American Red Cross, established
the state’s first public school here,
and the city was home to the Man-
but they are perfect neighbors —
clean, quiet, and they don’t borrow
my stuff. I live in constant fear that
any of them will move away.
Must love animals. Bordentown City belongs to the pets. Particularly near the bluffs overlooking the Hamilton-Trenton Marsh
and the marina, and around
Thompson Street, cats own the
sidewalk. They won’t bother you,
but neither will they be impressed.
Dogs, too, are about as common
as the people on the streets. On the
nicer days, Prince Street, which
runs parallel to Farnsworth Avenue’s storefront-heavy strip, is
awash with people walking in
lockstep with their dogs. It often is
tough to tell who’s in charge.
The music of the night. Depending on your proximity to the
restaurants and bars on and around
Farnsworth Avenue, you are likely
to be treated to badly warbled
Thomas Paine: The city’s most famous resident
stands watch on Prince Street. Photo by Bryan Grigsby.
ual Training and Industrial School,
a school for blacks founded after
the Civil War and one of the few
elite boarding schools for black
youth in the late 19th century.
Bordentown also became an important stop on the Underground
Railroad. A house on Burlington
Street (no longer standing) was a
pivotal stop for slaves heading
north to New York.
Perhaps the city’s most unusual
claim to fame is as the home of
Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother,
Joseph, whom Napoleon had once
named the king of Spain, Naples,
Sicily, and the Indies. Joseph,
though no longer royalty, was a
host extraordinaire in the early
19th century. His Pointe Breeze
home (the grounds of which now
host the Divine Word Seminary
and parts of the Pointe Breeze
apartments) was a playground for
Daniel Webster and President John
Quincy Adams, among others.
Churches and religious orders
dominated the 1900s in Bordentown City. Today the estate of Poor
Clare nuns on Crosswicks Street
now serves as a retirement home
for the general public. Poor Clare’s
sits just a few yards from the home
of Richard Watson Gilder, editor of
Century, a late 19th-century progressive magazine that championed no end of social reforms.
Though Bordentown went
through several down decades following World War II, the city
bounced back in the late 1990s and
early 2000s as hub of bookstores
(there were five within three
blocks just a few years ago), antiques, and fine dining. These days
most visitors associate the city as
the new home for top-notch Italian
dining, now that Trenton has lost
the claim. It remains a progressive
town, possessive of its history, and
friendly to artists and creative
brains.
showtunes as sung by (let’s call
them well-spirited) revelers after
last call. Bordentown City has one
pure bar, the HOB (Heart of Bordentown), and a few restaurants
that have liquor licenses and bars
within. On a weekend night it is not
uncommon for those walking
home at 2-ish to catch the singing
bug and let fly. What they lack in
talent is made up for in boisterousness, but they usually just keep
walking and make it out of earshot
fairly
quickly.
Interestingly
enough, the American Idol set
doesn’t usually come out on
worknights. Knock on wood.
I should mention also the music
of the dawn, i.e., the street sweeper.
If you are going to live anywhere in
Bordentown City you will have to
get adept at playing musical chairs
with where you park your car.
There is very little off-street parking in the city and the sweeper runs
every weekday from spring to winter. Where you park your car on
which days and at which times will
mean the difference between you
sleeping in a little and you racing to
your Subaru in your shorts, hoping
to avoid paying the $17 fine.
Doesn’t sound like a lot? Trust
me, carelessness adds up fast, and
unless you leave before it comes,
you absolutely will get a ticket at
least once. The sweeper starts at
about 7:30 a.m. and it will make
sure you wake up for work one day
a week.
In fairness, however, Brimmer
points out this: “At least they’re
keeping the streets clean.” And the
streets in Bordentown are, by and
large, immaculate.
Hair of the dog. I mentioned the
bars, but I should fill you in further.
The HOB is the townie bar. MarContinued on page 44
Available for Lease
Pennsylvania - Bucks County - Retail/Office/Prof
• The Gatherings 800-1,075 SF —
$1,200-$1,500/mo.
• Woodbourne Professional 100-1,925 SF —
$110-$2,000/mo.
• Hyde Park 2,696 SF — $12.50/SF/NNN
Thompson Realty 609-921-7655
COMMERCIAL
DIVISION
PREMIER PROPERTY
Ewing Twp - Medical Office. Turnkey 2200 sf medical suite
conveniently located just down the street from the new capitol health facility and I-95. Excellent signage in an attractive
and well maintained building. Ready for your occupancy.
OFFICE SPACE
Ewing - 500 SF available for lease close to new Capital Health facility.
Ewing - Premium finished 1300 SF office space, partially furnished, having
3 private offices and large clerical staff area, kitchenette and storage.
Favorable lease rates.
Ewing Twp. - Economical 1,200+/-SF suite with seven offices, reception,
secretarial area and 1/2 bath. For Sale or Lease.
Ewing - Office - Attractive 4 office suites. 620 SF to 1,368 SF. Close to I-95,
U.S. 1 & Princeton. LOW GROSS RENT.
Montgomery Twp. - Economical office suites, 550 SF, 204 +/- SF
& 211 +/- SF, which can be combined for 1,335 +/- SF. Lease. On 206.
Pennington - New construction. Suites available from 1,000 SF to 4,660 SF.
Still time to provide your input for interior finish.
Pennington - Two (2) suites available for lease. 1,584 +/- SF. Rt. 31
near I-95.
Princeton Junction - Three (3) suites available FOR LEASE. 400 +/- SF,
600 +/- SF & 1286 +/- SF. Walking distance to train station.
RETAIL SPACE
Ewing - 2400 SF end cap retail. Located in a neighborhood shopping center
on the corner of N. Olden and Parkside. Available for lease.
Ewing Twp. - 1,000 SF and 500 SF available for lease located
in neighborhood shopping center.
Montgomery Twp. - Just outside of Princeton on Route 206, 1200 SF
for lease.
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
Ewing Twp. - 4,530 SF shop/warehouse - sale or lease.
Hamilton Twp - Community Commercial zone. Allows retail and office use.
Located on a 4 lane highway close to 295. 2 lots, 1 with a residence
and 1 vacant. Being sold as a package.
Trenton - 960 +/- SF commercial building in the heart of THE BURG
available FOR SALE. Ideal for new or small business serving the
immediate community.
LAND
Hamilton Twp - Community Commercial zone. Allows retail and office use.
Located on a 4 lane highway close to 295. 2 lots, 1 with a residence
and 1 vacant. Separately or as a package.
Ewing Twp. - 2.07 acres FOR SALE in professional, research, office
zone, one mile south of I-95, Merrill Lynch facility and Capital Health’s
new $400 million hospital. Ideal for medical group.
Lawrence Twp. - .2.28 +/- acres in zoned office. Also good for daycare
or church.
West Amwell Twp. - 5.4 +/- acres zoned highway commercial,
conceptual plan with some permits for 15,592 +/- SF bldg.
Weidel Realtors Commercial Division
2 Route 31 South • Pennington, N.J. 08534
609-737-2077
CCIM
Individual Member
Certified Commercial
Investment Member
38
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Get a Wall Street Address...
Without the Commute!
• Rentals - Executive Offices and Suites,
Desk Space, Virtual Offices
• Video Conferencing
• Secretarial Support Services
Reports, Studies, Letters, Transcriptions
Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
D/J Business Solutions/The Office Complex
475 Wall Street • Princeton, NJ 08540 • 609-924-0905
[email protected] • www.theofficecomplex.com
Life in the Fast Lane
S
nowdon, which develops medications for cancer, chronic pain, and infectious disease, has
been awarded a three-year contract
from the Department of Defense to
develop medical treatments to
combat bio-warfare pathogens.
Snowdon may receive up to $8.2
million in support of development
efforts.
Snowdon is partnering with the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey
Medical School to help conduct the
research. The school’s Department
of Medicine will test Snowdon’s
drug candidates on specific
biowarfare pathogens. Snowdon
will also be assisted by the school’s
newly opened Regional Biocontainment Laboratory.
Snowdon has recently expanded
its research and development space
at its headquarters at 1 Deer Park
Drive. It also has expanded its
team. Founded by William Welsh,
a professor at UMDNJ, the firm recently hired Stephen Albano as its
interim CEO. Albano, a CPA who
earned his bachelor’s in business
AVAILABLE FOR LEASE
Rocky Hill - Office/Med/Prof - Lease or Condo Sale
1026 Rt. 518 — 850-9,700 SF — $1,400-$16,000/mo.
Princeton Township - Office/Retail
• 812 State Road (Rt. 206) 675-850 SF — $950-$1,200/mo.
Princeton Borough - Office/Retail
• 195 Nassau Street $600-$700/mo. Individual Offices
Princeton Junction - Office/Med/Prof
• 825-1872 SF — $1,250-$2,800/mo.
• Walk to Train Station 5 Minutes Max.
Lawrence Township - Office/Med/Prof - Lease or Condo Sale
• 2500 Brunswick Pike (Rt. 1) 422-1,200 SF — $465-$1,300/mo.
Lawrence Twp. - Condos for SALE from $150/SF
168 Franklin Corner Road
Easy access to Rts. 1, 206 & I-295 • Ample Parking
650 to 6,000 SF — $900 to $8,000/mo.
Hamilton - Office/Flex
• Whitehorse Commercial Park 600-2,500 SF — $700-$3,000/mo
Bordentown - Retail/Office/Prof
• 101 Farnsworth 250-950 SF — $275-$1,000/mo.
• 102 Farnsworth 775-1,500 SF — $800-$1,600/mo.
• 3 Third Street 1,000-2,375 SF — $1,100-$2,500/mo.
Forsgate Exit 8A - Retail/Office/Prof
• One Rossmoor Drive 1,700-2,100 SF — $2,500-$3,000/mo.
Thompson Realty 609-921-7655
Edited by Scott Morgan
administration from Rider, has run
his own accounting firm and has
worked in the healthcare division
of New York-based accounting
firm KPMG.
The firm also recently hired
Richard Wood, an organic chemist
who has worked for several drug
development companies, as its
vice president of research. Wood
earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Cornell and spent 20
years working in biotech and pharma companies such as Cytogen,
Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Symphony Pharmaceuticals.
Snowdon Pharmaceuticals, 1
Deer Park Drive, Suite H-3,
Monmouth Junction, 08852;
732-230-3796. William J.
Welsh, founder. www.snowdonpharma.com.
New in Town
Espire Technologies, 101
Morgan Lane, Suite 200,
Plainsboro 08536; 609-3785598. Amit Rai, CEO.
www.espireinfo.com.
Espire Technologies, an international developer of IT applications
and software, has opened a U.S.
sales office at 101 Morgan Lane.
Headquartered in New Dehli, the
company has offices in Australia,
Japan, and the United Kingdom.
Fusion Employer Services, 9
Gordon Avenue, Rear Building, Lawrenceville 08648;
609-896-5900; fax, 609-8965904. Joe Carfagno, founder.
www.fusionemployerservices.com.
Fusion Employer Services,
which provides HR, payroll, benefits, and worker’s compensation
consulting for small business, has
opened on Gordon Road in
Lawrenceville.
The company was co-founded
by Joe Carfagno and Dan Surtz.
Carfagno is a Philadelphia native
and a graduate of Temple University, where he earned bachelors’ degrees in marketing and economics.
He began his career in the employer service division of ADP before
going on to lead the sales force.
Surtz graduated from Franklin
& Marshall College and Villanova
Law School. In l997 he began a
six-year stint in corporate litigation
and eventually went to ADP, where
he met Carfagno.
Open Systems Technologies,
231 Clarksville Road, Suite
B, Princeton 08540; 215-3991243; fax, 215-527-4140.
Lee Serafini, business development manager. www.opensystemstech.com.
Open Systems Technology, an
IT and technology placement and
services firm, has opened an office
on Clarksville Road. The office is
run by Lee Serafini, a 2002 graduate of Elon College, where he
earned his bachelor’s in communications. Prior to joining OST, he
served as sales executive for Quinnova Pharmaceuticals, Critical
Therapeutics, and AstraZeneca.
Stuyvesant Environmental
Contracting, 212 Carnegie
Center, Suite 200, Princeton
08540; 504-441-8364. Neil
Geevers, program manager.
Stuyvesant Environmental, a
Louisiana-based contracting and
project management firm, has
opened a regional office in the
Carnegie Center. The office is run
by Neil Geevers, a 29-year veteran
of environmental engineering, site
investigations, feasibility studies,
and remedial design.
Contracts Awarded
Replication Medical, 7 Clarke
Drive, Cedar Brook Corporate Center, Cranbury 08512;
609-860-0330; fax, 609-8600343. Ann Prewett, president
and CEO. www.replicationmedical.com.
Replication Medical, a developer of products for spine and other
surgical applications, has received
a $244,479 grant from the federal
Health Department based on the
company’s expenses in developing
its GelStix product for chronic
lower back pain. GelStix is a
matchstick-sized implant placed
between spinal discs that absorbs
bodily fluids in order to rehydrate
and repressurize the disc.
StemCyte, 850 Bear Tavern
Road, Ewing 08628; 609882-9302; fax, 609-8824826. Ken Giacin, CEO.
www.stemcyte.com.
COMMERCIAL SPACES FOR LEASE
LAWRENCE - 5,000 sq. ft. office can be subdivided.
Will renovate to your specs.
EWING - 800-2,000 sq. ft. in professional park, near Rt. 31 and TCNJ.
1,000 sq. ft. office space near Lawrence border. First month free.
HAMILTON - 650 sq. ft. office/retail at signaled intersection.
1,250 - 5,000 sq. ft. office ideally suited for many uses.
550 sq. ft. office in high profile building
1,160 sq. ft. medical space in high profile building near Applebees.
FLORENCE - 2,000 to 12,000 sq. ft on Rt. 130 at NJ Turnpike entrance.
BENSALEM, PA - 570 sq. ft. office space near Neshaminy Mall.
Office located next to Court House.
HOPEWELL BORO - 1,250 sq. ft. office/retail in center of town.
PENNINGTON - 700 sq. ft. office building
at Pennington Circle.
DOYLESTOWN, (CHALFONT) PA - 2,000 sq. ft.
Ideal for office or medical. Near PA Turnpike
BUILDINGS FOR SALE
EWING - 6,300 Sq. ft. multi-tenant
office building Great upside potential.
Reduced for quick sale $395,000.
LAWRENCE - 11,000 sq. ft. multi tenant
office building (2 bldgs).
Ideal for user/investor. $1,250,000
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
StemCyte, which conducts stem
cell transplantation for therapeutic
products from umbilical cord
blood (UCB) donations to stem
cell banks, has been given
$488,950 under the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service’s Qualifying
Therapeutic Discovery Project
program, designed to support biomedical research by firms with
fewer than 250 employees.
StemCyte received the money to
develop therapies using UCB stem
cells for the potential treatment of
chronic spinal cord injury and
chronic stroke.
Soligenix (SNGX), 29 Emmons Drive, Suite C-10,
Princeton 08540; 609-5388200; fax, 609-452-6467.
Christopher J. Schaber, president and CEO. www.soligenix.com.
Soligenix, which develops
products to treat life-threatening
side effects of cancer treatments
and serious gastrointestinal diseases, has received $244,479 under
the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program.
Expansions
Kaplan EduNeering, 202
Carnegie Center, Suite 301,
Princeton 08540; 609-6275300; fax, 609-627-5330.
Lisa Clune, president. www.kaplaneduneering.com.
Kaplan EduNeering, which develops technology-based learning
solutions for the pharmaceutical,
healthcare, energy, and manufacturing industries, has opened an office in Hong Kong. The new location will house sales and support
staff.
Universal Display Corporation Inc. (PANL), 375 Phillips
Boulevard, Ewing 08618;
609-671-0980; fax, 609-6710995. Steven Abramson,
president. www.universaldisplay.com.
Universal Display, which develops flat panel, full color OLED displays, and OLEDs for white lighting, is forming a subsidiary in
South Korea. According to Steve
Abramson, president of Universal
Display, the OLED market, estimated at $1 billion a year, has
much of its existing manufacturing
bases in Asia. He calls the new subsidiary in “an important next step
to expand our presence in Asia.”
Financing News
Edison Venture Fund, 1009
Lenox Drive, Building 4, Suite
200, Lawrenceville 08648;
609-896-1900; fax, 609-8960066. John H. Martinson,
managing partner. www.edisonventure.com.
Edison Venture Funds has invested an additional $2.6 million in
M5 Networks, a VoIP provider
headquartered in New York City.
Edison’s cumulative investment in
the company reached $11.9 million.
Stock News
Stentys, 103 Carnegie Center,
Suite
B-109,
Princeton
08540; 609-853-0110; fax,
609-275-6155. Hikmat Hojeibane, chief technology officer. www.stentys.com.
Stentys, which develops stents
used to treat acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery bifur-
cations, has raised $31.9 million
in an IPO to commercialize its
products in Europe and obtain
regulatory approvals for their
commercialization in the United States.
Management
Moves
ConvaTec, 200 Headquarters Park Drive, CN 5254,
Princeton
08543-5254;
908-904-2500.
Dave
Johnson, CEO. www.convatec.com.
ConvaTec, a manufacturer of
ostomy, wound, and skin care
products, has named Brad Barton as president of its U.S. operations.
Barton joined ConvaTec in
1996 and has held a number of
management positions across
the company’s business divisions and regions. Most recently, Barton served as vice president of the Americas and Intercontinental divisions.
Continued on following page
Cottage Club Loses Bid
for Tax-Exempt Status
After nine years the state
Supreme Court has closed the
case on the Princeton University
Cottage Club, which has sought
tax-exempt status due to its historic status. On November 9 the
court denied the club’s bid for an
appeal hearing, putting a bold
punctuation at the end of its June
25 decision that the club was not
exempt from paying property
taxes. Cottage Club also sought
more than $500,000 in back taxes
from Princeton Borough, which
the court deemed it will not get.
The court decision is based on
the club’s access to the public. To
qualify for tax-exempt status it
would have to be open to the public at least 96 days a year. Cottage
Club was open only 12 days a
year (U.S. 1, June 30).
But the club’s argument was
that in 2001, when it filed for taxexempt status, it needed only be
open to the public 12 days a year.
The state denied the club’s request in 2003, despite that the 96day requirement (dubbed the
“cottage tax”) was not imposed
until 2004.
U.S. 1
39
Paint ing
Interior & Exterior
Before the Holidays & Winter at Affordable Price
INTERIOR/EXTERIOR • POWER WASHING • REPAIRS
Power Washing • Perfect Preparation • Decks Stained & Sealed Interior & Exterior
Painting • Expert Carpentry Repairs • Certified - EPA - Lead Paint Renovating
and Licensed NJ State Home Improvement Contractor
“Professional Painting Pays!...In Many Ways”
A 2008 Historic
Restoration
Award Winner
Call 609-924-1474
Julius H. Gross, Inc.
A Princeton Business for Over 40 years
www.juliushgrosspainting.com • [email protected]
OFFICE FOR LEASE
Ewing Township - 1900 SF
Reception • 3 Large Offices • Conference Room
Kitchen • Storage • Bull Pen Area • First Floor Location
Rent Includes All Utilities • Free Rent Available
Contact: Al Toto, Senior Vice President
609-921-8844 • Fax: 609-924-9739
[email protected] • Exclusive Broker
Commercial Property Network, Inc.
We Have a Place For Your Company
40
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Continued from preceding page
Name Changes
Segal LaBate Commercial
Real Estate, 1545 Lamberton Road, Trenton 08611;
609-394-7557; fax, 609-3946894. Charles S. Segal, president. www.segalinc.com.
Segal Commercial Real Estate,
an appraisal, brokerage, and property management firm, has
changed its name to Segal LaBate,
to reflect the 20-year-old-firm’s
new president, Anne LaBate.
Charles Segal will assume the role
of chairman.
A graduate of Rutgers and
NYU, LaBate is marking her 20th
year in the commercial real estate
industry, most of which she has
spent with Segal.
Crosstown Moves
WOODSIDE AT THE OFFICE CENTER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Available for Immediate Occupancy.
Suites from 600 to 2,000 Sq. Ft.
Medical Offices Are Available.
Modern, One-Story Office Buildings
•
609-799-0220
Park-Like Setting
Medical Staffing Network,
2500 Brunswick Pike, Suite
203, Lawrenceville 08648;
609-912-1563; fax, 609-9121564. Joanne M. DiScala, office
manager.
www.msnhealth.com.
Medical Staffing Network,
which places health and medical
personnel, has moved from 3131
Princeton Pike to 2500 Brunswick
Pike.
Leaving Town
Budco
(formerly
Direct
Group), 1595 Reed Road,
Pennington; 856-241-9400.
www.directgroup.net.
Direct Group, a direct mail services firm owned by Michiganbased Budco, has moved its Pennington office into its Swedesboro
location.
Budco acquired two divisions of
Direct Group — the database management group in Piscataway and
the distribution center in Robbinsville — in January for an
undisclosed amount. Those centers
will remain.
Budco’s main business is fulfillment services on warranties and
manuals for the auto industry,
though it also works with the pharmaceutical, retail, travel, and
transportation industries.
eBusiness Application Solutions Inc./Emtec Inc., 666
Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro. www.ebasusa.com.
EBAS, a developer of software,
quality assurance, and business
analysis, has left its office on
Plainsboro Road. Now wholly
owned by Emtech, the firm operates in Springfield. The company
can be reached at 973-376-4242.
Empower Technology Solutions Inc., 196 PrincetonHightstown Road, West
Windsor.
609-275-6700.
www.empowertsi.com.
Empower, which does consulting for IT companies on high-risk,
technology-dependent business
projects, has moved its West Windsor office to Iselin. The company
can still be reached via the local
number.
Flip-Globe LLC, 50 PrincetonHightstown Road, Princeton
Junction.
Flip-Globe, an IT outsourcing
and software development firm,
appears to have left its offices on
Princeton-Hightstown Road. The
company phone number does not
answer.
Law Office of Ernest Blair,
3530 Route 27, Kendall Park.
Attorney Ernest Blair has left
his office in Kendall Park and now
operates in Edison. He can be
reached at 732-287-6060.
Out of Business
Pine Creek Miniature Golf,
394 Route 31, West Amwell
08551; 609-397-7762; fax,
609-397-7805. Polly Anderson, marketing director.
www.pinecreekgolf.com.
Pine Creek, a 28-acre miniature
golf course in West Amwell, closed
forever on October 31.
After 17 years, the owner of the
course, Terry Lynam, announced
in September that he would retire
and sell the property. The area is
zoned highway commercial.
At 28 acres, Pine Creek was one
of the largest mini-golf courses in
the country.
Deaths
Elizabeth Boyd, 91, on November 13. An employee at the
Princeton U-Store for nearly 30
years, she ran the shop’s photography department, giving photo advice to the likes of Albert Einstein
and Robert Oppenheimer.
Mary Kerney Levenstein, 69,
on November 9. She was active in
animal rights and rescue groups
throughout the Princeton area.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1 Classifieds
HOW TO ORDER
Phone, Fax, E-Mail: That’s all it takes
to order a U.S. 1 Classified. Call 609452-7000, or fax your ad to 609-4520033, or use our E-Mail address:
[email protected]. We will
confirm your insertion and the price. It
won’t be much: Our classifieds are just
50 cents a word, with a $7 minimum. Repeats in succeeding issues are just 40
cents per word, and if your ad runs for 16
consecutive issues, it’s only 30 cents
per word. (There is a $3 service charge if
we send out a bill.) Box service is available. Questions? Call us.
OFFICE RENTALS
186 Princeton-Hightstown Rd.
Windsor Business Park. Two suites of
915 and 1689 SF available immediately;
please call 609-921-6060 for details.
192 Nassau St. Single office of approx. 400 SF. Available immediately.
Please call 609-921-6060 for details.
194 Nassau Street, 953 sq. ft. office
for lease. Reception area, three offices,
kitchen, storage, private restroom. Also
a 510 SF two-room suite available.
Please call 609-921-6060 for details.
1st Month FREE on select offices:
Princeton Route 1. Single Offices, Office
Suites, Virtual Offices, 50MB High
Speed Internet, Great Reception Team,
Instant Activation, Flexible Terms. Call
609-514-5100 or visit www.princeton-office.com
Dental office space, chair, for rent
(good for a dental specialist). Great location on Main Street - PrincetonKingston Road. Call for details 609-2033717
Dr. Valerie Brooks-Klein seeking an
appropriate professional to share
premium office space in the Hamilton/Lawrence/Windsor area. Call 609586-6610 or e-mail; [email protected].
HOPEWELL BOROUGH - 780
square foot office with off street parking.
Access to common area which includes
kitchenette and bathrooms. $1300.00
including utilities, lawn maintenance
and snow removal. 609-466-1296.
Montgomery Knoll Office Condo Rt
206 2nd floor office, approx. 500 SF
Please call 609 924-9214 for details.
Pennington - Hopewell: Straube
Center Office from virtual office, 12 to
300 square feet and office suites, 500 to
2,400 square feet. From $100 per
month, short and long term. Storage
space, individual signage, conference
rooms, copier, Verizon FIOS available,
call
609-737-3322
or
e-mail
[email protected] www.straubecenter.com
PENNINGTON. Private furnished office in five-office suite. Copier, fax, and
kitchen. Available immediately. Call
Frank Rybinski at 609-896-1125.
Plainsboro - 700 SF to 3,000 SF Office Suites: in single story building in
well maintained office park off Plainsboro Road. Immediately available. Individual entrance and signage, separate
AC/Heat and electricity. Call 609-7992466 or E-mail [email protected]
Princeton - Location, Location: Jefferson Plaza, Princeton. 600/1200 sq.
ft., 1 block off Route 1, private entrance,
private
bathroom
and
parking.
$960/$1800 plus utilities. 609-5772793; [email protected].
Princeton Professional Office: One
to two offices for rent. Private garden
setting. Shared conference/waiting
rooms, parking, utilities. North Harrison
Street. 609-924-2809.
Princeton-Kingston Road - on Main
Street in Kingston - professional office
space for rent. Second floor, parking,
utilities included. Rent from $1,200 to
$1,800 per month. Available immediately. Please call 609-203-3717 for details.
BUSINESSES FOR SALE
Hobby Shop For Sale 23 years in
business, prime location! Hamilton
Township, NJ. Only serious inquiries.
Call 609-586-2282, Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m. 6 p.m.
OFFICE RENTALS
U.S. 1
41
Richard K. Rein
OFFICE RENTALS
AREA OFFICE RENTALS
Princeton,
Trenton,
Hamilton, Hopewell,
Montgomery,
For All Your
Commercial
Real Estate
Needs
Ewing,in
Hightstown,
Lawrenceville
and
other
Mercer,
Mercer and Surrounding Area.
Somerset & Middlesex Communities. Class A, B and
Sale
or
Lease
• Office • Warehouse
C Space Available.
Retail and Business Opportunities
For
For details
ondetails
space on space
rates, contact:
and rates,and
contact
This time, he insists, he really did have
a column ready to go and would have
(could have) had it whipped in shape in plenty
of time for this week’s issue. Space constraints
loomed, however, and we asked our editor
to hold off ‘til next time. Stay tuned
for a chance to put yourself in the editor’s shoes
(that’s what he says is the subject of one
column) and for a discussion of India and
China (another idea kicking around).
Our breath is bated, of course.
Weidel Commercial 609-737-2077
www.WeidelCommercial.com
BUSINESSES FOR SALE
NEWTOWN PA: Arts-Frame-Gift
Gallery. Coldwell Banker Doolan, 609737-7008. Dixie Curtice, Broker/Associate, 215-499-4629.
PRINCETON:
Art/Photo/Frame
Shop, turn-key, financing, ideal location.
Coldwell Banker Doolan. 609-7377008. Dixie Curtice, Broker/Associate,
cell: 215-499-4629.
Upper Bucks County; Langhorn
Area: Fine, custom art gallery. 20 years
established. Coldwell Banker Doolan
Realty, 609-737-7008. Dixie Curtice,
Broker/Associate, cell: 215-499-4629.
www.whisperinggold.com Online
fine gold jewelry store for sale $ 5,000.
Over 1,500 items with nice images and
descriptions. We will transfer our accounts with Suppliers that you can start
selling same day. You do not need to invest for stock. You will purchase from
supplier after you receive the order and
payment. If you are good on software &
internet marketing you can make very
good amount of money.
INDUSTRIAL SPACE
Unique Rental Space zoning (I3), ordinance passed for retail and recreation
activities, ample parking all utilities, one
1200’, one 2000’, one 2500’ one 3600’,
and one 10,000. Located at 325 and 335
New Road, Monmouth Junction. Call
Harold 732-329-2311.
COMMERCIAL SPACE
Commercial property for sale,
Hamilton Township, prime location! Call
609-586-2282, ask for Harvey, between
10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Mon.-Sat.
HAMILTON & LAMBERTVILLE WH/FLEX/OFFICE. “Love Where You
Work!” Cheap rental rates in phenomenal spaces! High ceilings, hi-speed
ready, exposed brick, woodbeams, natural light, loading docks, great locations.
Must see! Brian @ (609)-731-0378 or
[email protected].
STORAGE
Storage Space two miles north of
Princeton: Great Road and Route 518.
http://princetonstorage.homestead.com
/. 609-333-6932.
HOUSING FOR SALE
Tarpon Springs, Florida; 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath Condo for Sale: Close to
the Florida Gulf Beaches. Many upgrades including a new kitchen/tile
floors. Enclosed patio overlooks the lush
conservation area with walking trails,
heated pool/spa & tennis. Completely
furnished, priced in the low 80s. Call Diane Smith/www.lsiproperty.com. 813854-2398
HOUSING FOR RENT
FOX RUN APARTMENTS in Plainsboro, NJ. NEW WINDOWS AND PATIO
DOORS. Newly renovated apartments
available. BEST VALUE with GAS
COOKING and HEAT. Discount for
many local employers. Call for specials.
1-800-960-6043
Housing /room share, Kingston, NJ
One bedroom in lovely 3 bdrm house.
$975.per month includes all utilities,
wireless; walk to stores, restaurant,
canal path, NYC/Princeton bus; 2 miles
to Princeton ideal for professional / academic. Available now. 610-297-2649
REAL ESTATE
SERVICES
Need to Sell? Short Sale Specialist
Joe Giancarli, SA Real Estate Advisor
RE/MAX Tri County 609-658-2612 (mobile).
INVESTMENT PROPERTY
Prices are down, mortgage rates
are down, stocks are down. Now may
be the best time to invest in real estate.
Call Linda Feldstein, Investment Consultant, Weidel Realtors, 609-921-2700
ext. 227, [email protected].
CONTRACTING
Handyman/Yardwork: Painting/Carpentry/Masonry/Hauling/All Yard Work
from top to bottom. Done by pros. Call
609-737-9259 or 609-273-5135.
CLEANING SERVICES
Patty’s Cleaning Service: Serving
Plainsboro,
the
Windsors,
the
Brunswicks, and Brandon Farms since
1978. Thorough, honest, and reliable.
Free estimate. 609-397-2533.
Window Washing: Lolio Window
Washing. Also gutter cleaning and power washing. 609-271-8860.
For Sale or Lease
Premier Princeton Borough Building
- Ideal for owner-user or Investment
- 4030 sf available retail, plus basement
- 7800 sf on three floors
- Two large apartments on second
and third floors
- Recently renovated
Al Toto, Senior Vice President
Commercial Property Network, Inc.
[email protected] • 609-921-8844
Exclusive Broker
Commercial Property Network, Inc.
We Have a Place For Your Company
HOME MAINTENANCE
Bill’s Custom Services: Residential
repairs and carpentry. Practical approach,
reasonable rates, local references — 32
years in business. 609-532-1374.
Handyman: A small job or big job will
be accepted for any project around the
house that needs a handyman service
with free estimates. Please call my cell
phone 609-213-8271.
robthehandyman- licensed, insured,
all work guaranteed. Free Estimates.
We do it all - electric, plumbing, paint,
wallpaper, powerwashing, tile, see website for more: robthehandyman.vpweb.com [email protected], 609269-5919.
Task Masters Handyman Services.
Professional, reliable services competitively priced. taskmastershandyman.com 609-240-4552 “Confidence In
Craftsmanship.”
BUSINESS SERVICES
Bookkeeper/Administrative Specialist: Versatile & experienced professional will gladly handle your bookkeeping and/or administrative needs. Many
services available. Reasonable rates.
Work done at your office or mine. Call
Debra @ 609-448-6005 or visit www.vyours.com.
Your Perfect Corporate Image:
Princeton Route 1. Virtual Offices, Offices, Receptionist, Business Address
Service, Telephone Answering Service,
Conference Rooms, Instant Activation,
Flexible Terms. Call 609-514-5100 or
visit www.princeton-office.com
HESA ENVIRONMENTAL
CORPORATION
23 Jefferson Plaza, Princeton 08540
IS YOUR PROPERTY
ENVIRONMENTALLY
COMPLIANT?
Sooner or Later, You Need to Know
UNDERGROUND TANKS • OIL & WATER
INDOOR AIR • HAZARD EVALUATION
Residential/Commercial/
Industrial/Child Care
Call: 732-329-6363
www.hesaenviro.com
Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP)
Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH)
OFFICE FOR LEASE
Kingston, NJ - Route 27
COMPUTER SERVICES
2 Suites Available - 1000 SF and 1500 SF
Computer repair, upgrade, data recovery, or maintenance. Free estimate. Call (cell) 609-213-8271.
Flexible Lease Terms
3 Minutes to Downtown Princeton
NJ Small Business Networks:
Computer Services, IT Consulting, Repairs, Virus Removal, www.njsmallbusinessnetworks.com
Contact: Al Toto, Senior Vice President
609-921-8844 • Fax: 609-924-9739
[email protected] • Exclusive Broker
Continued on following page
Commercial Property Network, Inc.
We Have a Place For Your Company
42
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Office Opportunities
Pennington, Route 31, Corner
2300 SF-Immediate Occupancy
GRAPHIC ARTS
Continued from preceding page
Graphic Design Services: Logos,
Newsletters, Brochures, Direct Mail, etc.
Reasonable rates. Fast turnaround. Call
732-331-2717
or
email
[email protected]
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Bookkeeping Services for Your
Bottom Line: Certified QuickBooks
ProAdvisor. Call Joan today at Kaspin
Associates, 609-490-0888.
William Barish - [email protected]
For Sale - Titusville, NJ
4 Bldgs. on 1.42 acres. C-1 commercial/retail.
410 ft. frontage on Rt. 29. All serious offers considered.
Princeton Financial Care Services,
LLC CPA firm with 40 years of experience. Bill paying, checkbook reconciliation, financial reports, tax return preparation. Call 609-730-0067 or E-mail
[email protected]. Check our website at www.princetonfcs.com for further
information.
TAX SERVICES
Tax Preparation and Accounting
Services: For individuals and small
businesses. Notary, computerized tax
preparation, paralegal services. Your
place or mine. Fast response, free consultation, reasonable costs. Gerald
Hecker, 609-448-4284.
ADULT CARE
Overwhelmed with paperwork?
Need help paying bills and filing medical
claims? Call Joan at Kaspin Associates
609-490-0888.
Al Toto - [email protected]
Office - Pennington Point
450 - 4,400 SF Office
FREE RENT and FLEXIBLE LEASE TERMS.
Immediate occupancy.
HEALTH
Acupuncture for Women in Princeton. Get relief from anxiety, depression,
insomnia & pain. Meg Mowrey, Ed.S.,
R.N., L.Ac., 609-213-8500. www.finerpointsacupuncture.com
Massage and Reflexology: The
benefits are beyond what we even fathom. Experience deep relaxation, heightened well-being, improved health. Holistic practitioner offering reflexology,
Swedish and shiatsu massage. Available for on-site massage at the work
place, etc. Gift certificates, flexible
hours. Call Marilyn 609-403-8403.
MASSAGE,
Therapeutic
and
Unique. an eclectic style of Swedish,
Hot Stones and Stretching. Four Hands
also available. Call Marina at 609-4687726.
Al Toto [email protected]
Visit www.penningtonpointoffice.com
Hopewell Boro, Office/Professional/Records
500-30,000/SF Office & low priced storage, warehouse
Oriental Massage Therapy: Deep
tissue, Swedish, Shiatsu, Reflexology
by experienced Therapists, Princeton
Junction off Route 1. Call 609-514-2732
for an appointment.
Personal Fitness Training - Fusion
Fitness Workouts: a blend of weights,
core exercises, stability and balance
training, and functional flexibility. Excellent for athletes, especially golfers. ACE
Certified Personal Trainer and 500 RYT
Yoga Teacher with 20 years of experience. Call Mike Brantl at 609-213-4245.
Rev. Meryl’s Meditative Massage
and Spiritual Counseling for Women:
Men by referral. Over 25 years experience. $60 introductory special at The
Ariel Center for Well-Being. By appointment only. 609-454-0102.
William Barish [email protected]
Tree Farm Village - 23,000 SF
1,500-4,500 SF Retail Available Immediately, Liquor License
Available, New Building, Great Location, Flexible Terms
Swedish Massage By European
Staff. Rt 1 N, 5 min from Trenton, NJ
609-802-6791.
MENTAL HEALTH
Aspire Counseling Services - Enhance your life through Effective Thera-
MENTAL HEALTH
INSTRUCTION
pies. Improve your health, discover a
sense of excitement in your personal relationships and realize your dreams.
Treatment specialization includes (but is
not limited to): Intimacy and Relationship Problems; Marriage and Family
Counseling; Career, Work and SelfIdentity Exploration. Contact me to discuss appointment options: Roberta
Tessler, MSW, LCSW, Associate Member APA, www.aspirecounseling.net,
Phone Number: 609-275-3775
achieving and learning-disabled students. Web: http://ivytutoring.intuitwebsites.com Call Bruce 609-371-0950.
Brief, effective therapy for persistent issues of individual, family and marital life. IFC, Individual and Family Counseling. Tel: 609-558-1445.
DREAM WORKSHOPS—groups for
creative and lucid dreaming. Also
groups for PTSD, sexual abuse issues,
and nightmares. Dr. Valerie Meluskey
609-921-3572.
Having problems with life issues?
Stress, anxiety, depression, relationships... Free consultation. Working in
person or by phone. Rafe Sharon, Psychoanalyst 609-683-7808.
Psychotherapy using a technique
that can rapidly promote self-acceptance and a sense of well-being; effective with depression, anxiety, trauma,
social issues, among others; approach
especially effective at helping individuals form more intimate, enduring relationships. Work with individuals, youths,
and
families.
Aetna-participating
provider; accept PPOs and consider
sliding scale fees. Dr. Kristine Schwartz,
Psy.D. LPC, 609-937-0987.
Relationship Specialist: Improve
your relationship with your intimate partner, parents, children and co-workers.
Learn specific skills to resolve conflicts
and generate joyful satisfaction. Julie R.
Wald, LCSW 609-924-7854. Weekdays
and evenings.
INSTRUCTION
ADHD COACHING- Adults, students,
& parents of children challenged with attentional issues, time management, procrastination, disorganization. Our experienced, certified coaching team will
help you find effective strategies and
tools. 609.683.0077, [email protected], www.odysseycoaches.com
Cello Instruction - Fall Session: Beginners through advanced, In Princeton
Junction - call Alan for consultation and
details:
609-558-6175
[email protected]
www.thecellolearningcenter.yolasite.com
Farrington’s Music Lessons: Piano, guitar, drum, sax, clarinet, F. horn,
oboe, t-bone, voice, flute, trumpet, violin, cello, banjo, mandolin, harmonica.
$28 half hour. School of Rock. Adults or
kids. Join the band! Princeton 609-9248282. Princeton Junction 609-8970032.
Hightstown
609-448-7170.
www.farringtonsmusic.com.
Fear Away Driving School Running
special rate now. Please call 609-9249700. Lic. 0001999.
Guitar Lessons at your home - Beginners through advanced, contact Joe
Vadala:
609-915-3813
www.myspace.com/joevadala
Lessons in Your Home: Music lessons in your home. Piano, clarinet, saxophone, flute and guitar. Call Jim 609737-9259 or 609-273-5135.
Math, Science, English, ACT & SAT
Tutoring: Available in your home.
Brown University-educated college professor. Experienced with gifted, under-
Can You Deliver?
Every Wednesday we deliver 19,000 copies
of U.S.1 Newspaper to 4,500 business locations
in the greater Princeton area. Every other Friday
we deliver the West Windsor & Plainsboro News
to homes in those towns. We welcome people
with common sense, curiosity, and a reliable car
to help us do the job.
Earn $100 per day! Plus Mileage!
Al Toto [email protected]
www.cpnrealestate.com
For more information and other opportunities, please
call Commercial Property Network, 609-921-8844
Plus Bonuses for information you provide our editors!
Mail or fax us a note. We hope to hear from you.
Tell us about yourself and why you
are free to deliver on Wednesdays.
Mail to U.S. 1 Delivery Team, 12 Roszel Road,
Princeton 08540; or fax to 609-452-0033
Piano Instruction Available: Schedule a Free Trial Lesson. Call 609-3699676 or visit www.mercerpianoacademy.com
Science and Math Tutoring: Biology, Chemistry, Algebra, Geometry.
Taught by college professor. 17 years
experience. Recipient of two national
teaching awards. Discoverygenics 609581-5686.
Voice lessons in Hillsborough. College professor/professional singer, new
to the area, accepting private students.
Beginners to advanced, teens and
adults. 609-216-0033.
ENTERTAINMENT
Live Music for your Corporate or
Private event - Solo to 12 piece, all
styles. Contact Joe 609-915-3813.
One Man Band: Keyboardist for your
party. Perfect entertainment. Great variety. Call Ed at 609-424-0660.
Rock Band Hall of Mirrors Seeking
Keyboardist: Original music and covers (heavy on progressive rock). Some
influences: Pink Floyd, Rush, Yes, Genesis, Marillion, Camel, Tangerine
Dream. Must be willing to practice Sundays, 3-6pm in Robbinsville, N.J. We
are looking for a keyboardist, not a musical mentor or manager. If interested,
please call Vaughan at 609-259-5768.
Auditions will take place on Sundays.
MERCHANDISE MART
1966 Live Action TV series Batmobile Replica Only 2,500 made, retails
$250, now $180. Also comic books, variant covers, action figures. Send me your
wants.
E-mail
[email protected],
848-4594892.
Computer P4 with XP: In good condition $80. Cell phone (609)213-8271.
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instruments in Any Condition: Call Rob at 609457-5501.
WANTED TO BUY
Antique Military Items: And war
relics wanted from all wars and countries. Top prices paid. “Armies of the
Past LTD”. 2038 Greenwood Ave.,
Hamilton Twp., 609-890-0142. Our retail
outlet is open Saturdays 10 to 4:00, or by
appointment.
Wanted: Baseball, football, basketball, hockey. 1900-1980 cards, autographs, memorabilia. Up to $1,000,000
available. Licensed corporation will travel. All calls confidential. 4thelovofcards,
908-596-0976. [email protected].
HOW TO ORDER
Phone, Fax, E-Mail: That’s all it takes
to order a U.S. 1 Classified. Call 609452-7000, or fax your ad to 609-4520033, or use our E-Mail address:
[email protected]. We will
confirm your insertion and the price. It
won’t be much: Our classifieds are just
50 cents a word, with a $7 minimum. Repeats in succeeding issues are just 40
cents per word, and if your ad runs for 16
consecutive issues, it’s only 30 cents
per word. (There is a $3 service charge if
we send out a bill.) Box service is available. Questions? Call us.
PERSONALS
Free Classifieds for Singles: And
response box charges that won’t break
the bank. To submit your ad simply fax it
to 609-452-0033 or E-mail to [email protected]. If you prefer to mail
us your ad, address it to U.S. 1 Singles
Exchange, 12 Roszel Road, Princeton,
NJ 08540. Include your name and the
address to which we should send responses. We will assign a box number
and forward all replies to you ASAP.
People responding to your ad will be
charged just $1. See the Singles Exchange at the end of the Preview Section.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
43
U.S. 1 Employment Exchange
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
Front desk part time position available ASAP. Princeton
Racquet Club needs a reliable
front desk person to work Friday
evenings, open on Sunday
mornings and also cover other
shifts when needed. Please contact Ronna by sending your resume to [email protected].
WPM, and have supervisory experience. Send resume to
[email protected].
Mall Marketing Demonstrator: Greet & Promote for National Award Winning kitchen company at local mall(s). Competitive hourly & unlimited bonuses.
Call Now 888-292-6502 ext. 86.
Nutrition Consultants. Training provided. Bilingual preferred.
Send
resume:
[email protected].
Property Inspectors: Parttime $30k, full-time $80k. No experience, will train. Call Tom,
609-731-3333.
Real Estate Sales Need a
change? Looking to obtain your
RE license? No experience
needed! FREE coaching! Unlimited income! Call Weidel today!
Hamilton: Tom 609-586-1400,
[email protected]; Princeton:
Robin
609-921-2700,
[email protected]; West Windsor: Bruce 609-799-6200, [email protected].
Speech - Language Pathologist: Part-time for Princeton Private Practice. Must be experienced, licensed, with C.C.C.
Flexible
hours.
Call
Dr.
Monkhouse 609-924-2809.
Team Leader - Work from
home and supervise a small
team of court transcribers. Will
train right person. Tight deadlines on most work. Income to
$35 per hour. Must have a fouryear college degree, type 80
CAREER SERVICES
Job Worries? Let Dr. Sandra
Grundfest, licensed psychologist
and certified career counselor,
help you with your career goals
and job search skills. Call 609921-8401 or 732-873-1212 (License #2855)
JOBS WANTED
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
MEDIA SALES
U.S. 1 Newspaper & the WW-P News seek
energetic, business-minded
individual with good communication
skills to help area businesses
incorporate print and online advertising opportunities into their marketing plans.
SALARY • BONUS • BENEFITS
E-mail Richard K. Rein:
[email protected]
If you are looking for a fulltime position, we will run a reasonably worded classified ad for
you at no charge. We reserve the
right to edit the ads and to limit
the number of times they run. If
you require confidentiality, send
a check for $4 with your ad and
request a U.S. 1 Response Box.
Replies will be forwarded to you
at no extra charge. Mail or Fax
your ad to U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted,
12 Roszel Road, Princeton, NJ
08540. You must include your
name, address, and phone number (for our records only).
JOBS WANTED
JOBS WANTED
high ethical standards. Recognized for ability to turn around
and improve difficult situations in
an accelerated time span. Extremely competent to step into
any financial position (CFO, controller, accounting manager, etc.)
at any organization and quickly
adapt to the situation. Also, available for permanent position with
part-time schedule. Please email to [email protected].
Accounting Professional:
Over 30 years of management
experience primarily in financial
services. Expertise includes financial system upgrades, business process re-engineering,
turnaround management, mergers and acquisitions, financial
planning and analysis, financial
reporting (including management and regulatory), internal
control
systems,
technical
knowledge and application of
various accounting principles
and specializing in project management and resolving distressed areas and implementing
long-term enhancements. Pragmatic decision-maker with excellent problem-solving skills and
Corporate
Events
Planner/Marketing Specialist
with Marketing Degree in search
of a full-time Events/Marketing
position. I have several years of
experience and proven business
contributions in a corporate office environment, including: marketing, budget management,
events management, customer
service, executive administration and new business development. I also have strong timemanagement, project management, analytical, verbal, written,
multi-tasking,
interpersonal,
communication, organizational,
presentation, negotiating and
troubleshooting skills. 732-8048475.
Transitioning from a successful long-term career as a senior
executive sales professional in
Big Pharma. Currently seeking
product(s)/service to sell in a
central NJ territory (1-3 counties). I am a fast learner, meticulous and reliable, detail-oriented
and organized, creative and resourceful, efficient and effective.
Accustomed to managing multiple priorities in a time-constrained environment. Consistently met/exceeded quotas,
earning numerous honors and
awards for performance. B.S. in
Marketing. Not interested in
`commission only’ or `draw
against
commission’.
[email protected]
Educator, 20 plus years;
self-published children’s author;
published
editorials;
radio/television live talk show
owner-host/correspondent;
writer and voice-over talent for
radio commercials; legislative
correspondent/researcher/writer
, United States Congress. Seeking position as: administrator,
writer/editor, researcher/writer,
or voice-over in higher educa-
WeTheHOpportunities
ave
are You
What
Endless...
Need
J&J Staffing Resources, has been a leader in
the employment industry since 1972.
We specialize in: Direct Hire, Temp to Hire
and Temporary Placements.
Administrative
Assistants
ADMINISTRATIVE
• LEGAL
SECRETARIES
Executive
Assistants
CUSTOMER SERVICE • ACCOUNTING
Receptionists/Customer
Service
CLERICAL • WAREHOUSE
Warehouse/Light Industrial
J&J STAFFING RESOURCES
103 Carnegie
Center,
Suite 107
103 Carnegie
Center
Princeton,
N.J.NJ
08540
Princeton,
609-452-2030
609-452-2030
WWW.JJSTAFF.COM
EOE “Staffing Success Begins Here” NO FEE
JOBS WANTED
JOBS WANTED
tion, nonprofit, broadcast communication, or corporate. Working/applicable knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and all basic office equipment. Box 237037
your all your accounting needsbilling, collections, invoice payment, bank reconciliations,
through financials. I will communicate verbally or in writing with
customers, vendors, bankers, insurance agents or others. All
you’ll have to do is provide your
service and/or product! Contact
me-Joan Grealis at 732-8512007 or [email protected].
Let me run your small business or professional office! I
have been a Corporate Controller and Office Manager for
over 20 years and could handle
BORED WITH YOUR
PLAIN VANILLA SPACE?
We provide the most dynamic and
cost effective “recycled spaces”
in the area.
Flex/Warehouse Space from1,500 SF to 35,000 SF
Office Space from 1000 SF and up
Lease Rates Starting at $2.50/nnn
Unique Configurations
Low Cam/Opex Rate
High Speed Ready
Loading Docks
Drive-in Bays
STUDIO PARK
609-731-0378
[email protected]
44
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Lawrenceville F or S ale B y O wner $ 364,500
4 B/R 2.5 BathCenter Hall Colonial
Quality maintained and
updated home w/2 fireplaces, hw floors, full
basement, 2 car garage,
bright & airy! Spacious
liv rm, formal dining,
eat-in kitchen, family
room with french door,
MOVE-IN CONDITION...
1st floor laundry room,
JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
new bathroom, master
Open House Sat & Sun 11/20, 11/21, 1-4pm suite & ample closet
1 Hillsdale Road (609) 882-8518
space throughout.
Bordentown
Continued from page 37
✦ Experience
✦ Honesty
✦ Integrity
Sales & Rentals
STOCKTON REAL ESTATE
...A Princeton Tradition
32 Chambers Street • Princeton, NJ 08542
1-800-763-1416 • 609-924-1416
cello’s and Toscano, two very good
Italian restaurants on Farnsworth
Avenue, are for people who like a
drink with dinner. Jester’s also is a
restaurant with a bar, and tends to
be more casual. The Farnsworth
House is the city’s most storied
restaurant. It’s been there for years
and is the only building in town
with a gigantic face of the town’s
founder, Thomas Farnsworth,
painted on it. Very cool owners and
a good bar selection draw people in
for a chat and a nosh. The
Farnsworth House parking lot also
hosts the summer’s farmer’s market every Wednesday night.
If, however, you’d rather forego
KICKOFF
SPECIAL!
Home Equity
Line of Credit
2
.75%
APR*
$10,000 to $500,000
Fixed for 12 Months
NO Application Fees NO Points NO Closing Costs
Consolidate Debts Home Repairs College Tuition
Call or log on
1.888.440.ROMA (7662)
www.romabank.com
*APR is Annual Percentage Rate. The rate is effective November 14, 2010 with an initial rate of 2.75% for the first twelve months
following closing. The rate at the first adjustment and for the life of the loan will be Prime Rate as published in the “Wall Street Journal”
on the first day of the month and is subject to an interest rate floor of 3.25%. The introductory rate is available ONLY with automatic
payment from a Roma Bank checking account. Borrower’s primary or secondary one-to-four residences only. This offer may be withdrawn at any time without notice. An early termination fee and other conditions apply. Call for more information.
Mercer County’s Oldest and Largest Community Bank
the restaurants and pick up a sixpack (and up your meds), you’re in
luck. Boyd’s Pharmacy, across the
street from the Farnsworth House,
is part drug store, part liquor store.
It has a good selection of designer
beers and a not-bad selection for
the table wine drinker.
Amen. If you are Christian,
Bordentown City has you covered.
In a city that measures one square
mile, you can attend services as a
Catholic, a Methodist, a Baptist, an
Episcopalian,
an
African
Methodist Episcopalian, or Presbyterian. You can also meet up with
Unitarians and Quakers, but if you
are Lutheran, you’ll have to head
across Route 130/206 and drive
about a half-mile into Bordentown
Township.
If you’re Jewish, you can still
worship downtown — the Temple
B’Nai Abraham is right on Crosswicks Street. Overall, there are 10
houses of worship in Bordentown
City.
Watch your step. I told you I
would get back to the sidewalks.
Bordentown is built to stroll, particularly along Farnsworth Avenue
or Prince Street.
But for God’s sake, look down!
Bordentown is an old, old town and
it makes for adventurous stepping,
particularly if you’re outside the
range of the streetlights. Many of
the sidewalks near the Park Street
area are made of bricks and their
topography could not be more irregular if Frank Gehry designed
them.
Rock on. The Record Collector
on the east end of Farnsworth Avenue moved into an abandoned
bowling alley about four years ago
and gave the city something it never had — night life. On most weekends and quite a few weeknights,
the Record Collector hosts concerts by indie bands, up-and-comers, and bands famous for songs
you would probably know if you
heard. Peter Tork of the Monkees is
a regular visitor, and names like
Angela Bowie (wife of David) and
comedian Gallagher have stopped
by. Plus, if you’re into vinyl or
Weird NJ magazine, this is the only
place in town you’ll find either.
Beanwood Coffee, a cafe heavy
on green living and fair trade, sits
at the other end of Farnsworth avenue. It, like the Record Collector,
offers live music, though Beanwood’s entertainment is decidedly
more low-key and conducive to a
small setting.
Ah, fair city. Downtown Bordentown is occasionally descended
upon by great numbers of people
coming to one of three annual
street fair events — Iris Fest and
Street Fair in May and the Cranberry Festival in October. Get used to
it, and either leave for the day or
plan not to drive on certain days because it’s hard to get out of town
and near-impossible to get back in.
The city has several minor annual events: the Halloween Ghost
Walk that showcases Bordentown’s startling number of haunted
abodes; the Little League baseball
parade; the St. Patrick’s Day 5K
run But the Street Fair and Cranberry Festival (the latter in recognition of the city’s largest employer, Ocean Spray Inc.) dwarf all other events combined. These two allweekend events carry city stores
East Union: 4 East
Union Street, above
left: $389,900; 78 East
Union: $487,500.
through the rough patches. At our
bookshop, my wife and I sold more
in these two weekends than during
any one month otherwise.
Facts and Figures
People. According to the 2000
U.S. Census, Bordentown City has
3,969 residents, 1,884 housing
units, and a median per-capita income of $26,000. Median household income is listed at $47,279.
Numbers from the 2010 Census
will not be available until at least
April.
Education. The K-12 Bordentown Regional School District
serves the city, township, and
Fieldsboro (population, about
600). Bordentown Regional High
School, which houses roughly 700
students, finished 218th in a field
of 322 on NJ Monthly’s 2010 high
school rankings. NJ Monthly does
annual rankings of all high schools
in the state and placed BRHS in the
lower third based on such factors as
average SAT score (1454 out of
2400), student-to-teacher ratio (12
to 1), and the number of graduates
who go onto college. According to
the magazine, 29 percent go on to a
four-year college, while 53 percent
go on to a two-year college.
The city hosts the Clara Barton
Elementary School (grades K-3)
and MacFarland Intermediate
School (grades 4 and 5). The
schools face each other across
Crosswicks Street. The district also
has Peter Muschal School (grades
K-3 and pre-school handicapped
programs), Bordentown Regional
Middle School (grades 6-8), and
Bordentown
Regional
High
School (grades 9-12), all in the
township, and all within two miles
of the city border. Each of the lower schools houses 300-400 students.
The city also hosts St. Mary’s
Elementary School, a K-8 Catholic
school on Crosswicks Street, attached to St. Mary’s Church.
Business. The largest company
in Bordentown — and largest employer by a mile — is Ocean Spray,
which employs about 275 people at
its Park Street processing facility.
Your reward for a well-timed
drive-by is the sweet scent of cranberry, the plant’s staple product.
Other than Ocean Spray and a
Beneficial Bank branch, Bordentown City’s business sector is entirely comprised of small enterprises and almost all of them are located on Farnsworth Avenue. There
are no chain stores, but rather a
grab bag of small medical practices, restaurants, retail shops, and
a few service companies, such as
insurance.
Nearly all businesses are momand-pop, so don’t look for a mall.
The nearest indoor one of those is
Quakerbridge. The closest major
shopping center is Hamilton Plaza,
up Route 130, near Robbinsville,
Continued on page 47
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
U.S. 1
45
46
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Mjtb!Kbnft!Puu p
Curators of Fine Country Properties
Zpvoh!Ipnft"""
Virginia Classic home with signature
traditional design in Doylestown's desirable "Morgan Hill." Expansive with
lovely living room, family room with
fireplace and dining room with
columns. Backing to Conservancy land,
this is a haven for nature lovers. Every
inch is magazine pretty! Doylestown,
PA. $649,000
In the heart of historic New Hope village, a gorgeous new Victorian reproduction offers pristine 2010 amenities!
Front porch, hardwood floors, high ceilings, gourmet kitchen and fireplace.
Three levels of gracious living space,
plus full, finished lower level. A great
home! $895,000
Follow a winding stream to this wonderful custom country home. Built in
2005, it sits high on a rolling hill in
Delaware Township near the historic
Strimples Mill. Gorgeous inside and out
with huge chef’s kitchen, stone fireplace, beamed ceilings and wood
floors. A fine country place! $875,000
Elegant European gardens and terraces
embrace this dramatically stunning fieldstone home. Two story entrance opens to
spectacular living room with Rumford
fireplace. Outstanding chef's kitchen has
lovely breakfast room with cathedral ceiling. Lavish bedroom suites! Solebury
Township, PA. $2,495,000
In desirable Avignon, this stunning
home offers a dramatic living room
with cathedral ceiling and sensational
kitchen opening to a great room. Rich
hardwood floors and long sunny windows. Elegant master suite. Beautiful
private lot with gorgeous swimming
pool, terrace and rolling lawn. Solebury
Township, PA. $975,000
Beautifully sited, this magnificent
French Provincial home has impressive
architecture. Grand two-story foyer unveils marble floors, soaring windows
and French doors to an expansive terrace. Fabulous gourmet kitchen! Gracious master suite has a luxurious spa
bath. Bucks County sophistication!
New Hope, PA. $1,499,500
Two exquisite building lots available in
Merrick Farm. Home designs include
gleaming wood floors, custom millwork
and gourmet kitchen. Build a new home
with an historic Bucks County antique
home feeling. To be built by Worthington Custom Builders. Upper Makefield
Township, PA.
Home on Lot 7
$1,850,000 - Home on Lot 6 $1,700,000
Gorgeous stone-faced traditional colonial in Solebury - completely refurbished in 2008! Gracious formal rooms,
high ceilings, crown moldings, wainscoting and hardwood floors. The vaulted
family room with floor-to-ceiling stone
fireplace has doors leading to lush patio.
2.64 acres of private living. Relocation
ready! New Hope, PA. $1,150,000
Colonial Style ‘new-old’ home has a Nantucket influence with light, bright living
room with hardwood floor and gas fireplace. Great kitchen with stainless
KitchenAid oven, granite counters, maple
cabinetry. Three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, balcony, cozy sitting area. Two car garage
w/additional parking. Walk to the heart
of Lambertville! $399,900
Our Bucks County Office
215 862 2626
One South Sugan Road, New Hope, PA
Our Hunterdon County Office
609 397 5667
Sixteen Bridge Street, Stockton, NJ
w w w . L i s a J a m e s O t t o . c o m
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Bordentown
Continued from page 44
though there is an Acme Plaza in
Fieldsboro.
Transportation. By far, Bordentown is the nicest place to stop
if you travel the River Line light
rail train, though that isn’t saying
much in itself. Any train that begins
in Trenton and ends in Camden is
bound to have rough spots. But
Bordentown’s station stop offers a
nice little view of the city beach
and marina, and whichever way
you take the train out of town, it is a
fine ride to the next station. Heading south to Roebling is the most
scenic stretch of the line, but heading north to Trenton, along the
Hamilton-Trenton Marsh, is a
close second.
Bordentown is two stops to
Trenton Transit Station, where you
have to transfer to the Northeast
Corridor (NEC) connection to
Hamilton or Princeton. A monthly
NJ Transit rail pass ($133 if traveling from Trenton to Princeton
Junction) covers unlimited rides on
the RiverLine and NEC line, so you
don’t need a second pass once you
get to Trenton.
The RiverLine leaves for Trenton every 15 minutes on weekday
mornings and comes back to Bordentown at 15-minute intervals
weekday evenings. In most cases it
arrives in Trenton five minutes before the NEC takes off for Princeton Junction. If you can get to the
next outbound NEC train, overall
travel time from Bordentown Station to Princeton Junction is about
35 minutes.
What makes taking the train a
nice option is the alternative —
taking I-295 and Route 1, which is
often hideous. Without question,
the worst thing about my job is getting to it.
Getting out of Bordentown is
easy enough by car, but the city is
bordered partly by routes 130 and
206, and there is no way to drive to
Princeton without taking one of
these roads. The good news is,
there is almost never any kind of
back-up or traffic snarl on either.
The bad news is that anyone
driving out of Bordentown to
points north will have to contend
with I-195 and I-295, where tie-ups
can slowly suck the life from your
bones. Bordentown, being largely
uncongested and easily traversed,
gives the driver no warning what is
to come on the interstate, and
sometimes — particularly on rainy
or inclement mornings — traffic at
the off-ramp of Route 206 getting
onto I-195 goes totally dead.
Were you to drive from
Farnsworth Avenue to Alexander
Road on a sunny Sunday, mid-day,
it would take you less
than 20 minutes to
make the trip. Catch a
For Sale: Left to right, 96 Park
back-up at I-195 on a
drizzly Tuesday and
Street: $384,700; 101 3rd Street:
you could easily spend
$419,000; 507 Farnsworth Avea half-hour just getting
nue: $513,000; 112 Prince
to the backed-up line
Street: $385,000. See page 36.
waiting to get onto
Route 1. It is best to estimate your morning
drive at anywhere from
the state. As such, the freeholders
25 minutes to 45.
try to be as fair as possible by putGetting home is usually no ting as much as they can as close to
problem, but getting off I-295 onto the center of the county, and BorI-195 (which is less than a mile to dentown City is the northernmost
Route 206) can get ugly. An acci- municipality in Burlington County.
dent in this exit area can leave you The county seat is Mount Holly,
on the road for a half-hour or more. which means that if you are called
But remember, once you get to for jury duty, you face a long drive.
Route 206, you’re at most two If you need county services, a
miles from your door and the traf- somewhat shorter drive will lead
fic isn’t a problem.
you to the Moorestown Mall,
Government and politics. where the Burlington County CorThough it has very little crime, ner is located. This, like the Mercer
Bordentown City does have its County Connection in Hamilton, is
own police department, with about an outpost for governmental af15 officers. The City Commission fairs. You can apply for your passis the non-partisan three-person port, file a business name, or take
governing body, and the city hous- care of any other county business
es the offices of the 30th Legisla- during mall hours.
tive District, Senator Robert Singer
Honorable mention. Similar to
and Assemblymen Joe Malone and its school rankings, NJ Monthly
Ron Dancer.
ranks municipalities and placed
Also worth mentioning is that if Bordentown City at No. 135 (out of
you move to Bordentown, you will 520) in 2010.
be a resident of Burlington County,
Bordentown City has its own
the largest geographic county in
Beachfront Properties
U.S. 1
47
Post Office branch, which is great
if you live close enough to walk to
it. If you drive, you will have to
contend with parking on or near
Walnut Street and it can get a little
dicey
Last but not least, Bordentown’s
branch of the Burlington County
Library System is a neat little spot
that, if a little short on books, has a
surprisingly good DVD collection
that gets updated on a regular basis.
If you like movies, it is worth a visit, and I am still surprised by the
gems I have found. No foreign
stuff, but you can find King Kong
around the corner from Avatar.
More than any place else I’ve
lived, I have adjusted to Bordentown’s rhythms. Having grown up
in Trenton, it is a welcome change
of pace, and always nice to not
worry about leaving your car on the
street, even with the sweeper coming. You could certainly do worse
than Bordentown. And I say that
from a lot of experience.
U.S. 1
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
For video go to:
www.fennelly.com
Immediate Occupancy
Industrial
Office
609-520-0061
Office/Flex
Trenton Train Station
Light Rail Riverline
Route
29
Trento
n
350 Forsgate Drive, Jamesburg, NJ 08831
353 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ
292 3rd Street, Trenton, NJ
9-1
15 Princess Road, Lawrenceville, NJ
For Lease or Sale ■ 74,765 SF of Office & Warehouse Divisible ■ Building 1: 2-Story Office Building Consists of
13,565 SF ■ Building 2: 44,000 SF of Warehouse with
Refrigeration, 22’ Ceilings, Clear Span ■ Building 3: 12,200 SF
of Warehouse with 20’ Ceilings and 50x60 Column Spacing ■
Building 4: 5,000 SF of Warehouse ■ Used as a Repair Shop
with 20’ Ceilings and 50x100 Column Spacing ■ Located in
the UEZ ZONE (Urban Enterprise Zone) ■ Route 29 Visibility,
Adjacent to the Light Rail Riverline ■ Close Proximity to the
Trenton Train Station ■ Convenient to the NJ Turnpike,
Route 1 & Interstates 95, 295 & 195
Unit 1: 3,750 SF Office/Flex
Unit 2: 7,500 SF Office Divisible to 1,875 SF
Unit 3: 5,000 SF Office/Flex
Drive-in Doors ■ Will Divide ■ For Lease
Located at Intersection of I-295 & Princeton Pike
Office/Warehouse/Medical Use
Office Building for Lease ■ 3,000 SF on 1st & 2nd Floors
Passenger Elevator ■ 7 Parking Spaces
Kitchenette Area ■ High Quality Interior Finishes
Walking Distance to All Amenities
Prestigious Downtown Princeton
Location Near Harrison Street
239 Prospect Plains Rd., Monroe, NJ
707 State Road, Princeton, NJ
658 Etra Road, Hightstown, NJ
1600 Reed Road, Pennington, NJ
1,450 SF Available on 1st Floor
4,100 SF Available on 2nd Floor
Divisible to 900 SF ■ Exceptional Finishes
Shared Kitchen in Building
2 Mins. from NJ Tpke. Exit 8A
Immediately Available ■ Elevator Serviced
Office for Lease ■ 2,537 SF
Princeton Gateway ■ Class A Office
Premier Princeton Location
Striking Two-Story Design ■ Tranquil Park-like Setting
Contemporary Two-story Glass Lobby
Space Includes Reception Area, 7 Cubicles, 1 Office,
A Conference Room & a Kitchen
1 Mile Outside of Downtown Princeton
For Sale or Lease
15,000 SF Building for Sale ■ Reduced to $850,000
5,500 SF and 4,850 SF (2 Units) Available for Lease
Building Remodeled Over Last Four Years
New Parking Lot, 15 Parking Spaces
Loading: 2 Tailgates ■ 3 Drive-ins ■ Ceiling Height: 20’ Clear
Close Proximity to Rt. 130 & NJ Turnpike
For Sale or Lease ■ Office & Warehouse Space
Total Building SF: 16,000 SF ■ 1-Story Free Standing Building
on 7 Acres ■ For Lease ■ Unit 1: 1,500 SF of Warehouse
with Drive-in Door ■ Unit 2 & 3: 6,099 SF and 2,500 SF
of Office Space ■ Convenient Access to I-95,
Routes 1, 31, 202 & 206
ST
RE
DU
CE
D
Unit 1: 3655 SF Office
Unit 2: 2072 SF Office
Unit 3: 2005 SF Office/Medical
All Units Contiguous: to a Total of 7732 SF
Parking: 5 Spaces per 1000 SF
Convenient Access to NJ Turnpike, Rt 33, Rt 130
JU
48
1450 Parkside Avenue, Ewing, NJ
Office Condo for Sale or Lease
1,500 SF ■ Price Reduced to $165,000
Also for Lease at Competitive Rates
Move-in Condition
4-5 Offices, Conference Room, Kitchen & Bathrooms
Convenient to Route 29, I-95, I-295 & Route 1
The Neumann Building
3575 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, NJ
For Lease ■ 13,500 SF Divisible to 3,000 SF ■ Atrium Finished
with Granite & Marble Floors ■ “Smart Building” Technology
Services on Site ■ Great Rental Rates Available
Close Proximity to The Hamilton Train Station, I-295 & Route 1
VanNest Office Park
Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, NJ
Building I: 1,917 SF of Relet Space
Building II Completed: 33,000 SF Available, Divisible to 2,000 SF
Build to Suit – 1st or 2nd Floor Units ■ New Brick Construction
with Perimeter Windows Throughout ■ 2 Story Atrium Lobby
Attractive Corporate Setting Overlooking the VanNest Forest Reserve
Restaurants, Banking and Shopping within Walking Distance
Close Proximity to Hospitals, Route 1, I-295 & the Hamilton Train Station
Retail
45 Everett Dr., West Windsor, NJ
Office/Warehouse for Lease ■ 2 Warehouse Units
at 5,675 SF Contiguous and Includes 1 Loading Dock
and 2 Drive-in Doors, 20’ Clear
1 Office Unit at 700 SF
Convenient to Route 1, I-95, I-295
& the Princeton Junction Train Station
1629 Route 33, Hamilton, NJ
1,000 to 2,000 SF Available
Great Road Visibility
Multi-tenant Strip Center
Good Retail Location
Plainsboro Village Center,
Schalks Crossing & Scudders Mill Rd., Plainsboro, NJ
Office/Medical for Immediate Lease ■ Building 4: 1,567 SF
& 1,800 SF Available ■ Building 8: 2,700 SF Available
TO BE BUILT: Building 10/11: 1,000 to 30,000 SF Available
Mixed Use Town Center Development ■ Newly Constructed Building,
Elevator Service ■ Close Proximity to New Princeton Medical Center
Convenient to Route 1, Route 130 and NJ Turnpike, Exit 8A