A Plainsboro Neighbor Helps Orchestrate New Hospital

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APRIL 27, 2012
WEST WINDSOR
& PLAINSBORO
NEWS
Headliners:
Gold Scout Priyanka Chodhari, page 8; Softball’s Hye Jin Kim, 16; Dancer Colleen McMahon, 21.
WW Budget: Lots of Talk,
Little Change with 3-2 Vote
by Rikki N. Massand
memo to council members, reducing the operating budget by
t may be playoff season for $150,000 by using $140,000 from
some professional sports, but the township’s $7 million fund balWest Windsor Council had a ance, as well as reducing Planning
grudge match
Board Attorney
of its own on
Gerry Muller’s
Monday, April
‘In 2007 and 2008 we
appropriation
16,
as
an
by $10,000.
started
seeing
a
lot
of
amended verThe process
different things hapsion of the 2012
of setting the
budget
ultipening in the financial
budget was far
mately passed
from pretty as
world. People made
by a 3-2 vote,
council membold
moves.
Bold
moves
with party lines
bers bickered
got this country in trouclearly drawn.
and bantered,
This year the
ble.’ — George Borek
attempting to
municipal tax
one-up one anrate will inother, and even
crease by half a penny (.005) or calling into question Robert’s
1.36 percent. The average home in Rules of Order. Councilman
West Windsor valued at $530,000 George Borek made the first mowould pay an additional $26.20 in tion for an amendment, and from
municipal taxes. The township’s there tension escalated as Council
total budget for 2012 will be Vice President Linda Geevers felt
$37.19 million — $163,000 less Council had no time to deliberate
than last year’s budget.
on the budget.
The budget reflects two changes
Council finally arrived at two
in the course of Council’s delibera- votes on amendments: one by
tions, slightly reducing the amount Borek, identical to the mayor’s refrom the administration’s original- vision, and one suggested by
ly proposed budget of $37,340,000 Geevers and Councilman Bryan
(WW-P News, February 17). Five
days ahead of the public hearing
Continued on page 12
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh sent a
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Budget Approved,
Fleres, Xu, Kaish
Win Board Seats
T
by Rikki N. Massand
he 2012-’13 school budget,
set at $161 million, passed
by nearly a 2-1 margin in the
April 17 school election. Two also
topped one in the race for school
board as the Plainsboro ticket of incumbent Tony Fleres and newcomer Yibao Xu defeated Quentin
Walsh.
In West Windsor, Michele
Kaish received nearly 1,000 more
than Peter Abitanto. Kaish will replace John Farrell, who chose not
to run for re-election.
The budget’s overwhelming approval, 2,090 to 939, and the outcome in Plainsboro suggest that
one year after the school budget
was defeated, not as many residents of WW-P are opposed to increased school taxes as in the past.
Although members of the school
board including Richard Kaye,
Rachelle Feldman Hurwitz, and
Board President Hemant Marathe
smiled and congratulated one another as the budget’s approval was
announced, the prevailing sentiment was more of a sigh of relief at
the board’s regular meeting.
Of the budget for next school
New WW-P school board member Michele Kaish is
congratulated by her opponent, Peter Abitanto.
year $145 million will come from
the local tax ley, reflecting a $1.5
million (or 1.02 percent) decrease
from last year’s portion. Both the
district’s expenditures and revenues will increase by 1.89 percent
budget-to-budget from last year.
Fleres, a design manager with
URS Corporation, was elected to
his third consecutive term on the
school board. He received 706
votes while his running mate Xu
(pronounced shoe) received 642
votes. Xu, a mathematics professor
at Manhattan Community College,
replaces outgoing board member
Todd Hochman, who chose not to
run for re-election.
Challenger Walsh, an outspoken opponent of the district’s financial practices and the husband
of current board member Ellen
Walsh, received 363 votes. Walsh
was against this year’s budget and
the year-to-year carry over of surplus in the district, making his poContinued on page 15
A Plainsboro Neighbor Helps Orchestrate New Hospital
O
by Rikki N. Massand grated scores of unique instruments,
n Tuesday, May 22, the new,
state-of-the-art, $447 million
hospital will make its much-anticipated debut on the northbound side
of Route 1. Ads for the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro
(abbreviated UMCPP) boast being both
by the people and for the people, and
that’s not just sales talk.
The new hospital’s vice president for
construction and facilities, Pamela
Garbini, right, is a Plainsboro resident
who can walk to work, but for now she’s
moving at bullet speed to get every aspect of the new facility synchronized.
Her job is similar to conducting an orchestra in that the new hospital has inte-
from its crescent design and open layout
to an abundance of user-oriented technology, 1,600 employees, 1,555 parking spaces (plus valet parking), as well
as new signalized intersections on the
roads leading to it.
“My primary role is to serve as the
major liaison point and decision-facilitator for the hospital staff. I tell people
I’m like the eye of the hurricane because
during construction I’ve facilitated all
the information exchange between the
architects, the engineers, the contractors, the local code officials, and at the
same time our staff — doctors, nurses,
users, and department heads. Every one
of our 93 discrete departments in the
hospital has a vested interest in how
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they are going to do their job in this
building versus how they do their jobs
now,” Garbini says.
The challenge of being the point of
synergy “for everybody’s thoughts”
leads Garbini to explain how architects
and engineers’ drawings and conversations are being translated into tangible
results.
“I’m changing channels in my head
on a dime. From specific and technical
engineering discussions to ‘I need to explain this to the nursing manager’ so
you’ve got to keep people engaged and
focused,” she says.
Speaking from the new cancer center
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Day of Silence
Speaks Volumes
Over 55’s Finest...
VILLAGE GRANDE VALUES
of Tyler Clementi hit very close to
home and opened their eyes to
what gay youth go through and the
silence they are at times forced to
endure, even in our home state.
The Day of Silence is often inhe Gay-Straight Alliance at
terpreted
differently by students.
West Windsor-Plainsboro
Some
carry
around whiteboards
High School South has
and
markers
to
communicate and
about 70 people on our e-mail list.
some
simply
keep
to themselves all
Roughly 20 students show up to
day.
But
at
the
end
of it all, the mesour regular meetings. For the Day
sage
boils
down
to
having a day
of Silence on Friday, April 20, we
dedicated
to
those
who
feel stifled
set up a small table
by
the
world
full of rainbow ribbon
around
them
—
pins and small cards
those
who
feel
The
suicide
of
Tyler
explaining what the
that they do not
Day of Silence is so Clementi hit very
have a voice.
that the student partic- close to home and
The next day
ipants can show their opened students’
in
school, stuteachers and friends.
dents
who particeyes
to
what
gay
A good majority of
ipated
often tell
youth
go
through.
the teachers respect
me
how
frustratthe pledge and in
ed
they
felt
with
classes I’ve attended
not
being
able
to
communicate
in the past, some even take the time
to make a little speech in the first with the people around them. As an
five minutes of class about the im- out lesbian teenager, I tell them
portance of the day. In general the that I often feel that way. Living in
a world where being able to get
school respects the day.
One of the reasons I love the day married or adopt children is illegal
so much is that out of the about for me is often hard to deal with,
1,600 students, lots of them join in. and when I hear the occasional gay
Not only those in the GSA partici- slur, I feel silenced.
The silence represents those
pate, but students from all grades
who
feel that prejudice has taken
and clubs join in by taking the
their
voice from them. The most
pledge of silence. While not everyinteresting
part, believe it or not, is
one at South is an active part of the
when
a
large
fraction of the school
GSA, most are accepting of
falls
silent,
people
start listening.
LGBTQ students and see the neWhile
there
have
not been any
cessity for a day like this.
negative
reactions
to
the
Day of SiFor many students, the suicide
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lence, homophobia does exist at
my school. Still, I see less and less
homophobia as time goes on. With
each passing year, I think the populous of South becomes more understanding and sensitive to the
rights of minorities, especially the
LGBT community.
Rebecca Rost
President, Gay Straight Alliance
Sophomore, High School South
Bravo for Choirs’
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West Windsor-Plainsboro High
School South Concert Choir and
Women’s Choir for their recent,
successful tour of Slovenia and
Italy. Over 125 talented students
made us proud as they sang their
hearts out in five concerts, including one attended by the President
of Slovenia, during a nine-day, action-packed trip. I extend a huge
thank you to Choir Director Janice
Chapin for her vision, commitment, and leadership which made
this tour happen.
I also applaud the energetic
Choir Council, Choir members,
Choir parents, and community
members for their dedication and
support of the wonderful District
Choir program. Finally, I commend the School Board for allowing this unique, memorable, cultural experience for our children.
Beth Carroll
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Kaish: ‘Thrilled’
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to the voters of West Windsor. I
am thrilled to have been elected to
serve on the West Windsor-Plainsboro School Board.
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Education. I am committed to
maintaining excellence in education while ensuring that every dollar is spent wisely. I will make balanced and informed decisions that
are focused on what is best for students.
Thank you for giving me the
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Board.
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Impossible Dream?
W
ell, where to begin with our
latest debacle? Perhaps with
Kamal Khanna and Mike Herbert
deciding (with Mayor Hsueh
working the levers behind the curtain) to do away with our time-honored informal discussions before
introducing the municipal budget.
Perhaps with the hurry-up introduction itself on February 27, a full
week ahead of when the revised
state regulations called for this. Or
perhaps with the March 26 Council
meeting, when Kristina Samonte
joined Bryan Maher and Linda
Geevers to vote for a zero increase
in West Windsor’s 2012 tax rate.
This welcome result would have
been achieved through a combination of modest expense reductions,
better forecasting of revenues, and
using a small (10%) portion of the
upcoming $2 million liquor license
income rather than putting it all towards renovating the municipal
building - all of which were entirely reasonable proposals. George
Borek nearly joined the majority,
but declined to do so at the last
minute. He knew that this would
further embarrass the administra-
tion, which he wanted to avoid at
all costs.
Kudos to Ms. Samonte for originally standing up for what she
knew was right. This took real
bravery! We can perhaps understand, but still not appreciate her
vote change on April 16th after relentless pressure, together with
carefully-selected “facts” and
“good practices,” had been applied
from above. Such is politics in the
real world.
Stay tuned for 2013, when we’ll
review what actually happened
with the town’s finances this year
and try once again for no municipal
tax hike. Dare we dream of an actual reduction?
John A. Church
West Windsor
11th Commandment
T
he April 16 outcome was disappointing from the West
Windsor Council on the budget for
four reasons:
(1) Mr. Borek, Mr. Khanna, and
Ms. Samonte voted to increase the
municipal tax rate. Identified adContinued on following page
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justments totaling about $450,000
out of a more than $37 million budget could have resulted in no increase for the municipal tax rate.
Mr. Borek’s excuse for higher taxes was that he did not want to make
any “bold moves.” The identified
adjustments were a mere 1.2 percent of the budget and would not
have curtailed any services or activities.
(2.) Although Ms. Samonte had
voted in favor of the budget adjustments in an earlier vote on March
26, she changed her vote, citing
opinions from the state Department
of Community Affairs. These opinions were similar to those from the
Mayor’s paid consulting firm.
(3.) While Ms. Samonte appeared to favor no increase in the
tax rate, and even seemed to understand the facts Mr. Maher presented on the budget overestimating
historical costs, underestimating
historical revenues, and building
too big of a reserve, Ms. Samonte
still voted against the numerical
facts and her own earlier March 26
vote.
(4.) Chairman Khanna permitted Attorney Herbert to become the
effective Chair during much of the
budget discussion. Attorney Herbert insisted on having Mr. Borek’s
budget amendment from the Mayor voted on immediately without
any discussion or consideration of
alternatives. Repeated insistence
by Ms. Geevers and Mr. Maher on
the need for discussion and alternatives prior to voting finally prompted Mr. Khanna to resume the
Chairmanship and permit such to
happen. Unfortunately, Ms. Geevers’ amendment, which would
have resulted in no increase in the
municipal tax rate, was voted down
by Mr. Khanna, Mr. Borek, and
Ms. Samonte.
My family and I applaud Ms.
Geevers and Mr. Maher for articulating the facts and striving for no
increase in our municipal tax rate.
It seems Mr. Khanna, Mr. Borek,
and Ms. Samonte feel annual municipal tax rate increases are an
11th Commandment, even when
the numbers do not support a tax
rate increase.
Sandra Donovan
20 Sapphire Drive
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Tax Cuts Are Not
Partisan Politics
W
est Windsor Council members Bryan Maher and Linda
Geevers spent many hours analyzing the proposed West Windsor
budget in order to save taxpayers
money. Both believed it was possible to achieve a meaningful reduction in the budget — and subsequently an actual decline in taxes
— which would have gone a long
way to make up for many years of
increasing taxes in West Windsor
under the current administration
and thereby helping those families
that have been hit hard by the economic downturn.
Unfortunately, when it became
clear that their Democratic councilmen and women would not support an actual tax decrease, they offered a zero percent increase budget as a reasonable compromise.
Instead of receiving praise for their
efforts they were criticized and
their ideas were disparaged by the
Mayor who accused them of engaging in partisan politics. Protecting the public from unwarranted
increases in government spending
is not partisan it is simply good
government.
While democracy does not require that we all agree, democracy
is best served when we encourage
— not stifle — debate and discussion. Council members Geevers
and Maher should be congratulated
on their dedication to the citizens of
West Windsor.
Christine Bator
Bator is chair of the West Windsor Republican Club.
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ack in 1978
when Grease
was the word
(was the word was
the word), Jimmy
Carter was our president, regular
gas cost 63 cents a gallon, and the
price of a first class stamp was 13
cents, approximately 1,200 mostly
18-year-olds converged on a leafy
campus in Connecticut to begin
what the school song calls “the
shortest, gladdest years of life.”
According to the bursar’s bill
posted on our class Facebook page,
one semester’s tuition back then
was $2,575.00, room was $557.50,
and board was $617.50. Now that is
the kind of nostalgia I can truly appreciate. Suffice it to say that one
semester alone for each of our girls
runs almost exactly 10 times that.
Speaking of Facebook, John
Travolta — hot off both his Grease
and Saturday Night Fever success
— was the stand-in for those who
did not send in their own photo for
the hard copy freshman facebook,
the only kind that existed at the
time, since Mark Zuckerberg was
not even a twinkle. (He was born in
1984.)
I remember how stressed out I
was choosing exactly the right outfit, brushing my hair exactly the
right way, and smiling exactly the
right smile for the picture I would
send in for that book. My friends all
told me how the boys — excuse me
— the college men would scour its
pages to find girls they wanted to
ask out. For the record, while it
may have happened with others, it
never happened with me. I didn’t
care; I just wanted to make a good
first impression.
But my, how goofy I looked —
though I thought I was the epitome
of cool — and my, how dated we all
were with our hairstyles that now
scream 1970s! The girls with long,
flowing locks with that distinctive
middle part, the boys with poufy
hair looking ready to hit the discos.
You never think you are dated until
you look back and realize that you
actually qualify as vintage.
Thinking back on the naive yet
hopeful 18-year-old I used to be, I
wish I could sit her down for a
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it was a circus. And it was a serious
setback for decency and openness
in our local government.
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heart-to-heart and tell her everything I know now. (Buy Microsoft
in 1986! Buy Apple as soon as your
husband buys his first iPod!) But
seriously, all that good stuff about
life, love, success, disappointment,
and what is truly important.
In a few short weeks, those now
50-somethings will gather once
again for — ouch — the 30th reunion of the Class of 1982. I will
not be there, but only for the best
and most understandable of reasons. On May 24th, when my reunion kicks-off, 30 years to the day
after we wore our caps and gowns
Thinking back on the
naive yet hopeful 18year-old I used to be, I
wish I could tell her
everything I know now.
and received our diplomas in a
New England downpour, our firstborn will be graduating from college herself (Johns Hopkins), and
two days later, at the high point of
reunion activities, our god-daughter will be graduating from West
Point.
So this past week, four of the
five members of our freshman suite
met in New York for a reunion of
our own, and looked beyond our
50-something selves to recapture
the spirit and camaraderie of the
idealistic teenagers we were when
we were thrown together as roommates and became friends for life.
We met for brunch at a cafe on
the Upper West Side, Hope, Margaret, Melissa with her husband
and three children visiting from
Maine, and I, and then strolled up
to Hope’s apartment. We laughed
so hard I had stitches in my side,
and then in a fit of silliness, we
crowded into Hope’s shower to get
a group picture — a variation on
You can watch it for yourselves
and draw your own conclusions.
The meeting is being rebroadcast
on Comcast and Verizon FIOS.
However, if you are too busy to
tune in, I’ll offer you a brief summary of what you would have seen:
1. The council had an opportunity to reduce local taxes without
having to ask for a cut in community services or a reduction in administrative salaries or township benefits. In fact it didn’t even have to request that town spend a dime less
than what was spent this year.
2. But Mr. Khanna, Mr. Borek
and Ms. Samonte wouldn’t vote for
a budget that would have saved us
tax dollars. Instead, they voted to
spend more of your money and
mine, even when it wasn’t needed.
3. These folks lost sight of the
fact that you and I pay the bills. We
write those quarterly property tax
checks. And we have been asking
for relief, real relief. But they ignored us.
Two other council members,
Bryan Maher and Linda Geevers
tried to act on our behalf but they
were out voted. Maher and Geevers
proposed keeping the tax rate flat.
But they were ignored.
Maher is the most financially astute member of council and he did
all the legwork for his colleagues.
He showed that the mayor’s proposal had overstated budgeted expenditures and understated expect-
the ’50s fad of “How
Many People Can You
Fit Into a Phone Booth.”
(Another item that dates
us -most of our kids
probably don’t know what a phone
booth is).
As for our long-lost fifth member, motivated by our mini-reunion, I’ve tracked down Jean on
LinkedIn, who is now living in my
old stomping grounds in California. I plan to catch up at length with
her very soon and reconnect her
with the rest of the gang.
Our post-reunion communication sums it all up.
From Hope: “We MUST make
the effort to come together more often, as I think it does wonders for
all of us — certainly exercises the
laugh muscles! What a small miracle it was in the summer of 1978
when the gods of college rooming
assignments looked down and said
“Let them be friends — forever!”
From Melissa: “This long deep
connection we manage to maintain
just gets more precious over time
— it reinforces the C-22 glue and
reconnects us to our younger but
not so different selves. Part of our
family conversation on the way
home was my thanks to my kids for
being such good company and
traveling companions, and for being so patient during conversations
with old friends. Jessie said that
even though she didn’t get much
dirt on me, she really loves listening, she finds my friends so funny
and interesting. I think it’s cool for
them to see these how these threads
of life weave together.”
From Margaret: “Being assigned to C-22 was one of the luckiest days of my life. I am grateful
for lasting friendships with all of
you. As Euna says, life comes with
rough patches (involving health,
men, kids, etc.) but through it all,
we are sustained by the love of
smart, caring, funny women
friends. While I don’t see you nearly often enough (and we can do better!), it is wonderful to know that
we can pick up just where we left
off, as if no time has passed.
Thanks, guys, I couldn’t have
said it any better.
ed revenues. But his effort was to
no avail.
Khanna, Borek & Samonte disappointed all of us and they were
aided by a township attorney who
made a mockery of Robert’s Rules
of Order. This township attorney
forgot his role and opted instead to
promote a partisan stand. Instead
we should be paying for and receiving thoughtful, reasoned advice.
West Windsor deserves better
representation and it’s time we demanded more from our elected officials. Mayor Hsueh pulls the
strings as chairman of the West
Windsor Democratic Committee.
Not surprisingly, the council members who voted for his budget are
all active members of his political
organization. Nonpartisanship in
West Windsor has been cast to the
wind. Political self dealing is now
the order of the day.
Marshall Lerner
3 Sapphire Drive, West Windsor
Toeing Party Line
I
regret that the mayor and his allies were able to push through
their budget without the need to address the issues raised in recent
weeks by those seeking to avert any
increase in this year’s West Windsor municipal tax rate. I suppose
we should be grateful that the majority threw the taxpayers of this
town the bone of $150,000 of tax
relief from the original budget. I
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am sure that we wouldn’t have gotten even that much if it weren’t for
the strenuous efforts of Bryan Maher and Linda Geevers.
Although I am disappointed at
the outcome, I am even more disappointed at the process and the
heavy-handed partisanship exhibited by the majority. At the March
26 meeting, I thought real progress
had been made towards a bipartisan compromise, when Kristina
Samonte voted in favor of the zerocent increase non-binding proposal. But three weeks is a long time in
politics, and it is evident that she
was forced to toe the party line
when it counted. Her body language and facial expressions clearly showed that she was unhappy
with the position that she was
forced into by the mayor and his
supporters on the Council.
I might also add that I found
Michael Herbert’s role in the discussions to be troublesome. He obviously counseled the mayor’s
Council supporters on the finer
points of Robert’s Rules ahead of
time, but neglected to do the same
for those members who favored a
different approach. Perhaps the
outcome would have been the
same, but at least now we should all
recognize that Mr. Herbert has a
conflict as an advisor to both the
mayor and the Council.
To conclude, it is clear that people in this town want tax relief. It is
also clear that this so-called
“damned good budget” — Kamal
Khanna’s words, not mine — contains more reserves than is needed
and operating line items that can be
cut. In their wisdom, the mayor and
his backers found all of $10,000 in
operating savings, in just one line
item.
Excluding salaries and wages
and debt service, that amounts to a
0.05 percent cut from the mayor’s
original budget proposal. I find that
pathetic. At the very least, the majority should have found enough
savings to offset the cost of those
infamous helicopter lessons that
the town is obligated to reimburse!
I believe the mayor made a big
mistake by not showing a scintilla
of willingness to compromise on
his budget. The implication is that
the budget is perfection itself — a
notion that is hard to square with
reality. There is always room for
improvement. It’s a shame that the
mayor and his allies have chosen to
close their ears and eyes to the
needs and wishes of the taxpayers
of West Windsor.
James Solloway
5 Monroe Drive, West Windsor
Celebrate Arbor Day
T
hanks to all West Windsor residents for helping the township
achieve the “Tree City USA” status
for the last 34 years. This year no
exception! Only six other municipalities in New Jersey have been
awarded with this distinction.
Plant a tree this week! Why
plant a tree? You will be amazed of
all the benefits you can achieve. It
beautifies the landscape for sure.
Check the following resources for
data from studies done on the positive impact of trees:
• Center for Urban Forest Research
• Council of Tree and Landscape
Appraisers
• Arbor National Mortgage &
American Forests
Why this week? May 5 is Arbor
Day in West Windsor.
The first Arbor Day took place
on April 10, 1872, in Nebraska. It
was the brainchild of Julius Sterling
Morton, a Nebraska journalist and
politician. Throughout his career,
Morton worked to improve agricultural techniques. He served as President Grover Cleveland’s secretary
of agriculture. But his most important legacy is Arbor Day.
Nebraska’s first Arbor Day was
an amazing success. More than one
million trees were planted. A second Arbor Day took place in 1884,
and the young state made it a legal
holiday in 1885, using April 22 to
coincide with Morton’s birthday.
Morton’s idea spread beyond
Nebraska with Kansas, Tennessee,
Minnesota, and Ohio all proclaiming their own Arbor Days. Today
all 50 states celebrate Arbor Day.
In 1970, President Richard Nixon
proclaimed the last Friday in April
as National Arbor Day.
Arbor Day is now celebrated in
other countries including Australia.
Variations are celebrated in Japan,
Israel, Korea, Iceland, and India.
For the homeowner, Arbor Day
is an excellent opportunity to take
stock of your trees and plan for the
future. Inspect your trees. Think
about how planting new trees
might improve your property or
provide wind or heat protection.
Take a trip to your local nursery to
see what’s available. Walk around
your neighborhood. Are there any
public areas where tree planting or
tree maintenance might make a real
difference? Talk with your neighbors. And, oh yes, plant a tree.
Celebrate Arbor Day with us
and bring your tree-related questions! Saturday May 5, at 10 a.m. at
the Ronald R. Rogers Arboretum.
(In case of rain the event will be
held at the Senior Center.) Key
events:
Arbor Day Proclamation by
Mayor Shing Fu-Hsueh; the Shade
Tree Commission will discuss tree
planting and care; awards for the
WW-P Student Art Competition;
learn to identify common trees and
local insects; participation by the
Girls Scouts, Boys Scouts, and music students; refreshments; and take
home a free tree seedling.
“What we are doing to the
forests of the world is but a mirror
reflection of what we are doing to
ourselves and to one another.” —
Mahatma Gandhi
Ram Ramachandran, Ph.D.
Member, West Windsor Shade
Tree Commission
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residents. She also created a personalized, easy-to-use Wii manual,
put together a photo album depicting her time with her new friends,
and bought two additional new Wii
remotes, allowing more residents
to participate at once.
Chodhari also made an enlarged
crossword board on chalkboard
that is now part of the recreation
room. “This program was not
something I intended to do for one
summer and forget about; those senior residents made me realize why
I was a Girl Scout and why I loved
being one; those senior residents
were excited to see me every day,
challenging me in any way they
could, and they would be upset on
days when I wasn’t there,” says
Chodhari, who continues to visit
the center, despite her academic,
social, athletic, and personal commitments.
“We were excited to have
Priyanka Chodhari create a wellness program using the Wii and
other mentally challenging games
because it was already an interest
our residents wanted an opportunity to explore,” says Patti Hillmanno, the recreation director at the
center. “Her desire to do this gave
us the needed instructor to be able
to educate and challenge our residents in the Wii.”
“It is not always an easy task for
a young individual to involve elderly who have already spent a lifetime creating who they are and
what they expect for the rest of
their days,” says Hillmanno.
“Priyanka came in determined to
make their daily lives enriched.”
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Priyanka Chodhari of
West Windsor received
her Gold Award for her
work with senior residents at Hamilton Grove.
Chodhari financed her project
through troop funds, the 2011 Hollywood Night Dance fundraiser,
and contributions from her family.
Her mother, Alka Chodhari, a
homemaker, and father, Rakesh
Chodhari, have supported and
motivated Chodhari in her Girl
Scouts efforts. “We all take our
parents for granted at times,” says
Chodhari. “I wish there was a way
for me to show how much I love
and appreciate them. I can’t express how thankful I am for being
given this opportunity because of
them. It’s amazing how much faith
and confidence my parents have in
me and have never given up.”
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riyanka Chodhari, a West
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School, has earned her Girl Scout
Gold Award, the highest award a
Girl Scout can earn. Her project,
Fitness for Seniors, was aimed at
senior residents at the Hamilton
Grove Health Care and Rehabilitation to improve their quality of life
and to stimulate their physical and
mental health through engaging in
crossword puzzles, word searches,
and learning how to play Wii
games.
When Chodhari visited the senior center last summer, she finished one crossword puzzle with
the group each day, brought different themed word searches everyday, and taught the residents how
to play Wii Sports, including bowling, tennis, and baseball.
She worked on the residents’
hand-eye coordination, made them
more confident and independent,
and encouraged friendly competition. Chodhari brought them
snacks as prizes and delivered motivational notes with stickers and
colored markers. “I would come in
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The Value of Homeownership
Despite the market’s ups
and downs, Americans contin-
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homeownership as a longterm investment, and as an integral part of the American
Dream.
A recent survey conducted
among 1,500 American voters
on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders discovered that, regardless of political affiliation or owner/renter
status, three out of four respondents believed it was appropriate and reasonable for
the federal government to provide tax incentives to promote
homeownership.
In addition, the poll found:
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St. Paul’s Raises
Autism Awareness
St. Paul’s School of Princeton
held an assembly on April 17 featuring stories from three St. Paul
School families about how autism
has touched their lives. Each St.
Paul student who participated has a
sibling with autism, and they spoke
in an effort to enlighten and educate their peers on autism. West
Windsor residents Barbara Conforti, and her daughter, Joanna, a
student at the school, were among
the speakers.
Real Estate News
Wendy Merkovitz of West
Windsor is the new branch manager
of Gloria Nilson Realtors Princeton
office. With more than 15 years of
experience as a realtor she will lead
30 sales associates and oversee the
sales process. “The opportunity to
join the Gloria Nilson REaltors
team in Princeton was one I was eager to embrace, both as an area resi-
In College
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Lee of West Windsor is participating in the Congress Bundestag
Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, a year-long, federally
funded fellowship for study and
work in Germany. He will attend a
two-month intense German language course, study at a German
university or professional school
for four months, and complete a
five month internship with a German company in mechanical engineering, his career field.
Conceived of and supported by
members of the U.S. Congress and
the German Parliament, the program is supported by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of
the U.S. Department of State. For
more information about the exchange program visit www.cbyx.info.
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Chodhari earned her Bronze
Award in 2006 by assisting with
troop activities for a new Brownie
troop. She earned her Silver Award
in 2008 with her project Activity
Crew for Brownie Backyard Campouts, in which she partnered with
Shilvi Shah and Nikita Gupta,
both juniors at High School South
now. They planned and led activities for backyard campouts for new
leaders and new troops.
In addition to Girl Scouts, Chodhari is a tour guide at the
Lawrenceville School, a sports editor for the Olla Podrida, the school
yearbook, and the goalie for the
Big Red varsity lacrosse team. Her
brother, Sahil Chodhari, is a junior at Villanova University.
Chodhari, who joined Girl
Scouts in first grade, is a member of
Troop 70677, whose leader is
Louisa Ho. For information about
joining Girl Scouts in West Windsor or Plainsboro, there is a recruitment event on Monday, May 7,
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Millstone
River School, or send an E-mail to
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ore than 700 scouts and their
parents gathered at Rosedale
Park in Hopewell for a Chuck
Wagon Cubarama and Camporee.
300 Cub Scouts and 120 Boy
Scouts took part in chuck wagon
races, tomahawk throwing, calf
roping, fishing, knot tying and other activities.
The Chuck Wagon race was won
by Troop 40 of West Windsor. The
third largest fish was caught by Pat
Wellon of Troop 759 in Plainsboro.
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D
aniel R. Guadalupe of
Plainsboro, a member of Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, a
Bridgewater based law firm, was
recognized as a star with the partnership award at the Selective Corporate Internship Program’s recent
gala. The private foundation program provides corporate internships for at risk youth in New York
City celebrated in February at the
Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Guadalupe graduated from Columbia College and earned his J.D.
from Penn. He represents clients in
commercial litigation with a speciality in business disputes, construction, professional liability, arbitrations, will end trust litigation,
and international disputes.
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Lillian Lohmann, 85, of
West Windsor died April 17.
Born in Campbell, Ohio, she attended Ohio State University.
She was employed by Union
Carbide and Bakelite Company,
both in New York City, and ETS
in New Jersey. She later had a career as a travel agent in New Jersey, Florida, and California. A
resident of the Gables, Lohman
was active at the West Windsor
Senior Center.
Survivors include her sister
Anne Di Persi of Stuart, Florida,
former
husband
Walter
Lohmann of Red Bank; daughters and sons-in-law, Roberta
and Jack Stoffa of Lawrenceville, and Janet and George
Roman of West Windsor; her
Deaths
William Dickerman, 91, of
Monroe died April 14. Survivors
include a daughter and son-in-law,
Elizabeth Dickerman and Richard
Arons; and granddaughters, Dana
and Whitney.
Gerald J. Hopkins, 86, of
Stockton died April 14. Survivors
include a sister, Jean Fisher of
Plainsboro. Donations may be
made to St. John the Evangelist
Church, 44 Bridge Street Lambertville 08530.
Lois F. Rogers, 70, of East
Windsor died April 14. A former
member of the Ladies Auxiliary of
the West Windsor Fire Company
No. 1, she worked for Acme Markets for 21 years.
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Margaret Ann Schafer, 58, of
Bay City, Michigan, died April 13.
Survivors include her brother and
sister-in-law, Kevin and Judy of
West Windsor.
Susan Langston, 85, of St. Augustine, Florida, died April 12.
Born and raised in Sewickley
Township, Pennsylvania, she was a
longtime resident of West Windsor
until 2002 when she moved to
Florida. Langston, who earned her
pilot’s license as a young woman,
was a psychic healer in the 1980s.
Survivors include her sons, and
daughters-in-law, Jesse Langston
of St. Augustine, Dante and Helen
Langston of Colorado Springs, and
David and Lisa Langston of Long
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Maggie and Sarah.
Hazel Jeannette Carlson, 96,
of Sturgis, South Dakota, died
April 11. Survivors include her son
and daughter-in-law, Richard C.
and Linda Carlson of West Windsor. Condolences may be sent to
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Robert Marchisotto, 82, a West
Windsor resident for 30 years, died
April 1 at Meadow Lakes in East
Windsor. Born in Queens Village,
New York, he graduated from
Brooklyn Technical High School,
and received his doctorate in 1956
from Purdue University.
He held management positions
in the pharmaceutical and biomedical information industries in the
United States and England. He
founded BIOSIS, producer of biomedical data basis in England, and
was the vice president of scientific
affairs from 1976 to 1985. He also
held positions at Schering Corporation, Richardson-Vick, BristolMyers, and Johnson & Johnson. He
was president of Purdue Associates, a pharmaceutical and biotech
consulting firm he founded. He retired in 2004.
Active in the history of Western
Europe and the Mediterranean
basin, he was a lecturer at Mercer
College. He was active in the American Italian Historian Association
and served on many committees.
Survivors include his wife, Jennifer Selfridge Macleod; children
Denise Marchisotto of Skillman,
Robert Marchisotto of Lambertville, and Laura Marchisotto
and her husband George Bogart of
McLean, Virginia; his children’s
mother, Josephine Marchisotto of
East Brunswick; his step children,
Pamela Macleod and her husband
Hardol Randall of Englewood, and
Scott and Catherine Macleod of
McLean, Virginia; and his grandchildren and step grandchildren.
Donations may be made to the
National Parkinson Foundation at
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ion of 14 years, Eric Formoso; her
sons, Henry and Paul McCaffrey of
Massachusetts, Malcolm Rogers of
Texas, Ronald Rogers of Hamilton
Square, and Gene Thomas Rogers
of Texas; her daughters, Katherine
McCaffrey and Gayle Rogers, both
of East Windsor; her grandchildren; great-granddaughter; her sister, Christine, of Kentucky; and her
brother, Kenny, of Massachusetts.
Carl W. Despreaux Sr., 101, of
West Windsor died April 16 at
Samaritan Inpatient Hospice Center at Virtua Hospital in Mt. Holly.
Born and raised in Rumson, he was
a master stonemason and carpenter.
He worked in the defense industry at Bendix Aviation Corp. (now
Honeywell/Allied) in Eatontown,
where he advanced to chief purchasing agent. After retirement, he
worked at Monmouth Park race
track for many years. He moved to
Bear Creek Assisted Living in 2007.
Survivors include his wife of 72
years, Florence; his son and daughter in-law, Carl and Sandra of Manahawkin; his daughter and son-inlaw, Carol and Taylor Reeder of
East Windsor; his grandchildren,
Cynthia and Joseph Vetrano,
Michele Despreaux and Larry
Healey, Taylor and Christine Reeder, Jeffrey and Lanie Despreaux,
and Amy and Carmin DeRose; and
great-grandchildren, Arcangelo,
Tatiana, Benjamin, Nicholas,
Sloane, Jessica, Danielle, Alexandra, and Samantha
Donations may be made to
Samaritan Hospice, 5 Eves Drive,
Suite 300, Marlton 08053; or National Down Syndrome Society,
666 Broadway, New York, NY
10012.
Carl W. Kuhlman, 86, died
April 16. Survivors include a son
and daughter-in-law, David and
Martha Esch; and four grand children Paul, Laura, Gregory, and
Madeline Kuhlman, all of West
Windsor. Donations may be made
to the Assistance League of San Mateo County, 528 North San Mateo
Drive, San Mateo, CA 94401-2326.
Deacon Stephen R. Vagrin, 70,
died April 17. Born in New York
City, he was raised in Fords. He received his undergraduate degree
from Mount St. Mary’s and his
graduate degree from Seton Hall.
He taught history and economics at
John F. Kennedy High School in
Iselin for 38 years.
Survivors include three children: Laurie Ann, Marc, and Karyn
and her husband, Magnus; five
grandchildren; a brother, Anton
Vagrin; and a sister, Linda Haulenbeck. Donations may be made to
St. Catharine of Siena Church, 50
“E” Street, Seaside Park 08751.
Kurt A. Zorn Jr., 82, of
Wallingford died April 18. Survivors include his cousin and her
husband, Ann and John O’Hara of
West Windsor.
Patricia A. Di Massa, 65, of
West Windsor died April 18 at
home. Born in Princeton, she lived
in Penns Neck for more than 39
years. Di Massa retired as a senior
clerk with more than 30 years of
service with Elizabethtown Water
Company in Montgomery.
Survivors include two brothers,
Gerald and Robert Di Massa; a sister, Mary Raye, and many nieces,
nephews, great-nieces, and greatnephews. Donations may be made
to Pet Rescue of Mercer County,
Box 2574, Hamilton 08690.
Dorothy J. Randall Clinch, 90,
of West Windsor died April 19 at
Meadow Lakes Healthcare Center
in East Windsor. Born in Winslow,
PA, she graduated from DuBois
Business College and then from the
Barbizon School of Modeling in
New York where she worked as a
fashion model. During World War
II she was a legal secretary in a procurement agency for the Navy. She
was later an executive secretary at
Owens Illinois Glass Plant in Clarion, Pennsylvania.
Survivors include her children,
Alice and Jerry Barnhill of Arlington, Texas; Elizabeth and James V.
Solomos of West Windsor, Carol
and Thomas Salva of North
Brunswick, Dorette and Richard
Thompson of Rockwall, Texas,
Drs. Charles R. and Joanne Clinch
of Winston Salem, NC, and Coyne
Clinch of Middletown; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren;
and three sisters-in-law, Elaine,
Beatrice, and Alice. Donations may
be made to Alzheimer’s Foundation
of America, 322 Eighth Avenue, 7th
Floor, New York, NY 10001.
Jason C. Lee, 45, of West
Windsor died April 23. Born in
Taiwan, he emigrated to the United
States at age 10. He attended Pratt
Institute and in 1994 founded the
BBX Design Group, a toy manu-
facturer. Lee served as assistant
cub master for Boy Scout Pack 48.
Survivors include his wife Pamela
Briggs; two sons, Leland Jason and
Adam Jason; a brother a sister-in-law,
Chris Lee and Vivian Chiu; his mother Ling Dai Huang Lee; a nephew Otter Lee; and a niece Penelope Lee.
Calling hours are Friday, April
27, from 6 to 9 p.m., at MatherHodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton. Funeral
services will be Saturday, April 28,
at 11 a.m. at Prince of Peace
Lutheran Church, 177 PrincetonHightstown Road, West Windsor.
Donations may be made to the
college fund of Leland and Adam
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Maher. Since their non-binding
resolution passed, 3-2, on March
26, Geevers and Maher had
planned to introduce an amendment with the objective of a zerocent increase in taxes this year. But
on April 16 it became clear that the
March 26 swing vote, Kristina Samonte, was looking at the issue differently, and Borek’s amendment
was the likely choice of the majority, Maher then suggested reaching
$450,000 by taking $150,000 from
fund balance instead of $140,000,
combined with $200,000 from the
liquor license revenue and adding
another $100,000 to projected uniform construction code (UCC) revenue. That amendment fell short
with only Geevers and Maher supporting it.
Borek explained his reasoning
for the $150,000 as continuing
with a strategic, prudent method of
financial planning. “In 2007 and
the start of 2008 we started seeing a
lot of different things happening up
in the financial world. People made
bold moves. Bold moves got this
country in trouble,” he said.
“One of the things I’ve always
heard from speaking to people in
town is that, when I ask them the
question of why they came to live
in West Windsor, the answer that
keeps coming up is stability. Yes,
we’ve had increases in the municipal tax levy and tax rate, but it’s because of prudent management and
stability we keep it where it is,”
Borek said.
Maher countered by saying he
and Geevers went out of their way
to not suggest a bold move.
“We took a little from here and
there — that’s not making bold
moves. Frankly, that trimming
should have been done irrespectively,” Maher said. Nonetheless,
in line with party affiliation from
last year’s election, Borek, Council
President Kamal Khanna, and
Kristina Samonte voted for the
$150,000 cut.
When additional cuts were voted down, several residents in attendance groaned, booed, and shook
their heads. Many expected a better
outcome for taxpayers because of
Council’s previous budget discussion. On March 26, Geevers, Maher, and Samonte all voted in favor
of a non-binding resolution for the
budget to achieve a zero cent tax
increase. George Borek also expressed an interest in cutting the
budget, although he did not vote in
favor of the resolution saying he
wanted time to continue reviewing
the budget. On April 16 he stuck to
the mayor’s suggested $150,000
cut.
The revised budget memo from
Mayor Hsueh included input from
Phoenix Advisors LLC, the township’s financial advisory firm,
which offered some clarity to
Council on the use of one-shot revenue. In a follow-up interview on
Tuesday, April 17, Samonte said
that ultimately, using $200,000 out
of $2 million from the sale of two
liquor licenses, originally proposed by Geevers to be a major
chunk of at least a $450,000 budget
cut, did not sit well with her. That
factor influenced Samonte to
change her mind.
Samonte reviewed documentation from Phoenix Advisors as well
as the state Department of Community Affairs, and both suggest that
utilizing even a portion of “oneshot” township revenue was not the
best practice for municipal financial planning. In January, Samonte’s inaugural message as
councilwoman regarding township
finances was to follow best practices once such information becomes available. She held firm to
that stance with the budget vote,
and explained in detail a day later.
“Using one-time revenue such
as money from the sale of the
liquor licenses has been called into
question. The Department of Community Affairs has a local finance
service on that use of one-time revenue. Basically, they don’t want to
see it used to reduce tax burden because it won’t be replicated the following year, and if you do that your
budget would have to come under
review by the state,” Samonte said.
At the final round of budget discussion, Maher did present her
with another question. “Ms. Samonte, is it fair to take $2 million
from the existing taxpayers and use
it to upgrade this [municipal]
building, which will be used for the
next 30 years by all future residents
at the full expense of residents today? Is that fundamentally fair as
opposed to using the vast bulk of it
($1.8 million) for it, and bonding
the remaining $200,000?” Maher
asked.
It was then argued that bonding
only increases debt service, but
aside from that another factor Samonte weighed was West Wind-
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government. Mayor Hsueh’s serious stance against using one-shot
revenue from the liquor license
sales for a temporary tax relief was
one point; plans for green design
and sustainability at the municipal
complex was a corollary.
Another bone of contention with
this year’s budget was the anticipated revenue from uniform construction code (UCC) fees, which,
as Maher pointed out, appear underestimated at $775,000 for 2012.
In the six years prior, 2006 through
2011, UCC fees generated the following revenues (in chronological
order): $995,516; $1.07 million;
$1.06 million; $1.28 million; $1.75
million; and $2.1 million.
Maher has said several times
that such a decrease in expectations
was unwarranted. At the April 16
‘Is it fair to take $2 million from the existing
taxpayers and use it to
upgrade the municipal
building, which will be
used for the next 30
years by all future residents, at the full expense of residents today? — Bryan Maher
council meeting Geevers said that
the administration’s best expectation for 2012 was closer to a million, still $225,000 more than what
is budgeted for.
But Mayor Hsueh also explained the formulation of that
amount in an interview.
“In just the first two months of
this year, we’ve already seen a reduction of $400,000 in UCC fees
collected compared to 2011. Last
year was totally unexpected (to
gain $2.1 million). We never expected that with the economic
downturn only a couple of years
behind us. It was a record number
of UCC fee revenues that we received, and the reason was that all
of the projects going on now in
West Windsor submitted their applications in the same year,” Hsueh
says.
The mayor added that projects
usually submit applications and
pay the full UCC money up front
through an escrow account. “They
pay up front so we receive all the
money from them at once. We are
not going to receive more money
from them this year. That revenue
is unpredictable because it depends
only on the developers and when
they come in,” Hsueh says.
When time for public comments
arrived, a handful of voices from
both the Democratic side (for the
budget) and the Republican side
(against the adopted budget) were
heard. Michael Donnelly, who was
the campaign manager for Borek
and Samonte’s slate in last November’s Council election, spoke in favor of the budget, as did Andy
Bromberg of Princeton Junction,
who contributed funds to the Democratic campaign.
Alvin and Janet Lerner of 67
Rainflower Lane both spoke about
using caution when financial planning is involved. Janet Lerner noted that government must operate
differently from the private sector.
Alvin Lerner spoke about observing the national outlook with a
grain of salt. “Let’s not let the recent euphoria of the markets persuade us. The uncertainty is dreadful,” he said.
Those who spoke in opposition
to the final budget — John Church
of 11 Princeton Place, James Sol-
loway of 5 Murano Drive, Gary
Zohn of 42 Hawthorne Drive (one
of Maher’s running mates for
Council last year), and Marshall
Lerner of 3 Sapphire Drive (a longtime leader among West Windsor
Republicans) — all conveyed their
disappointment at the approved
budget reduction. Some people also questioned the factors that
swayed the swing vote of Councilwoman Samonte.
Marshall Lerner cited the budget presentation delivered by
Township CFO Joanne Louth earlier in the evening. Lerner said that
the comparisons in Louth’s slides
were budget to budget, not indicating the actual amounts spent. “The
comparison that is more appropriate and generally accepted as reasonable practice requires that current year’s budgets are based upon
current expectations of what will
be spent — not what was appropriated to be spent last year,” he said.
“We have excessive reserves,
and the reserves represent cushions. There are monies that are set
aside and can be called upon if
there are unexpected increases in
costs. If in fact you take the conservative stance you still have a cushion of $7 million (from this year’s
fund balance). That represents 20
percent of what’s currently proposed for spending,” Lerner said.
His finishing comments at the
council meeting were directed at
Khanna and Samonte. “When we
the voters have a chance to express
our opinions in the ballot box,
we’ll know that Kamal Khanna is
for higher taxes and he’s against
economies in our government.
We’ll know that Kristina Samonte
is easily intimidated, understandably because she’s new, but she
changed her vote because I suspect
some pressure,” Lerner said. Lerner also took a shot at Township Attorney Michael W. Herbert, calling
him a novice despite the fact that he
represents several townships in the
area.
Others were calmer in expressing their displeasure. Sandra Donovan of 20 Sapphire Drive, a former executive with Standard Oil,
spoke about her corporate experience and the differences in budget
formulation she saw with the township. John Church said that the
township revenue expectations
were way too conservative. He
added that it is ironic to use oneshot revenue for a project that
could be fully bonded (referring to
the municipal complex project).
James Solloway commented on
the lack of budget cuts and lack of
etiquette at the meeting. “This
process and this meeting does not
reflect well on town council. I was
really rather shocked that the council — even those who supported
the zero-cent increase — could only find $10,000 of operating budget
to cut,” said Solloway. Solloway
said that an unflattering phrase
came to mind when he thought of
West Windsor’s financial practices. “Eat like an elephant but
poop like a bird. A $10,000 cut in
the operating budget is really pooping like a bird,” he said.
Mayor Hsueh contends that
what occurred at the budget hearing was contrived to be more of a
fiscal, analytical approach than on
March 26, when Council President
Kamal Khanna was lambasted by
Councilman Maher and members
of the public.
At the Monday, April 16, Council meeting it was Maher who questioned whether Council was just
playing games as Township Attorney Herbert had to clarify procedures from Robert’s Rules once
Borek made the initial amendment
— and ultimately the definitive cut
— to the 2012 budget. Maher says
the mayor had only kept certain
members of Council in the loop,
but Hsueh says he met Maher
ahead of the budget hearing.
“I tried to clarify some of the
things we did with this budget, and
I gave him a hint then that I will
never give way to using one-shot
revenue for property tax relief. I
made it very clear to him, so for
him to say that I only consulted
with some select council members,
that’s not true at all. I talked to
every single one of them and let
them know what I wanted to do,”
Hsueh said.
But for one night, the night of
the budget hearing and adoption,
pure political drama prevailed. On
Tuesday, April 17, the day after the
hearing, Mayor Hsueh called out
what he feels was a ploy that Republican Party members orchestrated. In a telephone interview
Hsueh said that for weeks the Republican Club held meetings to discuss their opposition to the administration’s budget this year, based
less on the dollar amount and tax
increase involved, but more because their sights are set on the
2013 mayoral election in West
Windsor.
Mayor Hsueh, who is approaching 11 full years in office, says the
township’s Republicans saw an
opportunity to attack his leadership
in financial planning because a zero-cent increase was not formulated for this year’s budget.
“They tried to coordinate everything to the point that they thought
they were going to be able to win
this fight. The objective is to try to
discredit me in preparation for the
next mayoral election. They tried
to set the stage for that,” Hsueh
says.
Solar’s Dandy,
But Maybe Not
In All Backyards
W
hile solar energy is an environmental darling in many
corporate circles and other communities, that is not the case near
Mercer County Community College (MCCC). Residents of South
Post Road off of Old Trenton Road
say they have encountered the
“perfect storm” set to devalue their
homes, degrade their neighborhood, and kill the natural environment that they planned to raise
their children around.
Since the start of April the group
has hired an attorney, attended the
Environmental
Commission’s
April 12 meeting, met with two
members of Council as well as
Mayor Hsueh, and circulated an
online petition to Governor
Christie that so far has recorded
200 signatures.
Their effort includes requesting
a stay on the project with Mercer
County, the Mercer County Improvement Authority, the college,
and West Windsor Township “until we get detailed information for
our concerns with respect to
drainage into the wetlands, storm
water run-off, flooding, use of herbicides, and overall health and
safety issues,” residents wrote in
an E-mail to the WW-P News on
Wednesday, April 25.
Residents attest that there is no
real educational incentive driving
this solar field project forward.
They see a big business deal for the
county and MCCC in which a
Florida-based developer will lease
land and operate a solar farm to
make money from the SREC (solar
credit) market and by putting energy back on the local grid. (for MCCC’s position see box, page 14)
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Road five years ago. Since moving the community,” Campbell says.
Campbell’s neighbor, Marilyn
to West Windsor Campbell has experienced the birth of his two chil- Mangone-Stoddard, backed up his
dren: two and a half year-old assertion. Mangone-Stoddard has
Nathaniel and one year-old Harp- lived at 404 South Post Road for
er. Campbell says he and his wife, over 20 years, and she has been
Jennifer, fell in love with the through battles over water contamquaint, quiet location on the town- ination and flooding on her block.
At the environmental commission
ship’s southern edge.
Mangone-Stoddard
“One hundred percent of the meeting,
reason we moved here was because spoke about MCCC’s lack of cooperation with resof what we
idents.
thought was the
‘MCCC wants to talk
“They said
protected farmabout it separately with
that they’ll talk
land and open
about it, but they
space.
We
each person. We’re a
want to talk
chose to come
neighborhood and we
about it sepahere because of
want to talk about it torately with each
the combinaperson that has a
tion of rural and
gether. We don’t want
concern. We’re
residential —
to divide and conquer.’
a neighborhood,
looking out the
and we want to
back door we
are surrounded by nature,” Camp- talk about it together. We don’t
want to divide and conquer. It’s all
bell said.
With construction of the solar a fear of the unknown. They seem
field to start in early May, pretty to want to tell one person a little bit
soon Campbell will look outside and then not tell the next person. It
his home and see an eight-foot tall just doesn’t sit right with us,” Manchain link fence around the solar gone-Stoddard said.
Residents left each meeting
panels. Campbell is particularly
upset that at first MCCC told resi- feeling unsatisfied because of the
dents their view of the industrial- brief, vague answers to their consize panels would be obstructed by cerns. On April 4 they followed up
berms. Now he says the plans shift- with MCCC officials to arrange for
ed to having no berms and no re- a third meeting, but MCCC did not
placement plants put on the proper- immediately oblige. In an E-mail
reply sent to residents, Bryon K.
ty.
More than the visual aspect of Marshall, MCCC’s director of fathe solar farm, Campbell and his cilities and college safety, wrote
neighbors say the environmental the following:
“We have considered the refactors involved at the site are
alarming. Wetlands and forestry quest for a third open forum/generthat are home to many different al meeting and we believe it would
species are adjacent to the future not be productive at this time.
location of the energy-generating Rather, we believe we can best adequipment, and a serene place dress concerns by concentrating
where their children can enjoy our efforts and resources by meetmother nature will be forever tar- ing with those residents who directly border the project.”
nished.
Facing only a select few may be
Campbell says that MCCC’s
“courtesy presentations” aimed at the easy way out. Rich Michal of
residents — on June 21, 2011 and Robbinsville visits the neighboragain on Tuesday, April 3, of this hood often to care for his mother,
year — left much information and who is 87 years old and homeaccountability to be desired. Ques- bound. In 1962, when Michal was
tions also remain whether or not three years old, the family bought a
residents of Old Trenton Road who home on South Post Road (directly
also border MCCC property were behind the proposed solar field
site) with nothing but farmland in
even invited to the meetings.
“Last year MCCC dropped a let- the surrounding area.
Stopping his gray Toyota pickter in each of our mailboxes — they
said we were invited there as a up on the way to feed her dinner,
courtesy. Most of the block, about Michal said that once his mother
20 of us, attended the meeting. But dies his brother will inherit the
they were very quick to answer that property, and the family has
there are no health or environmen- planned to keep the home for gental concerns, leaving out many de- erations to come. What his nieces
tails, and our other questions were and nephews inherit will not renot responded to. Our feeling is semble anything like the natural
that there was never any engage- West Windsor farm setting that
brought the Michals clan to the
area. Michal says if he found out
that Mercer County Community
College was going to expand its
academic buildings to the border of
his family’s property line, he
would have no problem with it because the land is zoned for academic use. But to remove trees, topsoil,
and green pastures to make way for
a large-scale solar installation rankles him.
If MCCC’s plans were to incorporate hands-on solar energy education into its science curriculum,
Michal says using units the size of
rectangular panels that are hung on
telephone poles (about the size of
an average window) would suffice.
Michal also pointed out that the solar fields, should the energy savings not materialize as projected,
will cause over 25 years of damage
to the soil it sits on — leading to
more storm water drainage problems.
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Mercer College’s Position
Patricia C. Donohue, president of Mercer County
Community College, issued the following statement
in response to an inquiry from the WW-P News:
Mercer County Community College has been
completely transparent and open about its plan for
the solar farm, which was announced in September,
2011. Two public meetings have been held with local residents, during which the college presented the
proposal in its entirety.
There is huge value to this project. It meets New
Jersey’s goals to reduce carbon emissions on a plot
of land that is largely removed from public view. The
grounds will remain a permeable surface to allow for
drainage. New foliage will be added as a barrier for
absorbs in a given day. The answer
was 400 gallons, and several residents who have long-standing concerns over flooding, water safety,
and previous contamination issues
started questioning where that water will go without the trees.
On April 12 Michael Hornsby,
chairman of the environmental
commission, presented residents
with some facts about solar energy
projects and general environmental issues involved. Hornsby previously worked as PSE&G’s solar
power project manager, and he
the homeowners whose view may be impacted. Significant funds will be saved on energy usage, estimated at between $750,000 to $1 million.
The farm will provide learning opportunities for
several of our programs, including Solar/Energy
Technology, Engineering Science, and the newly developed Sustainability degree programs.
While residents have suggested placing the solar
panels on campus roofs, mechanical equipment is located on the roofs of buildings throughout the college, making that an unfeasible alternative.
Additionally, the project has been approved by the
Mercer County Improvement Authority (MCIA).
And according to our legal counsel, MCCC is under
no obligation to go before the West Windsor Township Zoning and Planning Boards, as has been suggested by several residents.
teaches in the department of civil
and environmental engineering at
NJIT. He listened to residents’
complaints and concerns.
“My impression of this is that
this project is huge, it’s right in
your neighborhood, and the scale
might be frightening. I understand
that, but from an environmental
perspective the panels themselves
are benign — it’s the land use
that’s a concern. If they’re taking
down 150 trees, you might have an
issue,” Hornsby said to a room full
of residents.
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lar project done by Rutgers where
green-planting was coordinated
and trees were actually added. She
said that project was also situated
800 yards or more away from residences whereas current plans call
for the MCCC project to be just
100 to 200 yards from homes.
Dan Dobromilsky, the township
landscape architect, said that West
Windsor was only given a cursory
review of the site plans.”We’re allowed to look at them, and we’re
allowed to offer comments —
that’s it. They do not have to comply with or follow any of our comments because they (MCCC) have
to submit their plans to state departments for review.”
He clarified the land use situation. “This [project] is on an educational facility’s grounds that is operated or licensed in some way by
the state. The state is the ultimate
power over this, the town does not
have jurisdiction over it because
we cannot have jurisdiction over a
government entity above us. The
inquiry on zoning does not apply,”
Dobromilsky said.
Environmental
Commission
member Andrew Cully explained
that there are minuscule environmental concerns related to solar
power operations.
“From a health point of view
there are no real concerns with the
panels. The toxin avenue is going
to get you nowhere. The avenues
are water and if this increases
stormwater runoff, and the project
is cutting down on the pervious
amount of vegetation, plus the fact
that this is in a well and septic tank
area (non-sewer),” Cully said.
Another possible avenue is recognizing the area as a habitat for an
endangered species, which can get
the DEP’s attention. Residents say
they have spotted peregrine falcons in their backyards, but commission member Kevin Appelget
said the species does not occur in
West Windsor.
The plight of these residents
prominently came to the attention
of the mayor and council members
on Monday, April 26, when Alvin
Lerner of Rainflower Lane mentioned the environmental commission meeting he had attended. On
Thursday, April 19, Council members Linda Geevers and Bryan Maher visited South Post Road to
meet with residents, including
Campbell and Mangone-Stoddard.
One week later Geevers announced that she will make a recommendation to her fellow councilmembers at the Monday, April
30, Council meeting to have the
West Windsor Planning Board
conduct a courtesy review of the
project before construction starts.
On Friday, April 20, Mayor
Hsueh met with residents after getting more information from the
Mercer County Improvement Authority (MCIA) and MCCC
throughout the week. As of Thursday, April 26, Mayor Hsueh was
waiting to hear from several parties
to move forward with a request for
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sition clear at Plainsboro Township Committee meetings and regular school board meetings over
the past several years as well as at
West Windsor Town Council
meetings since last December.
Fleres, who is also the chairman
of the school board’s finance committee, says his differences with
Walsh on financial matters became
a clear distinction for voters.
Walsh was disappointed by the
outcome, but he says although his
bid was not successful it helped
push the district to provide more
information on subjects such as actual-to-budget costs, what happens
with the surplus, community education funds, and movement of
funds between general fund levy
and debt service levy.
Yibao Xu, who was home with
his family when Hurwitz called
him with the results, said it helped
running with a known candidate.
Xu says Fleres’ “deep understanding of school board business”
helped the campaign.
“I appreciate that he was willing
to run with me as a partner. I think
our running together gave the voters in Plainsboro a sense that we
can work together on our board for
all children in the school district.
We will not necessarily agree on all
the issues, but we will respect each
information from the college,
which he will submit along with all
of the points residents are raising.
After Hsueh met residents on
Friday, April 20, he promised residents that for what the township
can control aside from DEP, county, and state regulation, he will
have Dobromilsky serve as an onsite landscaping liaison once the
project gets underway. Hsueh said
Dobromilsky would help plan
greening and berms to cover the
view of the solar fields and the
chain-link fence surrounding it.
The project had already been
criticized by Maher during the
township’s budget presentations,
but for its economic projections
rather than health, safety, and residential concerns. When West
Windsor Director of Community
Development Pat Ward presented
Council with the anticipated projects for 2012, the community college solar field project was included, much to the chagrin of a few
council members. Questions and
criticism came from Maher, who
asked Ward to comment on the installation of the solar fields at the
community college, which he says
is a horrible business decision given that the project costs $38 million and is expected to save $1 million per year in energy.
“That’s a 2.5 percent return over
a long period of time,” Maher said.
At the April 16 council meeting,
three days before he met with residents, Maher gave a brief summary
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other’s opinions and come to a consensus while achieving our common goals,” Xu wrote in an E-mail
to the WW-P News.
Fleres believes that local election results can be rooted in name
recognition. Xu’s active role in the
Walker Gordon Farms homeowner’s association and the fact that his
son is currently in the third grade in
a WW-P school might have contributed to the campaign’s success.
Both Walsh and Xu spent several hours of election day at Plainsboro’s polling center greeting voters. Xu said people vote for many
different reasons but his profession
as a college professor, his volunteer experience, ethnic background, and personality may have
been factors.
Xu thanked Hurwitz for her
guidance throughout the campaign, even standing with him and
his son at the Plainsboro muncipal
building on election day to greet
voters.
In a follow-up interview Walsh
said it’s too early to decide whether
to run again or not. But he says he
gained a lot of insight into the opinions of voters by greeting them on
election day.
“Several people were saying
that they just can’t afford taxes
anymore. But the other candidates
of his initial thoughts. “I don’t
have any problem with people
putting solar panels on roofs —
somewhere not in the way of a
green space. I do have a problem
with it taking up open space,
whether it’s within the township
and paid for by town open space
money or in the county and paid for
with county open space money, to
grow a 9 megawatt solar panel
farm, ” Maher said.
Ward responded. “It is allowed
under local land use law and by local code, and we really can’t tell
them not to do it because it’s not a
good idea. What we want to protect
are the residents who live around
the solar field to make sure that
there are no storm water or flooding issues and that what MCCC
constructs is done with consideration for them,” she said.
Ward also said that the township
is not allowed to charge fees to
county projects.
Back at the budget presentation,
Councilwoman Linda Geevers
shined some light on the negative
part of MCCC’s project for West
Windsor residents.
“All those projects — renovations, new buildings, extensions,
solar farms —- as citizens we have
to pay for that, we have to pick up
the tab, just because West Windsor
is the host community for the college,” she said.
Residents of South Post Road
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However, it’s interesting because
last year Plainsboro taxes were
raised by around 4.5 percent and
the budget narrowly passed. This
year taxes in town went up very little and the budget passed by close
to a 2-1 margin,” Walsh said.
Walsh also extended his congratulations to Fleres, Xu, and
Michele Kaish and said he was
confident that they will all serve
the district well.
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by Rikki N. Massand
G
irls’ golf teams from both high
schools wrapped up the Mercer County Tournament (MCT) on
April 25 with successful outings.
The South girls are currently undefeated (5-0) in league play and
placed second in the tournament as
Grace Ro, a senior team captain,
set a team record by posting a 38 on
the front nine, finishing with an
overall score of 86.
Head coach Michelle Walsh
says Ro has played in a top spot
since freshman year and has maintained her that spot on the team.
She is joined by co-captains Alina
Afinogenova, a senior, and
Harleen Jaswal, a junior. In addition to Ro’s strong performances,
Walsh says the two co-captains as
well as junior Jenn Suh, who posted a 96 at the county tournament,
lead a strong roster, top to bottom.
“My top six scores only vary seven
strokes — we’re very deep team,
which is a big reason we are undefeated,” says Walsh.
The coach pointed out some
breakout players — mostly fresh
faces this season. “Sophomore Isabelle Tseng is by far the most improved player from last year, with
an average of 46. Tseng recently
shot a 39 on the front nine and held
the team record for one week before Grace broke it. Our records
don’t last long as our improvements are amazing every day,” she
says.
Tseng, who played in just three
School News
mented Kaish on the number of letters printed in on her behalf.
In an E-mail, Kaish said she enjoyed engaging members of the
greater West Windsor community
and learning about their concerns
and priorities in the school district.
“I am so grateful for the outpouring of support from the West
Windsor community. I believe this
means the voters had confidence
matches last year, has worked her
way to the number two ranking on
the team. At the MCT Tseng shot a
90, South’s second-best score.
Walsh says freshman Rhea
Khera has also been impressive,
improving every time she goes out
and “showing an attitude and work
ethic that gets her selected to play
in special tournaments.” Freshman
Jess Jeon has also performed well,
finishing with a 97 at the MCT.
Another surprise is sophomore
Jessi Musumeci, who shot a 92 at
the MCT, playing in only her second 18-hole tournament. Her first
was the day prior, on April 24.
Walsh says Musumeci posted her
lowest scores in the past couple of
weeks and is quickly working her
way up the line-up.
Senior Karen Bortolus and juniors Prawallika Gangidi and Erin
McElwee are also regularly competitors on the team. From numbers one to 12 there is only a difference of nine strokes in overall average. Walsh points out that freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors are all generating match scoring.
Walsh says South is getting
ready for a showdown with South
Brunswick, “who always has a
strong showing,” and South plays
North again in mid-May.
“Our eyes are set on continuing
to perform well in our matches so
that we can qualify for the state
sectionals on May 14, an event we
have qualified for in the last two
years,” Walsh says.
She attributed the team’s success to the girls working on their
own during the winter at the indoor
Mercer County Golf Academy.
that I will be a hardworking,
knowledgeable advocate for quality education and fiscal responsibility,” Kaish wrote.
At the school board meeting on
Tuesday, April 17, Kaish sat with
her twin sister Denise while receiving constant text messages from
friends once 9 p.m. and the end of
polling arrived.
With the budget’s overwhelming approval, Kaish thinks the voters recognized that the school district prepared “a responsible budget that maintains valuable pro-
“This is the most passionate, talented, and nice group of girls I have
ever coached. Off the tee, the short
game, putting, course management. They focus on it all, understand the concepts, go out of their
way to learn more, and work like
crazy to improve,” she says.
M
eanwhile, High School
North’s team is showing
much promise as well. Head coach
Tom Connolly says despite graduating six seniors last year, his team
is currently 3-2 and already has
scored one of the lowest scores in
the history of the program with a
191 against East Brunswick. He
credited solid leadership from two
players and the consistency of practice among the team’s newcomers.
“Our two senior captains have
done an excellent job, not only improving their game but helping the
rest of the team. Christie Pasternick is a great example that hard
work pays off, and her co-captain,
Akosua Tuffuor, has been a great
example to the rookies of what it
takes to be a successful scholarathlete,” Connolly says.
Pasternick is averaging six over
par and came in eighth in the Mercer County Tournament. She shot a
career-low of 38 against East
Brunswick.
Connolly says Tuffuor consistently places among North’s top
scorers. Like Pastertnick, she
recorded her career-low against
East Brunswick, shooting a 50.
Connolly mentioned two underclassmen who have been pleasant
surprises this spring. Lynna Ye, a
freshman, is averaging in the low
50s, finishing with a season low of
grams and continues to support
high quality education for our children.”
Abitanto congratulated Kaish.
“Her years of experience on the
PTA and her efforts in the campaign definitely helped her get a
tremendous amount of votes, and I
was impressed by that. Michele
will serve the district well and the
school board is lucky to have her,”
Abitanto said.
Abitanto hopes to build on his
run in this election if he decides to
try again. He would not confirm a
The Pirates (8-2) defeated the Northern Knights
(6-5) by a score of 10-2 in a lopsided crosstown
matchup on April 2. Pictured, above from left, are
Justine Dowling, North; and Emily Vena, South.
Photos by Mark Czajkowski
48 against South Brunswick.
Conolly says sophomore Sanjana
Uppaluri greatly improved since
last year, as she shot a 101 at the
MCT and recorded her career-low
of 46 at South Brunswick.
Freshmen Aditi Sriram and
Sowmya Kottapalli, sophomore
Sam Mok, junior MaryBeth Carson, and seniors Biya and Zara Haq
round out the team.
North has three matches remaining before the cutoff date for the
state tournament — one against
East Brunswick and two against
Moorestown. Connolly notes that
the team needs to win two out of the
run in 2013, but he hinted that it is
likely.
“Next year another seat will
come up, and I’ll take a look at it
again. I am committed, and I would
like to serve on the board, and bring
my experience and expertise to the
school district,” he said.
Abitanto was encouraged to stay
at it as John Farrell, Bob Johnson,
and Tony Fleres all stopped to chat
with him.
“Some folks have had to run two
to three times before getting elected. This year it was good to get my
name out there, meet people in the
community and learn from the
process,” Abitanto said.
Johnson, the board’s vice president and chairman of the administration and facilities committee,
has hinted that he will likely not
seek re-election when his term expires next year.
Also at the April 17 meeting
Board President Marathe thanked
Farrell and Hochman for their service on the school board. Marathe
and Johnson both made some
good-natured, humorous comments about Hochman, an attorney, and Farrell, who is noted to be
short-spoken, and Johnson followed by presenting each with a
book as a gift.
Board Action
O
rder held as Hemant Marathe
was unanimously selected to
remain board president while Bob
Johnson was again voted vice president. Marathe asked new members of the board, Yibao Xu and
Michele Kaish, for their preferences for serving on the board’s individual committees. He expects to
make the assignments ahead of the
board’s May 1 meeting. During the
campaign both Kaish and Xu said
they would like to serve on the curriculum committee (WW-P News,
March 30).
In other action, overnight field
three to qualify for the state tournament, and the strides made by his
roster this season gives him confidence they will make it.
Sports Scores
Baseball
North (4-6). A 12-3 win against
Trenton on April 13.
A 2-1 win against Robbinsville on
April 16.
A 9-4 win against Trenton on April
18.
A 3-2 win against Hightstown on
April 20. Pitcher: PJ Silva.
A 7-5 loss to Steinert on April 24.
trips to Orlando for the National
Science Olympiad were approved
by the board at its meeting on Tuesday, April 17. The trips will be
from Wednesday, May 16 through
Sunday, May 20. Lodging and
transportation to and from the University of Central Florida, where
the Science Olympiad will be held
on May 18 and 19, will be provided.
The approximate cost for High
School South students is $1,020
apiece while the cost for Community Middle School students would
be $1,200. The additional cost for
middle schoolers includes $180 for
admission to an Orlando area
theme park, only after the details
were discussed by the curriculum
committee (WW-P News, April
13).
Also, the bus contract for Community Middle School, whose students require land transportation
for their large and delicate science
project equipment, was awarded to
Stout Coach for $13,000 at the
school board’s April 17 meeting.
In other news, at its re-organization meeting on Tuesday, April 24,
the board unanimously voted to
adopt “Communication Arts” as a
new course for sixth grade students
in the district (WW-P News. April
13).
Personnel Moves: At the end of
the school year High School North
vocal teacher Mary Jacobsen will
retire after 22 years with the district. In June Community Middle
School
mathematics
teacher
Sharon Zubricky will also retire.
Zubricky spent 17 years with the
district.
High School North Science
teacher Julia Norato is set to retire
in June after 25 years with the district. Two IRLA teachers from
Community Middle School, Carole Cheek and Jeanne Rhein, will
also be retiring ths year. Cheek
spent 19 years with the WW-P district and Rhein spent 14 years here.
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Softball Action:
Pictured, from left,
Sarah Bush, North;
Tiffany Gagliardo,
South; Taylor Phelan,
North; Lindsay
Philbin, South.
South (7-4). An 11-1 win against
Cardinal Spellman on April 12. 2B:
Cody Ashford; Pat Boyle; Chris
Campbell; Matt McCann; Ben Ruta.
RBI: Pete Altamore; Ashford, 2; Paul
Balestrieri, 2; Boyle; McCann; Ruta.
Pitcher: Ryan Dontas.
A 16-1 win against Cardinal Spellman on April 13. 2B: Altamore;
Boyle; McCann. RBI: Altamore, 2;
Balestrieri; Boyle, 2; Campebell;
Dontas, 4; McCann, 3; Ryan McGovern, 1. Pitcher: Drew Bongiovanni.
A 4-3 win against Malvern Prep
on April 13. 2B: Dontas, 2. RBI: Dontas, 3. Pitchers: McGovern, Jeff
Paskewitz.
A 5-3 win against Ewing on April
16.
A 4-2 loss to Notre Dame on April
19. RBI: McCann. Pitchers: Campbell, McGovern.
A 7-1 win against Princeton on
April 25.
Softball
Trenton on April 13.
A 7-3 loss to Robbinsville on April
16.
A 15-0 win against Trenton on
April 18.
A 7-2 win against Lawrenceville
on April 19.
A 12-0 win against Hightstown on
April 20. 2B: Emily Weinberg. RBI:
Sarah Bush; Justine Dowling; Bri
King; Taylor Phelan; Weinberg, 2.
Pitchers: Kristie O’Cone, Kate Perrine.
A 16-0 win against Hopewell on
April 21.
South (8-2). A 10-0 win against
Hamilton on April 13. 2B: Rachel
Gagliardo; Sandy Kaul. 3B: Liz
Mendez. RBI: R. Gagliardo, 2;
Tiffany Gagliardo; Kaul; Mendez, 3;
Lindsay Philbin; Emily Vena, 2.
Pitcher: Mendez.
16.
A 4-0 loss to Neshaminy on April
17. Pitcher: Mendez.
A 3-2 win against Notre Dame on
April 19. 2B: Hye-Jin Kim; Anjelica
Sitek. RBI: T. Gagliardo; Sitek. Pitcher: Mendez.
April 25.
Boys’ Golf
North (9-0). A 217-259 win
against Robbinsville on April 12.
A 237-334 win against Trenton on
April 17.
A 186-232 win against Hightstown
on April 18.
A 196-218 win against Steinert on
April 19.
A 196-314 win against Nottingham on April 19.
A 220-259 win against Hamilton
on April 25.
South (6-3). A 201-232 win
against Ewing on April 12.
A 212-277 win against Hamilton
on April 17.
A 203-218 loss to Notre Dame on
April 18.
A 201-219 win against Allentown
on April 19.
A 200-208 win against Princeton
on April 25.
A 5-3 loss to Notre Dame on April
14. Goals: Bush; Kenavan, 2. Saves:
Corbet, 8.
A 5-3 loss to High School South
on April 17. Goals: Bugge; Bush; Kenavan.
A 15-5 loss to Robbinsville on
April 19. Goals: Kenavan, 3; Sandberg, 2. Saves: Corbett, 13.
A 16-8 loss to Princeton on April
21. Goals: Nick Bellezza; D. Ballezza; Joe Bryde; Bugge; Kenavan, 2;
Sandberg; Victor Wu. Saves: Corbett, 4.
An 8-7 win against Northern
Burlington on April 24. Goals: D.
Bellezza, 2; Jay Bileta; Bush; Scott
Mansfield; Sandberg, 3. Saves: Corbett, 13.
Northern Burlington on April 12.
Goals: Chris Clancey, 2; Mike Domino; Jeff Leyden, 2; Jonathan
Matthews, 2; Alex Sandgren, 4; Nissim Shetrit; Garrett Vena, 3.
April 14. Goals: Clancey, 3; Thomas
Efstathios; Matthews, 2; Sandgren,
2; Vena. Saves: Josh Shanker, 14.
A 5-3 win against High School
North on April 17. Goals: Efstathios;
Matthews, 2; Sandgren, 2. Saves:
Shanker, 12.
An 8-7 win against Notre Dame
on April 19. Goals: Clancey, 2; Domino; Matthews, 3; Sandgren, 2.
Saves: Shanker, 8.
A 7-6 loss to Robbinsville on April
21. Goals: Clancey; Marty Flatley;
Matthews, 2; Vena, 2. Saves:
Shanker, 15.
An 8-5 win against Allentown on
April 24. Goals: Clancey, 2; Domino;
Leyden, 2; Matthews, 3.
Girls’ Lacrosse
Notre Dame on April 14. Goals:
Devin Brakel, 3; Ana Lucia Dellien, 4;
Olivia Harpel, 5; Kristine Towell, 2.
Saves: Alexa L’Insalata, 20.
A 15-11 loss to Allentown on April
16. Goals: Brakel, 2; Dellien; Harpel,
4; Morgan Magid; Towell, 3. Saves:
L’Insalata, 12.
April 18. Goals: Brakel, 2; Dellien, 4;
Harpel, 6; Towell. Saves: L’Insalata,
10.
April 21. Goals: Brakel, 6; Harpel, 9;
Deirdre Pehnke; Julia Tampellini, 2;
Towell. Saves: L’Insalata, 10.
A 20-10 win against Notre Dame
on April 23. Goals: Brakel, 6; Dellien;
Harpel, 8; Catherine Mak; Tampellini, 2; Towell, 2. Saves: L’Insalata,
10.
April 25. Goals: Brakel, 2; Dellien, 4;
Harpel, 6; Towell. Saves: L’Insalata:
11.
South (3-6). A 14-13 loss to
Hopewell on April 14. Goals: Skylar
DeLemos, 2; Joie Gochuico, 3; Bianca Ingato, 2; Rachel Salerno, 5; Anna Tadej. Saves: Katelyn Salerno, 8.
18. Goals: Colby Hussong, 2; Ingato,
2; R. Salerno, 4; Tadej, 2. Saves: K.
Salerno, 5.
A 14-4 loss to Allentown on April
19. Goals: DeLemos; R. Salerno;
Tadej, 2. Saves: K. Salerno, 12.
A 16-14 win against Robbinsville
on April 21. Goals: Erica Borsack;
Hussong, 2; Ingato, 2; Sammie McCormick; Jordan Naidrich, 2; R.
Salerno, 3; Tadej, 5. Saves: K. Salerno, 8.
A 12-10 loss to Hopwell on April
23. Goals: Borsack; Gochuico, 2; Ingato, 2; McCormick; R. Salerno, 2;
Tadej, 2. Saves: K. Salerno, 14.
25. Goals: DeLemos, 3; Sloane
Garelick; Hussong, 3; Kim Kullmann;
Naidrich; R. Salerno, 3; Tadej, 2.
Saves: K. Salerno, 8.
Boys’ Tennis
Toms River North on April 12. Singles 3: Vasishta Kalinabhotta (6-1, 61); Doubles 1: Lev Gedrich and
Vikram Kesavabhotla (6-2, 6-0);
Doubles 2: Sanandh Ravu and Dan
Wang (6-1, 6-0).
A 4-1 loss to Holmdel on April 12.
Doubles 2: Ravu and Wang (6-2, 63, 6-0).
A 3-2 win against Robbinsville on
April 20. Singles 3: Kalinabhotta (60, 6-0); Doubles 1: Gedrich and Kesavabhotla (6-4, 6-2); Doubles 2:
Ravu and Wang (6-1, 6-0).
Toms River North on April 12. Singles 2: Thomas Weng (6-0, 6-1); Singles 3: Dan Vaysburg (6-1, 6-3);
Doubles 1: John Hu and Peter Ku (61, 6-2); Doubles 2: Nikhil Gavai and
Mike Herelle (6-0, 6-1).
A 3-2 win against Holmdel on
April 12. Singles 2: Weng (6-2, 6-3);
Singles 3: Vaysburd (7-5, 6-1); Doubles 2: Gavai and Herelle (3-6, 7-6,
6-1).
24. Singles 1: Michael Song (6-2, 62); Singles 2: Weng (6-1, 6-0); Singles 3: Brian Sabino (6-0, 6-0); Doubles 1: Kushal Gandhi and Markan
Patel (6-0, 6-0); Doubles 2.
Boys’ Volleyball
North (7-5). A 2-0 loss to Hunterdon Central on April 12. Aces: Dorin
Ciocotisan. Kills: Kris Bebenov, 10;
Jason Foster, 9; Eric Hsu, 5; Petko
Radionov, 2. Assists: David AdlaiGail, 25; Hsu. Blocks: Bebenov; Foster; Hsu, 2; Radionov, 2. Digs: AdlaiGail, 3; Bebenov, 4; Ciocotisan; Foster, 5; Hsu, 3; Derek Yan, 5.
A 2-0 loss to East Brunswick on
April 14. Aces: Bebenov, 2; Foster.
Kills: Bebenov, 5; Foster, 6; Hsu, 5;
Radionov. Assists: Adlai-Gail, 17;
Hsu. Blocks: Radionov, 2. Digs: Adlai-Gail; Bebenov, 3; Foster, 3; Hsu,
3.
A 2-1 loss to Bridgewater Raritan
on April 17. Aces: Adali-Gail; Foster;
Hsu; Tipu Shah, 2. Kills: Bebenov, 8;
Foster, 11; Hsu, 4; Saahith Pochiraju, 1; Radionov, 5. Assists: AdlaiGail, 29. Blocks: Hsu; Pochiraju, 5;
Radionov. Digs: Adlai-Gail, 2;
Bebenov; Foster, 5; Hsu, 3; Yan, 7.
A 2-0 win against South
Brunswick on April 20. Aces: Eric
Hsu. Kills: Ryan Angley; Bebenov,
10; Ciocotisan; Foster, 8; Hsu, 4;
Kurt Johnson; Pochiraju, 2; Radionov, 4. Assists: Adlai-Gail, 27;
Hsu, 2. Blocks: Ciocotisan; Pochiraju, 2. Digs: Adlai-Gail; Bebenov, 2;
Byron Chiu; Ciocotisan, 4; Foster, 3.
A 2-0 win against J.P. Stevens on
April 23. Aves: Adlai-Gail; Chiu; Hsu.
Kills: Bebenov, 5; Foster, 13; Hsu, 5;
Radionov, 6. Assists: Adlai-Gail, 26;
Hsu. Blocks: Hsu, 3; Radionov. Digs:
Bebenov, 4; Chiu; Ciocotisan, 7;
Foster, 7; Hsu, 2.
South (0-8). A 2-1 loss to Ridge
on April 17. Aces: Avinash Garlapati;
Kaito Kondo, 4; Jeff Register. Kills:
Nikhil Dondapati, 3; Danny Fitzpatrick, 2; Garlapati, 12; Register, 2.
Assists: Fitzpatrick, 21; Garlapati.
Blocks: Dondapati, 9; Fitzpatrick, 4;
Garlapati, 2; Register, 5. Digs: Fitzpatrick, 8; Garlapati, 10; Kondo, 25.
A 2-0 loss to North Brunswick on
April 18. Kills: Dondapati, 4; Garlapati, 4; Register. Assists: Fitzpatrick,
8; Kondo. Blocks: Dondapati, 3; Fitzpatrick. Digs: Fitzpatrick, 7; Garlapati, 4; Kondo, 7; Register, 5.
A 2-0 loss to East Brunswick on
April 19. Aces: Garlapati; Kondo.
Kills: Dondapati, 2; Garlapati, 3;
Cameron MacArthur; Register, 3.
Assists: Fitzpatrick, 8. Blocks: Dondapati, 3; Fitzpatrick, 2; Garlapati, 2;
MacArthur, 3; Register, 5. Digs: Fitzpatrick, 6; Garlapati, 7; Kondo, 6;
Register, 2.
A 2-0 loss to Williamstown on
April 21. Aces: Garlapati. Kills: Dondapati; Fitzpatrick, 2; Garlapati, 5;
Kondo; MacArthur, 3; Register. Assists: Fitzpatrick, 6; Kondo, 3.
Blocks: Dondapati, 2; Garlapati, 2;
MacArthur, 2; Register, 3. Digs: Fitzpatrick, 5; Garlapati, 6; Kondo, 8;
Mike Leong, 7; Register.
A 2-0 loss to Hillsborough on April
24.
Girls K-12 Ţ Co-ed Preschool/JK
Girls’ Golf
North (3-2). A 188-200 loss to
South Brunswick on April 18.
A 173-200 loss to High School
South on April 19.
South (5-0). A 202-212 win
against Moorestown on April 18.
A 173-200 win against High
School North on April 19.
A 184-222 win against Notre
Dame on April 23.
Boys’ Lacrosse
North (5-6). A 14-10 loss to
Hopewell on April 12. Goals: Dan
Bellezza; Ben Bugge, 2; Mike Bush;
Brendan Kenavan, 4; David Sandberg, 2. Saves: Liam Corbett, 9.
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For more event listings visit www.wwpinfo.com. For timely updates,
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Facebook. Before attending an
event, call or check the website
before leaving home. Want to list
an event? Submit details and photos to [email protected].
Friday
April 27
8 p.m.
Admissions, Princeton University Players, Hamilton-Murray Theater,
609-258-1500.
www.princeton.edu/pup. Original musical written by Clayton Raithel ‘12,
Nora Sullivan ‘12, and Dan
Abramowitz ‘13. Directed by J.T.
Graze ‘13. $12. 8 p.m.
Dinner Theater
School Sports
South Baseball, 609-716-5000,
ext. 5134. Lawrence. 4 p.m.
Dance
On Pointe Lecture Series, American Repertory Ballet, Princeton
Ballet School, 301 North Harrison
Street, Princeton, 609-984-8400.
www.arballet.org. “Behind Don
Qioxote,” ARB’s upcoming production. Free. 5:15 p.m. See story, page 25.
Grand Opening Weekend, Dance
Expo and Dance Network,
Dance Expo, 572 Route 130, East
Windsor, 609-371-0404. Wine
and appetizer party for parents. 7
to 9:30 p.m.
On Stage
A Chorus Line, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
West Windsor, 609-570-3333.
www.kelseytheatre.net. Musical
about 17 dancers who have a
dream to dance on Broadway presented by Playful Theater Productions. For mature audiences. $18.
8 p.m. See story, page 21.
Roll!, Princeton University, Lewis
Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609258-1500. www.princeton.edu. A
new play by senior Jeff Kuperman
was inspired by “The Myth of Sisyphus,” an essay by Albert Camus.
Kuperman directs his show about
an actor who loses a role on television after an attack of vertigo. $12.
We, the Jury: The Case of the Superfluous
Spy,
Dolce
&
Clemente, 2 North Commerce
Square, Robbinsville, 866-7012187.
www.theatertogo.com.
Murder mystery dinner theater
performed by Theater To Go includes a four-course dinner. Register. $60. 7 p.m.
Dancing
Big Band Dance, Princeton High
School Studio Band, Cranbury
School, 23 North Main Street,
Cranbury, 609-806-4280. www.phs.prs.k12.nj.us. Performance
by the award winning band as well
as the Cranbury School Advanced
Jazz Band. Benefit for the Princeton High School band program
and the Cranbury School eighth
grade class. $6. 7 p.m.
Folk Dance, Princeton Folk
Dance, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-912-1272. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Beginners welcome. Lesson followed by dance.
No partner needed. $5. 8 p.m.
Literati
Wicoff Elementary School Book
Fair, Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, West Windsor, 609-7161570. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Public Speaking
Meeting, Successfully Speak Up
Toastmasters, Pellettieri, Rabstein, & Altman, 100 Nassau Park
Boulevard, Suite 111, West Windsor, 732-631-0114. ssu.freetoasthost.ws. Members deliver
and evaluate prepared and impromptu speeches. 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Girl Scouts’ 100th Birthday,
West Windsor and Plainsboro
Girl Scouts, High School North,
90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro,
609-371-2119. A birthday celebration with balloons, games,
crafts, cupcakes, and more for
girls interested in scouting. E-mail
[email protected] for information. $5. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Classical Music
Susannah, Opera Modo, All
Saints Church, 16 All Saints Road,
Princeton, 609-451-0608. www.operamodo.weebly.com. Carlisle
Floyd opera set in Tennessee.
The role of Susannah is shared by
Rachel Barker of South Brunswick
and Elizabeth Kelsay of Lawrenceville. Brian Duane of West
Windsor portrays Blitch. Cristina
Gonzales of Plainsboro portrays
Mrs. Gleaton. $25. 8 p.m.
Princeton University Orchestra,
Princeton University Concerts,
Richardson Auditorium, 609-2589220.
www.princeton.edu/puconcerts. Stuart B. Mindlin
Memorial
Concert
features
Frances Hodgson Burnett in Dance: Dancers from
West Windsor and Plainsboro performing in DanceVision’s ‘A Secret Garden’ include Nithya Borra,
bottom left, Leo Foster, and Selin Bayrakli; Adrienne
Kaplowitz, second row left, Raisa Roberto, and Max
Azaro; Annabel Azaro, third row, left, Eric Simon,
and Risa Kaplowitz; and Iris Foster, fourth row, left,
Alexander Inkiow, Josiah Foster, and Scarlett Hanks.
Performances are Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and
29, at the College of New Jersey.
Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”
and three scenes from “Wozzeck”
by Alban Berg. Michael Pratt conducts. $15. 8 p.m.
Folk Music
Peter Yarrow, Grounds For
Sculpture, 126 Sculptors Way,
Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.groundsforsculpture.org. Grammy
Award winner and former member
of Peter, Paul, and Mary, Peter
Yarrow weaves a narrative of his
life in music and politics. Register.
$32 to $35. 8 p.m.
Live Music
Anker, Grover’s Mill Coffee
House, 335 Princeton Hightstown
Road, West Windsor, 609-7168771.
www.groversmillcoffee.com. 7:30 p.m.
Nothing 4 Nothing, Pure Restaurant and Lounge, 3499 Route 1
South, West Windsor, 609-9190770. www.pureprinceton.com.
Jazz quartet Jim Carlisi on flute,
clarinet, and tenor saxophone; Armando T (Doug Miller) on keyboard; Cheech Iero on drums; and
Rich Sanfillippo on bass. 9 p.m.
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Melissa Harris-Perry, Planned
Parenthood, Hyatt, Carnegie
Center, West Windsor, 609-9647955. www.plannedparenthood.org. Harris-Perry, a professor of
political science at Tulane University, writes a monthly column for
“The Nation.” Her new book, “Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes,
and Black Women in America,” focuses on persistent harmful
stereotypes familiar to black
women. Register. Noon.
Casino Night, EASEL Animal Rescue League, Trenton Country
Club, 201 Sullivan Way, West Trenton, 609-883-0540. Benefit for
homeless, abused, and abandoned
cats, dogs, and horses in Mercer
County. Dinner buffet, silent auction, dancing, blackjack, craps, poker, and roulette. Register. $75 includes $60 in playing chips. Business casual. 6 to 11 p.m.
Benefit Galas
Pinot to Picasso: Vintage 2012,
Arts Council of Princeton, Technology Center of Princeton, 330
Carter Road, Princeton, 609-9248777. A selection of foods and
wines from area restaurants and
businesses. Art Tombola, an Italian-style prize draw from close to
90 original works of art. Register.
$100; $350 with one Art Tombola
ticket. Benefit for community arts
and artist in residence programs.
6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Comedy
Eden Autism Services, Catch a
Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, West Windsor,
609-987-8018. www.catcharisingstar.com. Benefit evening with
Corey Rodrigues and Joel Davev.
Register. $20. 8 p.m.
Comedy Night, HA Comedy Productions, Rat’s Restaurant, 126
Sculptor’s Way, Hamilton, 609716-8771. www.heleneangley.com. Helene Angley of West
Windsor hosts her line-up of seasoned comics. 21 plus. $22 to $30.
8:30 p.m.
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Wellness
Review of Birthing Basics,
Princeton HealthCare System,
253 Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
888-897-8979.
www.princetonhcs.org. Refresh skills
for labor and delivery for second or
third time parents. Register. $60
per couple. 7 p.m.
History
Exhibit Opening, Ellarslie, Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader
Park,
609-989-3632.
www.ellarslie.org. Opening reception
for “Home on the Canal: Bridge
and Lock Tenders’ Houses on the
Delaware and Raritan Canal,” an
exhibit created by Barbara Ross,
vice president of D&R Canal
Watch, and Vicky Chirco, D&R
Canal State Park historian. Jack
Koeppel, former curator at the
D&R Greenway Land Trust, designed the event. Contemporary
photographs are by Theodore Settle. On view to August 19. 6 to 8
p.m.
NBC’s “Who Do You Think You
Are”, Old Barracks Museum,
Barrack Street, Trenton, 609-3961776. www.barracks.org. The Old
Barracks is prominently featured
on the television show featuring
Rob Lowe’s exploration of his family’s roots. The show brings him to
Trenton to learn about one of his
forefathers. Visit www.nbc.com to
see the preview. 8 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Spelling Bee, Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
Fireplace on second floor, 609924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. For students in grades 4 to 8.
Prizes. Register. 7 p.m.
Lectures
Public Lecture Series, Princeton
University, McCosh 50, 609-2583000. lectures.princeton.edu. Science writers Dava Sobel and Diane Ackerman interview each other about the challenges inherent in
their most recent works. They met
in the 1970s when Ackerman was
conferring with Carl Sagan and
creating poems about the planets
for her doctoral dissertation and
Sobel was a science writer in the
university’s news bureau. They
have occasionally traveled together on assignment. Sobel is the author of “A More Perfect Heaven,”
“Longitude,” “Galileo’s Daughter,”
and others. Ackerman is the author of “A Natural History of the
Senses, “The Zookeeper’s Wife,”
“Dawn Light,” and others. Free. 7
p.m.
Science Lectures
Star Watch, Amateur Astronomers
Association
of
Princeton, Simpson Observatory,
Washington Crossing State Park,
Titusville, 609-737-2575. www.princetonastronomy.org. Weather-permitting. Free. 8 to 11 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Arbor Day Celebration, Terhune
Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road,
609-924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Children hear a
“tree” story and receive a free blue
spruce seedling. Pre-schoolers in
the morning and school-aged in
the afternoon. Free. 10 a.m. and 4
p.m.
Arbor Day Hike, Lawrence Nature Center, 481 Drexel Avenue,
Lawrenceville,
609-844-7067.
www.lawrencenaturecenter.net.
Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.
Singles
Divorce Recovery Program,
Princeton Church of Christ, 33
River Road, Princeton, 609-5813889.
www.princetonchurchofchrist.com. Non-denominational
support group for men and
women. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Horse Show
Princeton Show Jumping, Hunter
Farms, 1315 The Great Road,
Princeton, 609-924-2932. Spring
Classic features hunter and
jumpers. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday
April 28
The Secret Garden
DanceVision, Kendall Theater,
College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, 609-5141600. www.dancevisionNJ.org.
Risa Kaplowitz, artistic director of
the youth ensemble and a West
Windsor resident, choreographed
the production based on Francis
Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s book. Dave Haneman, production manager and a Plainsboro
resident, created moving projections to create Mary’s journey from
India, England, and through the
gloomy rooms and secret garden.
$25. Also Sunday, April 29, 7 p.m.
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
South Baseball. At Steinert. 11
a.m.
North vs. South Girls Lacrosse.
At South. 1:30 p.m.
North vs. South Boys Lacrosse.
At North. 1:30 p.m.
Dance
Competition Audition, Dance Expo and Dance Network, Dance
Expo, 572 Route 130, East Windsor, 609-371-0404. Auditions for
ages 6 to 8, 12:30 to 2 p.m.; ages 9
to 12, 2 to 3:30 p.m.; and ages 13
and up, 3:30 to 5 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company,
Grounds For Sculpture, 126
Sculptors Way, Hamilton, 609586-0616. “Grand Spiral” is a new
work by a collaboration of Nai-Ni
Chen and Glen Velez, a Grammy
winning composer and drummer.
The work was inspired by Steve
Tobin’s “Aerial Roots,” an exhibit
on GFS’s new 7-acre meadow.
Reception follows. Rain date is
Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m. $30 to
$50. 3 p.m.
On Stage
Good Till Canceled, Actor’s
Dance Studio, 1012 Brunswick
Avenue, Ewing, 609-213-4578.
Staged reading of play by Peter
Brav of Princeton about a middleaged couple in the aftermath of a
fraternity hazing tragedy. Author
of the novels, “Sneaking In” and
“The Other Side of Losing,” his
play “African Violet” was performed in a staged reading at Villagers Theater and “South Beach”
was read at the Peddie School.
Register. $15. 7 p.m.
A Cranbury Home Companion,
Cranbury Repertory Company,
United Methodist Church, 21
North Main Street, Cranbury, 609737-1041. Join a live studio audience to be part of drama, creative
sound effects, and performers at
the microphones. $5 includes
dessert. 7 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
Admissions, Princeton University Players, Hamilton-Murray Theater,
609-258-1500.
www.princeton.edu/pup. Original musical written by Clayton Raithel ‘12,
Nora Sullivan ‘12, and Dan
Abramowitz ‘13. Directed by J.T.
Graze ‘13. $12. 8 p.m.
Sing Out Louise
M
arissa Marciano may only
be 10 years old but she is already typecast as Baby Louise in
the musical “Gypsy.” She opens
in the production at Playhouse 22
on Friday, April 27, and in the
Actors’ Net production on Friday, July 13.
A fifth grade student at Millstone River School, Marissa’s
passion for acting and singing began at Westminster Conservatory’s Broadway Babies Camp offered through the Plainsboro
Recreation Department. She has
been in 14 productions with various community theater groups
since she was seven. She has also
performed with Westminster
Conservatory, Dance Expo, and
Art
Art Show, Princeton University
League, 171 Broadmead, Princeton,
609-258-3650.
www.princeton.edu/uleague.
“Celtic
Myths and Faith,” an exhibit featuring oil and watercolor paintings
by Rita Stynes Strow. 1 to 6 p.m.
Mother’s Day Event, That Pottery
Place, 217 Clarksville Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-6200. www.thatpotteryplace.net. Create a
plate or mug. Register. $12 to $18.
Glass fusing available. 1 to 3 p.m.
Dancing
California Mix, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org. Country
two step lesson with Carol Feldman followed by open dancing.
$12. No partner needed. 7:30
p.m.
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction followed
by dance. $10. 7:40 to 11 p.m.
Literati
New Jersey Poetry Society, Lawrenceville Library, Route 1 South
at Darrah Lane, 609-989-6920.
Persona poetry workshop presented by Therese Halscheid.
Persona poems, or dramatic
monologues, are poems written in
the voice of a character other than
the author. Register by E-mail to
[email protected]. 2 to 4 p.m.
Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, Garden Room,
Prospect House, 609-258-9220.
www.princeton.edu/arts. “Theater
Criticism, Gender, and Blogging,”
a panel discussion moderated by
Jill Dolan, professor of English at
Princeton, and director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality
Studies. Her blog, “The Feminist
Spectator,” received the George
Jean Nathan award for dramatic
criticism. Panelists include Karen
Fricker, a lecturer in contemporary
theater at Royal Holloway University; Randy Gener, senior editor of
American Theater magazine;
Bonnie Marranca, publisher and
editor of “Paj: a Journal of Performance and Art; and Alisa
Solomon, director of the arts and
culture concentration in the master’s program of Journalism
School at Columbia University.
Free. 2 p.m.
Classical Music
Rider University Choir, Rider
University, Gill Chapel, Lawrenceville, 609-258-9220. www.rider.edu/arts. Spring concert.
Philip Orr conducts. Free. 7:30
p.m.
Susannah, Opera Modo, All
Princeton, 609-451-0608. www.operamodo.weebly.com. Carlisle
Floyd opera set in Tennessee.
$25. 8 p.m.
Princeton University Orchestra,
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Tomato Patch during the past five
years.
Her parents, Denise and
Michael, both work at Firmenich
in Plainsboro. Her brother,
Michael, is an eighth grade student at Grover Middle School.
The role of Baby Louise portrays Gypsy Rose Lee as a young
girl — playing second fiddle to
her sister, Baby June. When June
runs away from her stage career,
their mother, Rose, concentrates
on making Louise a star.
Gypsy, Playhouse 22, 721
Cranbury Road, East Brunswick.
Friday, April 27, to Sunday, May
13. Musical about Gypsy Rose
Lee — and her mother. Directed
by Gerry Appel. $22. 732-2543939. www.playhouse22.org.
Gypsy, Actors’ NET, 635
North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA. Friday, July 13, to
Sunday, July 29. $20. 215-2953694. www.actorsnetbucks.org.
Richardson Auditorium, 609-2589220.
www.princeton.edu/puconcerts. Stuart B. Mindlin
Memorial
Concert
features
Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”
and three scenes from “Wozzeck”
by Alban Berg. Michael Pratt conducts. $15. 8 p.m.
to helping area children with pediatric cancer at 4 p.m. Hugs for
Brady was started by Sherrie and
Mike Wells of Kendall Park, in honor of their son, who died from a
rare form of leukemia in 2010.
Family fun run and walk at 5:30
p.m., $20 to $25. 4 to noon.
Westminster Williamson Voices,
Westminster Choir College,
Princeton Presbyterian Church,
Meadow Road, West Windsor,
609-921-2663.
www.rider.edu.
“Annelies: The Anne Frank Oratorio” with soprano Arianna Zukerman, the Lincoln Trio, and clarinetist Bradley Pickard. James
Jordan conducts. $20. 8 p.m.
Library Foundation Benefit Dinner, South Brunswick Library,
South Brunswick Senior Center,
732-329-4000.
All-you-can-eat
dinner catered by the Brownstone.
Unlimited beer and soda. Register. $45. 6:40 to 9 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Jazz Competition, Princeton
High School Studio Band, 151
Moore Street, Princeton, 609-3956769.
www.princetonjazz.org.
Nine band compete for New Jersey Association for Jazz Education finals. Benefit for the band
program’s travel, musical education, and materials. $9. 5 to 10
p.m.
Live Music
Shikantaza, Blue Rooster Cafe,
17 North Main Street, Cranbury,
609-235-7539. www.blueroosterbakery.com. Jazz dinners with
Doug Miller on piano, Bernhard
Geiger on acoustic bass, and
Brandon Lewin on percussion.
Reservations suggested. 6:30 to
9:30 p.m.
3-26 Rodney & Eva, Grover’s Mill
Coffee House, 335 Princeton
Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. 7:30 p.m.
The Monacchio’s, It’s a Grind
Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609-2752919.
www.itsagrind.com.
Acoustic duo. 8 p.m.
Pop Music
Suzanne Vega and Duncan
Sheik,
McCarter
Theater
(Matthews), 91 University Place,
Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Duncan Sheik, composer of Broadway musical,
“Spring Awakening,” which won
him two Tony awards and a Grammy, has had several successful
rock and pop albums since 1996.
Singer songwriter Suzanne Vega
emerged as a leading figure of the
folk music revival in the early
1980s, and has enjoyed a 30-year
career with many albums. $30 and
up. 8 p.m.
Good Causes
Clothing Drive, High School
North, 90 Grovers Mill Road,
Plainsboro, 609-716-5100. Bring
clothing, shoes, stuffed toys, and
linens to the loading docks to benefit the post-prom event. Place
items in a plastic bag. 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Jeremiah James, Hugs for Brady
Foundation, South Brunswick
Senior Center, Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, 732-659-5119.
www.hugsforbrady.org. Benefit
concert for a nonprofit dedicated
Benefit Galas
Spring Gala, Saint Peter’s Foundation, Heldrich, New Brunswick,
732-745-8600, ext. 6555. www.saintpetersuh.com. Black tie
event to support Saint Peter’s
Healthcare System. Register.
$500. 6 p.m.
Gala Benefit, SAVE, Princeton Airport, 609-924-3802. www.savehomelessanimals.org. Cocktails,
dinner, live and silent auction,
dancing, and music. Benefit for a
private shelter and animal welfare
organization dedicated to protecting the health and well being of
companion animals in the area.
$175; $75. 6 to 11 p.m.
Comedy
Corey Rodrigues and Joel Davev, Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt
Regency, 102 Carnegie Center,
www.catcharisingstar.com. Register. $21.50. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Fairs & Festivals
Communiversity, Arts Council of
Princeton,
Nassau
Street,
Palmer Square, and Witherspoon
Streets, 609-924-8777. Town and
gown unite for their annual spring
street arts fair and celebration of
the arts with live entertainment,
exhibits, artists, crafters, music,
dance performances, and food.
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, based in Plainsboro, performs on the Chambers Street
stage at 12:15 p.m. Tickled Pink,
an a cappella group from High
School South, performs in East
Pyne arch at 4:30 p.m. Rain or
shine. Free. Visit website for complete schedule of events. 11:50
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Shad Fest, Lambertville Chamber, Bridge and Union Street, Lambertville, 609-397-0055. www.Lambertville.org. Arts, crafts, food,
music, entertainment, and plenty
of fish greet visitors. The festival
helps raise awareness of the successful, ongoing efforts to decontaminate the Delaware, the home of
this namesake fish, en route to
spawning grounds upriver. Free.
Noon to 5:30 p.m.
Rides on a sternwheel steamboat,
replica of 1860 steamboat, available. The 20-minute cruise takes
passengers to the D&R outlock ruins and back to the shad fishery.
Weather-permitting. $5. 12:30 to
5:30 p.m.
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Faith
the four monumental vases made
for the company’s display at the
1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and
the decorative wares made in the
1930s and 1940s. Register. Ellarslie Museum for a reception follows. Register. $40. 9 a.m.
Bible Study for Men, Princeton
Alliance Church, 20 Schalks
Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609799-9000.
www.princetonalliance.org. “Iron Sharpens Iron,”
an informal group for men only to
read the Bible and discuss topics
based on scripture. 8:30 a.m.
Guided Tours, Historic Society
of Hamilton, Historic John Abbott
II House, 2200 Kuser Road,
Hamilton, 609-581-3549. Tours of
the historic home. Donations invited. Noon to 5 p.m.
Workshop, String of Pearls, Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton,
609-430-0025.
www.stringofpearlsweb.org. “Be a Part of the
Story,” a workshop exploring the
origin narrative presented by Jennifer Morgan, an author and storyteller, who will guide a discussion
of how living in the age of science
affects our vision and actions of
the future. Follows morning services and a pot luck luncheon.
Free. 11:30 a.m.
Designer Showhouse and Gardens XVII, Junior League of
Greater Princeton, Priory Court,
124 Edgerstoune Road, Princeton, 609-771-0525. www.jlgp.org.
Spaces have been transformed by
interior designers and landscape
architects. Proceeds benefit community programs. $25. 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Wellness
Nancy Tursi, One Yoga Center,
405 Route 130 North, East Windsor, 609-918-0963. www.oneyogacenter.net. Psychic readings.
$25 for a 15-minute appointment.
Register by E-mail to [email protected]. 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Sibling Class, Princeton HealthCare System, 253 Witherspoon
www.princetonhcs.org.
Educational program for ages 3 to 8 includes designing a welcome card
for the new baby, practicing diapering, holding a doll, touring a maternity room, and looking into the
nursery. Register. $30. 10 a.m.
Healing Power of Breath, Center
for Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Register. $25. 11 a.m.
Angel Vacation, Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 635, Plainsboro,
609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Discussion and
guided
meditation
centered
around the theme of angels. Register. $40. 2 p.m.
T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Todd Tieger,
Plainsboro Library, 9 Van Doren,
Plainsboro, 609-439-8656. All levels. Free. 10 a.m.
History
Trenton Ceramics Symposium,
Potteries of Trenton Society,
State Museum, 205 West State
Street, Trenton. www.potteriesoftrentonsociety.org. “Arts and
Commerce” examines the history
of the company with emphasis on
House Tours
Kids Stuff
Central Jersey Chess Tournament, New Jersey Chess, All
Princeton.
www.njchess.com.
Open to kindergarten to eighth
graders of all levels. All players receive a medal or trophy. Register
online, $30; on site, $40. E-mail [email protected] for information. 2
to 6 p.m.
For Families
Open House, Quakerbridge
Learning Center., 4044 Quakerbridge Road, Lawrenceville, 609933-8806.
www.quakerbridge.com. Information about
summer academic camp. 9:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Potato Planting, Howell Living
History Farm, 70 Wooden’s
Lane, Lambertville, 609-7373299. www.howellfarm.org. Volunteers needed to plant a special
crop of potatoes to be donated to
the Greater Mercer Food Cooperative and other local hunger projects. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Spring Fling, Lawrence Road
Presbyterian Church and Nursery School, 1039 Lawrence
Road, Lawrenceville, 609-8828305. Outdoor carnival with pony
rides, moon bounces, recyclable
art contest, music, games, and
food. $5 includes five game tickets
and moon bounce. 11 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Summer Camps Open House,
Mercer County College, 1200
Old Trenton Road, West Windsor,
609-586-9446. www.mccc.edu.
Information for Camp College,
Sports Camps, and Tomato Patch
Camp. Meet camp directors, tour
the facilities, and register. The
camps seek counselors and area
teachers interested in summer
employment. Noon to 2 p.m.
Farmer’s Market Reopens
West Windsor Community Farmers Market
opens on Saturday May 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and continues through Saturday, October 28, rain or shine.
The market now hosts 15 farms and 13 artisan food
and natural product vendors.
New vendors to the market include Joss and Jules
Catering, a Princeton-based catering company that
will alternate weeks with Jammin’ Crepes to provide offerings for breakfast and lunch; two cupcake
vendors who will also alternate weeks — Sweetly
Spirited Cupcakes of West Windsor and Trenton’s
Stace of Cakes; First Field Ketchup based in Princeton makes handmade, artisan ketchups and condiments from locally grown tomatoes; Tumbleweed
and Eddie’s Natural Pet Treats; Hopewell Valley
Vineyards wine, Trenton’s Happy Wanderer Bakery. Kendall Park’s Pitspone Farm, offers hard to
find bushes and herbs in May and June.
Events in May include:
May 5: Opening day with Ed Goldberg and the
Odessa Klezmer Band, West Windsor Bike and
Baby Expo
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital,
3100 Quakerbridge Road, Mercerville, 609-584-5900. Educational exhibits, interactive displays, and demonstrations from
pregnancy to preschool. Free. 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Lectures
Green Building Series: Urban
Design Considerations, NJ Redevelopment Training Institute,
Thomas Edison College, 101
West State Street, Trenton, 609278-5779. njra.us. Workshop on
balancing the needs of the local
environment with new development and growth. Register. $75. 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Learning Forum, Princeton Photo Workshop, Nassau Inn, 10
Palmer Square, Princeton, 609921-7400. Take your digital photography skills to the next level with
tools focusing on lighting, composition, saving, organizing, basic
editing, software, and more. Register. $179. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Public Conference, Princeton
University, 216 Aaron Burr Hall,
609-258-2635. “After Subaltern
Studies: Early Career South Asian
Studies” workshop. Free. 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Princeton Canal Walkers, Turning Basin Park, Alexander Road,
Princeton, 609-896-0546. Threemile walk on the towpath. Bad
weather cancels. Free. 10 a.m.
Politics
Rally, Unite Against the War on
Women, State House, 225 West
State Street, Trenton, 856-8811816. www.unitewomen.org. Nationwide protest to stand for
women’s rights and pursuit of
equality. Noon to 4 p.m.
Shopping News
Townwide Garage Sale, Cranbury Township, Cranbury, 609305-0900. A list of participants is
available at Callaway Henderson
Sotheby’s Realty, 39 North Main
Street. Rain date is Sunday, April
29, at 9 a.m. 9 a.m.
The Wish Shop, One Simple
Wish, 360 South Broad Street,
Trenton, 609-883-8484. Boutique
experience for teens in foster care
features designer gowns, jewelry,
clutches, shoes, and scarves.
Most gowns are $10 to $20 and
accessories are under $5.
Gourmet treats served on Saturdays. Donations of gently used
dresses and costume jewelry are
appreciated. Volunteers to staff
the shop, hair stylists, make-up
artists, crafts, and food vendors
are needed. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Book Sale, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, 609275-2897. www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Hardbacks, $1; paperbacks,
50 cents; miscellaneous media
and art at bargain prices. 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Pedestrian Alliance, Yes, WE Can Food Drive to
benefit Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton,
blood pressure screenings with University Medical
Center at Princeton.
May 12: Music by Don Lee and massage by the
Touch that Heals.
May 19: Music by the Billies, West Windsor Bike
and Pedestrian Alliance, Yes, We Can Food Drive to
benefit Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton,
blood pressure screenings. West Windsor Library
story time featuring “Growing Vegetable Soup” by
Lois Ehlert, and kids crafts from 10 a.m. to noon.
Bring a small blanket for children to sit on.
May 26: Music by Hot Foot Powder and massage
by the Touch that Heals.
West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market,
Vaughn Drive Parking Lot, Princeton Junction Train
Station, 609-933-4452. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The market is located in the Vaughn Drive parking
lot of the southbound side of the Princeton Junction
Train Station, one mile from the Alexander Road
and Route 1 intersection. Parking is free.
Sunday
April 29
Dance
The Secret Garden, DanceVision,
Kendall Theater, College of New
Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road,
Ewing, 609-514-1600. www.dancevisionNJ.org.
Risa
Kaplowitz, artistic director of the
youth ensemble and a West Windsor resident, choreographed the
production based on Francis Hodgson Burnett’s classic children’s
book. Dave Haneman, production
manager and a Plainsboro resident, created moving projections to
create Mary’s journey from India,
England, and through the gloomy
rooms and secret garden. $25. 2
p.m.
On Stage
Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Musical about 17
dancers who have a dream to
dance on Broadway presented by
Playful Theater Productions. For
mature audiences. $18. 2 p.m.
A Cranbury Home Companion,
Cranbury Repertory Company,
United Methodist Church, 21
North Main Street, Cranbury, 609737-1041. Join a live studio audience to be part of drama, creative
sound effects, and performers at
the microphones. $5 includes
dessert. 3 p.m.
Film
Program in Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, McCormick Hall 101, 609-258-5000.
www.princeton.edu. Screening of
“Srugin,” in Hebrew with English
subtitles. Discussion with Miriam
Rosenbaum, Princeton University. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Art Show, Princeton University
League, 171 Broadmead, Princeton, 609-258-3650. “Celtic Myths
and Faith,” an exhibit featuring oil
and watercolor paintings by Rita
Stynes Strow. 1 to 6 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Princeton Jewish
Center, 435 Nassau Street, 609921-0100. www.thejewishcenter.org. Opening reception for exhibit
of calligraphy by Stephen Cohen, a
member of the Philadelphia Calligraphers’ Society. A technical writer
for Horiba Scientific, he has a Ph.D.
in physical chemistry. Cohen is also a choral arranger and president
of Sharim v’Sharot, central New
Jersey’s Jewish choir. An active
genealogist, he has found more
than 3,000 relatives. A Hightstown
resident, Cohen has been specializing in Judaic art for 25 years and
writes ketubot (wedding contracts),
designs invitations, and creates
documents and art with a calligraphic touch. Free. 3 to 5 p.m.
Classical Music
Scholarship Recital, Steinway
Musical Society, College of New
Jersey, 609-434-0222. www.princetonol.com/groups/steinway.
Open to the public. 3 p.m.
Sunday Serenades Concert Series, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-924-1604. www.uuprinceton.org. “The Prophets
Speak” includes settings of sages
throughout history. $15. 3 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
A Jazzy Afternoon, Trenton
Community Music School,
Cream Ridge Winery, 145 Route
539, Cream Ridge, 609-259-9797.
www.tcmusicschool.com. Wine
tasting and jazz music featuring
the Straight Jazz Trio of Spencer
Caton on keyboard, Tom McMillan
on bass, and John Henry Goldman on trumpet. Presentation and
violin performance at 3:30 p.m.
Winery tours will be held during
the event. $50 to $100. 2:30 p.m.
Good Causes
Tree Dedication, Lawrenceville
Main Street, Princeton Church of
Lawrenceville, 2688 Main Street,
609-219-9300.
www.lawrencevillemainstreet.com. One of the
largest beech trees in New Jersey
split and crashed to the ground in
2009. The wood was milled into 80
cheese and bread boards, sanded,
oiled, and branded by the church’s
men’s group, and will be sold for
$20 to $40 to benefit the cost of removing the tree. A 15-foot sapling
was donated by Kris Deni and Rich
Levandowski in memory of her
daughter, Leah, who died in 2004
at age 25 from a blood infection. It
was planted near the base of the
old tree. Noon.
Fairs & Festivals
Shad Fest, Lambertville Chamber, Bridge and Union Street,
Lambertville,
609-397-0055.
www.lambertville.org. Arts, crafts,
food, music, entertainment, and
plenty of fish greet visitors through
this yearly rite of passage. The
festival helps raise awareness of
the successful, ongoing efforts to
decontaminate the Delaware, the
home of this namesake fish, en
route to spawning grounds upriver. Free. Noon to 5:30 p.m.
Rides on a sternwheel steamboat,
replica of 1860 steamboat, available. The 20-minute cruise takes
passengers to the D&R outlock ruins and back to the shad fishery.
Weather-permitting. $5. 12:30 to
5:30 p.m.
Main Street Jubilee, Lawrenceville Main Street Jubilee, Sun
Bank, Main Street, Lawrenceville,
609-219-9300.
www.lawrencevillemainstreet.com. Annual street
fair with games, rides, live music,
activities, and entertainment. Music by Riverside. Radio 101.5 FM
with the Big Yellow Van and the
Jersey prize team. Rain or shine.
Free. Noon to 5 p.m.
APRIL 27, 2012
Quilt Show
Hightstown East Windsor Historical Society, 164 North Main
Street, Hightstown, 609-4488199. “Dating Fabric: 300 Years of
Service” presented by Dana Balsamo from Material Pleasures,
Princeton. Residents may register
family antique quilts or modern
quilts to be displayed in a non-juried show for $5. 1 to 4 p.m.
Faith
Robert P. George, All Saints’
Church, 16 All Saints Road,
Princeton, 609-921-2420. “Religious Freedom” presented by
Robert P. George, professor of jurisprudence, author of “In Defense
of Natural Law,” “Making Men
Moral: Civil Liberties, and Public
Morality,” and “The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion and
Morality in Crisis.” 11:30 a.m.
Benefit Concert, Community
Christian Choirs, Robbinsville
Seventh Day Adventist Church,
2314 Route 33, Robbinsville, 609587-7076. “Music for the Soul” celebrates 35 years of concerts with
spirituals, gospel, a capella, and
more. One of the teen members is
Rohon Pakianathan of West
Windsor. Free-will offering. 6 p.m.
Food & Dining
Farm 2 Grill, Mrs. G. TV & Appliances, 2960 Route 1, Lawrenceville, 609-882-1444. www.mrsgs.com. Register for “Starting Your
Own Vegetable Garden” presented by Judith Robinson, manager
of Princeton Farmers’ Market, at
1:30 p.m. Grilling by Weber executive chef. Vendors include Bamboo Hollow Apiaries, Honey
Farms, Terhune Orchards, Cherry
Grove Farm, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed, and more. Free.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Health
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, Congregation Beth Chaim,
329 Village Road East, West
Windsor, 800-448-3543. www.redcrossblood.org. 8 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Tourette Syndrome Awareness
Day, New Jersey Center for
Tourette Syndrome, TD Bank
Ballpark, Bridgewater, 908-5757350. www.njcts.org. Family day
to bring awareness of the neurological disorder that affects as
many as 1 in 100 kids. The syndrome is often misunderstood by
family, friends, strangers, and
teachers. The Patriots play the
Long Island Ducks at 1:05 p.m.
Presentations begin on the field at
12:45 p.m. Pregame autograph
session with the players. The first
1,500 kids receive a youth jersey.
The kids will be allowed to run the
bases following the game. Register for tickets online. Noon.
Medications for ADHD, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Fireplace on second
floor,
609-924-9529.
www.princetonlibrary.org. “Understanding Medications Used to Treat ADHD in Children, Adolescents, and
Adults” presented by Dr. Anthony
Rostain, professor of psychiatry
and pediatrics at the Perelman
School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and the director of the developmental neuropsychiatry program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He
will explain how the medications
work and the differences among
them. 3 p.m.
ADHS Adult Support Group,
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Princeton Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-2160441. www.chadd.net. Facilitated
by Norma Svedosh. Register by Email to [email protected].
7:30 p.m.
Wellness
Classes, Onsen For All, 4451
Route 27, Princeton, 609-9244800. www.onsenforall.com. Introduction to yoga at 9:15 a.m.
Gentle yoga at 10:25 a.m. Multilevel yoga at 11:30 a.m. Register.
$15 each. 9:15 a.m.
Live the Dream
of Broadway
W
est
Windsor
resident
Colleen McMahon Skillman will play Sheila Bryant, a
sexy, aging dancer who tells of
her unhappy childhood, in Kelsey
Theater’s upcoming production
of “A Chorus Line.” The musical
opens Friday, April 27, followed
by a reception with the cast and
crew.
“A Chorus Line” is the musical
for anyone who has ever had a
dream and put it all on the line to
make it happen. Seventeen
dancers audition for a Broadway
musical that could be the chance
of a lifetime. The show provides a
poignant glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the
choreographer as they describe
the events that have shaped their
lives and their decisions to become dancers.
The original 1975 Broadway
production of “A Chorus Line”
was an unprecedented box office
and critical hit, receiving 12 Tony
Award nominations and winning
nine of them, in addition to the
1976 Pulitzer Prize for drama. It
became the longest-running production in Broadway history until
it was surpassed by “Cats” in
1997.
Born in Trenton, Skillman was
raised in Hamilton. She began her
dancing career at Stewart Johnson
Dance Academy when she was
four. Her dance teacher, Isobel
Johnson, encouraged her to go to
New York City often and Skillman was enrolled in the American
Ballet Theater School when she
was seven. She also danced with
Art Show and Brunch, Princeton
Care Center, 728 Bunn Drive,
Princeton, 609-924-9000. www.princetoncarecenter.org. “The Art
of Living Well” includes music,
brunch, and an art show featuring
the works of Evelyn Rauch. For
friends, families, residents, neighbors, and health care professionals.
Register. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Women’s Health Expo, Chabad
Mercer,
Princeton
Marriott,
Plainsboro, 609-252-0124. Art,
gifts, shopping, health and beauty.
Dairy lunch. Noon to 4 p.m.
Bottle Baby Boot Camp, Tabby’s
Place, 1100 Route 202, Ringoes,
908-237-5300. Seminar in caring
for orphaned kittens includes the
basics of bottle feeding and
neonatal cat care. Network with
other rescuers. Tours of the cagefree, no kill sanctuary for cats rescued from hopeless situations.
Register to Danielle Rice at
[email protected]. 2 p.m.
History
Walking Tour, Historical Society
of Princeton, Bainbridge House,
158 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-921-6748. 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.
House Tours
4 p.m.
Princeton Ballet and appeared in
“The Nutcracker” at McCarter
Theater.
Her first professional experience was in the ballet of “Sleeping Beauty” that was televised
live from Lincoln Center. She
then appeared in Metropolitan
Opera’s “Falstaff.” She performed as a singer and dancer in
Atlantic City’s “Hollywood to
Broadway” and “Salute to
Swing,” and was the featured performer in “The Follies Bergere” at
the Tropicana in Las Vegas. Skillman opened for Shirley Maclain,
Harry Belafonte, Donna Summer,
and the Manhattan Transfer on
Monte Carlo’s Sporting Club
stage. In 1993 she appeared as one
of the Minsky Girls in the film,
“Gypsy” starring Bette Midler as
Mama Rose. She later starred in
“Rhythm and Rhyme” on Royal
Caribbean’s Voyager cruise ship.
Skillman has studied vocals
with coaches in New York City,
Los Angeles, and with Richard
Loatman of Trenton. “My voice
also got better with experience,”
she says.
Her parents, Marty and Loretta
McMahon, have always been her
biggest fans. “They sacrificed so
much to run me into New York as
a child and have been in the audience for every show I have ever
done,” says Skillman. “My husband’s parents, Bob and Susan
Skillman, are a wonderful help by
babysitting my little ones so I
could go to rehearsals.” Skillman
has already reserved close to 30
seats on opening night for her
friends and family.
She and her husband, Bob
Skillman, attended Steinert High
School. They did not date in high
For Families
Open House, Rambling Pines
Day Camp, Route 518, Hopewell,
609-466-1212.
www.ramblingpines.com. Parents and children
may tour the facility and meet staff
members. Camp program for ages
3 to 15 and a teen program for
grades 7 to 10. Register. 1 to 3
p.m.
Family Fun Day, Jewish Community Center, Mercer County Park,
Edinburgh Road, West Windsor,
609-219-9550. www.jcctoday.org.
Family games, music, arts and
crafts, snacks. Free. 2 to 4 p.m.
For Teens
Workshop for High School Juniors, Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Greater Mercer County, Congregation Beth
Chaim, 329 Village Road East,
www.jfcsonline.org. “Story to College” application essay workshop
focuses on helping Jewish leaders
craft powerful essays from their
perspective journeys. The program was founded by Carol
Barash, a Princeton graduate who
taught at Princeton, University of
Michigan, and Rutgers, and
worked on the Douglass College
admissions committee. Register.
2 to 5 p.m.
Lectures
Season
of
Remembrance,
Princeton Jewish Center, 435
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609921-2782. “Memory at Work: A
Jewish Perspective on Building
the 9/11 Memorial Museum” presented by Adina Langer, who has
worked for more than five years in
curatorial and public affairs capacities for the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum. She will share her
stories of experiences with artifacts, images, oral histories, and
written tributes by artists, survivors, and family members of victims. Langer is a graduate of West
Windsor-Plainsboro High School,
Class of 2002. Bagel brunch.
Free. 11 a.m.
school but met up years later in
New York City. She was working
as a lounge singer at the Trump
Plaza and he was with clients. “I
was singing on the piano when he
came in,” she says. He is a sales
director with FXALL, a provider
of institutional electronic foreign
exchange trading solutions in
New York City. They married in
2005 and moved to West Windsor. “We were both working in
New York City but it was close to
the train and we loved the school
system,” she says.
Their daughter, 6, attends
WW-P schools, dances at Stewart
Johnson Dance Academy, and is
on the gymnastic team at Discover Gymnastics Academy. Their
son, 4, is in preschool and has just
begun to study martial arts.
Members of the cast also include Rachel Tovar of Plainsboro
as Vicki, and Kyrus Keenan
Westcott of Plainsboro as Richie.
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Frank Ferrara of West Windsor,
the director of the show, also portrays Zach. His wife, Shannon
Ferrara, a music teacher at Village
School, is the vocal director.
Skillman is also a licensed
Zumba instructor who teaches
classes at Mercer County College
and the Hamilton YMCA. “I
haven’t done this much dancing in
years,” Skillman says. “This is my
first community theater experience and the staff and cast are
wonderful.”
— Lynn Miller
A Chorus Line, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton
Road, West Windsor. Friday,
April 27, to Sunday, May 6. Musical about 17 dancers who have a
609-570-3333.
www.kelseytheatre.net.
Author Event, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road,
East Windsor, 609-448-1330.
www.mcl.org. Leah Ingram, author of “Suddenly Frugal.” 2 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Learn to Bike Class for Adults,
West Windsor Bicycle and
Pedestrian Alliance, Vaughn Drive parking lot, West Windsor.
www.wwbpa.org. For adults and
mature teens. The class uses a
pedal-free balance technique.
Bring a bike and a helmet. You
must be able to rest your feet flat
on the ground while sitting on the
bicycle seat. Register by E-mail to
[email protected]. Helmets
available for $10. 10 a.m.
Annual Meeting, Friends of
Princeton Open Space, Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain
Avenue, Princeton, 609-9212772. “Using Shade to Restore the
Forest Floor” presents by Emile
DeVito, manager of science and
stewardship for the New Jersey
Conservation Foundation. Register. 3 p.m.
Book Sale
Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van
Doren Street, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Hardbacks, $1; paperbacks, 50 cents;
miscellaneous media and art at
bargain prices. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At the West Windsor
Arts Center
Spring Break (April 9-13)
Art & Science / Machines & Movement
Summer Camps
Multi-Arts (June 18-22, 25-29 & August 20-24, 27-31)
Theater (August 6-17)
Environmental Art (August 6-17)
Camp day 9-3 - Extended hours / mornings and afternoons
Children 5-10 - Small classes, Professional Teaching Artists
Enroll NOW
online at
www.westwindsorarts.org
the junction where the arts and
community meet
952 Alexander Road
(Historic Princeton Junction Firehouse)
West Windsor, NJ 08550 609.716.1931
West Windsor Arts Council
Members Save 10%
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Singles
Sociable Singles, Etz Chaim, Monroe
Township Jewish Center, 11 Cornell Avenue, 609-655-5137. For ages 50 plus. $5. 1
to 4 p.m.
Horse Show
Princeton Show Jumping, Hunter Farms,
1315 The Great Road, Princeton, 609-9242932. Spring Classic. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sports
Doubleheader, Princeton Baseball, Clarke
Field, 609-258-4849. www.goprincetontigers.com. Cornell. Free. Noon.
Monday
April 30
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call
the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Boys Golf. Hopewell Valley. 3 p.m.
South Boys Golf. Nottingham. 3 p.m.
North Girls Golf. At East Brunswick. 3:30
p.m.
North Baseball. At Steinert. 4 p.m.
North Boys Tennis. Steinert. 4 p.m.
North Girls Lacrosse. At Robbinsville. 4
p.m.
North Softball. At Steinert. 4 p.m.
South Baseball. Trenton. 4 p.m.
Film
Second Chance Film Series, Princeton
Adult School, Friend Center Auditorium,
Computer Science Building, Princeton University, 609-683-1101. Screening of “Of
Gods and Men,” France, 2010. Introduced
by William Lockwood Jr., the curator of the
series. Register. $8. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Mondays at Morven, Morven Museum, 55
Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144.
www.morven.org. “Illustrating Morven:
House and Grounds,” an art class working
primarily with pencil or pen and ink. Through
May 21. Presented by Ellie Wyeth. Register.
$125. 10 a.m. to noon.
Workshop, Princeton Photography Club,
Johnson Education Center, D&R Greenway
Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton, 732-422-3676. “Photography with
Painting” presented by Rhoda KassofIsaac. Register. 7 p.m.
Classical Music
The Practitioners of Musick, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. “An Innocent Diversion and
Delight: Music and the World of Jane
Austen” talk and performance. An illustrated
survey of Jane Austen’s favorite holiday music presented by John Burkhalter, English
flutes; and Janet Palumbo, spinet. 7 p.m.
Wellness
Prenatal Breastfeeding Class, Princeton
HealthCare System, 253 Witherspoon
Street, Princeton, 888-897-8979. www.princetonhcs.org. Presented by a certified
lactation consultant. Register. $45 per couple. 7 p.m.
Schools
Full of Grace: Linda
Mannhaim of West Windsor
performs in ‘I’ll Have What
She's Having Dance Project on
Saturday and Sunday, May 5
and 6, at YWCA Princeton.
For Seniors
Senior Well-Being, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East
Windsor, 609-448-1330. www.mcl.org. “Depression and Aging” presented by Greater
Trenton Behavioral Healthcare. 1 p.m.
Golden Age Club, Jewish Family and Children’s Service, Adath Israel Congregation,
1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville,
609-987-8100. www.jfcsonline.org. “Memorable Interviews I Have Had” presented by
Sharon Schlegel, columnist for the Trenton
Times. Free. 2:45 p.m.
Tuesday
May 1
School Sports
Film
North Boys Tennis. At Hightstown. 4 p.m.
A Polite Bribe, Garden Theater, Nassau
Street, Princeton. www.apolitebribe.com.
Screening of documentary by Robert Orlando, a Princeton based filmmaker, based on
Apostle Paul and an alternate version of
Christianity’s beginnings. Party at Triumph
after late screening. $15; $25 with the director’s party. 7 and 9:15 p.m.
North Boys Volleyball. Ridge. 4 p.m.
Art
Student Aid Workshop, U.S. Representative Rush Holt, South Brunswick Library,
110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction,
609-750-9365. Higher education financial
aid workshop for high school students and
families. Representatives from Department
of Education and Rutgers University discuss
financial aid opportunities available on federal, state, and campus levels. Information
about the FAFSA application, Pell grants,
Teach grants, Stafford Loans, Perkins
loans, and state scholarships. Staff will also
be available to discuss financial aid situations one-on-one. Free. 7 p.m.
North Boys Lacrosse. Hopewell Valley.
4:15 p.m.
Singles
On Stage
Singles Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House,
335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. Drop in for snacks,and conversation.
Register at http://ht.ly/3gd9w 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Roll!, Princeton University, Lewis Center,
185 Nassau Street, 609-258-1500. A new
play by senior Jeff Kuperman was inspired
by “The Myth of Sisyphus,” an essay by Albert Camus. $12. 8 p.m.
North Boys Tennis. NJSIAA Entries Close.
North Boys Golf. Steinert. 3 p.m.
South Boys Golf. At Trenton. 3 p.m.
South Boys Lacrosse. At Northern Burlington. 4 p.m.
SNEAK
Art Exhibit, Garden State Watercolor Society, Prallsville Mill, Stockton, 609-3944000. “Vibrant Florals” presented by
Suzanne Hunt. In conjunction with annual
exhibition. 2 to 4 p.m.
Workshop, Princeton Photography Club,
Johnson Education Center, D&R Greenway
Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton, 732-422-3676. “Color Managing Your
Raw Camera Files” presented by Andrew
Darlow. Register. 7 p.m.
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Dancing
Opening Day, India Performing
Arts Center, Royal Plaza, Route
130, East Windsor, 609-9368773. www.ipacglobal.org. Folk,
bhangra, Bollywood, classical, semi-classical, and western dancing
with Smita Miki Patel. For all age
groups, including adults. 9 a.m.
Literati
Poetry Workshop, Delaware Valley Poets, Lawrence Public Library,
Darrah Lane, 609-882-9246.Visitors welcome. Bring 10 copies of
your poem. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Pop Music
Rehearsal, Princeton Garden
Statesmen, Plainsboro Library, 9
Van Doren Street, Plainsboro,
888-636-4449. Men of all ages
and experience levels are invited
to sing in four-part harmony. The
non-profit organization presents
at numerous charities. Free. 7:30
to 10 p.m.
Good Causes
Meeting, Allies, 1262 WhitehorseHamilton Square Road, Hamilton,
609-689-0136. For adult volunteers with hobbies or interests to
share with adults who have developmental disabilities. Register
with Linda Barton. 5:30 to 7:30
p.m.
For Families
Explore a Pond, Stony Brook
Millstone Watershed, 31 Titus
Mill Road, Pennington, 609-7377592. www.thewatershed.org. For
ages 3 to 5. Register. $15. 10 a.m.
Lectures
Computer Tips and Tricks, Computer Learning Center at Ewing,
999 Lower Ferry Road, 609-8825086. “Need an Easier Way to
Read? The NJ State Library Can
Help” presented by Mary KearnsKaplan, adult outreach services
coordinator for the New Jersey
State Library. She presents information for New Jersey residents
who cannot read standard print,
turn pages, hold a book, or have a
reading disability or a vision impairment. Services include audiobook players, Braille books, audio
news reading services, and access to downloadable audiobooks
and audio magazines. Q&A session at 1:30 p.m. Presentation at 2
p.m. Free. 1:30 p.m.
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Robertson Hall,
Dodds, 609-258-2943. “French
Presidential Elections,” a panel
presented by Ezra Suleiman,
David Bell, and Sophie Meunier, all
of Princeton. 4:30 p.m.
Job Search Strategies for Older
Workers, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Presentation by Carol
King, director of the Center for Engaged Retirement and Encore Careers. 7 p.m.
For Men Only
Men’s Circle, West Windsor, 609933-4280. Share, listen, and support other men and yourself. Talk
about relationship, no relationship, separation, divorce, sex, no
sex, money, job, no job, aging parents, raising children, teens, addictions, illness, and fear of aging.
All men are expected to commit to
confidentiality. Call for location.
Free. 7 to 9 p.m.
Socials
Meeting, Rotary Club of Plainsboro, Guru Palace, 2215 Route 1
South, North Brunswick, 732-2130095. www.plainsbororotary.org.
7:30 p.m.
For Seniors
Memoir
Writing
Workshop,
Lawrence Library, Darrah Lane
and Route 1, Lawrence Township,
609-989-6920. www.mcl.org. Introductory course for seniors to reflect on a significant life experience and put it on paper. Facilitated by Maria Okros. Register. 2:30
to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday
May 2
School Sports
North Boys Golf. MCT. 8 a.m.
South Boys Golf. MCT. 8 a.m.
North Girls Golf. At Moorestown. 3
p.m.
North Boys Tennis. At Hamilton
West. 4 p.m.
North Boys Volleyball. At East
Brunswick. 4 p.m.
South Baseball. Hopewell. 4 p.m.
North Girls Lacrosse. Lawrenceville. 4:15 p.m.
North vs. South Softball. At
North. 7 p.m.
On Stage
8 p.m.
Film
Cinema: The Jewish Lens, Beth
El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream
Road, East Windsor, 609-4434454. www.bethel.net. “The Jewish Picture” in conjunction with
Jerusalem Online course that features interviews with Hollywood
personalities, film critics, professors, and rabbinic scholars. Register. $12. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Triumph Brewing
Company, 138 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-924-7855. www.triumphbrew.com. “Deep Within
My Soul,” a photography exhibit
featuring the works of Colleen
Maniere of West Windsor continues. A percentage of sales benefit
pancreatic cancer research. 11
a.m.
Dancing
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763.
www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction
followed by dance. $8. 7:40 to
10:30 p.m.
Literati
Bellies and Booties: New Moms’ Best Friend
S
tephanie Gold, owner of Bellies and
Booties Maternity and Children’s Boutique in West Windsor, had an
epiphany six years ago: There were no highstyle, trendy maternity or children’s stores in
the area, and she decided to fill that void.
This spring Gold is celebrating her fifth anniversary, providing the community with upscale, all-occasion apparel as well as designer diaper bags, nursing accessories for
moms, moms-to-be, and new moms, nursing
or not. In addition, she helps mothers dress
their kids with angelic layettes and clothing,
some exclusive to the area, up to 6x, to look
like little fashionistas.
To her credit and smart taste in purchasing fashionable clothes with well-known
haute brand names, very few grandmothers
have left her boutique without exclaiming at
least once, “Oh my gosh, your store is incredible!”
Also to her credit, her perseverance and
good spirits helped her overcome obstacles
along the way. Initially confronted with a bad
economy, Gold’s greatest test turned out to be
the diagnosis of leukemia given to her son,
Austin, three years ago. Now six years old, he is
in remission with eight more months of treatment left.
Gold’s effervescent personality, support of
friends, customers, and family with super determination and great love and belief in her store,
has helped her succeed beyond her dreams.
Like every successful shopkeeper, Gold
knows her customer, in part because she grew
up here in West Windsor. The daughter of Barbara and Martin Demsky, who still live in town
off Penn Lyle Road, Stephanie attended Dutch
Neck School and the original West WindsorPlainsboro Middle School. After graduating
from the Hun School in 1994, she studied
broadcasting at the University of Miami and
then came north to Manhattan to pursue a career in sales and event planning.
She and her husband, Jason Gold (who
works on Wall Street), now live in Lawrenceville
with Austin and their three-year-old daughter,
Jordana. Bellies and Booties first opened in
Lawrenceville and moved to its new space next
library.org. “The Art of Instrument
Making” presented by Christophe
Landon, owner of Christophe Landon are Violins in New York City,
features discussion of rare violins,
violas, cellos, and bows that he
works with in his shop. Free. 4:30
p.m.
The Met: Live in HD, Metropolitan
Opera, Check movie listings.
www.metoperafamily.org.
Screening of “La Traviata.” 6:30
p.m.
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
609-497-1600.
www.labyrinthbooks.com. Eduardo Corral, author of “Slow Lightning: Poems.”
Reading, discussion, and reception. 6 p.m.
Open Mic, Alchemist & Barrister,
28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
609-924-5555. www.theaandb.com. 21 plus. 10 p.m.
Noontime Recital Series, Witherspoon Street Presbyterian
Church, 124 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-924-1666. “A Tribute to Dorothy Maynor” presented
by Willsonia Boyer, soprano; and
Marijo Newman, piano. Light
lunch follows. Register. Free.
Noon.
Princeton Symphony Orchestra:
Soundtracks, Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princeton-
to McCaffrey’s in the Southfield Shopping Center in December.
The colorful shop is packed with clothing and
gift items for babies and mothers. Of special interest: items for nursing mothers, who Gold
says now make up about 80 percent of the new
mothers she serves. The shop also has a playroom so that toddlers can stay occupied while
the parents do their shopping.
Bellies and Booties has become a major destination for mothers and pregnant women — as
well as proud grandparents — in the central
New Jersey area. For new mothers, in particular, Gold can offer the kind of personalized care
— and sisterly advice — that can’t be duplicated online or at the big box stores.
“I’m also happy that I have established the
ability to work with PR people in local offices
and corporations,” she says, adding, “I will find
just the right gift to send to clients or business
associates before and after the baby arrives.
Basically, my store is just a phone call away.”
Bellies and Booties Maternity and Children’s Boutique, 335 Princeton-Hightstown
Road, next to McCaffrey’s, West Windsor. 609716-1700. www.belliesandbooties.com
Bellies and Booties has become a major destination for mothers and pregnant women -- as well as proud grandparents -- in central New Jersey.
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Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Martha
Stewart, author of “Martha’s
American Food: A Celebration of
our Nation’s Most Treasured Dishes from Coast to Coast.” Line pass
distribution begins at 1 p.m,. 5
p.m.
Althea Ward Clark Reading Series,
Princeton
University,
Chancellor Green Rotunda, 609258-1500.
www.princeton.edu.
Student readings from program in
creative writing courses. 8 p.m.
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Open Mic Night, It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. Sign up at
6:45 p.m. 8 to 10 p.m.
Food & Dining
Healthy Living, Whole Earth Center, 360 Nassau Street, Princeton.
www.wholeearthcenter.com. Discussion group co-hosted by
Palmer Uhl and V. Bea Snowden.
Register
by
E-mail
to
[email protected]. Free. 7 p.m.
Gardens
Annual Orchid Auction, Central
Jersey Orchid Society, D&R
Greenway Land Trust, Johnson
Education Center, 1 Preservation
Place, Princeton, 609-924-1380.
www.centraljerseyorchids.org.
Benefit for the organization. Refreshments. Free admission. 7:30
p.m.
Health
History
Gluten-Free Living, Mercer Free
School, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch
Road, 609-403-2383. mfs.insi2.org. Topics addressed include
safe foods, hidden sources of
gluten, how to gluten-proof your
kitchen, dining out safely, recipes,
and shopping tips. Register. Free.
7 to 8 p.m.
Guided Tour, Drumthwacket
Foundation, 354 Stockton Street,
Princeton, 609-683-0057. New Jersey governor’s official residence.
Group tours are available. Register.
$5 donation. Noon to 2 p.m.
Wellness
Dance for People with Parkinson’s Disease, DanceVision,
Forrestal Village, 116 Rockingham Row, Plainsboro, 609-5141600.
www.danceforpd.org.
Dancers who trained with the
Mark Morris Dance Group and
Brooklyn Parkinson Group collaborate with DanceVision and
Parkinson Alliance to present a
movement class for people with
Parkinson’s disease and their
caregivers. Register. $10; $15
with a caregiver, spouse, or partner. 1 to 2:15 p.m.
House Tours
124 Edgerstoune Road, Princeton, 609-771-0525. Spaces have
been transformed by interior designers and landscape architects.
Proceeds benefit community programs. $25. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For Families
Explore a Pond, Stony Brook
Millstone Watershed, 31 Titus
Mill Road, Pennington, 609-7377592. For ages 3 to 5. Register.
$15. 1 p.m.
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APRIL 27, 2012
MAY 2
Lectures
Understanding Islam, Monroe
Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza,
Monroe, 732-521-5000. An introduction to the major tenets of Islamic faith, ritual practices, spirituality,
and diversity presented by Christopher Taylor, director of the Middle
East Studies program at Drew University. Register. Free. 11 a.m.
Association of Black Women
Lawyers of New Jersey, Mercer
County Community College,
Conference Center, 1200 Old
Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3160.
www.anitahillnj.eventbrite.com. “Reimaging Equality, an Evening with Anita Hill,” a
professor of social policy, law, and
women’s studies at Brandeis University, and author of “Reimagining
Equality: Stories of Gender, Race,
and Finding Home.” She will speak
on the impact of the housing crisis
on women and minorities. Cocktail
reception from 6 to 7 p.m. Register
online. $25 benefit HomeFront, an
organization devoted to homelessness. 6 p.m.
College Planning Seminar, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory
Corner Road, East Windsor, 609448-1330. www.mcl.org. College
savings options, financial aid, and
more. Register. Free. 7 p.m.
Camera Club, South Brunswick
Arts
Commission,
South
Brunswick Community Center, 124
New Road, Monmouth Junction,
732-329-4000. Free. 7 to 9 p.m.
UFO Ghosts and Earth Mysteries, UFO and Paranormal Study
Group, Hamilton Township Library, Municipal Drive, 609-6318955. www.drufo.org. Discussion
about UFOs, ghosts, psychic phenomena, crop circles, poltergeists,
channeling, and government cover-ups facilitated by Pat Marcattilio. Free. 7 to 10 p.m.
Princeton Varsity Club, Princeton University, Robertson Hall,
Dodds, 609-258-6695. John Carlos, an Olympic and Pan American
games medalist and NCAA champion track and field athlete, talks. A
founding member of the Olympic
Project for Human Rights, Carlos
served on both the National and
Canadian football leagues and
helped organize the 1984 summer
Olympics. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Socials
Meeting, Outer Circle Ski Club,
Princeton Meadows Country Club,
Plainsboro, 609-721-4358. www.outercircleskiclub.org. Open to
adults interested in ski trips, hikes,
picnics, and game nights. New
members welcome. 8 p.m.
Thursday
May 3
Rubik’s Cube Event
Public Practice, Rubik’s Cube
World Record, High School North,
Dining Room, 90 Grovers Mill
Road, Plainsboro. recordcubers.blogspot.com. Mackie Makisumi, a
student at Princeton University and
former world record holder in speed
cubing, visits. 6 to 7 p.m.
School Sports
North Boys Golf. At Notre Dame. 3
p.m.
South Boys Golf. At Steinert. 3
p.m.
North Boys Lacrosse. At Notre
Dame. 4 p.m.
North Boys Volleyball. At South.
4:15 p.m.
South Baseball. At Lawrenceville.
4:15 p.m.
South Boys Lacrosse. Princeton.
4:15 p.m.
On Stage
Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609258-1500. A new play by senior
Jeff Kuperman was inspired by
“The Myth of Sisyphus,” an essay
by Albert Camus. $12. 8 p.m.
Film
Foreign
and
Independent,
Lawrence Library, Lawrence
Township, 609-989-6922. Screening of “Karen Cries on the Bus,”
2011, Spanish with English subtitles. Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.
Art
An Evening of Visual Art, Princeton ArtWalk, Downtown Princeton.
www.facebook.com/princetonartwalk. Sample the visual arts related events and activities featuring
music, entertainment, and refreshments. Opening reception of “Transient Spaces: Herban Garden,
Writer’s Block, and Quark Park,” an
exhibition in remembrance of three
collaborative public art installations,
at Arts Council of Princeton. Film
screening and guest speakers are
Peter Soderman, Kevin Wilkes, and
Chris Allen. Destinations include the
Princeton University Art Museum,
Arts Council of Princeton, Bernstein
Gallery, Firestone Library, Lewis
Center for the Arts, Historic Morven,
Princeton Historical Society, Princeton Public Library, Labyrinth Books,
and Small World Coffee. Free. 5 to 8
p.m.
Local Diva: Cristina Gonzalez of Plainsboro appears in Opera Modo’s production of ‘Susannah,’
Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, at All Saints
Church, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton.
Dancing
Lectures
Argentine Tango, Viva Tango,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45
Stockton Street, Princeton, 732789-5272. Class and practice session. $12. 9:15 p.m.
Meeting, 55-Plus, Jewish Center of
Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, 609896-2923. $3 donation. 10 a.m.
Classical Music
Concert Classics Series, Princeton
University
Concerts,
Richardson Auditorium, 609-2589220. David Daniels, countertenor; Martin Katz, piano; and
Mark Morris, choreographer, present the world premiere of a recital
with dance. Pre-concert lecture at
7 p.m. $20 to $40. 8 p.m.
Live Music
Sustainable Jazz Ensemble,
Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau
All original jazz with Steve Hiltner,
Jerry D’Anna, and Ron Connor. In
conjunction with the Princeton ArtWalk. 6 p.m.
Chris & Tommy’s Good Time
Folk Rock Show, Alchemist &
Barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-924-5555. 21 plus.
10 p.m.
Good Causes
Anita Hill, Brandeis National
Committee: Central New Jersey,
Pines Manor, Edison, 609-3957179. Anita Hill, professor of social
policy, law, and women’s studies at
Brandeis University; author of
“Reimagining Equality: Stories of
Gender, Race, and Finding
Home;” and a passionate advocate for race and gender equality,
examines the deep-rooted issues
of inequality. Register. $60. Benefit
for research of neurodegenerative
diseases. 11 a.m.
Food & Dining
Healthy Living, Whole Earth Center, 360 Nassau Street, Princeton.
Discussion group co-hosted by
Palmer Uhl and V. Bea Snowden.
Register to [email protected]. Free. 9:30 a.m.
Protecting Your Assets, Hickory
Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-4481330. www.mcl.org. “Keep it in the
Family” presented by attorney
Grayson Heberly with a focus on
estate planning, power of attorney, wills, and trusts. 7 p.m.
Public Lecture Series, Princeton
University, McCosh 50, 609-2583000. “A Decade of Debt” presented by Carmen Reinhart, senior fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics. 8 p.m.
Schools
Information Session, Villa Victoria Academy, 376 West Upper
Ferry Road, Ewing, 609-2589226. For parents and students in
the lower school. 9 a.m.
For Seniors
Best@Home in Ewing, Jewish
Family & Vocational Service of
Mercer County, Woodbrook
House, 865 Lower Ferry Road,
Ewing, 609-987-8100. “Stroke
Awareness and Blood Pressure”
presented by Nancy O’Neil, RN.
Kosher lunch will be served. Register. Donations invited. Noon.
Successful
Aging
Series,
Windrows, 2000 Windrow Drive,
Plainsboro, 609-520-3700. www.princetonwindrows.com. “The Importance of Healthy Sleep” presented by Dr. David. R. Barile, a
geriatric medicine specialist; and
Dr. Dana Supe, medical director of
the Sleep Center at University
Medical Center at Princeton. Register. Free. 2:30 p.m.
Friday
May 4
School Sports
House Tours
North Boys Golf. NJSIAA Entries
Close.
North Girls Golf. NJSIAA Entries
Close.
South Boys Golf. NJSIAA Entries
Close. p.m.
Please Join Dr Ron Suzuki
and
Suzuki Medical Associates
in Welcoming
Dr Jabbar Zafar and Rose Knapp, NP
Dr Zafar and Rose Knapp are now available to see
patients in both offices. We see children
and adults. Most major insurances
and Medicare are accepted.
65 South Main Street Bld. C
Pennington, NJ 08534
609 737 1116
660 Plainsboro Rd
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Phone: 609-275-5707; Fax: 609-275-9503
E-mail: [email protected]
11 Schalks Crossing Road
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
609 275 5700
North Baseball. At Notre Dame. 4
p.m.
North Boys Tennis. Princeton. 4
p.m.
North Softball. Notre Dame. 4
p.m.
South Baseball. Steinert. 4 p.m.
An Evening with C.S. Lewis,
Princeton Presbyterian Church,
545 Meadow Road, West Windsor,
609-987-1166.
www.princetonpresbyterian.org. David
Payne portrays Lewis at his Oxford home in 1963 as he gives an
informal talk to a group of American writers visiting England. A humorous look at the life of the British
author of wrote “Chronicles of Narnia,” “Screwtape Letters,” and
“Mere Christianity.” $20. 7 p.m.
8 p.m.
Are You There, McPhee?, McCarter Theater (Berlind), 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. World
premiere of John Guare’s play focusing on a playwright sucked into
the tangle of lives of a pair of abandoned children. Cast includes
Paul Gross, Gideon Banner, John
Behlmann, Jeremy Bobb, Molly
Camp, Patrick Carroll, Danny
Mastrogiorgio, and Lusia Strus.
Directed by Sam Buntrock. Preshow talk 45 minutes before the
performance. $20 and up. 8 p.m.
Art
Gallery Talk, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton campus, 609-258-3788. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Free. 12:30 p.m.
Dancing
Folk Dance, Princeton Folk
Dance, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-912-1272. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Beginners welcome. Lesson followed by dance.
No partner needed. $5. 8 p.m.
Classical Music
Meeting,
Piano
Teachers’
Forum, Jacobs Music, Route 1,
Lawrence, 609-921-1510. Brainstorm ideas and music swap. $10.
9:15 a.m.
Andras Schiff, McCarter Theater
Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Pianist with the
Salzburg Marionette Theater to
tell the story of Claude Debussy’s
children’s ballet, “La Boite a
Joyjoux.” $20 to $58. 7:30 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
Sound Bites, Arts Council of
Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
The Junior Mack Band, a trio with
jazz, rock, soul, and gospel. J.B.
Kline & Steve Guyger open. 8 p.m.
Live Music
Bennacht, Grover’s Mill Coffee
Road, West Windsor, 609-7168771.
APRIL 27, 2012
Good Causes
Benefit Evening and Exhibit,
Princeton Senior Resource Center, Mercer County Community
College, 609-924-7108, extension
20. “Dressing for Bill,” a fashion exhibit featuring a screening of the
highly acclaimed documentary
about Bill Cunningham, the street
fashion photographer for the New
York Times. Exhibit of fashion photography and works by Mercer
County Community College’s
fashion program students. Proceeds benefit Princeton Senior Resource Center and Mercer County
Community College. 6 p.m.
Benefit Galas
Garden Party, Morven Museum,
55 Stockton Street, Princeton,
609-924-8144. Plant sale preview,
cocktails, and silent auction. Garden party attire requested. Garden
friendly shoes recommended.
Register. $250. 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Comedy
Mike Vecchione and Chris Johnston, Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt
www.catcharisingstar.com. Register. $19.50. 8 p.m.
Faith
United May Friendship Day Service and Luncheon, Princeton
Church Women United, 16 All
Saints Road, Princeton. “Sights
and Sounds of Harmony” theme
with Catherine Williams, pastoral
care assistant at Princeton United
Methodist Church as the featured
speaker. Buffet lunch. E-mail [email protected] for information.
Noon.
Gardens
Morven in May, Morven Museum,
609-924-8144. www.morven.org.
Preview garden party to celebrate
a weekend of art, craft, and garden. Register. 6 to 8:30 p.m.
P
rinceton Ballet School, the official school of American
Repertory Ballet, presents the
Spanish-inspired, full-length ballet “Don Quixote” on Saturday,
May 5, at 2 and 7 p.m. at Patriots
Theater at the War Memorial in
Trenton, New Jersey. “Behind
Don Quixote,” an ARB On Pointe
Enrichment series event, will provide a free pre-performance inside look at the production on Friday, April 27, at 5:15 p.m. at
Princeton Ballet School, 301
North Harrison Street, Princeton.
The production, directed and
staged by ARB artistic director
Douglas Martin, features rising
stars from the school’s professional training program and
trainee program, as well as a wide
range of students from Princeton
Ballet School.
The 19th-century ballet, based
on Miguel Cervantes’ classic novel, was choreographed by Marius
Petipa to a score by Leon Minkus.
An elderly noble, Don Quixote,
feels called to venture out into the
world and perform knightly
deeds. He appoints his young servant, Sancho Panza, as his squire.
He sets forth to seek adventure in
the service of Dulcinea, a woman
he has seen in a vision.
Family Theater
Divorce Recovery Program,
Princeton Church of Christ, 33
River Road, Princeton, 609-5813889. Non-denominational support group for men and women.
Free. 7:30 p.m.
Goldilocks & the Three Bears,
Kelsey Theater, Mercer County
Community College, 1200 Old
Trenton Road, West Windsor,
609-570-3333. Romp through the
woods with Kaleidoscope Theater. $10. 2 and 4 p.m.
Sports
Qigong, Ruth A. Golush, Center
for Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro, 609-426-9693. Meditative energy exercises for balance. Register. $20. 10 to 11 a.m.
Saturday
May 5
House Tours
architects. Proceeds benefit community programs. $25. One on
one design consultations with
Bruce Norman Long, the honorary
design chair, from 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. ($100 for a 25 minute consultation. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For Families
Mr. Ray, Forrestal Village, College Road West and Route 1
South, Plainsboro, 609-799-7400.
Family concert. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Lectures
Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, East Pyne 010,
609-258-1500. “Art and Violence”
presented by Fintan O’Toole, a
visiting lecturer in Irish Letters.
Free. 4:30 p.m.
Science Lectures
Star Watch, Amateur Astronomers
Association
of
Princeton, Simpson Observatory,
Washington Crossing State Park,
Titusville, 609-737-2575. Weather-permitting. Free. 8 to 11 p.m.
Although Martin’s ballet is
based on Petipa’s original version, there has been additional restaging and choreography by
Mary Barton, Maria Youskevitch,
Alma Concepcion, and other
members of the Princeton Ballet
School’s faculty.
“We are very proud to be able
to feature dancers trained in the
true dances of Spain, by Alma
Concepcion,” says Mary Pat
Robertson, director of Princeton
Ballet School. “We are very lucky
to have had her teaching at Princeton Ballet School for almost 30
years, and to have a core group of
dedicated enthusiasts who enjoy
practicing these dances under her
exacting tutelage.”
The production gives a broad
range of Princeton Ballet School
students — from beginners to preprofessionals — an opportunity to
rehearse and perform a full length
ballet. “The students have had rehearsals outside their regularly
scheduled classes to put together
this performance,” Robertson explains. “This opportunity gives
them insight into the preparation
required to put on a professionallevel production.”
Plainsboro dancers include,
Sophia Kandalin, Bhavana The-
Singles
Wellness
Drum Circle, Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 635, Plainsboro,
609-750-7432. Register. $15.
7:30 p.m.
25
A 17th-Century Story Through Ballet
Trenton Thunder, Waterfront
Park,
609-394-3300.
www.trentonthunder.com. New Haven.
$11 to $27. 7:05 p.m.
Lunch and Learn, Optimal Exercise, 27 Maplewood Avenue,
Cranbury, 609-462-7722. “Home
Exercises for Golf” presented by
Bill DeSimone. Register. $10.
12:15 to 1 p.m.
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School Sports
Art
Art Cinco de Mayo Style, Artworks, 19 Everett Alley space.,
609-394-9436.
www.artworkstrenton.org. Free to attend. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Garden State Watercolor Society, Prallsville Mill,
Stockton, 609-394-4000. www.gardenstatewatercolorsociety.org. “Exciting Collages” presented
by Joanne Amantea at noon. “All
About Painting on Yupo” presented by Lucy McVicker at 2 p.m. In
conjunction with annual exhibition.
Noon to 4 p.m.
North Girls Lacrosse. MCT Preliminaries at Higher Seed.
Art Exhibit, Garden State Watercolor Society, Prallsville Mill,
Stockton, 609-394-4000. www.gardenstatewatercolorsociety.org. “All About Painting on Yupo”
presented by Lucy McVicker. In
conjunction with annual exhibition.
2 to 4 p.m.
South Baseball. Mercer County
Tournament
Dancing
North Boys Lacrosse. Madison. 3
p.m.
Saturday Evening Dance Club,
Hightstown Firehouse. www.saturday-evening-dance.org. Dinner and ballroom dance. Music by
Rick Koreyva. Plainsboro couples
include Jonathan and Barbara
Kennen and Robert and Joan
Tyson. West Windsor couples include Ed and Lucia DiPolvere. Semi-formal attire. Register. $55 per
couple. 6:30 to 11 p.m.
North Baseball. Prelims at Higher
Seed.
North Boys Lacrosse. MCT Play
in.
South Boys Lacrosse. At Arthur L.
Johnson. 3 p.m.
Dance
Don Quixote, American Repertory Ballet, Patriots Theater at the
War Memorial, Trenton, 609-9848400. www.arballet.org. Princeton
Ballet School presents the Spanish inspired full length ballet. $30.
2 and 7 p.m.
On Stage
Musical about 17 dancers who
have a dream to dance on Broadway presented by Playful Theater
Productions. For mature audiences. $18. 8 p.m.
premiere of John Guare’s play. Directed by Sam Buntrock. Preshow talk 45 minutes before the
Salsa Sensation, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street,
Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org. Lesson
followed by social dance. No partner needed. Refreshments. $12. 7
p.m.
Classical Music
Central Jersey Choral Society
Recital Series, Arts Council of
Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Schubert’s “Schwanengesang” featuring Grant Mech, a baritone; and
Carmilla Jarnot on piano. 7 p.m.
Westminster Concert Bell Choir,
Westminster Choir College,
Bristol Chapel, 101 Walnut Lane,
Princeton, 609-921-2663. www.-
Chivalry Isn’t Dead: American Repertory Ballet
brings ‘Don Quixote’ to the War Memorial stage
on Saturday, May 5. Photo by Ellen Crane.
lakkat,
Shambhavi
Mishra,
Kalani Chen-Hayes, Jady Zhao,
Cate Bashore, Naomi Ho, Veepra
Mishra, Utku Ozdemir, Emmanuelle Farrell, Marian Farrell,
and Kaila Jones.
West Windsor dancers include
Emily Potenza, Emily Yeh,
Amanda Liao, Isobel Liang,
Stephanie Ge, Marilyn Zhang,
Katherine Dallas, Maya Kalinowski, Breeshti Khan, Nicole
Potenza, Erin Yeh, Jacqueline
Zhang, Lily Zhou, Marina
Lourenco, Caroline Palmer, and
Alexa Wentworth.
Also Jaclyn Owens, Luiza
Chevres, Ava Chon, Lily Henry,
rider.edu. Spring concert conducted by Kathleen Ebling Shaw is a
preview of the ensemble’s 2012
spring tour. $20. 7 p.m.
Concert, Philomusica Chorale,
Crossroads Theater, 7 Livingston
Avenue, New Brunswick, 888744-5668. www.philomusica.org.
“A Singer’s Celebration” features
music by J.S. Bach, Brahms, and
Hailstork. 8 p.m.
Westminster Community Orchestra, Westminster Conservatory, Princeton Presbyterian
Church, Meadow Road, West
Windsor, 609-258-9220. www.rider.edu/arts. “Russian Reflections” conducted by Ruth Ochs.
$15. 8 p.m.
Live Music
Indie Music Night, Griggstown
Pavilion, 373 Bunkerhill Road,
Princeton, 609-672-1813. www.facebook.com/indiemusicnight.
Rachel T. Nelson, Kagero, Robert
Gillis, and Mike Squillante. Sarah
Donner hosts. $5. 7 to 9 p.m.
Storytellers, Grover’s Mill Coffee
Road, West Windsor, 609-716-
Reed Henry, Elayne Jia, Lauren
Kim, Yiting Qiu, Emmy Sperling,
Isabel Sung, Julia Weiss, Kiko
Yoshihira, Ella Chon, Olivia
Kim, Mia Donatiello, Aneeqah
Kamani-Ahmed, Alexis Tamm,
Colleen Linko, Nora Weiss, Caroline Galati, Lily Zhu, Kate Yuan,
Jacopo Jannelli, Adriana Nevers,
Isabella Markey, Brittany Deng,
Courtney Kraft, Rachel Karp, and
Connor Kraft.
Don Quixote, American
Repertory Ballet, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton, 609-984-8400. Saturday,
May 5, 2 and 7 p.m.
8771.
Jim Baxter and Andie, It’s a
Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks
www.itsagrind.com.
Acoustic blend. 8 to 10 p.m.
Pop Music
Bebe Neuwirth, McCarter Theater (Matthews), 91 University
Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. In conjunction
with the annual gala. Concert only,
$50. 8 p.m.
World Music
Drum Circle, Princeton Center
for Yoga & Health, Orchard Hill
Center, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman,
609-924-7294.
www.princetonyoga.com.
African
drums (djembe), native American
drums, and Cuban drums in prescribed rhythms. For ages 6 to
106. Led by Mark Wood. No experience necessary. $15. 8 to 9 p.m.
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music by a Klezmer band and DJ
Darius Young; stand up comedy
with Daniel Brenner, a former rabbi; and food by Main Street and
Tomo Sushi. Register. $100. 6 to
11 p.m.
MAY 5
Good Causes
Save the Ellarslie, Ellarslie, Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader
Park, 609-989-3632. Wine and
cheese reception for the opportunity to purchase fine art from regional artists while helping to put the
museum back on track. The gala
and live art auction is Saturday,
May 19, 7 to 10 p.m. 6 to 9 p.m.
Benefit for Habitat for Humanity,
It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7
Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 7 to 9 p.m.
Dinner, One Table Cafe, Trinity
Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton,
609-924-2277.
www.onetablecafe.org. Benefit dinner
with a general theme of the spoken word. Register. $12. 7 to 9
p.m.
Benefit Galas
Annual Gala, McCarter Theater
Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. In conjunction with
concert by award-winning Bebe
Neuwirth, who was raised in
Princeton. Register. Concert only,
$50. 8 p.m.
Comedy
Stress Factory All Star Road
Show, Salvation Army, College
of New Jersey, Kendall Hall, 2000
Pennington Road, Ewing, 609599-9373. Comedians Vinnie
Brand, Rodney Lane, and Joe
DeRosa. Register. $20 and up. 7
p.m.
Mike Vecchione and Chris Johnston, Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt
www.catcharisingstar.com. Register. $21.50. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Fairs & Festivals
Spring Fling, Princeton Shopping Center, North Harrison
Street, 609-921-6234. www.princetonshoppingcenter.com.
Pony rides, petting zoo, crafts,
puppet shows, rescue animal information, sidewalk sales, dance
performance, pet fashion show,
and more. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Faith
20th Anniversary Celebration,
String of Pearls, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry
Hill Road, Princeton, 609-4300025. www.stringofpearlsweb.org. “Looking Back, Moving Forward” party brings together members and rabbis from 1992 through
the present. Havdallah service;
$649
Twin Set
Full Set
Bible Study for Men, Princeton
Alliance Church, 20 Schalks
www.princetonalliance.org. “Iron Sharpens Iron,”
an informal group for men only to
read the Bible and discuss topics
based on scripture. 8:30 a.m.
Food & Dining
Spirits Sampler, Tre Piani, 120
Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-452-1515.
www.trepiani.com. Sample tequila
from around the globe paired with
food from Tre Bar. Register. $10.
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Gardens
Plant Expo, Master Gardeners of
Mercer County, Mercer Educational Gardens, 431A Federal City
Road, Pennington, 609-989-6830.
www.mgofmc.org.
Perennials,
tomatoes, herbs, and second
hand garden items for sale. 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Start Your Garden Day, Middlesex County Agricultural Extension, Earth Center in Davidson’s
Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Avenue,
South Brunswick, 732-398-5262.
Plant sale, consult with master
gardeners, and information for a
successful garden. Rain or shine.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A celebration of art, craft, and garden. Free admission for plant sale.
$10 for art and craft show. Ray
Rogers, author of “The Encyclopedia of Container Plants,” at 2 p.m.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Show and Plant Sale, Garden
State African Violet Club, Mercer College Student Center, West
Windsor, 609-259-7095. www.princetonol.com/groups/gsavc.
“Revolutionary Violets” features
plant and flower arrangements
that evoke the role of New Jersey
during the American Revolution.
Members will be on hand to offer
information, history, and answers
about African violets. “African Violet Species and the History of the
Saintpaulia” presented at 2 p.m.
Continues on Sunday, May 6.
Free. Noon to 4 p.m. See story.
Health
Screenings, Speech, Language,
and Literacy Consultants of
Princeton, 601 Ewing Street,
Princeton, 609-688-0200. Screening of speech, language, and literacy skills for all ages. Register.
Rider Furniture
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King Set
Twin Set
Full Set
King Set
Vera Wang Pillow Top
399
History
Lectures
Clean-up Day, Princeton Battlefield Society, Princeton Battlefield, 908-295-3732. Trailing cleaning, shed rehab, and more. Volunteers receive a rare behind the
scenes look into the maintenance
activities associated with the battlefield. E-mail [email protected] to register. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sailing
Classes,
South Brunswick Library, 110 Kingston
Lane,
Monmouth
Junction,
732-3294000. “Navigation and
Piloting,” a three-hour
class presented by the
Princeton Ski Club.
Register. $5. 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
House Tours
4 p.m.
House Tour, Hiltonia Association, 2A Buckingham Avenue,
Trenton, 609-672-7455. www.hiltoniahousetour.org. Inaugural
tour through the residential community of 315 homes features 10
houses. Hiltonia, created in the
early 1920s by Samuel Hilton, featured stately homes on tree-lined
avenues with large landscaped
lots. The diverse houses includes
fieldstone Tudors, brick Dutch
colonials, Cotswald cottages,
large split levels, and modern
ranches. Rain or shine. E-mail [email protected] for information. $15 to $20. Noon to 5 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Parent’s Night Out, Funsense
Gym, 4437 Route 27, Kingston,
609-955-1440.
www.funsensegym.com. A sensory motor gym for children ages 18
months to 10 years with special
needs. Activities address motor
skills, sensory processing, social
skills, muscle strengthening, and
coordination. Register. $20 hour
per member. 6 to 9 p.m.
For Families
Open House, Quakerbridge
Learning Center., 4044 Quakerbridge Road, Lawrenceville, 609933-8806.
www.quakerbridge.com. Information about
summer academic camp. 9:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Kite Day, Terhune Orchards, 330
Cold Soil Road, 609-924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Bring
a kite, buy a kite at the store, or
make a kite, to fly in the wide-open
10-acre pasture. Tour the orchards on a tractor-drawn farm
wagon, ride the ponies, and enjoy
country food. Music from noon to 4
p.m. with Riverside. John & Carm
perform. Free admission. Rain or
shine. Winery tasting room open
noon to 5 p.m. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Family Day, Princeton Kids,
Quaker Bridge Mall, Center Court,
lower level. www.princetonkids.com. Circus performance by
Stone Soup Circus, magic show
with Doug Billingsly, science show
with Mad Science, performance
by Music Together, balloon twisting, face painting, and familyfriendly vendors. Free. 11 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Addison
$899
Young Musician: Compositions by Louis
Josephson, 10, of West Windsor, will be performed at Sharim V’Sharot Foundation’s anniversary concert on Sunday, May 6, in
Lawrenceville.
Twin Set
Full Set
King Set
• Dining Room
• Bedroom
• Occasional
• Custom Made Upholstery
• Prints and Accessories
• Leather Furniture
• Antique Furniture
Repair & Refinishing
Made in the USA Sale - The Entire Month of April
Rider Furniture
Where quality still matters.
4621 Route 27, Kingston, NJ
609-924-0147
Monday-Friday 10-6; Saturday 10-5; Sunday 12-5
Design Services Available. www.riderfurniture.com
Open House, Kids Kottage
Learning Center, 659 Abbington
Drive, East Windsor, 609-3710010. kidskottagelearningcenter.com. Music, food, games, moonbounce, silent auction, face painting, storytelling, and booksigning
by Elena Toriesllo, author of
“Willie Villie Meets CaseyKramps
in Sprueville,” a children’s book
about celiac disease and glutenfree living. Register. 1 to 4 p.m.
Southern Style Barbecue, Elks
Club, 110 Hickory Corner Road,
East Windsor, 609-450-7158.
Food, music, and activities. Sombreros welcome to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. $16. 2 p.m.
Workshop, Astrological
Society
of
Princeton, 173 Harrison Street, Princeton,
609-924-4311. www.aspnj.org. “The So Called Arabic
Parts: Their Usage and Interpretation” presented by Rob Hand.
Register. $50. 1 to 5 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Birding and History Walk, D&R
Canal Watch, Weston Causeway,
Franklin, 732-249-2670. Walk on
the park towpath in the WestonZarephath section. George Dawson presents history about encampments during the Revolutionary War, the Pillar of Fire Christian
College, and water supply development. The large areas of farmland
between the canal and the river are
attractive to birds during spring migration. Free. Bring binoculars and
drinking water. 8 a.m.
Princeton Canal Walkers, Turning Basin Park, Alexander Road,
Princeton, 609-896-0546. Threemile walk on the towpath. Bad
weather cancels. Free. 10 a.m.
Awakening, Stony Brook Millstone Watershed, 31 Titus Mill
Road, Pennington, 609-737-7592.
“Exploring Nature’s Renewal
Through Photography” presented
by Richard Speedy, a photographer with Audubon Magazine, and a
teacher naturalist. Photography
instruction with a focus on the
awakening of insects and other
small creatures and the unfolding
of foliage and flowers. For adults
only. Register. $50. 3 to 6 p.m.
Family Nature Programs, Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner
Road, Plainsboro, 609-897-9400.
“Stream Stomping.” Register. $5.
3:30 to 5 p.m.
Cinco de Mayo Moonlit Hike,
Lawrence Nature Center, 481
Drexel Avenue, Lawrenceville, 609844-7067. Register. Free. 8 p.m.
Ghost Tour, Princeton Tour Company, Witherspoon and Nassau
streets, 609-902-3637. www.princetontourcompany.com. $20. 8
p.m.
Cinco de Mayo
Celebration, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-9529. Crafts, food, and
entertainment to mark the Mexican holiday. In collaboration with
the Arts Council of Princeton. Outside. Free. 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Sports
Park,
609-394-3300.
$11 to $27. 7:05 p.m.
Sports for Causes
Annual Walk, NAMI Mercer (National Alliance on Mental Illness), ETS, Lawrenceville, 609799-8994. An annual walk to combat stigma and raise money to
benefit education and support programs for families affected by
mental illness. Picnic lunch,
games, and musical entertainment. Walk begins at 10 a.m. Rain
or shine. Honorary chairs are Mercer County executive Brian Hughes and Dr. Husseini K. Manji, global therapeutic head for neuroscience at Janssen Pharmaceutical Research and Development.
Register. 8:30 a.m.
Sunday
May 6
Founders Day
Plainsboro Historical Society,
Plainsboro Township Municipal
Complex, 609-799-0909. www.plainsboronj.com. The annual celebration commemorates the incorporation of the township on
May 6, 1919. The parade departs
from Pond View Drive, travels
along Edgemere Avenue to
Plainsboro Road, and continues to
the Municipal Complex. Ceremonies, activities, live entertainment, and food concessions. Free
admission. Rain date is Saturday,
May 12. 12:30 p.m.
On Stage
Musical about 17 dancers who
have a dream to dance on Broadway presented by Playful Theater
Productions. For mature audiences. $18. 2 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Gourgaud Gallery, 23
North Main Street, Cranbury, 609395-0900. Opening reception for
“Local Paintings” and a preview of
“Journey Through Britain in Watercolor,” exhibits by Dan Thomas featuring a series of watercolors of well
known scenes around Cranbury
and a preview of the 48 painting
show. The local artwork is for sale.
On view to May 28. 1 to 3 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Princeton University,
Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library,
609-258-2697. “Transformations
in Numismatic Iconography during
the American Revolution” presented by Louis Jordan, University of
Notre Dame. In conjunction with
“Capping Liberty: The Invention of
a Numismatic Iconography for the
New American Republic,” an exhibition of coins, medals, banknotes, and related books, manuscripts, and graphic arts. 4 p.m.
Art Exhibit, West Windsor Arts
Council, 952 Alexander Road,
www.westwindsorarts.org. Opening
reception for “WW33,” a showcase
of works by artists ages 13 to 33 who
live in Mercer County or attend WWP schools. Gallery talk with participating artists and jurors Donna Payton and Kali McMillan. Artists include Anna Dourbal, Guadalupe
Reyes, Krista Campbell, Timothy
Parrish, Bentrick Jusu, Kevin Wong,
Johanna Liao, Kyoo-Min Jang,
Katie Schofield, Kaede Barringer,
Heeyoung Joe, Lucas Liu, Kristen
Martucci, Alexander Pettit, Sophia
Cai, and William Allan. On view to
June 8. 4 to 6 p.m.
APRIL 27, 2012
Literati
Faith
Lectures
Poetry
Reading,
South
Brunswick Library, 110 Kingston
Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732329-4000. Readers are Tina Kelly
and George Witte. Donation of a
non-perishable food item is encouraged. 2 to 4 p.m.
Troubling Issues Series, Princeton United Methodist Church,
Nassau at Vandeventer Street,
609-924-2613. www.princetonumc.org. Screening of “Through
My Eyes,” a film about more than
two dozen young people who are
gay. They share their thoughts,
feelings, and experiences. Free. 4
p.m.
Meeting, Astrological Society of
Princeton, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, 609924-4311. www.aspnj.org. “Saturn as a Benefic” presented by
Rob Hand. Social hour follows the
talk. Register. $10 donation. 2
p.m.
Classical Music
Season Finale, Westminster
Choir College, Luedeke Theater,
Rider University, Lawrenceville,
609-921-2663.
www.rider.edu.
Princeton Brass Band in concert.
Stephen Arthur Allen conducts.
Free. 1 p.m.
Richardson Chamber Players,
Richardson Auditorium, 609-2589220. “Constable & Landscape,” a
program of works by Debussy,
Beethoven, Britten, and Schumann, presented by the resident
ensemble. $15. 3 p.m.
Jubilate: A Celebration in Song,
Cantus Novus, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane,
Princeton, 215-968-3414. www.cantusnovus.org. Program of
choral music reflecting the year’s
theme of rejoicing. $20. 4 p.m.
Stretto Youth Chamber Orchestra, Princeton Public Library, 65
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. Princeton-based string ensemble with 35 musicians ages 7
to 18 performs a repertoire of compositions from the Baroque to early 20th century. Sherri Anderson,
founder, leads the group. Free. 4
p.m.
Spring Musical, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Private home
in Lawrenceville, 609-497-0020.
Flamenco music and dance by the
Omayra Amaya Flamenco Dance
Company. Register. 5 p.m.
Live Music
Princeton Bluegrass Jam, Alchemist & Barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-9245555. 21 plus. 9 p.m.
World Music
Anniversary Concert, Sharim
V’Sharot Foundation, Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville.
www.sharimvsharot.org.
Music
composed by Louis Josephson,
10, of West Windsor, will be performed. A student at Village Elementary School in West Windsor,
Josephson was a winner in the
sixth annual Young People’s Jewish Song Writing contest. The concert features songs about
Jerusalem. The choir performs at
synagogues, churches, public libraries, universities, and adult
communities. Rehearsals are at
Rider University. $15 to $20. 3
p.m.
Good Causes
Women’s Initiative Luncheon,
HomeFront NJ, Greenacres
Country Club, Lawrenceville, 609964-9223. www.homefrontnj.org.
Guest speaker is Dr. Rameck
Hunt, co-author of “The Pact,” the
story of three young men from
Newark who became doctors.
Proceeds benefit the Cherry Tree
Club, a pre-school for homeless
children, who are in danger of
closing due to loss of funding.
Register. $50. Noon.
Benefit, The Teal Tea Foundation, Hyatt, Carnegie Center,
www.tealtea.com. “Turn the World
Teal Every Month of the Year” is
the theme for the annual benefit
for ovarian cancer research.
Keynote speaker is Dr. Michael V.
Seiden, CEO, Fox Chase Cancer
Center. Entertainment by William
D. Carter and Gabe Greenwood.
Live and silent auctions. $65. 1 to
4:30 p.m.
Singer Songwriters Concert,
First Presbyterian Church, 320
North Main Street, Hightstown,
609-448-0055. Benefit for global
missions and outreach in the local
community. Artists include Lisa
Bouchelle, Kim Yarson, Sandy
Zio, Mike Matisa, and Papa Carl
Anderson. $10. 7 p.m.
Original Mind Zen Sangha, Fellowship in Prayer, 291 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.originalmindzen.com. Zen meditation and Buddhist services. Free. 7
to 9 p.m.
Gardens
Show and Plant Sale, Garden
State African Violet Club, Mercer College Student Center, West
Windsor, 609-259-7095. www.princetonol.com/groups/gsavc.
“Revolutionary Violets” features
plant and flower arrangements
that evoke the role of New Jersey
during the American Revolution.
Members will be on hand to offer
information, history, and answers
about African violets. “Basic Care
of African Violets” presented at 1
p.m. Free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. See
story.
A celebration of art, craft, and garden. Free admission for plant sale.
$10 for art and craft show. 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Wellness
Classes, Onsen For All, 4451
Route 27, Princeton, 609-9244800. www.onsenforall.com. Introduction to yoga at 9:15 a.m.
Gentle yoga at 10:25 a.m. Multilevel yoga at 11:30 a.m. Register.
$15 each. 9:15 a.m.
Deep Release, Yoga Above, 80
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609613-1378. www.yogaabove.com.
$25 donation. 12:30 p.m.
Laughter Yoga, Princeton Center
for Yoga & Health, Orchard Hill
Center, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman,
609-924-7294.
www.princetonyoga.com.
Combine
laughter with deep breathing and
relaxation of yoga. $6. 5 to 6 p.m.
History
Walking Tour, Historical Society
of Princeton, Bainbridge House,
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.
House Tours
architects. Proceeds benefit community programs. $25. The showhouse scoop tour features fun
facts about the house and Princeton presented by Max Hayden and
Mimi O, from 1 to 2 p.m. 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Kite Day
Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil
Road, 609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com. Bring a
kite, buy a kite at the store, or
make a kite, to fly in the wide-open
10-acre pasture. Tour the orchards on a tractor-drawn farm
wagon, ride the ponies, and enjoy
country food. Music from noon to 4
p.m. with Riverside. Free admission. Rain or shine. Winery tasting
room open noon to 5 p.m. 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Public Lecture, Princeton University, McCormick Hall 101, 09258-3000.
www.princeton.edu.
“Transformations in Numismatic
Iconography during the American
Revolution” presented by Louis
Jordan, a scholar of early American coinage. A curatorial tour of
the exhibition, “Capping Liberty:
The Invention of a Numismatic
Iconography for the New American Republic” will be led by Alan
M. Stahl, Princeton’s curator of numismatics, at 2:30 p.m. 4 p.m.
Music on the Grand Tour of Italy,
Dorothea’s House, 120 John
www.dorotheashouse.org. John
Burkhalter on recorders and
Donovan Klotzbeacher on harpsichord present selections by Corelli, Mancini, Scarlatti, and Vivaldi.
Bring a refreshment to share in the
reception following the presentation. Free. 6 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Lawn Chair Birding, Mercer
County Park Commission, Baldpate Mountain, Pleasant Valley
Road, 609-883-6606. www.mercercounty.org. Bring a lawn
chair, binoculars, and a thermos of
coffee for a morning of lazy birding. Free. 8 to 10 a.m.
Schools
Open House, Notre Dame High
School, 601 Lawrence Road,
Lawrenceville,
609-882-7900.
www.ndnj.org. For sixth and seventh grades Register online. 2 to
4:30 p.m.
Shopping News
Spring Open House, Boehm
Porcelain Gallery, 25 Princess
Diana Lane, Trenton, 609-3922207. www.boehmporcelain.com.
View the detail of handcrafted
birds, flowers, wild animals, and
meet the artisans. Register. Noon
to 4 p.m.
Dog Show
All Breed Dog Show, Trenton
Kennel Club, Mercer County
Park, Hughes Drive entrance,
609-448-6247.
www.trentonkennelclub.org. Annual all breed
dog show and obedience trials.
Judging outdoors except for toy
breeds to be judged in the skating
rink. Show features thousands of
dogs, representing 160 breeds
and varieties. Rain or shine. Judging schedule online. Use Hughes
Drive entrance. $5. Only dogs entered in the show allowed on the
grounds. 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sports
Park,
609-394-3300.
$11 to $27. 1:05 p.m.
Monday
May 7
School Sports
North Girls Lacrosse. NJSIAA
Entries Close.
North Girls Lacrosse. MCT 1/4’s
at Higher Seed.
North Girls Golf. Notre Dame. 3
p.m.
North Boys Tennis. At Steinert. 4
p.m.
South Baseball. At Notre Dame. 4
p.m.
North Softball. Peddie. 4:15 p.m.
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Learning About
Alphabet City
M
eera Mohan of Plainsboro
continues to follow her
dream of a career on stage while
shifting careers from the business world. She plays Alexi Darling in Bristol Riverside Theater’s production of “Rent.” Although the role includes two sing
song voicemails on an answering
machine, Mohan also appears
onstage as an ensemble member.
“I’m thrilled for this opportunity and I really appreciate that
BRT and the directors chose to
cast me,” she says. “I’m looking
forward to learning from the professionally experienced people
around me.”
Rent, Bristol Riverside Theater, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol. Opens Tuesday, May 8.
Art
Plainsboro
Artists’
Group,
Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van
Doren Street, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org/plainsboro.
Painters, sculptors, mixed media
artists, and photographers meet to
exchange ideas and connect with
each other. 6:30 p.m.
Workshop, Princeton Photography Club, Johnson Education
Center, D&R Greenway Land
Trust, 1 Preservation Place,
Princeton, 732-422-3676. www.princetonphotoclub.org.
Ilya
Genin moderates. Register. 7
p.m.
Health
Jonathan Larson’s rock musical
about young artists and musicians struggling to survive and
create in New York City’s Bohemian Alphabet City, under the
shadow of HIV and AIDS, was
adapted from Puccini’s La Boheme. $30 to $50. 215-7850100. www.brtstage.org.
50 Southfield Road, West Windsor, 609-799-1278. Meeting and
pot luck supper. 7 p.m.
For Future Girl Scouts
Girls Scouts of West Windsor
and Plainsboro, Millstone River
School, Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. Information meeting for parents and daughters interested in
joining Girl Scouts. 7:30 to 8:30
p.m.
Lectures
Faith and Work Initiative, Princeton University, Princeton, 609258-5000. Wartburg College business students visit for a week-long
seminar. Noon.
Monthly Meeting, Compassionate Friends, Capital Health System, 1445 Whitehorse-Mercerville
Road, Hamilton, 609-516-8047.
www.tcfmercer.org. Meeting to
assist families toward the positive
resolution of grief following the
death of a child of any age and to
provide information to help others
be supportive. 7:30 p.m.
Singles
Wellness
For Seniors
Gentle Yoga, Heart to Heart
Women’s Health Center, 20 Armour Avenue, Hamilton, 609-6893131. Gentle alignment-focused
class includes elements of breathing, basic yoga postures, and
meditation techniques. Register.
$15. 7 to 8 p.m.
History
Meeting, Historical Society of
West Windsor, Schenck House,
Singles Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609716-8771.
www.groversmillcoffee.com. Drop in for soups,
sandwiches, desserts, tea, coffee,
and conversation. Register at
http://ht.ly/3gd9w 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Golden Age Club, Jewish Family
and Children’s Service, Adath
Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville,
609-987-8100. www.jfcsonline.org. “The Life and Music of Irving
Berlin” presented by Fred Miller, a
pianist, singer, and lecturer. Free.
12:30 p.m.
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APRIL 27, 2012
In Town
Aahana
Chatterjee
and
Samantha Wu, Cadettes from Girl
Scout Troop 71847, are working
on their Silver Award project titled
“West Windsor Senior Center Art
Gallery: Bridging the Gap between
the Youth and the Seniors.” The
main issue of this project is to bind
the youth and the Senior citizens of
the community by a common love
of art. The newly added wing at the
Senior Center will host the artwork
of the students in a space opening
in mid-June. Students are invited to
be a part of the gallery. Ask your art
teacher or E-mail [email protected] for a
permission slip.
West Windsor Township Police Department invites township
youth to learn about the life of the
police officers in their community.
The five-day session features the
opportunity to interact closely with
police officers through such activities as physical training, search and
arrest techniques, crime scene processing, and more. Participants
will receive a T-shirt and hat to
wear as part of their uniform. Graduates will take an oath and receive
certificates of completion during
the celebration at the conclusion of
the program.
This year’s program is Tuesday,
July 10, through Saturday, July 14,
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Open to students in grades five and six in West
Windsor, Register by Friday, June
1. Free. Applications are available
at the police dispatch window beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May
1. Only applications dropped off
directly at the dispatch window
will be accepted. Bring the competed application to Detective
Dranchak between the hours of 6
a.m. to 3 p.m, Monday to Friday.
Audition
Yardley Players has auditions
for “Born Yesterday” on Friday,
June 29, 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday,
June 30, noon to 5 p.m., at Mercer
College. Call Marge Swider at
215-968-1904 for a time slot.
Tuesday
May 8
Municipal Meetings
Meeting, WW-P Board of Education, Grover Middle School, 609716-5000. 7:30 p.m.
School Sports
South Boys Golf. Notre Dame. 3
p.m.
North Girls Golf. At Old Bridge.
3:15 p.m.
North Boys Volleyball. At Hunterdon. 4 p.m.
South Baseball. Hamilton West. 4
p.m.
Dance
Paul Taylor Dance Company,
McCarter Theater (Matthews),
91 University Place, Princeton,
609-258-2787. $20 to $58. 8 p.m.
On Stage
Are You There, McPhee?, McCarter Theater (Berlind), 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. World premiere of John
Guare’s play. Directed by Sam
Opportunities
For Dancers
American Repertory Ballet is
celebrating its 50th annual production of “The Nutcracker” in November at McCarter Theater. All
Princeton Ballet School and ARB
alumni are invited to join the
Alumni Steering Committee. Contact Lisa de Ravel at 609-9217758, ext. 11, or E-mail [email protected]. If you have photos to
add to the collection on Facebook
E-mail Alexis Branagan at [email protected].
Volunteer
NJ Blood Services, which supplies blood products and services
to 60 hospitals throughout the
state, is in need of volunteers to
work blood drives. Tasks include
assisting donors with registration,
escorting, canteen duties, and
watching for post donation reactions. Volunteers should have the
ability to relate to the public, be
able to perform different jobs as
needed, and have the willingness to
follow the rules. Contact R. Jan
Zepka at 732-616-8741 or E-mail
[email protected].
Scholarships
The PSEG Foundation is
granting scholarships to high
school seniors with a passion for
engineering and an interest in pursuing a career in the energy industry. Six students will be each be
awarded $24,000, distributed
evenly over four years. The scholars will be matched with a mentor,
invited to tour the company’s facilities, join its employees as they
volunteer at community events,
and be invited to apply for a summer internship following completion of their sophomore year.
Applicants should intend to major in chemical engineering, civil
engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering,
mechanical engineering, or nuclear
Buntrock. Pre-show talk 45 minutes before the performance. Pay
what you can. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Princeton Day
School, The Great Road, Princeton, 609-924-6700. First day for
exhibit by PDS students. On view
to May 23. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Workshop, Princeton Photography Club, Johnson Education
Center, D&R Greenway Land
Trust, 1 Preservation Place,
Princeton, 732-422-3676. “Lensbaby” presented by Frank Veronsky. Register. 7 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Labyrinth Books,
609-497-1600. Elaine Pagels, author of “Visions, Prophecy, and
Politics in the Book of Revelation”
and a professor of religion at
Princeton University. Presentation
and discussion. 6 p.m.
Althea Ward Clark Reading Series, Princeton University, Nassau Club, 6 Mercer Street, 609258-1500. Student thesis readings in poetry. 8 p.m.
Classical Music
Choral Concert, Mercer College,
Kelsey Theater, West Windsor,
609-570-3735. www.mccc.edu.
Music from the Renaissance,
baroque, classical, and romantic
periods, as well as folk songs from
the 20th century. Vocal solos by
music majors. Free. 7:30 p.m.
engineering. They must have attended high school in New Jersey
for at least three years and be able
to demonstrate an aptitude in math
and science in addition to financial
need. Visit www.pseg.com, call
609-771-7878, or E-mail [email protected]. Deadline is Friday,
May 11.
Republican Women of Mercer
County seeks nominees for scholarships benefiting young Republican women. The application deadline is Tuesday, May 15. College
sophomores, juniors, and seniors,
as well as students enrolled in masters programs, are eligible to apply.
Undergraduate students majoring
in political science, government, or
economics are also eligible. Visit
www.rwomc.org for application
and
instructions.
E-mail
[email protected].
Yoga Teacher Training
Integral
Yoga
Institute
Princeton offers yoga teacher
training in Integral Yoga Hatha I,
the basic class utilized by Dr. Dean
Ornish in his work in reversing
heart disease. Instructors include
Jayadeva, founder of the institute
and former manager of the New
York Integral Yoga Institute; Ron
Cohen, certified in both raja and
hatha yoga; Ambika Desa, a
teacher of hatha yoga and a nurse at
the Medical Center of Princeton;
and Priya Lynne McKinnon, a certified instructor in yoga and meditation. The training includes meditation, pranayama, asana practice,
and instruction.
The classes meet weekly on
Tuesday and Thursdays from 6 to
9:30 p.m.; and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. There is also a four-day
weekend retreat. Tuition of $3,210
includes all instruction, texts, manuals, the retreat, and supplies. Visit
www.iyiprinceton.org, call 723274-2410, or E-mail [email protected].
For Kids
FunSense Gym serves children
with special needs ages 18 months
to 10 years of age, at 4437 Route
27, Kingston. Visit www.FunSenseGym.com or call 609955-1440.
Montgomery Travelers Soccer Club has annual try-outs for
boys and girls, ages 9 to 13, upcoming season, during the first two
weeks in May at the Mill Pond Soccer Complex. More information is
available at www.montgomerysoccer.org.
Classical Summer
Golandsky Institute Summer
Symposium features lectures,
master classes, technique clinics,
and other presentations by Edna
Golandsky and the Institute’s faculty. The dates at Princeton University are Saturday, July 7, to Saturday, July 14. $1,675 per resident;
$1,275 per commuting participant.
Call 877-343-3434 or E-mail [email protected].
For Realtors Only
Princeton University Art Museum, McCarter Theater Center, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and Westminster Choir
College have joined to encourage
new homeowners to experience the
region’s arts and cultural institutions. A $350 package available
exclusively to area realtors includes vouchers valued at more
than $350 that can be used for a variety of Princeton’s exhibitions,
performances, and programming.
The $75 package includes two
tickets to a Drama Series production at McCarter, two tickets to a
concert by Princeton Symphony
Orchestra, two tickets to a non-holiday performance by Westminster
Choir College or Rider University,
and a one-year membership at
Princeton University Art Museum.
Pop Music
Wellness
Rehearsal, Princeton Garden
Statesmen, Plainsboro Library, 9
Van Doren Street, Plainsboro,
888-636-4449.
www.menwhosing.org. Men of all ages
and experience levels are invited
to sing in four-part harmony. The
non-profit organization presents at
numerous charities. Free. 7:30 to
10 p.m.
Engaged Retirement, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. “10 Ways to
Fix Some Financial Bloopers” presented by Eleanore K. Szymandki,
founder of the Financial Planning
Answerplace, a certified financial
planner, and registered investment advisor. Her column, “Your
Money,” appears in the Times of
Trenton. 7 p.m.
Good Causes
Meeting, Allies, 1262 WhitehorseHamilton Square Road, Hamilton,
609-689-0136. For adult volunteers with hobbies or interests to
share with adults who have developmental disabilities. Register
with Linda Barton. 5:30 to 7:30
p.m.
Health
Screenings, Speech, Language,
and Literacy Consultants of
Princeton, 601 Ewing Street,
Princeton, 609-688-0200. Screening of speech, language, and literacy skills for all ages. Register.
Caregiver Coffee and Dessert
Hour, Buckingham Place, 155
Raymond Road, Monmouth Junction, 609-426-1545. www.buckinghamplace.net. Resource workshop for busy caregivers. Facilitated by Louise Donnangelo, a resource specialist. Supervised activities for family member. Register. Free. 1 to 3 p.m.
Lectures
Social Media, Princeton Area
Community
Foundation,
Greenacres Country Club, Lawrenceville, 609-219-1800. www.pacf.org. “Best Practices and Cautionary Tales” presented by Sarah
Newhall, senior analyst at Blue
State Digital. Register. 8 to 10:30
a.m.
Princeton Macintosh Users
Group, Stuart Hall, Room 6,
Princeton Theological Seminary,
Alexander Street, Princeton, 609258-5730. Q&A followed by
speaker and meeting. 6:15 p.m.
Science Lectures
Science Library Book Talk,
Princeton University, McDonnell
Hall AO1, 609-258-3000. “Speaking of Genetics” by Jane Gitschier
discussed by President Shirley M.
Tilghman and Professor David
Botstein. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Meeting, Amateur Astronomers
Association of Princeton, Peyton Hall, Ivy Lane, Princeton Uni-
The launch event for realtors
will be held Monday, April 30,
from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Museum.
Register with Jennifer FeketeDonners at 609-258-3762 or Email at [email protected].
Film Class
Beth El Synagogue presents
“Cinema: The Jewish Lens,” a new
online course from JerusalemOnlineU.com. The course features interviews with popular Hollywood
personalities, film critics, professors, and rabbinic scholars. The
four classes meet from 7:30 to 9:30
p.m. on May 2, 9, 16, and 23, at 50
Maple Stream Road, East Windsor. Call 609-443-4454 or visit
www.bethel.net.
Basketball
UIH Family Partners has its inaugural 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday, June 23, at Mercer County Park, West Windsor, at 9
a.m. Three age divisions are 11 to
14, 15 to 17, 18 plus, male and female. Teams are three to five players. $100 per team. $250 for first
place teams in each category. Visit
www.uihfamilypartners.org for entry form. Deadline for paid entries is
Friday, June 1. Raindate is Saturday,
June 30. All proceeds benefit nonprofit fatherhood programs. Call
Wayne Williams at 609-847-4247.
History Buffs
GPC Productions is seeking information from any individuals
who have first hand knowledge,
photographs, or film in conjunction
with the filming of “Magic on Music Mountain: The Story of The
Lambertville Music Circus.” The
summer stock theater was in a circus-like tent above Lambertville in
the mid 20th century. Contact Gary
Cohen at [email protected] to
participate in the project’s research.
Free Screenings
Speech, Language & Literacy
Consultants of Princeton is offering free screenings in the next few
week. Location is 601 Ewing
Street, Princeton. Call 609-6880200 to schedule.
versity. “Latest Scientific Achievement of the Hubble Space Telescope” presented by Mario Livio.
Free. 8 p.m.
Schools
Open House, The Bridge Academy, 1958B Lawrenceville Road,
Lawrenceville,
609-844-0770.
www.banj.org. For parents and
professionals to obtain information on the program, curriculum,
and admission policies for the private school for ages 8 to 18 with
language-based learning differences including dyslexia. It is accredited by the Orton-Gillingham
Academy. Register. 9:30 a.m.
Singles
Social Club, Widows and Widowers, Congregation Beit Shalom,
Concordia Shopping Center, Perrineville Road, Monroe, 732-7239706.
Discussions,
dinners,
shows, and companionship for
ages 55 plus. Register. 1:30 p.m.
Socials
Meeting, Rotary Club of Plainsboro, Guru Palace, 2215 Route 1
South, North Brunswick, 732-2130095. 7:30 p.m.
For Seniors
Memoir
Writing
Workshop,
Lawrence Library, Darrah Lane
and Route 1, Lawrence Township,
609-989-6920.
Introductory
course for seniors to reflect on a
significant life experience and put
it on paper. Facilitated by Maria
Okros. Register. 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
APRIL 27, 2012
From The Police Blotter
Plainsboro
Burglary. A Quail Ridge Drive
resident was the victim of a theft
between March 30 and April 10.
Someone entered the apartment by
unknown means and stole $300
and jewelry valued at $12,690.
Credit Card Fraud. Someone
made illegal online purchases using two of a Fox Run Drive resident’s credit card numbers. The
purchases totaled $454.59.
Bag Taken. A Princeton resident was the victim of a theft on
April 13 at the Merwick Rehabilitation Center on Plainsboro Road.
The bag contained numerous
items, including an Asus computer
tablet. The total value of the theft is
estimated at $600.
Auto Theft & Weapon
Charge. Jokebed U. Eustache, 19,
of Rahway, was charged April 23
with auto theft and possession of a
weapon for an illegal purpose.
Police were dispatched to a
Deer Creek Drive apartment to investigate a report of a stolen vehicle. According to Officer Joseph
DiGeranimo, the victim said that
an unknown guest at a party he was
hosting had stolen his Dodge
Charger from the parking lot.
A short time later, police located
and stopped the vehicle — driven
by Eustache — on Schalks Crossing Road. She was arrested, and a
search revealed her to be in possession of a small metal folding knife,
which she stated she used for protection, Officer DiGeronimo said.
Wednesday
May 9
School Sports
North Baseball. 1/4’s at MCP.
North Girls Lacrosse. MCT Semifinals.
South Baseball. Mercer County
Tournament.
North Boys Golf. At South. 3 p.m.
North vs. South Girls Golf. At
North. 3 p.m.
North vs. South Boys Golf. At
South. 3 p.m.
It was later discovered that Eustache struck another vehicle
owned by the victim as she left the
scene in the stolen car, said police.
Damage is estimated at $1,500.
Eustache was processed at police headquarters and then sent to
Middlesex County Jail in lieu of
$2,500 bail.
Bike Theft. A Thoreau Drive resident’s bicycle was stolen from the
Plainsboro Library on April 14.
Someone stole the victim’s $200 bicycle between 4 and 5 p.m. The bike
was left unlocked in the bicycle rack.
Auto Burglary. A Ravens Crest
Drive resident was the victim of an
auto burglary between 9 p.m. on
April 16 and 6 a.m. on April 17.
Someone stole an Apple iPod valued at $350 from the car.
Drug Arrest. Justin T. Davis
was charged with marijuana and
paraphernalia possession on April
21. Officer Kevin Schroeck said he
was conducting an investigation of
a room at Homewood Suites where
marijuana and paraphernalia were
discovered. The investigation revealed that the drugs and paraphernalia belonged to Davis, who had
rented the room, said Schroeck.
DWI Arrests. Lebaron Golden,
44, of Ravens Crest Drive was
charged with drunk driving and assault by auto on March 14. Officer
Joseph Dell Beni said Golden was
driving on Schalks Crossing Road
when he crossed into oncoming
traffic and collided with a 2000
Honda Civic. Investigation re-
triumphbrew.com. “Deep Within My
Soul,” a photography exhibit featuring the works of Colleen Maniere of
West Windsor continues. A percentage of sales benefit pancreatic
cancer research. 11 a.m.
Dancing
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. Instruction followed by
dance. $8. 7:40 to 10:30 p.m.
Literati
Althea Ward Clark Reading Series,
Princeton
University,
Palmer House, 1 Bayard Lane,
609-258-1500. Student thesis
readings in fiction. 8 p.m.
Jazz & Blues
North Softball. Ewing. 4 p.m.
MCCC Jazz Band, Mercer College, Kelsey Theater, West Windsor, 609-570-3735. Concert featuring Latin, swing, and bebop
classics; improvisations. Free. 8
p.m.
On Stage
Live Music
North vs. South Boys Tennis. At
North. 4 p.m.
performance. $20 and up. Happy
hour. 7:30 p.m.
Film
Cinema: The Jewish Lens, Beth
El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream
Road, East Windsor, 609-4434454. www.bethel.net. “Hollywoodism Part 1” in conjunction
with Jerusalem Online course that
features interviews with Hollywood personalities, film critics,
professors, and rabbinic scholars.
Register. $12. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Triumph Brewing
Company, 138 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-924-7855. www.-
vealed that Golden was intoxicated.
He was sent to the Middlesex County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Daniel A. Teixeira, 30, of Bridgewater was charged with drunk driving on April 15. Officer Patrick
Miller said he stopped Teixeira at
the intersection of Dey and Scudders
Mill roads for making an improper
turn and an unsafe lane change and
found him to be intoxicated.
Christoph J. Bleakly, 28, of
Franklin Park was charged on
April 23 with drunk driving. Officer Mathieu Baumann said he
found Bleakly unconscious behind
the wheel of his 2006 Subaru Impreza in the center lane of Route 1
south at 3:57 p.m.
Bleakly was transported to
Princeton Medical Center and was
ultimately charged with driving
while intoxicated, reckless driving,
obstructing traffic, possession of an
alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle, and consumption of an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle.
West Windsor
Purse Snatched. A Pennington
resident’s purse was stolen from
her shopping cart in Sam’s Club at
the Nassau Park shopping center.
The total value of the purse and its
contents is $111.
Identity Theft. A West Windsor resident’s information was
used to open a credit card account
between February 2 and April 13.
The card was used to make charges
in excess of $1,000.
Lawrence at 8:15 p.m. 9 a.m. to 10
p.m.
Benefit Galas
Barbara Boggs Sigmund Award,
Womanspace, Westin Hotel, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609394-0136. www.womanspace.org. Honoree Dr. Stacey Patten,
who was born in Montclair, spent
five years in foster care, and then
was placed with abusive adoptive
parents in Trenton, is now a author, journalist, academic, and advocate for children. Her memoir,
“That Mean Old Yesterday,” focuses on her childhood experiences in New Jersey’s foster care
system. All proceeds benefit victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Mercer County.
$150 to $175. 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Health
Ed Goldberg, Trenton Social Bar
and Restaurant, 449 South
Broad Street, Trenton, 609-9897777. Russian music. 7 to 9 p.m.
Open House, Princeton Rejuvenation Institute, 300B PrincetonHightstown Road, East Windsor,
609-448-9055. www.primedspa.com. “Rejuvenate, Restore, and
Refresh” with cosmetic products,
refreshments, information, and
the chance to talk to doctors and
nurses about medical skincare,
laser treatments, and cosmetic
surgery. Free. 5 to 8 p.m.
Good Causes
Wellness
Cherry Tree Club, Barnes & Noble, MarketFair, West Windsor,
609-716-1570.
www.bn.com.
Benefit for the preschool for homeless and at risk children in partnership with HomeFront of Mercer
County. Coupons available at
www.popnj.org. Traditional hymns
and songs on the French horn and
piano by R. Douglas Helvering
from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Musikgarten
family music party presented by
Linda Fields from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
“Joyful Noise, Kids of the Kingdom, and Chimes of Worship”
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Zorzal, a vocal
and instrumental ensemble, performs world music from 7 to 8 p.m.
DanceVision presents selections
from “The Secret Garden” at 8
p.m. Musical selections by Amy
Dance for People with Parkinson’s Disease, DanceVision,
Forrestal Village, 116 Rockingham Row, Plainsboro, 609-5141600.
www.danceforpd.org.
Dancers who trained with the Mark
Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn
Parkinson Group collaborate with
DanceVision and Parkinson Alliance to present a movement
class for people with Parkinson’s
disease and their caregivers. Register. $10; $15 with a caregiver,
spouse, or partner. 1 to 2:15 p.m.
Guided Meditation, Center for
Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Register. $15. 7 to 8:30 p.m.
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Bank & Home
Burglary Arrest
M
ichael J. Jehle, 20, of Findley Lane, West Windsor,
has been charged in connection
with a West Windsor home burglary in March and a bank robbery in Trenton on April 16.
According to West Windsor
Detective Sergeant Brian Gallant, West Windsor Police positively identified Jehle from a surveillance tape of the bank robbery that was presented to them
by Trenton Police. Investigation
then led police to believe that
Jehle is also responsible for the
West Windsor house burglary,
said Sergeant Gallant.
Between March 11 and 25
someone smashed the first floor
rear bathroom window of a home
on West Kincaid Drive. The thief,
believed to be Jehle, entered
through the broken window and
into the first floor bathroom, leaving several muddy, distinctive
shoe prints on the tiled floor, said
Gallant. He then allegedly continued into the second floor master
bedroom and allegedly stole jewelry, cash, and gold coins.
On April 17, Trenton police
detectives, as part of their investigation of a robbery of a Bank of
America in Trenton the previous
day, visited West Windsor with a
surveillance tape of the theft.
Sergeant Gallant said West
Windsor Police positively identified Jehle as the man in the tape.
In that theft, which occurred
at about 1 p.m., a 5-foot-7-inch
man wearing glasses and a New
York Yankees cap entered the
Jehle, in
bank surveillance
footage,
and inset, his 2009 HS
North yearbook photo.
bank and handed a note to a clerk
warning he was armed. He was
given cash and left the bank.
Following the robbery, police
distributed a clear photo of the
suspect’s face, captured by a bank
camera. The photo was published
in several area newspapers.
After West Windsor police
identified Jehle, they served an
arrest warrant at his home. A
search revealed evidence connecting him to the Bank of
America robbery and the burglary on West Kincaid Drive,
which is in the same development as Jehle’s home, said
Sergeant Gallant.
Jehle was charged with the
bank robbery by Trenton police,
and burglary, theft, and criminal
mischief for the West Windsor
burglary and sent to the Mercer
County Jail.
On Gender and Race:
The Association of
Black Women Lawyers
of New Jersey hosts
‘Reimagining Equality,
an Evening with Anita
Hill,’ Wednesday, May
2, at 6 p.m. at the conference center at Mercer County College.
History
Guided Tour, Drumthwacket
Foundation, 354 Stockton Street,
Princeton, 609-683-0057. www.drumthwacket.org. New Jersey
governor’s official residence.
Group tours are available. Register. $5 donation. Noon to 2 p.m.
House Tours
Lectures
Woodrow
Wilson
School,
Princeton University, McCosh
Hall, Room 50, 609-258-2943.
www.princeton.edu. Bill Bradley,
U.S. Senator from New Jersey
from 1979 to 1997, opens his national tour for his new book, “We
Can All Do Better.” He offers his
take on the current gridlock in
Washington and its effect on the
nation’s policies. A basketball star
during his Princeton years, he was
n Olympic gold medalist in 1964
and a professional basketball
player with the Knicks from 1967
to 1977. All six of his books about
politics, culture, and economy
have been New York Times bestsellers. Bradley is managing director of Allen & Company, host of
“American Voices,” and a member
of the board of directors of Starbucks. Book sale and signing follow the talk. 4:30 p.m.
Meeting, Princeton Photography
Club, Johnson Education Center,
D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1
Preservation Place, Princeton, 732422-3676. Refreshments and networking followed by program presented by Tom Francisco. 7 p.m.
Politics
Talking Politics, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. Joan Goldstein, host and producer of TV 30’s
“Back Story with Joan Goldstein,”
leads book discussion focusing on
“The Change I Believe In: Fighting
for Progress in the Age of Obama”
by Katerina Vanden Heuvel.
Copies are available from the
courtesy desk shelves. 7:30 p.m.
For Seniors
Kosher Cafe East, Jewish Family
and Children’s Service, Beth El
Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream
Road, East Windsor, 609-9878100. Lunch and program. For ages
60 and up. Register. $5. 12:30 p.m.
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APRIL 27, 2012
Plainsboro Resident Helps Shape New Hospital
at the curved building’s front right
corner, Garbini says the new hospital’s complexity provides a consistent challenge.
“It’s constant translation, and
you factor in the people. The CEO
is looking at things from a 50,000foot view. The needs of the users
— the clinical staff — are very different from information that architects and engineers need, very different from contractors, from vendors. You have to constantly be
thinking who am I communicating
with, what do they need from me,
what do I need from them,” she
says.
“Sometimes I feel like the performer in the circus spinning the
plates, and I’ve got to keep all the
plates going. Sometimes I feel like
the lion-tamer, and sometimes I
feel like the ringmaster. It’s a little
bit of everything,” she said.
Unique methods of preparation
were even implemented by UMCPP’s human resources department. From early to mid-April a
scavenger hunt for employees was
held to help familiarize personnel
with the locations of items and utilities in the 636,000-square-foot
building. Coinciding with this effort, on Wednesday, April 18, UMCPP hosted an exercise called “day
in the life” for 350 employees.
Garbini says scripted scenarios
“like a mini-play in each department” were carried out. The objective was testing personnel while also testing the whole building. For
example, if someone comes to the
emergency department and they
need blood taken for lab testing,
nurses need to take a vial and put it
in the hospital’s pneumatic tube
system, then push the speed dial
button for the vial to “zip over.”
“We need to make sure it arrives
at the lab because if your pneumatic tube system doesn’t work, it
might arrive in the pharmacy.
These drills were very scripted —
it’s not for ad-libbing. In another
scenario, someone comes in and
they’re complaining of chest pains,
so we tested our response to that,”
Garbini said.
After “day in the life” came the
hospital’s “mock move” on Tuesday, April 24. All PHCS senior
leadership pretended to be patients, and Garbini played a pediatric patient for the exercise, having to be transported from the pediatric building at the Witherspoon
Street hospital in Princeton to the
new building by ambulance. She
says all elements of the route such
as traffic, trip times, and whether
doors open as planned are analyzed.
Another day in the life exercise
is planned in early May. “We’re always doing one more thing,” she
said.
G
arbini may have been referencing her own career in design and construction management. Her mother was a homemaker who later become a social worker for the state of Pennsylvania.
Her father kept a creative spirit, as
he was a violinist who also worked
in a bank. The oldest of five children, she earned a specialized fiveyear bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from Penn State.
Garbini describes her collegiate
study as primarily an engineering
degree with construction management as well as some architecture
and design elements.
In college Garbini found love on
personal and professional fronts.
She married a mechanical engineer
who was in her program and started
her career by working on large projects for Gilbane Building Company for close to 25 years. Throughout her career she has managed designers, architects, and engineers,
and also spent time in facilities
“working with users” at Columbia
University Medical Center.
“Every job I’ve ever done in my
life had given me the experience to
be right here doing this,” Garbini
says.
After graduating from Penn
State Garbini went to work for
Gilbane in Providence, Rhode Island. Five years later she was transferred to the company’s Princeton
office. She says that relocating
here was, much like her current
work situation, coming close to
home because she grew up in
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Notable projects that Garbini
worked on with Gilbane included
the Hyatt Regency on Route 1 as
well as a number of hospitals, including Overlook Hospital in Summit, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital (now
Trinitas), and Jersey City Medical
Center.
After Gilbane, Garbini went to
work for Bovis Lend Lease in West
Windsor. Garbini’s next stop was
Lawrenceville and CUH2A, which
is now HDR — a Nebraska-based
architecture and design firm with
7,800 professionals and a specialty
in healthcare.
Next and most recently came
Columbia Medical Center. Garbini
was always a big fan of New York
City and its architecture. “I like the
volume of buildings, looking at the
details and how things were put together. I love New York, and I’m
one of those people who walks
around the city looking straight
up,” she says.
She commuted on the train from
Princeton Junction. “It was crazy
Volunteering at the hospital gave Garbini name
recognition and new
skills. ‘In all the jobs I
had people did stuff because they had to; with
volunteers you have to
inspire.’
because I would drive by to go to
the train station and say ‘there’s the
hospital and I’m not building it’ —
that’s so unfair,” she said.
Volunteering at the current hospital in Princeton helped Garbini
get the position she is in today. She
used to help organize the annual
Hospital Fete, fundraisers that
were held each June until recently.
“It was interesting because I met
many of the people before I actually worked here. I was a comfortable person for several people who
said ‘oh I know her’ once I was
hired.
Garbini joined the project in early 2010, right as construction started. The foundations were in and the
steel was half-done at that point.
“The thought was that the hospital
had hired consultants for everything — program manager, construction manager, architect, engineer. We had all these people but
there needed to be a single point of
triage and communication,” she
said.
She says the board looked at the
project with all these consultants
involved and decided to have “one
of their own” provide an on-site
presence to keep an eye on everything. She says at the height of con-
Ready for Patients:
Pamela Garbini has a
short commute from
her Walker Gordon
Farms home to her
Route 1 job site.
struction there were more than 500
workers in one place.
Garbini reports the goings-on of
the site, the building and process of
integrating personnel directly to
Barry Rabner, CEO of PHCS.
Leading to the job, it was Rabner
who called her up, asking to meet
with her about something.
She says that when he spoke to
her about the position, she was
shocked because she thought
everything was in place already.
Her first comment to him was
“wait a minute, you want me to
work a mile from my house?” She
describes the chance as right place,
right time, and right skill set.
“I think volunteering gave me
name recognition, but it was one of
the best things I did because it gave
me a skill set I did not have before.
In all of the jobs I had, people did
stuff because I was supervising
them and they had to; with volunteers you have to inspire. To get
volunteers to work together you
have inspire them because they
don’t have to be there. You need to
be inspirational, and if you learn
how to do that, you can get people
to do anything,” Garbini says.
“We’re a good team because
he’s very visionary and I’m in the
weeds. Sometimes you need to lift
your head up out of the weeds and
watch what’s going on. I’m the
eyes and ears here, into every little
detail.” Garbini knows the new facility in and out, referencing its
9,700 light fixtures, 432 bathrooms, and more than 1,000 doors
as starting points on her checklist.
In Plainsboro, Garbini lives at
Walker Gordon Farms and says she
lives right around the corner from
WW-P board of education member
Rachelle Hurwitz, recently elected
board member Yibao Xu, as well as
outgoing board member Todd
Hochman.
Garbini moved to Plainsboro in
1999. The family lived in Basking
Ridge and South Plainfield before,
but the Garbinis were sending their
daughter, Grace, to private school
there. The couple decided to find a
location with good public schools,
and one of Garbini’s friends who
taught in the West Windsor-Plainsboro district lobbied hard for them
to come here. Then work commitments fell into place as her and her
husband’s employers both had offices in the area.
The Garbinis’ daughter attended
Maurice Hawk Elementary, Upper
Elementary School, Grover Mid-
dle School, and graduated from
High School South in 2010. When
her daughter was younger Garbini
was active in the PTA and the Girl
Scouts.
Like mom and dad, Grace
Garbini ultimately chose to attend
Penn State, where she is majoring
in horticultural science. Her mother chuckled, saying it was a reluctant pick. “She was going to go
anywhere but Penn State, but after
she looked at all her schools, she
visited Happy Valley for two days
and it was a good fit,” Garbini said.
While it did not directly apply to
her daughter’s college choice, one
workplace skill Garbini spoke
about is motivating people to make
decisions. “Sometimes through
gentle guiding, or sometimes
you’ve got to be firmer. You really
have to keep people on-task, ontime, and on-budget while maintaining your own focus,” she says.
With the hospital, her career, her
family, and the Plainsboro community, Garbini has proven to be a
person who moves things forward.
Open House:
O
n Saturday, May 12, from
noon to 6 p.m., the hospital
will be hosting its open house for
anyone who would like a walkthrough tour and information about
the facility. UMCPP anticipates as
many as 10,000 people, and shuttle
buses will be running between
parking on College Road East and
the hospital.
The front of the building, facing
Plainsboro Road, will have a sign
reading “Atkinson Pavilion,” commemorating a $25 million donation from David and Patricia
Atkinson, formerly of West Windsor — the largest individual donation ever to a New Jersey hospital.
HOSPITAL PASSES FIRE DRILL
S
cott Kivet, commissioner in
charge of personnel with the
Plainsboro Fire District, said the
mutual aid drill staged at the new
University Medical Center of
Princeton at Plainsboro on Tuesday, April 24, was carried out
flawlessly. Fire companies from
Plainsboro, Princeton, West
Windsor, Kingston, Kendall
Park, East Windsor, Cranbury,
Monmouth Junction, and Applegarth (Monroe fire district Number 2) were all present, and no logistical problems were recorded.
While he initially had concerns, particularly due to the
scale of the project, Kivet said he
could not be more satisfied with
the hospital’s progress in safety
precautions.
“The hospital has done a fantastic job working with us. They
have been more than cooperative
with accommodating emergency
services, specifically with communications and staging of
emergency apparatus. They have
been very safety conscious all
the time,” Kivet said.
Kivet says that while the fire
trucks were en route to the hospital there was open communication on both sides. “The Plainsboro OEM worked great with
hospital security. The fire company now has a transmitter frequency so that when we get a fire
call, we call over to security to
update them on which engine is
arriving at the hospital,” he said.
Kivet says that Plainsboro fire
officials are not so worried about
the new hospital possibly burning down in the event of a fire because, he says, it has “the best
sprinkler system out there.” According to Kivet, the chief concerns for fire personnel responding to calls at the hospital would
be evacuating and moving nonambulatory patients, containment of a fire within a particular
area, and salvaging equipment.
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HOME MAINTENANCE
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SPRING YARD MAINTENANCE:
Clean up, mulching, mowing, trimming,
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722-1137.
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COMPUTER SERVICES
Computer problem? Or need a used
computer in good condition - $80? Call
609-275-6631.
ADULT CARE
Best At Home Senior Care Non
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to help you in your home. Individualized
services at your own pace. We are
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www.mybestseniorcare.com
SUMMER CAMPS
Horseback Riding Camp: Established 18 years. By week or month, 5
days a week. Beginner through advanced, 5 to 15 years. Indoor and outdoor arenas. Call for details J.E.M. Stables, Inc., West Windsor. 609-4484968.
INSTRUCTION
Lessons in Your Home: Music
lessons in your home. Piano, clarinet,
saxophone, flute and guitar. Call Jim
609-737-9259 or 609-273-5135.
Math, Science, English, ACT & SAT
Tutoring: Available in your home.
Brown University-educated college professor. Experienced with gifted, underachieving and learning-disabled students. Web: http://ivytutoring.intuitwebsites.com Call Bruce 609-371-0950.
Music Lessons: Piano, guitar, drum,
sax, clarinet, F. horn, oboe, t-bone,
House Tours
Thursday
May 10
Designer Showhouse and Gardens XVII,
Junior League of Greater Princeton, Priory Court, 124 Edgerstoune Road, Princeton,
609-771-0525. Spaces have been transformed by interior designers and landscape
architects. Proceeds benefit community
programs. $25. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
School Sports
Sports
Trenton Thunder, Waterfront Park, 609394-3300. www.trentonthunder.com. Portland. $11 to $27. 7:05 p.m.
South Boys Golf. Hopewell Valley. 3 p.m.
Friday
May 11
North Boys Volleyball. Bridgewater-Raritan. 4 p.m.
School Sports
North Boys Tennis. NJSIAA 1st Round.
North Softball. MCT Playin.
North Boys Golf. At Allentown. 3 p.m.
North Boys Lacrosse. Robbinsville. 4:15
p.m.
South Boys Lacrosse. Notre Dame. 4:15
p.m.
On Stage
Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, Berlind Rehearsal Room, 609-2581500. “Momentum,” a new experimental
theater piece of light and sound by Alison
Goldblatt. Free. 7 p.m.
Are You There, McPhee?, McCarter Theater (Berlind), 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. World premiere of John
Guare’s play. Directed by Sam Buntrock.
Pre-show talk 45 minutes before the performance. $20 and up. 7:30 p.m.
North Baseball. NJSIAA Entries Close.
North Baseball. Ewing. 4 p.m.
North Boys Tennis. Notre Dame. 4 p.m.
South Baseball. At Trenton. 4 p.m.
North Softball. At Lawrence. 7 p.m.
Dance
On Pointe Lecture Series, American
Repertory Ballet, Princeton Ballet School,
301 North Harrison Street, Princeton, 609984-8400. www.arballet.org. “Dancing Your
Way Into College.” Free. 5:15 p.m.
Dancing
On Stage
Argentine Tango, Viva Tango, Suzanne
Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street,
Princeton, 732-789-5272. vivatango.org.
Class and practice session. $12. 9:15 p.m.
Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, Berlind Rehearsal Room, 609-2581500. “Momentum,” a new experimental
theater piece of light and sound by Alison
Goldblatt. Free. 7 p.m.
Live Music
Christian Roebling, Alchemist & Barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609924-5555. 21 plus. 10 p.m.
Wellness
Intro to Reiki, Center for Relaxation and
Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. Register. Free.
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Mark Twain Tonight, McCarter Theater
(Matthews), 91 University Place, Princeton,
609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Hal Holbrook presents Mark Twain’s autobiography. $40 to $55. 7:30 p.m.
As You Like It, Actors’ NET, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA, 215-2953694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. Shakespeare comedy with Rosalind, Celia, and
Touchstone’s forest adventures. $20. 8
p.m.
Science and Math Tutoring: Biology, Chemistry, Algebra, Geometry.
Taught by college professor. 17 years
experience. Recipient of two national
teaching awards. Discoverygenics 609581-5686.
Tutor — SAT, ACT, SSAT — Reading, Writing, Essays: Boost your
scores with outstanding private instruction from college English professor.
Many excellent references throughout
West Windsor-Plainsboro. My former
students are attending top colleges.
Reasonable rates. 609-658-6914.
MERCHANDISE MART
Tenor or Bass Trombone Needed:
College-bound player needs to buy one
of each to take the place of high school
loaners. If you have one gathering dust
please E-mail [email protected].
GARAGE SALES
Cranbury town-wide garage sale:
Saturday, 4/28/12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain
date: 4/29/12. Call 609-395-0444 for
more info. Sponsored by Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty.
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Part-time Effort: Complete training
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609-222-5486.
HELP WANTED
Customer Service/Sales - cashier
for busy music store/lesson studio.
Part-time M-F 2-8 pm and some Sat 104 pm. Will train. Some college needed.
$9 per hour to start. Hightstown location. Email resume to [email protected]
Property Inspectors: Part-time
$30k, full-time $80k. No experience, will
train. Call Tom, 609-731-3333.
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609-586-1400,
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609-921-2700, [email protected].
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Sleep Tight: Geriatric medicine specialist Dr. David Barile presents ‘The Importance of
Healthy Sleep,’ Thursday, May
3, at 2:30 p.m. at Windrows in
Plainsboro.
Are You There, McPhee?, McCarter Theater (Berlind), 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. World premiere of John
Guare’s play. Directed by Sam Buntrock.
Pre-show talk 45 minutes before the performance. $20 and up. Opening night. 8 p.m.
Film
Film Series, West Windsor Arts Council,
952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, 609716-1931. Screening of “Duck Season,” a
Mexican comedy about two teens. Post film
discussion with Carlos Gutierrez, film critic
and founder of Cinema Tropical. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Gallery Talk, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton campus, 609-258-3788.
Free. 12:30 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Princeton University, Bernstein Gallery and Robertson Hall, 609-2582222. Opening reception for “ARC: Paintings and Mixed Media” by Paul Stopforth,
one of the first visual artists to confront the
injustices of the apartheid system. On view
to August 3. 6 to 8 p.m.
Dancing
Dance Jam, Dance Improv Live, All Saints
Church, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton, 609924-3767. www.danceimprov.com. Lightly
guided dance improvisation with live music
and refreshments. $15. 8 to 10 p.m.
Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance,
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton
Street, Princeton, 609-912-1272. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Beginners welcome. Lesson followed by dance. No partner needed. $5. 8 p.m.
Public Speaking
Meeting, Successfully Speak Up Toastmasters, Pellettieri, Rabstein, & Altman,
100 Nassau Park Boulevard, Suite 111,
West Windsor, 732-631-0114. ssu.freetoasthost.ws. Members deliver and evaluate prepared and impromptu speeches.
7:30 to 9 p.m.
Classical Music
Princeton Symphony Orchestra: Behind
the Music, Arts Council of Princeton, 102
Witherspoon
Street,
609-924-8777.
Evening focuses on Sarah Kirkland Snider,
a Princeton composer, features discussion
and performance. Refreshments. 8:30 p.m.
Live Music
John & Carm, Teddy’s, 49 North Main
Street, Cranbury, 609-655-3120. 6 to 9 p.m.
Joe Hutchinson, Grover’s Mill Coffee
House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road,
West Windsor, 609-716-8771. 7:30 p.m.
Comedy
Sean Patton and Ryan Maher, Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie
Center, West Windsor, 609-987-8018.
Register. $19.50. 8 p.m.
Lunch and Learn, Optimal Exercise, 27
Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury, 609-4627722. “Target Bodyweight and How to Get
There” presented by Bill DeSimone focuses
on body composition, meal planning, and
exercise approaches. Register. $10. 12:15
to 1 p.m.
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MAY 11
House Tours
Designer Showhouse and
Gardens XVII, Junior League
of Greater Princeton, Priory
Court, 124 Edgerstoune Road,
Princeton,
609-771-0525.
Spaces have been transformed
by interior designers and landscape architects. Proceeds
benefit community programs.
$25. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Lectures
Speaking that Connects: The
Workshop, Eileen N. Sinett
Communications, 610 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, 609799-1400. www.speakingthatconnects.com. Workshop for
speakers to organize a targeted
message, create interest, sustain audience attention, and
project personal presence, as
well as tips on managing performance anxiety. Register. $249
includes a copy of Sinett’s
book. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Bug Bonanza, Mercer County
Park Commission, Baldpate
Mountain, Fiddler’s Creek
Road, Titusville, 609-8836606. www.mercercounty.org.
For families with children age
six and up. $4. 11 a.m.
Singles
Divorce Recovery Seminar,
Princeton Church of Christ,
33 River Road, Princeton, 609581-3889. “Clash of Values.”
Non-denominational support
group. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Sports
Park, 609-394-3300. Portland.
$11 to $27. 7:05 p.m.
Meet West Windsor’s Resident Violet Expert
T
he Garden State African Violet Club presents its 61st annual African Violet show
and plant sale at the Mercer County Community College student center, West Windsor, on
Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6. This year’s
theme, “Revolutionary Violets,” features plant
and flower arrangements that evoke the important role of New Jersey as the crossroads of the
American Revolution.
African violets and gesneriads (flowering
houseplants of the African Violet family) will
be for sale along with growing supplies. Experienced club members and African Violet enthusiasts will be available to answer questions
about growing African Violets and diagnosing
ailing plants. Admission is free.
Paula Bal of West Windsor is the vice president of the club and chairwoman of the show
and sale. Besides exhibiting her plants, she will
speak about the “Basic Care of African Violets”
on Sunday, May 6, at 1 p.m.
Members of the club also include Plainsboro
residents Marianne Alliano, Luanne Arico, and
Karen Kennedy. Arico presents “African Violet Species” on Saturday, May 5, at 2 p.m.
Born in Brooklyn, Bal was raised in Staten
Island. Bal graduated from NYU with a degree
in physical therapy. She and her daughter, Jessica, now 13, lived in Freehold until 2007.
They moved to West Windsor when Paula
married Frank Bal, a West Windsor Police officer for 15 years. The couple had been invited to
the same events for years but did not meet until
they were introduced by mutual friends. They
married in 2007. Jessica attends Grover Middle
School, participates in Dance Corner, is a member of the Wildcats, studies Irish stepdance, and
plays piano. Frank’s son, Frankie, 9, attends
school in East Brunswick, plays basketball, and
rides dirtbikes.
Frank, president of the West Windsor PBA,
recently retired from the Army reserve after 21
years. Paula has worked at the Trenton Orthopedic Group in Mercerville for four years.
“When I was 10, my grandfather taught me
how to propagate a violet using one of the leaves
off the plant,” says Bal. “I was fascinated by how
just one leaf could make several baby
plants that would grow and bloom into the beautiful plants my grandpa had
on his windowsill. He taught me how
to feed and take care of them.”
“I watched the plants grow and
flower and became hooked onto
something that I didn’t know would
develop into a lifelong hobby,” she
says. “Each time I would go to my
grandparents’ house, we would
check the plants’ progress. The bonding experience with my grandfather
has given me memories I will never
forget.” He continued to grow violets
for many years and died in 2003 at
age 92.
In her 20s she grew plants on two
homemade light stands, cross pollinated plants, and sold the offspring to
local greenhouses. In 1994 she grew
150 plants as favors for her first wedding and each person got a violet in a
special self watering pot.
Bal took a hiatus for 10 years and
recently started growing seriously after encouragement and a gift of a light stand
from her husband. She joined the Garden State
African Violet Club in 2009 and entered her
first violet show in 2010, “I was nervous to enter the show,” she says. “When I won best in
show, I cried my eyes out,” she says. “When I
told the judges about how much I missed my
grandpa and how proud he would have been to
see our achievement, they cried too.”
“My family is very supportive of my hobby,”
she says. “Even though my plant room is in my
basement with no windows, I experience spring
in my sanctuary every day, and my plants
bloom throughout the year. My indoor garden
cheers me when I have a bad day and a source of
peace from the hustle and bustle of being a
mom, physical therapist, and wife.”
A volunteer at the West Windsor Senior Center, Bal often presents lectures on how to care for
violets. A member of the Tristate African Violet
Council, she served on the show committee for
Flower Power: Paula Bal of West
Windsor speaks on ‘Basic Care of
African Violets’during the Garden
State African Violet Club sale.
the recent African Violet Society of America’s
National Convention in Cherry Hill. “I have plans
to become an African Violet judge,” she says.
“I now have four light stands and grow more
than 300 plants,” she says. “I have started hybridizing again and hope to someday name one
of my plants after my grandpa.”
— Lynn Miller
Show and Plant Sale, Garden State
African Violet Club, Mercer College Student
Center, West Windsor. Saturday, May 5, Noon
to 4 p.m. and Sunday, May 6, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free. 609-259-7095. www.princetonol.com/groups/gsavc.

A Plainsboro Neighbor Helps Orchestrate New Hospital

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