September 24, 2010

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Acme Shopping Center Plan Gets High Marks (Mostly)
T
wo weeks into the fall season at WW-P, it is hard to
make any solid predictions
about how the district’s teams will
fare. But for the football programs
at both high schools, the running
game seems to have drawn all the
attention.
The Knights and Pirates each
have wins over a common foe, as
North opened its season with at 3112 drubbing of Trenton on September 11, while South bounced
back from an opening blowout to
Rancocas Valley with a win, also
against Trenton, 14-7.
Both teams stand at 1-1, as
North followed up its win against
Trenton with a loss to Notre Dame,
48-27, on September 19. But if
Jaymar Anderson continues to put
up good yardage and more touchdowns in his running game, North
should have a good chance this
season. Anderson rushed 30 times
for 234 yards and two touchdowns
against Trenton, while Brendan
Kenavan complemented the
ground attack with an 11-yard
touchdown pass from quarterback
Joe Jensen.
In the team’s loss to Notre
Dame on September 19, Anderson
ran 86 yards for a touchdown less
than a minute into the game. In the
second quarter, Anderson had another touchdown run for 64 yards.
Also in the first half, Tyrone Parker had a 21-yard touchdown run.
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by Cara Latham
ith an architectural design that boasts a villageesque shopping center,
plans for the revitalization of the
former Acme shopping center
were welcomed, for the most part,
by residents and officials on the
township’s Site Plan Review Advisory Board.
But Cyzner Properties, which
purchased the dilapidated 13.6acre shopping center site on the
corner of Princeton-Hightstown
and Alexander roads last spring, is
being challenged by residents and
officials on at least two aspects of
the new site design: plans to add a
second driveway access to Alexander Road for delivery trucks, and
the height of its front sign.
Those two issues generated the
most discussion during the nearly
three-hour discussion at the Site
Plan Review Advisory Board
(SPRAB) meeting on September
13 and are expected to be discussed
when the application heads to the
Planning Board. No date has been
scheduled for the hearing.
Irv Cyzner, the developer, told
SPRAB members that he was a
“reasonable guy,” but said he was
not going to invest a lot of money
A New Beginning? The above rendering was included
in the plan presented by Cyzner Properties to the West
Windsor Site Plan Review Advisory Board for the
Windsor Plaza (Acme) shopping center on September
13. The plan is expected to be heard by the planning
board later this year.
in a site that is laden with too many
restrictions to make it successful.
The plans feature a facelift for
the shopping center that include a
cupola on the side of the building
closest to Alexander Road.
SPRAB members and residents applauded the design, which would
make it nearly impossible to determine that an Acme supermarket
had once stood there.
“This is the first round of improvements proposed,” explained
Continued on page 10
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School Sports
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North Girls Soccer. Hun. 4 p.m.
North Girls Tennis. Peddie. 4
p.m.
North vs. South Field Hockey. At
North. 4 p.m.
South Tennis. Hightstown. 4 p.m.
Drama
Southern Comforts, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic drama. $27.50 to
$29.50. 7 p.m.
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Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy
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October 17. For ages 10 and up.
No intermission. $20 and up. 8
p.m.
Top Girls, Shakespeare ‘70,
Kendall Hall, College of NJ, 609882-5979. www.shakespeare70.org. Caryl Churchill’s drama about
career women. $12. 8 p.m.
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The Wonderful World of Dr. Seuss: ‘Seussical, the
Musical’ opens at Kelsey Theater on September 24.
West Windsor and Plainsboro actors include Mollie
Rubenstein, crouching in the front; Molly Karlin, left,
and Anna Chicco in the second row; Rosie Karlin,
standing left, Jason Wilks, Kayva Pochiraju, Amy
Slothower, Dan Slothower, Frank Ferrara,and Elizabeth Ferrara; and Scott Karlin, back row. See page 23.
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Parking Authority
Fumbles Billing
would have been sent from and
were shocked to find out it was
from a generic e-mail address: [email protected] and that it
could have possibly been sent to
fter being wait listed more our bulk or spam e-mail. For fear of
than seven years for a West losing our permit, we asked how to
Windsor parking permit, rectify the situation and were told
my husband and I have held a cov- to come down to the office and pay
eted parking permit for seven the bill.
We decided to just pay the $60
years. Our record for quarterly
complaint
and summons and forpayments is impeccable.
get
about
the
poor communication.
This all came to an end on MonHowever,
when
we showed up to
day, August 16,
pay, we were
when my hustold we would
band came home
with a $60 permit Why would the Parking have to pay an
additional $50
parking
com- Authority change its
late fee for a total
plaint and sumpayment
policy
before
of $110.
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situagating the situa- and running?
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time next-door
we did not reneighbor and to
ceive a bill in the mail as we have
our
surprise,
she
told us she also
for the past seven years. When we
had
to
pay
the
$50
late fee this
called the Parking Authority, they
quarter.
said mail invoices were not sent
She did not recall receiving a
this quarter because the policy was
letter,
but did receive an e-mail.
changed to an e-mail notification
Unfortunately,
my neighbor still
system. When asked how this
did
not
get
the
notification letter,
change was communicated to perbecause
although
the subject line
mit holders, they said all permit
said
“Permit
renewal
notice,”
holders should have a received a
when
she
opened
the
e-mail,
she
letter in March (six months ago)
saw
only
an
attachment
with
no
and a follow up e-mail in June (we
body,
and
simply
closed
the
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n an August 27 article, the West
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public schools has been called to
question over the past year.
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was an e-mail from the new West
Windsor Arts Council and would
get to it later.
We now have a copy of the letter
from the West Windsor Parking
Authority, dated June 15, which
states they will be implementing
their new parking software program over the next few months,
permit holders will be informed of
the “go live” date, and then be allowed to make online payments via
credit/debit cards.
Why would the Parking Authority change the payment policy notification (with such poor communication efforts) before they had a
live system up and running (so permit holders can pay online at the
same time the policy is changed)?
In addition, it seems the Parking
Authority could have made more
prudent efforts to publicize this extreme change in payment efforts
via a simple method of posting flyers at the train station and/or attached to car windshields (as a reminder)? It is now September,
three months later, and no “go live”
date or further updates to this policy change have been made.
Wonder how many other regular, on-time paying, West Windsor
residents were hit with the $50 late
fee and/or a $60 Complaint and
Summons? If the total is even just
100 of us hard-working residents,
this would be a total of $10,000 to
$15,000 worth of additional revenue that the West Windsor Parking Authority collected in just one
quarter.
Could that be used toward the so
called “beautification of downtown West Windsor project” or the
building of a new parking garage?
Patti Kuczmarski
West Windsor
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ichard Snedeker’s explanation
of Arts Council finances and
Richard Eland’s inventory of good
news about West Windsor drew
the bulk of the online comments to
our September 10 issue posted at
www.wwpinfo.com.
The critics of the Arts Council
project were apparently not persuaded by Snedeker. “Richard, you
may not like the fact that West
Windsor residents are not 100 percent on board with township money going toward your great cause,”
wrote one post. “Sorry but I am one
among many.
“The Arts Council is getting
special treatment at the township’s
expense. And part of the $800,000
paid by the township was our money. Had West Windsor not gone into contract with Art Council it
would have been available for real
legitimate township necessities
and that money is now gone.”
Another resident questioned
whether the firehouse could have
been put to more lucrative use.
“My complaint is that the township
should not have contributed
$800,000 to bring the firehouse up
strongly about supporting the Arts
Council can do so on by making
their own private contribution.
“What the township needs are
qualified people serving that actually have a financial background.”
Another poster predicted that
the Arts Council will not be selfsufficient: “They’ll be back begging for more money.”
Richard Eland’s letter on the
positives of West Windsor prompted some people to ponder the negatives. “Instead of our taxes going
down since our homes values have
dropped, thanks to the Mayor, our
taxes for this year will still increase! That number will be positive — but that positive is really a
huge negative.
“Let’s get to the truth of why
taxes will keep going up and where
money will really be spent. The
Mayor is already dreaming up renovations for the municipal complex — necessity for township or
for his political resume and TV interviews?”
From another post: “What I find
is that West Windsor seems to be
promoting our town with bells and
whistles instead of just running it.
It should be focused on managing
expenses rather than creating
them.”
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to code. Something is not right
about that number. Is there a difference between bringing it up to code
vs. bringing it up to code specifically for the Arts Center or its intended use? Of course.
“This agreement favors the Arts
Council, not the township, because
at the end of the day the taxpayers
are still picking up the bill for the
code upgrade, whereas if the space
were to be leased to another organization, the difference in the upgrade would be paid by the lessee.
“Further real estate space in
West Windsor is premium and this
space is given away at a firesale
price. Who pays $250 for rent?
You can’t even get away with that
in Trenton.
“We could easily get a real tenant willing and able to pay a rent
difference for that area and space
that would pay for their part of
bringing the it up to code beyond
the minimum that the township requires. Instead we have a nonprofit
that can barely make the rent.
“Bottom line is the township is
paying or paid $800,000, almost $1
million for an Arts Council that
many residents don’t want to contribute to, not to mention that this
space could actually be bringing in
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
ven though I
celebrated a
major milestone birthday this
year, I don’t feel that
old, except when I stop to consider
the major technological changes
that have swept through my lifetime. It’s a little disconcerting,
even a little depressing, when the
T-shirts of my day are touted as
“vintage,” when other fashion
trends have come and gone several
rounds (I won’t admit how many
times I’ve seen the resurgence of
the mini!), when household items I
grew up with are extinct or considered quaint. What’s a victrola?
That’s what my music teacher
wheeled into the classroom to
teach us new songs. Also know as a
variation on the record player, it’s
mind-boggling to consider that today’s kids don’t even know what
that is, since music delivery systems have evolved many times
over since that device constituted a
piece of furniture in our homes.
I grew up without a microwave.
I learned the QWERTY keyboarding system on a typewriter, which
nowadays might show up at yard
sales and thrift stores as amusing
time pieces. I watched F-Troop, the
Brady Bunch and the Partridge
Family on a black and white television, and we celebrated when we
finally became a “VCR family”
sometime in the 1980s, though it
happened in our house much later
than anyone else’s in our neighborhood. We had one phone in our
house, and it was a rotary phone,
the kind with the dial that you had
to stick your finger through, the
kind Pottery Barn has been selling
in recent years as “retro.”
Many of us baby boomers remember with fondness the original
Suburban Mom
“Back to the
by Euna Kwon Brossman and guidance
Future” movie
counselors,
of 1985, starring a young Michael then we scattered to the classrooms
J. Fox who time travels to the past to meet the teachers. This year, the
and experiences the unnerving yet efforts of the school district to “go
revelatory adventure of meeting green” and to move almost everyhis young parents while knowing thing to a new level of technology
what their future will hold. All of showed big time. The new princithese vintage and retro features pal talked to us via video piped into
popping up in our lives today re- every classroom, and we learned of
mind us that though the future is school activities and upcoming
now, the past is very much part of events. We heard from the heads of
the present.
the
Parent
Take BackTeacher Student
Back to the future
to-School night
Association the
at Community
same
way.
means incorporating all
Middle School
While
the
techthe good that technolothis
week,
nology was ingy brings with old-fashwhich had a
teresting, the reioned people contact
complete sense
sult was less
of deja vu for
than the sum of
that will always make
me, since the
the parts — I
the world go round.
third and last
wasn’t the only
child is on the
parent
who
same team big
thought it was
sister had eight years ago. Three of impersonal and devoid of heart.
his four teachers are the same, Technology is wonderful, and we
though I had the definite discom- appreciate the hard work that went
bobulating sensation of time travel. into the creation of the presentaHere were the same lockers; here tion, but there was something lackwere the same hallways and the ing and I call it soul.
classrooms. Physically, little had
The school district website is an
changed inside the school, and yet, impressive piece of work, which
here we all were, eight years older, promises to cut down on paper conthe girl standing in the back row in sumption and save thousands of
the class picture still up on the trees, simply by posting every flyer
homeroom bulletin board now a that used to go home in the backcollege junior, her classmates flung packs online. The only tricky thing
far to all parts of the world.
is remembering your passwords
Technology has changed the and IDs, but now you can be linked
very essence of Back-to-School on the information superhighway
night as well. In the “olden” days, of school and not lose a beat in the
we gathered in the auditorium to be process.
greeted by school administrators
While this is all fine and dandy,
nothing can replace the
rapport a parent and student build with a teacher
in person; nothing can
beat the presence of a
parent in the school and classroom
helping out with events and
fundraisers. Back to the future as
far as the school system goes
means incorporating all the good
that technology brings with the
old-fashioned people contact that
will always make the world go
round, no matter how far technology takes us.
Back in the “olden” days, I remember the chatter that some day,
technology would allow us to call
our loved ones and talk to them via
video, so we could see them live.
This has come to be in the form of
“Skype” among other channels,
and for this family, that’s just in the
nick of time. The oldest, the CMS
graduate, is now in Paris on junior
semester abroad, and in the first
couple of days of her arrival there, I
received a text message from our
phone service provider informing
me that she had already racked up
more than $100 in roaming charges
with her cell. We quickly put the kibosh on that, and now, thanks to
Skype, we can now talk via video,
apparently free of charge, I am told.
(Though I am a bit skeptical, I
haven’t seen a bill to prove otherwise.)
Some kids are taking this free
service for all it is worth. Another
mother tells me that her daughter,
in Beijing on junior semester
abroad, had her turn the computer
screen to the television so she could
watch her beloved Giants play live
from across the world. Too bad the
Giants didn’t work as well as the
technology did, but it is indeed an
amazing, brave new world.
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Recognizing the need for reform is hardly new. For many
years, education experts and business and political leaders have
lamented the dearth of U.S. high
school graduates who are proficient in languages of economic
and strategic importance in the
21st century. Education Secretary
Arne Duncan warned, “An issue
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and collaborate on the world stage
[is] the need to increase the foreign-language fluency and cultural awareness of all our students.”
The chair of the Senate Homeland
Security and Government Affairs
Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government, Senator Daniel Akaka, observes that American companies lose an estimated $2 billion
a year due to inadequate cultural
understanding.
“Globalization
means that Americans must compete for jobs in a marketplace no
longer confined to the boundaries
of the United States.”
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Economic Development, many
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do business in the languages and
cultural environments of the
world’s emerging markets. The
same report cited a study showing
that 30 percent of large U.S. corporations believed they failed to exploit fully their international business opportunities due to insufficient personnel with “international
skills,” most notably proficiency
in foreign languages.
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conversation skills that may enable
one to get to the airport or order
from a menu. True language proficiency means the ability to read,
write, and speak in the target language at a level that enables effective communication and collaboration in a social or professional environment. This skill is not easy to
achieve. Representative Rush Holt
points out that “achieving fluency
takes hard work, individual commitment, and the proper institutional support.”
For this reason, many school
districts across the country, from
California to Massachusetts, are
committing resources to create full
language immersion programs in
their schools. Full language immersion programs have been
proven to be the most effective
method of getting the results our
children need in the 21st century.
The WW-P News article asserts
that the district schools are “the
best bet for achieving functional
fluency.” True immersion programs are clearly defined by the
Center for Applied Linguistics
(CAL):
“In foreign language immersion, the regular school curriculum
is taught in the immersion language for at least half of the school
day. In partial immersion, instructional time is divided equally between English and the immersion
language throughout the elementary grades. In full immersion,
teachers use no English at all in the
early grades. In grade 2, 3, or 4,
teachers introduce English language arts and reading for one period per day and gradually move toward an even distribution of English and the immersion language
by grade 5 or 6. In the secondary
school grades, immersion students
typically have access to at least two
course offerings in the immersion
language, most often in social studies and language arts.”
Simply put, effective immersion
programs last at least 20 percent of
a student’s waking hours and are
most effective when started in
kindergarten. “There are no short
cuts to achieving fluency,” says
Rep. Holt. In his recently intro-
duced Excellence and Innovation
in Language Learning Act, Holt
writes that it is necessary to “provide every student access to quality
language instruction as part of articulated kindergarten through
grade 12 language sequences in order to give every student the opportunity to become proficient in other
languages in addition to English by
high school graduation.”
Moreover, Rep. Holt references
research that shows “children derive cognitive, academic, and social benefits from the opportunity
to learn another language at an early age.” Full immersion programs
have a proven track record, nationally and internationally, of being
the “best bet” for producing students who, by high school graduation, are truly proficient in both
their native language as well as a
foreign language. Public access to
full-immersion programs, starting
in kindergarten, may not have been
necessary a generation ago. In the
21st century however, foreign language fluency has grown in value.
Parents need good information to
make the best choices for their children.
We feel very encouraged to see
that New Jersey is beginning to
replicate the success of other states
by making full immersion programs available in New Jersey
public schools. This month two
new public schools with language
immersion programs opened, one
in East Brunswick and the other in
Hoboken.
In 2011 foreign language education in our community will also
achieve a milestone by opening its
first public school with a language
immersion program. We hope the
Princeton International Academy
Charter School (PIACS) will be
the first of many such programs
available to our children in the public system. If so, our schools will
keep pace with top schools nationally and will close the achievement
gap internationally.
Glenn Schiltz
Princeton
Dr. Rajan Ravikumar
West Windsor
WW-P Taxpayers
Need Clarification
of School Contracts
1
. At the time the WW-P Board
of Education approved its 4.9
percent, 4.8 percent, and 4.7 percent annual district wage increases, I asked how you — jointly and
severally — could see three years
into the future. No one responded.
The voters passed the annual budget BEFORE your wage agreements ever saw daylight.
2. In spring 2010, unilaterally,
this WW-P BOE, sub rosa, negotiated a 3.38 percent wage increase
for school year 2011-12. I again inquired, how you could see one year
into the future? In a cost-saving
move, it was expedient for the
WW-P BOE to terminate and outsource the district’s custodians and
selected service workers.
3. Not to be outdone, in June,
2010, when the superintendent’s
annual contract came up for review, you awarded a five-year contract at a sum which handily
eclipsed the cap proposed by the
Governor Christie. Your unilateral
actions have handicapped the ability to control our costs.
4. As requested in two letters
(June, July 2010) to the district superintendent, I have asked to see
the professional summary exit reports prepared by two departing assistant superintendents, Messeurs
Steven Mayer and Thomas Smith
for LAST year, 2009. These reports would detail the professional
insights paid by district taxpayers
for charting WW-P’s future.
In my opinion, clearly one assistant superintendent position could
have been delayed for a couple of
years as the duties were redundant
with the superintendent’s skill set.
5. We are seeking more parity in
the medical and pension contributions from our district and township employees and across the
board cuts.
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‘Dine Out For The Arts’
A Huge Success
T
he Fundraising Task Force of the West
Windsor Arts Council gratefully acknowledges the West Windsor restaurants
and diners who participated in the first annual “Dine Out for the Arts” fundraising event.
A big thank you to Aljon’s, Brother’s Pizza, Capuano Italian Ristorante, Carlucci’s
Grill, First Wok, Ganges Indian Cuisine,
Grover’s Mill Coffee, Hot Wok and Sultan
Wok and Sushi, who donated 10 to 15 percent of their revenue on September 14 to the
Arts Council, making this event a success.
The community spirit and support of
these restaurants and diners is a perfect entree to the spirit of the grand opening festivities commencing Saturday, September 25
with the free Block Party celebrating the
Arts Council “coming home” to the historic
Princeton Junction Firehouse on Alexander
Road. For more information about the grand
opening go to westwindsorartscenter.org.
Ruth Potts
Fundraising Task Force Chair
Peter Bisgaier, Judy Kennerk,
Susan Parris, Bob Taylor, Karen Yee
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p.m. is your opportunity to meet local professionals, service providers and organizations supporting the ADHD community.
The free event will be at John Witherspoon
School, 217 Walnut Lane, Princeton.
Speakers are Dorothy Mullen, founder of
the Suppers Program, “How You Feel is Data: An Experiential Workshop with Food,”
and Dr. Jennifer Nasser of Drexel University on nutrition and ADHD.
For more information write [email protected] or call 609-683-8787.
Jane Milrod
Founding Director, CHADD
of Princeton-Mercer County
Clarification
I
n the September 10 issue of the WW-P
News an article titled “Arts Council Answers Questions on Funding” contained an
error concerning the Planning Board approval of Nassau Pavilion.
The condition on funding art and cultural
activities through the Arts Council was not
directed to any purpose except “Canal
Courtyard Programming.” The Planning
Board approval states that “The applicant
shall make an annual contribution in perpetuity ... for programming at the Canal Courtyard.”
Any decisions on staffing are made by the
Arts Council with funds available to them
are not the subject of review or approval by
the Township.
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The 15-year-old twins, who are
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spent two weeks from June to July
helping orphans in the Sukher city
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The twins got the idea in 2008,
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Having reached out to various
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they were persistent.
The twins turned to family and
friends and received seven laptops
— five of which were in working
condition after repair — and cash
contributions totaling $540 to put
toward their efforts. The Mantrys
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their way to India.
On their first visit to the orphanage school, called Nirashrit Bal
Griha, the Mantrys met with about
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grades and found that not only did
they need computers, but they
would also need five tables, twelve
chairs, and a few stationary items.
Through the donations, the twins
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orphanage (many of the children
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each of the students.
In the following days, the
Mantrys set up the computers and
taught students how to operate the
computers, including, how to use
Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel, and
taught them how to play games on
the computer towards the end of
their time at the orphanage.
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Shriya Mantry, and her twin brother Shorya, inset,
spent two weeks this summer setting up a computer
lab for an orphanage in Rajasthan, India.
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around them, so they could start
conserving the Earth. The campers
explored different outdoor locations such as Morris Davison Park,
the Plainsboro Preserve trails, and
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In the four days of each session,
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global problems and solutions. Activities included using recycled paper to make new paper, making
bird feeders and hanging them up,
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Feedback from campers showed
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Kelly Scanlan, a senior Girl
Scout in West Windsor is pursuing
a Gold Award Project — the highest honor a girl scout can receive.
She is a senior at High School
South.
Her project is a series of workshops to inform students about suicide. She has received approval to
implement this as her Gold Award
Project. Although she has been
preparing this for more than a year,
Scanlan now intends to tie Brian
Welsh into her project in some
form because many of the students
at South have been greatly affected
by his recent death.
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hen Amara Riccio left
to go to her dance
competition two years
ago, she never expected her
life to change as dramatically
as it did. On June 1, 2008,
Amara, a 13 year old honor role
student who competed in acrobatic and dance routines was
struck by a car.
The accident left her in a coma for 10 days and she sustained a severe traumatic brain
injury with broken bones. At
first she began to recover, however six months later, she had
a setback with Reflexive Sympathetic Dystrophy, a painful
nerve disorder resulting from
the broken bones she had sustained from the accident.
Two years later, Amara is
still receiving cognitive therapy,
counseling, occupational therapy, and physical therapy. She
has trouble concentrating at
school, walks with the use of a
walker due to a slight paralysis
on one side, and has visual impairment. Her physical therapy
requirements are being challenged by the family’s insurance company.
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Marketplace salons are owned
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who is a lifelong friend of Amara’s Dad, Larry, says “We are
happy to be able to help Amara
continue her therapy so she
can recover completely.”
Haircuts for Amara will be
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month-long fund raising drive
for Children’s Miracle Network.
Beginning in October, clients
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next haircut at Great Clips. Last
year, the Schieras’ three Great
Clips salons raised $3,000 to
benefit Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia (CHOP).
“This is a win-win situation
for everyone,” says Denise
Schiera, the salons’ co-owner,
“helping the community look
and feel better with quality, affordable haircuts and helping
children in need. What could be
better?”
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Haircuts for Amara will be the kick-off to Great Clips’
month-long fund raising drive for Children’s Miracle Network.
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“I’m planning on holding a series of workshops aimed at attacking the root causes of suicide,” says
Scanlan. “The workshops I am
planning are aimed at coping with
stress, relationships, bullying, and
depression.” She is also planning a
concert to raise awareness for suicide prevention by having various
speakers on the topic between acts.
For now she needs donations of
“stuff” to sell at the High School
South Flea Market on Saturday,
October 9. She is seeing gently
used clothes, toys, and books, and
anything else that may be a treasure
to someone. She cannot accept
monetary donations (it is one of the
rules for earning this award).
“I plan to use the money I raise
to help fund all aspects of my project including advertising, insurance, programs, printing, food, and
everything that is needed to run
successful workshops as well as a
successful concert,” she says. Contact Scanlan by E-mail at
[email protected].
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brain injury. It is the leading
cause of injury and death
among people 18 years old
and younger.
Since Amara (now 15) can
no longer dance, she has re-directed her creative energy to
consoling children who have
sustained similar injuries. She
has created www.caringbridge.org/visit/ricciopickmeups, a website where anyone
can request a handmade card
or craft to help them get
through the challenging period
of recuperation.
On Sunday, September 26,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Great
Clips hair salons in Nassau
Park (West Windsor), East
Windsor and Hamilton Marketplace (Hamilton) will sponsor
Haircuts for Amara, a fundraiser in which a $1 of every haircut
will be donated to the Children’s Brain Injury Association,
in honor of Amara. Additionally,
donations can be dropped off
at the salons in a specially
marked donation box or can be
made on their website at
www.childrensbraininjury.org/a
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Great Clips’ Nassau Park,
East Windsor and Hamilton
Varun Nathan of West Windsor, a third grade student at Maurice Hawk, has won an entire 10book autographed set of Scholastic’s best-selling children’s series
“The 39 Clues” and a 39 Clues
backpack. There were 767 entries
at Barnes & Noble.
Varun and his brothers, twins
Rahul and Naveen, fifth grade students at Millstone River School,
each earned a free book this summer by reading eight books and
turning in a completed journal
sheet through the summer program
running through September 6.
“Varun was the lucky one,” says
Debra Lampert-Rudman, community
relations
manager.
“Varun’s mother (Subha Nathan)
thought I said that Rahul had won
so now the boys will all be sharing
the books while Varun wears the
backpack.”
The 39 Clues series is based on
history, teaching readers about famous historical figures including
Benjamin Franklin, Amelia Earhart, and Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart.
Dancing With the
Latin Stars
Henri Velandia of West Windsor is performing on Univision’s
Latin reality dance show, Mira
Quien Baila, every sunday through
November. He is a performer,
choreographer, and the founder of
HotSalsaHot, a salsa school based
in Plainsboro. A native of
Venezuela, his formal dance training is in classical ballet, jazz, modern dance, and international Latin.
Velandia performed a romantic
adagio with TV weather anchor
Jackie Guerrido on Sunday, September 12. That episode reached
8.8 million viewers, beating CBS
and ABC. MQB will be aired every
Sunday at 8 p.m. on (WUVP) UNIVISION (Channel, 15, 18, 23, 68;
closed caption setting CC3).
Velandia will be performing
with other Latin stars including
singer Rosa Gloria Chagoyan; entertainer Niurka Marcos; actress
Scarlett Ortiz; and singer Diana
Reyes. The dancing competition
partners 10 celebrities and 10
dancers to raise money for charity.
“Henri is the creator of a unique
salsa style: a fusion of hip-urban
street roots with formal ballroom
technique, ballet precision, and the
freedom of modern dance,” says
Marie Alonzo-Snyder, a dancer
and West Windsor resident who has
worked with him. “Incorporating
expressive body styling and footwork, these forms are seamlessly
blended into a unique and fresh approach to salsa dancing infused
with Henri’s stylish grace and sensual ease.” For more information
visit www.hotsalsahot.com.
Births
The University Medical Center
at Princeton has announced the following births:
A son was born to Plainsboro
residents Sabrina Palmer and
William Squire, September 7.
A daughter was born to Plainsboro residents Chelsea Bowers
and Mark Harris, September 7.
Deaths
Albert Small III, 36, of Anniston, Alabama, formerly of West
Windsor, died September 5. Survivors include his parents, Alice
(Graves) Small and Albert Small
Jr. He was a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Services were
held at Philemon Missionary Baptist Church in Newark. Visit
www.plintoncurry.com to sign his
guest book.
Huaiyu Wang, 87, of West
Windsor died September 7. Born in
Beijing, China, Wang was a
teacher for more than 35 years.
Survivors include her daughter
Wenqi Wang; son-in-law Kaixu
Yuan; and grandchildren Diana
and David Yuan, all of West Windsor; two other daughters, Wen-Jin
Wang and Wen-Qing Wang; and
three sons, Wen-zhu Wang, Wenqian Wang, and Wen-cong Wang,
all of China; seven other grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made to National
Osteoporosis
Foundation
(www.nof.org), or to OCM Canaan
Church of Princeton.
Angela M. DiLouie, 57, of
Plainsboro died September 10 at
home. Born in Trenton, she was a
longtime resident of Hamilton before moving to Plainsboro. A former teacher with the Hamilton
Township Board of Education, she
taught at Queenship of Mary.
Survivors include her husband,
Richard H. DiLouie; two daughters
and one son-in-law, Cheryl L.
DiLouie and Jaclyn and Mark McKeever; her son, Richard H.
DiLouie; her sister-in-law and
brother-in-law, Elizabeth and John
Panacek, and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Donations may be made to
Queenship of Mary R.C. Church,
16 Dey Road, Plainsboro 08536, or
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
to Nativity of Our Lord R.C.
Church, 185 Applegarth Road
Monroe 08831.
John Molnar, 64, of Toms River died September 11. A former
plumbing inspector for West
Windsor, he was a member of the
Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union in
Manalapan. He retired in 2007.
Survivors include his son and
daughter-in-law, John M. and
Sarah Molnar of Allentown; his
daughter, Michelle Molnar of Boca
Raton, Florida; three grandchildren; and his companion, Mildred
Delgado of Toms River.
John “Jack” Bedford Rutzel,
74, of Ocean Isle Beach, died September 12. Survivors include
daughter and son-in-law Stacey
Anne and Anthony Mangone of
West Windsor; and grandchildren
Kira L. Mangone and Alexander E.
Mangone. Donations may be made
to Brunswick County Care Center
Building Fund, Lower Cape Fear
Hospice, 1414 Physicians Drive,
Wilmington, NC 28401.
William L. Rice, 87 of Whitehall died September 14. Survivors
include daughter and son-in-law,
Pamela J. Rice and James W. Mitos
of West Windsor. Donations may
be made to the American Heart Association, 212 East Broad Street,
Bethlehem, PA, 18018.
Donald R. Vogen, 79, of West
Windsor, died September 15 at his
home. He had lived in West Windsor for 34 years. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was a graduate
of Marquette University and
served in the U.S. Air Force during
the Korean War. Vogen worked
most of his career in the defense industry.
Survivors include his wife of 53
years Kathleen (Kay) Vogen; three
sons, Michael Vogen, David Vogen, and John Vogen; two daughters, Donna Hillman and Leigh
Ann Clarke; daughters-in-law,
Catherine Vogen and Candy Vogen; sons-in-law, Robert Clarke
and Bruce Hillman; and seven
grandchildren, Justin Sharkey,
Edelweiss Vogen, Brandon Clarke,
Sean Clarke, Alex Vogen, Ryan
Vogen, and Kyle Hillman.
Donations may be made to St.
David the King R.C. Church, 1
New Village Road, West Windsor
08550 or Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Box 27106,
New York, NY 10087-7106.
Ingeborg Isolde Kerr, 80, of
Plainsboro, died September 15, in
the University Medical Center at
Princeton. Born in Stuttgart, she
came to the United States in 1945
with her husband and resided most
of her life in Penns Grove and
Elmer before moving to Plainsboro
in 2007. She retired in 1992 with
more than 30 years of service as a
bakery manager with Super Fresh
Stores.
Survivors include two daughters
and two sons-in-law, Deborah
Kerr-Leathem and her husband,
Lester Leathem of West Windsor,
and Barbara and Michael Finnegan
of Carney’s Point; two brothers
and their wives, Karlheinz and Ilse
Autenrieth and Dieter and
Sieglinde Reichardt, all of Germany; four grandchildren, Tara
Scott, Brett Soper, Allison Leathem, and Jessica Leathem; and a
great-grandson, Bristol Scott.
Donations may be made to All
Saints Church, 16 All Saints Road,
Princeton 08540; Princeton Save,
A Friend to Homeless Animals,
900 Herrontown Road, Princeton
08540; or Maddie and Friends, 320
Peck Corner Road, Salem 08079.
Henry J. Frundt,70, of Montclair died September 16. Survivors
include daughter and son-in-law,
Laura and Chris Gilliland of West
Windsor,
Jose R. Miranda, 80, of Plainsboro died September 16 in the
Pavilions At Forrestal, Plainsboro.
Born in Reibera, Spain, he lived in
New York City for most of his life.
He retired in 1991 with more than
40 years of service as a pipefitter
with the Pipefitters Local 472.
Survivors include a daughter
and son-in-law, Theresa A. and
Farhood Selamie; and two grandchildren, Jason Alden and
Cameron Selamie. Donations may
be made to the American Cancer
Society Central New Jersey Region, 2600 Route 1, North
Brunswick 08902.
Snigdha Mohanty, 40, of West
Windsor died on September 10, in
Mercer Lake in Mercer County
Park. No further information is
available.
Jacqueline T. Cassera O’Dell,
78 of North Brunswick died September 17. Survivors include a son,
Sean O’Leary of Plainsboro. Donations may be made to the American
Cancer Society, 6725 Lyons Street,
Box 7, East Syracuse, NY 130570007.
Rosemarie Garaffa Mandy,
67, of East Brunswick died September 18. Survivors include a sister, Arlene Bellotti of West Windsor. Donations may be made to the
American heart Association, 1
Union Street Suite # 301, Robbinsville 08691.
Georgiana Jacques, 85, of
Berkeley Heights died September
19. Survivors include son and
daughter-in-law, Walter and Kathy
Jacques of West Windsor.
Paul Gray, 70, of West
Windsor died September 11 at
his home. Born in Joliet, Illinois,
he began his career in journalism
when he was 14 at a radio station
and later worked at the Laurel
Leader.
He attended the University of
Mississippi and received his
doctorate degree at the University of Virginia, Class of 1964.
Gray taught at Princeton University until 1972, when he began
writing at Time magazine. He
wrote cover stories and book reviews there until he retired in
2001. Since then he contributed
to the New York Times and the
New Leader.
Survivors include his wife
Betsy, a teacher of English and
literature at High School South;
two children, Margaret Gray of
Los Angeles, California, and
David Gray of Wilmington,
North Carolina; four grandchildren; his mother, Erma Gray of
Jackson, Mississippi; brothers
Brian Gray of Fair Oaks, California, Bruce Gray of Jackson,
Douglas Gray of Columbus,
Ohio; and a sister, Martha Lovett
of Phoenix, Arizona.
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Potter fame, crime writer Scott
Turow, and even romance novelists like Nora Roberts. His
cover subjects included John
Updike, Toni Morrison, and
Tom Wolfe.
But in his 29 years with the
magazine, Paul became much
more than a book critic. He
ranged over topics as diverse as
eugenics, Joe DiMaggio, birdwatching, TV quiz shows, Pope
John Paul II, education reform,
Sigmund Freud, and the vagaries
of Jimmy Carter’s presidency.
To all of them he brought a
thoughtful, judicious approach,
writing with unfailing grace and
wit.
Gray may be best remembered by his colleagues as a master of a magazine genre known
as the tone poem: a brief, evocative scene setter for a series of
stories to follow. Nobody could
more eloquently encapsulate the
essence of a complex package
than Paul. His prelude to Time’s
coverage of the Challenger
space-shuttle explosion in 1986,
for example, movingly evoked
the ordinary humanity of the
seven victims in four short paragraphs. Unlike his other pieces,
these mini-overtures were mostly unsigned, yet they were indelibly his. A journalistic maxim
for writers fated to be anonymous goes, “Sign it with your
style.” And did he ever.
— Christopher Porterfield
A Writer’s Tribute
When Paul Gray left the English faculty at Princeton for a job
at Time magazine in 1972, he
quickly discovered a gifted new
writer: himself. He established a
reputation as a brilliant book reviewer, covering everything
from cookbooks to the Bible but
focusing on the major novelists
of the era — Philip Roth,
Thomas Pynchon, Saul Bellow,
Don DeLillo — while not forgetting J.K. Rowling, of Harry
Porterfield edited Time’s arts
sections from 1972 to 2003,
when he retired as executive editor. The remarks above are excerpted from a piece that is posted at www.Time.com.
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sponded that Rite Aid officials have indicated they would like to stay in the plaza until a
planned new pharmacy to be built at the corContinued from page 1
ner of Cranbury and Princeton-Hightstown
Cyzner attorney Frank Petrino, of the Tren- roads is completed. He said he extended
ton-based firm of Sterns & Weinroth. Down their lease for one year in July.
SPRAB member Susan Abbey asked
the road, there is the “possibility and interwhether
a smaller-scale supermarket that is
est” to add square footage to the site, particthe
trend
in other areas of the country would
ularly with a building that fronts Route 571,
have
any
interest in occupying the Rite Aid
Petrino said.
space
once
it is vacated.
Although there are no current plans for
Cyzner
said,
however, that trend has not
additions to the center, there will be signifispread to this area, and
cant site landscaping,
supermarkets are interrenovations, and esthetic
ested in space between
improvements to the exAlthough there are no
70,000 and 100,000
isting buildings.
square feet, and not the
current
plans
for
addiThe plans also call for
estimated 37,000 square
tions to the center, there
the rear of the former sufeet that the Rite Aid
permarket to be divided
would be significant site
space occupies.
into storefronts for busilandscaping, renova“They trend bigger
nesses that require
and
bigger,” he said.
tions,
and
esthetic
imsmaller spaces. Some
According
to Balducprovements to the existexamples include a
ci’s
website,
the
dance academy, karate
ing buildings.
“gourmet
powerhouse”
school, or insurance
started as a produce stand
agency office.
run by “Pop” Balducci
“The footprints of the buildings will reand
now
has
six
stores
located in Maryland,
main the same,” added Fred Coco, Cyzner’s
Virginia,
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York,
and
Connecticut.
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buildings and make them more attractive.”
The building itself would feature warm
colors and architectural elements to create
“curiosity and interest,” explained Albert
Taus, the architect. “It pretty much looks
like a village town shopping area.”
In talking about tenants for the center,
Cyzner said, “We have pages of people who
are looking at the building.” He said a
gourmet produce market like Balducci’s —
but not that store — based in New York City
is interested in the site. There is also interest
for a 3,000-square foot bakery, and Cyzner
is looking for a couple of “white cloth
restaurants” to occupy the space.
“Usually, we don’t lease these buildings
until we get the site plan approval,” he
added.
SPRAB members asked whether the Rite
Aid would remain in the plaza. Cyzner re-
A
major concern of SPRAB members and
the public was about circulation improvements proposed for the rear of the
building, and a new driveway on Alexander
Road.
According to Coco, the loading areas in
the back of the plaza would be removed to
create a connection to the rear of the site for
trucks to pass through, eliminating 1,400
square feet from the center. The road would
then continue through the back of the site to
a new driveway on Alexander Road near
Harris Road.
The new driveway would allow deliveries
to access the rear of the center and exit onto
Alexander Road without driving through the
main customer parking lot area. Right-hand
turns would be prohibited for delivery
trucks, but permitted for customers.
“We tried to correct some of the problems
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driveway, although he acknowledged that people will “do what is
easiest for them.”
“We try to make these sites easy
for people to use,” he added.
“But you’re supposing that it is
hard” the way it currently is, responded Abbey. “It’s not.”
Hoberman suggested Cyzner include a “thorough justification and
necessity for having this road”
when he heads to the Planning
Board.
Questions also arose regarding
the signage package proposed for
the property, and the board pointed
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plans call for the rear of the store to be divided into
storefronts for several small businesses.
veway access, pointing out that it
could create a more dangerous situation for both vehicles and pedestrians. “It’s a very scary place,”
said Rhodes.
Cyzner said he felt that a majority of the traffic will continue to
leave the shopping center the way
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building was originally constructed by itself, and the remaining
buildings were added later. “Because it was piecemeal, they did
not think about the process of getting the deliveries in the back.”
This created problems when it
came to placement of dumpsters,
and for trucks trying to navigate the
area behind the shopping center.
Because there is currently only one
rear access point, delivery trucks
have to make K-turns in a very narrow space to exit. “We realize that
can’t be,” Cyzner said.
In coming up with a circulation
plan that made it easier for all drivers, he called the process “idiotproofing the site plan.”
SPRAB’s traffic consultant, Ted
Ehrlich, said no traffic study was
submitted as part of the plan because the center will not add additional traffic, and square footage
will be decreasing due to the removal of loading docks.
Ehrlich found that the new driveway “really is not going to
change traffic patterns very much.”
Residents and SPRAB members
disagreed, however, saying that
drivers will use the opportunity to
drive straight through onto Harris
Road.
“There may be some people that
will, but it’s primarily for delivery,” Cyzner said.
But, “the (current) parking area
on the side of the building is extremely wide,” said Abbey. “Why
do you need a second access?”
Coco explained that the developer was trying to separate the delivery area from the customer parking area.
However, SPRAB member Curtis Hoberman pointed out that the
new area in the back of the building
also provides some parking spaces
for customers of the new rear storefronts and for those businesses’
employees, nullifying the idea of
separation.
“We don’t live in the perfect
world, and we’re trying to figure
out what’s important,” Cyzner responded.
“I’d like there to be a more thorough investigation of this,” said
Susan Conlon, a resident of Harris
Road. “Harris is a residential
road.” She also said she believed
the current driveway could sustain
the traffic from the delivery trucks.
“I’m not convinced it wouldn’t be
just as functional the way they (the
driveways) currently are,” she said.
Most residents agreed with Conlon, who was happy to see any improvement at all on the site.
“Whatever we see, we’re
thrilled because it’s so nice that
something lovelier is going to happen there,” said Scott Avenue resident Julia Rhodes. But she also
voiced concern about the extra dri-
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out that the township has a sign ordinance that sets guidelines for signage in shopping centers and other
areas in town.
Most SPRAB members were curious to know how he planned to
deal with strobe lights and other
neon signs that tenants might want
to bring on site.
Cyzner seemed to be on the
same page in his disapproval of
signs that used strobe lights or other flashing signs and said his policy
is that tenants have to get approval
from him for the signage above
their space.
But the board raised concerns
over the size of the two signs that
would be located on opposite faces
of the building. SPRAB members
felt a monument sign on the
Alexander Road side was entirely
unnecessary and urged the developer to consider decreasing the
height on the one facing Route 571.
Cyzner said he had already decreased the size down to 14 feet in
height — but that is still above the
height permitted by zoning.
SPRAB members advised him
to come up with various size signs
as backups, including one that
would meet the requirements, because the Planning Board is usually
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strict when it comes to signage.
They also told him the Planning
Board may have a problem with allowing all the tenants’ names on
the sign.
Cyzner said, however, that in order to make the site functional, all
store owners will want — and need
— to have their names on the signs
to draw potential customers in.
“That’s a critical component.
We’re not an anchored center,” he
said. “Signs are critical, and the
more times people drive by the
signs, the more it registers about
who is in the site.”
When SPRAB members emphasized they were simply warning him about the strict rules of the
Planning Board, Cyzner responded: “I’m not about to invest millions and millions of dollars, and
it’s not going to be successful,” he
said, adding that he has been developing similar sites for over 30
years.
In other plans for the center,
Cyzner explained he would prohibit the sale of merchandise on the
sidewalk. “When you have a center
and it’s nice and spotless,” it draws
more people, he said. “It’s only
when they junk it up that everything goes down the tube.”
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To that end, he said he would also remove the newspaper stands
from the property and sell the
newspapers inside the store instead, which drew praise from residents and SPRAB members.
SPRAB members asked about
outdoor seating for a restaurant.
Cyzner said he discourages out-
SPRAB members
warned Cyzner that the
Planning Board may
have issues with the
signage he has proposed
for the center.
door seating because it creates litter. SPRAB members expressed
some disappointment, saying that
they had hoped the village center
could be similar to the outdoor
seating areas the restaurants in
Plainsboro’s Village Center provide.
“We try to keep their business
activities inside the building,” said
Cyzner. “We just don’t do outdoor
eating areas.”
When SPRAB members also
asked about providing a picnic area
instead, Cyzner’s views were similar. “It becomes a health issue, a
nuisance,” he said, mentioning that
customers will often leave behind
soda bottles, sandwich wrappers,
and even half-eaten food.
The board also had some discussion with Cyzner about sidewalks,
including the possibility of expansion in some areas. When Cyzner
indicated he felt the sidewalks in
front of the actual buildings should
be kept as areas to pass through,
some concerns were raised.
Referring to a group of retired
citizens who meet at the Bagel
Hole in the morning and chat outside on the sidewalk area in front of
the store, Hoberman said: “The social function of the shopping center
is happening and will happen with
your revitalized center. I really bite
my tongue when you say the sidewalks are for passing.”
However, Bonnie Bivins, a resident of Berkshire Drive, agreed
with Cyzner. “I think the social
sidewalk is going to have to be the
one along Route 571,” she said.
“This area between Alexander
Road and Wallace Road has basically been designated as our downtown area, our Main Street.”
Responded Abbey: “This is a
social center, and it is already inadequate. We do need to throw these
ideas out and consider it.”
The most expensive part of renovated the site, Cyzner said, is the
cleanup of contamination. Pollution from the Valero gas station on
the opposite corner on Alexander
Road has worsened the situation,
he said. “Their plume is very severe and has migrated across the
road and mixed with the plume
from the Shell,” he said.
Work on those environmental
issues began in the spring at the
Shell gas station, which is located
in front of the Acme on the corner
of Princeton-Hightstown and
Alexander Road. The station was
closed through a portion of the
summer because some contaminants at the gas station ran in a direction that took it through the
shopping center property.
The work was part of the DEP
clean-up program, township officials said then. DEP officials said
that work required Shell to install
an active treatment system for soil
and groundwater remediation.
That included placing 15 dualphase extraction points into the
ground and using a vacuum-type
device on the pipes to suck out
volatile organic compounds. The
plan was to tie all of the individual
extraction points together into one
connected system.
Cyzner officials have been
pushing both the Shell and Valero
property owners to remedy the situation and have convinced the
Valero owners to hire a renowned
company to help in clean-up efforts at the site. SPRAB members,
however, said there was absolutely
no documentation about the contamination or clean-up efforts at the
site, and that the developer should
include that in its application to the
Planning Board.
Cyzner purchased the property
from the McDowell family for
$6.6 million in May. The Somerset-based developer lists more than
40 properties on its website, including many banks, pavilions,
plazas, pharmacies, office parks,
and Dunkin’ Donuts locations in
towns including Chatham, Greenbrook, Cranford, Flemington,
Berlin, North Brunswick, Edison,
and Point Pleasant.
After the SPRAB meeting, the
plans generated comments on a
Google community group by some
residents who attended the meeting, including Abbey, who asked
during the meeting about bringing
a grocery store into the site.
“I find it hard to believe that
they can’t get a grocery store in
there, since one is badly needed
and the trend in retail right now is
to build smaller community-sized
stores in neighborhoods, leaving
the big-box stores on the highways,” wrote Abbey. “There certainly is a market need for one
there, but I believe the recession
and difficulty in obtaining financing is what’s holding it back, not
demand or desire for one on both
the consumer and business side.”
Jerry Foster, of the West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance, expressed concern about
the driveway. “It will create more
conflicts with pedestrians, as Susan pointed out, and in my view,
cause commuter traffic on the way
to the station to become more delayed, due to drivers at Harris having to negotiate with traffic coming
out of the new driveway,” he
wrote. “Even if there isn’t much
traffic on the driveway, it’s another
look before deciding to go. I’d prefer to see the expense of a new driveway put toward wider sidewalks
and outside seating (which the developer was against — too much
potential for mess). They have excess parking available now, but the
developer reported interest in
adding a building along the street
on 571, so he doesn’t want to give
up parking yet, since that new
building would require more parking and possibly use up some
spaces for the building itself.”
Another resident, Meg Chicco,
weighed in, agreeing with the idea
that a traffic study is needed. “Personally, I think this is a terrible
idea, and I would bet that a traffic
study would highlight some of
things that were already mentioned,” she wrote. “The intersection at Alexander and Harris is very
narrow. Harris itself is a narrow
street and only has a sidewalk on
one side. The need for a sidewalk
on both sides has been pointed out
on many occasions but sidewalks
are not a priority in this town. Kids
use Harris to get to the shopping
center at lunch time and to get to
and from school. Creating a full intersection would increase traffic on
Harris making is a thoroughfare
and an even more dangerous road.
This is moving in the wrong direction.”
She added: “Changing the
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crosswalk at Sherbrooke is a good
idea, but we have to get a flashing
light here.”
Resident Alison Miller, who has
served on the Planning Board and
Township Council, said she also
through the new driveway proposal was a bad idea. “I also think that
a traffic study conducted in the traditional way (how many cars turn
each way during key hours) would
not show just how bad an idea it is,
because while at most intersections
cars show up randomly (and sometimes in clumps) throughout the
time period being studied, at this
intersection cars show up in
clumps when trains are expected,”
she wrote. “Just as retail developments should have enough parking
for Black Friday, intersections
near train stations should have the
capacity to handle train-time traffic.”
Council Targets
Ellsworth Cleanup
F
rustrated by the growing weeds
and unsightly appearance of
the vacant buildings in the abandoned section of the Ellsworth
shopping center property, the West
Windsor Township Council has
asked its attorney to look into options for dealing with what it is
calling an “attractive nuisance.”
Discussing the matter during its
agenda session on September 13,
council members said they wanted
to ensure that the property is not a
health and safety hazard to the public.
“We talked about the fact that
when the weeds grow, or there is
some dumping back there, or some
of the boards come down, we do
have to send violation notices to
the owners,” said Business Admin-
istrator Robert Hary. “Typically,
they do comply after a period of
time.”
The weeds have been growing
up around the vacant buildings, attracting attention from council
members.
Council has asked Township
Attorney Michael Herbert to look
into the township’s options for
moving the process along, including whether they could require that
the buildings be demolished.
Parking Authority
Rolls Out Online
Payment System
T
he West Windsor Parking Authority has made “user-friendly” improvements to its website,
now allowing permit holders at the
Princeton Junction train station to
pay their quarterly bills online.
According to Andy Lupo, the
parking authority chairman, permit
holders have the ability to log on to
the website and pay with a credit or
debit card — and they hope users
will opt for this option.
“We prefer that they pay it online because it will be a lot easier to
track claims and handle processing,” he said. “But they can certainly send in checks.”
In addition to paying their bills,
users will also be able to manage
their vehicles, check when their
payments are due, and pay in as far
advance as they would like. They
can also get instant receipts from
the online system.
“It should save the aggravation
of our invoicing the customer, who
sends in the check, and then we
send the permit,” he said. “This is
the first phase of what we’d like to
call an overhaul of our system,
which eventually will change the
permit process, too.”
Currently, the parking authority
mails a permit to each customer for
each quarter. “In an ideal environment, we’d like to give you an annual permit that you would still renew each quarter, but we would not
have to mail you a new permit. You
would just have to update it online,” explained Lupo.
Down the road, the parking authority also wants to use the system
for people who are on the wait list.
“They could log into their accounts
and see what number they are on
the wait list,” he said. “That saves
time for someone to call the office
and talk to the staff there. They can
do it at night, during the day.” A
new user would then have to go online and register.
The new online payment option
is one of the recent changes the
Parking Authority has made over
the last year to move more of the
process online.
But not everyone is pleased with
some of the new changes. Some
users have complained of late fees
they were charged when the parking authority abandoned its “courtesy” billing each quarter. Some
permit holders (see letters, page 2)
said they did not receive appropriate notice that the physical invoice
reminders would be discontinued.
However, Lupo said the Parking
Authority sent E-mail notices to
everyone about the pending
changes. In addition, “we put notices on invoices that we sent them
to say that the next quarter, they
would not get a physical invoice,”
said Lupo. Lupo compared the
practice to property tax bills, notices for which are sent only once a
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year, even though property taxes
are paid on a quarterly basis.
He said the Parking Authority
also put notices on its website and
provided a specific date on the last
physical invoice that stated when
the invoices would stop.
“Our invoices were a courtesy
reminder only,” he said. “Because
we were sending invoices out, people did get used to them, but they
were really more of a courtesy.”
Lupo also said that because the
prices and late charges and payment methods did not change,
parking authority officials thought
that notifying users on their invoices was enough.
“Unfortunately, there were a
number of folks who didn’t focus
on the invoice,” he said. “We do
have a policy on late fees, and
we’ve been trying to work with
people where we could, but the reality is we decided as a board to
stick to the policy.”
Lupo said there is always a grace
period, but when someone chooses
not to renew his or her permit, he or
she rarely notifies the parking authority of that decision. Instead, the
parking authority has to wait until
the person does not pay to offer a
parking permit to someone on the
waiting list.
“From our point of view, we’re
saying it is not fair if we don’t find
out until October 10 (as opposed to
the first of the month) that the person is not going to renew,” he said.
“We have to discount the permit
we offer to the new person, and
they miss out on days they could
have been parking more conveniently.”
“We’re trying to encourage people to pay on time or tell us they’re
no longer interested in the permit,”
he added. “You can’t contact people just because they are late.”
To pay bills online, permit holders can log onto www.westwindsorpa.com.
Traffic Light
Cameras in WW?
C
ould those traffic light cameras
that snap pictures of red light
violators be coming to West Windsor? It’s possible.
The West Windsor Township
Council discussed the possibility
with Police Chief Joseph Pica on
September 13 during an agenda
session.
The traffic light cameras, which
take pictures of the cars and license program.” Part of the application
plates of drivers who run red lights would involve providing crash daand can later be used to issue sum- ta for the intersections being conmons, could be an option at the sidered.
township’s busiest intersections,
Installing the cameras can genexplained Pica.
erate revenue, but it would not be
The intersections that could be the main reason the township is
targeted are Route 571 and looking to participate in the proClarksville and Route 1 and gram, said Pica. “The primary purCarnegie Center Drive (the site of a pose for putting in the lights is to
fatal accident involving a truck a curtail the violations of people who
few years back), as well as Route 1 are trying to beat the light,” he said.
and Washington Road, “where “When the light turns red, it films
people
have
any of the peoseen drivers go
ple who go
through
stop
through
the
The information of the
signs or not
light
subsevehicle that drives
obey pedestrian
quent to it turnthrough the red light is
laws,”
said
ing red.”
Business AdThe inforsent to the camera venministrator
mation of the
dor and the police deRobert Hary.
vehicle
that
partment can download
According to
drives through
that information from
Pica, officials
the light is sent
are in the preto the camera
an online system.
liminary stages
vendor, which
of looking into
prepares a list
the possibility of applying to the of the people who actually violated
state Department of Transporta- the red light, and the police departtion, seeking permission to install ment can download that informathe lights.
tion from an online system, Pica
“This was the first conversation explained.
I had with council,” said Pica. “The
“Because there is no eyewitness
decision was to research it and see to the violation, there are no points
if we can move forward with this attached to the ticket, so it would be
a no-point violation,” Pica said.
“The fine is $85.”
However, the township would
not see all of that money. In his discussions with vendors in 2008, the
information at that time provided
that the township would only see
about $46 of that $85 fee. Some
goes to the state, county, and vendor as well, but those figures are
from 2008, Pica said.
If the township ultimately decides to pursue an application to
the DOT and is successful, there
would be advanced notice to motorists and signs alerting drivers of
the cameras. Pica said the system
has been used and is very successful in Newark in reducing the number of crashes at the city’s most
dangerous intersections.
Because of the length of the
process, Pica said he does not see
any cameras being installed before
the spring, if the township is successful in its application. The only
other municipality in Mercer
County that already has approval to
use the cameras is Lawrence.
Police Step Up Enforcement
of Pedestrian Laws. Pica also told
the council that the police department has been increasing its enforcement of a new state law requiring drivers to come to a complete stop when a pedestrian is in a
crosswalk. Drivers must also remain stopped until the pedestrian
has fully crossed the street.
Pica said that police have already increased patrols at the newly installed crosswalk signs at various locations throughout the township, as requested by council. But
Pica said police are hoping to also
enhance education for drivers of
the new law.
“West Windsor is going to be
out there enforcing it aggressively,
so people run the risk of getting a
summons if they don’t comply,”
Pica said.
NJ Transit to Open
Coffee Stand
E
arlier this month, New Jersey
Transit officials approved the
lease of retail space for a coffee
stand at the Princeton Junction
train station.
According to a press release
from NJ Transit, officials authorized a five-year lease with Faber
Coe & Gregg of Florida, Inc. for
approximately 1,575 square feet of
retail space at the train station for
the operation of a coffee and retail
concession.
In addition, the tenant will make
$350,000 in upgrades and ADA accessibility improvements to the retail space.
The company has been operating a similar business at the train
station over the last year. According to reports, the retail space will
offer Starbucks and Eight O’Clock
Coffee as well as snacks, sandwiches, newspapers, magazines,
and other reading materials.
Bond Ordinance
Issue Resolved
Q
uestions over the merits of issuing $4.5 million in bonds for
items that may only be around for a
few years were resolved before the
Township Council voted to adopt
the ordinance that triggered the discussion.
The bond ordinance was introduced in August, and a public hearing began on September 7. But the
council extended the public hearing into its meeting on September
13, and then adopted it on September 20, a week after the council
heard from its assistant chief financial officer, John Mauder, about
the life of the bonds.
Mauder explained at the agenda
session on September 13 that under
state law, a municipality is not permitted to bond or borrow money
passed the weighted average for
the items in the bond.
The bond covers a list of capital
improvements — most notably a
list of upcoming road reconstruction projects — that are estimated
to last, on average, nearly 12 years
(despite some of them having lower life expectancies). Some council
members and residents criticized
approving bonds that could potentially burden the taxpayers years
into the future and long after their
life expectancies.
The bond ordinance — a followup to the adoption of the township’s 2010 municipal budget — is
for $4.7 million, but the township
will issue $4.5 million in bonds or
notes for the capital improvements,
if passed. The township is expecting $225,000 in grants from the
state Department of Transportation.
According to Business Administrator Robert Hary, Mauder explained that because the weighted
average life expectancy of the
items in the bond was 11.79 years,
the township couldn’t issue a bond
that went beyond that time period.
The bond ordinance includes
funding for the decommissioning
of the Duck Pond Run pump station. The bond ordinance also includes the annual funding toward
the township’s road improvement
program.
Smaller Bond Ordinance Approved The Township Council
adopted a separate $1.17 million
ordinance on September 20 that
would fund road improvements on
Meadow, Penn Lyle, and Alexander roads.
In the ordinance, $878,635 is set
aside for Meadow Road, while
$274,820 and $13,925 is set aside
for Penn Lyle and Alexander
roads, respectively. According to
the ordinance, the township already has the funds for the work set
aside in a trust account called “Off
Tract Road Assessment.”
Garbage Ordinance
T
he Township Council has
adopted an amendment to its
ordinance that prohibits property
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owners from allowing the garbage
in their receptacles from spilling
out onto the ground while waiting
to be collected.
Adopted September 20, the ordinance amendment states that
“any person who controls, whether
owned, leased, or operated, a
refuse container or dumpster must
ensure that such container or
dumpster is covered at all times
and shall prevent refuse from
spilling out, overflowing or accumulating adjacent to said container.”
WWBPA Update
N
ow with over 400 members,
the West Windsor Bicycle and
Pedestrian Alliance continues to
work toward its goals of improving
the township’s roadways for motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists.
During the Township Council’s
September 7 meeting, WWBPA
President Jerry Foster highlighted
the accomplishments within the
township in 2009, as well as the organization’s current priorities for
2010.
“Last year was a terrific year for
everybody,” Foster said, pointing
to the new roundabout, new bike
lanes around town, and the redevelopment plan that was adopted
by the council. “It would be really
nice if we could get a Safe Routes
to Transportation” recognition, he
added, recalling the benefits of
such a distinction — which could
increase property values by between $3,000 and $34,000.
For 2010, one of the WWBPA’s
priorities has already been accomplished: the Complete Streets Policy, which was adopted by the council over the summer. “We were on-
Fed Gives $354K
To WW-P Schools
T
he state Department of Education has announced how it
will divide the $268 million in
funding sent to New Jersey from
the federal Education Jobs Fund
bill. The WW-P school district
stands to receive $354,301, but
how that money will be used remains unclear.
The state DOE released the
funding figures on September 20,
but according to school officials,
they have not yet received official
confirmation, nor instructions regarding how to use it.
The WW-P school district
fared better compared with other
similar districts in Mercer County. By comparison, Princeton Regional received $180,594, while
Robbinsville received $96,663.
Montgomery’s school district received $179,465. A majority of
the funding, however, went to
Trenton, which received $7.55
ly the second community to pass
that in the state of New Jersey,” he
said.
Currently in progress are the
ADA compliance plan and the bike
lanes for Washington and Penn
Lyle roads, Foster said. In the
short-term, the WWBPA would also like to see continued sidewalks
on Route 571 from Lanwin Boulevard to Station Drive. While there
are some along that stretch already
in place, there is not full connectivity, he said. Nonetheless, “we’re
not so far away” from achieving
that goal, he added.
million, and Hamilton, which received $2.5 million.
WW-P school officials say
they do not know how the
$354,301 will be used, and
whether it will even be beneficial
in the long run. “There are a bunch
of regulations that pertain to it,”
said Larry Shanok, the district’s
superintendent for finance. “In the
simplest form, it’s for compensation and benefits for existing employees or, if somebody’s gone,
you could bring back.”
Until officials have official notice of the funding award from the
state Department of Education,
and until they have more information about how it will be used,
they have not decided how they
will use the funding.
Still, regardless of whether the
district uses the $354,301 to offset
current employee costs or to bring
back teachers cut in this year’s
budget, the money could create
more headaches for school officials as they head into this year’s
budget season.
“If we get that money, and if it
is usable, I suspect we’ll have to
use it in a way that is sustainable,”
which means the district has to
find something that does not require future costs because of its
potential impact on the 2 percent
tax cap in the upcoming budget.
“If you bring teachers back,
and you have a 2 percent cap next
year, are you going to bring them
back and then let them go in
June?” Shanok said.
The other question is whether
that $354,000 can be added to
next year’s budget, which accounts for a fair amount of the 2
percent cap. “Will it allow us to do
that? Then that will be a possibility, but it’s not particularly clear.”
“Hopefully the governor will
make it clear about how it sits with
the cap, which we have to keep into account,” said Shanok. “We
need other information to go
along with it. It will probably be
coming in the weeks to come.”
Shanok also said it was “striking how little of the money goes to
Also in the short-term goals are
fixing the crossings on New Meadow Road and working on a proposed roundabout facility ordinance. In the long-term, the WWBPA’s goals include working on the
Route 571 “Main Street” design
and trying to work on bicycle and
pedestrian connections to Plainsboro and Princeton.
11:15 a.m. and coincides with the
opening of the West Windsor Arts
Council’s new arts center (see story page 36). The walk will begin by
the crosswalk at Wallace Road and
Scott Avenue.
The second event will be held
Wednesday, October 6, from 7:15
to 7:45 a.m. as part of National
Walk to School Day. Participants
should meet at the crosswalk at
Clarksville Road and Route 571.
On Thursday, October 21, a
walk will be held from 6 to 6:30
p.m. by the crosswalk to MarketFair at Canal Pointe Boulevard and
Upcoming Walks. Next on the
agenda for the WWBPA is a series
of West Windsor Walks events in
the coming weeks.
The first is scheduled for Saturday, September 25, from 10:45 to
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the majority of Mercer County
districts.”
The federal bill, aimed at saving education jobs, was passed in
August by the U.S. House of Representatives to provide $10 billion
to help states avoid teacher and
staff layoffs in the coming year.
Of that money, $268 million was
sent to New Jersey.
According to information from
the federal Department of Education at the time, “that $10 billion
fund will support education jobs
in the 2010-’11 school year and be
distributed to states by a formula
based on population figures.
States can distribute their funding
to school districts based on their
own primary funding formula or
districts’ relative share of federal
Title I funds.”
While the School District’s
$155.9 million budget received
voter approval, the flat measure
reflected a $7.56 million loss in
state aid this year. To cover that
gap, the district had to eliminate
some 50 teachers.
Mayfair Drive. Following that, the
next walk will be held Monday,
November 8, from 6:45 to 7:15
a.m. at the crosswalk by Cranbury/Wallace roads and Route 571.
The goal of the walks is to educate drivers about the new law to
stop and stay stopped when a
pedestrian is in a crosswalk. “Participants will wear yellow vests to
attract attention and point drivers
to signs reminding them of the new
law,” states the press release.
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Plainsboro Library Opens Health Center
F
by Cara Latham
or the past few months since
its opening, residents have
marveled at the vast offerings
and educational programs at the
new state-of-the-art library in the
heart of Plainsboro’s Village Center.
But the library’s offerings continue to get better. As a brand new,
cutting edge hospital is being constructed around the corner, the library is on pace to open even more
opportunities for its visitors with a
first-of-its-kind Health Education
Center — now up and running at
the library.
Endorsed by a major grant from
Bristol-Myers Squibb, and guided
by an advisory board of local medical professionals, the Health Education Center features a steady
stream of educational videos, a reference collection specifically
catered to heath topics, demonstrations of the Wii Fit machine to help
visitors track their weight and work
on balance, a station where patrons
can check their blood pressure, and
an environment separated from
other programs at the library.
“From the very start, it was a
plan that we would have a room so
that we have a computer specifically for medical-related” topics only,
said Library Director Jinny Baeckler. In fact, it was such an important
idea that it was on the top 20 list of
desires when library officials began fundraising.
The idea for the room comes
from situations that library’s reference librarians have encountered
over the years. “Reference librarians have a very difficult time with
people who come from the doctor’s
office” and learn frightening news,
explained Baeckler. For example,
if someone is diagnosed with a condition like breast cancer, a doctor
will oftentimes tell the patient to go
to the library and check out some
books on the topic.
“Of course we have the books,
and of course we have the databases,” said Baeckler. “But you have a
person whose life is falling apart,
and there are children in the background and programs going on.”
This room provides a quiet, comfortable area for a visitor to find
that information without having to
intermingle with the other sections
of the library.
But the idea was also to provide
a room that allows visitors to monitor their health and stay up-todate. When the library first opened
in April, the Health Education Center did not receive a lot of attention,
but it also was not until recently
that the multimedia components
were entirely configured.
Now residents have already discovered they can drop in for a quick
blood pressure check and monitor
their weight with a scale that is also
provided in the health room. On the
big screen, videos include Mayo
Clinic’s wellness solutions that
provide information on arthritis,
heart disease, and back pain. Other
titles include, “If You Have Hip
Surgery,” and “Chinese Medicine.”
Visitors will also find a set of educational materials, DVDs, pamphlets, digital resources, books,
and displays. And with the donation of a Nintendo Wii and the Wii
Fit program — a game that allows
users to test and strengthen their
balance and monitor and lose
weight by conducting exercises using a balance board — from doctors P. Rahakrishnan and Shankar
Santhanam, of Children’s Preferred Care, Baeckler hopes to
have regular demonstrations.
Plainsboro Library staff member Sharon Mitchell
adjusts the blood pressure cuff to take a reading in
the new Health Education Center.
“The Wii, I’m convinced, will
be very nice,” said Baeckler. “We
are hoping to train a team of high
school students to work with seniors” about learning how to use
the Wii Fit. “I think it’s a wonderful
thing that kids can do to bridge the
generation gap,” Baeckler added.
Patrons can test the Wii before
buying their own for personal use,
or they can continue to come to the
library and schedule times to use it.
In the future, “we’ll think abut set-
Reference librarians
have a difficult time
with people who come
from the doctor’s office
after hearing frightening news. The new room
provides a private area
to gather information.
ting up a regular routine when we
have enough volunteers to set them
up,” added Baeckler.
Balance has been a growing topic of concern for seniors, who deal
with falls and broken bones. Balance and yoga, both offered on the
Wii Fit, can help prevent falls, said
Baeckler. The Wii will be set up by
appointment. Baeckler said that because some patrons may be uncomfortable in performing the balance
tests and other exercises in the
health room in front of other people, patrons have the option of using it in the health center, in the
program room upstairs, or in the
community room.
For now, the library staff is conducting small tutorials with specialists, and Baeckler said the library plans to work closely with the
hospital when it moves to town.
Meanwhile, the library will continue to host its bi-monthly blood drives for the community and has already launched a series of healthrelated talks.
But as the final touches of the
Health Education Center came together this month, Baeckler said
she was able to see the ideas come
to fruition, even taking some time
to test it out.
“I sat down in the room, and it’s
very warm and welcoming,” she
said. “It’s a small room that is very
private, yet it has these huge windows, so sun is just gleaming in.
When the DVDs started streaming,
I said, `We are here.’”
For more information on the library’s programs, visit www.lmxac.org/plainsboro or call 609-2752898.
Traffic Calming
Groundbreaking
P
lainsboro
officials
broke
ground September 14 on the
second phase of construction of the
Plainsboro Road Traffic Calming
Project.
The traffic calming project,
which is the second phase of the
overall program, will improve road
conditions, slow traffic, and provide improved pedestrian mobility
and safety on Plainsboro Road between Enterprise Drive and the
Princeton Meadows Shopping
Center. The project plans call for
the reconstruction of Plainsboro
Road from the “P-loop” to the intersection east of Center Drive. As
part of the project, medians will be
installed, and lane widths will be
narrowed. Also included in this
project are drainage improvements, curbing, landscaping, and
the installation of pedestrian crosswalks at Center Drive.
The project costs total $1.2 million, with $700,000 provided by
the federal government, with the
assistance of Representative Rush
Holt, who attended the groundbreaking ceremony, and two local
aid grants from the state Department of Transportation, worth a total $440,000. The Township is contributing $100,000 to the project.
“This project represents another
step forward in improving safety
along Plainsboro Road,” stated
Mayor Peter Cantu. “Thanks to the
partnership with the federal and
state governments, we are able to
do so with minimal impact on the
Plainsboro taxpayer.”
Along with Holt, Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein also attended the groundbreaking.
Seminary Ordinance Reviewed
F
ollowing its approval of a Master Plan amendment, the Plainsboro Planning Board has reviewed
two ordinances that would rezone
the St. Joseph’s Seminary property
to allow for educational and cultural arts uses on site as well as for a
cemetery zone.
The Planning Board conducted a
“courtesy review” of the ordinance
on September 20, before recommending to send it to the Township
Committee, which will review the
ordinance on Wednesday, October
13.
In August, the board adopted the
Master Plan amendment, which
designated the zone as an educa-
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tional and cultural arts area. The ordinances
before the board on September 20 enact that
amendment.
“What the master plan amendment does is
it puts out there for everyone to review the
intent for that particular area,” explained Les
Varga, the township’s director of planning
and zoning. “With its approval, you need a
set of implementing regulations, like you do
everywhere else.”
That’s where the ordinances come in.
“It’s really two ordinances — one for the educational and cultural arts zone and one for
the cemetery,” he said. The first ordinance
preserves the grassy area in front of the stone
buildings, known as the “great lawn” to
many. The ordinance provides a generous
setback from the right-of-way on Mapleton
Road to the buildings. “That’s the front yard
setback, so that area is preserved,” explained
Varga. “That doesn’t mean that someone
can’t come in the future and ask for a vari-
ance to build. But at least that’s what the objective is: to preserve that front area.”
The buildings on site will be zoned for educational and arts type uses, including for
schools, performance areas, practice areas,
dormitories, eating space, and other uses associated with a school. In the area behind the
buildings, there is a smaller setback that
would allow for possible building expansions for dormitory space or other space. “It
puts a building envelope that allows for that
expansion,” Varga said.
A separate ordinance creates a zone for
cemetery uses that allow things like headstones, mausoleums, and burial places for
human remains. Officials created a separate
zone because a state cemetery board governs
the use of cemeteries, and one of the major
requirements is that a plan for the cemetery’s
ultimate use and buildout of the cemetery
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At South, after going without
scoring a point in its opening loss
to Rancocas Valley, 17-0, Brian
Schoenauer also stepped up his
running game, propelling the Pirates to victory against Trenton.
Schoenauer ran for 226 yards on 21
carries and scored the game-winning touchdown.
In the Pirates’ win, Connor
McElwee added two receptions for
49 yards, including a touchdown
pass from quarterback Bryan
Rivers.
North will play away at Princeton at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 25, while South plays at
home against Hightstown at 1 p.m.
on Saturday, September 25. On
Saturday, October 2, both teams
are home. North will face Hamilton West at 1 p.m., while South will
take on Notre Dame at 1 p.m.
I
n other sports, the South girls
tennis team is on its way to another winning season, with a
record of 5-0, including a win over
crosstown rival North. The Pirates
defeated the Knights on September
13, 5-0, after opening their season
with a 5-0 win against Robbinsville. The team’s other victories include those over Steinert and
Hamilton.
Besides its loss to South,
North’s tennis team is also off to a
good 2-1 start, with wins over
Hopewell Valley and Nottingham.
North’s field hockey team is off
to a 4-1 start, defeating Hun, Ewing, and Lawrence, with its only
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area be approved by the Township
Committee.
The Planning Board does not
have the ability to approve ordinances, but can review them and
loss coming against Hopewell Valley.
South’s girls’ soccer team remains undefeated through three
games, with wins against Nottingham, Robbinsville, and Hightstown.
And despite losing Joe Rosa to a
foot injury, the North boys’ cross
country team is also off to an unblemished 5-0 start, led by Joe’s
twin, Jim, and taking first place in
the team’s first tri-meet of the season. South’s boys’ cross country
team is also undefeated.
Sports Scores
Football
North (1-1): A loss to Notre
Dame, 48-27, on September 19.
A win against Trenton, 31-12, on
September 11. Jaymar Anderson
rushed 30 times for 234 yards and
two touchdowns. Brendan Kenavan
also had a touchdown on an 11-yard
pass from Joe Jensen. Jensen also
ran in for a 1-yard touchdown. Rushing: Anderson: 29-244. Chris Banks:
13-60. Parker: 4-20. Jensen: 6-8.
Lee: 1-5. Cortell: 1-4. Weisbecker: 21. Passing: Jensen: 1-4-1-12. Receiving: Kenavan: 1-12, TD. Interceptions: Kenavan: 1-10. Sacks: Korsen: 2-12, Newman: 1-7.
South (1-1): A win against Trenton, 14-7, on September 16. Rushing: Brian Schoenauer: 20-219; Brian Saravia: 8-25; Bijan Matthews: 11. Passing: Bryan Rivers: 2-3-0-49.
Receiving: Connor McElwee: 2-49,
TD.
A loss to Rancocas Valley, 17-0,
on September 11. Rushing: Schoenauer: 14-61. Saravia: 8-23. Gioseffi:
2-5. Matthews: 1-0. Passing: Bryan
Rivers: 4-10-0-23. Receiving:
Matthews: 2-11. Rohrbach: 1-11.
Schoenauer: 1-1. Sacks: Skolka. Interceptions: Matthews.
recommend the ordinances to the
Township Committee.
“Zoning ordinances can only be
approved by the Township Committee,” said Varga. “Because they
went through the time and effort to
approve the Master Plan amendment, we asked them to review it
and recommend it be sent to the
Boys’ Soccer
North (2-1): A loss to Hopewell
Valley, 2-0, on September 21. North
took 4 shots. Palombit had 7 saves.
A win against Nottingham, 2-0, on
September 14. Goals: Kevin Nowak,
Rochee Bell. Assists: Isaac Whelan,
Bryan Lentine. North took 17 shots.
Saves: Spencer Palombit: 10.
A win against Lawrence, 6-4, on
September 10. Goals: Kevin Nowak:
5, Rochee Bell. Assists: A.J.
Carnevale: 3. North took 25 shots.
Palombit had 10 saves.
South (1-2): A loss to Nottingham, 2-0, on September 21. South
took 14 shots. Ochoa had 5 saves.
A win against Robbinsville, 2-0,
on September 14. Goals: Zach
Rosenberg: 2. Assists: Nick Young,
Dharan Kadiyala. South took 16
shots. Saves: Ochoa: 5.
A loss to Hightstown, 1-0, on September 11. South took 12 shots. Andrew Ochoa had 6 saves.
Township Committee.” The seminary will continue to be owned by
the Eastern Province of the Congregation of St. Vincent de Paul —
known as the Vincentians.
The seminary is zoned in the
OB-1 zone, which permits office
and business uses on the site,
which would not preserve the site,
Big Runs: North’s Jaymar Anderson, left, and
South’s Brian Schoenauer, scored on long runs early
North photo by Brian McCarthy
this season.
South photo by Dick Druckman
Girls’ Soccer
North (2-1): A loss to Hopewell
Valley, 2-1, on September 21. Goal:
Simone Counts. Assist: Haase. Witsotsky had 5 saves.
A win against Nottingham, 6-0, on
September 14. Goals: Christine Niciforo, Simone Counts, Stefanie Parrott, Olivia Haase, Ilyssa Stark, Julia
Tampellini. Assists: Tampellini: 2,
Parrott, Megan Chismar, Ibanez.
Saves: Stefanie Witsotsky: 3; Brianna King: 3. North took 23 shots.
A win against Lawrence, 3-0, on
September 10. Goals: Stark, Haase,
Chismar. Assists: Niciforo, Edwards.
North took 14 shots. King had 3
saves.
as officials hope to do, because it
permits office and business uses to
come into the property, whether to
use the buildings or use other
pieces of the property, or actually
tear the buildings down.
The idea is to preserve the buildings and the grounds, and officials
said the best way to do so was to
bring back the use of the property
as it was once envisioned, which
was for educational purposes.
St. Joseph’s was built in 1914,
when it served as a high school and
college seminary for the Vincentians. New buildings were added in
1960, and part of the seminary became the home of the Missionary
Sisters of the Precious Blood community. After the Missionary Sisters, who provided domestic service for the seminary, retired in
1982, the building was used occasionally to accommodate guests
for retreats and meetings.
Work began in 1988 to renovate
the facility into a modern retreat
center. The seminary’s Gothic
chapel was also restored and was
opened in 1989. By 1992, the seminary graduated its last class of 10
teenage boys after 78 years, citing
declining numbers of young men
interested in becoming priests.
Up until that point, the seminary
had served as a boarding high
school for young men contemplating the priesthood.
The prospects of restoring educational uses at this particular site
has already been contemplated. It
attracted attention this summer
when the controversial Princeton
International Academy Charter
School tried to obtain a variance to
operate at the seminary — a necessary step in the state approval
process that was halted when a discrepancy in notice requirements
was found by the West WindsorPlainsboro school district and recognized by the Zoning Board.
However, officials say that the
South (3-0): A win against Nottingham, 3-2, on September 21.
Goals: Victoria Matthews, Kate
Philbin, Melinda Altamore. Assists:
Michelle Morris, Sarah Solomon,
Brittain Dearden. South took 10
shots.
A win against Robbinsville, 5-2,
on September 14. Goals: Deetjen,
Melinda Altamore, Michelle Morris,
Kat Philbin, Molly Johnson. Assists:
Matthews, Deetjen, Morris. Saves:
Gochuico: 5. South took 15 shots.
A win against Hightstown, 4-2, on
September 11. Goals: Michelle Morris, Brittain Dearden, Philbin, Deetjen. Assists: Matthews: 2; Dearden,
Morris. South took 20 shots.
Master Plan amendment and ordinances apparently have nothing to
do with PIACS. Rather, it is indicative of the seminary’s goals and
plans for the site, as well as officials’ desire to preserve the site and
its historical architecture, officials
said.
In addition to the controversial
Princeton International Academy
Charter School, the 44-acre site has
reportedly attracted interest from a
variety of area institutions, including the notable Princeton-based
American Boychoir, which is exploring the possibility of relocating
to the site.
A confluence of events shut
down PIACS officials’ efforts to
open next month. The last and final
blow this year was PIACs’ failure
to obtain an extension from the
state to get zoning approval from
Plainsboro Township to move into
St. Joseph’s Seminary.
A July 19 hearing on PIACS’
application for a variance to occupy the seminary was canceled at
the last minute, upon request of the
charter school itself, as a result of
the Department of Education’s denial of an extension of a July 15
deadline to obtain a certificate of
occupancy (CO) for the seminary.
PIACS missed the original deadline when the originally scheduled
Zoning Board hearing was postponed due to a technicality.
The CO was the last step in the
final approval for the charter
school to open in September. However, the DOE did give the charter
school an entire year to find a facility and obtain a CO — without having to repeat the process of re-applying for its charter at the state
level. PIACS officials hope to open
in September, 2011.
The lease agreement that PIACS
had with St. Joseph’s Seminary
was contingent upon the school receiving the official charter from the
DOE.
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Field Hockey
North (3-1): A win against Hun, 21, on September 20. Goals: Kristen
Carpio: 2; Assists: Kelly Girandola,
Heather Bilardo. Sarah Bush had 7
saves.
A loss to Hopewell Valley, 3-1, on
September 17. Goal: Kristen Carpio.
Assists: Devin Brakel. Sarah Bush
had 8 saves.
A win against Ewing, 8-0, on September 14. Goals; Devin Brakel: 3;
Kristen Carpio: 2; Kelly Girandola: 2;
Spetalnick.
A win against Lawrence, 3-1, on
September 11. Goals: Devin Brakel:
2; Preville. Assists: Carpio: 2; Spetalnick. North took 11 shots. Bush had
4 saves.
South (2-2): A win against Notre
Dame, 2-1, on September 22. Goals:
Laura McCormick: 2. Saves: Emily
Kramer: 3.
A win agaubst Ewing, 2-0, on
September 16. Goals: Carolina
Echeverri; Laura McCormick. Assists: Angela Huang.
A loss to Peddie, 8-0, on September 14. Kramer had 9 saves. Emily
Kramer had 9 saves.
A loss to Robbinsville, 7-2, on
September 11. Goals: Angela
Huang, Laura McCormick. Assist:
Carolina Echeverri. Emily Kramer
had 21 saves.
Tennis
North (2-1): A win against
Hopewell Valley, 4-1, on September
15. Singles: 1.) Danika Baskar, 1-6,
6-4, 6-0. 2.) Harinee Suthakar, 6-4,
6-1. 3.) Melissa Traub, 6-1, 6-2. Doubles: 1.) Avanti Dabholkar/Anushka
Mathur, 6-3, 7-5.
A loss to South, 5-0, on September 13.
A win against Nottingham, 5-0, on
September 10. Singles: 1.) Danika
Baskar, 6-1, 6-0; 2.) Harinee
Suthakar, 6-1, 6-1; 3.) Melissa
Traub, 6-1, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) Avanti
Dabholkar/Anuksha Mathur, 6-1, 61; 2.) Connie Wang/Claudia Lynn, 61, 6-0.
South (5-0): A win against Hamilton, 5-0, on September 20. Singles:
1.) Mandalap, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Ji, 6-0, 62. 3.) Jayaraman, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles:
1.) Lee Lum/Wang, 6-0, 6-1. 2.)
Joseph/Wong, 6-3, 6-3.
A win against Steinert, 5-0, on
September 20. Singles: 1.) Mandalap, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Belinda Ji, 6-0, 62. 3.) Sahana Jayaraman, 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: 1.) Larissa Lee Lum/Mallory Wang, 6-0, 6-1. 2.) Catharine
Wong/Lindsey Joseph, 6-3, 6-3.
A win against North, 5-0, on September 13. Singles: 1.) Ammu Mandalap, 6-2, 6-2; 2.) Belinda Ji, 6-1, 63; 3.) Sahana Jayaraman, 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles: 1.) Larissa Lee Lum/Mallory Wang, 6-2, 6-1; 2.) Nicole
Joseph/Catharine Wong, 6-2, 6-4.
A win against Robbinsville, 5-0,
on September 11. Singles: 1.) Belindo Ji, 6-1, 6-0. 2.) Sahana Jayaraman: 6-0, 6-0. 3.) Theresa Akkar, 62, 6-2. Doubles: 1.) Mallory
Wang/Larissa Lee Lum, 6-0, 6-1. 2.)
Nicole Joseph/Catharine Wang, 6-1,
6-1.
Boys’ Cross Country
North (5-0): A win against
Hopewell Valley, 18-41; against
Robbinsville, 16-42; and against
Hightstown, 20-39, on September
21. 1.) Jim Rosa, 15:39; 2.) Dalrymple, 16:20; 5.) Cunningham, 16:38;
6.) Lee, 16:43; 10.) O’Connell, 17:04;
13.) Harris, 17:32; 16.) Thuppul,
17:41.
South (2-0): A win against
Princeton, 20-40, on September 21.
2.) Jacob Riff, 16:51; 3.) Daniel Shel-
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North Tennis: Singles and doubles starters, clockwise from top left, Danika Baskar, Harinee Suthakar,
Melissa Traub, Avanti Dabholkar, Anuksha Mathur,
Claudia Lynn, and Connie Wang.
Photos by Brian McCarthy
don, 16:55; 4.) Daniel Riff, 17:02; 5.)
Brian Schoepfer, 17:19; 6.) Alvaro
Chavez Valdez, 17:23. 8.) Douglas
Wallack, 17:33.
A win against Ewing, 15-50, on
September 14.
Girls’ Cross Country
North (3-2): A win against Highstown, 20-37; a loss to Hopewell Valley, 31-26; and a loss to Robbinsville, 37-21, on September 21.
3.) LiPuma, 20:09; 10.) He, 21:20;
14.) Altan, 21:24; 20>) Gorberg,
21:44.
A win against Allentown and Ewing on September 14. Christina
LiPuma finished third. Manolya Altan, Wendy He, and Bryn Gorberg
were also top finishers for North.
South (1-0): A win against
Princeton, 17-40, on September 21.
1.) Caroline Kellner, 19:07; 3.) Shelby Miller, 20:43; 4.) Ingrid Simon,
20:56; 5.) May Chang, 20:58; 8.) Lisa
Sher, 21:32; 10.) Nicole Crossey,
21:51.
Volleyball
North: A loss to Lawrenceville,
18-25, 25-21, 25-22, on September
13.
South (5-0): A win against Northern Burlington, 2-0, on September
22. Degnan: 3 aces, 7 points, 2 kills,
1 dig. Fadiga: 2 kills, 4 blocks.
Greenberger: 1 ace, 6 points, 1 kill,
19 assists, 1 block, 1 dig. Litchman:
1 aces, 3 points, 1 kill, 1 block. Ngai:
1 ace, 5 points, 1 assist, 2, digs.
Senopoulos: 3 aces, 10 points, 3
kills, 1 block, 2 digs. Shulgina: 11
kills, 3 blocks, 3 digs.
South Tennis singles
and doubles starters,
clockwise from top left,
Larissa Lee Lum, Mallory Wang, Catharine
Wong, Nicole Joseph,
Sahana JayaramanBelinda Ji, Ammu Mandalap. The team defeated High School
North 5-0 in head-tohead action on September 13, and is currently
undefeated.
A win against North Brunswick, 20, on September 22. Degnan: 1
aces, 3 points, 4 kills, 1 assist, 4
digs. Fadiga: 1 kill, 1 block, 2 digs.
Greenberger: 3 points, 12 assists.
Malinina: 1 kill, 4 assists, 1 block, 4
digs.
A win against Hillsborough, 2-0,
on September 20. Degnan: 7 points,
2 kills, 2 blocks, 5 digs. Fadiga: 3
kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig. Greenberger: 7
aces, 12 points, 1 kill, 18 assists, 2
blocks, 1 dig. Lichtman: 2 points, 4
kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks. Ngai: 1 ace,
14 points, 1 assist, 5 digs. Senopoulos: 3 points, 2 kills, 2 blocks, 7 digs.
A win against Shawnee, 2-0, on
September 14. Rachael Degnan: 5
kills, 1 block, 1 dig. Amy Greenberger: 5 aces, 4 points, 1 kill, 23 assists,
1 block, 2 digs. Melissa Lichtman: 5
points, 3 kills, 2 blocks, 1 dig. Devon
Ngai: 2 aces, 8 points, 5 digs. Nikki
Senopoulos: 5 aces, 8 points, 4 kills,
2 blocks, 4 digs. Vera Sulgina: 10
points, 7 kills, 1 block, 4 digs. Mariame Fadiga: 4 kills, 1 block.
A win against Bridgewater-Raritan, 2-0, on September 13. Degnan:
5 kills, 4 digs. Greenberger: 9 points,
20 assists, 1 block. Fadiga: 3 kills, 5
blocks, 2 digs. Lichtman: 4 points, 2
kills, 3 digs. Ngai: 6 points, 2 kills, 1
assist, 6 digs. Senopoulos: 3 aces,
16 points, 2 kills, 1 block, 5 digs.
Shulgina: 1 aces, 4 points, 8 kills, 5
blocks, 5 digs. Sasha Malinina: 1 dig.
Sports Briefs
Megan Pisani, a graduate of High
School North, scored five goals for
Rider University’s women’s field
hockey team through September 20.
Alex Xue, a sixth-grader at Community Middle School won 13
medals, including nine gold, at the
National Junior Disability Championships in Chicago over the summer. Xue, a junior amputee athlete,
plays tennis, soccer, basketball,
baseball, bicycling, skateboarding,
skiing, and does Tae Kwon Do. He is
a member of the New Jersey Children’s Lightning Wheels.
North graduate Trish Reilly finished seventh, with a time of 23:44,
for the Columbia University women’s
cross country team at the Iona Meet
of Champions on September 18.
Graham Alig, WW-P graduate,
finished 99th overall in the Rock ‘N’
Roll Philadelphia Distance Run on
September 19.
The Mercer Community College
Athletics Department is will hold its
19th Annual Golf Classic on Tuesday, October 5, at Mercer Oaks West
Golf Course. Proceeds will benefit
the MCCC Student-Athlete Scholarship Fund. The tournament is held in
memory of MCCC Foundation board
member and local physician Dr. Cynthia Schaffer. For ticket and/or sponsorship information, visit www.mc-
cc.edu/golf or email [email protected]. Call John Simone at 609570-3740.
The 5th Annual Covello Classic
Memorial Golf Outing will be held Friday, October 1, at the Cranbury Golf
Course. The outing is presented by
the Hightstown-East Windsor Youth
Baseball League. The price to golf is
$135. Dinner is $50. Log on to
http://covelloclassic.org/registration
to register.
Support Your Team
The West Windsor-Plainsboro
News seeks interested parents or
other fans of high school sports
teams to supplement its coverage
of the teams. Scores, team highlights, and photographs can be
used in our biweekly print edition
and can be posted online at www.wwpinfo.com.
For information E-mail editor
Rich Rein: [email protected].
Or call 609-243-9119.
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Dancing
Outdoor Dancing, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Hinds Plaza,
Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
609-945-1883.
www.centraljerseydance.org. Mix dance. No
partner needed. Surface is
smooth stone. Free. 7 to 10 p.m.
Jersey Jumpers, Central Jersey
Dance Society, Unitarian Church,
50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton,
609-945-1883.
www.centraljerseydance.org. Lindy hop swing
and balboa lessons followed by an
open dance. $15. 7 p.m.
Classical Music
Brentano String Quartet, Princeton
University
Concerts,
Richardson Auditorium, 609-2589220.
www.princeton.edu/puconcerts. Music of Haydn, Berg,
and Beethoven. Free. 8 p.m.
Folk Music
Walt Michael, Princeton Folk Music Society, Christ Congregation
Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton,
609-799-0944.
www.princetonfolk.org. Michael’s 37year music career includes gigs in
Appalachia, the White House, and
the Olympic games with a repertoire featuring music of old-time
Southern Appalachia, Celtic, and
original compositions. $20. 8:15
p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Cranstock Music Festival, Village
Park, Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury, 609-655-8250. www.facebook.com/cranstock2010.
First
day of festival to benefit Cranbury
Arts Council. Four a cappella
groups from Princeton High
School,
Slight
Imperfection
(Celtic/folk),
and
Stringzville
(jazz/swing). Bake sale. Food vendors include Cranbury Delights
and Zinna’s Bistro. $5 donation.
Also, Saturday, September 25, 10
bands spanning R&B, country,
and rock. 6 to 10 p.m.
Good Causes
Art Exhibit, HomeFront, 73
Palmer Square West, Princeton,
609-989-9417. www.homefrontnj.org. Opening reception for
“Generations,” an exhibit featuring
works of Jill Sacalis Turndorf,
John Sacalis, Joy Sacalis, and
Ben Turndorf. Half of the proceeds
from sales benefit HomeFront
food, housing, education, and services to homeless families.
Through Sunday, October 3. 6 to
8:30 p.m.
Antiques and Art Show, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Airport, Route 206, 609-9216748. www.princetonhistory.org.
Preview gala with valet parking,
catering by Max Hansen Caterers,
music by the New Hope Collective, and raffles. Cocktail attire.
Register. $175. 7 to 10 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
RC Smith, Catch a Rising Star,
Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie
Center, West Windsor, 609-9878018. www.catcharisingstar.com.
Register. $19.50. 8 p.m.
Comedy Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609716-8771.
www.groversmillcoffee.com. Hosted by Helene Angley. 8 p.m.
Business Meetings
Comprehensive
Communications Services, 610 Plainsboro
Road, 609-799-1400. “Marketing
Tips that Worked,” Eileen Sinett,
$10, 8:30 a.m. “Presentation
Workshop, $250, noon. Register.
Italian Festival
Italian American Festival, Mercer
County Park, 609-631-7544.
www.italianamericanfestival.com.
Annual three-day community festival to showcase and preserve Ital-
ian-American culture. Music,
dance, food, activities for children,
rides, art, Italian products, and
memorabilia. Rain or shine. $3. No
pets. Noon to 10 p.m.
Food & Dining
Gourmet Cooking Class, Miele
Design Center, 9 Independence
Way, Princeton, 800-843-7215.
www.mieleusa.com. Pasta Workshop. Register. $50. 6:30 p.m.
Gardens
Native Plant Sale, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place,
Princeton, 609-924-4646. www.drgreenway.org. Rain or shine. 3
to 6 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Earth Gong Bath, Center for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 635, Plainsboro,
609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Marco Dolce, a
musician, sound healer, and sonic
explorer, has released recordings
of Tibetan singing bowls, gongs,
and other sound instruments under the name of Xumanatra. Register. $25. 7 to 8:45 p.m
History
Preservation, Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route
29, Titusville, 609-737-3299.
www.howellfarm.org. “Save the
Date” presented by Elric Endersby
of the New Jersey Barn Company.
The program includes discussion
of how dates are carved into cornerstones, etched into window
panes, and painted on interior
breastboards. He will also explore
the way that scrawled named and
embellishments may have been
considered graffiti. Refreshments.
Free. 7 p.m.
Kids Stuff
New Member Meeting, Cub
Scout Pack 759, Queenship of
Mary Church, Dey Road, Plainsboro, 609-799-3971. www.cub-
Part Choral, Part Improv Comedy: Nationally
renowned a cappella singers the Bobs perform on
Friday, September 24, at the Peddie School.
pack759.org. For boys in first, second, and third grades and their
parents. 7 p.m.
For Families
Pre-School Playdate, Bounce U,
410 Princeton Hightstown Road,
West Windsor, 609-443-5867.
www.bounceu.com. Teddy bear
picnic. $7.95 includes bouncing, a
craft project, and a snack. 10 to
11:30 a.m.
Family Theater
Seussical, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Family musical
by Pennington Players centers
around Horton the Elephant, his
friend JoJo, Mayzie La Bird, and
the Cat in the Hat. Through October 3. $16. Opening night reception with cast and crew following
the performance. 7:30 p.m.
Lectures
Ben Bernanke, Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, 609258-3000.
www.princeton.edu.
Federal Reserve board chairman
Ben Bernanke presents a public
lecture. Ticket required. Free.
4:30 p.m.
Live Music
Dan Sufalko, BT Bistro, 3499
Route 1 South, West Windsor,
609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com.
Concert with release of his fivesong debut EP “Anything I Want to
Be” unveiling his blend of rock,
blues, and country. Sufalko is a
Plainsboro resident. 5 p.m.
Guy Peterson, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7
p.m.
Sandy Zio, It’s a Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road,
Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. Originals and covers. 8 to 10 p.m.
Politics
Center for the Study of Religion,
Princeton University, Robertson
Hall, Dodds Auditorium, 609-2582943. www.princeton.edu. “Resolving the Irish Conflict: No Conflict is Intractable” presented by
Gerry Adams, president of Sinn
Fein and parliament member for
West Belfast. The talk is part of the
“Crossroads of Religion and Politics” series, co-sponsored by the
Woodrow Wilson School. Free.
2:30 p.m.
For Seniors
Retirement Reception for Lynn
Thornton, West Windsor Senior
Center, 271 Clarksville Road,
West Windsor, 609-799-9068.
Lynn Thornton has been the senior center director since 1997.
Under her leadership the center
received accreditation from the
National Council on Aging and National Institute of Senior Centers,
and was renovated and enlarged
in 2009. Since 2000 she has
served as president of the NJ Association of Senior Center Directors and served as the new Jersey
delegate to the National Institute
of Senior Centers. 1 p.m.
For Seniors
Mercer County Widows and Widowers, Knights of Columbus,
1451 Klockner Road, Hamilton,
609-585-3453. Dance social $8.
7:30 p.m.
Saturday
September 25
Grand Opening
West Windsor Arts Council,
Alexander Road, West Windsor,
609-919-1982. www.westwindsorarts.org. Block party with music
and dance, hands-on arts activities, food, and tours of the new arts
center. Grand opening ceremony
at noon. First day for “Community
Collage,” the first juried art exhibit;
and “West Windsor: Then, Now,
and Future,” an exhibit showcasing work by middle and high
school students. Opening reception for the exhibits is Saturday,
October 2, 4 to 7 p.m. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. See story
page 36.
Take Back NJ
Operation Take Back New Jersey, Plainsboro Police Department, Plainsboro Municipal Building, 609-799-2333; and West
Windsor Police Department,
Municipal Center, 609-799-1222.
Bring unused, unwanted, and expired medicines for proper disposal. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
South Girls Tennis. Mercer County Tournament. 8 a.m.
Singles
North Football. At Princeton. 11
a.m.
Divorce Recovery Program,
Princeton Church of Christ, 33
River Road, Princeton, 609-5813889.
www.princetonchurchofchrist.com. Support group for men
and women. Free. 7:30 p.m.
South Football. Hightstown. 1
p.m.
Socials
Luncheon, Rotary Club of the
Princeton Corridor, Hyatt Regency, Carnegie Center, 609-7990525.
www.princetoncorridorrotary.org. Register. Guests, $25.
12:15 p.m.
North Boys Soccer. At North Hunterdon. 4 p.m.
Drama
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. A topsyturvy world of stage illusion.
Through October 17. No intermission. $20 and up. 3 and 8 p.m.
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Southern Comforts, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic drama. $27.50 to
$29.50. 7 p.m.
Top Girls, Shakespeare ‘70,
Kendall Hall, College of New Jersey, Ewing, 609-882-5979. www.shakespeare70.org.
Caryl
Churchill’s drama about career
women. $12. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Blue Rooster Cafe,
17 North Main Street, Cranbury,
609-235-7539. www.blueroosterbakery.com. First day for “Pack
me in Your Suitcase,” a photography exhibit featuring works by
Madeline Weinfield. A graduate of
High School South, Class of 2006,
she graduated from Franklin College in Switzerland in May. She
has since worked on an organic
farm in Puglia, Italy, and a vineyard in Sicily. All works are for
sale. On view through December.
8 a.m.
Art Exhibits, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton campus, 609-258-3788. http://artmuseum.princeton.edu. First day
for “Paradise Remembered: The
Noa Noa Prints,” an exhibit of
Gauguin’s woodblock prints. On
view to January 2. 10 a.m.
Art Exhibit, Garden State Watercolor Society, Trenton Museum.
Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader
Park, Trenton, 609-394-4000.
www.gardenstatewatercolorsociety.org. Gallery walk with
Marge Chavooshian. 1 p.m.
Dancing
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Princeton Friends
School, Princeton, 609-924-6763.
www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction and dance. $10.
7:40 to 11 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Borders Books,
601 Nassau Park, 609-514-0040.
www.bordersgroupinc.com. Tim
McGrath, author of “John Barry:
An American Hero in the Age of
Sail.” 1 p.m.
Folk Music
Lori Lieberman and Seth Glier,
Concerts at the Crossing, Unitarian Church at Washington
Crossing, Titusville, 609-5106278. www.concertsatthecrossing.com. 15th season opener.
Lieberman’s poem that became
the song “Killing Me Softly” has a
new version on her recent release,
“Gun Metal Sky.” Glier’s debut album, “The Trouble with People,”
has been described as timeless.
$23. 7:30 p.m.
Outdoor Concerts
Cranstock Music Festival, Village
Park, Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury, 609-655-8250. www.facebook.com/cranstock2010. Second day of festival to benefit Cranbury Arts Council. Ten bands including Solitaire Denial and Exit
8A from Princeton High School
(rock), Kim Yarson and the Volunteers, Hot Foot Powder (R&B/country/rock), Acoustic Road
(classic rock), Just Left Town
(country/rock), Sel-Koh (original
rock/pop), Crandaddy (eight Cranbury dads), Mike McCloughlin and
the Jersey Cropdusters, and Barbeque Bob & the Spare Ribs. Bake
sale. Vendors include Cranbury
Delights and Zinna’s Bistro. $5
suggested donation. 1 to 11 p.m.
Good Causes
Antiques and Art Show, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Airport, Route 206, 609-9216748. www.princetonhistory.org.
Dealers with antiques and fine arts
to benefit educational programs,
exhibitions, and collections care.
At 2:30 p.m in the show cafe,
Suzanne Perrault of “Antiques
Roadshow” presents “A Roving
Eye,” an inside look at the Robert
A. Ellison American Art Pottery
Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sukkah Unveiling, Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton,
Palmer Square, Princeton, 609396-9355. www.thecrisisministry.org. Raising awareness about the
fragile nature of housing and
homelessness in Mercer County.
The sukkah symbolizes the fragile
structures erected by the ancient
Israelites during 40 years of wandering the desert after their exodus from Egypt. Through Sunday,
September 26. 2 p.m.
Harlem Rent Party, Passage Theater, Trenton Masonic Temple,
100 Barrack Street, Trenton, 609392-0766. www.passagetheatre.org. Dancing, music, and refreshments. Readings from Langston
Hughes and and Zora Neale
Hurston. Silent auction. Music by
Collection of brothers. Period or
festive dress. Honoring Doughtry
“Doc” Long and Elizabeth Johnson. Register. $75. Postponed
from June 12. 6 to 9 p.m.
Countdown Celebration, Big
Brothers Big Sisters, Salt Creek
Grille, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-656-1000. www.bbbsmercer.org. Hors d’oeuvres, wine,
beer, and silent auction. Register.
$30. 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Rock and Roll Benefit Concert,
Hightstown Engine Company,
140 North Main Street, Hightstown, 609-443-5542. www.hightstownfire.org. Performers include bands, Wilson-N-Main, the
Stark Blues, and Honah Lee. Concert to benefit Fireman Mark
Kramer, who was in a motorcycle
accident on August 17; his wife,
Sharon; and twins, Jacob and Corrine. Silent auction. Food available. Parking in municipal parking
lots, fire and police stations, and
streets. Donations will be accepted throughout the building. $5. 7
p.m.
Comedy on the Lake, Sarcasm
Comedy, Tavern on the Lake, 101
Main Street, Hightstown, 800-7273548. www.sarcasmcomedy.com.
Dinner buffet followed by performance featuring Eric Lyden from
CBS “Comics Unleashed;” Keith
Anthony from Showtime and Comedy Central; Terry McNeely; and
Steve Trevelise. Register. $29.99;
show only, $20. A portion of the
proceeds benefit Mark Kramer, a
Hightstown firefighter, and his
family. 8 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
RC Smith, Catch a Rising Star,
Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie
Center, West Windsor, 609-9878018. www.catcharisingstar.com.
Register. $22. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Comedy on the Lake, Sarcasm
Comedy, Tavern on the Lake, 101
Main Street, Hightstown, 800-7273548. www.sarcasmcomedy.com.
See listing under causes. $29.99;
show only, $20. A portion of the
proceeds benefit Mark Kramer, a
Hightstown firefighter, and his
family. 8 p.m.
Fairs
Italian American Festival, Mercer
County Park, 609-631-7544.
www.italianamericanfestival.com.
Annual three-day community festival to showcase and preserve Italian-American culture. Music,
dance, food, activities for children,
rides, art, clothing, Italian products, and memorabilia. Singer
songwriter Giada Valenti headlines with songs from her latest
CD, “And I Love You So.” Rain or
shine. $3. No pets. Noon to 11
p.m.
Faith
Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609924-0103. www.nassauchurch.org. “The Book of Revelation” presented by Brian K. Blount, president and professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary. 8:30 a.m.
Open House, String of Pearls,
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, 609-430-0025. www.stringofpearlsweb.org. Sukkot and havdallah service. 6 p.m.
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Food & Dining
75th Anniversary Celebration,
Mrs. G. TV & Appliances, 2960
Route 1, Lawrenceville, 609-8821444. www.mrsgs.com. “Grilling
Best Practices and Easy Recipes”
presented by Glenn Lyman, who is
known for customizing meals to
match nutritional needs of professional athletes (like LeBron
James). Chef Matt Sytsema of
Griggstown Farm demonstrates
an easy and healthy turkey. Ruth
Bzdewka, owner of House of Cupcakes in Princeton, presents a
cupcake lesson. Refreshments,
and prizes. Register. Free. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wine Tasting, Wegmans Wine
Store, 240 Nassau Park, West
Windsor, 609-919-9370. www.wegmans.com. Noon to 4 p.m.
Farmers’ Market
West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Parking Lot, Princeton Junction Train
Station, 609-577-5113. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org.
West Windsor Bike and Pedestrian Alliance, and Yes, We Can, a
volunteer group that collects food
for the Crisis Ministry. “Egyptian
Hieroglyphics” presented by West
Windsor Arts Council 9 a.m. to 1
p.m.
Gardens
Over Wintering Tender Perennials, Master Gardeners of Mercer
County, 431A Federal City Road,
Pennington, 609-989-6830. www.mgofmc.org. Program presented
by Agnes Naughton of Chesterfield. Register. $3. 11 a.m. to noon.
Native Plant Sale, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place,
Princeton, 609-924-4646. www.drgreenway.org. 2 to 5 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Practical Sustainability, Center
for Relaxation and Healing, 666
Plainsboro Road, Suite 635,
Plainsboro, 609-750-7432. www.relaxationandhealing.com. Program presented by Carmine LaMarca, Debbie Schulze, and Peg
Crilly of Verde Consultants. Register. $20. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m
T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street,
609-275-2897. www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Demonstration, discussion, and first lesson presented by Todd Tieger. Bring soft, thinsoled shoes and comfortable
clothing. 10 a.m.
Allergy and Asthma Support
Group of Central New Jersey,
Whole Foods, Route 1 South,
West Windsor, 609-258-2697.
www.princeton.edu. Event focusing on “Alexander, the Elephant
Who Couldn’t Eat Peanuts.” Free.
11 a.m.
Workout in the Park, RWJ-Hamilton, Mercer County Park, West
Windsor, 609-586-6365. Zumba
and Boogie Box. Bring mat or towel. $5. 11 a.m.
Attention Deficit Disorder Information Fair, Children and Adults
with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, John Witherspoon Middle School, 217 Walnut
Ciao Bella: The Italian-American Festival
takes place Friday
through Sunday,
September 24 to 26, in
Mercer County Park.
Giada Valenti, right,
performs on Saturday,
September 25.
Lane, Princeton, 609-683-8787.
For adults with ADHD, parents of
children with ADHD, and educators. “How You Feel Is Data: An Experiential Workshop with Food”
presented by Dorothy Mullen,
founder of the Suppers Program;
and “ADHD Brain Chemistry and
Nutrition” presented by Dr. Jennifer
Nasser. Noon to 4 p.m.
Grand Opening, Healing Lotus
Yoga & Reiki, 211 North Harrison
Street, Princeton, 908-420-5889.
www.healinglotusyoga.com. Yoga class outdoors, live music by
Sharon Silverstein. Susan Martinez has been teaching yoga and
reiki since 2001. Free. Noon.
History
National Public Lands Day, Historic Rockingham, Route 603,
Kingston, 609-683-7132. www.rockingham.net. Clean up trails
that lead to the towpath at 9 a.m.
Guided walk from the Kingston
Lock House at 9:30 a.m. Tours of
Washington’s headquarters at 11
a.m. and 1, 2, and 3 p.m. 18th century outdoor games will be played.
Fence building demonstrations.
Sarah Donner performs from noon
to 2 p.m. Donations invited. 9 a.m.
For Families
Canning, Howell Living History
Farm, Valley Road, off Route 29,
Titusville, 609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fall Family Fun, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, 609924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Pick your own apples, pumpkins, and raspberries.
Music by Borderline. Rain or
shine. Free admission. Alpaca
Breeders of New Jersey present
their animals and talk about raising alpacas. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Block Party, Musicians in the
Making, West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road, West
Windsor, 609-750-0600. www.-
musiciansinthemaking.com. Celebrate the grand opening of the new
building. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Artbox Derby, Arts Council of
Princeton, Greenway Meadows
Park, Rosedale Road, Princeton,
609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Vehicles judged
on creativity, sustainability, and
speed. Contestants must be seven or older, drivers must be 10 or
older. Raindate is Sunday, September 26. $20 per car. 2 p.m.
Community and Staff Day,
Princeton Football, Princeton
Stadium, 609-258-5144. goprincetontigers.com. Family fun
festival from 3 to 6 p.m. Youth
sports clinic with interactive sports
fair from 4 to 5 p.m. Princeton vs.
Lafayette football at 6 p.m. E-mail
Erin Metro at [email protected] for information. 3 p.m.
Community Camp Out, West
Windsor Recreation and Parks,
West Windsor Community Park,
609-799-6141.
www.wwparksrecreation.com. Family and neighbors join under the stars. Screening of “Night at the Museum.” Bring
or buy dinner. The event ends at 9
a.m. on Sunday with a free continental breakfast. Register. $45 per
campsite. 609-520-8310. No pets.
No rain date. 5 p.m.
Family Theater
Seussical, Kelsey Theater, Mercer College, 1200 Old Trenton
Road, West Windsor, 609-5703333.
www.kelseytheatre.net.
Family musical by Pennington
Players. $16. 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Live Music
Cafe Improv, Arts Council of
Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8777. www.cafeimprov.com. Music, poetry, comedy. Register to perform. $2. 7 p.m.
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14th Annual
21st Annual Bordentown
Bordentown
Cranberry
Festival
Cranberry
Largest Craft Show in the Area
s
Farnsworth Festival
Avenue • Bordentown City • October 2 & 3 • 11am to 5pm
Farnsworth Avenue
Crafts ~ Food ~ Kids’Bordentown
Activities ~ Antique & Classic
Car Show (Saturday only)
City
Antiques
~
Music
~
Entertainment
October 4 & 5 - 10am to 4pm
Featuring:
Crafts~Food~Kid’s
Activities~Car
ShowPaine
Historic
Bordentown
City, Home of Clara
Barton & Thomas
Diaper Derby~Pet Costume Parade~Karate Demonstration
Music~And the Miss Cranberry Fest Pageant
For Information
www.downtownbordentown.com
Exit 7, N.J. Tpke.; exit 57 Rt. 295.
Ride the Riverline!
For Information Call 609•298•1424
Sponsored by The
Downtown Bordentown Association,
Sponsored by
OceanThe
Spray Cranberries
& Beneficial
Bank
Downtown
Bordentown
Association,
Ocean Spray Cranberries & Brandow Chevrolet
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CASH
Highest Price Paid
GOLD • DIAMONDS • SILVER
Gold Jewelry (can be damaged)
Sterling Silver Jewelry • Sterling Silver Flatware
Tea Sets • Silver Coins • Gold Coins
Dental Gold • Diamonds ¼ Carat & Up
Rolex Watches
With the Precious Metal Market
at an All-Time High, Now Is the Time to Turn
Broken Jewelry and Unwanted Items to CASH!
Trent Jewelers
Tuesdays at 10.30 a m., Meditation Group
Wednesdays at 9:15 a.m., Healing Service
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Indie Music Night, Griggstown
Pavilion, 373 Bunkerhill Road,
Princeton, 609-672-1813. sarahdonner.com. $5. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
John & Carm, Halo Pub, 5 Hulfish
Street, Princeton, 609-921-1710.
Rock, blues, and bluegrass. 7 to
10 p.m.
Louis Watson, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7
p.m.
Mikey Junior, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609716-8771.
www.groversmillcoffee.com. Blues. 8 p.m.
DJ Darius, Princeton Sports Bar
& Grill, 128 Nassau Street,
Princeton, 609-921-7555. www.princetonsportsbar.com. Dance
music from the 1980s to the present. 9 p.m.
Outdoor Action
16 Edinburg Rd. at 5 Points • Mercerville, N.J.
584-8
8800
609-5
Sunday Services at 8, 9:30 & 11:15 a.m.
Church School & Nursery at 9.30 a.m.
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Stream Clean-Up, Stony Brook
Millstone Watershed, Grover’s
Park, Harrison Street, Princeton,
and Black Horse Lane, South
Brunswick, 609-737-7592. www.thewatershed.org. Register to volunteer. 9 a.m. to noon.
Haunted Attractions, Corner
Copia Farm Market, 299 Princeton-Hightstown Road, East Windsor, 609-426-8884. Challenging
10-acre corn maze includes more
than three miles of potential pathways depicting a witch on a
broomstick with clues at 12 checkpoints to solve a mystery. $9.99.
Pumpkin picking, petting, zoo, and
refreshment stand available. Corner of Chaos Scream Acres from 7
to 11 p.m. with 25 acres of cornfield and forest, live music, and
bonfires, $15. 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Pedestrian Safety Walk, West
Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance, Alexander Road and
Scott Avenue. www.wwbpa.org.
Half-hour event to educate drivers
about the new law to stop and stay
stopped when a pedestrian is in a
crosswalk. Register by E-mail to
[email protected]. Partici-
Far, Far Away: A photography exhibit, 'Pack Me in
Your Suitcase,’ by Madeline Weinfeld, a graduate
of High School South, Class of 2006, opens on
Saturday, September 25, at Blue Rooster Cafe
in Cranbury.
pants will wear yellow vests and
point drivers to signs. Free. 10:45
a.m.
Family Nature Programs, Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner
Road, Plainsboro, 609-897-9400.
www.njaudubon.org.
“Animals
That Call the Preserve Home” focuses on search for animal
homes, tracks, and signs. Register. $5. 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Field of Terror, Windsor Farm,
831 Windsor Perrineville Road,
East Windsor, 609-209-4032.
www.fieldofterror.com. Hayride,
haunted corn maze, and a haunted walk. $13 each; $25 for two;
and $30 for three. 7 p.m.
College Fair
Clear Skin!
West Windsor-Plainsboro African American Parent Support
Group, Plainsboro Library, 9 Van
Doren Street. www.ww-p.org. College planning with admissions
representatives from colleges and
universities in the tri-state area,
and information about financial
aid, scholarships, the college
search process, applications, and
athletic scholarships. Contact Barbara Edmonds by E-mail at [email protected] for more
information. Free. 2 to 4 p.m.
Student Special!
3 Treatments for
$235
Book Sale
(plus tax)
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.
(40% Savings)
Offer good through 10/31/10.
(Valid for one time only.)
Singles
A Complete Approach
to Skin Care
Let our medically trained staff help to not only treat current skin
conditions, but educate you on how to prevent future breakouts.
The Aesthetics Center at
Princeton Dermatology Associates
Monroe Center Forsgate
5 Center Drive • Suite A
Monroe Township, NJ
609-655-4544
2 Tree Farm Rd.
Suite A-110
Pennington, NJ
609-737-4491
Wine and Dinner, Dinnermates,
Princeton Area, 732-759-2174.
www.dinnermates.com. Ages 30s
to early 50s. Call for reservation
and location. $20 plus dinner and
drinks. 7:30 p.m.
Socials
Annual Picnic, Outer Circle Ski
Club, Plainsboro Park, Plainsboro, 212-620-7479. www.outercircleskiclub.org. Volleyball, tennis, board games, and full picnic
menu. $10. 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Sports
Princeton Football, Princeton
Stadium, 609-258-3538. Lafayette. 6 p.m.
Sports for Causes
The Great New Jersey Country
Bike Ride, New Jersey Metro
Chapter of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, 445 South
Street, Morristown, 732-6601005. www.nationalmssociety.org. 20 to 100-mile ride options.
Register. 7 a.m.
5K and One-Mile Fun Run,
Parkinson Alliance, 101 Carnegie Center parking lot, West
Windsor, 800-579-8440. www.parkinsonalliance.org. 5K begins
at 9:30 a.m., $25. One-mile fun run
begins at 9 a.m., $12. Refreshments, music, moon bounces,
face painting, a clown, door prizes,
and awards. $25. 7:30 a.m.
Collegians for the Cure 5K Run,
Princeton University, South Frist
Lawn. Organized by Princeton
women’s varsity swim team to
benefit breast cancer. 9 a.m.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day,
Special Olympics New Jersey,
College of New Jersey, Ewing,
609-987-0099. www.sonj.org. A
time capsule containing photos
and publications from Shriver’s
visits to New Jersey, along with
correspondence paying tribute to
her life as a champion for persons
with intellectual disabilities. The
capsule will be opened on July 20,
2068, the 100th anniversary of
Special Olympics. 9 a.m.
Family Picnic and Celebration,
Ride 4 Erik, Valley Road Picnic
Grounds,
Hopewell.
www.ride4erik.com. A bicycle ride or
five-mile fun run, food, games,
crafts, tethered balloon rides, music by JB Kline features bluegrass,
blues, doo wop, classic rock, and
contemporary sounds. The organization was inspired by the real
life story of Erik Zimmerman, who
was diagnosed with medulloblastoma that required surgery in 1992
at the age of 18 months. He recently celebrated his 19th birthday. The event benefits Caring for
Kids with Cancer and educates
about childhood cancer. $20.
11:30 a.m.
Sunday
September 26
In WW-P
Italian American Festival, Mercer
County Park, 609-631-7544.
www.italianamericanfestival.com.
Annual three-day community festival to showcase and preserve Italian-American culture. Music,
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dance, food, activities for children,
rides, art, clothing, Italian products, and memorabilia. Rain or
shine. $3. No pets. Outdoor mass
at 11 a.m. Noon to 9 p.m.
50th Anniversary Parade, Plainsboro Fire Company, 407 Plainsboro Road, 609-799-0492. www.plainsborofire.com. Dedication of
two new trucks, a 100 foot tower
ladder and a 2,000 gallon-perminute rescue pumper. Parade to
the township’s municipal complex.
The fire company began with a
group of township residents in
1960. Prior to that Plainsboro was
protected by surrounding fire companies. Rain date for the parade is
Sunday, October 3. 1 p.m. See
story page 25.
Drama
Southern Comforts, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic drama. $27.50 to
$29.50. 1:30 p.m.
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy
world of stage illusion. Through
October 17. For ages 10 and up.
No intermission. $20 and up. 2
p.m.
Top Girls, Shakespeare ‘70, Kendall Hall, College of New Jersey,
Ewing, 609-882-5979. www.shakespeare70.org.
Caryl
Churchill’s drama about career
women. $12. 2 p.m.
Dancing
Argentine Tango Social Dance,
Central Jersey Dance Society,
Unitarian Church, 50 Cherry Hill
Road, Princeton, 609-945-1883.
www.centraljerseydance.org. All
levels are welcome. Refreshments. No partner needed. $12. 7
to 11:30 p.m.
Classical Music
City Winds Trio, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Music of
Bach, Ibert, Goossens, Dring, Demersseman, and Berthelemy.
Free. 3 p.m.
Stefan Young, Westminster Conservatory, Bristol Chapel, Princeton, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu. Piano recital featuring works
by Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, Debussy, and Liszt. Young also performs two of his own compositions, “Invention for the Right
Hand Alone” and “Fantasy.” Free.
3 p.m.
Celebrating Arts in West Windsor and Plainsboro, Bravura
Philharmonic Orchestra, Princeton Alliance Church, 20 Schalks
Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609790-9559. www.bravuraphil.org.
Program includes Rachmaninoff’s
“Piano Concerto,” Morton Gould’s
“American Salute,” and Rossini’s
“Barber of Seville.” Featured pianist is Paul von Autenried Jr., 16,
of West Windsor, the winner of the
organization’s Young Artist Concerto Competition. $15 to $25. 7
p.m. See story page 27.
Good Causes
Antiques and Art Show, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Airport, Route 206, 609-9216748. www.princetonhistory.org.
Dealers with antiques and fine arts
to benefit educational programs,
exhibitions, and collections care.
Appraisal clinic, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.,
courtesy of Rago Arts and Auction
Center. First come, first served. 11
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Epicurean Palette, Grounds For
Sculpture, Rat’s Restaurant, 18
Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609584-7760.
www.epicureanpalette.org. Annual food and wine
tasting event to benefit Grounds
For Sculpture features gourmet
specialties of more than 20 area
chefs; a selection of beer, wine,
and spirits; and a silent auction
with an array of artisan crafts, a
Rat’s wine-cellar raid, and an inhome catered dinner for six. Reg-
ister. $110. Rain or shine. VIP tickets include champagne, tours of
the park and Seward Johnson’s
art studio, gift bags, and access to
a VIP lounge, $350. 1 to 4 p.m.
Faith
Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61
Nassau Street, Princeton, 609924-0103. www.nassauchurch.org. “The Book of Revelation” presented by Brian K. Blount, president and professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary. Lunch follows. 9:15 a.m.
Health & Wellness
Yoga, Integral Yoga of Princeton,
613 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, 732-274-2410. www.integralyogaprinceton.org.
Multi-level
class. Level one from 9:45 to
11:15 a.m. Register. 8 a.m.
Harvest Yoga, Can Do Fitness
Club, 121 Main Street, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-5140500.
www.candofitness.com.
Register. Free. 9 a.m.
Sugar Blues, One Yoga Center,
405 Route 130, East Windsor,
609-918-0963.
www.oneyogacenter.net. Workshop with Leslie
Hadley. Register. $20. 11:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
Grand Re-Opening Party, Occupational Therapy Associates of
Princeton, 219 Wall Street,
Princeton, 609-921-1555. www.otap.net. Celebrate the new pediatric center with music, dancing,
activities, games, prizes, bounce
house, refreshments, and information about occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition consultation, counseling, and social
skills training. Founding partners,
Sharyn Rudofsky, Gilda Gallaro,
and Sarah Seeman are licensed
occupational therapists with training in sensory integration. Their
therapy without walls program employs a multi-disciplinary team
which includes families and school
staff to help children develop the
necessary skills to be successful.
Free. Noon to 4 p.m.
Walking Tours
Historical Campus Walking
Tour, Lawrenceville School,
Memorial Hall, 2500 Main Street,
Lawrenceville,
609-896-1388.
www.Lawrenceville.org. Presentation by Len Miller followed by a
guided tour of the school’s history,
buildings, and trees with Jacqueline Haun, the school’s archivist,
and Elaine Mills, landscape architect. The school is celebrating its
bicentennial year. Rain or shine.
12:30 p.m.
Walking Tour, Historical Society
of Princeton, Bainbridge House,
158 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Two-hour walking tour
of downtown Princeton and
Princeton University includes stories about the early history of
Princeton, the founding of the University, and the American Revolution. $7; $4 for ages 6 to 12. 2 to 4
p.m.
For Families
Fall Family Fun, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, 609924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Pick your own apples, pumpkins, and raspberries.
Music by Heavy Traffic Blue Grass
Band. Rain or shine. Free admission. Alpaca Breeders of New Jersey present their animals and talk
about raising alpacas. 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.
Philipka Baba Yaga, Waldorf
School, 1062 Cherry Hill Road,
Princeton, 609-466-1970. www.princetonwaldorf.org. Folk Tale
Puppet Troupe presents a classic
Russian fairy tale in honor of the
International Day of Peace. Register. Free. 2 p.m.
Family Theater
Seussical, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Family musical
by Pennington Players. $16. 2
p.m.
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All in the Family — Onstage and Backstage
O
ne of the fun things about a
family show at a community
theater means that families are
able to work together to produce a
show on stage. “Seussical,” the
musical that opens at Kelsey Theater on Friday, September 24, involves families both on stage and
backstage.
The Ferraras and the Karlins of
West Windsor; the Slothowers of
Plainsboro; and the Maurers, former West Windsor residents, all
play roles. Frank Ferrara portrays
Mr. Mayor, Shannon Ferrara is a
Bird Girl, and their daughter,
Elizabeth, is Cindy Lou Who.
Scott and Rosie Karlin are in the
ensemble, and their daughter,
Molly, is a featured dancer.
Dan Slothower, and his daughter, Amy, are in the ensemble; his
other daughter, Robin, is a featured dancer; and his wife, Kathy,
is the costume designer. John
Maurer, and his daughter, Stacy,
are in the ensemble,
Other West Windsor-Plainsboro residents include Jason
Wilks, an ensemble member; and
Mollie Rubenstein, a featured
dancer. Anna Chicco and Kavya
Pochiraju, who portray Thing 1
and 2, both live in Plainsboro.
Although the Ferrara family
are fairly new residents of West
Windsor, they are not new to the
area. Shannon Ferrara, a music
teacher in WW-P schools for 11
Outdoor Action
Haunted Attractions, Corner
Copia Farm Market, 299 Princeton-Hightstown Road, East Windsor, 609-426-8884. Challenging
10-acre corn maze includes more
than three miles of potential pathways depicting a witch on a
broomstick with clues at 12 checkpoints to solve a mystery. $9.99.
Pumpkin picking, petting, zoo, and
refreshment stand available. Corner of Chaos Scream Acres from 7
to 11 p.m. with 25 acres of cornfield and forest, live music, and
bonfires, $15. 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Family Nature Walk, Washington
Crossing State Park, Visitor Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Informal naturalist guided walk.
Free. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
What’s in Store
Benefit Day, Great Clips, Nassau
Park, East Windsor, and Hamilton
Marketplace, 609-553-3196. $1
will be donated to Haircuts for
Amara to benefit a 15 year-old girl
who suffered a traumatic brain injury when she was hit by a car two
years ago. Donations may also be
made to www.caringbridge.org/visit/amarariccio. 10 a.m.
Book Sale, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, 609275-2897. www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. $3 for a bag. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Psychic Fair, East Windsor Fire
Company #1, 51 One Mile Road,
East Windsor, 609-371-2867.
Benefit organized by the Ladies
Auxiliary. $20 per reading. Register. Noon to 4 p.m.
years, has been at Village
School for the past nine years.
Frank, a medical writer at ImClone LLC, lived in Plainsboro before he and Shannon
married.
“Our major decisions
about moving to West Windsor include the schools, being
closer to our workplaces, and
because of being involved in
many shows at Kelsey Theater,” says Shannon, “We really love living here because
of the proximity to the theater.”
Their daughter, Elizabeth,
6, a first grade student at Maurice Hawk School, has practically
grown up on the Kelsey stage.
Frank often directs, produces,
and acts; and Shannon, who also
acts, has often been involved on
the musical parts.
“Our family is having a blast
working together in Seussical!
We picked this show to audition
for specifically so we had a
chance to do something as a family,” says Shannon. “Elizabeth
often comes to rehearsals for other shows we’re doing, but we’ve
really enjoyed getting to act together in a show. I don’t get to see
Frank and Elizabeth too often because we’re in opposing scenes,
but it’s a lot of fun for the three of
us to share the stage.”
— Lynn Miller
A Kelsey Family:
Shannon and Frank
Ferrara with their
daughter, Elizabeth.
Seussical, Kelsey Theater,
Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road,
West Windsor. Friday, September 24 to Sunday, October 3. The
musical is based on the familiar
characters of Horton the Elephant
and Mayzie La Bird created by
Dr. Seuss. There is a reception
with the cast and crew following
the opening performance on September 24. 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net.
ated by senior artists from 17 participating juried senior art shows.
On view to October 28. 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Monday
September 27
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School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Girls Tennis. MCT at Mercer County Park. 9 a.m.
South Field Hockey. Princeton. 4
p.m.
North Girls Volleyball. Hunterdon
Central. 5:30 p.m.
Film
Princeton Public Library, 65
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. www.princetonlibrary.org.
Screening of “William Kunstler:
Disturbing the Universe” followed
by discussion with filmmakers
Emily and Sarah Kunstler, daughters of the late William Kunstler,
the attorney for Martin Luther King
Jr., Malcolm X, Abbie Hoffman,
Stokely Carmichael, and Adam
Clayton Powell Jr. The film was
seen at the Sundance Film Festival and PBS “P.O.V.” 7 p.m.
Art
Senior Art Show, Springpoint
Foundation, Meadow Lakes,
East Windsor, 609-720-7304.
www.springpointsl.org. Display of
more than 200 winning entries cre-
Plainsboro
Literary
Group,
Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van
Doren Street, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Nibbles, conversation, and readings.
6:30 p.m.
Pop Music
Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony
Chorus, 20 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 732-236-6803.
www.harmonize.com/jerseyharmony. New members are welcome. 7:15 p.m.
Business Meetings
Comprehensive
Communications Services, 610 Plainsboro
Road, 609-799-1400. “Conversational English Plus,” Sinett, $150.
7:15 p.m.
Faith
Trauma and Pastoral Care,
Princeton Theological Seminary, Stuart Hall, 609-497-7963.
www.ptsem.edu. “Bearing the Unbearable: Trauma, Gospel, and
Pastoral Care” presented by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger, a
seminary professor and pastoral
theologian. Free. 7 p.m.
Joyful
Disciples
Living the
Faith
Chess
Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van
Doren Street, 609-275-2897.
www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. For
advanced adult players. 1 to 5
p.m.
Sports for Causes
Walk for Hope, Cancer Care of
New Jersey, Mercer Park, West
Windsor, 201-301-6812. www.cancercare.org/walk. Four-mile
walk, entertainment, activities for
children, door prizes, and refreshments. Benefit for free services include social workers, education, financial assistance, and practical
help. Rain or shine. $25 minimum
pledge. Register online. 9 a.m.
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WORD AND SACRAMENT WORSHIP
SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 8:30 AND 11:00AM
EDUCATION FOR ALL AGES AT 9:45AM
aA
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (ELCA)
177 Princeton Hightstown Road • Princeton Junction 08550
609.799.1753 • Rev. Paul Lutz, Pastor
www.popnj.org
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Health & Wellness
Women’s Self Defense, Can Do
Fitness Club, 121 Main Street,
Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609514-0500.
www.candofitness.com. Register. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Senior Care Management®
Specializing in Elder Care Services
CARE MANAGEMENT
• Assessments/Recommendations • On Going
monitoring for families living at a distance
HOME CARE
• Personal Care Assistance • Meal Preparations
• Transportation • Companionship
• Certified Home Health Aides • Nursing Supervision
Mercer County, NJ (609) 882-0322
Bucks County, PA (215) 321-1401
www.seniorcaremgt.com
Meditation for Everyone, Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, 50
Vreeland Drive, Suite 506, Skillman,
609-924-7294.
www.princetonyoga.com. Meditation,
mantra, kirtan, and yogic philosophy in a group setting led by Suzin
Green. For all levels. Dan Johnson
accompanies chanting on tabla.
$20. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
For Parents
Support Group, WW-Plainsboro
Special Kids Special Parents,
West Windsor Library. www.wwpsksp.org. “Social Skills and
Siblings Workshops” presented by
Debra Levenstein and Robby Devry, focuses on the upcoming programs offered by Jewish Family
and Children Services. Register
by E-mail at [email protected]. 7 to 9 p.m.
For Teens
Yoga and Secrets of the Sages,
Integral Yoga Institute Princeton, 613 Ridge Road, Monmouth
Junction, 732-274-2410. www.iyiprinceton.com. Yoga, meditation,
tai chi, and more with Sanela Siri
Karta Solak and Aaron Craelius.
Also Monday, November 1. Register. $75. 4:45 to 6:15 p.m.
“We Only Sell What We Grow”
“We
Only Sell What We Grow”
Pick Your Own & Farmstand
“Sweet Corn,”
Vegetables,
Apples &
Asian Pears
Beginning Saturday, October 2nd:
Pumpkin & Apple Picking & Hayrides
For more information
and directions visit
www.StultsFarm.com or
609-799-2523
Visit Our Newly Designed
Website for All Information and
Sign Up for Email Produce Alerts!
Lectures
Trade Fair and Culinary Showcase,
Princeton
Regional
Chamber, Westin Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-924-1776.
www.princetonchamber.org.
More than 120 business exhibits,
networking opportunities, and
food and beverage tastings. Admission is free with a business
card. Spotlight on Your Business
program, “ Exiting and Transitioning: What Now?” begins at 3:30
p.m., $40. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Van Jones, Princeton University,
McCosh 50, 609-258-4670. www.princeton.edu. “Beyond Green
Jobs: The Next American Economy and the Politics of Hope” presented by the former White House
advisor. Jones is a distinguished
visiting fellow in the Center for
AFrican American Studies and a
visiting lecturer at the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Singles
Coffee
and
Conversation,
Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com.
Coffee,
tea, soup, sandwich, or dessert.
Register at www.meetup.com/Princeton-Area-Singles-Network.
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Socials
Fashion
Show
Luncheon,
Sound Healer: Marco Dolce, a musician, sound
healer, and sonic explorer, presents an earth bong
bath using Tibetan singing bowls, gongs, and other
sound instruments on Friday, September 24, at the
Center for Relaxation and Healing in Plainsboro.
Women’s College Club of
Princeton, Present Day Club, 72
Stockton Street, Princeton, 732297-1696. Pre-luncheon social
gathering with wine, lunch, and
unique clothing and accessories
from Landau’s of Princeton. Benefit for college scholarships. Register. $40. 11:30 a.m.
Dancing
Tuesday Night Folk Dance
Group, Riverside School, Princeton,
609-655-0758.
www.princetonfolkdance.org. Instruction and dancing. No partner
needed. $3. 7 to 9 p.m.
Movie, West Windsor Senior
Center, 271 Clarksville Road,
West Windsor, 609-799-9068.
Screening of “Lady Jane.” 1 p.m.
HotSalsaHot, Princeton Dance
and Theater Studio, 116 Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village,
Plainsboro, 609-203-0376. www.hotsalsahot.com. Three levels of
classes. Register. $16 each. 8 to
10 p.m.
Sports
Literati
For Seniors
Senior National Team Trials, U.S.
Rowing Association, Mercer
Lake, West Windsor, 609-7997100. www.rowpnra.org. Final selection for the World Championship team. 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Tuesday
September 28
Municipal Meetings
Meeting, WW-P Board of Education, Community Middle School,
609-716-5000. 7:30 p.m.
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Boys Soccer. Notre Dame.
4 p.m.
North Field Hockey. Steinert. 4
p.m.
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Marlo
Thomas, author of “Growing Up
Laughing: My Story and the Story
of Funny,” for reading, discussion,
and booksigning. A personal story
about growing up, her memoir includes stories about her father,
Danny Thomas, as well as Milton
Berle, Bob Hope, George Burns,
and Sid Caeser. The former star of
the 1966 show “That Girl,” she
played Rachel Green’s mother on
“Friends,” has appeared on and off
Broadway, and continues her father’s work at St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital. 7 p.m.
Classical Music
Carillon Concert, Princeton University, 88 College Road West,
Princeton, 609-258-3654. www.princeton.edu. Concert on the fifth
largest carillon in the country.
Free. 6:30 p.m.
Comedy
South Boys Soccer. Steinert. 4
p.m.
David Sedaris, Matthews Theater
at the McCarter, 91 University
Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. A rock star of
the literary world. $39 and up. 8
p.m.
South Girls Soccer. At Steinert. 4
p.m.
Business Meetings
North Girls Soccer. At Notre
Dame. 4 p.m.
North vs. South Girls Volleyball.
At North. 5:30 p.m.
Plainsboro Business Partnership, Wyndham Conference Center, 609-240-6022. www.myplainsboro.com. Networking event
featuring Paul O’Brien of Golden
Rule Real Estate. Free. 8 a.m.
Drama
Health & Wellness
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy
world of stage illusion. Through
October 17. For ages 10 and up.
No intermission. $20 and up. 7:30
p.m.
Group Studio Workout, Optimal
Exercise, 27 Maplewood Avenue,
Cranbury, 609-462-7722. Supervised cardio, core, strength, and
stretching. Register. $20. 6 a.m.
North and South Boys/Girls
Cross Country. At Hamilton
West/Lawrence. 4:15 p.m.
Art
Art Fusion, Arts Council of
Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. “In Honor
Of” presented by Dahlia Elsayed,
artist in residence. Free. 7 p.m.
Yoga Workshop, Shreyas Yoga,
Chicklet Books, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison
Street, 732-642-8895. www.shreyasyoga.com. Yoga in the Himalayan tradition with Acharya
Girish Jha. Register at [email protected]. First class is
free. 8:15 a.m. and 6 p.m..
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To Celebrate 50 Years of Firefighting, Plainsboro Throws a Giant Parade
P
lainsboro Fire Company will Farms later donated a 300 GPM
mark its 50th anniversary on portable pump that was mounted
Sunday, September 26, with on top of the tank on the Dodge. A
a parade and a ceremony to dedi- 1946 Chevrolet pumper was purcate “Squad 49,” a 2,000 gallon- chased by the fire company from
per-minute pumper equipped with Forrestal Center and reconditioned
hydraulic rescue tools; and “Tower by the members.
Howard Grant served as the first
49,” a 100-foot tower ladder. Both
trucks, approved in the NOvember chief and the first president of the
election, will replace aging vehi- fire company. The original firehouse was the cinder block buildcles .
Plainsboro Volunteer Fire Com- ing still behind the now-closed
pany No. 1 was organized on De- Plainsboro Hardware Store, at 607
cember 1, 1959, by 12 charter Plainsboro Road. During the winmembers; was incorporated on ter months, the building was heated
February 16, 1960, and went into by a coal-fired heater to keep the
operation on June 18, also in 1960. water in the trucks from freezing.
In July 1962, the fire company
In its first full year of operation, the
company answered 16 calls and moved to its current location at 405
Plainsboro Road on land donated
held 14 drills.
“Over the course of our 50-year by the Wicoff Family and Walker
history, volunteer firefighters in Gordon. “The carpentry work and
Plainsboro have expanded their masonry work for the new fire
training and services to meet the house was contracted and paid with
needs of a growing and changing donations from the citizens of
Plainsboro Township,” says Rob Plainsboro,” says Healey. “Fire
Brown, fire company president. company members did everything
“This is an opportunity for us to say else.” Bob Cherrington did the
thank you to the hundreds of men electrical work, and Ted Wagner
and women who have made the Sr. did the plumbing work. Simoncommitment to serve their commu- son Brothers, Princeton Nurseries,
nity and to the township officials, Donald Everett, and James Cramprivate businesses, and individual mer supplied bulldozers and front
residents who have supported us.” end loaders to grade the land
around
the
The parade
building.
will step off at 1
In the early
p.m. from EdgeIn the early days, the
days of the fire
mere Avenue
stationary fireman on
company, the
and Pond View
duty at Walker Gordon
alarm
was
Drive and folsounded by the
low Edgemere
Farms would blow the
stationary fireAvenue
to
farm’s steam whistle
man on duty at
Plainsboro
when a fire was
Walker GorRoad and end at
reported.
don Farms who
the Plainsboro
would blow the
Municipal
farm’s steam
Complex. Middlesex County Police and the Fire whistle when a fire was reported.
Pipe Band lead the Plainsboro Res- Firefighters living in the village
cue Squad, the New Jersey Forest section of the township could hear
Fire Service, close to 10 fire depart- the alarm easily and their family
ments, and 30 pieces of apparatus in members then relayed the alarm by
the parade. “It will involve Plains- telephone to members living in
boro as well as surrounding towns outlying areas of the township.
— our mutual aid companies, and
end with a brief ceremony at the
s Plainsboro grew, so did its
municipal complex,” says Tom
firefighting resources. In
Healey, a Plainsboro firefighter for 1965, a 1,000 GPM Hahn pumper
21 years. A children’s fire safety was purchased, followed by a Ford
house will also be open to provide Brush Truck in 1968. In 1971, a
an interactive fire education experi- 1,250 GPM pumper was added.
ence. The fire company will have
In the mid-1970s, the Wicoff
mugs and T-shirts available for sale Family donated land adjacent to
and light refreshments will be the firehouse for an expansion of
available. Many of the older fire the station to house the additional
trucks are also for sale.
equipment that would be needed to
The first truck was a used 1940 protect a growing township. Using
American LaFrance 640 gallons- a $100,000 donation from Princeper-minute pumper with a 160-gal- ton University, which had anlon booster tank that was later en- nounced plans to develop Forrestal
larged to hold 500 gallons of water. Center, the fire company expanded
The fire company also purchased a the station and purchased a 1977
Dodge Power Wagon with a 1,000 1,750 GPM Hahn pumper.
gallon booster tank and a 250 GPM
Plainsboro soon became one of
rotary pump. Walker Gordon New Jersey’s fastest-growing
A
communities. To keep pace with
the community’s growth, the fire
company purchased a used, 100foot Pierce LTI ladder tower in
1981 and a Chevrolet Step-Van in
1983. In 1986 the fire company
added a 2,000 GPM Emergency
One Pumper and in 1989 a Saulsbury heavy rescue truck.
“The changes did not stop with
additions to the fire company’s
fleet of trucks. To keep up with the
increasing costs of equipment and
services, members of the fire company successfully petitioned the
public to create a fire district with
the ability to levy a tax for fire protection purposes in 1991 and the
Board of Commissioners of Plainsboro Fire District No. 1 was officially created,” says Healey. “The
Always at the Ready: Former Plainsboro fire chiefs John
Wills, top left, and, Elmer Wilson. The Plainsboro Fire
Company in the 1980s, above, and today, below left.
fire company and the fire district
work together closely to provide
high-quality fire protection services to the citizens of Plainsboro
and the surrounding region.”
In 1992 the district purchased its
first piece of apparatus, a Pierce
1,750 GPM pumper equipped with
a 54’ Squirt boom. In 1997 when
the fire company established itself
as a regional ice rescue and still
water rescue resource, an inflatable
boat and a used ambulance were
purchased. The district also hired
the township’s first full-time, career firefighters, Lee Root and
David Seip.
The weight and size of more
modern apparatus were taking
their toll on a 40-year-old fire station. In 1999, following voter approval, the original firehouse was
demolished and a modern station
was constructed on the same site
and dedicated in October, 2000.
“In the interim the fire company
operated out of a construction trailer and tents constructed to house
the trucks behind the firehouse,”
says Healey. “The siren that had
alerted firefighters to a call for
decades was replaced by a modern
radio paging system.”
As the new century arrived, the
fire district and fire company hired
a nationally known consultant to
survey the company’s fire apparatus and personnel and took steps to
address current and future needs,
with the replacement of the four
front-line trucks.
The Plainsboro Historical Society will be on hand following the
parade to display the steam whistle, and other artifacts. When the
old building was being torn down a
coat worn by Rudy Willnetz was
found in the closet. Willnetz, a former mayor of Plainsboro, who
joined in 1960, is still a Plainsboro
fire fighter and plans to be present
at the event.
“As we mark the end of our first
half-century, we’ll begin the next
50 years by dedicating two trucks
that equip us to meet the needs of
the community, especially with the
pending completion of the University Medical Center of Princeton at
Plainsboro,” says Chief Doug
Vorp. “We’ve always done our
best to serve the community with
people trained to do the job and the
equipment they need to do it. The
one constant about firefighting in
Plainsboro that has not changed
over the course of our history is the
group of dedicated volunteers who
have made a personal commitment
to keeping their neighbors safe.”
—Lynn Miller
50th Anniversary Parade,
Plainsboro Fire Company, 407
Plainsboro Road. Sunday, September 26, 1 p.m. Rain date for the parade is Sunday, October 3. 609-7990492. www.plainsborofire.com.
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries.” Gutin is the author of “The
President’s Partner: The First Lady in the Twentieth Century” and
“Barbara Bush: Presidential Matriarch.” In conjunction with the exhibit, “The Kennedys: Portrait of a
Family.” Register. $15. 7 p.m.
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Health
Lecture,
Princeton
Healthcare System Foundation,
Hamilton YMCA, Suite 200, 1315
Whitehorse-Mercerville
Road,
Hamilton, 888-897-8979. www.princetonhcs.org.
“Prostate
Health: More Than Just Prostate
Cancer” presented by Dr. John A.
Watson, urologist/surgeon. Register. Free. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Kids Stuff
Read & Pick on the Farm: Scarecrows, Terhune Orchards, 330
Cold Soil Road, 609-924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Story
time. Bring your own child-size
clothes to dress your scarecrow.
Register. $7. 9:30 and 11 a.m.
History
Lectures
Gallery Talk and Lecture, Morven
Museum, 55 Stockton Street,
Princeton, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. “The View from the
White House: the First Lady,
1920-2010” presented by Myra
Gutin, professor of communications and journalism at Rider University who teaches a course titled
“The American First Lady in the
Networking Breakfast, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. For job seekers who are currently unemployed, under-employed, and
looking to make a career or job
change. Guest speaker, open dis-
cussion, and assistance with technology in the tech center. Learn
about services the library has to
offer those who are searching for
jobs. Free. 8:30 a.m.
Business Meetings
JobSeekers, Parish Hall entrance,
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street,
609-924-2277. www.trinityprinceton.org. Networking and support
for changing careers. Free. 7:30
p.m.
Live Music
Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill
Coffee House, 335 Princeton
Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. 7 p.m.
Chris Harford and the Band of
Changes, BT Bistro, 3499 Route
1 South, West Windsor, 609-9199403. www.btbistro.com. 9 p.m.
Politics
Meeting, Republican Women of
Mercer County, Nassau Club,
Princeton. www.rwomc.org. Open
to all Republicans. 6 p.m.
Sports
Senior National Team Trials, U.S.
Rowing Association, Mercer
Lake, West Windsor, 609-7997100. www.rowpnra.org. Final selection for the World Championship team. 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Wednesday
September 29
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North and South Girls Tennis.
MCT at Mercer County Park. 8
a.m.
South Girls Volleyball. At North
Hunterdon. 5:30 p.m.
Drama
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Douglas B. Weekes DVM
Kerry Danielsen VMD
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy world of stage
illusion. Through October 17. For ages 10 and
up. No intermission.
$20 and up. 7:30 p.m.
An Evening with David
Sedaris, Raritan Valley Community College, Route 28, North
Branch, 908-725-3420.
www.rvccarts.edu. Author and humorist reads
from his upcoming
book. $45 and $50. 7:30 p.m.
Film
Greater Princeton Area Filmmakers, Princeton Community Television, 369 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-252-1963. Weekly
meetup for independent filmmakers to work together and share
skills. Register by E-mail at [email protected].
7:30 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Gallery at Mercer
County College, Communications Center, 609-586-4800, ext.
3589. www.mccc.edu. Closing reception for “Plastics Alchemy” featuring works by artists who have
volunteered at the gallery during
the past 12 years. The exhibit is
part of the year-long commemoration of the gallery’s 20th anniversary. Artists include Renee Kumar
of West Windsor, Flannery Miller
of Plainsboro, Jon F. Allen, Filomena DiLeo, and Joe Mason of
Hamilton, Arlene Milgram of Ewing, Janis Purcell of East Windsor,
and Andrea Seabridge of Allentown. On view to Thursday, September 30.
Gallery director Tricia Fagan, a
West Windsor resident, notes that
artwork includes paintings, prints,
drawings, and sculpture in concrete, clay, and bronze. “Our effort
was to reach out to as many volunteers as we could and invite them
to be part of this special show,”
she says. “We also want to remind
patrons that the pleasant, knowledgeable people who greet them
at the gallery are often gifted
artists.” 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Dancing
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction followed
by dance. $8. 7:40 to 10:30 p.m.
EDINBURG ANIMAL HOSPITAL
Classical Music
An Interesting Case Study
at Edinburg Animal Hospital
Comedy Clubs
www.edinburgvet.com
Maggie, a 9 year old Border Collie,
presented to our hospital with vomiting
and weakness. She was admitted to the
hospital on IV fluids and supportive care.
She continued to vomit while in the hospital
so a foreign body was suspected and an
exploratory surgery was performed. A piece
of corn cob was removed from her small
intestine. Maggie recovered well from
surgery and continues to do well today.
Dogs and cats are prone to ingesting
materials such as strings, socks, toys, trash,
and other small objects. You should regularly
check your house for anything that could be
ingested and put it out of your pets' reach.
609-443-1212
609-275-1212
BUSINESS HOURS:
Mon-Fri 7AM-8PM
Saturday 7:30AM-NOON
Dr. Hours by Appointment
Ken Cowan, Westminster Conservatory, Bristol Chapel, Princeton, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu. Organ concert featuring
works by Mozart, Bach, Schumann, and Dupre. Free. 7:30 p.m.
The Cambridge Footlights Revue, Matthews Theater at the
McCarter, 91 University Place,
Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Cambridge University’s student-written and performed revue, that launched the
careers of John Cleese, Eric Idle,
Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie,
and Sascha Baron Cohen. $20
and up. 8 p.m.
Food & Dining
Wine Tasting, Wegmans Wine
Store, 240 Nassau Park, West
Windsor, 609-919-9370. www.wegmans.com. 5 to 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Pilates Open House, Can Do Fitness Club, 121 Main Street, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609514-0500.
www.candofitness.com. Register. Free. 9:30 a.m.
Open House, Princeton Center
for Plastic Surgery and Medispa, 932 State Road, Princeton,
609-921-7161. www.princetonsurgery.com. Information about
botox, fillers, latisse, skin care
products, and laser lipo. Register.
3 to 7 p.m.
Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, Can
Do Fitness Club, 121 Main
Street, Forrestal Village, Plains-
Comedy for a Cause:
Eric Lyden, who was
raised in Hightstown,
headlines Sarcasm
Comedy's show at Tavern on the Lake, 101
Main Street, Hightstown, on Saturday,
September 25. Benefit
for Mark Kramer, a
Hightstown firefighter,
and his family.
boro, 609-514-0500. www.candofitness.com. “Reveal Your Hidden
Beauty” presented by Dr. Mokhtar
Asaadi, a plastic surgeon based in
New York City and West Orange.
Register. Free. 7 p.m.
The Autistic Child, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner
Road, East Windsor, 609-4481330. www.mcl.org. “Practical
Strategies for Parents and Caregivers” presented by Nina Finkler,
director of outreach and support
services for Eden Autism Services, includes strategies for training the autistic child in socializing,
toileting, and play skills. Register.
Free. 7 p.m.
Lectures
Engaged Retirement, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. “Maximizing
Your Volunteer Experience” presented by Adrienne Rubin, VolunteerConnect. Focused on ages 55
to 70. Free. 10 a.m.
Middle East Society, Princeton
University, Bowen Hall, Prospect
Avenue, 609-258-3000. www.princeton.edu. “Can the Obama
Peace Initiative Resolve the
Palestinian-Israeli Impasse?” presented by Yvonne Haddad, a professor of history of Islam and
Christian-Muslim relations at
Georgetown University. Raised in
Syria as a Presbyterian, she came
to the U.S. in 1963 and received
her doctorate in the history of religion from Hartford Seminary in
Connecticut. She has edited and
written “The Muslims in America”
and “Islam, Gender, and Social
Change.” Free. 4 p.m.
Solar Forum, GeoGenix, Mercer
College, Conference Center,
West Windsor, 732-535-4674.
www.geogenix.com. Presentation
and consultations about solar energy. Bring a recent electric bill
with you. Refreshments. Register.
6:30 p.m. See story page 29.
Live Music
Pam Purvis, Salt Creek Grille,
One Rockingham Row, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 609-4194200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7
p.m.
Open Mic, Alchemist & Barrister,
28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
609-924-5555. www.theaandb.com. 10 p.m.
Schools
Chuck Rudnick Retirement Celebration, High School South,
Mercer Oaks, Village Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-5000. Honor
the retirement of the former principal of the school. “From the Pirate
Ship to the Cruise Ship” theme.
Hors d’oeuvres and buffet dinner.
$45 includes gift; $5 gift contribution without dinner. Send check to
High School South, Leslie Fisher,
346 Clarksville Road, West Windsor 08550. 5 to 9 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
Socials
Knitting Night, Borders Books,
601 Nassau Park, 609-514-0040.
www.bordersgroupinc.com. Meet
in the cafe. 7 p.m.
Sports
Senior National Team Trials, U.S.
Rowing Association, Mercer
Lake, West Windsor, 609-7997100. www.rowpnra.org. Final selection for the World Championship team. 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Thursday
September 30
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Boys Soccer. Trenton. 4
p.m.
North Field Hockey. At Notre
Dame. 4 p.m.
North Girls Soccer. At Trenton. 4
p.m.
South Boys Soccer. At Hamilton
West. 4 p.m.
South Field Hockey. At Steinert. 4
p.m.
South Girls Soccer. Hamilton
West. 4 p.m.
Drama
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy
world of stage illusion. Through
October 17. For ages 10 and up.
No intermission. $20 and up. 7:30
p.m.
Top Girls, Shakespeare ‘70,
Kendall Hall, College of New Jersey, Ewing, 609-882-5979. www.shakespeare70.org.
Caryl
Churchill’s drama about career
women. $12. 8 p.m.
Red Herring, Theatre Intime,
Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-258-1742.
www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8
p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Rider University, Bart
Luedeke Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, 609896-5033. www.rider.edu. Opening reception for “Translating Nature,” an exhibit of recent two and
three-dimensional mixed-media
works by Joy Kreves. Gallery talk
on Thursday, October 7, at 7 p.m.
On view to October 30. Free. 5
p.m. to 7 p.m.
Dancing
Salsa
Social,
HotSalsaHot,
Princeton YWCA, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton, 609-6516070. www.hotsalsahot.com. Beginner, advanced beginner, and
spinning drills presented by Henri
Velandia. No partner necessary.
$25. 6:30 to 11 p.m.
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango, Suzanne Patterson Center,
Monument Drive, 609-273-1378.
www.theblackcattango.com. Beginner and intermediate classes
followed by guided practice. No
partner necessary. $12. 8 p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Princeton Public
Library, 65 Witherspoon Street,
609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Sarah Hirschman, author of “People and Stories/Gente
y Cuentos: Who Owns Literature?
Communities Find Their Voice
Through Short Stories” and
founder of the reading and discussion program, speaks. 7:30 p.m.
Classical Music
Concert, Princeton University,
Chapel, 609-258-3654. www.princeton.edu. Free. 12:30 to 1
p.m.
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Concerto No. 2 for a Number One Pianist
T
he opening concert for the
West Windsor-Plainsboro
based Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra is on Sunday, September 26, at 7 p.m. at Princeton
Alliance Church in Plainsboro.
The program includes Rossini’s
“Barber of Seville,” featuring
comedy within music; Morton
Gould’s “American Salute” written in 1943 as a tribute to the nation during World War II; and
Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2 for
Piano and Orchestra featuring
Paul von Autenried Jr. of West
Windsor. The orchestra recently
received the second prize of the
American Prize Award recognizing excellence in orchestral performance for community orchestras in the United States.
Von Autenried Jr., 16, is the
first recipient of Bravura’s West
Windsor-Plainsboro Award and
the grand prize winner of the orchestra’s Young Artist Concerto
Competition. A junior at High
School South, he plays cello in the
school’s philharmonic orchestra,
is a member of the tennis team,
was president of the Class of 2012
for two years, and is in the math
honor society. He also volunteers
on the West Windsor Township
Human Relations Council. In his
spare time, he teaches piano and
music theory. With an unweighted GPA of 4.0, he is considering
majoring in law or political science with a minor or second major
in piano performance.
“As a pianist, there is no better
feeling than to have a full orchestra behind you when you perform,” says von Autenreid. “Winning solo competitions is great,
Pop Music
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Patriots
Theater at the War Memorial,
Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609955-5566. www.thewarmemorial.com. Folk musician and singer.
$35. 7 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Look Into My Eyes Social Date
Night, Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt
Regency, 102 Carnegie Center,
West Windsor, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com. Hypnotist Frank Santos Jr. in conjunction with Princeton Elite Club.
Register. $25. 7:30 p.m.
but having the opportunity to perform a piece as beautiful and iconic as Rachmaninoff’s 2nd with
Bravura is truly special.”
Von Autenried has performed
as a soloist with the Manalapan
Battleground Symphony and with
Shanghai Musicians Chamber Orchestra at the Grand Theater in
Shanghai, China. His recorded piano performances have been
broadcast on West Windsor
Channel 27 and he has performed
on Kansas Public Radio. Most recently, he performed as a soloist
and as a chamber musician at the
Vianden Music Festival in Luxembourg.
A three-time first place winner
of the New Jersey Music Teachers
Association Young Musician’s
Competition, a two-time first
place winner of the Steinway Society Scholarship Competition, he
is the first place winner of the
Shore Music Educators Association Distinguished Artists Competition and the Special Award
Recipient of the Suburban Music
Study Club Competition. In addition, he has earned the Licentiate
of the Royal Schools of Music
(LRSM) and the Diploma of the
Associated Board of the Royal
Schools of Music (DipABRSM),
both with distinction.
He began playing piano when
he was four years old with the
Suzuki method. “During the
school year, on average, Paul
practices at least one hour per day.
However, during the fall, which is
competition season, he practices
up to four hours per day on the
weekends,” says his mother, Elizabeth, who was also his Suzuki
coach. “School work is
Paul’s highest priority,
then piano and everything else.”
Elizabeth, who had
never studied piano,
had some musical experience playing the
flute for six years. An
engineer by education
she has a master’s in
business administration. Formerly a compensation manager at a
medical devices company, she now devotes
her time to volunteer
work in the High
School South and
Grover Middle School
PTSAs, West Windsor
Arts Council, and the
West Windsor Human
Relations Council.
The family has lived in West
Windsor for 13 years. His father,
Paul Sr., is the senior vice president and chief information officer
of Bristol-Myers Squibb. He is also a board member of Eden
Autism Services. His brothers are
Christopher, a freshman at South,
who competes in area golf tournaments; and Kurt, a sixth grade student at Grover Middle School,
who swims year-round with
Hamilton Aquatics Club.
“I think that just as an athlete
has a home field advantage, so
does any pianist. I really love to
perform,” says Paul. “So, to me,
performing with my hometown
West Windsor orchestra is exhilarating. I hope the audience will
enjoy the music as much as I do.
The entire concerto spans over 30
tor, reads and signs the last in his
Knuffle Bunny trilogy, “Knuffle
Bunny Free.” Wristband distribution begins at 9 a.m. Seating is limited. Book signing line is limited to
those with a wristband and receipt.
Children are encouraged to dress
in pajamas and bring their favorite
stuffed toy to weekly storytimes
leading up to the event. Children’s
artwork and essays will be displayed throughout the month of
September. Books will be available for purchase beginning Tuesday, September 28. 6:30 p.m.
Live Music
Farmers’ Market
Princeton Farmers Market, Hinds
Plaza,
Witherspoon
Street,
Princeton, 609-655-8095. www.princetonfarmersmarket.com.
Produce, cheese, breads, baked
goods, flowers, chef cooking
demonstrations, books for sale,
family activities, and workshops.
Music from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Rain or shine. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Health Talk, Princeton HealthCare System, East Windsor Medical Commons, 300B PrincetonHightstown Road, East Windsor,
888-897-8979. www.princetonhcs.org. “Women and Irritable
Bowel Syndrome” presented by
Dr. Vasudha Dhar, a gastroenterologist. Register. Free. 6:30 to
8 p.m.
For Families
Pre-K Nature Program, Mercer
County Park Commission, Mercer Park, West Windsor, 609-9896540.
www.mercercounty.org.
“Squirrels and Chipmunks.” Register by E-mail to [email protected]. Free. 10 to 11 a.m.
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Mo
Willems, three-time Caldecott
honor winning author and illustra-
October 2, 2010
William Hart Strecker, Salt Creek
Grille, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.saltcreekgrille.com. 7 p.m.
For Seniors
Workshop for Better Health,
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609689-1089.
www.groundsforsculpture.org. Walk followed by
“Effective Exercise for Bone
Health,” a discussion presented
Concert Soloist:
Paul von Autenried,
16, is the first recipient of Bravura’s
WW-P award.
minutes, so it really will feel like a
marathon. I’m thrilled to be performing for my friends and the
community.”
— Lynn Miller
Celebrating Arts in West
Windsor
and
Plainsboro,
Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, Princeton Alliance Church,
20 Schalks Crossing Road,
Plainsboro. Sunday, September
26, 7 p.m. $15 to $25. 609-7909559. www.bravuraphil.org.
by Stoneking Wellness Center. Includes healthy refreshments and
park admission. Register. $10
9:30 a.m.
Sports
Senior National Team Trials, U.S.
Rowing Association, Mercer
Lake, West Windsor, 609-7997100. www.rowpnra.org. Final selection for the World Championship team. 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
In Town
West
Windsor-Plainsboro
High School South PTSA seeks
vendors for its annual flea market
on Saturday, October 9, from 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain or shine. New
and used merchandise may be sold,
and service providers may distribute information. No food or live animals may be sold. $15 per space.
Call 609-799-8950 or E-mail
[email protected].
West Windsor Arts Council
seeks a student advisor to assist
with the planning and marketing of
events, activities, and programs.
Must be a West Windsor resident
or a junior or senior at High School
North or South. It is a one year assignment. Submit a resume and a
paragraph explaining your interest
in serving in this capacity. E-mail
to
[email protected]
with the words “Student Advisor”
in the subject line. Deadline is
Monday, September 27.
Maurer Productions has auditions for “A Few Good Men” on
Sunday, October 3, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.; and Monday, October 4, 5 to
9 p.m., at Kelsey Theater, West
Windsor. Visit www.mponstage.com for information and to schedule an appointment.
Jewish Family & Children’s
Services offers several groups for
young people on Thursdays, October 7 to December 16, at Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road
East, West Windsor. They are Social Skills for boys in grades three
to five and girls in grades four to
six, Boys from 4 to 5 p.m.; girls
from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m., $550. Also
Supporting Brothers and Sisters of
Children with Special Needs for
grades three to five, 4 to 5 p.m.; and
grades six to nine, 5:15 to 6:15
p.m., $54. Call Debra Levenstein at
609-987-8100 to register.
Young Audiences present an
artist showcase on Wednesday,
October 6, at Brooks School, 50
Deans Rhode Hall Road, Monmouth Junction. The Plainsborobased organization assembles programs for schools and youth programs. Register at www.yanjyaep.org or call 866-500-9265.
Audition
Somerset Valley Players has
auditions for “The Octette Bridge
Club” on Sunday and Monday, October 17 and 18. Needed are one
male in his mid-20s and eight
women from ages 37 to 54. Also,
auditions for “A Christmas Story”
p.m.; and Sunday, October 17,
noon to 4 p.m. Register with Jenn
Rogers by E-mail to [email protected] or call 609-8836606, ext. 112.
Opportunities
are Monday and Tuesday, October
18 and 19. Visit www.svptheatre.org or call 908-369-7469 for more
information.
Plays in the Park has an open
call for the title role of “Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on Thursday, October 7, at 7
p.m. Be prepared to sing “Close
Every Door” and dance. An open
audition for brothers and wives is
Wednesday, October 6, at 7 p.m.
Roosevelt Park, 1 Pine Drive, Edison. Call 732-548-2884 or E-mail
[email protected].
Visit www.playsinthepark.com for
more information.
The Yuletide Carolers seek soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices,
ages 20 to 40, to perform in fourpart harmony, a cappella in the tristate area during the holiday season. Four Sunday rehearsals will
be in late October and early November. Open call audition is Saturday, September 25, 2 to 5 p.m., at
Yvette’s Studio, 118 Walnut Avenue, Cranford. Prepare a standard
holiday carol. All positions paid.
www.theyuletidecarolers.com.
Actors’ Net of Bucks County
has auditions for “Once Upon a
Mattress” on Saturday and Sunday,
September 25, at 1 p.m. and Sunday, September 26, at 7 p.m. The
theater is especially interested in
people who also want to be considered for “Uncle Vanya” and “The
Rainmaker.” Prepare a monologue
and a song or two contrasting
monologues. 635 North Delmorr
Avenue, Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Call 215-295-3694 or E-mail
[email protected] to schedule an
appointment.
Washington Crossing Open
Air Theater and Downtown Performing Arts Center of Lambertville have open auditions for a
variety of upcoming productions,
events, and projects on Saturday,
October 2. Ages 8 to 18 from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. Actors 18 and older
will be seen from 2 to 4 p.m. Bring
a headshot and resume. Prepare 16
bars of a song and bring the sheet
music. Actors of all ages are needed for “A Christmas Carol,” actors
ages 8 to 16 are needed to perform
at the New Hope-Lambertville
Winter Festival. Singers ages 14 to
18 are needed for the Glee Club.
Auditions are at 8 Mt. Hope Street,
Lambertville. Visit www.down-
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Friday
October 1
School Sports
North Girls Volleyball, 609-716-5000, ext.
5134. Bridgewater-Raritan. 5:30 p.m.
Drama
Southern Comforts, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue,
Hopewell, 609-466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic drama. $27.50 to
$29.50. 7 p.m.
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the
McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton,
609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy world of stage
illusion. Through October 17. For ages 10
and up. No intermission. $20 and up. 8 p.m.
Top Girls, Shakespeare ‘70, Kendall Hall,
College of New Jersey, Ewing, 609-8825979. www.shakespeare70.org. Caryl
townpac.com or call 609-397-3337
for information.
Acting Classes
Playhouse 22 presents Playhouse Acting Academy, acting
classes for ages 5 and up, in East
Brunswick. Fall semester courses
begin Saturday, September 25.
Register. Visit www.playhouse22.org or call 732-951-0229.
For the Young
Trenton Museum Society presents Art in the Park, after school
art classes for ages 6 to 12, at Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader
Park. A seven-week session begins
Thursday, September 30 at 3:45
p.m. Register. $35 includes materials and snack. Call 609-989-1191
to register.
Voices Choral invites children
ages 5 to 12 to compose a piece of
music with a vocal element for its
annual music composition contest.
Deadline is Friday, October 8. Entries must contain a recording and
three written copies of the music
with the child’s name and age, assisting adult’s name, phone number, address, and the child’s background in music, together with a $5
processing fee to Voices Competition Contest, Box 404, Pennington
08534. Visit www.voiceschorale.org or call 609-307-0756 for information.
Health
New Jersey Blood Services is
asking for blood donations especially from people with O-negative
and B-negative types. Visit www.nybloodcenter.org or call 800-9332566 to schedule an appointment.
Faith
Mercer Friends presents
Friendship Circle, a supportive
Jewish community for special
needs children and adults, and their
families. Visit mercerfriends.com,
E-mail
[email protected], or call 609-683-7240 for information and registration.
Arts Program
VSA New Jersey offers a fine
arts program for students with disabilities ages 8 to 21. The program
will be held on Mondays, October
4 to December 13, at the Mercer
School in Hamilton. Register at
732-745-3885 or E-mail [email protected].
Seeking Playwrights
One Simple Wish, a not-forprofit organization with a mission
to grant simple wishes to deserving
children and families, has two vacancies on its board of directors.
Deadline for applications is December 31. Information sessions
are Tuesday, October 19, at 7:30
a.m.; and Thursday, October 21, 6
p.m. 183 Scotch Road, Ewing.
Register for events at www.onesimplewish.org or call 609-8838484.
Good Causes
Coalition for Peace Action is
collaborating with more than 45
New Jersey organizations to mobilize peace supporters from the region to take buses to attend a rally
on Saturday, October 2, at the Lincoln Memorial for the One Nation
Working Together campaign. The
subthemes are Putting America
Back to Work, Pulling America
Back Together. Visit www.peacecoalition.org or call 609-924-5022
for information and to register.
Health
Lawrence Library seeks oneact play submissions for its annual
play festival. Staged readings
should be 10 to 20 minutes long for
up to five characters. E-mail scripts
as a Word document attachment to
[email protected] or bring to the library reference desk.
Optimal Exercise offers “JointSafe Exercise for Active Adults”
with a focus on cardio, strength,
and other exercises. Try the techniques on the equipment in the studio on Monday, October 4, from
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call Bill
DeSimone at 609-462-7722 for information.
Donate Please
Seeking Vendors
South Brunswick Library and
Islamic Society of Central Jersey
are collecting supplies to aide the
victims of the recent flood in Pakistan. Food items needed are energy and cereal bars, cookies, canned
vegetables, dates, instant dry
whole milk, and cereals without
marshmallows. Also needed are
first aide supplies, water purification tables, antibiotic ointments,
Pedialyte, Immodium, Pepto Bismol, Tylenol, Advil, and Motrin.
Bring to the blue tubs in the library’s lobby area.
Music and Dance
Henderson Sotheby’s Realty
hosts “Home and Hearth Rummage Sale” on Saturday, September 25, 2161 Route 206, Belle
Mead. Donations may be brought
to the back porch. Contact Cynthia
Weshnak at 609-651-1795 or [email protected]
to arrange pick-up of items. The
sale is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
VSA New Jersey offers a fine
arts program for students with disabilities ages 8 to 21. The program
will be held on Mondays, October
4 to December 13, at the Mercer
School in Hamilton. Register at
732-745-3885 or E-mail [email protected].
Seeking Artists
Princeton Farmers Market
seeks crafters and artists for its holiday market on Thursday, November 4, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in
Hinds Plaza. E-mail Judith Robinson at [email protected].
Churchill’s drama about career women.
$12. 8 p.m.
Red Herring, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-2581742. www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, D&R Greenway Land Trust,
Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation
Place, Princeton, 609-924-4646. www.drgreenway.org. Opening reception for “Integrated Landscape: Where Farmland and
Conservation Meet,” an autumn arts exhibit.
On view to October 15. Register. Free. 5:30
to 7:30 p.m.
Volunteer Please
Mercer County Park Commission and Hopewell Valley
Open Space are planting trees in
abandoned agricultural fields to restore the contiguous forest canopy
at Baldpate Mountain. Volunteer
planting days are Tuesday, October 12, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesday, October 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.;
Thursday, October 14, 9 a.m. to 2
Business Meetings
Piano Teachers’ Forum, Jacobs Music,
Route 1, Lawrence, 609-921-1510. “Colorful Impressions” performed by several
members. $10. 9 a.m.
Comprehensive Communications Services, 610 Plainsboro Road, 609-7991400. “Presentation Workshop,” Eileen
Sinett, $250. Noon a.m.
From Prague to Vienna, Riverside Symphonia, Church of St. John, 44 Bridge
Street, Lambertville, 609-397-7300. www.riversidesymphonia.org. The program includes words of Mozart, Dvorak, and Bach.
$50 to $75. 8 p.m.
Fall Home Show
Good Causes
Outdoor Dancing, Central Jersey Dance
Society, Hinds Plaza, Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.centraljerseydance.org. Tangazo dance. No partner needed. Surface is smooth stone. Free.
7 to 10 p.m.
Literati
Comedy Clubs
Author Event, Borders Books, 601 Nassau
Park, 609-514-0040. bordersgroupinc.com.
“Nutrition for Your Dog” presented by Deva
Khalsa, a veterinarian and author of “Natural Dog.” Booksigning and lecture. 7 p.m.
Pennington Dance offers a
boys-only hip hop four week class
on Saturdays, October 2, 9, 16, and
23, from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Visit
www.penningtondance.com
or
call Nancy Warner at 609-7377596.
Classical Music
In the Pink Fashion Show, Breast Cancer
Resource Center, Westin at Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-497-2100. www.ywcaprinceton.org. Reception, silent and
live auctions, and fashion show featuring
breast cancer survivors, their husbands and
children, doctors, nurses, and social workers. Kick off for Breast Cancer Awareness
month. Business attire with a hint of pink.
Register. $85. 6 to 9 p.m.
Dancing
Drum & Dancing Leaning
Center offers West African drum
classes from Sunday, September
26 to November 7, from 1:15 to
2:15 p.m. in Lawrenceville. Visit
www.drumdancecenter.com
or
call 609-324-7383.
Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, West Windsor, 609-9878018. www.catcharisingstar.com. Register.
$19.50. 8 p.m.
Sun National Bank Center, Hamilton Avenue at Route 129, Trenton, 800-298-4200.
www.comcasttix.com. Bath and kitchen remodeling, windows, unusual products, solar
energy systems, furniture, and appliances.
$7. 1 to 7 p.m.
Family Theater
Seussical, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County
Community College, 1200 Old Trenton
Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Family musical by Pennington Players. $16. 7:30 p.m.
Science Lectures
Science Cafe, Princeton Public Library,
65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822.
www.princetonlibrary.org. David Maiullo,
host of the upcoming National Geographic
Network television program “Humanly Possible” presents a program for teens and
adults. 7 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
Live Music
Drama
Open Mic, Borders Books, 601
Nassau Park, 609-514-0040.
www.bordersgroupinc.com.
All
musicians welcome. 8 p.m.
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy
world of stage illusion. Through
October 17. For ages 10 and up.
No intermission. $20 and up. 3
and 8 p.m.
Journey Dance, Integral Yoga Institute Princeton, 613 Ridge
Road, Monmouth Junction, 732274-2410. www.iyiprinceton.com.
Christina Molnar. Register. $15. 8
to 10 p.m.
Paper Jets, It’s a Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road,
Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. Soft rock. 8 to 10
p.m.
Singles
Divorce Recovery Program,
Princeton Church of Christ, 33
River Road, Princeton, 609-5813889.
www.princetonchurchofchrist.com. Support group for men
and women. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Socials
Luncheon, Rotary Club of the
Princeton Corridor, Hyatt Regency, Carnegie Center, 609-7990525.
www.princetoncorridorrotary.org. Register. Guests, $25.
12:15 p.m.
For Seniors
Music Appreciation Program,
West Windsor Senior Center,
271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, 609-799-9068. “Victor Herbert” presented by Ted Otten and
Michael Kownacky. 2 to 4 p.m.
Sports
Senior National Team Trials, U.S.
Rowing Association, Mercer
Lake, West Windsor, 609-7997100. www.rowpnra.org. Final selection for the World Championship team. 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Sports for Causes
Golf Classic, Gerald R. Covello
Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund,
Cranbury Golf Course, Southfield
Road, West Windsor, 609-4484196. Shotgun start at 10 a.m.
$135 includes golf, breakfast, and
reception. 7 a.m.
Saturday
October 2
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Field Hockey. At Robbinsville.
North Football. Hamilton West. 11
a.m.
South Boys/Girls Cross Country.
Shore Coaches at Homdel Park.
Noon.
South Football. Notre Dame. 1
p.m.
North Boys Soccer. At Ewing. 4
p.m.
North Girls Soccer. Ewing. 4 p.m.
South Boys Soccer. Trenton Central. 4 p.m.
South Field Hockey. At Hopewell
Valley. 4 p.m.
South Girls Soccer. At Trenton. 4
p.m.
North Boys/Girls Cross Country.
At Shore Coaches Invite. 4:15
p.m.
Dance
The Outlet Dance Project,
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609689-1089.
www.groundsforsculpture.org. Creative Dance for
Kids for three to seven year-olds
presented by Theresa Purcell
Cone. Gypsy Flamenco dancing
at 1 p.m. for men and women.
Public Moves Sculptural Space
with Joshua Bisset and Laura
Quattrocchi begins at 4 p.m. Register. $15 per class. 10 a.m.
Southern Comforts, Off-Broadstreet Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.com. Romantic drama. $27.50 to
$29.50. 7 p.m.
Leaps and Bounds, Princeton
Theological Seminary, Schiede
Hall, 64 Mercer Street, 609-4977963. www.ptsem.edu. A onewoman show produced and performed by Tevyn East about the
interconnection of faith, ecology,
and global economy. Register.
$10 donation. 7:30 p.m.
Top Girls, Shakespeare ‘70,
Kendall Hall, College of New Jersey, Ewing, 609-882-5979. www.shakespeare70.org.
Caryl
Churchill’s drama about career
women. $12. 8 p.m.
Red Herring, Theatre Intime,
Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-258-1742.
www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8
p.m.
Literati
Author Event, Borders Books,
601 Nassau Park, 609-514-0040.
www.bordersgroupinc.com. Bill
D’Arienzo, author of “By George,”
featuring leadership secrets applied from lessons to George
Washington’s life. Also, Ann
Tardy, author of “Light a Fire Under Their Ass,” discusses the
book. 1 p.m.
Revolutionary Voices, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Staged reading of a book that was recently
banned from Burlington County Library System and Rancocas Valley Senior High School. The anthology of poetry, essays, sketches, and other works created in
2000 by and for radical for “radical
queer” folk of color, young women,
transgender, and bisexual youth.
7 to 9 p.m.
Classical Music
Princeton Symphony Orchestra:
Behind the Music, Arts Council
of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Introduction of “Beautiful Passing” written
by composer Steven Mackey. The
work has its east coast premiere at
Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s
opening concert of the season.
Panel discussion with Mackey and
PSO music director Rossen Milanov. Register. Free. 4:30 to 6
p.m.
Pop Music
Peter Nero and the Philly Pops,
Patriot Theater at the War
Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609-984-8400. www.tickets.com. “Broadway Showstoppers”
with the Philly Pops. Benefit for the
Foundation of Morris Hall/St.
Lawrence. $30 to $75. 8 p.m.
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Going Solar: A Community Approach
W
ith the hot days of
summer coming
to an end, you
may be ready to toss your
costly electric bills from July and August in the trash,
but holding on to them for
one more week could save
you a bundle next summer.
Rumson-based solar energy
company GeoGenix is coming to town, and they want
to show you how much you
could save by having solar
panels installed on your
roof.
Representatives of GeoGenix will be at the Conference Center at Mercer
County Community College on Wednesday, September 29, from 6:30 to 9
p.m. for a Community Solar
Forum. This free event will
feature a presentation on the
financial and environmental
benefits of converting to solar energy followed by individual consultations.
Though the environmental impact of converting to solar is already well known, people are not
always aware of how affordable
solar can be, and GeoGenix’s presentation will aim to explain the
possible savings. In addition to
state and federal tax credits, for
example, a community rebate will
be available for the West Windsor/Plainsboro area. This rebate
grows the more popular solar becomes, because of efficiencies realized by doing multiple installations in the same geographical region.
Solar seems like a no-brainer:
the environmental and financial
return on investment is huge, and
further savings are possible on
one-time installation costs with
GeoGenix’s community rebate.
But it wasn’t always this way.
When Manick Rajendran, a resident of the Crossings at Grover’s
Mill in Plainsboro, asked permission of his homeowners associa-
The Sunny Side of the Street: Raji and Migal
Rajendran of Plainsboro photographed in front of
their solar-powered home in October, 2006. The
firm that installed their panels hosts a forum on
September 29. Photo: Brian McCarthy
tion to install solar panels on his
roof in 2006, it immediately rejected his request, citing the unsightliness of the panels and their
probable negative impact on
home values in the area (U.S. 1,
October 4, 2006).
Motivated by his own environmental awareness and his two
sons’ enthusiasm for the project,
Rajendran pursued the issue further. He gave a presentation on
homes with solar panels, polled
students on the idea, compared
the values of homes with and
without solar panels, and consulted with real estate agents on the
panels’ impact on housing prices.
The homeowners association did
not give in until Rajendran threatened to sue, and once it did Rajendran had his solar panels installed
by GeoGenix.
Good Causes
Comedy Clubs
Water Works Fest, Stony Brook
Millstone Watershed, 31 Titus
Mill Road, Hopewell, 609-7377592.
www.thewatershed.org.
Cocktails, music, dinner, and live
and silent auctions. $175. 6:30
p.m.
Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Center,
West Windsor, 609-987-8018.
www.catcharisingstar.com. Register. $22. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
Jammin for Juju, It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919.
www.itsagrind.com. Kim Yarson,
CJ Barna, Jo Wymer, Barbara
Harley, Jim Gaven, Christopher
Morse, and others are raising
awareness of mitochondrial disease in honor of Juliana, a fiveyear-old. 7 to 10 p.m.
Kidstock, Waterfront Stadium,
Route 29, Trenton, 609-672-5207.
kidstock.com. Food, dancing, martial arts, food drive to benefit Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, activities,
pet adoption. Music by Rachel
Conrad and Gary Campbell. Appearance by Sid Bernstein, concert promotor for the Beatles and
the Rolling Stones. Teen idol contest. $6. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fairs
The impact of Rajendran’s victory was not just evident in his
greatly reduced electric bills,
which went from around $250 to
zero in a year. His case set a
precedent for homeowners associations, leading to an increase in
solar installations in housing developments. It is now illegal for a
homeowners association to prohibit solar panels, and since 2006
GeoGenix has installed solar panels on more than a dozen West
Windsor and Plainsboro homes.
Solar Forum, GeoGenix,
Mercer College, Conference
Center, West Windsor, 732-5354674. www.geogenix.com/wwp.
Presentation and consultations
about solar energy. Bring a recent
electric bill with you. Refreshments. Register. 6:30 p.m.
Fall Home Show, Sun National
Bank Center, Hamilton Avenue at
Route 129, Trenton, 800-2984200. www.comcasttix.com. $7.
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Welcome to Japan: A Fall Food
Festival, Asian Food Market,
660 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro,
609-799-1828. www.asianfoodmarkets.com. A festival exploring
Asian cuisine features more than
20 vendors with samples of Chinese and other Asian dishes.
Free. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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World Music
Hope, Urban Promise, Sangeetham Estate, 3735 Lawrenceville
Road, Princeton, 609-688-0063.
“An Evening of Ancient Culture”
features traditional Bharathanatyam dance recital by Rachel
Asir, a student of Guru Bala Devi
Chandrashekar; sitar and mrudangam concert with Matthew
Asir, Murudanga Vidwan, and
Bhairav Chandrasekar; and a
cocktail reception. Keynote address by Patricia Fagin, headmistress, Stuart Country Day
School; and a talk by Michael Lovaglio of Urban Promise. All proceeds benefit the Urban Storyteller, an arts environment for the
youth of Camden featuring opportunities of cinema, writing, and
music. Black tie or traditional Indian dress suggested. Register.
$100. 6 p.m.
732-339-9300
Plainsboro 609-297-4070
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OCTOBER 2
Continued from preceding page
Farmers’ Market
West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Parking Lot, Princeton Junction Train
Station, 609-577-5113. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org.
Produce, bakery items, pizza, coffee, and other foods and flowers.
West Windsor Arts Council, West
Windsor Bike and Pedestrian Alliance, and Yes, We Can, a volunteer group that collects food for the
Crisis Ministry of Princeton and
Trenton. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Blood Drive, American Red
Cross, Queenship of Mary
Church, 16 Dey Road, Plainsboro,
800-448-3543. www.pleasegiveblood.org. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
History
Daughters of the American Revolution, Nassau Club, 6 Mercer
Street, Princeton, 609-279-2489.
Cate Crown, superintendent for
the Brigade of the American Revolution, she oversees re-enactors
who portray civilian members of
the armies that participated in the
war for American independence.
Register. $25. 11:30 a.m. to 2
p.m.
For Families
Pumpkin Carving Demonstration, Grounds For Sculpture, 18
Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609689-1089. www.groundsforsculpture.org. Demonstration by Ashley
Campbell, a talented pumpkin
carver. Noon.
Fall Festival, Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route
29, Titusville, 609-737-3299.
www.howellfarm.org. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Fall Family Fun, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, 609924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Pick your own apples, pumpkins, and raspberries.
Music by Mountain View. Rain or
shine. Free admission. Alpaca
Breeders of New Jersey present
their animals and talk about raising alpacas. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Family Theater
Seussical, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Family musical
by Pennington Players. $16. 2
and 7:30 p.m.
Lectures
The Roots of Love & Hate, American College of Orgonomy,
Princeton Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, Princeton, 732-821-1144.
www.orgonomy.org.
Theodota
Chasapi, board certified psychiatrist and neurologist, presents a
talk focusing on natural birth,
mother and baby bonding, roots of
human violence, perinatal care,
and love. Register. Free. 3 to 5
p.m.
Live Music
Doorway 320, Borders Books,
601 Nassau Park, 609-514-0040.
www.bordersgroupinc.com.
Christian rockers. 7 p.m.
Joe Vadala Duo, Princeton
Sports Bar & Grill, 128 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-921-7555.
www.princetonsportsbar.com.
Acoustic rock covers and originals. 9 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Haunted Attractions, Corner
Copia Farm Market, 299 Princeton-Hightstown Road, East Windsor, 609-426-8884. Challenging
10-acre corn maze includes more
than three miles of potential pathways depicting a witch on a
broomstick with clues at 12 checkpoints to solve a mystery. $9.99.
Pumpkin picking, petting, zoo, and
refreshment stand available. Corner of Chaos Scream Acres from 7
to 11 p.m. with 25 acres of cornfield and forest, live music, and
bonfires, $15. 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Community Bike Ride, West
Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance, Chamberlin Park,
Woodmere Road, West Windsor.
www.wwbpa.org. Six-mile family
ride. Raindate is Sunday, October
3. E-mail [email protected].
2 p.m.
Family Nature Programs, Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner
Road, Plainsboro, 609-897-9400.
www.njaudubon.org. “Birdfeeding: How to Attract Birds to Your
Yard” includes food resources and
common mistakes. Register. $5.
3:30 to 5 p.m.
Field of Terror, Windsor Farm,
831 Windsor Perrineville Road,
East Windsor, 609-209-4032.
www.fieldofterror.com. Hayride,
haunted corn maze, and a haunted walk. $13 each; $25 for two;
and $30 for three. 7 p.m.
Schools
Open House, Harmony Schools,
1 Merwick Road, Forrestal Village,
Plainsboro, 609-799-4411. www.harmonyschools.com. Ages six
weeks to eight years, nursery and
full day schedules, pre-K, before
and after school programs, summer camp through age nine, and a
six-week parent and child class.
Music demonstration at 11:30
a.m. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
What’s in Store
Community Yard Sale, Bear
Creek Assisted Living, 291 Village Road East, West Windsor,
609-918-1075. www.bearcreekassistedliving.com. Contact Erica
by phone or E-mail activities
@bearcreekassistedliving.com if
you are interested in selling. 8
a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fashion Show, Kiki D’s and
Utopia for Pets, 1225 State
Road, Princeton, 609-430-4600.
www.kikidresses.com.
Women
and their four-legged companions
model fall styles. Free. Noon to 1
p.m.
Singles
Wine and Dinner, Dinnermates,
Princeton Area, 732-759-2174.
www.dinnermates.com. Ages 30s
to early 50s. Call for reservation
and location. $20 plus dinner and
drinks. 7:30 p.m.
Socials
Korean Thanksgiving Celebration, South Brunswick Library,
110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth
Junction, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.info. Films, activities, and a
sampling of Korean foods presented by the Korean Spirit and
Culture Promotion Project. Children at 11 a.m. Families and
adults at 2 p.m. Register. Free. 11
a.m.
Sports for Causes
5K Race, Friends and Neighbors
in Action, Thompson Park, Monroe,
609-371-1137.
www.supportfna.com. Benefit for Operation HomeFront, an organization
that provides assistance to troops,
their families, and wounded warriors; and FNA, an organization
that benefits research, education,
and community support programs
to improve patient care and quality
of life. Register online. 9 a.m.
Light the Night, Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society, Forrestal
Village, Plainsboro, 888-9208557.
www.lightthenight.org.
One-mile walk to raise funds for
blood cancer research. Register
online. 6:30 p.m.
Sunday
October 3
Dance
The Outlet Dance Project,
Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, 609689-1089. www.groundsforsculpture.org. Performance by emerging choreographers. Free with admission. 2 p.m.
Drama
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy
world of stage illusion. Through
October 17. For ages 10 and up.
No intermission. $20 and up. 2
p.m.
Leaps and Bounds, Princeton
Theological Seminary, Schiede
Hall, 64 Mercer Street, 609-4977963. www.ptsem.edu. A onewoman show produced and performed by Tevyn East about the
interconnection of faith, ecology,
and global economy. Register.
$10 donation. 3:30 p.m.
Film
Princeton Jewish Center, 435
Nassau Street, 609-921-0100.
www.thejewishcenter.org.
Screening of “21 Below,” a documentary about a real family confronting old hurts and new
tragedies. Post screen Q&A with
the director and one of the producers. Register. $5. 4 p.m.
‘The Fence’: An opening reception for 'I Love That
Jay-Z Line...,' an exhibit of paintings by Marian
Brunn Smith, takes place on Friday, October 8,
at the Peddie School in Hightstown.
Art
Art Exhibit, Gourgaud Gallery, 23
North Main Street, Cranbury, 609395-0900. www.gourgaudhist.htm. Opening reception for
“Peaceful Places,” a solo exhibition of paintings by Donna Kumagai, blending realism with abstract. A retired mathematician,
she searches for shapes and
spaces on the canvas. Hours:
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to
4 p.m.; first, third, and last Sunday,
1 to 3 p.m. On view to October 31.
1 to 3 p.m.
Dancing
Salsa Workshop and Dance,
Web of Compassion, Suzanne
Patterson Center, 45 Stockton
Street, Princeton, 609-203-5854.
www.webofcompassion.org.
Griselle Ponce hosts workshop
series. Workshops, 2:45 to 5:30
p.m. Dance party, 6 to 9 p.m. One
workshop, $20; both workshops,
$35; workshop and social, $40;
social only, $10. 2:45 p.m.
Classical Music
Carillon Concert, Princeton University, 88 College Road West,
Princeton, 609-258-3654. www.princeton.edu. Concert on the fifth
largest carillon in the country.
Free. The carillon will be silent during PhD exams from October 4 to
24. 1 p.m.
Elem Eley and Faith Esham,
Westminster
Conservatory,
Bristol Chapel, Princeton, 609921-2663. www.rider.edu. Hugo
Wolf’s song cycle, Italienisches
Liederbuch performed by Esham,
a soprano; Eley, a baritone; with
J.J. Penna on piano. Free. 3 p.m.
Power, Passion, and Grace,
Princeton Symphony Orchestra,
Richardson
Auditorium,
Princeton University, 609-4970020. www.princetonsymphony.org. Guest artist, violinist Leila
Josefowicz, performs in the New
Jersey premiere of Steven Mackey’s “Beautiful Passing,” a work
that was tailored for her by the
composer. Mackey is a professor
of music at Princeton, where he
teaches composition, theory, 20th
century music, and improvisation.
The program also includes
Mozart’s overture to “The Magic
Flute” and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Rossen Milanov conducts. Pre-concert lecture at 3
p.m. $16 to $64. 4 p.m.
Pop Music
What’s Love Got to Do With It?,
Capital Singers of Trenton, Stuart Country Day School, 1200 Stuart Lane, Princeton, 609-6200160.
www.capitalsingers.org.
Cabaret features love songs from
Broadway musicals. Timothy
Brown accompanies on piano.
Co-directed by David Abers and
Jan Baldwin. $20. 4 p.m.
Fairs
Fall Home Show, Sun National
Bank Center, Hamilton Avenue at
Route 129, Trenton, 800-2984200. www.comcasttix.com. Bath
and kitchen remodeling, windows,
unusual products, solar energy
systems, furniture, and appliances. $7. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Harvest and Music Festival,
Witherspoon Grill, Hinds Plaza,
57 Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
609-924-6011.
www.witherspoongrill.com.
Family-friendly
outdoor event features music by
Riverside
Bluegrass
Band,
Franklin & Alison Band, Carole
Lynne Quartet, and Vinny T’s
World of Pure Imagination. Food
available from Witherspoon Grill,
Blue Point Grill, Nassau Street
Seafood, and Sweet Mama’s.
Pumpkin painting, apple dipping,
face painting, and contest. Portion
of proceeds from food and activity
sales benefit the Trenton Area
Soup Kitchen. Donations of money and non-perishable items are
also invited. Noon to 5 p.m.
Faith
Blessing of the Animals, Princeton United Methodist Church,
Nassau at Vandeventer Street,
609-924-2613. www.princetonumc.org. Animals should be in carriers or on leashes. tba a.m.
Dakota Read Band, Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church, 177
Princeton-Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-799-1753. www.popnj.org. Original ballads and
Christian music. Free. 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Welcome to Japan: A Fall Food
Festival, Asian Food Market,
660 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro,
609-799-1828. www.asianfoodmarkets.com. A festival exploring
Asian cuisine features more than
20 vendors with samples of Chinese and other Asian dishes.
Free. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Yoga, Integral Yoga of Princeton,
613 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, 732-274-2410. www.integralyogaprinceton.org.
Multi-level
class. Level one from 9:45 to
11:15 a.m. Register. 8 a.m.
History
Walking Tour, Historical Society
of Princeton, Bainbridge House,
158 Nassau Street, Princeton,
609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Two-hour walking tour
of downtown Princeton and
Princeton University includes stories about the early history of
Princeton, the founding of the University, and the American Revolution. $7; $4 for ages 6 to 12. 2 to 4
p.m.
For Families
Fall Festival, Howell Living History Farm, Valley Road, off Route
29, Titusville, 609-737-3299.
www.howellfarm.org. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Fall Family Fun, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, 609924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Pick your own apples, pumpkins, and raspberries.
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WW Arts Council
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The artistic touch is not limited to the wall.
In fact, the ceiling will even feature a series
of lanterns made by artists. “Using the ceiling as exhibition space is part of the concept,” said Kleinman.
Aside from the artistic accents, the building also serves two other important functions: providing the much needed storage
and meeting space that the Arts Council
needs. To the left of the refreshments counter
is the firefighter-themed bathroom as well as
a door leading downstairs to the storage area.
Behind the welcome window is office space
that leads upstairs to a “volunteer” room,
which will serve as space for the Arts Council’s board of directors to hold meetings and
an area where the volunteers at the Arts
Council can work.
Moving on from the welcome area, visitors move to the right, passing the elevator
access and stepping up into the building’s
biggest space: the multi-use performance
room, where the Arts Council plans to hold
visual arts performances, dances, lectures,
and many other events. When it’s completely furnished, it will feature a stage and curtains and will seat 125 people.
The room boasts three different lighting
systems, including an exhibition system with
a tracking system so that art on the walls can
be showcased, while the rest of the room is lit
at a dimmer shade. The ceiling was designed
in a way that allows for electricity and lighting control access in multiple locations so
that a stage can be created from any point in
the room.
“This gives us the opportunity to create
different lighting effects,” said Kleinman.
There is also a sound and lighting control
booth, and three quarters of the floor in the
performance room is made from a type of
wood material that is “excellent for dancers
who want spring in the floor,” said Kleinman.
Opening Acts
T
he Arts Council kicks off the opening of its new building with a free
block party on Saturday, September
25, followed by a reception for the
building’s first artist’s exhibit on Saturday, October 2, followed by a “Five
Alarm Firehouse Fling” dance event
on Saturday, October 16.
During the opening block party, the
portion of Alexander Road from Wallace Road to Route 571 will be shut
down to accommodate the opening
ceremony.
According to Heidi Kleinman, a
dancing ensemble will march down the
street from the train station to the arts
center parking lot, which will be
adorned by tents with various hands-on
activities, and an outdoor stage that
will hold the day’s performances.
Once in the parking lot, the community
will join a percussionist in a drum circle to participate in a unifying beat.
The opening ceremony is a reinterpretation of a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, explains Kleinman.
“We see this as tying the many ribbons
of our community together,” she said.
“So the use of ribbons in arts projects
and the dance will be very obvious
when you are here.”
The dance project, which will tie together dance genres and cultural
groups in a traveling dance collage,
will be presented by choreographer
Marie Alonzo. The flash-mob style
dance will start along the New York
City-bound platform, down and across
the Wallace Parking lot, connecting to
Alexander Road and ending at the arts
center with an abstract ribbon dance.
“This work uses the train station as
an important component of West
Windsor as a junction, not only for
commuters, but also for cultures, the
arts, and education,” states a press release. The dance groups will include
Alonzo’s Tangerine ensemble with
Henri Velandia’s HotSalsaHot semi-
Located just off the performance space are
two bathrooms — complete with the performance arts and visual arts themes.
From the performance space, one can also
access the Florence Bell Hillier Visual Arts
Studio, a room the size of two classrooms that
provides art sinks and other space for classes
and programs. Architect Bob Hillier donated
money for naming rights of the room in memory of his mother, who was a local artist.
Because it has two access doors to the performance space and because it has its own
bathroom (with a theme of literary arts), on
the night of a performance, the room doubles
as a green room to provide access back stage.
The visual arts studio also has a door leading to the other half of the firehouse building,
where the township still stores its hazmat
equipment. The door to that area is permanently locked, but the area currently occupied by hazmat equipment may one day offer
Every inch of the building can
be used creatively. The ceiling
will feature a series of lanterns
made by artists.
more possibilities for the Arts Council,
which could use the natural light provided by
the bay doors for an “open studio” area and
more space for classes. But that possibility
lies in the distant future.
With the opening of the new building, the
arts council’s director, Eduardo Garcia, believes the community will benefit in many
ways from its presence — both culturally and
economically. “Any time that you have a
building like this, it is an improvement in any
community,” he said.
Even though the building lies just beyond
the boundaries of the redevelopment area, its
location down the street from the train station
— where officials have envisioned an amphitheater in the future — and its proximity
to the former Acme shopping plaza can help
pro team of Danielle Mondi, Claudia
Palestini, Tammy Fay Hayes, Lexie
Warren, Juan Ramz, Kevin Toft, and
Roger St. Jean; Trenton’s hip hop
troupe, Devastation Crew; Princeton’s
Lisa Bottalico’s Flamenco Dancers;
High School South Seniors Pooja Patel
and Raashi Desai; and Lawrenceville’s
Alexia’s Belly Dance and Beyond.
Called “Junction Dances,” the
dance will use the concept of tying
dance, arts, cultures, generations,
towns, people and community together
by using partnering dances, connecting
body shapes and rhythms, and fabric
just like a quilt sewn together with flamenco’s shawls, Indian scarves, and
Middle Eastern veils and then culminating with a serene and captivating
ribbon dance to mark the official opening of the West Windsor Arts Center.
Other performers include the Out of
the Blue, an a cappella group from High
School North, Timeless Music dance
performers, the Garden State Slide Ensemble (trombonists), Timeless Music
sitar players, the High School South’s
Saxophone Quartet and String Quartet,
Alex DeSimine, a North guitar and vocalist, Opera NJ, the Millstone River
Morris dancers. Circus performers, stilt
walkers, as well as an improv group
from North and a mime group from
South will also be on hand. Sinfonietta
Nova will also perform during the
event. The closing ceremony will include maypole weaving.
In addition to the West Windsor
Arts Council, some of the vendors providing activities during the day are the
Berrien City neighborhood, the Princeton University Art Museum, Westminster Choir College, Princeton University Lewis Center, the West Windsor
Historical Society, the Arts Council of
Princeton, the Leos Club, Dance Vision, McCarter Theater, and the
Princeton Symphony. Musician in the
Making: Musikgarten and the WW-P
High School Visual Art and WW-P
World Languages groups will also
the area. A tenant looking to occupy
the old Acme site “may say, ‘Wow,
this will mean hundreds of people
will be coming through here,’” said
Garcia.
“It improves the quality of life,”
he added. “I can almost guarantee
the realtors will be talking about
having an arts center in West Windsor.”
Activities like the arts council’s
Dining for the Arts event, which promotes both local restaurants and the
arts programs, also bring people to
local restaurants. People might also
think about coming to West Windsor
to eat before coming to an event at
the Arts Council building.
And if that amphitheater does ever
come to fruition in the train station
area, “it would be silly for them to
have an amphitheater a block away
and not ask us to do something with
it” in terms of managing some events
there, said Garcia.
In addition, Garcia hopes to establish office hours in the welcome
area, and he’s aiming for Wednesday through Saturdays from noon to
six — and that is in addition to the
classes and other programs that will
be held at the building. “We’re trying to make a commitment to regular
office hours,” he said.
Complete with WiFi access, the
welcome center will be open during that
time, and can be used by students for studying after school. Garcia said he hopes the
space will “be conducive to high school students to come after school so they can study,
have a few sodas.”
Arts Council officials say they are open to
renting the arts center space to outside organizations for parties and functions based on
the arts council’s own schedule. The Arts
Council has already received many inquiries
about rentals, but a policy and pricing is still
being drafted, according to officials.
have tents at the block party.
During the opening block party, the
Arts Council will also have its inaugural exhibit, “Community Collage: West
Windsor Then & Now,” on display at
the new arts center from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. The exhibit will run through Friday, October 29, with an opening reception with refreshments held on Saturday, October 2, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and during performances.
The exhibit includes the following
artists and their works: Therese Boucher, “Rainy West Windsor Morning,
Yesterday’s Neighbors;” Henry Chao,
“Dutch Neck Church;” Albert Chasan,
“The Seven Villages, Silos: Old Trenton Road, Village Grande @ Bear
Creek;” Valerie Ford, “Izzy;” Amy
Frankel, “A Dream Come True;” Marci Gelb, “It’s a Home Run;” Elliott
Gordon, “Beatrice Behrens, Eleanor
Dearborn, Opal Schrader;” Kate
Graves, “Pregnant Sycamore I, Two
Halves, the Island;” Dee Gozonsky,
“Old Trenton Road;” and Jody
Kendall, “In a Garden.”
Also Renee Kumar, “Charmed
Lives, Roundabouts and Long Agos;”
Kathleen Liao, “Yard Sale Leftover;”
Connie Maglione, “Summer Morning,
You are Here;” Ina Marx, “Past as Prologue;” Dan McGuinness, “The Stonybrook;” Tim Parris, “Cow in the Pasture;” Ted Peck, “WW Peck Boys
Then;” Joe Ryan, “Grover’s Farm;”
Martin Schwatrz, “Navy Veteran,
Hopewell NJ;” and Nancy Scott, “Still
Life with Books;”
Also, Sandy Shapiro,”Community
Bike Ride, Fishing at Grovers Mill
Pond;” Alison Singer, “Beginning and
Ending;” Robert Spector, “Mercer
Park Stream;” Connie Tell, “Untitled;”
Sandra Wan, “Bird in the Backyard;”
Mary Ann Weisser, “Saturday at a
WW Little League;” Andrew Werth,
“Mercer County Park;” and Tamara
Woronczuk, “The Red Shovel.”
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Good Neighbors: Part of the
old firehouse continues to
house emergency equipment.
At the Arts Council of Princeton, rates for
renting the facility vary. For members or
community partners, rates range from $65
per hour to $285 per hour, based on the room
that is rented. For nonprofits or local community organizations, rates range from $45
to $200 per hour, based on the room rented.
Origins of the WW Arts Council
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too with loud-talk at 11 p.m. Board members collaborated as artists and performed dance and music together in
New York City. A new band, Haute Dawg, emerged and
are still together. Board members wrote poetry as chain
E-mail, adding one line per member per E-mail.
Growth has been a theme, a goal, and a fuel. A planning meeting to negotiate with Nassau Park Mall to produce concerts there demonstrated this. Nassau Park hadn’t fulfilled its contractual agreement to build a skating
rink for West Windsor. Marvin Gardner with a penstroke of brilliance solved the dilemma of holding them
accountable by negotiating they fund the up-and-coming
West Windsor Arts Council in exchange for programming at the mall. Board members first asserted we propose a $300 annual budget. Our event production professional, David Haneman, patiently took us up a sharp
learning curve as a self-described “meeting tyrant.” Two
hours later the same people were adamant we accept no
less than $40,000 annually. The production and operating
budget contribution added up to $45,000 — more like
Gardner’s intent. We were funded for perpetuity plus a
new venue! Go Gardner! We were very quick studies.
We also learned and taught that the road to quality
programming is paved with the principle of always paying artists equitably for their work. Just look to our programming quality to see what I mean. We produced our
first program, Summer Solstice Poetry 1, in June of
2002. It was an exhilarating drama of catharsis and
fruition and drew an audience of 45 at Capuano’s.
Two weeks later the task force was dissolved and the
11 founding board members voted the West Windsor
Arts Council into existence at Ted Ross’ and Heidi
Kleinman’s dining room table. Aside from myself the 11
founders include Carol Schepps, Julie Myers, Jeff
Nathanson, Connie Tell, Liz Madden-Zibman, Dan Zibman, Marie Alonzo-Snyder, Dale Roylance, Heidi
Kleinman, and Elane Gutterman.
The lack of a home had an interim advantage because it
forged varied partnerships to host WWAC events. Events
were held in warehouses, the West Windsor Senior Center, the West Windsor Library, D&R Greenway’s space,
the Farmers’ Market, McCaffrey’s, Hillier Architects’ office, school theaters, Princeton Dance and Theater Studio,
and a private barn, among others. A rock concert was held
on the front lawn of the municipal buildings.
Our events have always been our celebrations of success. Programs are their own rituals of reward and the
biggest celebration is our grand opening block party on
Saturday, September 25. What a journey it continues to be!
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Music by Past Times. Rain or
shine. Free admission. Alpaca
Breeders of New Jersey present
their animals and talk about raising alpacas. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Family Theater
Seussical, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County Community College,
1200 Old Trenton Road, West
Windsor, 609-570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Family musical
by Pennington Players. $16. 2
p.m.
Lectures
Astrological Society of Princeton, Plainsboro Library, 9 Van
Dorn
Street,
609-924-4311.
www.aspnj.org. “The Sexy Information about the 360-Degree Dial” presented by Arlene Marcia Nimark. Register. $10. 2 p.m.
Live Music
Jam For Life, KatManDu, Waterfront Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609393-7300.
www.katmandutrenton.com. Marathon multi-band concert to benefit the Jam for Life
Foundation,
which
promotes
awareness of organ and tissue donation. Acoustic and electric
stages. Performers include the
Dadz, Love Struck, Tom Reock, the
Charles Laurita Trio, Ernie White,
Papa Carl Group, Sandy Zio, Kelly
Carvin, Paul Plumeri, LIsa
Bouchelle, Bob Burger, Joe Zook,
Mike Matisa, and Kim Yarson. Register. $15 to $20. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Natural
Dyes,
Washington
Crossing State Park, Visitor Center, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Explore colors derived from wild
plants. Free. 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Field of Terror, Windsor Farm,
831 Windsor Perrineville Road,
East Windsor, 609-209-4032.
www.fieldofterror.com. Hayride,
haunted corn maze, and a haunted walk. $13 each; $25 for two;
and $30 for three. 7 p.m.
Chess
Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van
Doren Street, 609-275-2897.
lmxac.org/plainsboro. For advanced adult players. 1 to 5 p.m.
Sports for Causes
Walk for PKD, PKD Foundation,
Mercer Park, West picnic area,
West Windsor, 816-931-2600.
www.pkdcure.org. Benefit for
polycystic kidney disease. 10 a.m.
Monday
October 4
Municipal Meetings
Public Meeting, West Windsor
Township Council, Municipal
Building, 609-799-2400. www.westwindsornj.org. 7 p.m.
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Girls Tennis. Hun. 4 p.m.
Arnie Baird, Alchemist & Barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street,
Princeton, 609-924-5555. www.theaandb.com. 9 p.m.
South Field Hockey. Nottingham.
4 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Pop Music
Haunted Attractions, Corner
Copia Farm Market, 299 Princeton-Hightstown Road, East Windsor, 609-426-8884. Pumpkin picking, petting, zoo, and refreshment
stand available. Corner of Chaos
Scream Acres from 7 to 11 p.m.,
$15. 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony
Chorus, 20 Schalks Crossing
Road, Plainsboro, 732-236-6803.
www.harmonize.com/jerseyharmony. New members are welcome. 7:15 p.m.
No Child Left Inside Program,
Mercer County Park Commission, Roebling Park, 609-9896540.
www.mercercounty.org.
Children ramble with the county
naturalist for an exploration of
trees. Adults participate with Philo
Elmer, educator and tree lover, to
share ideas and activities to encourage your child to learn about
the natural world. Register by Email to [email protected]. Free. 1:30 p.m.
Comprehensive
Communications Services, 610 Plainsboro
Road, 609-799-1400. “Conversational English Plus,” Sinett, $150.
7:15 p.m.
North Girls Volleyball. Lawrenceville. 5:30 p.m.
Business Meetings
Faith
Stone Lectures: The Lord of the
Psalms, Princeton Theological
Seminary, Mackay Campus Center, 609-497-7963. www.ptsem.edu. “The Reality of God” presented by Patrick Miller, professor of
Old Testament theology emeritus
at Princeton Theological Seminary. 7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Support Group, Rose Health
Coaching, Princeton area, 609273-0862. www.rosehealthcoaching.com. Whole food meal preparation for adults with insulin dependent diabetes. Register. $10
includes dinner. 6 to 8 p.m.
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Support Group, Suppers Meeting,
Princeton, 609-273-0862. www.thesuppersprograms.com. Whole
food meal preparations for more
stable blood sugar presented by
Karen Rose Tank, a health and
nutrition coach. Dinner included.
Register. $10. 6 to 8 p.m.
Monthly Meeting, Compassionate Friends, Capital Health System, 1445 Whitehorse-Mercerville
Road, Hamilton, 609-516-8047.
www.tcfmercer.org. Support to assist families toward the positive
resolution of grief following the
death of a child of any age. 7:30
p.m.
For Families
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Alton
Brown from the Food Network. 7
p.m.
Lectures
Socrates Cafe, West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road, 609799-0462. Ask questions, listen,
discuss, raise challenges. Register. 7 p.m.
Singles
Coffee and Conversation, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335
Princeton Hightstown Road, West
Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com.
Coffee,
tea, soup, sandwich, or dessert.
Register at www.meetup.com/Princeton-Area-Singles-Network.
6:30 to 8 p.m.
For Seniors
Movie, West Windsor Senior
Center, 271 Clarksville Road,
West Windsor, 609-799-9068.
Screening of “Bright Star.” 1 p.m.
Also, Mood Screning for Older.
Register. 1 to 3 p.m.
Sports for Causes
Golf and Tennis Classic, American Cancer Society, Greenacres
Country Club, 2170 Lawrenceville
Road, Lawrenceville, 732-9516307. www.cancer.org. Golf, tennis, lunch, open bar, and dinner for
$450. Tennis package, $225. 11
a.m. to 7 p.m.
Tuesday
October 5
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.quaker-bridge.com
Reservations Required
Dancing
Tuesday Night Folk Dance
Group, Riverside School, Princeton, 609-655-0758. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Instruction and
dancing. No partner needed. $3. 7
to 9 p.m.
HotSalsaHot, Princeton Dance
and Theater Studio, 116 Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village,
Plainsboro, 609-203-0376. www.hotsalsahot.com. Three levels of
classes. Register. $16 each. 8 to
10 p.m.
Literati
The Writer’s Room, Princeton
Public Library, 65 Witherspoon
Street, 609-924-8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Writers invited to develop skills in a new group
led by writer Glenn Cullen. Register. 7 to 9 p.m.
Classical Music
Composers Ensemble, Princeton
University Concerts, Taplin Auditorium, 609-258-5000. princeton.edu/utickets. “Desire Lines” composed by Barbara White, a member
of the music faculty. Mark DeChiazza directs. Musicians are Ralph
Samuelson, shakuhachi; Dominic
Donato, tamtam; and White on clarinet. Free. 8 p.m.
Pop Music
Barbershop Chorus, Princeton
Garden Statesmen, Plainsboro
Library, 9 Van Doren Street,
Plainsboro, 609-251-4238. www.princetongardenstatesmen.com.
Men of all ages and experience
levels are invited to sing in fourpart harmony. The non-profit organization presents at numerous
charities. Free. 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Faith
Stone Lectures: The Lord of the
Psalms, Princeton Theological
Seminary, Mackay Campus Center, 609-497-7963. www.ptsem.edu. “God among the Gods: Defining Deity in a Differentiated Religious Context” presented by
Patrick Miller, professor of Old
Testament theology emeritus at
Princeton Theological Seminary.
“The Body of God: God-talk in the
Psalms” at 7 p.m. 3 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Group Studio Workout, Optimal
Exercise, 27 Maplewood Avenue,
Cranbury, 609-462-7722. Supervised cardio, core, strength, and
stretching. Register. $20. 6 a.m.
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Boys Soccer. At Robbinsville. 4 p.m.
Kids Stuff
North Field Hockey. Hightstown. 4
p.m.
North Girls Soccer. Robbinsville.
4 p.m.
North Girls Tennis. Trenton. 4 p.m.
South Boys Soccer. Ewing. 4
p.m.
609-588-4442
609-933-8806
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy
world of stage illusion. Through
October 17. For ages 10 and up.
No intermission. $20 and up. 7:30
p.m.
Yoga, D&R Greenway Land
Trust, One Preservation Place,
Princeton, 609-924-4646. www.drgreenway.org. Multi-level class.
Gentle yoga from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Register. $16. 6 p.m.
School Sports
Mon-Thurs
2 or 4 Day Program
3:30-6:10pm
Drama
South Girls Soccer. At Ewing. 4
p.m.
South Girls Tennis. Peddie. 4
p.m.
North Boys/Girls Cross Country.
At Nottingham/Princeton. 4:15
p.m.
South Boys/Girls Cross Country.
At Hightstown/Hopewell Valley/Robbinsville. 4:15 p.m.
South Girls Volleyball. Tri with
Hunterdon/Central/Hightstown at
Hunterdon Central. 5:30 p.m.
Read & Pick on the Farm: Pumpkins, Terhune Orchards, 330
Cold Soil Road, 609-924-2310.
www.terhuneorchards.com. Story
time and pumpkin picking. Register. $7. 9:30 and 11 a.m.
For Families
Author Event, Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair, West Windsor, 609716-1570. www.bn.com. Doreen
Cronin and Scott Menchin with
Rescue Bunnies. 6 p.m.
Lectures
Improve Your Website Response, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609924-8777.
www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Improve web content, functionality, and marketing
of artwork focused on in talk by
J&M Marketing and Communications. Free. 1 p.m.
That Girl: Marlo
Thomas launches her
memoir, ‘Growing Up
Laughing,’ on Tuesday,
September 28, at
Barnes & Noble,
MarketFair .
Princeton Public Library, 65
Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822. www.princetonlibrary.org.
Tech Talk, free. 7 p.m.
Business Meetings
JobSeekers, Parish Hall entrance,
Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street,
609-924-2277. www.trinityprinceton.org. Networking and support
for changing careers. Free. 7:30
p.m.
Live Music
Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill
Coffee House, 335 Princeton
Hightstown Road, West Windsor,
609-716-8771. www.groversmillcoffee.com. 7 p.m.
Open Mic, It’s a Grind Coffee
House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road,
Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Trail Treks, Mercer County Park
Commission, Pole Farm, Federal
City Road, 609-989-6540. www.mercercounty.org. For adults only.
Bring a water bottle and wear sturdy hiking shoes. Register by Email to [email protected]. Free. 9 to 10:30 a.m
Sports for Causes
Golf Classic, Mercer County College, Mercer Oaks Golf Course,
West Windsor, 609-586-4800.
www.mccc.edu. Lunch, shotgun
start, skill prizes, scramble format,
and awards reception. $200 benefits the student athlete scholarship
fund. Awards and dinner, $100.
Register. 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday
October 6
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call the hotline: 609-7165000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Girls Tennis. At Hightstown.
4 p.m.
South Girls Tennis. Notre Dame.
4 p.m.
South Girls Volleyball. North
Hunterdon. 5:30 p.m.
Dance
So You Think You Can Dance
Tour, Sun National Bank
Center, 81 Hamilton Avenue,
Trenton, 800-298-4200. www.comcasttex.com. $37.50 to $55.
7:30 p.m.
Drama
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787.
www.mccarter.org. Aurelia Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy world of
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From The Police Blotter
Operation Take
Back New Jersey
T
he West Windsor and Plainsboro police departments will
both be hosting their own Operation Take Back New Jersey local
collection sites as part of the operation’s medicine disposal day.
The event will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 25. West Windsor’s will be held at the police department on Clarksville and North
Post roads, while Plainsboro will
hold its collection site in the upstairs lobby at the municipal building on Plainsboro Road.
The initiative, part of a statewide effort, is open to all residents.
It was organized to encourage residents to properly dispose of their
unused, unwanted, and expired
medicine.
The event is organized by the
Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New Jersey Division,
the state Attorney General’s office,
the state Association of Chiefs of
Police, the NY/NJ HIDTA, and the
New Jersey National Guard. Last
year, over 9,000 pounds of medicine was collected.
Plainsboro
O
peration C.R.U.S.H. Plainsboro Police are reporting they
have made a combined 40 “field
and incident contacts” as a result of
an initiative called Operation Blue
C.R.U.S.H., which stands for
Crime Reduction Utilizing Statisti-
stage illusion. Through October
17. For ages 10 and up. No intermission. $20 and up. 7:30 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Small World Coffee,
14 Witherspoon Street, Princeton,
609-924-4377. www.smallworldcoffee.com. First day for “A Mentaculus,” an exhibit featuring the
work of Brian Casally, a Princeton
resident, who is also an architectural cad drawer, a painter, an a
music teacher. Opening reception
is Friday, October 8, at 8 p.m. He
recently did the log for WPRB radio and had art featured in Trenton’s Art All Night. This is his first
solo show. On view to November
2. 10 a.m.
Art Exhibit, Chapin School, 4101
Princeton Pike, Princeton, 609924-7206. www.chapinschool.org. Opening reception for exhibit
of paintings by Frank Rivera, a
graduate of Yale Art School. A
longtime abstract artist, he now
works on a much smaller scale in a
serial format. “My painting is organized in a series of small panels,”
he says. “By keeping them small, I
am attempting to heighten intimacy between the painter and viewer. The panels function, I hope,
like a small hand-held book or
deck of cards, intended to be
seen, read, and processed by one
person at a time.” On view to October 30. 5 to 7 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Princeton Brain and
Spine Institute, 731 Alexander
Road, West Windsor, 609-2034622.
www.princetonbrainandspine.com. “Eyejinks” presents by
Art Times Two featuring works by
John Franklin, Rory Mahon, and
Andrew Wilkinson. On view
through March 31. Call for appointment. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Dancing
Contra Dance, Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson
Center, Monument Drive, 609924-6763. www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Instruction followed
cal History, which they carried out
in August.
According to police, the initiative was devised after they reviewed the Middlesex County
Prosecutor’s Office Summer
Crime Trends report and analyzed
Plainsboro’s situation and quality
of life issues. As a result, they targeted trespassing complaints in all
of Plainsboro’s apartment complexes and at the Meadows golf
course. They also targeted vandalism, noise complaints, disruptive
juveniles, and underage drinking in
all parts of the township.
During the initiative, police
recorded a total of eight motor vehicles stops, issued 20 motor vehicle citations, issued 14 local ordinance violations, and made a number of arrests. Those arrests included three DWI arrests, one arrest on
a warrant, two trespassing summons, one arrest for underage possession of alcohol, and five drug arrests. The drug arrests included one
arrest for possession of six tablets
of methylin as well as an arrest for
possession of a prescription legend
drug, and three marijuana arrests.
The team also issued summons
for nine underage consumption violations, two of which involved underage drinkers who were under
the age of 18, police said.
The plan was carried out by using a pair of two-office teams over
various weekend dates during
every weekend in August during
nighttime hours. The teams wore
normal clothes to blend into the
neighborhoods and patrolled on
foot, bicycles, and in unmarked
cars.
Credit Card Fraud. A resident
of Krebs Road was the victim of
credit card fraud and identity theft
between September 10 and 13. Officer Joseph DiGeronimo said
someone made three fraudulent
transactions on the victim’s credit
card, worth a total $1,003.
A resident of Ravens Crest Drive was the victim of credit card
fraud and identity theft on August
18, the victim reported to police on
September 13. Officer Mathieu
Baumann said someone made a
fraudulent purchase for $24.99 on
the victim’s credit card to an online
website.
Criminal Mischief. Someone
damaged two soccer goal posts at
the Plainsboro Park soccer fields
belonging to a West WindsorPlainsboro soccer league between
6 p.m. on September 6 and 10 a.m.
on September 7. Sergeant Joseph
Jankowski said the goal posts were
worth $1,500 each.
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Burglary/Theft. A Linden
Lane South resident was the victim
of burglary between 7:15 a.m. and
6:30 p.m. on September 7. Officer
Kevin Lowery said someone stole
several items of jewelry from the
victim’s home. Lowery said the
burglar entered the home by forcing open an unlocked sliding glass
door. The master bedroom appeared to be the only room targeted
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Literati
Althea Ward Clark Reading Series, Princeton University, Lewis
Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609258-1500. www.princeton.edu/arts. Hodder fellows discuss their
work. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Pop Music
An Acoustic Evening with Josh
Ritter, Matthews Theater at McCarter Theater, 91 University
Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. $25 and up. 8 p.m.
Good Causes
Volunteer Orientation Meeting,
HomeFront, 1880 Princeton Avenue, Lawrenceville, 609-9899417. www.homefrontnj.org. Information about volunteer opportunities. Register. 6 p.m.
Faith
Stone Lectures: The Lord of the
Psalms, Princeton Theological
Seminary, Mackay Campus Center, 609-497-7963. www.ptsem.edu. “Tender Mercies” presented
by Patrick Miller, professor of Old
Testament theology emeritus at
Princeton Theological Seminary.
7 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Breast Screening, Bear Creek
Assisted Living, 291 Village
Road East, West Windsor, 609918-1075.
www.bearcreekassistedliving.com. Call Shain to
schedule an appointment. Free.
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Guided Tour, Drumthwacket
Foundation, 354 Stockton Street,
Princeton, 609-683-0057. drumthwacket.org. New Jersey governor’s official residence. Register.
$5 donation. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Bordentown
•
609-298-8360
www.ilovemarcellos.com
by dance. $8. 7:40 to 10:30 p.m.
History
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by the burglar. The exact value of
the items could not immediately be
determined.
A 14-year-old West Windsor
resident and student at High School
North was the victim of burglary
and theft between 3 and 5 p.m. on
September 16. Officer Martin
McElrath said the victim’s iPhone
3GS was stolen from his locker in
the boy’s locker room at North.
The victim told police he locked
his phone in a locker, but found his
locker to be pried open, and that his
iPhone was stolen. The phone was
estimated to be worth $100.
Someone stole several construction tools worth a total $4,985 from
a locked site on Research Way between September 10 and 11, said
Officer Art Gant.
Drug Arrests. Rashawn J. Bailey, 22, of Ewing, was charged
September 19 with possession with
the intent to distribute marijuana.
Sergeant John Bresnen said he
stopped Bailey and Kashawn N.
Batts, 22, of Trenton, for speeding
on Route 1 South and found that
Batts was wanted out of Trenton on
$1,500 bail. Upon further investigation, Bresnen said he found that
Bailey was in possession of marijuana that was packaged for sale.
Batts was released by Trenton Municipal Court.
In addition to the possession
with intent to distribute charge,
Bailey was also charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was sent to the Middlesex County jail in default of
$5,000 bail.
DWI Arrests. Steven Ramos,
20, of Rutherford, was charged
September 19 with driving while
intoxicated. Officer Joseph Diggs
said he stopped him for speeding
on Route 1 South and found him to
be intoxicated. He was also
charged with underage DWI,
speeding, reckless driving, careless driving, and failure to maintain
lane.
Marlanea C. Guidotti, 23, of
Bordentown, was charged September 18 with driving while intoxicated. Officer Richard Wolak said he
stopped her on Hunters Glen Drive
for failing to maintain a lane and
found she was intoxicated. She was
also charged with reckless driving
and failure to maintain a lane.
Katie A. Lynch, 30, of Ravens
Crest Drive was charged September 12 with driving while intoxicated. Officer Timothy McMahon
said he stopped her on Plainsboro
Road for failing to stay in her lane
and found she was intoxicated. She
was also charged with reckless driving, careless driving, and failure
to maintain a lane.
West Windsor
S
uspected Drowning. A West
Windsor resident was the victim of a suspected drowning at
Mercer County Park on September
10, West Windsor police are reporting.
West Windsor Emergency Services workers found the body of
Snigdha Mohanty, 40, of Kensington Court, around 5:30 p.m. near
the west picnic area, after a recreational boater had called to report a
body in the water. At the time of the
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Stroller Strides, Historical Society of
Princeton, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau
Street, Princeton, 609-921-6748. www.princetonhistory.org. Walking tour of
Princeton for moms, dads, grandparents,
caregivers, and their tiny tots. Register by Email to $7. 10 to 11 a.m.
Tour and Tea, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. Tour the restored mansion,
galleries, and gardens before or after tea.
Register. $15. 1 p.m.
report, police said they did not suspect foul play.
Aggravated Assault. Daniel
Saggese, 42, of Rock Point, NY,
was charged September 13 with
aggravated assault after he got into
an altercation with a West Windsor
police officer.
Officer Frank Sabatino said that
while on patrol, he noticed a trespasser on the General Growth
Properties site on the corner of
Quakerbridge and Clarksville
roads, the site of several recent burglaries. He said he approached
Saggese, who was walking on the
site, despite signs prohibiting trespassing, and Saggese ran. When
Sabatino caught up with him,
Saggese tried to punch Sabatino
with a closed fist, he said, but
Sabatino eventually gained control
and placed him under arrest.
Saggese was also charged with resisting arrest and defiant trespass.
He was sent to the Mercer County
jail, and bail was set at $4,500.
Shoplifting. Keisha N. Murray,
36, and Charles A. Phelps, 38, both
of Trenton, were charged September 16 with shoplifting at WalMart. Officer Melissa Nagy said
Wal-Mart store detectives saw
them in the cosmetics department.
They said they saw Murray concealing items in her pocketbook,
while Phelps was putting merchandise in his pockets. When they were
approached, they tried to quickly
leave the store and discard the
items, but were stopped at the exit
doors with the help of the arriving
West Windsor police, said Nagy.
Jonathan S. Horning, 23, of
Middlesex, was charged September 17 with shoplifting at Wal-
Half-hour event to educate drivers about the
new law to stop and stay stopped when a
pedestrian is in a crosswalk. Register by Email to [email protected]. Participants will wear yellow vests and point drivers to signs. Free. 7:15 p.m.
Socials
Meeting, Outer Circle Ski Club, 212-6207479. Call for location. 8 p.m.
Thursday
October 7
For Families
Back to School Night
Author Event, Barnes & Noble, MarketFair,
West Windsor, 609-716-1570. Michael
Connelly with The Reversal. 7 p.m.
WW-P Board of Education, High Schools
North and South, 609-716-5000. 7 p.m.
Lectures
College Bound Lecture, PEAC Fitness,
1440 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, 609-8832000. “Inside the Admissions Office: What
Every Family Needs to Know in an Increasingly Competitive College Environment”
presented by Don Betterton, a financial aid
and admissions expert. He was on Princeton University’s admission committee for
three decades and has written three books
on how to finance your college education.
Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.
Citizenship Classes, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-9248822.
www.princetonlibrary.org.
Latin
American Task Force presents classes.
Second floor conference room. 7 p.m.
Salman Ahmad, Princeton Public Library,
65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8822. Currently performing under the Junoon label,
the rock musician speaks about his work
helping to bring peace between Pakistan
and India. 7:30 p.m.
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call
the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Boys Soccer. Hightstown. 4 p.m.
North Field Hockey. At Princeton. 4 p.m.
North Girls Soccer. At Hightstown. 4 p.m.
South Boys Soccer. At Notre Dame. 4 p.m.
South Field Hockey. At Hightstown. 4 p.m.
South Girls Soccer. Notre Dame. 4 p.m.
South Girls Volleyball. At Hillsborough.
5:30 p.m.
Drama
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the
McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton,
609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy world of stage
illusion. Through October 17. For ages 10 and
up. No intermission. $20 and up. 7:30 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Love and Communication, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and Montgomery streets, Trenton, 609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. World premiere
of story about parents of a child with autism
written by James J. Christy of Princeton. Directed by Adam Immerwahr. Through October 24. $20 to $30. 8 p.m.
Pedestrian Safety Walk, West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance, Clarksville
Road and Route 571. www.wwbpa.org.
Henry IV, Princeton Shakespeare Company, TBA, 609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu/psc. $10. 8 p.m.
Live Music
Open Mic, Alchemist & Barrister, 28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-5555.
www.theaandb.com. 10 p.m.
Mart. Officer William Jones said
that store detectives saw him remove a microwave oven and iron
from their displays and leave the
store without paying. Then, he approached the customer service
desk and used an old receipt to return both items for a cash refund,
said Jones. Once he completed the
return transaction, he was placed
under arrest, Jones said.
Disorderly
Person/Harassment. Leonid Kogan, 18, of Bristol, PA, was charged with disorderly conduct and harassment for allegedly shouting a racial slur at a
West Windsor police officer directing traffic.
Officer Kyle Brown, who is
African American, was directing
traffic at Beth Chaim Congregation for the Yom Kippur services.
As he was directing traffic in front
of Village Elementary, Kogan,
who was in a car that drove past
him, shouted a racial slur from inside the car. Brown alerted officers
nearby, who gathered the vehicle
information from Brown and
tracked the car to a nearby West
Windsor residence, where police
determined Kogan was the one
who shouted the slur, said police.
He was taken to police headquarters, where he was issued a criminal complaint.
Burglary/Theft. Six Mercer
County Community College students were the victims of burglary,
theft, and criminal mischief on
September 14. Officer Justin Insalaco said someone broke into the
students’ cars in the college’s parking lot. Several were entered
through unlocked doors or windows, and at least one door was
Red Herring, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-2581742. www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.
Art
Art Exhibit, Arts Council of Princeton, 102
Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Opening reception for “Material Translations: Artists’
Books from 1970 to Now,” an exhibition of
contemporary books in conjunction with the
100th anniversary of Princeton Public Library. Panel discussion with the artists from
4 to 5:30 p.m. Second discussion on Thursday, October 21, 7 to 8 p.m. Free. 4 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Rider University, Bart Luedeke
Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, 609-896-5033. Gallery talk in
conjunction with “Translating Nature,” an
exhibit of recent two and three-dimensional
mixed-media works by Joy Kreves. 7 p.m.
Dancing
Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tango,
Suzanne Patterson Center, Monument Drive, 609-273-1378. www.theblackcattango.com. Beginner and intermediate classes followed by guided practice. No partner necessary. $12. 8 p.m.
Classical Music
Concert, Princeton University, Chapel,
609-258-3654. www.princeton.edu. Free.
12:30 to 1 p.m.
Pop Music
Pat Metheny, Matthews Theater at McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, 609258-2787. www.mccarter.org. “The Orchestration Tour” reveals a one-man band with a
wall of instruments triggered from his guitar
with the aid of digital technology. The new
original music includes jazz and pop. $50
and up. 8 p.m.
Dala, Peddie School, 201 South Main
Street, Hightstown, 609-490-7550. www.peddie.org. Darlings of the Canadian
pop/folk scene Amanda Walther and Sheila
Carabine, their name was formed by combining the last two letters of their first names.
Frieds since high school, they are influenced by the Beatels, Joni Mitchell, Neil
Young, and Bob Dylan. $15. 8 p.m.
Good Causes
Gourmet Garden, Zonta Club of Trenton,
Hamilton Manor, Route 130 South, Hamil-
pried open. Items stolen from the
vehicles included clothing, text
books, electronic equipment, and
other miscellaneous items. A few
cars also had damage to doors and
windows, police said. Estimated
costs for damage, as well as estimated costs for the stolen items,
have not yet been determined.
A North Mill Road resident was
the victim of theft between September 11 and 13. Officer Frank
Sabatino said someone stole a motion censored camera, worth $200,
from the victim’s property.
Drug Arrests. Thomas J. Puccio, 22, of Dayton, was charged
September 19 with possession of
marijuana. Officer Walter Silcox
said he stopped a car for speeding
on Route 1 North near Quakerbridge Road for an equipment violation. During the stop, he found a
bag of marijuana in a compartment
on the passenger side front door.
Puccio, a passenger in the car, told
Silcox he put it there. Silcox also
found that he had a $500 cash bail
warrant out of Marlboro. Puccio
was released after posting bail for
the warrant and being served the
criminal summons for the marijuana charge.
Charles Washington, 20, of Piscataway, was charged September
15 with possession of marijuana
under 50 grams. Officer Campbell
Knox said he was assisting a disabled car on Route 1 North when
he found that Washington, a passenger in the car, had an active warrant for his arrest out of Piscataway. When he took him into custody, he said he found the marijuana. Washington posted $200 bail
and was released.
ton, 609-586-7772. www.zontatrenton.org.
Food and wine tasting benefit for the culinary program of Mercer County College.
Register. $50 to $65. 6 to 9 p.m.
Faith
Stone Lectures: The Lord of the Psalms,
Princeton Theological Seminary, Mackay
Campus Center, 609-497-7963. “The First
Catechism Question and the Theology of
the Psalter” presented by Patrick Miller, professor of Old Testament theology emeritus
at Princeton Theological Seminary. 7 p.m.
Food & Dining
Product Cooking Demonstration, Miele
Design Center, 9 Independence Way,
Princeton, 800-843-7231. 6 p.m.
Farmers’ Market
Princeton Farmers Market, Hinds Plaza,
Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-6558095. Produce, cheese, breads, baked
goods, flowers, chef cooking demonstrations, books for sale, family activities, and
workshops. Music from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Rain or shine. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Health & Wellness
Group Studio Workout, Optimal Exercise,
27 Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury, 609-4627722. Supervised cardio, core, strength,
and stretching. Register. $20. 6 a.m.
Caregiver Support Group, Alzheimer’s
Association, 196 Princeton Hightstown
Road, West Windsor, 800-883-1180. 1 p.m.
Lectures
Meeting, 55-Plus, Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, 609-737-2001.
www.princetonol.com. “Flu Virus” presented by Warren Schaeffer. 10 a.m.
Distinguished Lecture Series, Mercer College, West Windsor, Communications 109,
609-570-3324. www.mccc.edu. “Shopping
While Black: Understanding and Combating
Consumer Racial Profiling” presented by
Shaun L. Gabbidon, professor criminal justice at Penn State University. He will present
current and historical data on consumer
racial profiling, strategies to reduce its
prevalence, and insight into dispelling racial
stereotypes. His most recent book, “Race,
Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice: An International Dilemma” examines criminal justice
issues in Great Britain, Canada, Australia,
and South Africa. Free. Noon.
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service charge if we send out a bill.)
Environmentally Safe Cleaning
Services: MVP Green & Clean provides
high quality residential and commercial
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for all. To go “Green” visit www.mvpgreenandclean.com or call 732-6855233.
Computer repair, upgrade, data recovery, or maintenance. Free estimate. Call (cell) 609-213-8271.
Cello Instruction - Fall Session: Beginners through advanced, In Princeton
Junction - call Alan for consultation and
details:
609-558-6175
[email protected]
www.thecellolearningcenter.yolasite.com
Science and Math Tutoring: Biology, Chemistry, Algebra, Geometry.
Taught by college professor. 17 years
experience. Recipient of two national
teaching awards. Discoverygenics 609581-5686.
ESL, conversation for adults 609751-6615.
[email protected]. http://www.saraspeaksenglish.com
Too busy for an SAT course? Private instruction to fit your child’s schedule. SAT, ACT, SSAT, or Writing.
Princeton graduate with MA. Many
WWP success stories. Call Kathy Doyle,
609-532-1133, doyletutoring.com
OFFICE RENTALS
Plainsboro - 700 SF to 3,000 SF Office Suites: in single story building in
well maintained office park off Plainsboro Road. Immediately available. Individual entrance and signage, separate
AC/Heat and electricity. Call 609-7992466 or E-mail [email protected]
Princeton, $895 + utilities: Professional office space in Jefferson Plaza,
600+ sq.ft., great location off Raymond
Road, between Rt. 1 and Rt. 27, S.
Brunswick, private bathroom, storage
space, lots of parking and more. Call
732-947-1573, or e-mail: [email protected].
Patty’s Cleaning Service: Serving
Plainsboro,
the
Windsors,
the
Brunswicks, and Brandon Farms since
1978. Thorough, honest, and reliable.
Free estimate. 609-397-2533.
Window Washing: Lolio Window
Washing. Also gutter cleaning and power washing. 609-271-8860.
HOME MAINTENANCE
Bill’s Custom Services: Residential
repairs and carpentry. Practical approach, reasonable rates, local references — 32 years in business. 609-5321374.
HOUSING FOR SALE
Handyman: A small job or big job will
be accepted for any project around the
house that needs a handyman service
with free estimates. Please call my cell
phone 609-213-8271.
Live the Florida Lifestyle: in this fabulous 2/2 condo close to the Florida Gulf
Beaches. Many upgrades including a
new kitchen/tile floors. Enclosed patio
overlooks the lush conservation area
with walking trails, heated pool/spa &
tennis. Diane Smith/www.lsiproperty.com. 813-854-2398
robthehandyman- licensed, insured,
all work guaranteed. Free Estimates.
We do it all - electric, plumbing, paint,
wallpaper, powerwashing, tile, see website for more: robthehandyman.vpweb.com
[email protected],
609-269-5919.
HOUSING FOR RENT
Yard and Lawn Maintenance: Need
fall help? Call 609-722-1137.
In the Heart of Princeton: Recently
renovated 3-bedroom house, with 2.5
baths, family room, master suite with upstairs laundry, family room w/ fireplace,
2-zone HVAC, front sun porch, rear
deck, 2 parking spaces, dry basement
with separate entrance, small, no-maintenance yard. No pets, no smokers. Ideal for couple with up to two small children. $3,400/month plus gas & electric.
Flexible lease possible. Available
around October 1. Leave message at
609-921-2575.
CONTRACTING
Handyman/Yardwork: Painting/Carpentry/Masonry/Hauling/All Yard Work
from top to bottom. Done by pros. Call
609-737-9259 or 609-273-5135.
DECKS REFINISHED
Cleaning/Stripping and Staining of
All Exterior Woods: Craftsmanship
quality work. Fully insured and licensed
with references. Windsor WoodCare.
609-799-6093.
www.windsorwoodcare.com.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Bookkeeper/Administrative Specialist: Versatile & experienced professional will gladly handle your bookkeeping and/or administrative needs. Many
services available. Reasonable rates.
Work done at your office or mine. Call
Debra @ 609-448-6005 or visit www.vyours.com.
Princeton University, Friend Center, 609258-7221. “The Technology Behind High
Frequency Trading” presented by Joseph
Squeri, Goldman Sachs. Light reception follows. Free. 4:30 p.m.
Lawyers C.A.R.E., Mercer County Bar,
Lawrence Library, Route 1 South, 609-5856200. www.mercerbar.com. 15-minute consultations with a lawyer about legal issues of
family law, real estate, landlord and tenant
law, personal injury, criminal and municipal
court law, wills and estates, bankruptcy, and
immigration. Free. 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Edward Boutross, Santino’s Ristorante,
240 Route 130 South, Robbinsville, 609443-5600.
www.santinosristorante.com.
Jazz vocal standards. BYOB. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Schools
Admission Tours, Princeton Montessori
School, 487 Cherry Valley Road, Princeton,
609-924-4594. For infants through eighth
grade. Register. 9 a.m.
Friday
October 8
School Sports
For WW-P school sports information, call
the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org.
North Girls Tennis. Steinert. 4 p.m.
South Boys Soccer. Pennington School. 4
p.m.
South Girls Tennis. At Allentown. 4 p.m.
North Girls Volleyball. At Hillsborough.
5:30 p.m.
TAX SERVICES
Tax Preparation and Accounting
Services: For individuals and small
businesses. Notary, computerized tax
preparation, paralegal services. Your
place or mine. Fast response, free consultation, reasonable costs. Gerald
Hecker, 609-448-4284.
PERSONAL SERVICES
Clutter Control: Professional organizer will help you create order in your
home/home
office.
Cyndi.
[email protected] or 609-933-1550.
Custom Sewing for the Home. Curtains, cushions, slipcovers and more.
For info call Heidi at 609-462-6734.
ADULT CARE
Companion - Retired RN. Will make
light meals, assist you with shower,
dressing, light housework, shopping,
etc. Competitive rates. Call 609-2355579.
HEALTH
JAZZERCISE. is pure fun. Group fitness class combining cardio, strength &
stretch. All ages, levels and sizes are
welcome. You’ll burn 500 calories in a
60-minute Jazzercise class. For Special
Deals and Class info: www.jazzplainsboro-windsors.com, 609-890-3252.
MENTAL HEALTH
Psychotherapy using a technique
that can rapidly promote self-acceptance and a sense of well-being; effective with depression, anxiety, trauma,
social issues, among others; approach
especially effective at helping individuals form more intimate, enduring relationships. Work with individuals, youths,
and
families.
Aetna-participating
provider; accept PPOs and consider
sliding scale fees. Dr. Kristine Schwartz,
Psy.D. LPC, 609-937-0987.
CLASSIFIED BY PHONE
609-243-9119
Farrington’s Music Lessons: Piano, guitar, drum, sax, clarinet, F. horn,
oboe, t-bone, voice, flute, trumpet, violin, cello, banjo, mandolin, harmonica.
$28 half hour. School of Rock. Adults or
kids. Join the band! Princeton 609-9248282. Princeton Junction 609-8970032.
Hightstown
609-448-7170.
www.farringtonsmusic.com.
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 & Chemistry Tutoring: FullTime, Experienced High School
Teacher (20 years). Algebra through
Pre-Calc; Regular, Honors, and AP
Chem. Call Matt 609-919-1280.
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.
Piano and Flute Instruction. All
ages/levels. Professional flautist, M.A.
13 years Westminster faculty. Plainsboro studio. 609-936-9811.
Piano Lessons in your home, Vocal
Coaching and Audition Prep. Certified
music teacher. Ages 6 thru adult. Never
too late to start! Learning easy and fun!
Call Joe: 732-383-5630 or 732-6871033.
Private knitting or sewing lessons
with experienced teacher. Call 609-7516615.
SAT and ACT Tutoring — Reading,
Writing, Math: Boost your scores with
outstanding private instruction by experienced college English professor and
high school math teacher. Let us help
you succeed! Reasonable fee. Many excellent WW-P references. 609-6586914.
Drama
Dancing
The Diary of Anne Frank, Raritan Valley
Community College, Route 28, North
Branch, 908-725-3420. www.rvccarts.edu.
$35 and $40. 7 p.m.
Dance Jam, Dance Improv Live, All Saints
Church, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton, 609924-3767. Expressive dance improvisation
with live music. $15. 8 to 10:15 p.m.
Aurelia’s Oratorio, Berlind Theater at the
McCarter, 91 University Place, Princeton,
609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Aurelia
Thierree stars in a topsy-turvy world of stage
illusion. Through October 17. For ages 10
and up. No intermission. $20 and up. 8 p.m.
Good Causes
Love and Communication, Passage Theater, Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and Montgomery streets, Trenton, 609-392-0766.
www.passagetheatre.org. World premiere
of story about parents of a child with autism.
$20 to $30. 8 p.m.
Henry IV, Princeton Shakespeare Company, TBA, 609-258-1500. www.princeton.edu/psc. $10. 8 p.m.
Red Herring, Theatre Intime, Hamilton Murray Theater, Princeton University, 609-2581742. www.theatreintime.org. $12. 8 p.m.
Art
Gallery Exhibit, Peddie School, Mariboe
Gallery, Hightstown, 609-490-7550. www.peddie.org. Opening reception for “I Love
That Jay-Z Line...,” an exhibit of paintings by
Marian Brunn Smith. Artist talk at 7 p.m. On
view to November 5. 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Art Exhibit, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-4377.
www.smallworldcoffee.com. Opening reception of “A Mentaculus,” an exhibit featuring the work of Brian Casally, a Princeton
resident, who is also an architectural cad
drawer, a painter, an a music teacher. He recently did the log for WPRB radio and had
art featured in Trenton’s Art All Night. This is
his first solo show. On view to November 2.
8 p.m.
Texas Boot Scootin Boogie and Barbecue, Princeton Social Club, Princeton Elks
Lodge, 354 Georgetown Franklin Turnpike,
Blawenburg, 817-739-8940. http://wissr.com/events/tickets. Dinner and dance benefits Cooks Children’s Hospital Family
Emergency Fund. Entertainment by Reel to
Real Country Band. Catering by Chez Alice.
Purchase ticket online. $55. 7 p.m.
Comedy Clubs
Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102
Carnegie Center, West Windsor, 609-9878018. Register. $19.50. 8 p.m.
Food & Dining
Specialty Food Showcase, Princeton
Shopping Center, North Harrison Street,
609-921-6234. Showcase of organic,
gourmet, and speciality meats, sauces,
cheeses, breads, and pastas. Organic pet
food. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lectures
Fund for Irish Studies, Princeton University, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609258-1500. “Publishing Beckett” presented
by Barney Rosset, Evergreen Review. Free.
4:30 p.m.
Live Music
Alex DeSimine, Grover’s Mill Coffee
House, 335 Princeton Hightstown Road,
West Windsor, 609-716-8771. Concert by a
senior at High School North — and an employee of Grover’s Mill Coffee. 7 p.m.
ENTERTAINMENT
One Man Band: Keyboardist for your
party. Perfect entertainment. Great variety. Call Ed at 609-424-0660.
MERCHANDISE MART
Computer P4 with XP: In good condition $120. Cell phone (609)213-8271.
GARAGE SALES
Community Wide Yard Sale: Montgomery Woods/Blue Spring Road. Saturday, September 25, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Rain/Shine. No early birds.
LARGE YARD/ESTATE SALE 9/25
(raindate 9/26), 9am-4pm. 248 North
Post Rd, West Windsor.
WANTED TO BUY
Antique Military Items: And war
relics wanted from all wars and countries. Top prices paid. “Armies of the
Past LTD”. 2038 Greenwood Ave.,
Hamilton Twp., 609-890-0142. Our retail outlet is open Saturdays 10 to 4:00,
or by appointment.
HELP WANTED
Real Estate Sales Need a change?
Looking to obtain your RE license? No
experience needed! FREE coaching!
Unlimited income! Call Weidel today!
Hamilton:
Tom
609-586-1400,
[email protected]; Princeton: Robin
609-921-2700,
[email protected];
West Windsor: Bruce 609-799-6200,
[email protected].
CLASSIFIED BY FAX
609-243-9020
Cranbury Coffee House, First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, 22 South Main
Street, Cranbury, 908-307-7154. www.cranburycoffeehouse.com. Darla Rich Trio
present jazz. Emily Gabriele opens with
acoustic original music. $8 ticket benefits
the food pantry and deacon’s fund. 7:30 to
9:30 p.m.
Tommy Byrne, It’s a Grind Coffee House,
7 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. Acoustic
covers. 8 to 10 p.m.
Outdoor Action
Haunted Attractions, Corner Copia Farm
Market, 299 Princeton-Hightstown Road,
East Windsor, 609-426-8884. Challenging
10-acre corn maze, $9.99. Pumpkin picking,
petting, zoo, and refreshment stand available. Corner of Chaos Scream Acres from 7
to 11 p.m. with 25 acres of cornfield and forest, live music, and bonfires, $15. 10 a.m.
and 7 p.m.
Field of Terror, Windsor Farm, 831 Windsor Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609209-4032. Hayride, haunted corn maze, and
a haunted walk. $13 each; $25 for two; and
$30 for three. 7 p.m.
Singles
Divorce Recovery Program, Princeton
Church of Christ, 33 River Road, Princeton,
609-581-3889.
www.princetonchurchofchrist.com. Seminar: Differences
Between Men and Women.” Support group
for men and women. Free. 7:30 p.m.
Socials
Luncheon, Rotary Club of the Princeton
Corridor, Hyatt Regency, Carnegie Center,
609-799-0525.
www.princetoncorridorrotary.org. Register. Guests, $25. 12:15
p.m.
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
The Newest Jewel in the Arts Crown
I
n the waning days before opening their new home, members
of the West Windsor Arts
Council scrambled inside the welcome area of their new building,
where various chairs and tools
were strewn about, and officials
discussed remaining items on their
to-do lists.
Two appointments — one for
the electrician and another for the
official who would be installing
the welcome window’s wraparound countertop — loomed on
the day’s busy schedule.
In many environments, one
could imagine the last-minute
preparations for opening a new
building would cause quite a bit of
stress. But not for the Arts Council.
“Stressful? No,” said Arts
Council board member Paul Cerna.
“We’re excited. We’ve been anticipating this for a long time.”
The arts council’s new home is
in the Princeton Junction firehouse
on Alexander Road, a building
constructed by volunteers who
would eventually give up their free
time — and risked their lives — to
protect the community. The build-
ing is no longer the home of the
volunteer firefighters, as the West
Windsor Arts Council prepares to
open the renovated structure on
Saturday, September 25, for its
own uses. Still, the spirit of volunteerism remains in the building —
right down to its bathrooms.
The Arts Council, which has
turned the firehouse into its new
headquarters, will use the space to
‘We are the new neighbor in the neighborhood
of arts organizations,’
says Heidi Kleinman.
bring art and cultural programs to
the West Windsor community and
its neighbors. Arts Council board
member Heidi Kleinman, who is
an architect by day and helped design some of the building’s features, said the Arts Council sees itself as just another addition to an
area rich in culture, and it hopes
others will catch on to the message.
“We are the new neighbor in the
neighborhood of arts organizations,” she said, referencing the
other area arts organizations, including the McCarter Theater, the
Princeton University Arts Museum, and the Westminster Choir
College, to name a few. “They see
us as a sister organization.”
In fact, area arts and cultural organizations like these will be on
hand to help the West Windsor
Arts Council kick off the opening
of its new building with a block
party that begins at 11:40 a.m. with
a ribbon dance ceremony down
Alexander Road to the new arts
center.
During the event, visitors will be
able to get their first glimpses of
the new building, where the Arts
Council has added its own artistic
touch to the building’s accents.
At the same time, the building
pays homage to the volunteer efforts of both the past and present, as
much of the arts council’s new
home was made possible through
the work of volunteers. Its themed
bathrooms, a concept conceived by
Kleinman, features in-wall pictures around the entire room. Each
Show Time: West Windsor Arts Council executive director Eduardo Garcia, left, and in the performance space.
bathroom carries a different theme.
One is performing arts, while another is visual arts, but there is one
dedicated to volunteerism, featuring a firefighter’s coat and helmet,
and other images that recall the
building’s roots.
“This building had years of history before we became the tenant,”
explained Kleinman, who was
among the Arts Council members
working on the final touches before
the building’s debut. “We included
images of the Princeton Junction
firehouse to remind people of the
history of volunteerism in West
Windsor.”
All of the bathrooms in the
building are handicapped accessible (made possible by accessibility
grant money), so as not to single
out their accessibility — and to
make the building uniform for all.
“It should be invisible,” said Kleinman of the accessibility.
But the bathrooms are just one
example of the intricate renovation
work that has gone into turning the
building into the township’s arts
headquarters. Outside, the stone
Artistic Touches: Eduardo Garcia, near left,
with Holly Singer, far left, and Lisa Weil, both
WWAC board members, admire a work-inprogress from the Arts Council’s annual
hands-on visual arts festival.
Below: Artwork tile in the bathroom.
used in the path leading up to the
entrance is continued in the flooring in the welcome area, complete
with a cafe setting to invite passersby into an arts atmosphere.
Heading into the welcome area,
tables and chairs that can seat up to
16 people are immediately in sight,
where one can grab a quick refreshment, chat with friends, or utilize
the building’s WiFi access. Directly ahead is a refreshment counter,
where coffee and pastries will be
available for sale. To the right, one
will encounter an exhibition wall
of work, which pulls visitors into
the artistic environment. To the left
is the welcome window, where visitors can purchase tickets to upcoming events and pick up
brochures and other information
about programs offered by the Arts
Council.
Above the refreshment counter
sits a smaller kitchen (the stoves
from the firehouse era have been
removed) with sinks and countertop space as well as space for a microwave. It will be a place to hang
the banners of past events, creating
a “history wall.”
The effect is to demonstrate the
arts council’s history of providing
cultural events for the community.
“The building is new; the organization is old,” explains Kleinman.
Continued on page 31
Extreme Makeover: The Vision of the Arts Council
V
by Paul Cerna
ictor Hugo once said “There’s
nothing more powerful than a
good idea whose time has come.”
How true. You can say the old firehouse
on Alexander Road often voiced the notion to people passing by to convert it into
an arts center for West Windsor. Many
heard this calling especially when the
DOT produced an Alexander Road
bridge-realignment plan in 2001. That
would have leveled the firehouse, the
Crawford Woods and many homes along
Alexander Road. The arts center is not only a conversion of the firehouse, it helped
save the historic building and homes from
the bridge-mania of 2001.
I saw the potential and presented it to
town council and approached a mayoral
candidate, Shing-Fu Hsueh to embrace
the concept. He was jazzed. A visual artist
himself he too heard the call. The concept
fortuitously dovetailed his broader community vision in his successful election
campaign. To empower the community he
established The Mayor’s Arts Center Formation Task Force, appointing me its
president. Stunningly, with one press-notice 23 eager people attended what began
the visioneering for an artful firehousemakeover. Thus began the grassroots
movement to convert the historic firehouse into an arts center.
The first meeting was aptly held in the
firehouse in June of 2001 over freshly-cut
vegetables. It was in The Great Room on
its beautiful maple floors and below the
very water-damaged drop ceiling. However, the place was declared unsafe for
public use thereafter. The second arts
council meeting in the firehouse was only
a couple weeks ago, over nine years and
40,000 volunteer hours later. Our sweat
persevered.
We met as a task force at least weekly
the first year, then monthly for years in the
home of Connie Tell and Jeff Nathanson,
our first executive director.
We were cross-pollinating effervescent
ideas, writing bylaws and planning strategically over popcorn and seltzer water.
We wholeheartedly expected to gain access within 9 months instead of over 9
years later. We learned Robert’s Rules
and their daughter Anya’s bedtime. We
occasionally defined her wake-up time
Continued on page 31
The A (for Artistic) Team: West
Windsor Arts Council board members Dick Snedeker, left, Paul Cerna,
and Heidi Kleinman in front of the
new Arts Center building.