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NOVEMBER 22, 2013 WEST WINDSOR & PLAINSBORO NEWS Headliners: Peony Pavilion’s Lisa Shao, page 13; Councilman Kamal Khanna, 14; South Coach Mika Ryan, 18. RIVALRY GAME: NORTH 47, SOUTH 22 School Plans Days for Diwali And for Chinese New Year by Sue Roy tion. Accordingly, the board will North’s Juwan Harrison need to appoint a replacement, scores over South’s he November 12 West who will serve at least until the Cameron George. Windsor-Plainsboro Board next election in November, 2014. More football, page 19. Tof Education meeting began See box, page 16, for details on the on a sad note: President Hemant Photos by Dick Druckman appointment and election process. Marathe announced that fellow Another emotional topic was board member Yibao Xu, from discussed at the board meeting: Plainsboro, had died on November whether or not to designate Chi- 7 (see obituary, page 11). Both nese New Year and Diwali as pro- Marathe and Superintendent Da- fessional development days vid Aderhold (meaning that praised Xu for students would his service on Starting next fall, WW- have the days off the board and P students will get days but teachers and his commit- staff would not) ment to the off for Diwali and for during the 2014- district and its Chinese New Year. ’15 and 2015-’16 students. district academic “Yibao didn’t calendars. After speak much, but when he did, he much discussion the adoption of was concise and perceptive. He left the calendars passed, 5 to 2. a positive mark on everyone on the That means that students will board,” Marathe said. receive a day off for Diwali on Xu’s death left a vacancy on the board just two days after the elec- Continued on page 15 Marathe’s Continuing Issues by Sue Roy ment at the Howard Hughes/Amer- ican Cyanamid property, Marathe ver a cup of chai latte at the notes, “that is an important issue as Grover’s Mill coffee shop well, but the three I mentioned are Oin Southfield Center, the ones I made a firm commitment Hemant Marathe is not running but on, and I will fulfill that commit- sitting — and reflecting on his fu- ment. I think, going forward, the ture plans, which for the first time Mayor and the Council should do in 13 years will not involve regu- the same thing — choose a few larly scheduled public meetings. high-priority projects, and get South Runners Dominate at States Marathe, the outgoing president of them done before planning others.” the West Windsor-Plainsboro Marathe concedes that the new he Pirates are the teams to the top finisher for the girls, plac- by Samantha Sciarrotta school board, narrowly lost his bid make-up of the Council may ini- beat heading into this week- ing second in 18:44. Christina Ran- to unseat Shing-Fu Hsueh as West tially result in some challenges to end’s Meet of Champions at can followed in third place, and Windsor’s mayor. getting things done. “My recom- T “I am glad I had the opportunity Holmdel Park. Edlyn Gulama was 10th. Alex Hes- came in 25th overall in 16:55. mendation to Mayor Hsueh is that The South girls’ cross country terberg and Penny Luan took 14th Manolya Altan’s time of 19:55 was to run,” says Marathe. “I met a lot he should start with projects that he team is ranked No. 1 in the state and 20th, respectively, to round out good for 22nd place and helped the of nice people, made a lot of knows he can get approved, focus following commanding victories at the scoring. North girls come in ninth. friends, and learned a lot about our on those, and get them done. It will the Group IV Central sectional on Despite graduating five of the The South boys’ and girls’ teams town. And I will stay involved with be a challenge for him, but it gives November 9 and the Group IV state top seven runners from the 2012 advanced to the Group IV champi- the town. I made promises to peo- him an opportunity as well, be- championship on November 16. state champion team, the South onship on November 16 at Holm- ple that — win or lose — I would cause there will be no expectation The South boys, ranked No. 2 in boys captured their fourth consec- del Park and continued their domi- work on three important issues, to that they will side with him. He the state behind the private Chris- utive sectional championship. The nance. The girls captured their make sure they stay on the town- should rethink his approach, and tian Brothers Academy, matched Pirates scored 42 points behind a first-ever state title. Rancan fin- ship’s radar: sidewalks for Cran- focus on those things that can get the girls’ success with wins at the 2-3-4 finish by Tom Vinci, Karn ished third overall, followed by bury Road; the situation with the done.” sectional and group meets. Setya, and Nikhil Pulimood. Tim Casey in 11th, Gulama in 14th, Acme Woods development; and “If the council members ask for In the sectional meet at Mon- Bason finished 11th and Nick Ma- Luan in 26th, and Hesterberg in the lack of sewers on South Post my advice, it will be similar,” roe’s Thompson Park the Pirate her finished 22nd to complete the 33rd. Alli Bacher and Alexandra Road, because currently they do Marathe says. “Get recommenda- girls placed four runners in the top top five. Murray finished in 91st and 113th, not have safe drinking water.” 10 to defeat second-place Hillsbor- The North boys finished in sev- Regarding another campaign is- Continued on page 12 ough, 49 to 88. Deirdre Casey was enth, led by Bryan Howard, who Continued on page 18 sue, that of the potential develop- YWCA Princeton WW-P’S FREE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER WWPINFO.COM Letters: Volunteer Fair a Success 6 40th Annual Crafters Peony Pavilion Opens in West Windsor 13 Marketplace Weekend ‘Voices and Faces’ on View in Plainsboro 27 Looking Back: A Road by Any Other Name ... 34 November 23 & 24 Police Reports 33 Classifieds 35 John Witherspoon Middle School FOLLOW WWPINFO ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER FOR TIMELY UPDATES SEE AD PAGE 21 ISSUE DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2013 NEXT ISSUE: DECEMBER 6 2 THE NEWS NOVEMBER 22, 2013 Joan Eisenberg Office: 609-951-8600 x110 Cell: 609-306-1999 Views & Opinions Hi Mike, [email protected] www.JoanSells.com Greater Princeton Owner/Sales Associate To the Editor: Don’t Blame Ballots Caused the Ballots Here is the ad :-)... Please put the heading. NOT TO BE MISSED!!! Not to be Missed! Confusion hile I agree that the recent ballot was confusing, I know he West Windsor portion of W the ballot was definitely con- that in order to cast a vote in Amer- Sara Hastings Editor fusing. ica there are rules governing the 8 Harvest Bend Road, T placement of candidates names. Lynn Miller I have lived in West Windsor for 27 years. My husband and I make a The rules are different for non-par- Community News Editor tisan elections and partisan elec- point of studying the ballot and Sue Roy reading the positions of the candi- tions. Only citizens are permitted Municipal News Editor dates in local newspapers. Yet, be- to vote, and they must be able to write and read English. Samantha Sciarrotta cause the alignment of candidates Sports for council was out of sync with the Every registered voter was sent mayoral listings, a copy of a sam- Suzette Lucas we still voted for ple ballot. 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