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FOLLOW WWPINFO ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER FOR TIMELY UPDATES NEWS ISSUE DATE: APRIL 16, 2010 NEXT ISSUE:APRIL 30 School Officials Maneuver To Minimize Tax Increase by Cara Latham Board President Hemant Marathe. “An average house doesn’t pay t’s the $190 question that has $198 more than last year. It’s only created debate in the days be- $8 more than what the average Ifore the school election on homeowner last year paid.” Tuesday, April 20. School district To look at the numbers other- officials say the average increase wise is incorrect, he argued. Tak- to West Windsor taxpayers under ing the tax rates for both this year this year’s budget is $8. West and last year and measuring them Windsor Township officials, on against the same assessment is not the other hand, are using a method an accurate representation of the that calculates it to be $198. tax impact because many resi- The confusion is rooted in the dents’ homes are not assessed as formulas each is using to portray high as they were last year. the average Marathe school tax im- said that three pact. School Is it $8 or $198? The con- of the six West officials say fusion over the average Windsor that because school board assessed home West Windsor tax in- members are values on aver- crease is rooted in the seeing their age in West formulas being used by taxes go down Windsor have — a trend for decreased, the the School District and many town- tax impact West Windsor Township. ship home- should be cal- owners. WW-P Spring culated by Measuring South’s Evan Smith and North’s Neal DeVincenzo comparing the tax bill of a home faced off in the crosstown grudge match on April 10. the tax impact using one assess- Sports Warm Up with last year’s average valuation ment “ignores the fact that given North came away with the victory, 7-5. against the taxes paid on a home the decline in assessed value, a ust a little more than two weeks using this year’s lower average whole bunch of people are paying Jinto the spring sports season in valuation. less,” said Larry Shanok, the assis- WW-P, the season is already shap- halyi has scored 16 goals and 6 as- The Pirates — both boys and Township officials in West tant superintendent for finance. ing up to be a good one. sists so far. She leads the team in girls — have also played well, with Windsor are using a different ap- “There are a number of communi- The hottest teams right now are points, already having racked up the boys posting an opening record proach. Their calculations apply ties, including Village Grande, the North girls’ lacrosse and South 25. The girls defeated Robbinsville of 4-1 and the girls beginning with this year’s 4-cent tax increase to a where their assessments are low- tennis teams, both of which remain on April 13 to give coach Beth 5-1. For the boys, Alex Rohrbach constant assessed valuation for er.” undefeated so far and were not Serughetti her 100th career win. already has 21 points. 2009 and 2010 and show an aver- “It appears from what people scheduled to play on Thursday, Meanwhile, North’s boys (5-1) The boys’ lacrosse teams face age increase of $198. are telling us that our assessed val- April 15. are also on top of their game, led by “Nobody is going to pay taxes For the North girls’ lacrosse Todd Petrone who has scored 18 Continued on page 18 on last year’s assessment,” said Continued on page 16 team, off to a 5-0 start, Jacquie Mi- goals. Petrone has a total 25 points. DAY-BY-DAY INPLAINSBORO & WEST WINDSOR

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Rein the support of all who care about not receive any additional com- Editor and Publisher the excellent education provided in pensation. Other cost savings in- Cara Latham West Windsor Values our communities. On March 17, clude $1.6 million related to Build- News Editor we learned that our school district ings and Grounds and $0.8 million lost 71 percent of our general state Lynn Miller 4 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath, popular ‘Augusta’ model has been meticulously main- in a reduced number of district ad- Community News Editor tained and upgraded. Beautiful leaded glass front door with transom and side- aid: $7.6 million. We had already ministrators. Supplies, capital Brian McCarthy lights. 9’ ceilings on the 1 st floor. 1st floor office with French doors and boxed prepared a lean spending, bay windows. The gourmet Kitchen features 42” cabinetry, granite counters budget following bussing, and se- Craig Terry & Island with breakfast bar and upgraded appliances. Adjacent to the Kitchen our practice of lected co-curric- Photography is the Vaulted Family Room with skylights, cherry flooring, fireplace and rear moderating We believe these reduc- staircase. Outside the custom tiered ular activities Vaughan Burton deck leads to a private ‘Sundance’ growth in spend- tions, though painful, have also been Production ing each year Spa with room for 6. The deck leads maintain the integrity reduced. There Diana Joseph-Riley to a circular patterned paver patio over the past sev- of our educational will be fewer ele- Martha Moore and beautifully landscaped yard en years. Within mentary health Account Representatives backing common area. $799,900. days, we had to program. and computer Bill Sanservino adjust the budget teachers, middle to reflect this loss and high school Production Manager of revenue in order to meet the teachers, guidance counselors, in- Lawrence L. DuPraz 1919-2006 deadline of submission to the New structional assistants, bus drivers, Founding Production Adviser Jersey Department of Education and secretaries. So Much to See County Office as required by law. Euna Kwon Brossman We believe that these reductions Jack Florek, Bart Jackson in This Lovely Home!!! The budget to be voted on April 20 — though painful — maintain the Pritha Dasgupta shows a 0 percent budget to budget integrity of our educational pro- increase in expenditures. gram. In this budget, presented to Jennifer Bender We worked together to realize the voters on April 20, the reduc- Phyllis Spiegel significant reductions. The teach- tions are at every level of the orga- Caroline Calogero ers’ and administrators’ associa- nization and avoid an outright Contributing Writers tions re-opened collective bargain- elimination of wholesale programs For inquiries, call 609-243-9119. GR ing agreements and agreed to ad- and services. 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These mid- provides opportunities for our students to flect the outstanding achieve- dle school students — with- excel academically, artistically, and athleti- ments of West Windsor- out teacher or parental help — cally. The strengths of our school district at- Plainsboro students. must find and make arrange- tract families to the communities of West In the April 2 edition of the ments to speak to an audience Windsor and Plainsboro. In the West Wind- West Windsor-Plainsboro that would benefit from their sor-Plainsboro Regional School District, News, for example, we research. I don’t know what is educational excellence is a reality. learned not only that students more daunting for them — I am confident that we will continue the won top awards at the State making the contact or doing strong partnership that built this great contests for Science the presentation before an au- school district and position our students for Olympiad and Math Counts, dience. 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She loves to cook ner’s Concert of Rising Talents Vanessa now studies with Fiorella at the desirable Highgate Manor. whip up special dishes for her fam- Festival through an audition at Mu- Araya-Cheng in Kingston. 1st floor guest bedroom suite. ily, including an especially juicy “I love seeing people smile Entrance graced with hardwood turkey last Thanksgiving from a when they hear me play,” Vanessa floors. Open living and dining recipe she found on the Internet. tells me, but at this point she does- room is ideal for entertaining. She also makes traditional Italian How did Vanessa Huang n’t see herself as a concert pianist spaghetti and lo mein, Chinese get to Carnegie Hall? when she grows up and rather is Spacious eat-in-kitchen with noodles from the land of her par- Practice, practice, prac- thinking about becoming a lawyer upgraded ceramic tile floors, and Corian countertops. Family ents’ birth. She plays the oboe in tice, and loving encour- or a pharmacist. Her dreams in- the school band, and, oh, yes, in clude going to the University of room, with guest bedroom suite, just a couple of weeks, she will be agement from her par- Pennsylvania and having a grand upgraded; laminate floors, and playing the piano for a recital at ents and teachers. piano of her own. And I can’t resist full upgraded bathroom. Master Carnegie Hall. Just once would be asking her this question: “When bedroom suite, fenced in spacious impressive enough, but this will be you grow up and have kids, are you backyard, patio, and storage for the second time in her musical sic-Fest 09. She played “An going to have them play the piano shed complete this totally career, one that began with piano Evening in the Village” by Bela and are you going to make them move in condition home! Offered at– $479,000 lessons at the tender age of five. Bartok, a Hungarian composer and practice?” Her answer, not surpris- RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE I learned about Vanessa’s im- pianist. 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Before deciding to send some kind of a www.kathybaxter.com the homes were sold to young families, who message with your vote, I encourage all to are moving to West Windsor because of our consider the real consequences of that deci- West Windsor, NJ school district. Are these property values in- sion. 31 Monterey Drive creasing as a result of our exceptional school In West Windsor-Plainsboro, the state’s A commuters dream... walk to district? Absolutely. cut of more than $7 million dollars of aid has train. Beautiful 4 bedroom, We all face many tough financial days resulted in many real cuts throughout the 2.5 bath Colonial in Benford ahead. Our school district will now have to district. The district is planning to eliminate five administrators and 50 teachers. Class Estates. New kitchen w/ maple figure out what to do with a more than 70 percent reduction in state aid. We all need to sizes will increase, and lower-enrollment cabinets, black granite coun- courses and activities ters, upgraded ss appliances. do our part to maintain the excellence in educa- may be cut. The number Huge great room with wood- tion that our district has If there is one thing I’ve of coaches and programs burning fireplace. Finished provided for our children. in athletics and co-cur- basement. Fenced yard, great I applaud the teachers and learned over 15 years of ricular activities will be location. $650,000 administrators of our dis- living in this district, it reduced. Bus routes will trict for showing the par- is that you get what you be consolidated. In spite of the resulting 0 percent West Windsor, NJ ents that we are all in this pay for. 11 Woodland Court together, a move not sup- increase over last year’s budget, the tax rate will North facing home that has it ported by their colleagues in neighboring districts. rise to cover some of the all...beautiful 5 bedroom, 3.5 state aid cuts. bath home in Heatherfield. One There may be sacrifices that we all need to make, but in the long run the quality of the What happens if the budget fails? It will bedroom and full bath on main education for our children is well worth it. go to the councils of both West Windsor and floor for in-law/au pair, sunroom, With so many uncertainties ahead of us, Plainsboro for review; they may require ad- finished basement. 3 car garage, there are two men running for seats on the ditional cuts. The budget would also go to fully fenced, heated inground school board who I know will give careful the County Superintendent, who can make pool, gorgeous yard, wooded thought and consideration to the tough deci- line item changes. The district would have property. $850,000 sions facing most public schools in the state little say in how these cuts are made. It is per- of New Jersey. Both Hemant Marathe and haps helpful to know that a cut of $1M rep- Bob Johnson have invested many years in resents about 17 teachers in the school dis- helping our school district achieve its stan- trict, but a decrease of only about $25 in Kathryn Baxter dard of excellence. Johnson has served on school taxes for the average house in each Henderson Sotheby's International Realty the board for the past six years and knows town. Voters will also be selecting volunteers to 37 North Main Street what it takes for a school district to excel. Marathe has been part of the West Windsor- serve on the School Board. We elect these Cranbury, NJ 08512 Plainsboro school board for nine years, serv- people to oversee all aspects of our commu- Office: 609-395-0444 • Cell: 516-521-7771 ing as board president since 2004. His nity’s investment in education –– our stu- dents, staff, and facilities –– and to discern Home: 609-844-9687 • Fax: 609-844-9689 wealth of experiences will be valuable to our district as we face challenges in the future. the community’s values in planning for our I ask all WWP parents to please support future. West Windsor is fortunate that this the budget and these two candidates on April year both experienced board members from 20. If there is one thing that I have learned our town have agreed to run for re-election. over 15 year of living in this district, it is that Hemant Marathe has been on the Board you get what you pay for! since 2001, serving as president since 2004. Maureen O’Connor Hemant is an energetic, analytical business- man and parent who understands our schools West Windsor and community values incredibly well. APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 9 Robert Johnson joined the Board in 5. Next year there will be an prices. In others, our costs were too 2004; he is currently vice president elimination of five highly-paid ad- high for the level of service. I un- of the Board and chair of the Fi- ministrator positions. earthed each of the stories and ex- PLEASE JOIN OUR CAREER SEMINARS! nance Committee, where he has These are just a few of the belt- plained them to the key decision Century 21 Abrams helped earn the district a ‘AAA’ fi- tightening steps made by the cur- makers along with the appropriate nancial rating, one of a few in the rent school board. For these rea- remedies. All numbers tell stories, Hutchinson & Associates state. In the next few years, the ex- sons, I feel comfortable in voting and I can find and explain those 64 Princeton Hightstown Road pertise that these individuals bring, “yes” for the upcoming WWP stories. Princeton Junction, NJ as well as their understanding of school budget — and supporting I also negotiate contracts on a our district, will be invaluable in the candidacy of Hemant Marathe regular basis. In my career, I have Questions answered regarding: Why Choose determining how to make our and Bob Johnson for re-election to provided significant input and • Income Potential Century 21 Abrams, schools more efficient so as to be the WW-P School Board. guidance in the creation and modi- • Real Estate School Hutchinson & Associates? fiscally responsible to our taxpay- Paul Pitluk fication of customer contracts. Locations & Times • #1 Brand ers while trying to ensure that we West Windsor These contracts provide clients • Licensing Requirements in Real Estate don’t shortchange the future of our with the terms of service that they • General Overview students or communities. want, while giving the service • Leader in the Local Please join me in re-electing He- Vote Scott Powell provider the protection and com- Marketplace mant Marathe and Robert Johnson for School Board pensation deemed appropriate. • Onsite Training and in voting ‘yes’ on the budget on Both parties are satisfied. This • Busy Office with April 20. Diane Hasling am not the same as the other can- process takes place under the over 100 Agents 12 Jacob Drive, West Windsor didates for the West Windsor- scrutiny of the laws and regulations I of the state of New Jersey, similar Former School Board Member Plainsboro Board of Education. We Look Forward The responses to the questions to the school board constraints. As from the League of Women Voters the district negotiates contracts Gloria Hutchinson Ed Bershad to Meeting with you! t the open comment period of a with its service providers, my Owner/ Manager/ recent WW-P School Board and the West Windsor and Plains- Sales Associate Broker Associate A boro News sounded very similar. knowledge and experience will be meeting, I made the following very useful. Call 609-945-4115 statement: “I commend the teach- We all want a high quality educa- tion at a reasonable cost. However, Finally, if elected to the board, I for details and dates! ers of WWP for agreeing to a three- will encourage more women to run. month wage freeze as a first step to I bring a unique set of skills to help 64 Princeton Hightstown Rd achieve results in these challenging Many voters may not realize that come to the bargaining table in a the current board only has one Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 Abrams, Hutchinson time of need.” However, I further economic times. I can unearth the & Associates hidden stories in the financial re- woman, and she faces a re-election 609-683-5000 stated that even more has to be challenge. I believe that we need done to deal with the current fiscal ports. I can help the district find and articulate the best path to a high more balance on the board to hear crisis. diverse points of view on all the is- It appears that since that time quality, cost efficient education. I can help negotiate fair and equi- sues. Therefore, in future elections more has been accomplished. I will seek women candidates to 1. The board has agreed to a zero table contracts. As a product manager for a large help round out the board. percent budget over budget in- As stated above, I have skills crease. financial institution in New Jersey, I have a track record of solving var- and experience to help the district 2. Salary givebacks of more than navigate these challenging eco- $1 million were agreed to by the ious challenging problems. For ex- ample, several years ago when a nomic times. I hope the residents of teacher and administrator associa- West Windsor will recognize this tions. line of business was losing several Sunday services at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11:15 a.m. million dollars a year, I played a and vote for me, Scott Powell, for 3. A salary freeze was accepted School Board on April 20. Church school and staffed nursery at 9:30 a.m. by the service association for the key role in restoring it to profitabil- coming year. ity. I achieved this by exploring the Scott Powell Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., Meditation Group Wednesdays at 9:15 a.m., Healing Service 4. There will be a minimal im- financial information for the busi- West Windsor pact on taxes for WW residents. In ness and found that there were sev- 609-655-4731 fact, some people will experience a eral different problems. In some decrease. cases, we were not charging market Continued on following page 10 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010

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am writing to ask the voters of IWest Windsor to elect Scott Powell to the school board of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Region- IS PROUD TO INTRODUCE al School District. I have known Scott for several years as both a colleague and Rashmi Seth friend. Scott has tremendous lead- ership skills and analytical capabil- ities. As a financial product manag- M3 Realty, an independent real estate office celebrating over er, Scott is responsible for manag- 20 years of success. Our Plainsboro office celebrating 4 years of servicing ing both revenues and expenses. the local communities of Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset & Monmouth Counties. The Board needs this experience, particularly in these challenging economic times. Scott also has Visit our neighborhood websites: strong collaborative abilities; a necessary trait for a successful www.OurWalkerGordonfarm.com board member who must work to- We are pleased to announce that Rashmi Seth has joined M3 Realty’s gether with eight others. Plainsboro office. Rashmi obtained her real estate license in 1987 and worked www.OurPrincetonCrossing.com Scott is the parent of two young with other real estate firms in the area prior to joining M3 Realty. She has www.OurGroversMill.com children and understands the im- successfully helped people buy and sell residential and commercial properties, portance of providing a high-quali- as well as land. Rashmi’s goal is to bring together exceptional people and ty education. As the son of a properties through integrity, professionalism, knowledge, experience, hard work, dD dedication and the highest level of client service and satisfaction. Rashmi’s teacher, Scott appreciates the passion and interest in helping people, her intimate knowledge of the Princeton T: (609) 716-9600 • F: (609) 716-9602 teachers’ point of view on what it area and her diverse professional and personal life experiences make her an 1-888-637-6188 takes to accomplish this. Scott is al- excellent realtor to reach out to if you want to buy, sell, rent or lease properties. so a businessman and understands www.M3Realty.com the importance of keeping costs Welcome to Our Team! low to ensure that taxes are kept to C: (609) 647-0675 • Email: [email protected] 408 Plainsboro Rd • Plainsboro, NJ 08536 a minimum. Scott Powell brings the right set of priorities to the job and will make an outstanding board mem- ber. I urge the voters of West Wind- sor to vote for Scott on April 20 and elect him to the school board. In ac- cordance with District Policy Number 0146, please note that though I am a board member, this letter expresses my own opinions and not necessarily those of the board. Todd Hochman Daisy Court Plainsboro Unions’Concessions Are Not Enough

he Executive Board of the Vil- Tlage Grande Civic Association wishes to acknowledge the West Windsor-Plainsboro School Board’s response to meet with the West Windsor-Plainsboro Educa- tion Association. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss reopen- ing the teachers’ existing three- year contract. The resulting agreement by the teachers and their union to a salary freeze for six pay periods (or three months) in the 2010-’11 school year should only be viewed as a partial initial step. It is the opinion of the Village Grande Civic Association’s Board that much more needs to be done than a three-month salary freeze. This freeze should have been for a longer period of time, and it was extremely premature of the West Windsor-Plainsboro School Board to agree to extend the existing three-year contract another year and to grant a 3.38 percent salary increase for the 2011-’12 school year. How anyone can argue for a raise of any kind in these dire eco- nomic times is unconscionable, particularly with many of our fel- low residents experiencing the stress of losing their jobs, their homes, their life savings, and, in the case of senior citizens, frozen fixed incomes. These dreadful eco- nomic conditions are not short- term. They could extend well into this upcoming decade before any degree of financial normalcy re- turns. The Village Grande Civic Asso- ciation’s Board insists that the West Windsor-Plainsboro School Board invite the West Windsor- Plainsboro Education Association back to the table to once again re- open the contract and demand the following: Freeze all teachers’ APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 11 pproval of the new current Christie administrations Princeton International waste their time trying to consol- AAcademy Charter Guest Opinion idate school districts and town- School (PIACS) by the outgoing ships around the state to achieve Corzine administration has led to greater economies. The claim much debate in the three affected school districts that withdrawing one percent of children randomly (Princeton, West Windsor-Plainsboro, and South from a school district will allow the district to reduce Brunswick). We believe the debate should be centered costs by one percent defies logic. AROLE OSCHES on two main questions: will the new charter school No reasonable person could conclude that losing C T promote the goal of a thorough and efficient public ed- students from among dozens of classes among dozens O PENING THE F INEST D OORS IN ucation, and will the benefits to taxpayers of this new of different schools can be easily offset by staff reduc- W EST W INDSOR/PLAINSBORO AND charter school outweigh the detrimental financial im- tions or other economies. Indeed, the economies of S URROUNDING COMMUNITIES pact on schools in the three districts? scale found in consolidation and regionalization (that CELL: 609-915-1971 • DIRECT: 609-683-8545 One powerful impetus behind the charter school regional districts such as WW-P exemplify) are clear- YOUR PARTNER FOR SUCCESS movement is to provide an alternative to existing dis- ly undone by splitting off charter schools. This charter trict schools when public schools are failing –– when school, by duplicating existing services, will add an- Robbinsville - Beechwood Acres. Home Sweet Home! Spectacular grounds surround they have been unable to provide for the constitution- other public entity whose functions are already being this meticulously kept property and fantas- ally mandated thorough and efficient education to fulfilled; this is antithetical to the move toward consol- tic views can be enjoyed from the 4 Season which New Jersey children are entitled. PIACS wasn’t idation. Further serious, costly inefficiencies and frag- sunroom or 3 level Trex deck complete with Bose speakers & Sundance hot tub! established for this purpose — all three of the affected mentation will result from bussing students across a Original owners have expanded & upgraded districts offer unquestionably thorough and outstand- large geographic area to the charter school. this wonderful home to include a 1st floor study, a gourmet kitchen, a cozy family ing educational programs. In a March 11 letter to the WW-P School District, room, 4 spacious bedrooms, a fantastic fin- As for WW-P, as our mission statement indicates, the state places our responsibility for the new charter ished basement and 3 car garage! Please call we believe an education is more than simply whether a school at $862,065 for 75 students, or about $11,490 to see this home today! Offered at $635,000. child takes “AP” or “IB” classes and how many lan- per student. This is higher than the cost of educating a guages the child can speak fluently. WW-P believes in child in K-2 grades in the WW-P district. This is mon- [email protected] providing a thorough, well-rounded education to ey the taxpayers of West Windsor and Plainsboro will every child both inside and outside of the classroom. be paying for a school over which they have no con- One of the most important benchmarks for a 21st- trol. This demand to fund the charter school comes in century education is the ability to deal with cultural di- the context of a loss of $10 million in state aid over the versity. In that regard, WW-P is last two months. second to none in the world in ex- Incidentally, this is not the first Princeton Office: • 253 Nassau Street • 609-924-1600 posing children to cultural diversi- charter school to affect West Wind- ty. WW-P students represent all There can be no doubt sor recently. In January 2008, the major racial and cultural groups (52 about the detrimental state directed us to begin sending, percent Asian, 38 percent White, 5 financial impact of the in installments, $787,092 to the www.harmonyschools.com percent African-American, and 5 new charter school. new Mercer Arts Charter School percent Hispanic), and our students for the 73 students who, by the speak 33 languages. We take pride state’s calculations, would be at- REGISTER NOW! Summer Camps in our diversity and its benefits for our student. tending that school from WW-P. The school closed & Kindergarten 2010-2011 We also provide students opportunities in extracur- within its first year of operation, and the eight students ricular activities in both academic and non-academic who enrolled from WW-P returned to the district. In Ages 6 Weeks through 9 Years areas that few other schools can match. We can afford the meantime the district was forced by the state to pay Full and Part Time Family Friendly Schedules to offer those opportunities due to our size and budget- Mercer Arts Charter School more than $60,000 that Pre-K Plus • Drop In Care • School-Aged Backup Care ing discipline. The results speak for themselves: we was never recovered. have two national championships in the Science The Princeton International Academy Charter Ask About Our Where Olympiad, two individual champions in MathCounts School cannot be justified as an alternative to existing New Building! Little and Word Power, track athletes who have set national public schools on the grounds that public schools are Dreams records, and numerous other academic and athletic tri- failing to provide a thorough and efficient education Growsm umphs. We do all this with a per-pupil cost that is for our students, and the financial harm to the three dis- 29 Years of Quality Education $1,300 below the state average and at a lower per-pupil tricts targeted by the charter greatly outweighs the cost than seven of nine districts in Mercer County. benefit to taxpayers in the three towns. Perhaps in Visit us on Facebook! PIACS does offer, with its narrowly focused educa- times of more abundance, an abstract philosophical tional program, something that public schools don’t justification for this charter might be more persuasive. currently offer. In the context of current tight budgets In this specific instance, expedited approval of a and funding cutbacks, though, a school targeted so charter school was granted by a state education depart- OPEN HOUSES narrowly strikes us as an expensive luxury — a nice- ment that is simultaneously, and contradictorily, de- SATURDAY, APRIL 24TH to-have rather than a need-to-have. Heaven help pub- manding that school districts economize by consoli- Princeton - 11am - 1pm lic schools if New Jersey decides to approve more of dating, regionalizing, and sharing services. New Jer- Princeton Forrestal Village these specialty schools for our area; eventually the de- sey is penalizing successful districts by carving out 139 Village Blvd structive combination of state funding cutbacks, along niche schools when the benefits of such schools to the Princeton, NJ 08540 with dictates to fund novel, special interest programs, public at large have not been clearly demonstrated. 609-799-4411 will destroy successful public school districts. The decision by the state to approve the Princeton In- Foxmoor - 10am - 12pm There can be no doubt about the detrimental finan- ternational Charter School, especially in an expedited 2022 Washington Blvd cial impact of the new charter school. The new school way, poorly serves the taxpayers of our communities Robbinsville, NJ 08691 609-443-7575 will cause considerable financial damage to the tax- both economically and educationally. Now open on Saturdays! payers of all three affected districts, including WW-P. Hemant Marathe, President Some have made claims that the new charter school Robert Johnson, Vice President will simply funnel money from one district to a new WW-P Regional Board of Education school and won’t cost taxpayers an extra dime. If one accepts that argument then both the prior Corzine and The opinions expressed are those of the writers. salaries during the 2010-’11 and few years, and the prospect of a tax ships cannot afford increases in 2011-’12 school years and require increase in 2010. taxes for 2010 whether at the mu- they accept a minimum deduction The township and the school nicipal or school district level. For of 1.5 percent of their salaries to be board surely understand that the reasons outlined above and many applied to their health and pension economic situation since 2007-08 more that will take up additional benefits. The teachers would then has profoundly changed in this print space, respectfully, we ask be demonstrating that they truly are country in a negative way and con- leaders at the township/school “sharing the pain” with everyone tinues to be precarious. Residents board/county/state level to not pro- else in West Windsor and Plains- who pay property taxes, and are the pose an increase in the township or boro. The fact that we are dealing primary funding source for both school district budgets for 2010. with teaching professionals, we township operations and the school We ask that property taxes be feel certain our children will still district have undergone pay cuts frozen for 2010 at the same level as Spectacular Private Property – receive the best possible education (in many cases between 10-20%), 2009 for both West Windsor and that they are entitled to. health benefit cuts, and in many Plainsboro (i.e. a zero cent proper- Prestigious West Windsor Location Edward M. O’Mara cases lost their jobs during this ty tax increase). We empower and President time. encourage our leaders to take all Wow! Built by the current owner 3 Yrs ago 10000 SF. Secluded on 4.6 acres. Custom built mahogany double door welcomes guests Village Grande Civic Association We live in a ‘new normal’ that steps necessary in achieving this affects our daily lives. goal for 2010. in to the two story dramatic entry foyer with dual circular floating At the same time, township and Amitabh Nangia, J. Boivin, staircase, showcases the architectural details with wrap around Petition by WW-P school district workers have pro- J. Housell, Y. Li, M.Polfliet; balcony. Gourmet kitchen with custom built cabinets, center island, Residents ceeded to benefit from contracts West Windsor granite counter tops, onyx back splash, professional stove. that were negotiated prior to this V. Bhatnagar, G. Wang, 6 Bedrooms, 2 fire places, 2 laundry rooms, 1000 SF entertainment room on 1st floor, 3 car garage attached, Elevator ready, full o County, Township & Board crisis. Witness, the school and mu- B. Garlapati; Plainsboro basement. Too many upgrades to list. Broker protected. Of Education: nicipal tax levies for 2010 as pro- T More than 35 other residents Asking $1,599,000 We, the residents, of West posed by the school board and the township, both of which are ex- have also signed. To support this Windsor and Plainsboro township petition, send an e-mail response to Seller will hold partial mortgage. would like to take this opportunity pected to increase again by more than 6% and 5% respectively. [email protected] indi- and express our profound concern cating your support. Contact: [email protected] over rising property taxes in the last We as residents of these town- 12 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 People In The News Boy Scout Birthday

roop 40 recently cele- Tbrated Boy Scouts of America’s 100th birthday with a birthday cake and a video on the history of scout- ing. Adult leaders displayed their uniforms and equip- ment from their days as scouts. The event concluded with the award ceremony of Wood Badge beads (worn around the neck) to Assistant Scoutmaster Steffen Par- ratt. The beads signify com- pletion of the Wood Badge course, the most advanced training Birthday Celebration: Troop 40 Assistant Scoutmaster for adult leaders, that combines Steffen Parratt, center, wears his Wood Badge beads and classroom and practical outdoor- traditional tan neckerchief. Also pictured are his son based learning along with projects to apply leadership knowledge in Justin, left, and Scoutmaster Martin Rexroad. direct service to boy scouts. The troop’s scoutmaster is Martin In College mental illness who are also within Rexroad. the legal system. University of Oklahoma: Logan A lifelong New Jersey resident Future Business Suneil Maingi of Plainsboro re- he ran for Mercer County Free- ceived a Barry M. Goldwater holder in 2009. He lives with his Leaders scholarship based on academic wife and their three young chil- High School North’s Future merit in mathematics, science, or dren. The candidate declined to Business Leaders of America club engineering. A sophomore, he is a share information about his family. received honors at the New Jersey graduate of High School North, state competition on March 11. Ni- Class of 2008, double majoring in Births hal Pathuri, a junior, took the first math and physics with a minor in place in Database Design and Ap- computer science. The University Medical Center CASH plication, and qualified for the na- A National Merit Scholar and at Princeton has announced the fol- Highest Price Paid tional competition. Vincent Xie, a the recipient of numerous awards lowing births: freshman, took fourth place in Intro and honors, Maingi has a 4.0 GPA Daughters were born to Plains- to Technology Concepts. Vikram and his most recent research pro- boro residents Ramya Ramesh GOLD • DIAMONDS • SILVER Kesavabholta, a sophomore, took ject has been at the Princeton Plas- and Satish Doddamalur Gold Jewelry (can be damaged) fourth place for Intro to Parliamen- ma Physics Laboratory. This sum- Sathyana, March 14; Roshni and tary Procedure. Siddharth Dhuli- mer Maingi will participate in an Jignesh Desai, March 31; and Sterling Silver Jewelry • Sterling Silver Flatware palla, a junior, took fourth place in internship program at Fermilab, a Samantha and Joe Dechiario, Tea Sets • Silver Coins • Gold Coins Technology Concepts. Divya particle physics lab, that includes a April 7. Dental Gold • Diamonds ¼ Carat & Up Ramireddygari, a junior, took class at Massachusetts Institute of Sons were born to Plainsboro fourth place in Website Develop- Technology. Upon completing a residents Helen and Bruno Yin, Rolex Watches ment. The club’s advisor is Glenn doctorate in mathematical physics, March 22; Rekha and Ranabir Bartram, a social studies teacher he plans to research applications of Bhakat, March 31; and Jisun and With the Precious Metal Market at North. new mathematical ideas to physics. Michael Lee, April 10. He is the son of Rajesh and Nola Daughters were born to West at an All-Time High, Now Is the Time to Turn Maingi. Windsor residents Renee and Den- Broken Jewelry and Unwanted Items to CASH! Geography Bee nis Fleck, March 12; and Sehr and David Yin, an eighth grade stu- Business Award Syed Shahmir Khaliq, March 20. dent at Grover Middle School, took Sons were born to West Wind- Trent Jewelers first place in the state at the Nation- Jim Rhor, owner of Bagel sor residents Kimberly and Dylan al Geographic Bee held April 9 at Street in Plainsboro, received the Kiner, March 30; and Amanda 16 Edinburg Rd. at 5 Points • Mercerville, N.J. Rowan University. Yin, 13, will Access Above and Beyond award and Mark Kauffman, April 1. 609-5584-88800 compete in the national competi- from the New Jersey Council on tion in Washington, D.C. in May. Developmental Disabilities. The Deaths Born in Canada, his parents are award honors businesses that have Helen and Shawn Yin. His social gone above and beyond in the name John T. Ward, 62, of Laurence studies teacher is Lynne Kirk- of accessibility and what is re- Harbor died March 28 in New patrick. quired by law for equal access. Cri- York. Born in Princeton, he was a Hair Plus teria include access and willing- longtime resident of Plainsboro. A THE SALON ness to assist all customers with graduate of Rutgers with a degree Hair Plus Gardening 101 in computer technology, he re- HAIR, NAIL & SKIN CARE disabilities. Rohr helps by reading THE SALON Under the direction of Kathy the menu selections for people who ceived his master’s and doctorate WEST WINDSOR HAIR, NAIL & SKIN CARE Schmidt, a first grade teacher at degrees from Virginia Tech 609-897-0400 are print impaired. Southfield Center, Princeton-Hightstown Road Town Center School, a committee A Boy Scout in Plainsboro for WEST WINDSOR OPEN 7 DAYS created plans for a school garden to Politics 14 years, he worked for his father 609-897-0400 be built for and used by the chil- on the farm and at Walker Gordon Southfield CCenter,OME Princeton-HightstownVISIT US Road Russell Wojtenko Jr., of West OPEN 7 DAYS dren. The groundbreaking event Farm from ages 11 to 26. He went TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR MONTHLY SPECIALS ON: held recently included students, Windsor, is a GOP candidate run- on to work for NASA as a comput- HHAIR:AIR design• SKIN cutting& N& AILstyling,PRODUCTS color, high- •& Slow-lighting,ERVICES families, and staff. The students are ning for election to the Mercer er technologist for five years, and SKIN:custom facial waves; & NAILS: body waxing;manicures, pedicures,make-up tips application & wraps, planning to eat the lettuce that they County Board of Freeholders. at AT&T for more than 10 years, nail art, paraffin treatments; SKIN: facial & body waxing; make-up are planting. “One of the goals is to A graduate of Rutgers Universi- where he created the automated application& make-overs; & make-overs; facials. facials. help students reconnect with nature ty and Fordham University School phone system. During the last 10 and see the importance of the natur- of Law, Wojtenko runs a small law years he studied and performed im- First Time Clients Only. Mondays Only Facials: al environment,” said Brian firm in North Brunswick and is cer- prov in New York City. Restore Your Youthful Appearance. Reg. $115 NOW $85 Stevens, school principal. tified by the Supreme Court of New Survivors include his mother, European Repair Facial Jersey as a civil trial attorney. He Jean Ward of Virginia; two sisters Reg. $85 NOW $55 Homecoming currently serves as the municipal and brother-in-law, Rose Marie prosecutor in Ewing. and Jack Bowker of Roosevelt, and First Time Clients Only: Queen Finalist A trustee of the New Jersey Doris Hannah of Virginia; and two State Municipal Prosecutors’ As- $10 Off Any Hair Service Brooke Townsend of West brothers and sisters-in-law, sociation, Wojtenko is a member of of $55 or More. Windsor was a contestant in New William and Deborah Ward, and the New Jersey State, Mercer Jersey’s 30th annual Homecoming Robert and Mary Ward, all of Vir- 10% to 20% Off County, and Middlesex County bar Queen scholarship competition ginia. Donations may be made to Any Retail Item associations. He served as vice- held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in All 4 the Dogs Rescue, Box 204, Including: chairman of the Board of Trustees March. She was invited to compete Roosevelt 08555. Paul Mitchell, of the Ann Klein Forensic Center in as High School South’s homecom- Biolage, Loreal, West Trenton, a state psychiatric Robert Jones, 56, of Jamesburg ing queen this school year. Kiwi, Redken, Aquage hospital providing care and treat- died March 30 at home. Survivors ment to individuals suffering from include a daughter, Melanie Jones APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 13 of Plainsboro. Donations may be in-law, Peter Kimball and Joan Oak Ridge, Tennessee, she was made to the Elks Special Needs Pierson of West Windsor. A raised in Plainsboro and graduated Frank Crawford Children’s Fund, 74 West Railroad memorial service will be held at from Princeton High School. She Avenue, Jamesburg 08831. Acorn Glen Assisted Living Cen- trained at Katherine Gibbs School rank Crawford, a longtime Samuel E. Campbell Sr., 64, of ter, 775 Mount Lucas Road, in New York City and was a vice Ftownship business owner and Hurlock, Maryland died March 30 Princeton, Sunday, May 9, at 2 president at Media Brokers Inter- critic of the rundown condition at home. Survivors include a son p.m. Donations may be made to national in Atlanta. of downtown Princeton Junc- and daughter-in-law, Charles Westerly River Church, 37 Wester- Survivors include her husband, tion, died on March 15. Joseph and Amy Campbell of ly Road, Princeton 08540; or the Preston William Huey, Jr. of At- Crawford, 81, founder and Plainsboro. Donations may be Deacons’ Fund of the University lanta; a brother, Bill Weeks of owner of Princeton Microfilm, made to Dorchester County Ani- Baptist Brethren Church, 411 Brunswick, Georgia; and a sister, was a former photographer for mal Control, c/o Sheriff James South Burrowes Street, State Col- Karen Lawrence of Midlothian, both National Geographic and lege, PA 16801. Virginia. Donations may be made Phillips, 829 Fieldcrest Road, the Air Force, and a real estate on the board of the Princeton to Hospice Atlanta, 1244 Park Cambridge, MD 21613. William F. Mansbery, 53, of investor in West Windsor. Tennis Program. Vista Drive, NE, Atlanta, GA Lititz, Pennsylvania, died April 6. Crawford criticized the Predeceased by his wife of 39 Ronald B. Stephen, 72, of 30319; or to the Piedmont Hospital A former Plainsboro resident, he boarded up buildings in down- years, Ruth Emilia Dallenbach, Waretown died at his home on Oncology Action Fund, Piedmont was a member of the volunteer fire town Princeton Junction in an ar- in 1996, he is survived by their April 3. Survivors include a son, Hospital Development Office, department. Survivors include his ticle in the October 23, 2009 is- two sons, Mark Franklin and Dave Stephens of West Windsor. 1968 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA brother and sister-in-law, Thomas sue of the News. He specifically Grant Robert; his wife of nine Donations may be made to the 30309. and Carol Mansbery of Durham, pointed to the abandoned section years, Leslie (Blauth) Crawford; American Diabetes Association of of the Ellsworth shopping center New Jersey, Center Pointe II, Suite North Carolina; and two sisters and Kathleen “Kathy” M. two brothers, Clifford Theodore brother-in-law, Kathleen Mans- Rifkind, 66, of West Windsor died down the road from his business, and Reverend Stanford Rea; a 103, 1160 Route 22 East, Bridge- and called for township officials water 08807. bery, and Margaret and Kevin April 8. Raised in Ohio and Flori- sister, Joan Murray; and a grand- Girten, all of Lititz. Donations may da, she lived in West Windsor since to take action. daughter. May A. Keelan, 87, of West be made to the Alzheimer’s Asso- 1974. An avid tennis player, Craw- A memorial service was held Windsor died April 3 at Compas- ciation, Delaware Valley Chapter, Rifkind, instrumental in estab- ford served on the board of direc- April 11 at Nassau Presbyterian sionate Care Hospice. Born in Scot- 399 Market Street, Suite 102, lishing West Windsor-Plainsboro tors of the International Tennis Church. Contributions may be land, she lived in Ewing for 35 Philadelphia, PA 19106; the Amer- High School Model United Na- Hall of Fame (ITHF) from 1979 made to the Princeton Tennis years before moving to West Wind- ican Heart Association, 610 Com- tions program, held leadership to 1997. He co-owned Princeton Program, c/o the Eve Kraft Com- sor 20 years ago. She retired from munity Way, Lancaster, PA 17603; roles with West Windsor Little Indoor Tennis Center, until it munity Tennis Center, 92 Wash- Trenton State College in 1991. or the Multiple Sclerosis Associa- League, and was a Cub Scout den was sold in 2008. He also served ington Road, Princeton 08540. Survivors include two daughters tion of America, 706 Haddonfield mother. A title insurance producer, and a son-in-law, Kathy and Rick Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002. she retired from General Land Ab- New Brunswick. Born in Prince- A graduate of Burr and Burton Cave of West Windsor, Christine stract/First American Title Insur- Vera Mae Scheuring Gilroy, ton, he was a lifelong resident of Academy in Manchester, Vermont, Young of Ewing; four grandchil- ance Company in 2008. 87, of Cumberland Crossing died at West Windsor and a student at the he received his bachelor’s degree dren, Jennifer and her husband Jay Survivors include her husband Passavant Hospital on April 7. Sur- Joseph F. Cappello School. from the University of Vermont Thompson, Kerry Young, Robert of 48 years, Steven, of West Wind- vivors include daughter and son- Survivors include his parents, and a master’s degree from the Cave, and Kelly Cave; and two sor; her sons and daughters -in-law, law, Marilyn Gilroy and Arthur John Z. and Li Zhang Yin; and his University of Wisconsin, Madison. great-grandchildren, Matthew and Adam and Nicole of Hamilton; Schwartz of West Windsor. Dona- sister, Cathy Z. Yin. The funeral is He also studied at the Sorbonne in Ryan Thompson. Donations may Neil of New York City; David and tions may be made to Lymphoma Saturday, April 17, at 10:30 a.m. at Paris, University of Grenoble, be made to the Twin “W” Rescue Amy, of Holland, Pennsylvania; Research or Aseracare Hospice, the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home France, and the Graduate Library Squad, Box 385, Princeton Junc- her grandchildren, Aurora and 15000 Ardmore Boulevard, Suite 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Prince- School of the University of Chica- tion 08550; or Compassionate Care Airianna of Hamilton, and Sarah, 501, Pittsburgh, PA 15221. ton. Calling hours begin at 9 a.m. at go. He was reference librarian and Hospice, 11 Independence Way, Samuel, and Elizabeth of Holland, the funeral home. bibliographer in historical linguis- Newark, Delaware 19713. Gerald Donoher, 75, of West Pennsylvania; her mother, Betty tics at the Newberry Library , and Windsor died April 8. He served as Forrester of West Windsor; her sis- Adella Irlbeck, 95, died April Barbara A. Rivers of North director of library services.with a radar operator with the Air Force ters, Cheryl Ethier of Naples, Flori- 10 at the Elms of Cranbury Nursing Brunswick died April 5 at Scott, Foresman and Company, and worked for NJ Bell for more da, and Linda Huston of Levit- Home. Survivors include a son and RWJUH, New Brunswick. Sur- both in Chicago. He was with Al- than 32 years, retiring as an ac- town, Pennsylvania. The funeral is daughter-in-law, Dennis and Mari- vivors include son and daughter- bert E. Barrett, Inc. of Trenton, for count executive in 1987. Sunday, April 18, at 10 a.m. at Saul lyn of Plainsboro. Donations may in-law, Thomas and Lois James of 22 years, retiring in 1997. Survivors include his wife, Ju- Colonial Funeral Home, 3795 Not- be made to the American Cancer West Windsor. Survivors include his sister Di- dith M. Donoher; his daughter, Fe- tingham Way, Hamilton Square. Society or the St. Vincent DePaul ana L. Giddings of East Dorset, Karen Jean Bielicki, 51, of Old licia Fell of Monmouth Junction; Burial will follow in Princeton Society, c/o Nativity of Our Lord Vermont. Gathering will begin Fri- Bridge died April 5 at Raritan Bay his brothers and their wives, Memorial Park, Robbinsville. Shi- RC Church, Monroe 08831. Medical Center. Survivors include Thomas Donoher of Egg Harbor; day, April 16, 7 p.m. at the M. va will be observed at the Rifkind Clifford F. Giddings, 73, of sister and brother-in-law, Diane Arthur A. McTighe of Hightstown; William Murphy Funeral Home, home on Sunday to Tuesday, April West Windsor died April 12 at and Michael Strada of West Wind- and Douglas McTighe of Easton 1863 Hamilton Avenue, with the 18 to 20, from 4 to 8 p.m. home. Born in Vermont, he moved sor. Donations may be made to Arc Pennsylvania; and his mother-in- service at 8 p.m. Donations may be to West Windsor in 1975. He was of Monmouth, WOC, 395 Warbur- law, Mrs. Arthur D. McTighe of Calvin Z. Yin, 6, of West Wind- made to Recording for the Blind an active volunteer with Recording ton Place, Long Branch 07740; West Windsor. Donations may be sor died April 9 at the Robert Wood and Dyslexic, 20 Roszel Road, for the Blind and Dyslexic. American Cancer Society, 2600 made to the Alzheimer’s Associa- Johnson University Hospital in Princeton 08540. Route 1, North Brunswick 08902; tion. or Spina Bifida Association, 4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite Asika Obumselu, 46, of West 250, Washington, DC 20007. Windsor died April 8. Funeral ser- vice was held at Hughes Funeral Margaret Fletcher Pierson, Home, Trenton. 92, of Princeton died April 5. Sur- vivors include son and daughter- Jennifer Lynn Weeks, 56, died April 8 at Hospice Atlanta. Born in 14 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 Geevers again asked for clarifi- Originally, the board was pro- School Budget cation at a special school board jecting an overall increase in the Polling Locations trict numbers 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, and Continued from page 1 meeting on April 14. budget, but had to cut that down af- 16. In West Windsor, the owner of a ter the state aid cuts were an- esidents will need to know Polling District No. 3: High ues went down by more than the home assessed at the township av- nounced. Rwhere to go when voting in School South, 346 Clarksville Road, Princeton Junction; for vot- net impact on the tax rate. They’re erage of $534,787 would pay a tax The proposed budget calls for the school elections on Tuesday, bill of approximately $7,171, reductions in the number of teach- ers living within West Windsor paying less in taxes.” April 20. Polls are open from 7 General District numbers 2, 4, 5, 7, “The assessed valuation in West based on a tax rate of $1.34 per ing, administrative, secretarial, and a.m. to 9 p.m. Here are the polling and 10. Windsor has gone down for three $100 of assessed value. Both the busing staff as well as cuts to extra- places: Polling District No. 4: Grover years in a row,” Marathe said, re- school’s numbers and the town- curriculars and sports programs. West Windsor Middle School, 10 Southfield Road, Princeton Junction; for voters living ship’s numbers reflect that figure. Also included in the plan is a re- Polling District No. 1: Grover laying information from Shanok. within West Windsor General Dis- But the school district and the duction of guidance counselors, Middle School, 10 Southfield Road, “I am told the commercial ratables trict numbers 3, 9, and 14. have increased by $50 million this township have different methods and elimination of five administra- Princeton Junction; for voters living of determining the tax impact. tors, three secretaries, and three within West Windsor General Dis- Plainsboro year. What that means is several trict numbers 1 and 11. Polling District Numbers 5-8: taxpayers have reduced assess- The township’s methodology, bus drivers. It also includes a re- however, calculates an increase duction in capital spending as well Polling District No. 2: Village Plainsboro Municipal Building, ments and are paying lower taxes School, 601 New Village Road, Plainsboro Road; for voters living then they think they are paying. I $198 over last year’s bill. In mak- as a decrease of $1.5 million in the Princeton Junction; for voters living within Plainsboro General District know at least a couple of neighbor- ing a comparison, they calculate buildings and grounds area of the within West Windsor General Dis- numbers 1 through 12. hoods who are going to pay lower the average increase for the owner budget as a result of the new con- of a home assessed at the $534,787 tract the board approved with the school taxes next year than they lar activities, a reduction in number Under the new terms, salary value for both years. That home- custodial and maintenance staff paid this year.” of under-subscribed courses and raises will be frozen for a 12-week (see page 16). The tax rates for the proposed athletic teams, and a reduction of period beginning September 1, The district is currently looking budget have not been questioned; health and library services staffing. 2010, for the two unions. The ‘I know at least a couple at a formula that cuts 17 teachers neither is the fact that Plainsboro Officials said the district will be teachers’ contract, which was orig- of neighborhoods who per $1 million that needs to be residents will be hit the hardest this cutting a total of about $100,000 inally set to expire in June, 2011, saved — in this case, $3.4 million. year. Plainsboro’s rate will in- are going to pay lower from the extra curriculars and ath- was extended to the 2011-’12 But the total number of teachers to crease by some 10 cents to $1.549, school taxes next ear letics programs, although officials school year. That year teachers will be cut cannot be estimated right while West Windsor’s will in- say that they are first looking at re- receive a 3.38 percent increase. than they paid this now for a number of reasons, in- crease by 4 cents to $1.34 per $100 ducing the stipends for coaches. As for the contract negotiated cluding retirements. of assessed value this year. year.’ They also emphasized the most with the WW-P Administrators The plan also includes a consol- Under those numbers, the own- recent “total comparative per pupil Association, the members of the idation of bus routes and a reduc- er of a Plainsboro home assessed at costs” released by the state Depart- union will also forgo the previous- owner paid $6,973 last year. tion in special education spending. the township average of $395,000 ment of Education show that in ly negotiated salary increases for Still, voters will make the final At the elementary school level, will pay an average of $6,119 in 2009-’10, WW-P spent an average the first six pay periods in 2010-’11 decision on the proposed 2010-’11 there will be a reduction in the school taxes, an increase of about of $13,045 per pupil. By compari- and reduce professional confer- school budget of $155.9 million — number of K-4 health teachers, K-5 $400 over last year. son, Hopewell spent $15,067, and ence benefits, for a savings of ap- the same amount as the current computer teachers, and a reduction The confusion in West Wind- Princeton spent $17,421. The dis- proximately $80,000. year’s spending plan. But even the in staff through increased class sor’s tax impact first arose at the trict also spent below the state av- The administrators’ contracts flat measure was not enough to off- sizes. April 6 Township Council meet- erage. were also extended a year. Now, set a $7.56 million loss in state aid. At the middle school level, there ing, when Councilwoman Linda Superintendent Victoria for the 2011-’12 school year, the To cover that gap, the district will would be a reduction in the number Geevers referred to calculations by Kniewel said the cuts would be members of the union will receive have to eliminate some 50 teach- of teaching positions, a restructur- Township Chief Financial Officer made using a “scalpel approach,” a salary increase of 2.9 percent. ers. ing of the support teachers, and a Joanne Louth. The numbers spreading the impact of the reduc- The move was criticized by res- The total tax increase combines reduction in the number of coaches showed that the owner of an aver- tions, rather than an outright slash- idents and board member Todd a 4 percent general fund tax levy and programs in athletics and co- age home in West Windsor will see ing of programs. Hochman, who said the new con- increase — which meets the state- curricular activities. an increase of $198 — much high- The budget also reflects the tract should have included contri- mandated cap of a 4 percent in- At the high school level, there er than the school had presented in renegotiated contracts the board butions to health benefits from crease — and a 2.5 percent tax in- will be a reduction in staff through its public hearing last month. approved with the teachers’ and teachers and administrators, which crease for debt service, which is al- increasing class sizes, a reduction Geevers said she was looking for administrators’ unions last month is not required under the terms of lowed by law to be excluded from in the number of coaches and pro- clarification about why the two — projected to save the district the renegotiated contract. Resi- the cap. grams in athletics and co-curricu- numbers were different. more than $1 million. dents around the community have GRAND REOPENING! 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The district would be- munity and Grover middle schools. for agreeing to any salary increase rights, and certifications among gin with lecture classes, where they “Will there be two teams per at all in the extended year. ill Mrs. Smith be in second other considerations. Kniewel did would be “inching up the class school? No, to be perfectly honest While the board is still trying to Wgrade in Wicoff school next say, however, that the district is sizes,” she said. with you.” talk to the teachers, even if there is year? I can’t tell you,” said Super- planning to let the affected teachers While underutilized courses will When it comes to teaching posi- an agreement, it would not lessen intendent Victoria Kniewel in re- know by the end of April. be eliminated, “if the course is a tions, one resident called for revis- the tax burden, according to sponse to questions from parents Kniewel was joined by two as- graduation requirement, we will be iting a teacher’s tenure, which she Marathe. If the teachers agree to a gathered in the Grover Middle sistant superintendents — Larry combining” the classes, she said. said should not be a deciding factor freeze, it would mean a return for School auditorium on April 13. Shanok and David Aderhold — Parent Jennifer Howard asked in determining a teacher’s worth, saving the jobs that would other- Kniewel was responding to a who periodically answered some Kniewel about the timeline for in- calling the idea “archaic.” wise be lost, he told the News ear- question from a parent about where of the questions. Kniewel ex- forming students that programs “Some of the weakest teachers lier this month. the reductions in the school budget plained that “we’ve been very care- may not be offered in the coming are burnt out professionally; they A contract was also approved will impact the classroom. About fully focusing on the students.” year, and questioned whether that just happen to be at the higher end for the WW-P Service Associa- 75 residents were gathered in the One parent said she was worried would cause confusion in the new of the pay spectrum,” she said. tion, which called for a salary auditorium for an informal meeting that the cuts and consolidations school year. She asked whether District officials said they had to freeze for the 2010-’11 school with the superintendent to ask ques- would impact her child’s class- school officials will be more flexi- use tenure in their considerations year, but included a salary increase tions about the budget, which is up room, where there were already 26 ble with deadlines they give the because of state regulations. in 2011-’12 for all employees ex- for a vote on Tuesday, April 20. students, which was “already too students for signing up for classes. Later, during the school board’s cept the custodians and mainte- Most questions came from par- She also asked about the factors special meeting for approval of the nance workers. ents who were worried about the ef- that went into determining whether contract with the WW-P Service Voters will also choose be- fects of cutting an estimated 50 Most questions came a sports program was undersub- Association (see story below), one tween five candidates who are run- teachers as well as phasing out un- from parents who were scribed. teacher and two parents urged the ning for three seats in West Wind- derutilized courses and co-curricu- Kniewel said district officials board against eliminating a teach- sor, and two who are running for lar programs, as proposed in the worried about the ef- were waiting to receive responses ing position specifically to teach one seat in Plainsboro. In West budget. Kniewel told them that fects of cutting an esti- and input from students, who are health. Kniewel said health would Windsor, incumbents Hemant specifics regarding the individual mated 50 teachers as selecting their courses. still be offered. “However, we Marathe, of Clarendon Court and teachers who will be cut, and where Aderhold, however, said, “the can’t afford the luxury of having a Robert Johnson, of Van Wyck Dri- other teachers will be moved, are well as phasing out un- hope is that students will leave the specific teacher teaching the health ve, will face challengers Rakesh not available because the district is derutilized courses. school year with their schedules.” curriculum.” Kak, of Le Parc Court; Vijay still making those determinations. He also said a majority of the sports Residents also asked questions Kanchi, of Greylynne Drive; and She insisted, however, that programs would not be impacted. about the newly approved Prince- Scott Powell, of Cambridge Way. “we’re making very, very careful big,” the woman said. The parent Rather, the number of stipends ton International Academy Charter In Plainsboro, Ellen Walsh, of Pet- reductions,” and that the district is was referring to the fourth grade at available for coaching positions School. Shanok told the parents ty Road will face challenger Har- taking what she called a “scalpel” Millstone River School, where will be reduced, he said. that the most recent estimate from shad Tanna, of Krebs Road. approach to doing so. “We’re not Kniewel acknowledged there was One parent asked whether the the state — which determines the Johnson, an 18-year resident of axing,” she explained, saying the a lot of growth last year that re- board would allow a student to play amount the district will have to pay West Windsor, retired from the reductions and consolidations of quired one of the teachers to be for a team at another school if the in per-pupil costs for the estimated U.S. Marshals Service last sum- classes will be spread throughout moved from another school to take same program was cut in his or her 75 students who will attend the mer and currently works as a fi- the district to avoid outright cutting on the fourth grade class. own school. He used the example school — was that the district must nancial specialist in criminal and in one area. “Our reductions have Kniewel told the woman the dis- of allowing a student from Grover send $862,000 to the school. But civil forfeiture under contract with been across every single part of the trict was not looking to further bur- to play for a team at Community the district will not see a savings in the U.S. Department of Justice. He organization.” den that class. “We know that we Middle school if a program at the students who do leave the dis- has served on the board since Parents called the information are not planning to increase that,” Grover was canceled. trict to attend the charter school be- 2004, where he has served on the “very vague.” Said one woman: she said. Aderhold said the same number cause those students will come administration and facilities com- “I’m sure everyone in the schools The consolidations do spell of programs would run at each from varying classrooms and grade mittee and the finance committee, would like to know who is going to longer bus routes and combined school. If a program is offered at levels, leaving no room for reduc- lose their jobs.” classes, as well as increases in class Grover, it must be offered at Com- ing particular teachers or classes. sizes, Kniewel said. For example, munity. However, teams at each The cost “very much outweighs” Continued on following page Kniewel maintained that district administrators do not yet know. at the high school the district would school may be combined. He the savings, he said. 16 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 boro in 2001. He is a senior scien- creases were distributed among to $15 for brand name drugs; $7 for would save our colleagues.” Continued from preceding page tist with Telcordia Technologies. employment categories in accor- generic drugs (the current level is Marathe said that for the past where he is currently chairman. His He and his wife, Mauna, an ac- dance with salary guides approved $12 for brand names and $6 for two years, members of the service wife is an investigator with the countant with Marriott, have two by the union and the Board of Edu- generics); and two times the ap- association were being paid the state Commission of Investiga- daughters — one in high school cation,” the district said in a press plicable co-pays for 90-day mail same rate as their salaries reflected tions, and the couple has a daughter and one in middle school. release. order. The annual dental deductible on June 30, 2008. Using the terms at High School South. Ellen Walsh, a 12-year resident The press release states that a will be increased to $30 for an indi- under the new contract, the mem- Kak moved to the township in of Plainsboro, and her husband, severance package for custodial vidual with a maximum of $60 for a bers would be paid the difference 2004. Kak is currently a managing Quentin, who works in the finan- and maintenance staff was also ap- family (the current annual de- taking into account the increase. director at View Partners, an in- cial/accounting field, have two proved in the event the board de- ductible is $15 for an Marathe said the board had bud- vestment banking firm in New children, both of whom are gradu- cides to go with privatization. individual/maximum of $30 for a geted for the increases both last York. Kak and his wife, Suneeta, ates of South. Walsh currently Specifically, custodians and family). year and this year “because we who works for a software company serves as an adjunct assistant pro- maintenance workers receive an For the 2011-’12 year, prescrip- knew we had to pay them eventual- in Plainsboro, have two children at- fessor of economics at Rider Uni- increase of 3 percent for 2008-’09, tion co-pays will increase to $20 ly,” he said. “We kept them in one tending Dutch Neck Elementary versity. Walsh has served on the 3 percent for 2009-’10, and zero in- for brand name drugs, $10 for of the reserve accounts that people and Grover Middle schools. school board for the past six years creases for both 2010-’11 and generic drugs, and two times the keep complaining about. If we did- Vijay Kanchi, a telecommunica- and has chaired the administration 2011-’12. All other members, applicable co-pays for 90-day mail n’t keep the money in the reserve, tions consultant, moved to the and facilities committee for the last however, received a 3.8 percent in- order. The annual dental deductible we would not have been able to pay township in 2006. He and his wife, five. crease for 2008-’09 and a 3.6 per- will be increased to $50 for an indi- them.” Jaya, a substitute teacher, have two cent increase for 2009-’10, as well vidual with a maximum of $100 for The new contracts don’t account children, both of whom attend Service Association as a zero increase for 2010-’11. In a family. for the $1.5 million savings includ- Maurice Hawk. the year 2011-’12, they will receive Board members applauded the ed in the area of buildings and Marathe, a 16-year resident of Contract Approved a 2.9 percent increase. This is ac- association for freezing salaries for grounds in this year’s budget. “The West Windsor, and his wife, Punit, cording to information provided by the upcoming school year. “The $1.5 million is going to be saved who works as a scientist at Bristol he West Windsor-Plainsboro the WW-P Service Association in a willingness to help lessen salary above and beyond what we will Myers Squibb, have four daugh- Tschool board has approved, 6- written statement. costs and health insurance benefits save” in the contract, Marathe ex- ters, the oldest of whom graduated 1, a new contract with the West “While there were many lan- at a time when we are dealing with plained. “The fact they chose to from North and is a sophomore at Windsor-Plainsboro Service Asso- guage changes and a decrease in the loss of 71 percent of general freeze is very important to us. They the University of Pennsylvania. ciation that reflects a salary freeze the number of holidays and other state aid demonstrates the service are part of the sacrifice everybody His second daughter is a sopho- for the entire 2010-’11 school year. types of days for all our 12-month association’s commitment to stu- is making.” more at North, while the youngest The association represents 350 members, not every position cate- dents and to the residents of both The severance package included — twins — are in the seventh grade employees, including secretaries, gory receives the same compensa- townships,” said Board President in the approval is set up in varying at Community Middle School. bus drivers, instructional assis- Hemant Marathe. slabs depending on how long each For the last three years, he has tants, custodians, assistant head Randy Tucker, chair of the employee was in service, Marathe been a partner in a company that is custodians, maintenance workers, The union says it wants board’s negotiations team, said that explained. “If we have to let 100 a wholesale distributor of Indian bus mechanics, bus aides, and cafe- the board to remember he believes “we have negotiated a people go, it was only fair to give groceries. For 15 years before that, teria/playground aides. fair and reasonable settlement that them something for their years of The contract comes after more its concessions when recognizes the need to contain ris- service,” Marathe said. he owned a consulting company voting on privatization.’ that worked with electric utilities. than 100 hours of negotiations in a ing costs in salaries and health in- The association emphasized that Marathe has served on the board two year period. The employees surance benefits.” its zero percent increase for the for the last nine years, from 2001 to have been working without a con- Board member Todd Hochman coming year was independent of 2010, where he has served as presi- tract since June 30, 2008, when the tion package,” the association said voted against the contract, al- the governor’s initiative for public dent since 2004. He served one prior collective bargaining agree- in its statement. though he commended the service school employees to take a wage year on the board’s finance com- ment expired. According to the district, the association for taking a salary freeze next year. “The agreement mittee and for eight years on the The new contract calls for an in- contract included “cost contain- freeze. “I would really like to be was reached prior to his initiative curriculum committee. crease of 3.55 percent for the 2008- ments” in prescription and dental able to vote for this contract; I and made solely for the purpose to Scott Powell, a West Windsor ’09 year; a 3.41 percent increase insurance premiums through in- can’t,” said Hochman. “I simply keep costs down in the hopes that it resident for four years, is a product for the 2009-’10 school year; no in- creased co-pays and higher dental can’t vote for a contract that does would help the plight of our custo- manager for Prudential Financial. crease for the 2010-’11 school deductibles. In addition, the ser- not have what I consider to be a sig- dians and maintenance workers.” He and his wife, Michele, an oper- year; and an increase of 2.9 percent vice association agreed to a reduc- nificant contribution to health care ations director for a professional for the 2011-’12 school year. In tion of two floating holidays and premiums. I don’t consider an in- Privatization trade organization, have two chil- that year, the salary is frozen for the elimination of the NJEA con- crease in co-pays and deductibles dren — a seven-year-old who at- custodial and maintenance em- ference days as paid leave days for to be a contribution towards a pre- Bids Opened tends first grade at Maurice Hawk ployees unless parties negotiate an custodial and maintenance em- mium.” Elementary and a four-year-old in increase. ployees. He referenced the new state law he West Windsor-Plainsboro pre-school. Those salaries are broken down The changes in the insurance that requires public employees re- Tschool board has opened four Harshad Tanna moved to Plains- and allotted differently based on benefits for 2010-2011 include that ceiving medical and prescription bids from private companies for the type of employee. “Salary in- prescription co-pays will increase health benefits to pay a minimum custodial, maintenance, grounds, of 1.5 percent of their base salary and management services — and toward their benefits as of May 21, all bids show more savings than the or if covered by a labor contract, $1.5 million originally estimated. upon the expiration of the current The bid process officially contract. opened in February, the first day ClearClear Skin!Skin! Still, he called the service asso- private companies could obtain the ciation’s agreement to a salary 100-page bid specifications pack- freeze “unprecedented.” age. The union called attention to the The board opened bids from Student Special! settlement for 2010-’11 and 2011- four companies: Pritchard, based in ’12. “While it is true that the board New York, which provided an esti- did accept bids for the privatization mate for the first year of service at of the positions currently held by $5.7 million; All Clean, of 3 Treatments for our custodians and maintenance Lawrenceville, which provided an workers, they have not made a final estimate of $4.7 million; Aramark, $235 (plus tax) decision on the fate of these em- based in Philadelphia, which pro- ployees,” the association said in the vided an estimate of $4.6 million; (40% Savings) statement. “With that in mind, the and GCA Services Group, based in members of the association accept- Cleveland, which provided an esti- Offer good through 4/30/10. ed a zero percent compensation mate of $5.5 million. (Valid for one time only.) package for next year and a 2.9 per- All of the bids fall beneath the cent for the following year. It is our $6.2 million estimate — a $1.5 mil- hope that the board will recognize lion in savings — provided to the A Complete Approach the association’s efforts to keep the board in a study by its consultant, compensation costs down and fac- Edvocate, which submitted an effi- to Skin Care tor it into their deliberations on pri- ciency study. vatization.” However, school officials are The association also recalled the still in the process of determining school board’s statements that “we whether any of the bidders are “re- Let our medically trained staff help to not only treat current skin would need to find a cost savings of sponsible” bidders before the mat- $1.5 million within our contract if ter is brought to the board for a conditions, but educate you on how to prevent future breakouts. we wanted to save our custodians vote. “When the new school board and maintenance workers.” gets put in place, they will make the The Aesthetics Center at “We were presented with an im- decision for the next year,” said possible challenge as there is not Larry Shanok, assistant superin- Princeton Dermatology Associates $1.5 million to be saved in our con- tendent for finance. Princeton Dermatology Associates tract,” the association states. “Had If it decides to go with privatiza- every member of our bargaining tion, the board will have to take the unit agreed to a compensation lowest qualified bidder. Monroe Center Forsgate 2 Tree Farm Rd. freeze from 2008 to 2012, and de- Members of the WW-P Service 5 Center Drive • Suite A Suite A-110 creased their time off, it would not and Foreman associations and their Monroe Township, NJ Pennington, NJ have generated $1.5 million. Plus, supporters opposed the board’s de- 609-655-4544 609-737-4491 there is no legal guarantee that sac- cision to entertain the idea of out- rifices made by our members sourcing in the first place. APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 17 New Year, Old Issues ing that it is possible,” he said. the market rate for his position is “That’s going to be an area where I lower than Hary’s, Hary’s salary Morgan Criminal Suit Denied am insistent that they explain to should be decreased accordingly. For WW Budget week after it was filed, a Chris Marion and Chief Financial me. The administration has neither “I’m proposing we all experi- criminal lawsuit filed by Officer Joanne Louth to perform pointed to the errors in my assump- ence a little bit of appropriate hould West Windsor use more Councilman Charles Mor- an analysis of his proposal — that surplus to offset taxes? Should tions or the errors in my math nor pain,” he said. “Get rid of the A S gan against Mayor Shing-Fu the township use more of its sur- explained why they’re not willing salaries for elected officials. Get a new reimbursement policy be Hsueh and Councilwoman Linda plus to offset taxes in the budget — to consider the proof.” rid of the salaries that are not mar- drafted to govern the expenses of Geevers Presiding has been dis- ridden with “factual errors.” Last year, Morgan adamantly ket-based.” township employees? Is this 2008? missed by a Lawrence judge. Morgan also charged that Geev- proposed to reduce the township’s In other areas of the budget, 2009? Morgan filed criminal charges ers illegally asked Township At- surplus by $2.45 million, which he Morgan said there is an inconsis- Actually, it is 2010, and for the against them in West Windsor mu- torney Michael Herbert for a legal claimed would lower the tax rate by tent practice regarding the use of third consecutive year, those issues nicipal court — the third time he opinion as to whether it was a vio- 4 cents. Under Morgan’s proposal, part-time staff. “There is an indi- are expected to come up during an- has pursued legal action this past lation of the law in publicly using he advocated cutting back the $7.6 vidual in the clerk’s office whose other budget season. The West year — but it was forwarded to the materials put forth by the town- million in reserves by $6.65 mil- hours have been cut back, but there Windsor Township Council begins Municipal Judge Paul Catanese in ship professionals in response to lion all together, leaving about are people in other departments deliberations on the 2010 munici- Lawrence Township to avoid con- council requests, saying Geevers $982,832 in the fund balance. who have not been similarly cut pal budget during a workshop flicts in West Windsor. was using the township attorney Morgan publicly accused then- back,” he said. “There are other in- meeting on Friday, April 16, at Morgan said he filed the charges for campaign advice. He also al- business administrator Chris Mari- dividuals who should not be invit- 9:30 a.m. at the municipal building. on April 6 with the West Windsor leged that Herbert was paid for a on and Chief Financial Officer ed to come back part-time. These Council members have weighed municipal court after having been conference call with the mayor and Joanne Louth of using “inaccurate are people with lots of skill, but we in on areas where they think the advised by a former prosecutor that Russell Schenkman about the numbers” in their response to his are doing a lot of things we want to township can find more savings, he had a case. The charges come West Windsor Community Foun- proposal — a response he says was do but don’t need to do. We need to but none has been more adamant three months after he filed a civil dation, which he alleged was a per- commissioned by the mayor cut everything down to what we than Charles Morgan, who will ar- suit against the sonal use of need to do.” gue his case for dipping further in- mayor in Mer- township staff Morgan said his overall objec- to the surplus. cer County Su- by the mayor. This year’s $37.1 million tive is to get the increase in the bud- Morgan ‘needs to get Morgan has criticized the ad- perior Court The prose- get and tax levy down to zero. “The over the fact that he lost ministration yet again for failing to proposed municipal claiming that cutor’s office tax levy should be at zero,” he said. do so — a major issue in last year’s the mayor failed big time in the last elec- cleared the budget uses $200,000 “That can be achieved in large mayoral election that prompted le- to provide a re- tion. ‘It would be best mayor and more in surplus for a to- measure by circling back to the use gal action from Morgan against port that the Geevers, as of surplus. for him to move on.’ Hsueh. Since then, the litigation tal $4.4 million being councilman be- well as Herbert. Other council members are also has branched out into criminal used to offset taxes. lieves he is enti- Morgan said weighing in with their opinions on charges, which were dismissed. tled to under the township’s the decisions by the Mercer Coun- the proposed budget. Borek said he But other council members Faulkner Act form of government. ty prosecutor’s office and the Elec- specifically to discredit his propos- wants to first hear from various de- seem to have a different opinion. The new lawsuit rehashed a tion Enformencet Division that al in light of the campaign. He even partment heads about the reasons Council President George Borek complaint Morgan filed last year cleared Hsueh and Geevers of any wrote to the state Attorney General they think the council should ap- said he was glad the township held with the Mercer County Prosecu- wrongdoing were “hampered by a and Mercer County Prosecutor’s prove the budget without trimming more of the surplus last year and is tor’s Office, in which he claimed lack of resources in dealing with Office requesting a criminal inves- it. “I feel there are some places we very concerned about doing it Hsueh and Geevers misused town- very complicated issues and very tigation. His request was denied. can trim, but I want to know what again this year, given the unstable ship staff during the municipal subtle issues of law.” Morgan pointed to Standard & the impacts to the community are economic climate. “Next year’s election. Morgan said he hired a former Poor’s “analytical characterization first.” budget is going to be even harder to The original action was taken a prosecutor who is an expert in of ratios,” which he says suggests Borek said he is cautious about deal with because we have nothing week before the May election, in criminal law to review his case be- that carrying 7 to 11 percent of sur- cutting because of a proposal by the in the pipeline to replenish the sur- which Morgan ran against Hsueh fore filing the charges in municipal plus in the budget is more than suf- governor that would put a cap on plus,” he said. for the mayoral seat. Morgan filed court. “His job was to tell me I was ficient for a municipality. Right the amount of increase in 2011 to Most council members seem to the complaint with the county wrong or to revise my complaint in now, the surplus lies between 22 2.5 percent — a smaller amount be on the same page — they want prosecutor’s office, alleging that a way that would be more articu- and 26 percent, he said. than the 4 percent cap currently in the administration to provide a the mayor and Geevers “illegally late,” he said. “He told me we did But that isn’t the only issue ex- place. Borek said he worried that spreadsheet showing what can be used West Windsor Township ad- need to revise it but that I was mak- pected to resurface. Morgan is call- cutting areas now would hurt the cut if they decide to sacrifice some ministrative staff, and hence the ing a case that should be heard.” ing for a new reimbursement poli- township next year if it was deter- services to bring the tax increase to public money, in furtherance of Geevers said “this is purely cy to be put in place to eliminate the mined there has been growth, and zero. Councilwoman Linda Geev- their political campaign.” dirty politics” and a waste of tax- $250 flat rate paid to township em- thus a need for more services. “Are ers said she personally requested He said that his opponents used payer money. Morgan “needs to ployees each month for travel ex- there ways we can tweak it or save the information to be submitted to township staff to defeat the politi- get over the fact that he lost big penses — a controversial stance more money? I think there are. But council before the budget work- cal arguments he made in his own time in the last election,” Geevers that also dominated the 2008 bud- I think you have to look at the shop. campaign. He alleged that they co- added. “It would be best for him to get season. The $37.1 million proposed erced then-business administrator move on.” 2010 package represents an in- “A lot of people get this,” he Continued on following page crease of $626,000 from last year’s said. “We don’t know whether or $36.5 million budget, but the tax not that is way over what should be levy will increase from $20.6 mil- paid or way under what should be lion to $21.8 million, a 5.8 percent paid. I suspect if they were to be re- increase. imbursed at the IRS approved rate Due to tax appeals and declining for travel, it would be substantially property values, the value of a tax less than the $250 per month on av- penny has been reduced from erage over the course of the year. $621,732 to $610,086. As a result, We can save considerable amounts the proposed municipal tax rate is in the budget.” therefore estimated to be .357 in At the same time, this would 2010, reflecting a 2.6 cent increase convert the reimbursement to a tax- from .331 in 2009. able income, he said. “If you can Under the 33.1-cent rate, the prove it’s a business expense, it’s owner of a home assessed at the tax free.” township average of $534,782 On top of that, Morgan says that would see an increase of $139, all of the elected officials, council from $1,770 last year to $1,909 this and mayor, should forego their year. salaries. “The school board does,” This year’s $37.1 million pro- he said. Instead, the new reim- posed budget uses $200,000 more bursement policy would cover ex- in surplus for a total $4.4 million penses associated with the job. “All being used to offset taxes. In his of us incur expenses as part of the Join us for an memo to council, Mayor Shing-Fu job,” he said. “Let’s reimburse the Information Workshop... Hsueh said using more than the actual amounts. We should imple- Shake the Sugar Habit without $4.2 million the township used ment an expense reimbursement from its reserves last year to offset policy that is across the board.” Will Power or Deprivation taxes was “a serious concern, given Morgan also questioned Busi- Monday April 26th @ 7pm our goal of sound and efficient ness Administrator Robert Hary’s Dr Vagnozzi-Bucci's office long-term management.” salary. “We should ask Mr. Hary to 7 Tree Farm Rd • Register @ Last year Hsueh and his admin- take a cut in pay, back to the salary [email protected] istration argued that using up the he was making before,” he said. “I township’s surpluses is fiscally ir- think it was just an outrage that responsible and could damage there was no effort made to see who West Windsor’s AAA bond rating. might be available with skills at a Morgan insists, however, that it compensation level that might is possible, using calculations from have been different.” Standard & Poor’s, to reduce the Morgan suggests that a study be amount of surplus without affect- done to determine whether it is on ing the township’s rating. “The ad- par with the market. If there are ca- ministration continues to refuse to pable candidates available at high- even discuss the mathematical er salaries, the township can keep proof that I have given them show- Hary’s where it is. If it is found that 18 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 this year, though, which returns 11 Sports seniors including Jared Ruben- Continued from page 1 stein, Jon Redmond, Zack Dono- hue, Phil Trachtenberg, Matt Red- off on Saturday, April 17, at 1:30 mond, Alex Nagler, Mike p.m. at North. The girls will meet Skapyak, Ralph Aurora, Alex each other in May. Campbell, Bobby Grbic, and Evan South tennis remains undefeat- Smith. ed at 6-0 after overcoming North, A strong supporting core of ju- 3-2, on April 7, handing North its niors and sophomores will help only loss of the season so far. boost the team’s chances of im- In softball, this is the first year proving. They include juniors for the Knights in the Colonial Di- Adam Bacall and Joe Cirafici and vision, moving up after having tak- sophomores Ben Ruta, Josh Rose, en home the Valley Division title Ryan Dontas, Chris Campbell, and four times in the school’s short his- Chris Skolka. Freshman Paul tory. So far, so good with a 6-1 Balestrieri joins the lineup this record and a defeat of crosstown ri- year. val South, 7-1, on April 8. Meanwhile, the North spring The team has strong leadership track season got off to a good start in seniors Lexi Forsell and Alexan- when Joe Rosa, Chris Banks, Jon dra Niciforo. Also leading the Squeri, and Jim Rosa combined to Knights this year are seniors Shiffa finish first, with a time of 10:19.59, Rizki and Onaisa Rizki, juniors at the inaugural Blue Devils Dis- Kaitlyn Nelson, Jennifer Dowling, tance Medley Qualifier in West- and Sydney Turchin, and sopho- field on April 1. The boys will also A loss to Lawrence, 6-3, on April mores Sarah Bush, Brianna King, return Corey Abernathy at shot put. 5. Otis: 4-0-2-0; Hase: 2-1-0-0; Volt- North Leaders: Ryan Phelan, left, Michael Voltmer, Kaitlin Perrine, Taylor Phelan, For South, Sam Macaluso, Brian mer: 2-1-0-0; Weisbecker: 2-1-0-0; and Christopher Hase have been a power at the plate Schoepfer, Max Margiotta, and Bizenov: 1-0-1-2; Rodriguez: 1-0-1- Sara Rosenthal, and Emily Wein- 0. 2B: Rodriguez; Kaye. SB: Vogt. for North this year. Photos by Brian McCarthy berg, as well as freshmen Saman- Nick Schmidt are also returning. The golf teams at both schools South (1-6): A loss to Hopewell, tha Buckley, Kristie O’Cone, and 17-3, on April 14. Zack Donohue Jessica Pe. are also off to good starts. North’s went 2-for-3. son, and Taylor Phelan each had two drove in a a run. Caitlin McCann In baseball, North (3-4) defeated boys took first place, with a score A loss to Nottingham, 5-2, on April hits. drove in a run. South, 7-5, on April 10. Last sea- of 223, at the Cherry Valley Invita- 12. Aurora: 2-1-1-1; Rubenstein: 4-0- A win against South, 7-1, on April A win over Hightstown, 14-0, on 1-0; Donohue: 4-0-1-1; A. Campbell: 8. Emily Weinberg hit a two-run dou- April 5. Liz Mendez struck out 13 bat- son, the Knights went 23-4 — in- tional on April 12 behind the per- formances of Charles Cai, who fin- 3-0-1-0; Skapyak: 1-0-1-0; McCann: ble. Sydney Turchin had a single. ters. Anna Schnitter hit two doubles. cluding a 14-1 performance in the RBIs: Weinberg, 2; Forsell; Phelan; Caitlin McCann had three runs. Jin ished 1-under-par 71 and Dan 3-0-1-0; Ruta: 1-1-1-0. 2B: A. Camp- Colonial Division — and took bell, McCann. SB: Donohue; Nelson. Perrine had 5 strikeouts. Kim and Jenna Modi each had two home their first NJSIAA Group III Trink, who finished with 75. Skapyak. A win against Nottingham, 5-4, on RBIs. RBIS: Kim: 2; Schnitter: 3; A loss to North, 7-5, on April 10. April 7. Kaitlyn Nelson had three hits. Gagliardo; Alter; McCann: 3; Modi: 2; title. Boys’Baseball Mendez. But the team lost Scott Kelly, Paul Balestrieri had three hits. Ralph Alex Niciforo, Sarah Bush, and Bri- North (3-4): A win against Allen- Aurora went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. anna King each had 2 hits. RBIs: A win against Trenton, 33-0, on Mike Tartaro, Eric Rosenbaum, town, 8-5, on April 14. Greg Weis- A loss to South Brunswick, 10-7, Bush: 2; King; O’Cone. 2B: Bush. April 1. Liz Mendez pitched a no-hit- Eric Wisotsky, and John Sullivan, becker had a single and drove in two on April 9. Rubenstein: 3-1-1-0; A win against Ewing, 4-1, on April ter and struck out 11. 2B: Gagliardo; to graduation, as well as David runs. Ryan DeMouth hit a solo home- Donohue: 4-1-1-0; Smith: 4-2-2-1; J. 6. 2B: Nelson, Bush. RBIs: Nelson : Modi. Mendez went 3-for-3. Bachner, who died suddenly short- run. Redmond: 4-1-1-1; Balestrieri: 4-2-2- 3; Turchin. Kaitlyn Nelson and Sarah ly after graduation. A win against Hopewell Valley, 7- 3; Ruta: 4-0-1-1; Skapyak: 3-0-1-0; Bush both hit doubles. Emily Wein- Boys’Tennis berg went 3-for-3. The team has strong returning 5, on April 12. Otis: 4-2-2-1; De- McCann: 2-0-2-1. Paul Balestrieri North (5-1): A win against Tren- Mouth: 3-3-2-3; Hase: 3-1-1-1; Volt- went 2-for-4 with two runs scored A win against Lawrence, 4-2, on ton Catholic, 5-0, on April 14. Sin- players, including senior pitcher mer: 3-0-1-0; Weisbecker: 4-0-2-0; and three RBIs. Evan Smith and Matt April 5. Kaitlin Perrine struck out four gles: 1.) Tim Wu, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Evan Kyle Reed, and seniors Chet Otis, Hul: 2-1-1-0. 2B: Otis, Weisbecker. McCann had two hits each. and scattered eight hits. Sarah Bush Samet, 6-0, 6-0. 3.) Brandon Frank, Ryan Billek, Ryan Phelan, Mike SB: Otis, PHelan, DeMouth: 3. Kyle A loss to Robbinsville, 5-0, on hit a two-run sngle. Kaitlyn Nelson hit 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) Abishy Pandita Voltmer, Chris Hase, Brandon Ro- Reed struck out seven. DeMouth April 7. Evan Smith had a single. a home run. Phelan had a double. and Kevin Shi, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Zach Kur- went 2-for-3 with three runs scored A loss to Hightstown, 4-2, on April South (4-3): A win against first and Kevin Shock. driguez, Andrew Vogt, and Varun and three runs batted in. Padmanabhan . Also returning are 5. Rubenstein: 4-1-1-0; Donohue: 3- Hopewell, 13-1, on April 14. Liz A win against Notre Dame, 5-0, on A win against South, 7-5, on April 1-2-0; Smith: 4-0-1-0; Trachtenberg: Mendez struck out 6. Anna Schnitter April 12. Singles: 1.) Tim Wu, 6-0, 6- juniors Marcus Hendersen, Ethan 10. Ryan DeMouth went 2-for-3 with 3-0-1-0; Skapyak: 3-0-1-0. 2B: Dono- went 2-for-4 with four RBIs. 0. 2.) Evan Samet: 6-1, 6-0. Brandon Kaye, Ryan DeMouth, David two doubles, three runs, and an RBI. hue. SB: Donohue, Trachtenberg. A loss to Nottingham, 5-1, on April Frank: 6-0, 6-2. Doubles: 1.) Abishy Bizenov, Doug Dougherty, Chris Chris Otis had two hits and two runs. 12. Liz Mendez struck out 8. Pandita and Kevin Shi, 6-0, 6-0. Fania, Joe Jensen, Neal DeVincen- A loss to Nottingham, 8-6, on April Girls’Softball A loss to South Brunswick, 3-2, on Zach Kurfirst and Kevin Shock, 6-4, 7. Otis: 4-2-2-0; DeMouth: 4-2-2-1; 6-1. zo, Tim Hui, and Greg Wiesbecker. North (6-0): A win against Allen- April 9. 2B: McCann. Ella Alter had Phelan: 3-0-1-1; Hase: 4-1-1-1; Volt- town, 2-1, on April 14. Kaitlin Perrine an RBI. Caitlin McCann had two hits A win against Hopewell, 4-1, on After a slow start, the boys have mer: 4-1-2-0; Rodriguez: 3-0-1-1; struck out six and allowed four hits. and a triple. April 8. Singles: 2.) Evan Samet, 6-4, won three in a row. Vogt: 3-0-1-0. 3B: Otis, DeMouth. A loss to North, 7-1, on April 8. Liz 6-4. 3.) Brandon Frank, 7-5, 6-0. South The Pirates began their SB: Reed, Voltmer, Hase. A win against Hopewell Valley, Doubles: 1.) Abishy Pandita and 14-1, on April 12. Kaitlin Perrine Mendez hit a single and struck out 7. A loss to Hun, 6-1, on April 6. Otis: Kevin Shi, 6-4, 6-2. 2.) Zach Kurfirst season with a record of 1-6. They struck out eight and allowed only one 3-1-1-0; DeMouth: 3-0-1-1; Hase: 3- A win against Robbinsville, 4-0, and Kevin Shock, 6-3, 6-0. finished last year at 9-14. The hit. Sarah Bush and Kristy O’Cone 0-2-0. SB: Hase, Otis. on April 7. Liz Mendez struck out 7. prospects look food for the team each had doubles. Bush, Kaitlyn Nel- Kathryn Philbin went 2-for-4 and A loss to South, 3-2, on April 7.

Continued from preceding page that, she said, the council will need done its homework. “We’re look- service charges and the proposed The advertisement refers to a letter to cut $1.5 million. ing for some information in case third-party billing program for the submitted in February by the Mer- whole context of the budget and One area is in health benefits, we want to come up with a zero EMS services help to offset some cer County Association of Real- look at the ramifications for next especially in light of new legisla- percent increase,” he said. He said of those losses. tors, which mentions the lawsuit year. There will be more a decrease tion requiring public employees to he supports his colleagues, who Revenues include $2.2 million and states that the “deteriorating in the dollars we have coming in. Is contribute 1.5 percent of their have urged the administration to in state aid, $3.9 million in miscel- condition of Princeton Junction is there going to be anything else they salaries to health benefits when a provide a zero increase scenario. laneous revenue, $4.4 million from hurting an already fragile real es- are going to take away from us?” new contract is formed. “The 1.5 On the table for discussion is a the fund balance, and $2.96 million tate market in West Windsor.” Councilwoman Diane Ciccone percent of salary contribution to- budget that reflects a decline in in sewer service charges, leaving a The campaign began days after said she would be reviewing the ward benefits is something that we revenues and property values in total of $21.8 million to be raised Judge Linda Feinberg denied a mo- budget thoroughly. “I have always need to push for,” she said. “The West Windsor. That translated into through taxation — a $1.2 million tion by West Windsor to reconsid- said I want a flat budget,” she said. law has been passed.” a 5.8 percent tax increase in the increase over last year. er her recent ruling that allows In- “One of my biggest questions is “I think it’s a fairness issue,” budget. This is despite the adminis- terCap to pursue a lawsuit against going to be, ‘Why can’t you pro- Geevers added. “School employ- tration’s efforts to limit the overall WW Motion Denied the township on the basis that the vide a flat budget, and what will it ees should be applying 1.5 percent budget increase to 1.71 percent — town used a faulty process to deter- take to get there?’” of their salary towards health bene- the lowest in 16 years — including In Intercap Suit mine that a 350-acre area surround- She said she was “serious” fits, and so should municipal em- a cut of three positions from the po- ing the Princeton Junction train sta- about not passing on cuts in state ployees.” lice, court, and health and human developer suing the township tion was in need of redevelopment. aid to the taxpayers. But she also services departments as well as a Aover his property in the The township had argued that said she did not support depleting ouncilman Kamal Khanna reduction in overtime costs and Princeton Junction redevelopment InterCap missed the 45-day dead- the surplus. “My opinion is the Csaid he is looking for specific part-time employees. The cuts, area is calling on town officials to line to challenge the redevelop- same as it was last year. I look at it answers from the administration however, will not force lay-offs. negotiate with him now that a state ment area when it was designated as simply as a household budget: heading into the workshop session. According to the proposed bud- Superior Court judge has reaf- by the planning board in 2005. It al- you can’t spend more than you “I want every department to come get, expenditures requested by de- firmed a ruling that could overturn so argued that InterCap participat- have, and you need to have a cush- and tell me, in as much detail as partment heads in the 2010 have the redevelopment zoning. ed fully in the creation of the rede- ion. If you don’t expect your salary possible, whether they have made been reduced from $37.8 million to Steven Goldin, the president velopment plan — adopted in 2009 to increase, and you don’t expect to any improvements compared to $37.1 million — a reduction of and CEO of InterCap Holdings, — and could not turn around now get an influx of money, you’ve got 2009, which areas they have re- $701,502. which owns 25 acres on Washing- and challenge it. to have a cushion.” duced the costs, and by how much Revenues for 2010 are down ton Road in the redevelopment However, Feinberg said the “The bottom line is we are not and how they did it,” Khanna said. considerably in the areas of interest area, called for a “reasonable set- township did not bring anything generating the revenues we did in Pertaining to the areas where income, which shows a decrease of tlement.” He even took out two new to the table in arguing for re- the past, and until we can turn that costs went up, “Which area did it $679,500, including state aid, full-page ads in this newspaper, consideration. She explained in her around, I want to have a cushion,” go up, and by how much and why?” which decreased by $619,620 (a 22 calling on residents to take action. decision, handed down on April 7, Ciccone added. he asked. percent decrease); and in hotel oc- “Tell the mayor and council to that reconsideration should only be Councilwoman Linda Geevers He said that answers to these cupancy tax, which decreased by stop hurting the value of your used for cases in which the court said she is also looking to get to a questions will help determine $85,000, although officials said home,” the ad states. “It’s time to zero cent increase. In order to do whether the administration has that expected increases in sewer settle the redevelopment lawsuit.” Continued on page 20 APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 19

North’s Ryan De- Mouth, left, slides to third as South’s Phil Trachtenberg defends; South’s Jared Ruben- stein; and South’s Alex Campbell.

Doubles: 1.) Abishy Pandita and Kevin Shi, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). 2.) Zach Kurfirst and Kevin Shock, 7-5, 6-1. A win against Nottingham, 5-0, on April 5. 1.) Tim Wu, 6-0, 6-3. 2.) Evan Samet, 6-0, 6-2. 3.) Brandon Frank, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Abishy Pandita and Kevin Shi, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Zach Kur- first and Kevin Shock, 6-0, 6-0. A win against Ewing, 5-0, on April 1. Singles: 1.) Wu, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Samet, 6-0, 6-0. 3.) Frank, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) Pandita and Shi, 6-0, 6- Rohrbach: 6; Tosches; Sandgren; Dunne: 44; Miles Eisenman: 48. 0. 2.) Kurfirst and Shock, 6-0, 6-0. Nesson; J. Matthews; Lerner. A win against Lawrence, 188-235, South (6-0): A win against Hamil- A loss to Montgomery, 12-2, on on April 7. Ryan Seigler: 31; Simran ton, 5-0, on April 14. Singles: 1.) April 5. Goals; Dan Nesson, Casey Charan: 41; Charles Cai: 39; Dan Richardson, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Ng, 6-0, 6- Tosches. Assists: Rohrbach: 2. Trink: 41; Rob Dunne: 41; Garrett 0. 3.) Vaysburd, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: South took 9 shots. Yung: 51. 1.) Dalrymple, 9:43; 3.) Wing, 10:22. LiPuma, 73.7; 5.) He, 75.3. 100: 2.) 1.) Tumati/Ku, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) A win against Johnson, 12-7, on A win against Ewing, 229-274, on 800: 1.) Jim Rosa, 1:56; 2.) Joe Williams, 12.6; 4.) Onyuka, 13.2. Weng/Gavai, 6-0, 6-0. April 1. Goals: Casey Tosches: 4; April 6. Charles Cai: 42; Dan Trink: Rosa, 1:58. 110 Hurdles: 1.) Cald- 1,600: 3.) Gorberg, 5:54; 5.) Foss, A win against Steinert, 5-0, on Alex Rohrbach: 3; J. Matthews: 2; B. 44; Ryan Seigler: 45; Simran Cha- well, 15.7. Javelin: 2.) Abernathy, 6:06.3. 400: 1.) Hayduchok, 64.0; 6.) April 12. Singles: 1.) Richardson, 6- Matthews; Efstathios; Sandgren. As- ran: 48; Garrett Yung: 50; Neil bedi: 116-8; 3.) Hardison, 110-3. 1,600: 1.) Niciforo, 70.0. 100 Hurdles: 1.) Ryan 1, 6-0. 2.) Ng, 6-0, 6-1. 3.) Vaysburd, sists: Tosches: 2; Efstathios: 2; 51. Squeri, 4:30.3; 2.) Blahala, 4:39.6. Williams, 14.8; 4.) Brown, 16.7. 800: 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) Ku/Tumati, 6-0, Sandgren. Padd had 9 saves. South (1-0): A win against Hight- Joe Rosa, Chris Banks, Jon 4.) He, 2:37.7; 7.) LiPuma, 2:43.7. 6-0. 2.) Weng/Gavai, 6-1, 6-1. stown, 220-268, on April 7. Smith: Squeri, amd Jim Rosa combined to 200: 1.) Williams, 25.6; 5.) Allen, 26.9. 3,200: 1.) Sun, 12:48.4; 2.) A win against Nottingham, 5-0, on Girls’Lacrosse 39; S. Oh: 43; T. Oh: 43; Kim: 46; finish first, with a time of 10:19.59, at Casarona: 49; Donohue: 54. the inaugural Blue Devils Distance Scott, 12:48.7; 6.) Goberg, 14:00.0. April 8. Singles: Peter Ku, 6-0, 6-0. North (5-0): A win against Rob- 4x400: 3.) North, 4:29.9. High Jump: 2.) Thomas Weng, 6-0, 6-0. 3.) Nikhil binsville, 12-6, on April 13. Goals: Medley Qualifier at the Gary Kehler Stadium on April 1. Joe Rosa ran for 3.) Dalcourt, 4-4. Long Jump: 5.) Gavai, 6-3, 6-1. Doubles: Abhinay Maura Burns: 3; Devin Brakel: 2; Ana Girls’Golf Williams, 15-7. Triple Jump: 2.) Tumati and Daniel Vaysburd, 6-3, 6- Dellien: 2; Kelly Girandola: 2; 3:09.9 for 1,200. Banks ran a time of North (4-1): A win against Old 50.4 for the 400, while Jim Rosa ran Brown, 32-7; 5.) Onyuka, 30-6. Shot 0. 2.) Rishi Narang and Paul Von Jacquie Mihalyi: 2. Patricia Pehnke Bridge, 221-240, on April 14. Arisa Put: 1.) Covic, 28-9; 2.) Vasquez, 27- Auten Ried, 6-2, 6-1. had 10 saves. for 4:14.7 for 1,600, and Jon Squeri Wada: 48; Sayeli Jayade: 56; ran a time of 2:04.7 for the 800. Jim 3.5; 3.) Rosario: 25-9.5; 4.) Vasquez, A win against North, 3-2, on April A win against Hightstown, 17-5, Christie Dougherty: 60; Christie Rosa ran the final 400 in a time of 25-8; 6.) Jorgenson, 24-5.25. Discus: 7. Singles: 1.) Demetri Vhranos, 7-5, on April 10. Goals: Mihalyi: 4; Del- Pasternick: 57; Julie Bradley: 62; 58.2. 1.) Vazquez, 85-7, 2.) Covic, 75-3; 6-3. 2.) Julian Richardson, 6-1, 6-2. lien: 3; Burns: 2; Brakel: 2; M. An- Akosua Tuffuor: 56. 3.) Jorgen, 74-3; 6.) Shayla Reid, 65- South (0-1): A loss to Notre 3.) Daniel Ng, 6-1, 7-5. taya: 2; Troianello; Towell; Giran- 5. Javelin: 1.) Covic, 87-2. A win against East Brunswick, Dame, 87.5-52.5, on April 7. High A win against Hightstown, 4-1, on dola; C. Antaya. Assists: Mihalyi: 4; 218-233, on April 13. Arisa Wada: South (1-1): A loss to Princeton, Dellien; Burns. Pehnke had 7 saves. Jump: 1.) Prieto, 5-6; 3.) Callahan, 5- April 6. Singles: 2.) Daniel Ng, 6-1, 6- 47; Dougherty: 54; Jayade: 58; 3. Triple Jump: 2.) Prieto, 40-5.5. 82-58, on April 14. 3. 3.) Nikhil Gavai, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Dou- A win against Notre Dame, 11-5, Pasternick: 59; Bradely: 61; Tuffour: 4x400: 1.) South (Schmidt, Neagu, A win against Notre Dame, 81-58, bles: 1.) Peter Ku and Abhinay Tu- on April 9. Goals: Jacquie Mihalyi: 4; 64. Schoepfer, Macaluso), 3:36.7. Long on April 7. High Jump: 3.) Brown, 4- mati, 6-1, 6-1. 2.) Daniel Vaysburd Ana Dellien: 2; Kristin Troianello: 2; A win against South Brunswick, Jump: 1.) Prieto, 20-9.5. 3,200: 2.) 8. 3,200: 1.) Kellner, 11:32.9; 2.) and Thomas Weng, 6-0, 6-2. Maddie Antaya; Maura Burns; Kelly 214-222, on April 5. Julie Bradley: Riff, 10:45.7; 3.) Patel, 11:01.5. 200: Miller, 12:42; 3.) Chang, 12:49. 200: A win against Robbinsville, 5-0, Girandola. Assists: Maddie Antaya, 61, Christie Dougherty: 51; Sayeli 3.) Adayu, 24.3. Discus: 3.) Baxter, 1.) Mauro, 26.7. 400 Hurdles: 2.) on April 5. Singles: 1.) Julian Ana Dellien. North took 19 shots. Pa- Jayade: 55; Christie Pasternick: 53; 117-8. 800: 1.) Macaluso, 1:58.3; 2.) Colonna, 71.4; 3.) Brown, 66.2. Richardson, 6-3, 6-4 2.) Daniel Ng: tricia Pehnke had 10 saves. Akosua Tuffuor: 61; Arisa Wada: 55. Schmidt, 2:05.2; 3.) Wallack, 2:06.1. Javelin: 1.) Fodiga, 99-2; 2.) Muso- 6-1, 6-2. 3.) Nikhil Gavai, 6-1, 6-1. A win against Pennington, 20-8, A win against Notre Dame, 227- 400 Hurdles: 3.) Cohn, 63.2. 100: 2.) mad, 81-3. 100: 1.) Delemos, 12.8. Doubles: Abhinay Tumati and Peter on April 7. Goals: Jacquie Mihalyi: 6; 246, on April 1. Arisa Wada: 52; Adayu, 11.6. Javelin: 2.) Neagu, 100 Hurdles: 3.) Brown, 18.0. Dis- Ku, 6-1, 6-0. 2.) Daniel Vaysburd and Maddie Antaya: 4; Ana Lucia Dellien: Sayeli Jayade: 55; Christie Dougher- 149-2. 1,600: 1.) Schoepfer, 4:36.1; cus: 1.) Lowe, 86-8. 800: 2.) Brod- Thomas Weng, 6-0, 6-1. 4; Maura Burns: 3; Antaya; Brakel. ty: 58; Julie Bradley: 62; Christie 2.) Margiotta, 4:43.3. 400: 2.) brock, 2:34.4. 1,600: 1.) Kellner, A win against Trenton, 5-0, on Assists: Burns: 2; Troianello; Mihalyi: Pasternick: 62; Akosua Tuffuor: 62. Chavez, 54.3; 3.) Rosenberg, 55.1. 5:29.7; 2.) Chang, 5:59.9; 3.) Miller, 2; Olsson. April 1. Singles: 1.) Demetri Vrahnos, South (3-1): A win against Notre 6:09.8. 400: 1.) Mauro, 62.8; 2.) 6-0, 6-0. Peter Ku, 6-0, 6-0. Dan Joe, A win against Hamilton, 19-1, on Dame, 215-240, on April 14. Grace Girls’Track Calder, 64.2; 3.) Lemley, 64/4. 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) Thomas Weng April 1. Goals: Maura Burns: 3; 4x400: 1.) South (Brown, Brodback, Ro: 51; Priya Saksena: 51; Harleen North (2-1): A loss to Ewing, 78- and Daniel Vaysburd, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Jacquie Mihalyi: 3; Devin Brakel: 3; Lemley, Mauro), 4:21.6. Shot Put: 1.) Jaswal: 54; Alina Afinogenova: 59. 53, on April 13. Discus: 3.) Vazquez, Rishi Narang and Vedant Sachdeva, Ana Dellien: 3; Troianello: 2; Fodiga, 31-7; 3.) Lowe, 30-6. Long A win against East Brunswick, 75-5. Triple Jump: 2.) Brown, 31-0. 6-0, 6-0. McEwen; Olsson; Antaya; Siezers; Jump: 1.) Inozemtseva, 15-5; 2.) 206-221, on April 5. Grace Ro: 53; Long Jump: 3.) Williams, 14-2. Simanozsky. Assists: Burns, Isnardi; Tarashi, 15-2.5. Triple Jump: 3.) In- Rose Soskind: 50; Priya Saksena: 4x400: 2.) North, 4:13.3. 3,200: 1.) Trio; Brakel; Dellien. North took 23 ozemtseva, 31-8. Boys’Lacrosse 48; Harleen Jaswell: 55. Jones, 12:51; 2.) Sun, 13:02; 3.) Gor- shots. Pehnke had 1 save. L’Insalata berg, 13:30. Javelin: 2.) Jorgensen, North (5-1): A win against had 1 save. Hopewell, 14-4, on April 13. Goals: Boys’Track 53-8; 3.) Martin, 49-10. 200: 2.) Boys’Volleyball Todd Petrone: 5; Sandberg: 2; B. Ke- South (5-1): A win against Allen, 27.6. 800: 1.) He, 2:33.12; 2.) North: A loss to Hillsborough, 25- North (0-2-1): A loss to Ewing, navan: 2; Kalinowski; A. Washuta; D. Lawrence, 17-0, on April 14. Goals; Wing, 2:37.12. 100 Hurdles: 1.) 15-4. 25, 22-14, on April 5. Dan Haydu- 67-64, on April 13. Long Jump: 1.) Kenavan; Raziano; Worrall. Assists: Morris: 4; Sandgren: 3; Borup: 3; Discus: 3.) Vazquez, 75-5. 400 Hur- chok: 10 digs, 8 kills. Chris Jin: 10 Banks, 19-0; 2.) Lee, 17-1. Triple Washuta: 2; D. Kenavan: 2; B. Kena- Tadej: 2; Spencer: 2; Thumm; dles: 1.) Allen, 67.6. 1,600: 1.) Sun, assists, 3 digs, 1 block. Stiefel; Johnson. Salerno had 12 Jump: 1.) Devasagvarat, 35-5; 2.) Hi, van; Petrone. Brakel had 5 saves. 5:46.9; 2.) Gorberg, 5:49.1; 3.) A loss to Southern Regional, 2-0, saves. 32-10; 3.) Lawrence, 32-1. Discus: A win against Allentown, 15-0, on Jones, 5:55.5. on April 1. A loss to South Brunswick, 14-12, 1.) Abernathy, 144-7. Shot Put: 1.) April 9. Goals; Todd Petrone: 4; An- A win against Trenton, 66-64, and South: A loss to Old Bridge, 2-0, in overtime on April 12. Goals: Sand- Abernathy, 53-3. High Jump: 1.) Lee, drew Washuta: 3; Drew Kenavan: 3; 5-6. 4x400: 2.) North, 3:40.8. 3,200: against Princeton, 82-56, on April 6. on April 9. Evan Pettus: 2; Slonaker, Sandberg, gren: 4; Spencer: 3; Thumm: 3; 400 Hurdles: 3.) Allen, 69.4; 4.) Raziano. Assists: Petrone: 3; A. Johnson; Stiefel; Tadej. Assists: Washuta: 3; Bugge: 2; Slonaker; Pet- Morris: 4; Johnson: 2; Borup: 2; tus; Wilson. North took 35 shots. Stiefel. South took 27 shots. Brakel had 5 saves. A win against North Brunswick, A loss to West Morris Central, 4-3, 18-8, on April 8. Goals: Megan in overtime, on April 8. Goals: Drew Spencer: 5; Morris: 3; McCormick: 3; Kenavan: 2; Todd Petrone. Assists: Borup: 3; Thumm: 2; Tadej; Sand- B. Kenavan. Brakel had 12 saves. gren. Assists: Spencer: 4; Borup: 4; Morris: 3; Thumm. Salerno had 7 A win against Rancocas Valley, saves. 16-1, on April 6. Goals: Todd Petrone: 4; Ben Bugge: 3; Jack Kali- A win against Brick, 16-3, on April nowski: 2; Andrew Washuta: 2; Tim 6. Goals: Thumm: 4; Spencer: 4; Biletta; Shane Bulk; Brendan Kena- Stiefel: 2; Lee; Tadej; Morris; Mc- van; David Sandberg; Jake Slon- Cormick; Johnson; Borup. Assists: MAY 3RD – 14TH, 2010 aker. Assists: Andy Wilson: 3; Ben Stiefel: 3; Borup: 3; Morris; Mc- Bugge: 2; Todd Petrone: 2; Brandon Cormick; Johnson. Salerno had 5 WWPSA is forming teams for the Worrall: 2; Jake Slonaker; Andrew saves. Washuta. North took 41 shots. Killian A win against Ewing, 16-4, on Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 seasons. Brakel had 7 saves. April 5. Goals: Dani Stiefel: 4; Join one of the largest soccer clubs A win against Hun, 12-5, on April Thumm: 3; Johnson: 2; Spencer: 2; 1. Goals: Todd Petrone: 4; Brendan Borup; Morris; Sandgren; Mc- in NJ. Teams play in Kenavan: 2; Drew Kenavan; Andrew Cormick; Tadej. Assists: Stiefel: 4; USYS Region 1, MAPS, JAGS and Washuta; Andy Wilson; Jack Kali- Spencer: 3; Borup: 2; Sandgren; nowski; Jake Slonaker; David Sand- Morris. South took 21 shots. Salerno Mid NJ. Travel Development Academy berg. Assists: Raziano; Pettus; B. had 6 saves. available for the youngest players. Kenavan: 2; D. Kenavan: 2. North A win against Robbinsville, 20-11, took 26 shots. Brakel had 5 saves. on April 1. Goals; Michelle Morris: 5; Register for tryouts online now at A win against New Egypt, 12-0, on Johnson: 4; Spencer: 3; Kendal www.WWPSA.org April 2. Borup: ; Tadej: 2; Alex Thumm; Stiefel; Sandgren. Assits: Morris: 4; South (4-1): A win against PDS, Borup: 3; Spencer: 2; Steifel; 15-6, on April 12. Goals; Rohrbach: Thumm. South took 38 shots. Kaitlyn 6; Sandgren: 3; Tosches: 2; Nesson: Salerno had 8 saves. 2; Matthews; MacQueen. Assists: Rohrbach: 4; Tosches: 4; Nesson: 2; Sandgren: 2. South took 39 shots. Boys’Golf A win against New Egypt, 14-3, on North (3-0): A win against Not- April 6. Goals; Tosches: 4; tingham, 207-294, on April 8. Ryan Rohrbach: 3; Nesson: 3; Sandgren: Seigler: 39; Simran Charan: 42; See Full Tryout Schedule at www.WWPSA.org/TravelTryouts 2; Lerner; Clancey. Assists: Charles Cai: 38; Dan Trink: 44; Robb 20 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 ly stages of the redevelopment plan Herbert also reiterated that this services by the township’s fire and ulations weren’t strict enough, and Intercap Lawsuit also does not diminish the impor- was only the first round and only emergency services personnel. The from Verizon Wireless, which took Continued from page 18 tance of the issues involved. Ac- deals with the township’s argu- bill will be issued to the insurance issue with some of the technicali- cordingly, the plaintiff may pro- ment that the designation cannot be company for the person served, if ties in the language of the ordi- made a decision based upon an in- ceed with this late challenge to the challenged because it is untimely. any, or directly to that person if in- nance — including the new re- correct or irrational basis or that the in-need designation.” He pointed to the three and a half surance coverage is not available. quirement that cell phone compa- court failed to consider significant Upon receiving the decision, years that lapsed before the lawsuit The ordinance also sets up the nies place their equipment into evidence. Goldin, a West Windsor resident, was filed and “over 100 meetings” fees that will be charged for ser- cabinets and not shelters. “With respect to the motion for said that “InterCap Holdings is that occurred since that. “We don’t vice. For ambulance transporta- Councilman Charles Morgan reconsideration, defendants failed pleased the court has re-affirmed think this kind of tactic should be tion: $600. Other charges include voted against the ordinance, point- to set forth new facts or allegations its earlier decision that West Wind- allowed.” $14 per loaded mile for basic life ing to the variety of constituents of error underlying the court’s or- sor violated the law in establishing In response to Goldin’s state- support; $75 for oxygen adminis- who had different problems with der warranting the court to reverse an area in need of redevelopment at ment, Herbert said he was sur- tration; $75 for automatic external the ordinance and what he said was itself,” Feinberg wrote. “Indeed, the Princeton Junction Train Sta- prised Goldin would reference ne- defibrillator pads; $25 for cervical a need for further compromise. He the motion largely recounts the tion.” gotiations between the township collars; $1,000 for motor vehicle also wanted more time to vet the is- same arguments set forth in the ex- “We continue to be open to a and InterCap that “are under strict extrication; $250 for first respon- sues since many of the materials tensive briefing in support of the reasonable settlement with the confidentiality.” der engine response; and $150 for were distributed while he was out defendants’ motion for summary township,” Goldin said. “In fact, “All we know is he is well be- fire responder response. of the country on a recent vacation. judgment and in opposition to we have recently proposed a signif- yond any reasonable position and If a resident requires an ambu- He said that the idea of compro- plaintiff’s motion for summary icant solution to move this redevel- just wants to bludgeon the town by lance or emergency response, the mise is coming to a resolution that judgment.” opment designation forward, de- this lawsuit,” he said. “The town- resident’s insurance carrier will be both sides can tolerate, but in this In her original ruling in January, spite the fact that West Windsor ship is always willing to discuss a charged. The resident, however, case, neither side is willing to live Feinberg allowed InterCap to chal- has failed to respond to two prior reasonable settlement. Without will not be responsible for covering with the solution. “I don’t hear that lenge the designation and even ac- settlement offers. But we are un- getting into specifics, he’s not the co-pay, nor will a resident with- anybody is happy with what we’re knowledged that allowing the ar- willing to conduct a one-sided set- close to it being reasonable.” out insurance be forced to pay the proposing,” said Morgan. “No- gument “creates the possibility that tlement discussion. The resolution Herbert said the appeal would entire bill. body likes this.” the designation will be invalidat- of this matter now lies in the hands be filed within the next month. Morgan worried that the town- The adoption of the ordinance ed.” That would, in turn, nullify the of the mayor and council.” ship could be accused of commit- ended a year-long process at the redevelopment plan. In her ruling, Feinberg estab- EMS Billing OKed ting fraud by submitting claims for Planning Board and council, where She recalled this opinion further lished a discovery schedule for ambulance and emergency ser- residents lobbied for tighter re- in her April 7 ruling. “The court al- both the township and InterCap he Township Council unani- vices for non-residents, but not strictions. They wanted to bar new so rejects the defendants’ argu- and will allow both to supplement Tmously approved an ordinance charging township residents. He cell phone towers or antennas with- ment that no novel constitutional the record, including with expert that would allow West Windsor to was also concerned that the town- in 1,000 feet of homes, but such a issues are implicated in the present reports. Future proceedings will be bill for EMS services after town- ship could misrepresent the “usual provision was never included in case,” she wrote. “As discussed at held before the Law Division, the ship officials were able to bring the and customary” charge in waiving any version of the ordinance. length in the opinion, the court opinion stated. township’s volunteers on board the fees for residents. After ringing up some $20,000 found that such ‘constitutional is- Township Attorney Michael with the idea. For example, Morgan said, in in professional fees studying the sues’ did arise, warranting enlarge- Herbert said the ruling was not un- The council also agreed to in- the insurance industry, a doctor matter, the board voted in January ment of the 45-day time limit for expected because it is rare that a clude language in the ordinance who charges a fee of $100 for a vis- to send the ordinance to the coun- filing action.” judge will reconsider an earlier de- that would require a copy of the or- it cannot waive co-pays for one pa- cil. It left the “policy decision” on In her April 7 ruling, she said: cision. “What we wanted to do was dinance to be sent to each insur- tient and not another. If one patient the 1,000-foot restriction up to the “The hearing transcripts on their to frame it as best as we could to ance provider — a compromise has a co-pay of $20, he cannot governing body because the coun- face raise questions regarding the make it certain that the record re- that quelled Councilman Charles waive the fee for that person, but cil gave specific direction to the sufficiency of the evidence pre- flects that Mr. Goldin is fully aware Morgan’s concerns that the town- continue to accept it from another. board to stick to a collocation poli- sented to support an in need desig- of the area designation, which was ship was setting itself up for insur- If he does, the “usual and custom- cy, limiting new facilities to cur- nation.” made in December, 2005, and that ance fraud claims. ary” charge then becomes $80. rent towers. And, “the conclusory language he bought the property because it The ordinance, adopted April 6, The law requires cell phone com- contained in the redevelopment was designated as a redevelopment permits the township to bill third- panies to comply with noise levels study in the present case mirrors” area, and participated fully in the party insurances for ambulance Township officials esti- specified under the township’s what a previous judge struck down, redevelopment plan process,” said services that are provided from 7 mate that the new EMS noise ordinance, which allows up to Herbert. “Only when he didn’t get 50 decibels of noise at night and up Feinberg wrote. a.m. to 7 p.m. Township residents billing law can generate Feinberg also acknowledges 1,400 units of housing in the plan will not be charged directly for ser- to 55 decibels during the day. that InterCap purchased all of its did he turn around and sue the vice. some $200,000 in rev- Taking a page out of the board’s property after the in-need designa- township.” Township officials estimate that enues annually. recent approval of a T-Mobile ap- tion was adopted, and even that Herbert said her decision is un- the new law can generate some plication last May (which sparked Goldin was attempting to garner precedented and that the statutes $200,000 in revenues annually. the ordinance revision), the board public support for redevelopment and rules are in place to protect mu- At the same time, Business Ad- also prohibited equipment shelters while the township was trying to nicipalities from claims like Inter- ministrator Robert Hary also an- Therefore, patients who have a 20 over new wireless communica- form its redevelopment plan. Still, Cap’s, “which are being used real- nounced that the township would percent co-pay will only be respon- tions facilities, upsetting some of “that the plaintiff may be a sophis- ly to try to leverage a town to suc- be helping its volunteers from the sible for paying $16, because he the cell phone company advocates. ticated party or one that originally cumb to a developer. It shouldn’t fire companies and “Twin W” first previously accepted a payment of The ordinance permits new supported the designation and ear- be allowed.” aid squad assemble a brochure ex- only $80. wireless communications facilities plaining to residents and potential Officials said that federal regu- on the roof of or in office buildings donors that the organizations will lations allow municipalities to only, and if they are on the roof, not reap the benefits of the new waive the charges under the argu- they must be screened. The collo- revenue. ment that residents already pay tax- cation of facilities is permitted on Members of the first aid squad, es for the services. They also point- and at the base of existing towers, including President Michael ed to other towns in most of the but changes this use from a permit- Leahy, originally spoke out against county that have similar ordi- ted use to a conditional use. Buy Lawn & Garden Fertilizer direct from the Factory the proposal, saying that the volun- nances, and who have not had Under the ordinance, applicants At Discount Prices! teers’ fund drive would be severely problems with fraud. are required to provide an analysis damaged because donors might be Under the terms of the ordi- for the need for the service. The al- confused by the new billing proce- nance, if a township resident does ternative analysis must show that Prepare for Spring dures. not have insurance, the township there are not suitable alternatives Sq. Ft. Our Leahy and Twin W Chief Sean covers the cost. If a township resi- with less of a visual impact. Coverage Price Kehler spoke during the meeting, dent has insurance, the town won’t The board rejected the idea of commended Hary, Emergency charge the balance. including a prohibition on wireless 15-3-5 w/Team Pro Crab Stopper - 50 lbs. 12,500 $28.80 Services Director Jim Yates, and Morgan originally suggested in- communication facilities from be- cluding language in the ordinance ing located within 1,000 feet of a 12,500 $31.10 Police Chief Joseph Pica for their 18-0-4 Dimension Crab Stopper - 50 lbs. “receptiveness” to the volunteer that states that the township would home, maintaining that such a reg- provide full disclosure of amounts ulation would be too restrictive and 19-0-6 Dimension Crab Stopper - 50 lbs. 12,500 $30.60 squad’s concerns. Still, Leahy acknowledged that waived for residents or those who in violation of federal communica- 20-8-8 50% org. Spring Green - up 50 lbs. 10,000 $15.95 the new measure “will have an im- are uninsured. However, he was tions regulations. The restriction amenable to including language would “prohibit wireless facilities 5,000 $15.00 pact on our fund drive.” 10-20-10 Seed Starter - 50 lbs. Members of the rescue squad that simply required the ordinance on virtually all towers,” they said. are launching a campaign to ensure to be sent to all insurance Residents gave the council a pe- 4-Step Lawn Care township residents know that the providers, as suggested by Town- tition with more than 400 signa- volunteer squad will not bill for ex- ship Attorney Michael Herbert. tures opposing the ordinance. Res- $105.99 plus tax • Covers 12,500 sq. ft. penses associated with any of their idents also argued that West Wind- If sold separately $126.99 calls. The volunteers respond to Cell Tower Ordi- sor’s ordinance did not afford them calls Monday through Friday from the same protection as similar laws 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and on secondary nance Adopted in Princeton and Millstone. They Morton Water Conditioner Salt in Stock also argued that the ordinance al- *extra coarse - 50 lbs. $6.70 calls when the paid staff is work- ing. fter a public hearing spanning lowed for “unlimited future need” Bagged Stone & Sand Plants & Shrubs • Annuals & Perennials Also, as part the compromise, Amore than three hours, the and allowed noise at levels compa- HOURS: Daily 8am - 5pm • Saturday 8am - 3pm officials added a minor language West Windsor Township Council rable to a vacuum cleaner placed change in the ordinance to clarify adopted, 4-1, an ordinance that im- three feet from their homes, or Phone: 609-655-0700 operational command authority. poses stricter regulations on new equivalent to a busy street. P.O. Box 416 - Cranbury Station Rd. - Cranbury, NJ 08512 According to the ordinance, the cell phone facilities. During the public hearing on The ordinance, adopted April 6, April 6, residents suggested some East off Rt. 130, Down Cranbury Station Rd. Exit township will contract with a pro- fessional medical billing service continued to draw criticism from changes to the ordinance. Auburn for the collection of payment for residents who thought the new reg- Place resident Richard Pizzo sug- APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 21 gested creating a policy that creat- and in some cases, zoning ap- Plainsboro Looks As a result, Plainsboro used $4.3 a shared services agreement with ed monopoles — or new cell phone proval. He said this discourages the million in surplus to offset some of Cranbury to provide IT services to towers — in two locations in the policy of collocation the township To Lower Increase the impact, an amount that is “sig- its police department. town away from residents that is trying to preserve. nificantly higher than last year,” The budget also includes funds could be carefully planned to satis- “The ordinance is ambiguous in he Plainsboro Township Com- Sheehan said. for the ongoing road maintenance fy wireless carriers’ future needs. many instances and contradictory Tmittee on April 14 got its first In the area of expenses, the program, including the reconstruc- “I’d rather see a monopole on in others,” he said. look the 2010 municipal budget — largest area of increase was in em- tion of Edgemere Road as well as Route 571 than along the PSE&G Township professionals, how- a $23.2 million package that would ployee costs — 60 percent of the the rehabilitation of the old library right-of-way,” and not running ever, disputed the residents’ argu- increase taxes by 1.9 cents. budget. Pensions increased by — at an estimated price tag of $4 along residential homes, he said. ments. Gerald Muller said that any The proposed spending plan, $500,000, and health insurance in- million. He also suggested a map could be health issues fall to the jurisdiction presented to the governing body by creased by $182,000, a 7 percent Prior to Sheehan’s presentation, created based on projected trans- of the FCC, which has established Township Administrator Robert increase. Some of that increase, resident Jack Farrell spoke during mission requirements. “I think, a health requirements that the cell Sheehan, represents a $1.2 million however, “was offset by the use of public comment. He asked the couple of monopoles, I would not companies must meet. — or 5 percent — overall increase a one-time surplus in our insurance committee to try to keep costs consider an immense prolifera- With regard to the suggestion over last year. Under the budget, fund,” as well as the fact the town- down, adding that paying $19,000 tion,” he said. that the ordinance allow for the slated for introduction on Wednes- ship had saved some benefits costs in taxes is, for some taxpayers, a Resident William Andersen said construction of new poles, or day, April 28, the owner of an aver- and received some concessions in third or fifth of their income. he felt the final version of the ordi- monopoles, planning and allowing age assessed home at $392,000 some of its negotiated agreements, “It seems like you did a pretty nance was worse than what the as few as two poles would not be would pay about $74 more in mu- said Sheehan. good job at where you cut,” he said. Planning Board originally began sufficient. “As demands increase nicipal taxes under the proposal. “That is a one-time possibility at He asked them to take a closer drafting. “It can be improved if you over time, it’s very doubtful that it Although the committee and this point,” he said of the surplus. look. “If the house is on fire, are willing to look at the impact will fulfill those needs,” he said. Mayor Peter Cantu called the bud- “Next year, those increases may re- you’ve got to start throwing out the you are imposing on people.” As for noise levels, Muller said get tight and responsible, they couch to try to save it.” Pointing to the language taken the township could include lan- called on staff to find further reduc- Cantu assured him the township from the township’s noise control guage that prohibits any “percepti- tions in light of the economy and ‘We always issue a chal- would do everything it could to ordinance, he said that the T-Mo- ble noise,” similar to the Millstone the large hit residents will take if lenge at this time to the minimize the tax impact. “Whatev- bile application did not require ordinance, but Township Attorney the school budget, which includes er it is, it’s going to be minimal noise at all, and that the township Michael Herbert said the change a 10-cent increase, is passed. staff to look at ways to compared to the school district.” should prohibit noise. would be substantive. “We always issue a challenge at mitigate the tax in- He said township officials were “The Millstone ordinance does- Any substantive changes would this time to the staff to look at ways crease,’said Cantu. already preparing to send letters n’t require noise at all,” he said. require the ordinance to be sent to mitigate the tax increase,” said and resolutions to the state because “Don’t cave to Verizon. Mill- back to the Planning Board for re- Cantu. they feel it was “inappropriate” for stone’s ordi- view and then Sheehan emphasized the finan- turn to the neighborhood they had the state to cut 72 percent of the nance is fine.” reintroduced cial practices the township has had been in the past.” school district’s state aid without Andersen al- The adoption of the or- and adopted by in place over the past few years to However, Sheehan said all of any warning. so argued that council at a later keep costs down, including enter- the township’s contracts with its Committeeman Ed Yates thee ordinance dinance ended a year- date, prolonging ing into a shared court services workers represented by unions ex- echoed Cantu. “The state seems to allows the long process at the Plan- the process. agreement with Cranbury, partici- pire in 2010. “We are confident the be dumping their roles on everyone wireless com- ning Board and council, Officials also pating in insurance and joint pur- settlements will acknowledge the else.” munications where residents lobbied said that the chasing pools, and entering into a challenging fiscal conditions we The mayor said most of the costs antennas to township’s mu- shared services agreement with are currently in.” in the municipal budget were out of continuously for tighter restrictions. nicipal noise or- West Windsor for animal control The budget continues to main- the township’s control, including be placed in dinance, which services. tain support for the rescue squad $200,000 needed to defend against town with no was included in “We pursued shared services and historical society, as well as tax appeals as well as the increases cap, and that the 12-foot minimum the ordinance, is more restrictive long before it became fashion- the library. At the library’s request, in utilities, insurance and pensions continually allowed a new antenna than state standards. able,” he said. Also, since 2004, the budget reflects an increase in costs, which put together, account to be placed 12 feet above an exist- Muller said the ordinance does there have been 10 full-time and funding, taking into account that for $1 million — nearly all of the ing one — perpetually — meaning not permit antennas to increasingly two part-time positions eliminated, the library has moved into its new increase. that “12 can be placed on top of 12, be placed higher in 12-foot incre- representing 10 percent of the facility. The library’s own budget Cantu suggested the staff look at on top of 12.” ments and that all carriers will be township’s staff. uses $300,000 in reserves, which using even more of the surplus to “This ordinance needs a lot of held to the same 12-foot limitation. With regard to 2010, revenues will not be available next year. offset the burden. He said he would work,” he said. With regard to the list of priori- are down, most significantly in The budget eliminates out-of- like to see a “skinnier surplus,” but One resident referenced the pri- ties suggested by one of the resi- state aid, which dropped by state travel for municipal staff, not one that puts the township in orities for locations of wireless fa- dents, Muller said the ordinance al- $423,000, or 20 percent. State aid while officials are looking at other fiscal danger. cilities specified in the Princeton ready included priorities: the town represents 7 percent of the town- ways to reduce costs and increase Committeeman Neil Lewis said ordinance. She suggested putting a allows new structures to be placed ship’s total revenue, down from revenues, Sheehan said. To that the budget was, “tightly-struc- first priority on township-owned on commercial property — away 9.5 percent last year. end, the staff is reviewing all fees tured.” He added, “While it’s been property, a second on structures from residences, where they are out “Reflective of the overall eco- charged by the township as well as strained because of the restraints, owned by the school district, and a of site — without planning board nomic environment, some of the the outsourcing of snow clearing we still offer the services and qual- third on existing towers. approval to make that option more key revenue areas have fallen,” and lawn services on the municipal ity of life” residents expect. MaryAnn Doran, a retired real favorable. It also allows up to 200 Sheehan said. Interest on invest- and library properties. The town- Committeeman Michael estate broker, said that cell phone new antennas on the tower located ments, hotel tax, building code ship is also working with other Weaver said the budget “continues towers and facilities decrease the on the municipal building. fees, and municipal court fines towns on an effort to establish to provide good value for the ser- value of a home near the structures. Further, if carriers do not choose have all decreased this year by shared dispatch services. vices” the township offers. Resident James Krause said he any of those two options, they will $415,000. It is also looking at entering into — by Cara Latham did not understand why the town- be required to provide a need ship could not make the ordinance analysis for collocation on existing more restrictive. To fix up the towers in residential areas. walking paths along the PSE&G “We think we set up a priority right-of-way only to line it with cell list that makes a lot of sense,” said phone facilities seems “very con- Muller. “If anything, it should en- tradictory. I just hope we put them hance values,” Muller said, point- somewhere where we can’t see ing to the new restrictions. His them.” comment incited groans of, “No Officials from Verizon spoke in Way,” from the public. regard to meeting the noise re- Muller explained that the collo- quirements imposed by the town- cation policy has already been in ship. Verizon’s engineer Anthony place for 12 years, and the new Suppa said carriers will find a way amendments only make the ordi- to meet those requirements. How- nance more stringent. ever, he said Verizon keeps its With regard to the requirement equipment in shelters because they for the equipment to be placed in April 17, 2010 accommodate pending FCC regu- cabinets and not equipment shel- lations that require wireless com- ters, Muller said the ordinance al- munication facilities to have capa- lows for wireless communication bility for eight hours of battery facilities to seek variances if they backup in case of a power outage. have a valid reason for needing one. Wireless providers using cabi- When Councilwoman Diane Ci- nets can only provide two to three ccone asked where towers would hours of battery backup, he said. be located if the township did away Shelters are also more secure than with its collocation policy, Chris- cabinets, he said. tine Malone, the township’s wire- Michael Beck, an attorney for less consultant, said an analysis Verizon Wireless criticized the le- would have to be conducted to plan niency given to towers proposed to the best locations for the new tow- be placed on commercial buildings ers. That could cost the town up to where current towers do not exist. $120,000, as it did in Southampton, In that case, no planning approval another town for which she is a is required if providers meet the consultant. “It would be a matter of conditions. For placement on exist- doing an analysis for the towers,” ing towers, though, wireless carri- she said. ers have to get planning approval, 22 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 DAY-BY-DAY INWW-P

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Princeton Day Politics School. 11 a.m. History Lincoln Day Dinner, Republican South Boys Volleyball. Williams- Association of Princeton, Jasna town. 11:15 a.m. Evening Presentation, Howell Polana, Princeton, 609-497-0740. Living History Farm, Valley Celebrate the life and achieve- South Baseball. Lawrenceville. Road, off Route 29, Titusville, 609- ment of Abraham Lincoln with din- 1:30 p.m. 737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. ner. Speaker is Steve Forbes, edi- The story of the Pleasant Valley North vs. South Boys Lacrosse. Classic Drama: Tormented alcoholic actor James tor-in-chief of Forbes, a Republi- At North. 1:30 p.m. Schoolhouse presented by Larry can candidate for U.S. presidential Tyrone (Chuck Donnelly of Levittown) is comforted Kidder. The building was a school, primaries in 1996 and 2000, and a by lovestruck farmer’s daughter Josie Hogan (played community center, and private Dance member of Princeton’s Class of by Donnelly’s real life wife, Kyla Marie Mostello, home before it became part of the 1970. Register. $110. Postponed DanceFest 2010, Dance Vision, farm’s interpretive program. His from February due to snow and Unitarian Universalist Congrega- a West Windsor native and graduate of WW-P High talk focuses on what it was like to ice. 6:30 p.m. tion of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill School) in the Actors’NET production of Eugene teach and go to school in Pleasant Road, Princeton, 609-520-1020. Valley from 1820 to 1936, as well Schools www.dancevisionNJ.org. A carni- O’Neill’s ' A Moon for the Misbegotten,’ opening as stories about teachers and stu- val of dance events, crafts, food, Friday, April 23, Morrisville, PA. dents. $3 donation. 7 p.m. Jazz Band Day and Concert, raffle, and excerpts from the ballet, High School South, 346 “The Secret Garden.” Salsa with For Families Clarksville Road, West Windsor, Henry Velandi, hip hop with Tom researchers. Written by Steve Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.- 609-716-5050. www.ww-p.org. McKie, and line dancing for all. Cosson with music and lyrics by groundsforsculpture.org. For ages Week of the Young Child, Kiddie Jazz bands perform. 7:30 p.m. Academy, 201 Carnegie Center Benefit to provide dance educa- Michael Friedman. Post perfor- 3 to 5. Listen to a story, become Drive, West Windsor, 609-419- tion through outreach and perfor- mance discussion with the artists park explorers, make original 0105. Annual spring concert. 3:30 mance. $10. 2 to 5 p.m. and faculty from the Princeton En- works of art. One adult must ac- p.m. vironmental Institute. Free with company each child. Register. Saturday Drama ticket. 2 p.m. Free with park admission. Rain or Lectures April 17 The Great Immensity, Princeton Tom, Dick, and Harry, Off-Broad- shine. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Mathemania, Plainsboro Public University, Berlind at McCarter street Theater, 5 South Green- Heather James Photography, 60 Library, 9 Van Doren Street, 609- Theater, 609-258-2787. www.- wood Avenue, Hopewell, 609- North Main Street, Cranbury, 609- 275-2897. www.lmxac.org/plains- princeton.edu/arts. A new play-in- 466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.- 240-7597. www.heatherjames- boro. 4 p.m. Dumpster Day progress with music that tackles com. Ray Cooney farce about a photography.com. Grand opening the topic of the environment, cli- couple awaiting a visit from an of new studio with light refresh- Women’s Self-Defense Seminar, West Windsor Township, 70 Southfield Road, West Windsor, mate change, deforestation, and adoption agency. $27.50 to ments and a raffle. Heath Alkhateeb Northeast Academy of Martial extinction by using interviews with $29.50. 7 p.m. will be collecting donations to bene- Rent, Kelsey Theater, Mercer fit Princeton YWCA’s 100 Ways in County Community College, 100 Days to support women with 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-570- breast cancer. 2 to 5 p.m. Koran's Custom Cabinetry 3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. Jonathan Larson’s rock musical Dancing captures lessons of love, loss, and Salsa Sensation, Central Jersey • Kitchens & Baths life in New York City’s Alphabet Dance Society, Suzanne Patter- City in the early 1990s. $16. 8 p.m. son Center, 45 Stockton Street, • Entertainment Centers Reefer Madness, Theatre Intime, Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.- & Media Rooms Hamilton Murray Theater, Prince- centraljerseydance.org. Salsa ton University, 609-258-1742. lessons followed by open dancing. • Home Offices & Libraries www.theatreintime.org. Musical No partner needed. $12. 7 p.m. co-produced with Princeton Uni- Up Close and Classical Concert • Dining Tables & Sideboards versity Players. $12. 8 p.m. Series, Arts Council of Prince- ton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609- • Fireplace Mantels Film 924-8777. www.artscouncilof- • Built-Ins Princeton International Film Fes- princeton.org. Colorado String tival, Princeton Film Society, Quartet, an all female ensemble, • Custom Molding & Trim Work Wu Hall, Princeton University. presents works of Beethoven. 609-558-9217 http://webscript.princeton.edu/- $20. 7:30 p.m. ~subtitle/. Screening of “It’s Not Custom designed, built and installed John Koran, Craftsman Me, I Swear” presented by Fareed Classical Music using high-quality hardwoods Over 30 years in business Ben-Youssef, Class of 2009, who The Pirates of Penzance, Bo- will also present excerpts from his heme Opera, Patriots Theater, interview with the films director War Memorial, Trenton, 609-581- Philippe Falardeau. Free. 8 p.m. 7200. www.bohemeopera.com. Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. $28 Art to $73. Pre-curtain talk at 6:15 Copyright Issues for Visual p.m. 7:30 p.m. Artists, Artworks, 19 Everett Al- American in Paris: Benjamin ley, Trenton, 609-394-9436. Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, www.artworkstrenton.org. Le Triomphe de l’Amour, Unitar- Stephen Slusher, former partner ian Church of Princeton, Cherry in an intellectual property firm rep- Hill Road, 609-252-0522. www.- resenting artists and artisans, dis- triomphebaroque.org. Chamber cusses the difference between music ensemble concert present ownership of the copyright and music enjoyed by founding fathers ownership of the work of art. Reg- during their years as diplomats in ister. $10. 10 a.m. to noon. Paris featuring the viola da gam- Watercolorists Unlimited, Black- ba, Baroque violin and cello, wells Mills Canal House, 598 recorder, and harpsichord. Pre- Canal Road, Somerset, 732-873- concert talk presented by John 2133. www.dandrcanal.com. An- Burkhalter. $20. 7:30 p.m. nual show and sale to benefit the Spectrum Concert, Princeton historic canal house features a va- University Chapel, Washington riety of watercolor subjects and Road, 609-258-3654. “Grand styles. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mass in C Minor” by Mozart fea- Tots on Tour, Grounds For tures the Chapel Choir and or- Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, chestra directed by Penna Rose. Free. 8 p.m. APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 23 Princeton University Glee Club, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, 609-258- For This Family the Drama All Takes Place Onstage 9220. www.princeton.edu/- ou’re never fully dressed utickets. Handel’s “Esther.” $28 to $38. 8 p.m. Ywithout a smile” is being sung at the Maley home in West Westminster Williamson Voices, Windsor over and over again. Westminster Choir College, Bristol Chapel, 609-921-2663. Dana Jill Maley and her two www.rider.edu. “Journey Into the daughters, Miranda and Madison, Sacred” concert features five sa- are in the upcoming production of cred works including Mozart’s Re- “Annie” at Kelsey Theater. The quiem in D Minor. $20. 8 p.m. show opens Friday, April 23 with a reception with the cast and crew Folk Music after the performance. Francis Dunnery, Concerts at the Set in the Great Depression, Crossing, Unitarian Church at “Annie” is an upbeat musical Washington Crossing, Titusville, 609-510-6278. www.concertsat- based on the comic strip of the thecrossing.com. A musician on same name. It is the hopeful tale drums, bass, and keyboards, he of a spunky, red-haired girl deter- had a song included on an episode mined to find her parents after she of “Scrubs.” Dunnery performs se- is abandoned at a New York City lections from his latest release, orphanage, where she must do “There’s a Whole New World Out battle with the cruel warden, Miss There,” an album that features songs spanning his 30-year musi- Hannigan. Annie is befriended by cal career. For ages 14 and up. President Franklin Roosevelt and $23. 8 p.m. finds a loving new family with the wealthy Oliver Warbucks; his Jazz & Blues personal secretary, Grace Farrell; Jazz Festival, Princeton High and a mutt named Sandy. School Studio Band, 151 Moore Dana Jill Maley, who was born Street, Princeton, 609-806-4280. and raised in California, per- www.phs.prs.k12.nj.us. The band formed in musical theater in high opens for jazz artists, the Cherry school and college. She graduated Jill has recently become a sub- Poppin’ Daddies, whose eclectic stitute teacher. “I feel fortunate to ‘It’s a Hard Knock Life’: Featured in The Yardley swing revival sound led to a dou- from Santa Clara University with a degree in English and education stay home with the girls but I had Players' ‘Annie’are Princeton Junction actors, ble platinum album, “Zoot Suit Ri- an itch to get back into the class- ot.” The jazz festival benefits the because her parents advised her clockwise from upper left, Dana Jill Maley, Kavya band program’s cost of trips and that “maybe you should get a de- room,” she says. It still gives her Pochiraju, Miranda Maley, and Madison Maley. the opportunity to take the girls in- uniforms. There are 22 high gree in something you can use.” ‘Annie’opens at Kelsey on Friday, April. 23. school and middle school jazz en- Although she was no longer to New York City for auditions sembles performing during the singing and dancing she says “I and to continue to do triathlons as day at the festival, $8. $25 for a family. evening concert. 8 p.m. used my love of performing in the the role of Helena in the youth ver- told me that we’ll do it if you audi- classroom.” Playing several roles Madison, 11, is a fifth grade sion of “A Midsummer Night’s tion too.” Luckily they were all in the production of “Annie,” her student at Millstone River School. Dream” when she was in fourth cast. “This is their first experience World Music She plays one of the chorus or- Celebration of Art & Diversity, main one is that of one of the Boy- grade. “She loved the feeling of with community theater and it is lan Sisters. phans. Miranda, 8, is a third grade being on stage,” says Dana Jill. very exciting.” South Brunswick Library, 110 student at Maurice Hawk School. Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junc- She met and married her hus- Both daughters have been on — Lynn Miller tion, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.- band, Matt, in California and She portrays Kate, the youngest radio and television including info. Performers include HuaXia started a family. When Matt was orphan. voice-overs, jingles, and commer- Annie, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Performing Arts Troupe, Drum & transferred from California to the “The girls have shown an inter- cials, and in print advertising. County Community College, Dancing Learning Center, Hand- East Coast seven years ago, the est in theater and have performed “Their hope is to be on the big 1200 Old Trenton Road. Friday, some Molly, Griggstown Lock, and in school and summer programs,” April 23, to Sunday, May 2. Clas- Jersey Harmony Chorus. Cos- family settled in West Windsor. screen,” says their mother. They He works in New York City for says their mother. They both stud- have seen the DVD of “Annie” at sic family musical by the Yardley tumes and music from India, Chi- ied at Westminster Conservatory Players. The production also fea- na, and England. 1 to 4:30 p.m. Oppenheimer Funds. “He is not least two dozen times. into theater but he has a sense of last summer in “Broadway Ba- “When I saw the audition no- tures Kavya Pochiraju of West West African Drumming Work- bies” and “Sing Your Heart Out” Windsor as an orphan. $16. 609- shop, Princeton Center for Yo- humor,” she says. “He has been tice it happened to be good timing, saying that now he has three dra- programs, and are both in their a great venue, and a perfect 570-3333. www.kelseytheatre.- ga & Health, 50 Vreeland Drive, net. Suite 506, Skillman, 609-924- ma people in the house.” school chorus. Madison played show,” said Dana Jill. “The girls 7294. www.princetonyoga.com. Sharon Silverstein presents djem- be drumming workshop, $20; 609-497-0020. www.princeton- community drumming circle at 8 symphony.org. Benefit in support p.m., $15. $30 for both. 6:30 p.m. of Bravo features Ann Hampton Callaway, a singer, songwriter, Good Causes and pianist. Guests are encour- Clothing Drive, West Windsor- aged to dress in sequins and satin Plainsboro High School South for cocktails, dinner, and the auc- Post Prom, Clarksville Road, tion. Bravo program introduces West Windsor, 609-716-5050. live classic music to more than www.ww-p.org. Bring used cloth- 10,0000 children each year. Reg- ing including outerwear, shoes, ister. $150 and up. 6:30 p.m. boots, hats, belts, ties, scarves, Care to Dance, Your Resource, handbags, linens, curtains, Nottingham Ballroom, 200 Mercer sheets, towels, and stuffed ani- Street, Hamilton, 609-530-1513. mals in sturdy plastic bags. Tax www.yourresourcenj.org. Annual deductible receipts are available. benefit features entertainment, Rain or shine. Bring to front park- social dancing, and auction. Reg- ing lot. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. ister. $50 to $65. 7 p.m. Award Presentations, VSA Arts of New Jersey, Linwood Middle Comedy Clubs School, 25 Linwood Place, North Karith Foster, Catch a Rising Star, Brunswick, 732-745-3885. www.- Hyatt Regency, 102 Carnegie Cen- vsanj.org. Arts Achievement ter, West Windsor, 609-987-8018. Awards and the fifth annual Dare catcharisingstar.com. Former to Imagine Awards presented by Philadelphia public school teacher the nonprofit statewide organiza- stepped into comedy in 1998 and is tion that provides arts opportuni- now sidekick to Don Imus on his ties for people with disabilities. WABC radio show. Register. $20. Register. Free. 2 p.m. See story 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. page 25. ArtFirst!, Auxiliary of University Earth Day Event Medical Center at Princeton, Princeton Public Library, 65 With- Medical Center, 253 Witherspoon erspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Street, Princeton, 609-497-4069. www.princetonlibrary.org. Gently www.princetonhcs.org. Patron’s used and new books, movies, and preview party to celebrate the music may be donated to benefit opening of an international juried the library and the Ghana Project. exhibition and sale of original art- Entertainment begins at noon with work by professional artists with Stone Soup Circus followed by the physical and mental disabilities. band Dinner, Chris Harford, the $75. Sales benefit the purchase of Band of Changes, and Richard commission artwork for the public Barone. Meg Cox features quilts areas of the new hospital in Plains- made from recycled clothing and boro. On display through June 12. fabric. Information from green 6 to 9 p.m. groups in connection with Earth A Classic Cabaret, Princeton Day. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Symphony Orchestra, Bedens Brook Country Club, Skillman, Continued on following page 24 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 688-8300. www.volitionwellness.- invited to make a water filter, see com. Jane Martin presents infor- an organic cooking demonstra- APRIL 17 mation to learn how to facilitate tion, make an edible ladybug, and dream recall, types of dreams, in- receive a free garden kit. Blood Continued from preceding page terpretation, and how to bring your drive. Collection of used prom dreams into your waking life. Reg- dresses. Shredding truck for un- Earth Month Extravaganza, ister. $45. 1 to 4 p.m. wanted documents. Free. 10 a.m. Whole Foods Market, Windsor to 4 p.m. Green Shopping Center, West Caregiver Support Group, Alz- Windsor, 609-799-2919. www.- heimer’s Association, Wood- Family Theater wholefoods.com. Drop off com- lands, 256 Bunn Drive, Suite 6, puters, keyboards, monitors, mo- Princeton, 800-883-1180. www.- Laurie Berkner Band, McCarter dem telephone boards, hard dri- alz.org. 2 p.m. Theater, 91 University Place, ves, floppy drives, CD Roms, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.- phones, fax machines, printers, History mccarter.org. Laurie Berkner, a memory chips, circuit boards, ca- Trenton Ceramics Symposium, Princeton native and graduate of bles, or connecting wires. Area en- Potteries of Trenton Society, Princeton High School, makes her vironmental organizations share State Museum, 205 West State first McCarter appearance. Her information. 11 a.m. Street, Trenton. www.potteriesof- original songs, CDs, DVDs, music trentonsociety.org. “Staying Alive: videos, and books have earned Fairs The Hill-Fulper-Stangl Pottery in a her the title of “Pied Piper of Changing Marketplace,” a close Preschoolers.” A birthday party Green Open House, Hopewell concert, kids are encouraged to Valley Green Team, Timberlane look at the history of pottery that started business in Flemington in wear a party hat and bring birthday Middle School, Hopewell, 609- cake artwork from www.laurie- 737-0867. Screening of “The Sto- the early 1880s and closed in Trenton in the late 1970s, with berkner.com. Bring a new chil- ry of Stuff,” a short animated film. dren’s book to donate to Kids Care Kids Korner includes games, speakers Peter Meissner, Gordon Gray, Anne Fulper, and David Ra- Club. $25 and up. 11 a.m. and 3 drawing, and stories. Presenta- p.m. tions by residents, businesses, go. After speakers and a boxed schools, and government sharing lunch, attendees will adjourn to El- Lectures experiences in going green. The larslie Museum for a reception and Balancing Act: The Chinese Acrobats of Hebei perform school’s addition was built to in- to view an exhibit. Register. $40. Educators Workshop, Barnes & on Friday, April 23 at Patriots Theater in Trenton. clude geothermal heating and 9:30 a.m. Noble, MarketFair, West Windsor, cooling and an array of solar pan- Four Views of Trenton, The Con- 609-716-1570. www.bn.com. DJ Roka, Triumph Brewing Com- ican Policy Making After the Great els, an Energy Star white roof, and temporary, 176 West State Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan, pany, 138 Nassau Street, Prince- Recession,” the Princeton Collo- had incorporated many recycled Street, Trenton or Katmandu, creators of “The Magic School ton, 609-924-7855. www.triumph- quium on Public and International building materials. Tour of the Trenton, 609-737-9128. www.- Bus” series present workshop for brew.com. $5 cover. 10 p.m. Affairs. “Unemployment and school’s sustainable features led trentonhistory.org. Individual guid- Pre-K to grade 12 educators, li- Growth in the Wake of the Great by Norm Torkelson, director of fa- ed bus tours of Trenton include brarians, and media specialists. Recession” presented in keynote cilities. Bring used wine corks and “Janet Evanovich’s Burg” with Jim Register. 11 a.m. OutdoorAction speech by Christina Romer, chair compact disk for recycling. Free. Carlucci; “Trenton’s Private Quar- Foraging for Wild Edibles in Women’s Self-Defense Seminar, of the Council of Economic Advis- 12:30 p.m. ters” with John Hatch; and “Behind Spring, Stony Brook Millstone Northeast Academy of Martial ers. Closing keynote address, the Scenes” with Sally Lane. $45 Watershed, 31 Titus Mill Road, Chinese Spring Festival, West Arts, 4054 Quakerbridge Road, “Restoring the Social Contract: includes lunch and all costs. Also, Pennington, 609-737-7592. www- Windsor Library, 333 North Post Mercerville, 609-587-6644. Regis- Five Challenges After the Great a two-hour sightseeing tour with .thewatershed.org. Hike for adults Road, 609-799-0462. Ethnic fash- ter. Free. E-mail neama@com- Recession” presented by Jon Joe Teti at 10 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. and older teens in search of wild ion show, Chinese musical instru- cast.net for information. Noon. Corzine, former Governor of New for $20 leaves from Katmandu edible plants. Not for children. ments, brush painting, Chinese See story 29. Jersey, former U.S. Senator, and Restaurant, Waterfront Park. Register. $25. 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 calligraphy, and dough sculpture. former chairman and CEO, Gold- Wear casual clothes, bring bottled p.m. For all ages. 2 to 4 p.m. Live Music man Sachs. Free. 7:45 a.m. to 6 water and camera. Register. 9:30 Darla Rich Quintet, Hopewell Earth Day Festival, Plainsboro p.m. a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Food & Dining Bistro, 15 East Broad Street, Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner Road, Product Cooking Demonstra- Civil War and Native American Hopewell, 609-466-9889. www.- Plainsboro, 609-897-9400. www.- Schools Museum, Camp Olden, 2202 njaudubon.org. “Spring Bird Mi- tion, Miele Design Center, 9 In- hopewellvalleybistro.com. Dinner Open House, The Lewis School, Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609-585- gration” from 9 to 11 a.m. “Spring dependence Way, Princeton, 800- and dancing. $15 minimum. 7 to 53 Bayard Lane, Princeton, 609- 8900. www.campolden.org. Ex- Nature Detectives” from noon to 843-7231. www.mieleusa.com. 9:30 p.m. 924-8120. www.lewisschool.org. hibits featuring Civil War soldiers 1:30 p.m. “Salamander Search” Register. Free. Noon. Experience Kef, Grover’s Mill Open house for alternative educa- from New Jersey include their from 3:30 to 5 p.m. 9 a.m. to 5 Coffee House, 335 Princeton tion program for learning different Bottle Your Own Olive Oil and original uniforms, weapons, and p.m. Hightstown Road, West Windsor, students with language-based Balsamic Vinegar, The Grape medical equipment. Diorama of 609-716-8771. www.groversmill- Arbor Day Celebration, Friends learning difficulties related to Escape, 12 Stults Road, Dayton, the Swamp Angel artillery piece coffee.com. 8 p.m. of Princeton Nursery Lands, dyslexia, attention deficit, and au- 609-409-9463. www.thegrape- and Native American artifacts. escape.net. Register. $85: $160 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston, ditory processing. Pre-K to college Free. 1 to 4 p.m. Jim Baxter, It’s a Grind Coffee 609-683-0483. www.fpnl.org. His- per couple. 3:30 p.m. House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road, preparatory levels. Summer study tory walk, tree walk, tree planting, available. 10 a.m. For Families Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.- Maypole, seasonal dancing with Gardens itsagrind.com. Acoustic blend. 8 Open House, Schafer School of Wagon Tours of Spring Tillage, Handsome Molly, Griggstown p.m. Gymnastics, 1880 Princeton Av- Build a Rain Barrel Workshop, Howell Living History Farm, Val- Lock Sword Rapper Team, River enue, Lawrenceville, 609-393- Middlesex County Agricultural ley Road, off Route 29, Titusville, Dr. Doz Band, BT Bistro, 3499 Morris, and Princeton Country 5855. www.schafergymnastics.- Extension, Earth Center in David- 609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.- Route 1 South, West Windsor, Dancers. Tree giveaway. Rain com. Information about classes, son’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Av- org. Rides leave from the farmyard 609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com. date is Sunday, April 18, 1 to 4 teams, holiday and summer enue, South Brunswick, 732-398- continuously to see the fields Classic rock and roll. 9 p.m. p.m. Free. (Closed 11:30 a.m. to 1 camps, adult boot camp, karate, 5262. The barrel holds close to 50 where farmers will be plowing with p.m.) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ernie White and Tom Reock, Sot- and birthday parties. Noon to 1:30 gallons of water to use for watering horses and circa 1900 equipment. gardens. Register. $45. 11 a.m. to 128 Restaurant and Lounge, p.m. Free. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 128 Nassau Street, Princeton, Politics Open House, Westerly Road Earth Day Celebration, Quaker 609-921-7555. www.sotto128.- Woodrow Wilson School, Health & Wellness Church, 25 Westerly Road, Bridge Mall, Center Court, lower com. Acoustic rock covers and Princeton University, Robertson Princeton, 609-683-1430. www.- Dream Interpretation Workshop, level, 609-799-8177. www.qua- originals. 9 p.m. Hall, 609-258-2943. www.prince- westerlylearningcenter.org. En- Volition Wellness Solutions, kerbridgemall.com. Children are ton.edu. “The New Normal? Amer- 842 State Road, Princeton, 609- richment programs for home- schooled children in grades K to high school. Register. 1 to 3 p.m. Retail Therapy Craft Show and Psychic Fair, East Windsor Fire Company #1, 51 One Mile Road, East Windsor, 609-448-1022. Benefit organized by the Ladies Auxiliary. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gently Used Sale, Princeton Friends School, 470 Quaker Road, Princeton, 609-683-1194. www.princetonfriendsschool.org. Clothing and household items. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 30th Anniversary Celebration, Princeton Record Exchange, 20 South Tulane Street, Princeton, 609-921-0881. www.prex.com. Weeklong celebration with live music, giveaways, and limited edi- tion releases. Afternoon of live music at Hinds Plaza in conjunc- tion with Princeton Library’s Earth Day festival features Chris Harford with his Band of Changes, and Richard Barone. Saturday, April 17, is the third annual Record Store Day, a nationwide event. 2 p.m. Sports Mercer Madness Dodgeball Fes- tival, Mercer County, Ice skating rink, Mercer County Park, West APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 25 Windsor, 952-931-0404. www.- while attending college. His first straight off the runway and ready mercercounty.org. Open to teams spoke word CD, “Rhyme Reason for purchase. Handbag designer in divisions including open, adult, and Song,” was released in 2005. Leigh Ann Barnes showcases her Helping Give the Gift of Art co-ed, and high school. Brett His play, “New Street Poets,” ex- latest collection. Little Black Dress Batky of the New York Epic is tour- plores the affect of gentrification Wines will be served. A percent- nament director. Register. $100 to on urban culture and was accept- age of sales benefit homeless $125 per team. 9 a.m. ed into the 2007 New York City families in Mercer County. Regis- Princeton Lacrosse, Class of Fringe Festival. TeertS (street ter. $100. Noon to 6 p.m. 1952 Stadium, 609-258-4849. spelled backwards and pro- Dinner and Auction, PEI Kids, www.goprincetontigers.com. nounced tears), born and raised in Hilton Garden Inn, Hamilton, 609- Dartmouth. $8 to $10. 1 p.m. New Brunswick, is a finalist in the 695-3739. www.peikids.org. Reg- McDonalds Gospelfest which will ister. 6 p.m. be aired on Saturday, June 10. Sports for Causes Admission is a donation of a non- 5K Run/Walk, Stony Brook Mill- perishable food item for the town’s Comedy Clubs stone Watershed, Forbes Col- food pantry. 2 p.m. Andy Pitz and Jon Fisch, Har lege, Alexander Street, Princeton, Sinai Temple, 2421 Pennington 609-737-7592. www.princeton.- Spring Awakening Poetry Read- Road, Pennington, 609-730- edu/greening. Register online. ing and Open Mic, West Wind- 8100. www.harsinai.org. $40 in- $15. 9 a.m. sor Arts Council, West Windsor cludes the show, light supper, and Library, 333 North Post Road, dessert. BYOB. Register. Resche- Benefit Walk, Zonta Club of Tren- West Windsor, 609-919-1982. ton, Veterans Park, Kuser Road, duled from February due to a www.westwindsorarts.org. Read- snow storm. 7 p.m. Hamilton, 609-737=3614. www.- ings presented by poet Diane zontatrenton.org. Annual Lockward, author of “What Feeds R.A.V.E. (Rape and Violence Us” and “Temptation by Water;” Fairs Eradication) walk with proceeds to and Jake Willard-Crist, poet in res- A Day at the Fair, Grounds For benefit Womanspace Domestic idence at the Presbyterian Church Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Violence Response Teams in in Lawrenceville. Free. 3 to 5 p.m. Hamilton, 609-586-0616. www.- Mercer county. Register. $10 en- groundsforsculpture.org. Cele- try fee. Sponsorships encour- Classical Music bration to commemorate the for- oonam Vaswani of Plains- aged. Rain or shine. 9:15 a.m. mer New Jersey State Fair- Pboro will be honored on Sat- Dare to Imagine: Americans in Paris, Westminster grounds. The Museum Building Conservatory, Gill Memorial urday, April 17, by VSA Arts of Haresh, left, Avinash, was formerly used to house the New Jersey. She receives a He- Poonam, and Karish- Chapel, Rider University, Law- rabbits and goats and the Domes- renceville, 609-921-2663. www.- len Gabriel outstanding volun- ma Vaswani. Sunday tic Arts Building was the site of teer award from the nonprofit rider.edu. Dedicated to music by quilting, canning, and pie making. April 18 the American students of Nadia Tour the park, and enjoy popcorn, statewide organization that pro- Boulanger, the renowned French snow cones, hot dogs, and cotton vides arts opportunities for peo- ago. “We visited friends in composition teacher. 2:30 p.m. candy at the modern day fantasy ple with disabilities. Plainsboro often and spent Dance Kaleidoscope Chamber Series, fair. Also, juggling, face painting, A volunteer with Plainsboro’s weekends here,” she says. “We Westminster Conservatory, Gill balloon sculpture, caricatures, Shadow Buddy program for like being in the suburbs and af- Spring Into Tap, Princeton Pub- Memorial Chapel, Rider Universi- family workshops, music, demon- close to four years, Vaswani has lic Library, Witherspoon Street, ty, Lawrenceville, 609-921-2663. strations, workshops, and an al- ter a few years made the move.” 609-924-8822. www.princeton- www.rider.edu. “Contentment on paca shearing demonstration by worked closely with Alexandra They own Soccer King, a library.org. Hillary Marie, Kyle Earth Through God” presented by Abanaki Acres Farm. $12. Rain or Block in the art program for chil- wholesale supply company spe- Wilder, and Jeff Foot presented a Deborah Spinella, soprano; Timo- shine. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. dren with special needs. Vas- cializing in soccer uniforms and family-oriented program featuring thy Urban, recorder; Hyun Soo Spring Hindu Holidays, India wani worked with one child at a soccer paraphernalia, now located rhythm tap dancing, known as Lim, violin; and Shea Velloso, or- Foundation of Metropolitan time to help them finish an art at 45 Everett Drive, West Wind- hoofing. 3 p.m. gan. Free. 2:30 p.m. Princeton, Mercer County Park, project. When Block asked for sor. They moved the business Drama The Pirates of Penzance, Bo- West Windsor, 609-882-7700. volunteers to help with the VSA from Long Island City soon after heme Opera, Patriots Theater, www.ifmpnj.org. Family and cul- program in Mercer County, they relocated to New Jersey. Tom, Dick, and Harry, Off-Broad- War Memorial, Trenton, 609-581- tural gathering with activities for Vaswani jumped right in. “Allie “My mother was always help- street Theater, 5 South Green- 7200. www.bohemeopera.com. children and Indian desi food. Indi- and I would help the children wood Avenue, Hopewell, 609- Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. $28 an music features songs of the ing people,” says Vaswani. 466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.- to $73. Pre-concert talk at 1:45 1960s to 1980s. $10 per family; $5 with art projects,” Vaswani says. “When the children were com. Ray Cooney farce about a p.m. 3 p.m. individual. Noon to 4 p.m. Born in India, her family relo- younger I began volunteering in cated to Puerto Rico 38 years couple awaiting a visit from an Israel’s 62nd Birthday, Jewish their day care center. Being in adoption agency. $27.50 to World Music Community Center, Rider Uni- ago. She met her husband, our own business gives me the $29.50. 1:30 p.m. Celebration of Art & Diversity, versity, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Haresh, through a common flexibility to volunteer.” Rent, Kelsey Theater, Mercer South Brunswick Library, 110 Lawrenceville, 609-219-9550. friend and the marriage was — Lynn Miller County Community College, Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junc- www.jcctoday.org. “Israel’s Impor- arranged. “That’s how we were 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-570- tion, 732-329-4000. www.sbpl.- tance to the World” presented by brought up,” she says. “The fam- Award Presentations, VSA 3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. info. Performers include HuaXia youth of the community. Israeli ilies find out about the back- Arts of New Jersey, Linwood Jonathan Larson’s rock musical Performing Arts Troupe, Drum & dancing, entertainment, Israeli art, ground before the first meeting.” Middle School, 25 Linwood captures lessons of love, loss, and Dancing Learning Center, Hand- Judaica, and information from Their children, both students Place, North Brunswick. Satur- life in New York City’s Alphabet some Molly, Griggstown Lock, and area synagogues and agencies. day, April 17, 2 p.m. Arts City in the early 1990s. $16. 2 p.m. Jersey Harmony Chorus. Cos- Free. 2 to 6 p.m. at High School South, are tumes and music from India, Chi- Avinash, 17, a senior, and Kar- Achievement Awards and the Art na, and England. 1 to 4:30 p.m. Gardens ishma, 15, a sophomore. Both fifth annual Dare to Imagine Awards presented by the non- Watercolorists Unlimited, Black- Composting to Feed Your Gar- have also been active volunteers wells Mills Canal House, 598 Good Causes den, Master Gardeners of Mer- with Shadow Buddies and her profit statewide organization Canal Road, Somerset, 732-873- HomeFront, 18 Cold Soil Road, cer County, 431A Federal City son has volunteered to coach that provides arts opportunities 2133. www.dandrcanal.com. An- Lawrenceville, 215-930-0307. Road, Pennington, 609-989- middle school basketball. for people with disabilities. Reg- nual show and sale to benefit the www.homefrontnj.org. Fashion 6830. www.mgofmc.org. Register. The family moved from ister. Free. 732-745-3885. historic canal house features a va- designer Nicole Miller and her $3. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Queens to Plainsboro five years www.vsanj.org. riety of watercolor subjects and son, Palmer Taipale, offer fashion styles. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tips to her latest spring fashions, Continued on following page Art Exhibit, Princeton University, Milberg Library Gallery, 609-258- 2697. www.princeton.edu. Cura- tor tour of “Envisioning the World: World Maps from the Collection of Henry Wendt, Class of 1955.” Also Skey Friday, May 28, at 10 a.m. 4 p.m. & Literati Bhattacharya Spring Awakening Poetry Work- shop, West Windsor Arts Coun- cil, Grover’s Mill Coffee, 295 Attorneys-at-Law Princeton-Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-919-1982. www.- At Skey & Bhattacharya, our mission is to represent you and manage westwindsorarts.org. Workshop your case through effective negotiation or litigation in order to resolve presented by poet Diane Lock- your difficulties in the most efficient way possible. With over 30 years ward, a former high school teacher and nominee for several of experience, Skey & Bhattacharya understands the legal process Pushcart prizes. A poet for the and has the knowledge necessary to predict likely results and avoid New Jersey State Council of the possibly expensive and needless litigation so that you can move Arts and the Geraldine R. Dodge ahead with your new life quickly and return to a sense of normalcy. Foundation, she presents work- shops to nurture poets of all ages. Her books are “What Feeds Us” ‡ )DPLO\ 0DWULPRQLDO/DZ and “Temptation by Water.” Reg- ‡ 'LYRUFH 6HSDUDWLRQ ister. $20. 12:30 to 2 p.m. ‡ 'RPHVWLF9LROHQFH Poetry Reading Series, South ‡ &XVWRG\&KLOG6XSSRUW $OLPRQ\ Brunswick Arts Commission, ‡ 3UH1XSWLDO 3RVW1XSWLDO$JUHHPHQWV South Brunswick Library, King- ‡ :LOOV7UXVWV (VWDWH3ODQQLQJ ston Lane, Monmouth Junction, 732-329-4000. Spoken word artists LeDerick Horne and David L. Cole Jr (aka teertS) perform. /DZUHQFH&RPPRQV6XLWH Horne, who overcame a severe %UXQVZLFN3LNH/DZUHQFHYLOOH1- learning disability to become an (609) 896-8100 advocate for people with disabili- ties, discovered his gift for poetry www.sbfamilylaw.com 26 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010

For Families Tea Time: Ann Fikaris of West Windsor has APRIL 18 Family Music Party, Musicians in the Making, 666 Plainsboro organized an afternoon tea in support of Continued from preceding page Road, Building 500, Suite 505, the United Front Against Riverblindness Plainsboro, 609-750-0600. www.- program, Sunday, April 25, at the Prince- Health & Wellness musiciansinthemaking.com. Musikgarten for ages birth to six ton United Methodist Church,7 Vandeven- Blood Drive, American Red years and their family. Register. ter Avenue, to benefit the church’s mission Cross, Congregation Beth Chaim, Free. 4 to 5 p.m. 329 Village Road East, West trip to the Congo. Windsor, 800-448-3543. www.- Live Music pleasegiveblood.org. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Salt Creek Grille, One Rocking- North Girls Golf. Notre Dame. 3 Architecture ham Row, Forrestal Village, p.m. Annual 5k Walk MS, National Envelope Conversa- Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.- North Baseball. At Trenton. 4 p.m. Multiple Sclerosis Society, saltcreekgrille.com. Jazz brunch. tions Series, Prince- Steinert High School, 2900 Klock- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. North Boys Lacrosse. Rob- ton University ner Road, Hamilton, 800-344- binsville. 4 p.m. School of Architec- 4867. www.nationalmssociety.- Trivia Night, BT Bistro, 3499 ture, Betts Auditori- North Boys Tennis. Trenton. 4 org. Benefit for research, advoca- Route 1 South, West Windsor, um, Princeton, 609- p.m. cy, education, programs, and ser- 609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com. 258-3741. www.soa.- vices. Register at walknjm@na- Christiana presents. 7 p.m. North Boys Volleyball. At Bridge- princeton.edu. tionmssociety.org. 9 a.m. water-Raritan. 4 p.m. “Kassler Lecture: Ug- Go Green, Funeral Consumers Bridal Show North and South Boys/Girls ly in America” pre- Alliance of Princeton, Erdman Nassau Inn, 10 Palmer Square Spring Track. Tri with Rob- sented by Dave Hick- Center, 20 Library Place, 609- East, Princeton, 609-688-2639. binsville at South. 4 p.m. ey, freelance writer of nassauinn.com. Bridal fashions. fiction and cultural criticism, pro- Singles 924-3320. www.fcapprinceton.- North Softball. At Trenton. 4 p.m. org. “Home Funerals” presented entertainment, food, floral arrange- fessor of modern letters, Universi- Coffee and Conversation, by Cheryl Clark and Eleanor Jean ments, table displays, and bridal South Baseball. Hamilton West. 4 ty of Nevada. Free. 6 p.m. Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 Dillard, members of Natural Un- professionals. Reservations by E- p.m. Princeton Hightstown Road, West dertaking, a Pennsylvania re- mail to [email protected]. South Boys Lacrosse. At Hope- Literati Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.- source center for home funeral Free admission. 1 to 3:30 p.m. well Valley. 4 p.m. Author Event, Princeton Public groversmillcoffee.com. Coffee, care. The talk covers the emotion- Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, tea, soup, sandwich, or dessert. al and environmental benefits of a Singles South Boys Volleyball. At Ridge. 609-924-9529. www.princeton- Register at www.meetup.com/- 4 p.m. home funeral. Free. 2 p.m. Brunch, Princeton Singles, K.C. library.org. Gillian Gill, author of Princeton-Area-Singles-Network. Prime, Quakerbridge Road, Law- South Softball. Hamilton West. 4 “We Two: Victoria and Albert,” a 6:30 to 8 p.m. History renceville, 609-882-0543. Regis- p.m. biography of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. 7:30 p.m. Civil War and Native American ter. $23. Noon. Magic Show Museum, Camp Olden, 2202 Tuesday Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609-585- Chess Monday Night Magic, McCarter Classical Music 8900. www.campolden.org. Ex- Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Theater, 91 University Place, Music Colloquium, Princeton hibits featuring Civil War soldiers Doren Street, 609-275-2897. Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.- University Concerts, Woolworth, April 20 from New Jersey include their www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. For mccarter.org. David A. Gardner Room 102, 609-258-5000. www.- original uniforms, weapons, and advanced adult players. 1 to 5 ‘69 Magic Project. 7:30 p.m. princeton.edu/utickets. “Martial medical equipment. Diorama of p.m. Arts Heroes and Their Ever- Municipal Meetings the Swamp Angel artillery piece Film Changing Music” presented by Er- Public Meeting, Plainsboro and Native American artifacts. Second Chance Film Series, ic Hung, professor of music histo- Township Planning Board, Mu- Free. 1 to 4 p.m. Monday Princeton Adult School, Kresge ry, Rider University. 4:30 p.m. nicipal Building, 609-799-0909. Historical Society of Princeton, Auditorium, Frick Chemical Build- Pop Music www.plainsboronj.com. 7:30 p.m. Drumthwacket Foundation, 354 ing, Princeton University, 609- Meeting, WW-P Board of Educa- Stockton Street, Princeton, 609- April 19 683-1101. www.princetonadult- Rehearsal, Jersey Harmony tion, Grover Middle School, 609- 683-0057. www.drumthwacket.- school.org. Screening of “Trouble Chorus, Forrestal Village, 112 716-5000. Meeting. 7:30 p.m. org. Ulysses Grant Dietz, co-au- the Water,” USA, 2008. Princeton Main Street, Plainsboro, 732-469- thor of “Dream House: The White Municipal Meetings premiere. $6. 7:30 p.m. 3983. www.harmonize.com/- School Sports House as an American Home.” Di- jerseyharmony. New members etz, the great-great grandson of Public Meeting, West Windsor Art are welcome. 7:15 p.m. For WW-P school sports infor- President Ulysses Grant, is the se- Township Council, Municipal Art Exhibition, Princeton Senior mation, call the hotline: 609-716- nior curator of decorative arts at Building, 609-799-2400. www.- Resource Center, Suzanne Pat- Faith 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. the Newark Museum. The book westwindsornj.org. 7 p.m. terson Center, 45 Stockton Street, Enabling Faith Conference, En- examines changing White House North Boys Golf. Trenton. 3 p.m. 609-924-7108. “Old Masters III,” a able, Adath Israel Congregation, styles from the 1800s through the School Sports group exhibition by senior artists Lawrenceville, 609-987-5003. South Boys Golf. At Hamilton Kennedy years. Reception, lec- including acrylics, oils, watercol- www.enablenj.org. “Honoring Our West. 3 p.m. ture, and booksigning. Register. For WW-P school sports infor- ors, and pastels. On view to April Disabilities Finding a Spiritual $10. 2 p.m. mation, call the hotline: 609-716- North Boys Tennis. At Lawrence. 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. 30. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Community,” a two-day confer- 4 p.m. ence. Screening of “Praying with Lior” with Lior and his father pre- South Girls Golf. At Peddie. 4 sent. Information fair follows. Reg- p.m. ister. $85 for two days. 7 p.m. North Girls Lacrosse. Hopewell Douglas B. Weekes DVM Kerry Danielsen VMD Valley Central. 4:15 p.m. Gardens South Girls Lacrosse. Princeton. Ask the Gardener, Mercer Coun- 4:30 p.m. EDINBURG ANIMAL HOSPITAL ty Connection, 957 Route 33, South Boys Volleyball. At Piscat- Hamilton, 609-890-9800. www.- away. 5:30 p.m. mercercounty.org. Barbara Brom- www.edinburgvet.com ley, horticulturist for the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer Film County, talks. Register. Free. Princeton International Film Fes- 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. tival, Princeton Film Society, Garden Theater, 160 Nassau OUR 22ND YEAR SERVING WEST WINDSOR Lectures Street, Princeton. http://web- script.princeton.edu/~subtitle/. Humane Genome Lecture, Screening of “Police, Adjective,” A FULL SERVICE MEDICAL, Princeton University, McCosh Corneliu Porombuiu’s black com- 50, 609-258-3000. www.lectures.- edy. Ben-Youssef introduces the princeton.edu. “Secrets of the Hu- film. Free. 8 p.m. SURGICAL & DENTAL FACILITY. man Genome” presented by Eric Lander, a geneticist, molecular bi- 1676 Old Trenton Rd. • West Windsor, NJ ologist, and a mathematician. Dancing Free. 8 p.m. Tuesday Night Folk Dance (next to Mercer County Park) Group, Riverside School, Prince- Live Music ton, 609-655-0758. www.- princetonfolkdance.org. Instruc- CENTRALLY LOCATED TO SERVE... Stringbean and the Stalker, BT tion and dancing. No partner East & West Windsor, Plainsboro, Cranbury, Princeton Jct. Bistro, 3499 Route 1 South, West needed. $3. 7 to 9 p.m. Hamilton, Washington, Yardville & Allentown Windsor, 609-919-9403. www.bt- bistro.com. Rock and blues. 9 p.m. Literati BUSINESS HOURS: Author Event, Labyrinth Books, Politics 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, Mon-Fri 7AM-8PM • Saturday 7:30AM-NOON 609-497-1600. www.labyrinth- Dr. Hours by Appointment Eugene V. Debs Society, Prince- books.com. Steven S. Gubser, au- ton University, Robertson Hall, thor of “The Little Book of String Bowl 2, 609-258-3000. www.- Theory.” In the book, Gubser be- Fact/Tip of the Day: princeton.edu. “What Do Social- gins by explaining Einstein’s theo- Cats are at relatively high risk ists Do When They Govern: A ry of relativity, quantum mechan- Look at Western-European Style ics, and black holes. He then gives of exposure to the rabies virus because Reforms,” a panel discussion with of their nocturnal and predatory a crash course in string theory and Belinda Davis, Rutgers; John Ma- the core ideas behind it. 5:30 p.m. behaviors. Be sure to keep your cat son, William Paterson University; up to date on his/her rabies vaccine. and Jonas Pontusson, Princeton Author Event, Trinity Church, 33 University. Rescheduled from Mercer Street, Princeton, 609- February 11 due to weather. 7 924-2277. www.trinityprinceton.- p.m. org. Susan Tiberghien, author of “Circling to the Center,” one woman’s encounter with silent 609-443-1212 609-275-1212 prayer. Reception with booksign- ing follows. Free. 7 p.m. APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 27 Pop Music Senior Resource Center explores School Sports options including managing your Barbershop Chorus, Princeton time, identifying your passions, For WW-P school sports infor- Garden Statesmen, 300 Meadow exploring new career opportuni- mation, call the hotline: 609-716- Lakes, East Windsor, 609-251- ties, and making a difference 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. 4238. www.princetongarden- through volunteering. 7 p.m. statesmen.com. Men of all ages North Boys Golf. At Robbinsville. and experience levels are invited JobSeekers, Parish Hall entrance, 3 p.m. to sing in four-part harmony. The Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, 609-924-2277. www.trinityprince- North Girls Golf. At South non-profit organization presents at Brunswick. 3 p.m. numerous charity including the ton.org. Networking and support Trenton Rescue Mission. 7:30 to for changing careers. Free. 7:30 South Boys Golf. Ewing. 3 p.m. p.m. 10 p.m. South Girls Golf. At East Thinking Allowed Series, Prince- Brunswick. 3 p.m. Good Causes ton Public Library, 65 Wither- North Baseball. Robbinsville. 4 spoon Street, 609-924-8822. Volunteer Recognition Dinner, p.m. Interfaith Caregivers Trenton, www.princetonlibrary.org. Pulitzer Notre Dame High School, Law- Prize winning poet C.K. Williams North Boys Lacrosse. At Prince- renceville, 609-393-9922. www.- discusses his new books, “On ton. 4 p.m. interfaithcaregiverstrenton.org. Whitman,” a personal reassess- North Boys Tennis. At Hight- Volunteers and clergy from 25 ment of Walt Whitman, and “Wait,” stown. 4 p.m. his latest book of poetry. 7:30 p.m. congregations recognized for their North Boys Volleyball. Tri with in-home volunteer support ser- Live Music Sterling and Camden Tech at vices to frail, disabled, and chroni- Sterling. 4 p.m. cally ill persons in Mercer County. Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill March of Fashion: Students from Community Mid- The agency is dedicated to pro- Coffee House, 335 Princeton North Softball. Robbinsville. 4 p.m. dle School’s Amigos program have organized a fash- moting the independent and digni- Hightstown Road, West Windsor, ion show to benefit March of Dimes, Friday, April ty of homebound elderly and peo- 609-716-8771. www.groversmill- South Baseball. At Ewing. 4 p.m. ple with disabilities by matching coffee.com. 7 p.m. 23, at the school, Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. them with caring volunteers who South Boys Tennis. Notre Dame. Open Mic Night, It’s a Grind Cof- assist with the tasks of everyday 4 p.m. fee House, 7 Schalks Crossing life. Register. $15. 6 p.m. South Softball. At Ewing. 4 p.m. Dancing Road, Monmouth Junction, 732- Road, Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. 329-8888. www.buckingham- Faith www.itsagrind.com. 7 to 8:30 South Boys Lacrosse. Allentown. Contra Dance, Princeton Coun- place.net. For adult children of ag- p.m. 4:30 p.m. try Dancers, Suzanne Patterson ing parents facilitated by Louise Enabling Faith Conference, En- Chris Harford and the Band of Center, Monument Drive, 609- Donangelo, Alzheimer’s Associa- able, Adath Israel Congregation, Change, BT Bistro, 3499 Route 1 Film 924-6763. www.princetoncountry- tion. Peer support, resources, and Lawrenceville, 609-987-5003. South, West Windsor, 609-919- Film and Discussion, Princeton dancers.org. Melanie Axel-Lute tips on care giving. Supper served. www.enablenj.org. “Honoring Our 9403. btbistro.com. Rock. 9 p.m. Public Library, 65 Witherspoon with PUB band. Instruction fol- Register. Free. 6 to 8:30 p.m. Disabilities Finding a Spiritual Street, 609-924-8822. www.- lowed by dance. $8. 7:40 to 10:30 Community.” Dr. Dan Gottlieb, a princetonlibrary.org. Screening of p.m. psychologist and family therapist, Schools History “Breaking Boundaries: The Art of speaks about observing life from a Open Classroom, Wilberforce Guided Tour, Drumthwacket Alex Masket” in conjunction with Literati wheelchair, and Ginny Thorn- School, 33 River Road, Prince- Foundation, 354 Stockton Street, an exhibit of his art on the second burgh. Information fair. Register. ton, 609-924-6111. www.wilber- Reading Series, Princeton Uni- Princeton, 609-683-0057. www.- floor. The artist, who is severely $85 for two days. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. forceschool.org. Christian school versity, Lewis Center, 185 Nas- drumthwacket.org. New Jersey from kindergarten to eighth grade. autistic, will appear. Masket, 22, is sau Street, 609-258-1500. www.- governor’s official residence. Reg- Food & Dining Children are welcome. 9 a.m. entirely self-taught and has been princeton.edu. Students in the ister. $5 donation. 10 a.m. to 2 featured in many exhibits and is Program in Creative Writing read p.m. Wine Tasting, Corkscrew Wine Farmers Market currently on the cover of Esopus excerpts of their work. Free. 4:30 Shop, 49 Hulfish Street, Prince- magazine. The 18-minute film won p.m. Tour and Tea, Morven Museum, ton, 609-430-1200. www.- Princeton University, Firestone third place in the director’s award 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, princetoncorkscrew.com. Guest Plaza, 609-258-3000. www.- competition at the Black Maria Jazz & Blues 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. apprearance by Matt Cline, owner princeton.edu. Produce, grass-fed Film Festival. 7:30 p.m. Tour the restored mansion, gal- of 3 Vineyard, Sonoma, California. beef and lamb, free-range poultry, Jazz Program Performance, leries, and gardens before or after Free. 5 to 8 p.m. eggs, cheese, breads, baked Architecture Princeton University Concerts, tea. Register. $15. 1 p.m. goods, ice cream, and coffee. 11 University Chapel, 609-258-5000. For Families a.m. to 3 p.m. Envelope Conversations Series, www.princeton.edu/utickets. Uni- For Parents Princeton University School of versity Jazz Vespers Ensemble. 8 Yoga and Creative Movement, Il- Architecture, Betts Auditorium, p.m. Handling Power Struggles Work- luminating the Infinite, Center Special Events Princeton, 609-258-3741. www.- shop, Family Support Organiza- for Relaxation and Healing, 666 Special Events Open House, soa.princeton.edu. “Faciality,” a Food & Dining tion, 3535 Quakerbridge Road, Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, Mountain Lakes House, 57 Moun- conversation focusing on the en- Hamilton, 609-586-1200. www.- 732-407-2847. www.theinfiniteu.- tain Avenue, Princeton, 609-936- velope as exterior, presented by Food and Wine Pairing, The mercerfso.org. “No I Won’t and com. For families touched by 9811. princetonmusic.com. Prince- Jeff Koons, artist, New York; Grape Escape, 12 Stults Road, You Can’t Make Me,” a workshop autism. Register. $50. 5 to 6 p.m. ton Music Connection and the Sylvia Lavin, professor of architec- Dayton, 609-409-9463. www.the- for parents. Register. Free. 6 to 8 Wooden Spoon Catering Company tural history and theory at UCLA; grapeescape.net. Four-course p.m. For Parents host. For those planning a wedding, and Elizabeth Diller, architect, food and wine pairing with Christo- corporate event, bar or bat mitzvah, pher Dutka. Register. $70. 7 p.m. Special Ed Families and Schools Princeton University. Free. 6 p.m. or party. Free. 5 to 8 p.m. Together, Family Support Orga- Health & Wellness Continued on following page nization, 3535 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-586-1200. Singles Caregiver Support Group, Buck- www.mercerfso.org. Six-week Meeting, Mercer Single Volun- ingham Place, 155 Raymond program for parents includes infor- teers, Lawrence Library, Route 1 mation on IEP process, special South and Darrah Lane, 609-882- education law, how to manage 1339. www.mcsvnj.org. For mem- documentation, and how to advo- bers and non-members. Must be cate for your child. Childcare avail- 21. Visit website for upcoming pro- able. Register. Free. 6 to 8:30 jects and social events. 7 p.m. p.m. Socials Lectures Dinner and Meeting, Internation- Author Event, Princeton Univer- al Association of Administra- sity, McCormick 101, 609-258- tive Professionals, Tessara’s 3000. www.princeton.edu. “Prac- Restaurant, 812 Route 33, Hamil- ticing Fiction” presented by Alle- ton, 609-689-2338. www.iaap- gra Goodman, author of “Intu- mercer.org. “A Brand Called You! ition,” “Paradise Park,” “Kaaterskill Finding and Building Your Person- Falls,” “The Family Markowitz,” al Brand” presented by Theresa “Total Immersion,” and “The Other Hummel-Krallinger. Dinner and Side of the Mountain.” 4:30 p.m. program. Register with Rebecca Krisulevicz at [email protected] Engaged Retirement, Princeton edu. $35. 6 p.m. Senior Resource Center, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, 609-924-7108. For Seniors “Are You Ready for Business?” Open House, Windrows, 2000 explores self-employment and Windrows Drive, Plainsboro, 800- business readiness. Register. 708-7007. www.princeton- Free. 6 to 7:30 p.m. windrows.net. Light N Jazzy trio Mark B. Levin Education Fund, perform, hors d’oeuvres, and tours CASA (Court Appointed Special of the community. Register. Free. Advocates), Princeton Jewish 5 to 7 p.m. Center, 345 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-434-0050. www.- casamercer.org. Hugh Price, pro- fessor of public and international Wednesday affairs at Woodrow Wilson School, speaks. Head of the National Ur- April 21 ban League for nine years, he is the author of three books on edu- cation, including “Mobilizing the Municipal Meetings Community to Help Students Suc- Meeting, Plainsboro Township ceed.” Register. Free. 7 p.m. Development Review Commit- Intro to Your Retirement, West tee, Municipal Building, 609-799- Windsor Library, 333 North Post 0909. www.plainsboronj.com. 6 Road, 609-799-0462. www.mcl.- p.m. org. Program presented Princeton 28 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 Literati systems, and cam- era. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. APRIL 21 Thursday Earth Day, Chicklet Bookstore, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 Food & Continued from preceding page North Harrison Street, 609-279- April 22 2121. www.chickletbooks.com. Dining Lectures Huck Fairman, author of “Noah’s Happy Hour, Tre Children: One Man’s Response to Distinguished Lecture Series, Bar, Tre Piani School Sports the Environmental Crisis.” Noon Restaurant, Forre- Mercer College, West Windsor, to 2 p.m. Communications 109, 609-570- For WW-P school sports infor- stal Village, Plains- 3324. www.mccc.edu. “Rethink- mation, call the hotline: 609-716- Author Event, Labyrinth Books, boro, 609-452-1515. 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, www.trepiani.com. ing Environmentalism” presented 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. by Martin Johnson, founder and 609-497-1600. www.labyrinth- Free hors d’oeuvres. president of Isles, Inc., a nationally North Boys Golf. At Trenton. 3 books.com. John McPhee, author Drink specials. 4:30 recognized nonprofit community p.m. of “Silk Parachute,” which first ap- to 7:30 p.m development and environmental South Girls Golf. At South peared in the New Yorker, will be The Art of Brewing organization based in Trenton. A Brunswick. 3 p.m. reading from his new book. 6 p.m. Dinner, Grounds graduate of Princeton University, For Sculpture, Rat’s North Baseball. Trenton. 4 p.m. Author Event, Barnes & Noble, he founded Isles in 1981 with two MarketFair, West Windsor, 609- Restaurant, 18 Fair- other Princeton graduates. Noon. North Boys Lacrosse. At Hight- 716-1570. www.bn.com. Cather- grounds Road, Lunch and Learn, Princeton Jew- stown. 4 p.m. ine Zandonella, author of “Green Hamilton, 609-584- ish Center, 435 Nassau Street, North Boys Tennis. Allentown. 4 Guide Families” presents fun 7800. www.grounds- Princeton, 609-921-2782. Bring a p.m. ways to get children to think green forsculpture.org. and make living a green lifestyle Master brewer Paul dairy lunch. Coffee, tea, and cook- North Softball. Trenton. 4 p.m. ies provided. Free. Noon. easier. Zandonella, a West Wind- Arnott of Chamey South Baseball. Pennington sor resident, will discuss and sign brewery in Quebec, Lunch and Learn, Princeton Uni- School. 4 p.m. her book. 7 p.m. See story 36. Canada. Register. versity, Frist Campus Center, Date change. 5 p.m. 609-258-3000. www.princeton.- South Girls Lacrosse. At Hamil- Author Event, Lambertville Pub- edu. “Social and Technological ton West. 4 p.m. lic Library, Justic Center, 25 Open House, The South Union Street, Lambertville, Grape Escape, 12 Networking,” Vincent Poor. Bring North Girls Lacrosse. At Stuart 609-397-0275. www.Lambertville- Stults Road, Dayton, 609-409- your lunch. Noon. Country Day. 4:15 p.m. Funny Lady: Karith library.org. Peter Brown, author 9463. www.thegrapeescape.net. Mind and Meditation Workshop, North Boys Volleyball. Pleas- and illustrator of “The Curious Food from Ruth’s Chris Steak- Foster presents come- West Windsor Library, 333 North antville. 5:30 p.m. Garden,” reads and discusses. house. Music by Darla and Rich. dy Friday and Satur- Post Road, 609-799-0462. www.- Raised in Hopewell, he lives in Free. 6 to 8 p.m. day, April 16 and 17, mcl.org. Breathing techniques and Drama Brooklyn. 7 p.m. meditation presented by the Art of Generations in the Kitchen, Beth Catch a Rising Star, Living. 6:30 p.m. Reefer Madness, Theatre Intime, El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Hamilton Murray Theater, Prince- Classical Music Road, East Windsor, 609-443- Hyatt, West Windsor. Slow Food Movement, Princeton ton University, 609-258-1742. Afternoon Concert, Princeton 4454. Class for parents and chil- University, McCosh 50, 609-258- www.theatreintime.org. Musical University Chapel, Washington dren includes supplies. “Spring 4670. www.princeton.edu. Carlo co-produced with Princeton Uni- Road, 609-258-3654. Free. 12:30 Vegetable Extravaganza.” Regis- Lectures Petrini, author of “Terra Madre: versity Players. $12. 8 p.m. to 1 p.m. ter. $10. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Forging a New Global Network of 55-Plus, Jewish Center of Prince- Sustainable Food Communities” Film Health & Wellness ton, 435 Nassau Street, 609-737- and founder and president of the Outdoor Concerts 2001. www.princetonol.com. “War Slow Food movement. His talk is Film and Discussion, Princeton The Hub Kings, Middlesex Coun- Governor’s Conference on Can- and Peace in the Middle East” pre- part of the Department of French Public Library, 65 Witherspoon ty Agricultural Extension, Earth cer Research, Cancer Institute sented by Daniel C. Kurtzer, the and Italian course, “The Literature Street, 609-924-8822. www.- Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond of New Jersey, Institute for Ad- chair of the Middle East Policy of Gastronomy.” Free. 7:30 p.m. princetonlibrary.org. Screening of Park, 42 Riva Avenue, South vanced Study, Wolfensohn Hall, Studies at Princeton University’s “Reporter,” a documentary by Eric Brunswick, 732-398-5262. Out- Einstein Drive, Princeton, 732- Wood Wilson School. Free. 10 Difficult Questions Roundtable, Daniel Metzgar, a filmmaker who door concert. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. 235-6785. www.cinj.org. “Effec- a.m. Westerly Road Church, Wilson chronicled the genocide, hunger, tive Partnering in Cancer Re- House, 240 Nassau Street, violence, and war in the Congo. Good Causes search: The Systems Biology of Science Lectures Princeton, 609-924-3816. www.- Post film discussion. 7 p.m. Cancer” features lectures and westerlyroad.org. Discussion of Raise a Glass for Hope, Associa- panel discussions. Registration Astrophysics, Princeton Univer- the resurrection of Jesus and its Dancing tion for Advancement of Mental not required. E-mail govconfer- sity, McDonnell Hall AO2, 609- implications for today led by Ross Health, Marriott, Plainsboro, 609- [email protected] for 258-3000. www.princeton.edu. Salsa Social, HotSalsaHot, Wagner, professor of New Testa- 759-7447. www.aamh.org. Wine more information. 8 a.m. to 5:30 “Black Holes: End of Time of a Princeton YWCA, 59 Paul Robe- ment at Princeton Theological and food tasting, silent and live p.m. New Beginning” presented by Seminary. Dessert and coffee son Place, Princeton, 609-651- auctions. Benefit for behavioral Roger Blandford, professor in the served after a discussion. Regis- 6070. www.hotsalsahot.com. Be- healthcare services for children Qigong, Planet Apothecary, For- school of humanities and science, ter. 7:30 p.m. ginner salsa lesson and bachata and adolescents. Register. $75; restal Village, Plainsboro, 732- Stanford University. He is a fellow lesson followed by a social to prac- $125 per couple. 6 p.m. 406-6865. www.planetapothe- of the Royal Society and the Amer- tice the newly-learned moves. cary.com. Chinese healing art with Live Music My Daughter’s Words, Trinity ican Academy of Arts and Sci- Snacks. Performance by Achiko movements, visualizations, breath Counseling Service, Nassau ences and a member of the Na- Ed Wilson, BT Bistro, 3499 Route and Courtney or Salsa Georgia work, and meditations with Ruth Presbyterian Church, Princeton, tional Academy of Science. Free. 1 South, West Windsor, 609-919- Dance Company; and Henri and Golush. Register. $20. 7 p.m. 609-924-0060. www.trinitycoun- 8 p.m. 9403. www.btbistro.com. Rock. 9 Claudia, the HotSalsaHot team. seling.org. Concert with elements p.m. No partner necessary. $25. 6:30 of jazz, blues, bossa nova, and For Families Live Music to 9:30 p.m. Open Mic, Alchemist & Barrister, gospel performed by Laurie Alt- Earth Day Event, Waldorf Arturo Romay, Hanami Restau- 28 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, Argentine Tango, Black Cat Tan- man and Jersey Transit a cappella School, 1062 Cherry Hill Road, rant, 15 Farber Road, West Wind- 609-924-5555. www.theaandb.- go, Suzanne Patterson Center, group. Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Princeton, 609-466-1970. www.- sor, 609-520-1880. www.hanami- com. 10 p.m. Monument Drive, 609-273-1378. chief medical editor at NBC News, princetonwaldorf.org. Children princeton.com. Latin jazz guitar. 6 www.theblackcattango.com. Be- will be interviewing therapists on ages three and older are invited to to 9 p.m. ginner and intermediate classes make a bird feeder. Register. the use of the arts to cope with ad- Joe Vadala and Friends, BT followed by guided practice. No Free. Noon to 1 p.m. versity in the family. Composed by Bistro, 3499 Route 1 South, West partner necessary. $12. 8 p.m. Lolly Barton; narrated by Liz Fillo. Windsor, 609-919-9403. www.bt- Benefit for the organization that of- For Parents bistro.com. Rock and blues. 9 fers counseling services to people CHADD Parent to Parent Class, p.m. in need in the greater Princeton Family Support Organization, Singer Songwriter Showcase, Area. Register. $150. 6:45 p.m. 3535 Quakerbridge Road, Hamil- Triumph Brewing Company, Strong Mind & Body ton, 609-586-1200. www.- 138 Nassau Street, Princeton, Earth Day Recycling mercerfso.org. Four-session class 609-924-7855. www.triumph- Improve Yourself! for parents and guardians of chil- Kids Corner Co-op Nursery brew.com. Hosted by Frank dren with ADHD. Register. Free. 6 School, Princeton Alliance Thewes of West Windsor. 9 p.m. Tae Kwon Do Church, 20 Schalks Crossing to 8 p.m. • Our Specialized Programs Road, Plainsboro, 609-799-1535. Craig Lieboff, Alchemist & Bar- • Make Learning Fun and Exciting www.kccns.com. Collection of rister, 28 Witherspoon Street, cellphones, digital music players, Princeton, 609-924-5555. www.- • Our Curriculum Helps Students theaandb.com. 10 p.m. • Improve Concentration, camcorders, game systems, GPS • Confidence & Discipline In School Trial Program KITCHEN & BATH REMODELING Only $39 FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED SINCE 1967 Includes 2 Weeks Instruction Plus Uniform Master Yoon Kak Kim is one of the most successful head coaches of the U.S National Tae Kwon Do Team. Master Kim has earned international recognition. United Black Belt 295 Princeton-Hightstown Road Showroom Hours: 609-581-2626 Southfield Retail Center • West Windsor Mon - Fri 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 1351 KUSER ROAD www.unitedblackbelt.com Sat 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Hamilton, NJ 08619 Evenings & Weekends (Between Olden Ave. & Kuser Rd. 609-275-1500 By Appointment Minutes from I95 exit.) APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 29 OutdoorAction presented by Theater To Go. Din- ner and audience participation Earth Day, Middlesex County comedy mystery trial. Register by A Good Defense Is a Woman’s Best Offense Agricultural Extension, Earth E-mail to ds@eveningsofele- asey Schoenholtz has orga- Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond gance.com. $75. BYOB. 7 p.m. Park, 42 Riva Avenue, South Cnized a two-part seminar for Brunswick, 732-398-5262. Speak- Film women featuring information ers, displays, and music. Bring a about self defense, sexual harass- picnic dinner. Free. 4 to 7 p.m. Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Princeton Universi- ment, and nutrition. It is free for Singles ty, McCosh 10, 609-258-3000. women ages 14 and up with a www.lectures.princeton.edu. reservation. The event on Friday Divorce and Separated Support Screenings of mountain sports and Saturday, April 16 and 17, is Group, Hopewell Presbyterian and culture. Proceeds benefit in conjunction with Schoen- Church, Hopewell, 609-466- D&R Greenway Land Trust. $15. 7 holtz’s Girl Scout Gold Award 0758. www.hopewellpres.org. p.m. Register. 7:30 p.m. project. Art “Martial arts has shaped me as For Seniors a person, teaching me valuable Ellarslie Open XXVIII, Ellarslie, lessons and disciplines,” she Women Now Alone Support Artworks, Trenton, 609-989-3632. Group, West Windsor Senior www.ellarslie.org. Opening recep- says. “I now feel prepared if there Center, 609-799-9068. 1:30 to tion. On view to June 21. 6 to 9 was ever to be a dangerous situa- 3:30 p.m. p.m. tion and want to spread this Women’s Health Issues, Senior Art Exhibit, Gallery 14, 14 Mercer knowledge to other women.” Living Institute, Meadow Lakes, Street, Hopewell, 609-333-8511. Born in Trenton, Schoenholtz Hightstown, 609-720-7304. www.- www.photosgallery14.com. lived in West Windsor until the seniorlivinginstitute.org. Register. Opening reception for “Coast to family moved to Hopewell when the street my father signed me up Free. 11 a.m. Coast: NE to NW” by Marty she was in the sixth grade. Her at the age of four,” she says. “I Girl Scout Power: Sports Schwartz. “The Next Step” open- parents, Diane and Drewe learned quickly, competing in Casey Schoenholtz will ing in the small gallery features Schoenholtz, own Green Scene many tournaments and advancing teach a self-defense Trenton Thunder Baseball, Wa- works of Jorj Bauer, Daniel Gold- berg, Mark Sirota, and Robin Od- Landscaping, formerly based in through the rankings.” She course for women on terfront Park, Route 29, Trenton, West Windsor, and now in 609-394-8326. www.trentonthun- land. Meet the photographers on earned her first degree black belt Friday and Saturday, Hopewell. She remained with the der.com. Portland Sea Dogs. $9 to Sunday, April 25, 1 to 3 p.m. On at age 12. April 16 and 17. $12. 7:05 p.m. view to May 30. 6 to 8:30 p.m. West Windsor Girl Scout troop “While each participant will 71525 because “it was a close knit get the most out of the seminar by Dancing group of girls and I did not want to attending both days, we welcome Women’s Self-Defense Semi- Friday Salsa Workshop and Dance, switch.” A junior at Hopewell anyone that can come on either nar, Northeast Academy of Mar- Web of Compassion, Suzanne Valley High School, she was a re- day,” says Kathy Modi, Girl tial Arts, 4054 Quakerbridge Patterson Center, 45 Stockton cent foreign exchange student in Scout leader of Troop 71525. Road, Mercerville. Friday, April April 23 Street, Princeton, 609-203-5854. Madrid, Spain. “Feel free to bring friends and www.webofcompassion.org. 16, 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April Griselle Ponce hosts workshop “When I expressed an interest even make it a mother-daughter 17, at noon. Register. Free. E- School Sports series. Workshops, 2:45 to 5:30 in the karate school [Northeast event.” mail [email protected] for in- p.m. Dance party, 6 to 9 p.m. One Academy of Martial Arts] down — Lynn Miller formation. 609-587-6644. For WW-P school sports infor- workshop, $20; both workshops, mation, call the hotline: 609-716- $35; workshop and social, $40; 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. social only, $10. 2:45 p.m. Family Theater Singles North and South Boys/Girls Classical Music Chinese Acrobats of Hebei, Pa- Divorce Recovery Program, Spring Track. Penn Relays at the triots Theater at the War Memo- Princeton Church of Christ, 33 Saturday University of Pennsylvania. Mitsuko Uchida, McCarter The- rial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, River Road, Princeton, 609-581- ater, 91 University Place, Prince- 609-984-8400. www.thewar- 3889. www.princetonchurchof- April 24 South Boys Tennis. Hopewell ton, 609-258-2787. www.- Valley. 4 p.m. memorial.com. $25 to $49. 7 p.m. christ.com. Support group for men mccarter.org. All Schumann pro- and women. Free. 7:30 p.m. South Boys Volleyball. Wood- gram on piano. $43 to $54. 8 p.m. Lectures School Sports bridge. 4 p.m. Princeton University Orchestra, Socials Open House, NJN Television, 25 For WW-P school sports infor- South Girls Lacrosse. At East Princeton University Concerts, South Stockton Street, Trenton, Luncheon, Rotary Club of the mation, call the hotline: 609-716- Brunswick. 4 p.m. Richardson Auditorium, 609-258- 609-777-5291. njn.org. “A Night Princeton Corridor, Hyatt Re- 5000. www.princeton.edu/- for the Arts” includes a tour of the gency, Carnegie Center, 609-799- 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. Dance utickets. Mahler’s Symphony No. studio, an exhibition by New Jer- 0525. www.princetoncorridor- North and South Boys/Girls 6, also known as “The Tragic.” A The End of Innocence, Princeton sey artists, refreshments, and mu- rotary.org. Register. Guests, $20. Spring Track. Penn Relays at the portion of proceeds benefits relief University, Lewis Center, 185 sic by Miles of Music. 6 to 9 p.m. 12:15 p.m. University of Pennsylvania. in Haiti. $18. 8 p.m. Nassau Street, 609-258-1500. Meeting, Toastmasters Club, North Softball. At South www.princeton.edu/arts. Chore- The Roosevelt String Band, Roo- Mary Jacobs Library, 64 Washing- For Seniors Brunswick. 10 a.m. ography by Pilar Castro Klitz, sevelt Arts Project, Municipal ton Street, Rocky Hill, 609-306- Music Program, West Windsor Class of 2010. $10. 8 p.m. Building, Roosevelt, 609-443- 0515. http://ssu.freetoasthost.ws. Senior Center, 609-799-9068. Dance 4616. www.music.columbia.edu/- Build speaking, leadership, and Ted Otten and Michael Kownacky roosevelt. David Brahinsky on gui- The End of Innocence, Princeton Drama communication skills. Guests are present a program. 2 p.m. University, Lewis Center, 185 tar and vocals; Ed Cedar on bass, welcome. 7:30 p.m. Tom, Dick, and Harry, Off-Broad- guitar, mandolin, and vocal; Paul Sports Nassau Street, 609-258-1500. street Theater, 5 South Green- Prestopino on strings and vocal; Live Music www.princeton.edu/arts. Chore- wood Avenue, Hopewell, 609- Samantha Cedar on vocals, and Trenton Thunder Baseball, Wa- ography by Pilar Castro Klitz, 466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.- Howie Jacobson. $10. 8 p.m. Riverside Jam Traveling Band, terfront Park, Route 29, Trenton, Class of 2010. $10. 8 p.m. com. Ray Cooney farce about a Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 335 609-394-8326. www.trenton- couple awaiting a visit from an Westminster Symphonic Choir, Princeton Hightstown Road, West thunder.com. Portland Sea Dogs. adoption agency. $27.50 to Westminster Choir College, Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.- $9 to $12. 7:05 p.m. Continued on following page $29.50. 7 p.m. Princeton University Chapel, 609- groversmillcoffee.com. 8 p.m. 258-9220. www.rider.edu/arts. A Moon for the Misbegotten, Ac- Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil and Gabe Manak Band, It’s a Grind tors’ NET, 635 North Delmorr Av- Kodaly’s Missa Brevis conducted Coffee House, 7 Schalks Cross- enue, Morrisville, PA, 215-295- by Joe Miller. $20. 8 p.m. ing Road, Plainsboro, 609-275- 3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. 2919. Rock music. 8 p.m. Eugene O’Neill drama stars Kyla Marie Mostello, Chuck Donnelly, Good Causes Dave Allikas, Clarksburg Inn, 465 and Joe Doyle. Mostello, a gradu- Pinot to Picasso: Vintage 2010, Stage Coach Road, Clarksburg, ate of West Windsor-Plainsboro Arts Council of Princeton, Tech- 609-259-2558. www.daveallikas.- High School, is married to Chuck nology Center of Princeton, 330 com. Funny songs for the 18 plus Donnelly. $20. Opening night. 8 Carter Road, 609-924-8777. audience. No cover. 8:30 to 11 p.m. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. p.m. A selection of foods and wines Annie, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Blue Meanies, BT Bistro, 3499 from area restaurants and busi- Route 1 South, West Windsor, County Community College, nesses. Art Tombola, an Italian- 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-570- 609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com. style prize draw from close to 90 Beatles cover band. 9 p.m. 3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. original works of art. Register. Classic family musical by the $75; $275 with one Art Tombola Schools Yardley Players. $16. 8 p.m. See ticket; $350 per couple with one story. Art Tombola ticket. Benefit for Belly Dance Girls Night Out, Liminal, Princeton University, artist in residence program. 6:30 Drum & Dance Learning Center, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, to 9:30 p.m. 4110 Quakerbridge Road, Law- renceville, 609-324-7383. www.- 609-258-1500. www.princeton.- March of Fashion, Community edu. A new work of tanztheater by drumdancecenter.com. No expe- Middle School, Grovers Mill rience necessary. $15 donation Pilar Castro Kiltz, Class of 2010; Road, Plainsboro, 609-716-5300. and original music by Vince di Mu- benefit Breast Cancer Resource www.ww-p.org. Student fashion Center. Register. 7:30 to 9 p.m. ra. $10. 8 p.m. show to raise money and aware- Reefer Madness, Theatre Intime, ness for the March of Dimes. $5. 8 Retail Therapy Hamilton Murray Theater, Prince- p.m. ton University, 609-258-1742. Open House, Orchard Hill Col- www.theatreintime.org. Musical Comedy Clubs lection, 22 North Union Street, co-produced with Princeton Uni- Lambertville, 609-397-1188. Geno Bisconte, Catch a Rising versity Players. $12. 8 p.m. www.orchardhillcollection.com. Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 Wine and cheese reception to Dinner Theater Carnegie Center, West Windsor, showcase new spring solid teak 609-987-8018. www.catcharising- wood furniture. Cailen Ascher, au- Comedy Murder Mystery, Camil- star.com. Register. $17.50. 8 p.m. thor of “Well-Designed Living,” of- lo’s Cafe, Princeton Shopping fers interior and lifestyle designs. Center, Harrison Street, Prince- Free. 5 to 7 p.m. ton, 609-273-1930. “A Will to Kill” 30 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 For more listings visit www.princeton- Princeton Television, is presented by Sam info.com. For timely updates, follow prince- Russell, filmmaker and owner of Russell & toninfo at Twitter and on Facebook. Company. An editing workshop, Russell Opportunities discusses techniques to take all of the shots, In Town clips, interviews, photos, and editing them into a story that plays on a screen. $125 in- West Windsor Township seeks commu- For Kids Peace Train cludes the book, “When the Shooting Stops, nity groups to participate in the Memorial the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor’s Story” Princeton Girlchoir has auditions in Coalition for Peace Action organized a Day parade on Monday, May 31. The parade by Ralph Rosenblum. Register at www.- April at Princeton Day School for girls who Peace Train to take people from the begins at WW-P High School South and con- princetontv.org. cludes with a ceremony at the municipal love to sing, who are entering grades 3 to 12 Delaware Valley region to an international building. Visit www.westwindsornj.org or in September. Call 609-688-1888 for infor- rally, march, and festival in New York City call Gay Huber at 609-799-2400, ext. 213. mation and to schedule an appointment. Vis- on Sunday, May 2. Visit www.peace- For Seniors it www.princetongirlchoir.org for more in- coalition.org or call 609-924-5022 for infor- Buckingham Place offers a free guest Yardley Players has auditions for “Plaza formation. mation. Suite,” Neil Simon’s comedy featuring three day for its senior day care program. Lunch, separate stories that take place in the same ESF Summer Camps seeks young inno- activities, and sample a typical day. Trans- New York City hotel suite. Cold readings vators, ages 10 to 16, in New Jersey to enter Call for portation available. Monday to Friday, 8 from the script take place at Kelsey Theater, the award contest for a chance to win a three- Participation a.m. to 6 p.m. Call Hilary Murray at 732- Saturday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ac- week scholarship to the Innovation Project 329-8888, ext. 401 or E-mail hmurray@- tors may be cast in more than one act. Bring summer camp. Create a “must have” product New Hope Chamber of Commerce is buckinghamplace.net for more information. photo and resume (if you have them). Call of the year, detail it in 200 words or less, seeking artists and craftsmen for the 17th an- 215-675-0262 or E-mail hmatter@- sketches and photos optional. Deadline nual juried New Hope Outdoor Arts and Volunteer Please Thursday, May 27. Visit www.innovation- Crafts Festival in September. Visit www.- comcast.net for an appointment. The pro- Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey duction is in July at Kelsey. project.com for an entry form. newhopechamber.com to download an ap- plication. Call 215-862-9990 for more infor- seeks volunteers for the 2010 season to assist Boy Scouts Centennial is being celebrat- mation. Deadline for applications is Satur- with ushering, concessions, and the gift Good Causes ed with a Cubarama and Camporee at Quail day, May 15. shop. Information session on Monday, May Hill Scout Reservation in Manalapan on Fri- George Street Playhouse asks you to 10, at 6 p.m., F.M. Kirby Shakespeare The- day to Sunday, April 23 to 25. Free for boys Lawrenceville Main Street seeks enter- ater, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison. A ticket dress up your dog in canine costumes and co- from kindergarten and up. Visit http:/mad- tainers, vendors, and sponsors for its 12th an- ordinating couture for “Doggie Fashion voucher is received in return for each perfor- bsa.org/centennial for information. nual Jubilee on Sunday, April 25. Dancers, mance a volunteer works. Call Suzanne Show” in conjunction with its production of singers, karate teams from Lawrenceville “Sylvia.” Saturday, April 17, from 5 to 7 Houston at 973-408-3694 or E-mail shous- Call forArt preferred. Artists, businesses, and nonprofit [email protected] for information. p.m. A suggested donation of $10 per person organizations may purchase a space for $5. benefits Roger’s Rescues, All Star Pet Res- Artsbridge seeks two-dimensional work, Call Jo-Ann Cali at 732-390-7399 for infor- cue, Friends of the Somerset Regional Ani- sculpture, or unframed portfolio pieces from mation and applications. Trees mal Shelter, and Furry Angels Therapy artists within a 50-mile radius of Lam- Arbor Day Foundation offers 10 white Dogs. Register at www.gsponline.org. bertville, for its 16 annual juried show at the Classes flowering dogwood trees to new members. Auxiliary of University Medical Center River Run Gallery, Route 29 South, Lam- Send $10 to Ten Free Dogwood Trees, Arbor at Princeton is collecting gently used bertville. Drop off is Thursday, May 27, 4 to Princeton Television presents “Coach- Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Ne- household items, furniture, clothing, linens, 8 p.m.; and Friday, May 28, 12:30 to 7:30 ing for On-Camera Appearance,” a four braska City, NE 68410 or visit www.arbor- toys, books, small appliances, jewelry, bric- p.m. Visit www.artsbridgeonline.com or call week class taught by Judith K. Robinson, at day.org a-brac, and art for the annual white elephant 609-773-0881. 369 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. Each rummage sale. Bring to 905 Herrontown session includes learning of the technique Trenton Artists Workshop Association and the individual practicing of it on and off Trip Road (Princeton House Behavioral Health invites entries for “Art and Soul: Art Moved grounds), Princeton, on Saturdays and Tues- camera. Participants receive a practice DVD Monmouth Museum offers a bus trip to by the Spirit,” and “Face Value: The Art of of themselves on camera at the end of the the Berkshires, Tanglewood, and the Boston day, 9 a.m. to noon through Saturday, May Portraiture.” Both are open to artists working 29. Call 609-497-4069 for information. course. Thursdays, May 6 to 27m, 7 to 9 p.m. Pops, on Sunday and Monday, July 18 and on all mediums for summer exhibitions at El- $260. Call 609-252-1963 or E-mail 19. $350 includes accommodations, trans- larslie, Trenton City Museum. Deadline is [email protected] to register. portation, three meals, Tanglewood ticket, Saturday, May 15. Visit www.tawa-nj.org “When the Shooting Stops the Challenge guided tour, and all admissions. Call 732- for information. Begins,” another four-week course at 747-2266 for information.

6920. www.mcl.org. Showcase of Eugene O’Neill drama stars Kyla utickets. Mahler’s Symphony No. Jon and Robin McConaughy, to six one-act original plays per- Marie Mostello, Chuck Donnelly, 6, also known as “The Tragic.” A support local agriculture. Moon- APRIL 24 formed as staged readings. Actors and Joe Doyle. $20. 8 p.m. portion of proceeds will be sent to light hayrides, putt for preserva- include Russ Weiss of West Wind- relief agencies in Haiti. $18. 8 p.m. tion, farm photographs by Valerie Continued from preceding page Liminal, Princeton University, sor. Register. Free. 7 p.m. Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, The Roosevelt String Band, Roo- Ford, and music by Riverside Tom, Dick, and Harry, Off-Broad- 609-258-1500. www.princeton.- sevelt Arts Project, Municipal Bluegrass Band. Register. $75. Drama street Theater, 5 South Green- edu. A new work of tanztheater by Building, Roosevelt, 609-443- Shuttle to farm from Hopewell Ele- mentary School, 35 Princeton Av- Annie, Kelsey Theater, Mercer wood Avenue, Hopewell, 609- Pilar Castro Kiltz, Class of 2010; 4616. www.music.columbia.edu/- enue. 6 p.m. County Community College, 466-2766. www.off-broadstreet.- and original music by Vince di Mu- roosevelt. David Brahinsky on gui- 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-570- com. Ray Cooney farce about a ra. $10. 8 and 10:30 p.m. tar and vocals; Ed Cedar on bass, Scholarship Gala, Mercer Coun- 3333. www.kelseytheatre.net. couple awaiting a visit from an Reefer Madness, Theatre Intime, guitar, mandolin, and vocal; Paul ty College, Hyatt, Carnegie Cen- Classic family musical by the adoption agency. $27.50 to Hamilton Murray Theater, Prince- Prestopino on strings and vocal; ter, 609-570-3607. www.mccc.- Yardley Players. $16. 2 and 8 $29.50. 7 p.m. ton University, 609-258-1742. Samantha Cedar on vocals, and edu. A black-tie gala to raise funds p.m. A Moon for the Misbegotten, Ac- www.theatreintime.org. Musical Howie Jacobson. $10. 8 p.m. for student scholarships. Silent auction featuring original artwork, One-Act Play Festival, Lawrence tors’ NET, 635 North Delmorr Av- co-produced with Princeton Uni- Westminster Kantorie, Westmin- dinner, and dancing. Honorees in- Library, Darrah Lane and Route enue, Morrisville, PA, 215-295- versity Players. $12. 8 p.m. ster Choir College, Bristol clude William and Judy Scheide, 1, Lawrence Township, 609-989- 3694. www.actorsnetbucks.org. Chapel, 609-921-2663. www.- Dancing rider.edu. “Chanson d’Amour,” a Distinguished Benefactor award; chamber concert featuring French Dow Jones & Company, Distin- Argentine Tango, Central Jersey guished Corporate Partner award; Dance Society, Suzanne Patter- secular songs for a vocal ensem- ble. $20. 8 p.m. Mercer County Executive Brian son Center, 45 Stockton Street, Hughes, and J. Lynn Cannon, Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.- president of Princeton Manage- centraljerseydance.org. Crash Folk Music ment Development Institute. Reg- course for beginners. No partner New Jersey Folk Festival, Eagle- ister. $200. 6 p.m. needed. Register by E-mail to jm- ton Institute Grounds, Rutgers’ [email protected] $35. 2 to Douglass Campus, George Street Gala 2010, Princeton Festival, 5 p.m. & Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, Greenacres Country Club, 2170 732-932-5775. http://njfolkfest.- Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, Contra Dance, Princeton Coun- 800-595-4849. www.princeton- try Dancers, Suzanne Patterson rutgers.edu. Music, crafts, food, and games. Bring your instru- festival.org. Cocktails, dinner, Center, Monument Drive, 609- silent and live auctions, and danc- 924-6763. www.princetoncountry- ments. Rain or shine. Free admis- sion. 10 a.m. ing. Music of the Courtney Colletti dancers.org. Dan Black with Fin- Band. Dances from Ariodante gerpyx. Instruction and dance. choreographed by Graham Lustig. $10. 7:40 to 11 p.m. Pop Music Accordionists Robert Young One Night of Queen, McCarter McMahon and Beverly Roberts Classical Music Theater, 91 University Place, Curnow. Black tie preferred. Reg- Faculty Recital, New School for Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.- ister. $250. 6 p.m. Music Study, Unitarian Univer- mccarter.org. $40 to $48. 8 p.m. salist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Comedy Clubs Road, Princeton, 609-921-2900. Good Causes Geno Bisconte, Catch a Rising www.nsmspiano.org. The pro- Adoption Day, A.F.E.W. Pets, Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 gram, performed by all 13 mem- CornerCopia, 299 Princeton- Carnegie Center, West Windsor, bers of the faculty, features dance Hightstown Road, East Windsor, 609-987-8018. www.catcharising- music from around the world and 609-448-5322. www.afewpets.- star.com. Register. $20. 7:30 and through musical history. Dance com. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 9:30 p.m. forms demonstrated include the Down-to-Earth Ball, D&R Green- minuet, gavotte, waltz, polonaise, way Land Trust, McConaughy’s Fairs tango, and hoedown. Audience Double Brook Farm, Hopewell, participation invited. Free. 7 p.m. Communiversity, Arts Council of 609-924-4646. www.drgreen- Princeton, Nassau Street, Palm- Princeton University Orchestra, way.org. “Dinner, Denim, and er Square, and Witherspoon Princeton University Concerts, Dancing” features hors d’oeuvres, Streets, 609-924-8777. www.arts- Richardson Auditorium, 609-258- diner, wines, beer garden in con- councilofprinceton.org. Town and 5000. www.princeton.edu/- junction with the mission of hosts, gown unite for their annual spring APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 31 street arts fair and celebration of Camp College, Sports Camps, the arts with live entertainment, and Tomato Patch Camp. Meet LeDerick Horne, who overcame a severe learning exhibits, artists, crafters, music, camp directors, tour the facilities, disability and became an advocate for people with dance performances, and food. and register. The camps seek Flying Kidz Music featuring counselors and area teachers in- disabilities, discovered his gift for poetry while at- Wendy Zoffer presents original terested in summer employment. tending college. He performs on Sunday, April 18, at songs about pirates, caterpillars, Noon. to 2 p.m. South Brunswick Library. ducks, and superheroes from Zof- fer’s newest children’s CD, “Sing Lectures Me a Day.”Rain or shine. Free. 35th Anniversary, New Jersey Family Nature Programs, Plains- Visit website for complete sched- Vietnam Veterans Memorial boro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner ule of events. Noon to 5 p.m. Foundation, Vietnam Era Educa- Road, Plainsboro, 609-897-9400. Sunday Shad Fest, Lambertville Cham- tional Center, Holmdel. Screening www.njaudubon.org. “Terrific Tur- ber, Bridge and Union Street, of “Operation Babylift: The Lost tles.” Register. $5. 3:30 to 5 p.m. April 25 Lambertville, 609-397-0055. Arts, Children of Vietnam” in celebra- crafts, food, music, entertainment, tion of the 35th anniversary of Op- Book Sale and plenty of fish greet visitors eration Babylift that flew close to Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Drama through this yearly rite of passage. 70,000 babies and children who Doren Street, 609-275-2897. The festival helps raise aware- were orphaned by the Vietnam www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Hard- Tom, Dick, and Harry, Off-Broad- 609-497-1600. Sarah Hirschman, ness of the successful, ongoing ef- War to the United States. Michael backs, $1; paperbacks, 50 cents; street Theater, 5 South Green- “Who Owns Literature? People forts to decontaminate the McMahon of West Windsor is a miscellaneous media and art at wood Avenue, Hopewell, 609- and Stories/Gente Y Cuentos.” Delaware, the home of this name- trustee of the foundation and a vol- bargain prices. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 466-2766. Ray Cooney farce Learn about the program she built sake fish, en route to spawning unteer at the Holmdel location. about a couple awaiting a visit to help men and women on wel- grounds upriver. Free. Noon to Register. $4. 11 a.m. Computer Festival from an adoption agency. $27.50 fare or in rehabilitation centers, 5:30 p.m. to $29.50. 1:30 p.m. Live Music Trenton Computer Festival, Col- prisons, and others, experience lit- Food & Dining lege of New Jersey, 2000 Pen- Annie, Kelsey Theater, Mercer erature. 3 p.m. Dylan Tribute, Grover’s Mill Cof- nington Road, Ewing, 800-631- County Community College, Make Your Own Wine Infused fee House, 335 Princeton Hight- 0062. www.tcf-nj.org. The oldest 1200 Old Trenton Road, 609-570- Classical Music Chocolate, The Grape Escape, stown Road, West Windsor, 609- personal computer show and sale 3333. Classic family musical by Nassau at Four Concert Series, 12 Stults Road, Dayton, 609-409- 716-8771. Performers include in the world. New and used hard- the Yardley Players. $16. 2 p.m. Nassau Presbyterian Church, 9463. www.thegrapeescape.net. Franc Gambatese, John Patrick, ware and software, talks, forums, Liminal, Princeton University, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609- Register. $70: $120 per couple. Greg Nease and Riverside Jam speakers, and amateur radio Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, 924-0103. Alessandra Tiraterra, 12:30 p.m. Traveling Band, Chris Jankoski, events. Free parcel pickup areas 609-258-1500. A new work of concert pianist. Free. 4 p.m. CJ Barna, and Jo Wymer with “Mr. and free parking. Rain or shine. Cigar and Port Night, The Grape tanztheater by Pilar Castro Kiltz, Westminster Concert Bell Choir, Escape, 12 Stults Road, Dayton, Tambourine Man,” “Like a Rolling $15 for two-day admission. Class of 2010; and original music Stone,” “Just Like a Woman,” “For- Richard Stallman, open software Westminster Choir College, 609-409-9463. www.thegrape- by Vince di Mura. $10. 2 p.m. Bristol Chapel, 609-921-2663. escape.net. Register. 6:30 p.m. ever Young,” “Mighty Quinn,” and freedom activist and keynote “Times They Are a Changin.’” speaker, speaks at 2:35 p.m. 10 Art www.rider.edu. “A Time to Dance” Free. 8 p.m. a.m. to 5 p.m. includes works with a dance History Art Exhibit, Gallery 14, 14 Mercer theme by Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Afternoon Tea Social, St. David’s 15 Keys, It’s a Grind Coffee Singles Street, Hopewell, 609-333-8511. and Kabalevsky. $20. 4 p.m. Episcopal Church, 90 South House, 7 Schalks Crossing Road, www.photosgallery14.com. Meet Main Street, Cranbury, 609-655- Plainsboro, 609-275-2919. www.- Princeton Singles, Amarone’s, 29 the photographers event in con- Good Causes itsagrind.com. Acoustic originals. Church Street, Windsor, 609-585- junction with “Coast to Coast: NE 4731. “Revolutionary Tea” pre- Afternoon Tea, Princeton United 8 p.m. 0897. Dine and dance. Register. 7 to NW” by Marty Schwartz; and sented by Stacy Roth, an historical Methodist Church, 7 Vandeven- p.m. “The Next Step” featuring works of interpreter and author. Register. Cafe Improv, Arts Council of ter Avenue, Princeton, 609-924- Jorj Bauer, Daniel Goldberg, Mark $25. 3:30 p.m. Princeton, 102 Witherspoon 2613. Benefit for the church’s mis- Sirota, and Robin Odland. On view Street, 609-924-8777. Music, po- Sports sion trip to the Congo in support of to May 30. 1 to 3 p.m. Designer Showhouse etry, and comedy. Register to per- Princeton Baseball, Clarke Field, the United Front Against Designer Showhouse and Gar- form. $2. 9 p.m. Princeton University. www.go- Riverblindness program. A variety dens XVI, Junior League of Johnny Pompadour and the Full princetontigers.com. Penn. Dou- Dancing of teas, tea cakes, sandwiches, Greater Princeton, Woodacres, Grown Men, Sotto 128 Restau- bleheader. Noon. Argentine Tango, Central Jersey and pastries will be available. The 1438 Great Road, Skillman, 609- rant and Lounge, 128 Nassau Trenton Thunder Baseball, Wa- Dance Society, Suzanne Patter- drug provided free by Merck & Co. 771-0525. www.jlgp.org. Preview Street, Princeton, 609-921-7555. terfront Park, Route 29, Trenton, son Center, 45 Stockton Street, and founded by Lawrenceville res- gala for South-Seas themed Oldies and cover tunes. 9 p.m. 609-394-8326. www.trenton- Princeton, 609-945-1883. Crash ident Daniel Shungu, must be ad- showcase with dinner, drinks, and DJ Darius, BT Bistro, 3499 Route thunder.com. Portland Sea Dogs. course for beginners. No partner ministered annually for 10 years. silent auction. Woodacres, a 1937 1 South, West Windsor, 609-919- $9 to $12. 7:05 p.m. needed. Register by E-mail to jm- The event is organized by Anne Georgian-style home, has a 9403. www.btbistro.com. Dance [email protected] $35. 2 to Fikaris of West Windsor. Rutgers stonework exterior, large interior music. 9:30 p.m. Sports for Causes 5 p.m. Also, intermediate lesson Prep School’s chamber orchestra rooms, and close to seven acres. at 7 p.m. followed by social dance performs. International cooking More than 30 spaces have been DJ Roka, Triumph Brewing Com- Run Over Violence, Woman- and refreshments, $12. 7 p.m. demonstrations presented by transformed by interior designers pany, 138 Nassau Street, Prince- space, Rider Universty, Lawrence- women from the church. Register. and landscape architects. Cafe ton, 609-924-7855. www.triumph- ville, 609-394-0136. www.woman- Literati $15. 2 p.m. brew.com. $5 cover. 10 p.m. space.org. 5K. $20. 10 a.m. and boutique open. Proceeds Author Event, Labyrinth Books, benefit community programs. 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, Continued on following page Black tie. $150. 6 to 9 p.m. OutdoorAction Stream Clean-Up, Stony Brook For Families Millstone Watershed, 641 Potato Planting, Howell Living Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, History Farm, Valley Road, off 609-737-7592. www.thewater- Route 29, Titusville, 609-737- shed.org. Register to volunteer. 9 3299. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. a.m. to noon. Summer Camps Open House, Steamboat Rides, SPLASH, Mercer County College, 1200 Lewis Island, Lambertville, 609- Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 651-5510. www.steamboatclass- 609-586-9446. www.mccc.edu. room.org. Ride on a vessel similar Open house for young people’s to a riverboat on the Delaware Riv- er, circa 1880. Register. $5. 1 p.m.

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APRIL 25 Tennis Benefit: The National Junior Tennis League of Trenton's annual benefit will be on Friday, April Continued from preceding page 30, at the Westin, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro. A mural created by Trenton artists James Kelewae and Designer Showhouse Will Condry, pictured above, will be on display. Designer Showhouse and Gar- dens XVI, Junior League of Greater Princeton, Woodacres, 609-924-1604. “Gospel Train: A North Softball. At Hightstown. 4 1438 Great Road, Skillman, 609- Celebration of African-American p.m. 771-0525. www.jlgp.org. Wood- Spirituality” features musical her- South Baseball. Notre Dame. 4 acres, a 1937 Georgian-style itage from slavery to the present. p.m. home, has a stonework exterior, $5. 3 p.m. large interior rooms, and close to South Boys Volleyball. Hillsbor- Trivia Night, BT Bistro, 3499 seven acres. More than 30 spaces ough. 4 p.m. Route 1 South, West Windsor, have been transformed by interior 609-919-9403. www.btbistro.com. South Softball. Notre Dame. 4 designers and landscape archi- Christiana presents. 7 p.m. p.m. tects. Cafe and boutique open. Proceeds benefit community pro- South Girls Lacrosse. Hight- grams. $25. Noon to 4 p.m. OutdoorAction stown. 4:30 p.m. Tree Planting, Central Jersey For Families Sierra Club, Mercer Oaks Golf Art Course, West Windsor, 732-801- Open House, Rambling Pines Day Art Exhibit, Princeton University, 9629. www.sierraclub.org. Cele- Camp, Route 518, Hopewell, 609- Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, JUNCTION brate Earth Day weekend. Bring 609-258-2222. www.princeton.- 466-1212. www.ramblingpines.- shovels, gloves, and watering com. Register. 1 to 3 p.m. edu. Panel discussion and recep- cans. Tree seedling were donated tion in conjunction with “How You Lectures by the New Jersey Tree Founda- See Me,” an exhibit of more than BARBER SHOP tion. Free. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 50 works of art and poetry created Travel and Savings Expo, AAA, by HomeFront clients focuses on Convention Center, 97 Sunfield Book Sale how others see them and how they Avenue, Edison. Travel seminars, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van see themselves. Dr. Amy Cuddy, passport photos, travel merchan- Doren Street, 609-275-2897. Harvard University, leads the pan- dise, Disney, Royal Caribbean, www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. $3 for el. On view to June 25. 4:30 p.m. and Travel Impressions. Free ad- a bag. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 33 Hightstown Rd., Princeton Jct. mission. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Literati ELLSWORTH’S CENTER (Near Train Station) Werner Lecture Fund, Beth El Computer Festival Plainsboro Literary Group, Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Hrs: Tues - Fri: 10am - 6pm Trenton Computer Festival, Col- Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Road, East Windsor, 609-443- Sat: 8:30am - 3:30pm 609-799-8554 lege of New Jersey, 2000 Pen- Doren Street, 609-275-2897. 4454. www.bethel.net. “A 200 nington Road, Ewing, 800-631- www.lmxac.org/plainsboro. Nib- Plus Year History of the Lost De- 0062. www.tcf-nj.org. The oldest bles, conversation, and readings. scendants of Moses and Aaron” personal computer show and sale 6:30 p.m. presented by Johannes Corley, a in the world. New and used hard- member of the Bene-Israel Jewish ware and software, talks, forums, Classical Music community in India and currently speakers, and amateur radio the coordinator of residue and an- Popular Music Colloquium, events. Free parcel pickup areas alytical chemistry at Rutgers. Reg- Princeton University Concerts, and free parking. Rain or shine. ister. Free. 2 p.m. Woolworth, Room 102, 609-258- $10. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 5000. www.princeton.edu/utic- Still don’t know your way around the kitchen? Live Music kets. “Of Harry Pa(r)tch and Other Chess Challenges to Tonal Centricity in Salt Creek Grille, One Rocking- Invite Your Friends to Join You for a Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Early 21st Century Rock” present- ham Row, Forrestal Village, Doren Street, 609-275-2897. lmx- ed by Walter Everett, professor Plainsboro, 609-419-4200. www.- ac.org/plainsboro. For advanced music theory, University of Michi- saltcreekgrille.com. Jazz brunch. adult players. 1 to 5 p.m. gan. 4:30 p.m. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cooking Class for Beginners on a Budget The Great American Songbook, Sports for Causes Jazz & Blues Princeton Public Library, 65 • Class is held in your own kitchen March for Babies, March of Dimes, Jazz Program Performance, Witherspoon Street, 609-924- Princeton University Concerts, • Invite up to 6 guests 8822. www.princetonlibrary.org. Mercer County Park, West Wind- • Instructor Holly Slepman will teach you how sor, 973-882-0700. www.marchfor- Taplin Auditorium, 609-258-5000. Soprano Jean McClelland and pi- www.princeton.edu/utickets. Uni- to make fast, easy, inexpensive recipes anist Bill McClelland perform a babies.org. 5K walk begins at 9 a.m. Music, face painting, balloon ani- versity Jazz Composers Collec- [email protected] program on the birth of the Ameri- tive. 8 p.m. can song featuring works of mals, clowns, moon bounce, Ray 609-213-0329 Stephen Foster, Jerome Kern, Irv- Handel of 101.5, Boomer from Good Causes ing Berlin, Cole Porter, Richard Trenton Thunder, and information Rodgers, and Stephen Sondheim. about premature births. Mercer Taste of the Nation, Share Our Free. 3 p.m. County’s ambassador family is Strength, Westin Hotel, Forrestal Mike and Jena Maloney and their Village, Plainsboro, 877-26- Music Ministry Concert, Unitari- daughters, Olivia and Addison. TASTE. www.tasteofthenation.- an Universalist Congregation, Register to walk. 8 a.m. org\princeton. The annual gourmet 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, food and wine tasting event show- casing the culinary talents of more than 30 upscale area restaurants. Monday The entire ticket price goes to fight hunger among some 35 million April 26 Americans. Proceeds benefit HomeFront, Isles, Mercer Street Friends Food Cooperative, and the School Sports Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. $85; $95 at the door. 6 to 9 p.m. For WW-P school sports infor- mation, call the hotline: 609-716- For Parents 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. Mothers of Preschoolers, MOPS, North Boys Tennis. MCT. Princeton Alliance Church, 20 Schalks Crossing Road, Plains- South Boys Tennis. MCT. boro, 609-799-9000. www.mops.- North vs. South Girls Golf. At org. “Living With God.” Free. Child South. 3 p.m. care available for $5. 9:30 a.m. North Baseball. At Hightstown. 4 p.m. Live Music North Boys Lacrosse. Montgom- Stringbean and the Stalker, BT ery. 4 p.m. Bistro, 3499 Route 1 South, West Windsor, 609-919-9403. Rock North Girls Lacrosse. Lawrence. and blues. 9 p.m. 4 p.m. APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 33 $742.69, was stolen from its ship- Plainsboro ping package rowning. A Plainsboro man Ddrowned in the Delaware and From The Police Blotter A resident of Princeton was the Raritan Canal on April 4 when the victim of theft on April 8 at the canoe in which he was riding cap- some leaves, which led to a moder- $50 in damage, sometime between police at 609-799-2333. Princeton Meadows shopping cen- sized. ate sized brush fire. The wind April 12 and 13, said Officer Two boys, ages 12 and 13, were ter. Officer Matthieu Baumann Prabakar Vadugamangalamkri, caused the fire to spread quickly. Thomas Larity. walking through the common areas said the victim left her purse in a The Plainsboro Fire Department shopping cart in the parking lot and 26, of Quail Ridge Drive, was in a Criminal Trespass and Peer- of the development on Hampshire canoe he rented with two friends — responded and put out the fire. Drive on April 13, carrying what returned to find that her purse had ing. Police are investigating two been stolen. The approximate val- Anandkuma Duraipandian, 26, and Gas Pipe Line Leak. A gas pipe suspicious incidents involving an appeared to be a rifle, causing pub- Ramkumar Rengamani, 29, both of lic alarm to several residents, said ue of the purse and its contents was line leak caused closure of Forre- apartment on Quail Ridge Drive. $200. Plainsboro — in the canal in stal Road on April 8 at 9:51 a.m. Officer Adam Wurpel said that on Officer Matt Baumann. He said the Princeton around 3:30 p.m. when Officer Joseph Breyta said the line April 8 at 8 a.m., someone tried to boys were actually carrying Air A resident of Knight Drive East the canoe became entangled in tree was struck at a construction site on get into the victim’s apartment, but soft guns (rifle and pistol), but that was the victim of theft on April 4. branches that were partially under- the Princeton Forrestal Campus. was unsuccessful. The second inci- the boys’ parents voluntarily sur- Officer Thomas Larity said some- water. The surrounding buildings were dent occurred on April 9 at 3 a.m., rendered the weapons to Plains- one stole the victim’s bike, which The canoe capsized, throwing evacuated and Forrestal Road was when the victim saw two unidenti- boro police. No charges were filed. was left on the shoreline of a pond all three men, who were poor shut down temporarily while emer- fied men peering into the apart- Defiant Trespass. Plainsboro near the Firmenich Corporation swimmers and not wearing the life gency crews responded. Plains- ment from a second floor breeze- Police noticed a white man tres- building on Plainsboro Road. The jackets provided to them by the boro’s police, fire, first aid, and way of an adjacent building. passing at the Plainsboro Town- estimated value of the bike is $100. rental company, into the water. The CERT teams responded as well as ship Recycling Center, rummaging Harassment. A resident of men began to call for help, and peo- False Public Alarm. Plainsboro Princeton Plasma Physics Labora- through the tire disposal trailer and Hampshire Drive was the victim of ple passing by on foot as well as police responding to a report that tory fire department, Princeton electronic storage area when the harassment between April 3 and 4. other people in canoes came to someone was hit by a car on Route Junction Fire Company, Kingston center was closed. He fled on foot Officer Matt Baumann said some- their aid, but they could not find 1 arrived to learn someone had Volunteer Fire Company, and before police arrived, Officer Matt one spit on the victim’s car and left Vadugamangalamkri. been faking injury to determine, as Princeton Public Safety. PSE&G Baumann said. He was last seen beer bottles on the ground next to Police and water rescue teams part of a school project, how many also responded and abated the gas wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue her car while it was parked on were called to the scene, but his people would stop to help. leak. jeans. Hampshire Drive. The car was not body was not found until 5:30 p.m. According to Sergeant Scott damaged. by divers from Trenton Rescue in Identity Theft. A resident of Seitz, someone called 9-1-1 to re- Theft. A resident of Prospect 20 feet of water between Washing- Ravens Crest Drive was the victim port a man between 18 and 20 years Avenue was the victim of theft be- A resident of Linden Lane was ton Road and South Harrison of identity theft on April 10. Offi- old was hit by a car and was lying in tween March 26 and 27. Officer the victim of harassment between Street. Rescue units from Prince- cer Timothy McMahon said that the southbound lanes near College Thomas Larity said someone en- April 3 and 4. Officer Matt Bau- ton, Trenton, West Trenton, East between August, 10, 2009, and Au- Road, but when police arrived, tered the victim’s unlocked car and mann said someone was imperson- Windsor, and Hamilton responded. gust, 19, 2009, someone used the they found no one. Upon further in- took a silver leather purse contain- ating the victim on a Vadugamangalamkri’s friends victim’s identity to open three vestigation, police learned, mo- ing several credit cards, $380 in formspring.me online account and were not injured. fraudulent bank accounts and at- torists were told he was only lying cash, and other personal belong- answering posted questions as the tempted to transfer $1,100 from the in the road to see how many people ings. The total cost of the stolen victim. Fire. Two Plainsboro juveniles victim’s bank accounts to the would stop to help. Plainsboro Po- items is approximately $408. are in trouble after they started a fraudulent accounts, but were un- lice were unable to locate the man, A resident of Knox Court was A resident of Hampshire Drive brush fire in the wooded area in the successful in doing so. who fled on foot prior to their ar- the victim of harassment on April was the victim of theft between rear of the cul-de-sac on Heritage rival. Witnesses reported the sus- 3. Officer Thomas Larity said Criminal Mischief. Someone March 30 and April 9. Corporal Way. Officer Martin McElrath said pect as a white male wearing a drove donuts on the grass at Waters Robert Fleming said the victim re- the boys, ages 12 and 13, were plaid shirt and blue jeans. Anyone Continued on following page Edge Park, causing approximately ported that his iPhone 3GS, worth playing with a lighter and set fire to with information is asked to call

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Bridgewa- Register at www.meetup.com/- Author Event, Labyrinth Books, Mercer County, Nassau Club, Oaks Golf Club, West Windsor, ter-Raritan. 4 p.m. Princeton-Area-Singles-Network. 122 Nassau Street, Princeton, Princeton. www.rwomc.org. Open 609-989-6896. Volunteers to be 6:30 to 8 p.m. 609-497-1600. www.labyrinth- to all Republicans. 6 p.m. South Boys/Girls Spring Track. honored include Marie Borkowski, books.com. Anne Carson, author Trenton Central. 4 p.m. PEI Kids; Minnie Craig, Corner of “Nox: A Poetry Reading,” will be Schools House; Nicole Addesso, El Centro reading from her first book of poet- South Girls Lacrosse. At Hope- de Recursos; Gail Cooper, An- Open Classroom, Wilberforce well Valley. 4 p.m. Tuesday ry in five years. 5:30 p.m. School, 33 River Road, Prince- gel’s Wings; Sergeant Ernie ton, 609-924-6111. www.wilber- South Softball. At Allentown. 4 Silagyi and detective Annette April 27 Classical Music forceschool.org. Christian school p.m. Henderson, both of Princeton Po- Composers Ensemble, Prince- from kindergarten to eighth grade. North Girls Lacrosse. At PDS. lice Department; Sister Maureen ton University Concerts, Taplin Children are welcome. 9 a.m. 4:15 p.m. Malone, Catholic Charities; Mer- Municipal Meetings Auditorium, 609-258-5000. www.- cer Counter Court Appointed Spe- princeton.edu/utickets. “Off Road” Farmers Market Art cial Advocates, Children’s Home Meeting, WW-P Board of Educa- composition concert features new Society. Register. 6 p.m. tion, Grover Middle School, 609- Princeton University, Firestone Full Moon Tour and Dinner at works by second year graduate Plaza, 609-258-3000. Produce, Rat’s Restaurant, Grounds For 716-5000. Reorganization Meet- students. Free. 8 p.m. Continued on following page ing. 7:30 p.m. grass-fed beef and lamb, free- Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, range poultry, eggs, cheese, Pop Music breads, baked goods, ice cream, School Sports Barbershop Chorus, Princeton and coffee. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For WW-P school sports infor- Garden Statesmen, 300 Meadow mation, call the hotline: 609-716- Lakes, East Windsor, 609-251- 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. 4238. www.princetongarden- statesmen.com. Men of all ages Wednesday Like eating at “Nonna’s” house! North Boys Golf. Hightstown. 3 and experience levels are invited p.m. to sing in four-part harmony. The April 28 North Girls Golf. At Old Bridge. 3 non-profit organization presents at R New Chef from New York’s R p.m. numerous charity including the Trenton Rescue Mission. 7:30 to Mulberry Street in “Little Italy” South Boys Golf. At Notre Dame. 10 p.m. Municipal Meetings 3 p.m. Public Meeting, Plainsboro North Softball. Hun. 4:15 p.m. Food & Dining Township Committee, Municipal South Boys Lacrosse. Notre Nutrition Class, Whole Foods Building, 609-799-0909. www.- Dame. 4:30 p.m. Market, Windsor Green Shopping plainsboronj.com. 7:30 p.m. North Boys Volleyball. Old Center, West Windsor, 609-799- School Sports Bridge. 5:15 p.m. 2919. www.wholefoods.com. “Spring Vegan Soups,” a lecture For WW-P school sports infor- and demo with Rochelle Blank- mation, call the hotline: 609-716- For Men Only Zimmer, Your Natural Choice. Men’s Circle, West Windsor, 609- Register. $25. 7 p.m. 5000, ext. 5134, www.ww-p.org. 933-4280. Share, listen, and sup- North Boys Golf. At Steinert. 3 port other men and yourself. Talk Networking p.m. about relationship, no relation- North Girls Golf. East Brunswick. ship, separation, divorce, sex, no JobSeekers, Parish Hall entrance, 3 p.m. sex, money, job, no job, aging par- Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, ents, raising children, teens, ad- 609-924-2277. trinityprinceton.- South Boys Golf. Allentown. 3 dictions, illness, and fear of aging. org. Networking and support for p.m. R R All men are expected to commit to changing careers. Free. 7:30 p.m. Musicians on Fridays & Saturdays South Girls Golf. Old Bridge. 3 Unwind at the End of the Week confidentiality. Call for location. Live Music p.m. Free. 7 to 9 p.m. R R Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill North Baseball. Steinert. 4 p.m. Catering for All Occasions Film Coffee House, 335 Princeton North Boys Volleyball. At Hills- On or Off Premises Hightstown Road, West Windsor, Princeton International Film Fes- borough. 4 p.m. 206 Farnsworth Avenue • Bordentown • 609-298-8360 609-716-8771. www.groversmill- tival, Princeton Film Society, www.ilovemarcellos.com Garden Theater, 160 Nassau coffee.com. 7 p.m. 34 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 signal, possession of a controlled Steackler, 52, of Lakeville, PA. Continued from preceding page dangerous substance in a motor ve- “The driver was stopped in traffic Luring Arrest someone called the victim’s cell hicle, failure to exhibit registra- in the center lane,” said Melnick. phone from a restricted number tion, being an uninsured motorist, “It was a red light at the time.” avid Rothermel, 48, of and left a threatening voicemail. failure to maintain a lane, and pos- Crews had to extricate Afifi DHunters Glen Drive, was session of an unsealed alcoholic from the car, which crumbled un- charged April 1 with luring two DWI Arrests. Sean F. Quest, beverage in a motor vehicle. der the tractor trailer. He was sent girls, ages 4 and 6, into his apart- 19, of West Long Branch was Marcos E. Tecum-Sapon, 34, of to the Capital Health Regional ment. charged April 10 with driving Medical Center in Trenton and was According to the Middlesex while intoxicated. Corporal Thoreau Drive was charged with driving while intoxicated and pos- listed in stable condition on April County Prosecutor’s Office, George Cier said that while he was 10 with non-life threatening in- Rothermel approached the two patrolling Dey Road, he saw him session of cocaine. Officer Martin McElrath said he stopped him on juries. He did suffer a broken leg girls, who were playing in a yard driving with an inoperable brake and broken arm and some internal in his apartment complex, and light and license plate lamp. He Tennyson Drive for failing to maintain a lane and found him to be injuries. invited them back to his home on said he also saw him drifting over Melnick said there was “no real March 28. The investigation be- ki of the Middlesex County Pros- the fog line on the edge of the road intoxicated and in possession of the cocaine. He was also charged with evidence he attempted to stop be- gan after the parents of the 6- ecutor’s Office. numerous times, stopped him, and hind the tractor trailer” and that he year-old girl called police. The Rothermel, pictured above in found he was intoxicated. He was reckless driving, failing to main- tain a lane, and operating a motor was issued a summons for careless girls were not physically injured, a photo released by the Prosecu- also charged with underage driving driving. the press release stated. tor’s Office, is in custody at the while intoxicated, maintenance of vehicle while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Burglary/Theft. A Hamilton The charges followed an in- Middlesex County Jail in lieu of lamps, failure to maintain a lane, vestigation by Detective Russell $100,000 bail. He must pay the and reckless driving. He was also issued a complaint resident was the victim of theft on warrant for possession of cocaine. April 2 in the Clarion Hotel park- Finkelstein of the Plainsboro Po- full amount before he can be re- Michael Schaffer, 23, of ing lot. Officer Walter Silcox said lice Department and Su Kowals- leased. Vineland, was charged April 2 Roddrick D. Lynch, 24, of Fox Run Drive was charged April 2 someone siphoned approximately with driving while intoxicated. Of- 12 gallons of gasoline from the vic- contents stolen from the wallet was Michael J. Wallenburg, 22, of ficer Thomas Larity said he with driving while intoxicated. Of- ficer Martin McElrath said he tim’s car. The gasoline was worth $1,100. Camden was charged April 3 with stopped him on Hunters Glen Dri- approximately $30. stopped him on Dey Road for fail- A Windridge Court resident was possession of LSD and marijuana. ve for failing to stop while exiting Officer Walter Silcox said he the parking lot of the Caddy Shack ing to maintain a lane and found he A Plainsboro resident was the the victim of theft on March 31. Of- was intoxicated. He was also victim of theft between March 17 ficer Ted Hojnacki said someone stopped the car in which he was a bar and found him to be intoxicat- passenger for speeding on Route 1 ed. He was also charged with reck- charged with reckless driving, and 27. Officer Michael Bollentin stole the victim’s BMX bike, making an improper turn, failure to said someone removed the car’s which he left unlocked in the North at Varsity Avenue and found less driving, failure to stop or yield, he was in possession of under 50 and speeding. follow a marked turn course, and dash cluster and cruise control, breezeway of building 6205 Win- failing to maintain a lane. worth a total $650, while it was dridge Court. The bike was worth grams of marijuana as well as the Travis S. Henderson, 18, of parked at the Pep Boys parking lot $459. LSD. Princeton, was charged April 3 on Route 1 South. Joyce F. Himaia, 26, and Sable with driving while intoxicated, West Windsor Drug Arrests. Erick R. Hau- A Bonita Springs, FL, resident gen, 30, of Hoboken, was charged C. Rivera, 23, both of Hamilton, possession of marijuana under 50 ccident. A mid-morning acci- were charged April 2 with posses- grams, and underage possession of Adent on Route 1 South on was the victim of theft on March April 4 with possession of marijua- 31. Officer Michael McMahon na under 50 grams and possession sion of marijuana under 50 grams. alcohol. Corporal Robert Fleming April 9 sent a Sayreville man to the Officer Jason Jones said he stopped said he saw him make a left on red hospital after he slammed his sedan said someone broke into the vic- of drug paraphernalia. Officer Lee tim’s car through the passenger Brodowski said he stopped him on them on Quakerbridge Road at Vil- from Plainsboro Road onto into the back of a tractor trailer that lage Road for failing to keep right Hunters Glen Drive and stopped was stopped in traffic. side door and stole a laptop worth Route 1 North at Carnegie Center $1,500. Boulevard for having an inopera- and found marijuana located inside him. He said he found he was in- According to Lieutenant Brian the passenger compartment. Hima- toxicated and that he was in posses- Melnick, Mohamad K. Afifi, 66, of A Pennington resident was the ble brake light and found he was in possession of the drugs. He was al- ia was also charged with failure to sion of the marijuana and an alco- Sayreville was heading south on victim of theft on March 31. Offi- keep right, having an unregistered holic beverage. He was also Route 1, just before Fisher Place at cer Frank Bal said someone stole so charged with maintenance of lamps. vehicle, and having an uninsured charged with reckless driving, im- 10:12 a.m. when he slammed into a her wallet while she shopped in vehicle. proper passing, failure to observe a tractor trailer driven by David W. Sam’s Club. The total value of the

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Woodacres, a Junior League of Greater Princeton, Folk Music 1937 Proceeds benefit community pro- Woodacres, 1438 Great Road, Skillman, Vance Gilbert, Patriots Theater at the War grams. $25. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 609-771-0525. Woodacres, a 1937 Geor- Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, 609- gian-style home, has a stonework exterior, Thursday 984-8400. Singer songwriter. $22. 7 p.m. For Parents large interior rooms, and close to seven acres. More than 30 spaces have been April 29 CHADD Parent to Parent Class, Family transformed by interior designers and land- Good Causes Support Organization, 3535 Quaker- scape architects. Proceeds benefit commu- Princeton Dines Out for Parkinson’s Dis- bridge Road, Hamilton, 609-586-1200. nity programs. $25. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ease, Parkinson Alliance, Blue Point Grill, www.mercerfso.org. Four-session class for School Sports Elements, Eno Terra, Gennaro’s, Mediterra, parents and guardians of children with AD- HD. Register. Free. 6 to 8 p.m. Lectures For WW-P school sports information, call Teresa Caffe, Witherspoon Grill, and Yan- kee Doodle Tap Room, 800-579-8440. Parenting Program, Jewish Family and Mercer College, West Windsor, Communi- the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, www.parkinsonalliance.org. Donations by Children’s Services of Greater Mercer cations 109, 609-570-3324. “Slavery and www.ww-p.org. the restaurants will be matched the Tuch- County, New Jersey Hospital Association, Freedom in New Jersey: The Life and Work man Foundation and all donations go direct- Alexander Road, West Windsor, 609-987- of Quaker Abolitionist Richard Waln” pre- North Girls Golf. Montgomery Cougar Clas- ly to research. 5 p.m. 8100. www.jfcsonline.org. “Beyond Time- sented by Susan Kozel, an historian and sic. 1 p.m. Out” presented by Dr. Beth Grosshans, a professor. Free. 1 p.m. South Girls Golf. Montgomery Cougar Clas- sic. 1 p.m. Food & Dining clinical psychologist and author of “Beyond 30th Anniversary Event, Crisis Ministry of Time-Out: From Chaos to Calm,” features a Princeton and Trenton, Nassau Presby- North Boys Lacrosse. At St. Joe’s. 4 p.m. Happy Hour, Tre Bar, Tre Piani Restaurant, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-452- two-hour detailed teaching session for par- terian church, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, North Softball. At Hamilton West. 4 p.m. ents of children ages 3 to 11 years-old using 609-396-9355. www.thecrisisministry.org. 1515. www.trepiani.com. Free hors d’oeu- vres. Drink specials. 4:30 to 7:30 p.m her five-step ladder program. Register. Ad- “Re-Imagining Charity” presented by Cornel South Boys Lacrosse. At Northern Burling- mission, $10; book, $20. 7 p.m. West, professor in Princeton University’s ton. 4 p.m. Wine Tasting, Corkscrew Wine Shop, 49 Center for African American Studies and au- Hulfish Street, Princeton, 609-430-1200. Lectures thor of “Brother West: Living and Loving Out Dance Guest appearance by Michel Fonne, owner Loud” and 19 other books. A graduate of of Domaine Fonne, Alsace, France. Free. 5 Albert Einstein Memorial Lecture, Prince- The End of Innocence, Princeton Univer- ton Chamber, Dodds Auditorium, Harvard University he received his doctor- sity, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609- to 8 p.m. ate degree from Princeton in 1980, the Woodrow Wilson School, 609-924-1776. 258-1500. www.princeton.edu/arts. Chore- Generations in the Kitchen, Beth El Syna- www.princetonchamber.org. “Discovering same year that the Crisis Ministry was ography by Pilar Castro Klitz, Class of 2010. gogue, 50 Maple Stream Road, East Wind- founded. 7 p.m. Where We Came From: The Big Bang The- $10. 8 p.m. sor, 609-443-4454. 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Richard poser and sound artist. 4:30 p.m. 448-3543. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stone, a human resource professional, Open House, The Lewis School, 53 Bayard Qigong, Planet Apothecary, Forrestal Vil- coaches participants on the necessary strate- Lane, Princeton, 609-924-8120. www.- Handell Concert, Princeton Theological gies for finding a job in today’s market. Re- Seminary, Nassau Presbyterian Church, lage, Plainsboro, 732-406-6865. Chinese lewisschool.org. Open house for alternative healing art with movements, visualizations, freshments. Register. Free. 7 p.m. APRIL 16, 2010 THE NEWS 35 WW-P News Classifieds

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Live Music South Softball. At Princeton. 4 p.m. Good Causes ham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-452-1515. Register. $25. 6 p.m. Arturo Romay, Hanami Restaurant, 15 North Girls Lacrosse. At Princeton. 4:15 Stand Against Racism, YWCA Princeton, Farber Road, West Windsor, 609-520- p.m. 609-497-2100. www.ywcaprinceton.org. House Tours 1880. Latin jazz guitar. 6 to 9 p.m. North Boys Volleyball. Woodbridge. 5:15 Visit www.standagainstracism.org for more p.m. information. Individuals will gather at partic- Designer Showcase and Gardens XVI, Ju- Singer Songwriter Showcase, Triumph nior League of Greater Princeton, Brewing Company, 138 Nassau Street, ipating sites to show their commitment to end racism and celebrate diversity. 8 a.m. Woodacres, 1438 Great Road, Skillman, Princeton, 609-924-7855. www.triumph- Dance 609-771-0525. $25. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. brew.com. Hosted by Frank Thewes of The End of Innocence, Princeton Univer- No Place Like Home, Habitat for Humani- West Windsor. 9 p.m. sity, Lewis Center, 185 Nassau Street, 609- ty, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Wither- For Families Alchemist & Barrister, 28 Witherspoon 258-1500. Choreography by Pilar Castro spoon Street, Princeton, 609-393-8009. Klitz, Class of 2010. $10. 8 p.m. Benefit to construct homes in and offering Alex and the Kaleidoscope Band, St. Paul Street, Princeton, 609-924-5555. www.- Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton, theaandb.com. 10 p.m. programs that will help revitalize East Tren- Drama ton. Poet Paul Muldoon will read a poem he 609-921-7587. www.spsprinceton.org. For has written about the deep meaning of a preschool children and their parents. Free Sports for Causes Tom, Dick, and Harry, Off-Broadstreet safe home for all human beings. Entertain- with reservation. 1 p.m. Golf Outing and Auction, Ryan’s Quest, Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, ment, silent auction, raffle, food, and bever- Mercer Oaks, Village Road, West Windsor, Hopewell, 609-466-2766. www.off-broad- ages. Register. $100. 6 to 9 p.m. For Parents 609-947-3611. Benefit on behalf of Ryan street.com. Ray Cooney farce about a cou- ple awaiting a visit from an adoption agency. Pieces of NJTL of Trenton, National Ju- Workshop, Illuminating the Infinite, 666 Schultz of Hamilton, diagnosed with Plainsboro Road, Building 600, Suite 635, Duchenne muscular dystrophy at age two, $27.50 to $29.50. 7 p.m. nior Tennis League of Trenton, Westin, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro, 609-306- Plainsboro, 732-407-2847. www.- with all proceeds directed to DMD research. MacHomer, McCarter Theater, 91 Universi- theinfiniteu.com. Evening for parents of chil- Texas scramble, $150. Dinner, $50. 11 a.m. 4027. Benefit to support free summer, acad- ty Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. www.- emic, and nutritional programs for less privi- dren with special needs. Register. $30. 7 to mccarter.org. Shakespeare’s drama pre- leged children. Cocktails, dinner, live and 9 p.m. sented in one-man show in the voices of silent auctions, and music by Nicky Egan & more than 50 characters from television’s the Majority. A mural created by Tenton Live Music Friday “The Simpsons.” 7:30 p.m. artists James Kelewae and Will Condry will DJ Spoltore, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, Also, Take Flight, Berlind Theater at the be on display. Register. $175. 6:30 p.m. 335 Princeton Hightstown Road, West April 30 McCarter, American premiere of a musical Windsor, 609-716-8771. www.groversmill- about the Wright Brothers, Charles Lind- Comedy Clubs coffee.com. 8 p.m. bergh, and Amelia Earhart by John Weid- School Sports man, David Shire, and Richard Maltby Jr. Catch a Rising Star, Hyatt Regency, 102 Bob Orlowski, It’s a Grind Coffee House, 7 Directed by Sam Buntrock. Through June 6. Carnegie Center, West Windsor, 609-987- Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro, 609- For WW-P school sports information, call $15 to $65. 8 p.m. 8018. catcharisingstar.com. $17.50. 8 p.m. 275-2919. www.itsagrind.com. Jazz and easy listening. 8 p.m. the hotline: 609-716-5000, ext. 5134, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Actors’ NET, Faith www.ww-p.org. 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, PA, Dave Stringer, Planet Apothecary, Forre- Temple Micah, Lawrenceville Presbyterian South Boys Golf. Princeton. 3:10 p.m. 215-295-3694. Eugene O’Neill drama stars stal Village, Plainsboro, 732-406-6865. Kyla Marie Mostello, Chuck Donnelly, and Church, 2688 Main Street, Lawrenceville, www.planetapothecary.com. Register. $25. North Boys Golf. Hamilton West. 3:40 p.m. Joe Doyle. $20. 8 p.m. 609-921-1128. Shabbat dinner followed by 8 p.m. services. Register. 6 p.m. North Girls Golf. At Lawrenceville. 3:45 Annie, Kelsey Theater, Mercer County p.m. Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Student Weekend, Princeton Presbyterian OutdoorAction North Baseball. At Hamilton West. 4 p.m. Road, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. Church, 545 Meadow Road, West Windsor, Arbor Day Celebration, Terhune Or- Classic family musical. $16. 8 p.m. 609-987-1166. princetonpresbyterian.org. chards, 330 Cold Soil Road, 609-924-2310. North Boys Tennis. Steinert. 4 p.m. Bonfire and local bands. For grades 5 to 12. www.terhuneorchards.com. Children hear a South Baseball. At Princeton. 4 p.m. Classical Music Register. Free. 8 to 18 p.m. “tree” story and receive a free blue spruce South Boys Tennis. Allentown. 4 p.m. seedling. Pre-schoolers in the morning and Westminster Conservatory, The Play- Food & Dining school-aged in the afternoon. Free. 10 a.m. house, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu. South Girls Lacrosse. At Notre Dame. 4 Slow Food Buffet, Tre Piani, 120 Rocking- and 4 p.m. p.m. Westminster Opera Theater. 8 p.m. 36 THE NEWS APRIL 16, 2010 How Green Is Your Family? atherine Zandonella of West Windsor presents a family-friendly book-sign- Learn to embrace a Cing at Barnes & Noble on Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m. in honor of Earth Day. Her new kind of clean new book, aimed at helping families live a ence did not seem to afford many career op- greener lifestyle, “Green Guide Families: portunities,” she says. “Instead I studied The Complete Reference for Eco-friendly pharmacology, but I took the environmental Parents,” is published by National Geo- courses that were offered.” graphic Books. She received a bachelor’s degree in phar- “Addressing the key environmental issues macology from the University of California, faced by parents of young children today, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree in pub- this book takes a straightforward approach to lic health with an emphasis on environmen- such urgent concerns as toxic metals in toys, tal toxicology from the University of Cali- safe and non-toxic sun protection, safer and fornia, Berkeley. She also studied science eco-friendly ways care for our homes and writing at the University of California, Santa Toxic Avenger: Catherine yards, and how to host eco-friendly birthday Cruz’s science writing program. Her expe- Zandonella shows step-by- parties and holidays,” Zandonella says. rience as a research associate in a biotechnol- step how to live greener. “I always wanted to be a writer but my ogy company gave her insight into the family encouraged the study of science,” she process of scientific discovery, allowing her says. “I have been able to combine these two to bring a deeper understanding to her cover- loves by writing about age of science research. they researched various communities. “We we would never leave rat poison on the science for magazines, Zandonella also served as were drawn to West Windsor by the quiet, counter where a child could reach it. But we and now, the book “Green ‘We need to ask our- a Peace Corps volunteer family-oriented nature of the community,” continue to spray weed-killer on our lawns Guide Families.” selves two questions: in Lesotho, in southern she says. “We especially enjoy the ability to where our kids play. As a science journalist Africa, where she taught buy fresh produce from family-owned “Wouldn’t it be better if we went through who covers topics from Is this product safe and high school math and sci- farms.” our homes and eliminated these chemicals environmental health and healthy for my child? ence for two years. “The Her husband, who works in information before they could harm our children? The toxicology to biomedical experience of living in a technology at an investment bank, bikes to steps we take to make our homes healthful research and technology, And i s this safe and healthy for the planet? rural village that lacked the train station nearly every day of the year, and safe for our children are the same steps she is science editor of electricity and paved including in the rain and snow. “He intro- that clean up and preserve our larger home, National Geographic The two questions go roads shaped my desire to duced our family to the practice of compost- Earth. Green Guide since 2002. hand in hand.’ better the livelihoods of ing, which helps us reduce the amount of “When making decisions about our chil- Born in Santa Monica, people and improve the garbage sent to landfills while creating some dren’s health — and we parents make hun- California, she was raised planet through my writ- excellent soil for our garden,” she says. dreds of these decisions each month — we in Fullerton, in northern Orange County. Her ing,” she says. You can bet that the Zandonella-Fanta need to ask ourselves two questions: Is this father was an electronics technician who She met her husband, Richard Fanta, in household has been well-vetted for environ- product safe and healthy for my child? And, maintained flight training simulators for a San Francisco when she was a graduate stu- mental hazards. As Zandonella writes in Is this safe and healthy for the planet? The major airline and her mother was a nurse. dent at the University of California, Berke- “Green Guide Families:” “Kids need our two questions go hand in hand.” “My parents encouraged me and my siblings ley, and he was working at a software com- protection, and protect we do. Yet some of — Lynn Miller to study science or engineering,” she says. pany during the “dot-com” heyday. He was the biggest threats to our children get little at- “My interest in science was spurred by an ex- transferred to New York City in 2002 and tention at all and are featured on few televi- Author Event, Barnes & Noble, Market- cellent high school biology teacher, who they moved first to Brooklyn where they sion commercials. In fact, many parents have Fair, West Windsor. Thursday, April 22, 7 taught me to think about biology in terms of lived for three years and where their twins heard little about them. These are threats p.m. Catherine Zandonella, a West Windsor living systems rather than just facts to be were born. The twins, Benjamin and Marie such as chemicals in our household products, resident and author of “Green Guide Fami- memorized.” Fanta, 8 (next week), are in second grade at furnishings, and air, both indoors and out. lies,” presents fun ways to get children to “I wanted to study environmental science Maurice Hawk School. We all know that pesticides are deadly, and think green and live a green lifestyle. 609- in college but at that time, environmental sci- When they decided to move to New Jersey 716-1570. www.bn.com.

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