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WW-P’S FREE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER WWPINFO.COM WEST WINDSOR Letters to the Editor 2 & PLAINSBORO WW Residents Demand Cell Tower Setbacks 12 Zoning OKed For WW Mixed Use Project 13 Rangeela March of Dimes Benefit 21 Police Reports 29 Classifieds 31 Spotlight on Spotlight School of Drama 32 NEWS ISSUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 NEXT ISSUE:SEPTEMBER 25 New Coach for North Girls’ Tennis Hary Appointed as WW by Cara Latham Business Administrator rowing up in Bethlehem, PA, Caitlin Allen partici- by Cara Latham them as we formulate the 2010 mu- pated in “probably every nicipal budget,” he says. G fter his third stint serving sport” available. When she got to In taking on the budget prepara- middle school, she took a special as interim business admin- tion, which is one of the most im- liking to tennis, and by the time she Aistrator in West Windsor, portant functions of a business ad- entered high school, her love for Robert Hary now finds himself as ministrator, Hary says the adminis- the game was serious. the head administrator in the town- tration has already begun work on After winning the state tourna- ship after nearly 20 years here al- the 2010 budget. “When we do ment in high school, playing tennis ready. municipal budgeting, we not only at Lafayette College, where she Hary, who was approved Au- focus on the current budget, but earned her degree in chemistry, gust 31 as the business administra- from a capital and operational and then spending two years as an tor for the dura- standpoint, assistant coach under former head tion of Mayor how it will im- coach Albert Paulsson, Allen now Shing-Fu ‘In the more than two pact the town- finds herself at the helm of the Hsueh’s term ship budgets through 2013, months, he has been ex- North girls’ tennis program, and cellent as a business ad- long-term. she already feels at home. comes on board That’s the chal- Allen, whose father works for a at a time when ministrator based on lenge — keep- heating and air-conditioning com- the Township the reactions we re- ing taxes low, Council is try- pany and whose mother is a home- ceived,’Hsueh said. but to ensure maker, graduated from college in ing to get a head what we’re do- 2005. She began her career as a start on budget ing is part of a chemist, working for a company in deliberations for next year in hopes long-term plan.” Bridgewater. After two years on of reducing the financial impact to The budget season in West the job, she decided she really taxpayers amid a tough economic Windsor usually is the most high- climate. wanted to get into teaching. Smooth Transition: Caitlin Allen, who takes over the ly-debated part of the year politi- Around the same time, the assis- The first public discussion on cally, but Hary says he is not wor- tant coaching job opened up at Norths girls’tennis program, served two years as as- the matter will begin on Monday, ried because the members of the North, and she jumped at the op- sistant coach under former coach Albert Paulsson. September 21, during a special council and mayor seem to want to portunity. There, her experience pre-budget meeting the council has move in a similar direction. “I scheduled to examine its options working with Paulsson taught her have an easier transition than an will face its fiercest competitors in haven’t heard any council mem- many of the ins and outs of how for the upcoming fiscal year, and bers saying that they want to neces- outsider would, but for Allen, Hopewell, Princeton and South. In Hary says he is looking forward to school sports are organized in New knowing how to call the shots is fact, the crosstown rivals are pitted sarily reduce services, so I’m look- Jersey. “The background work re- jumping right in. ing forward to the fact that both the nothing new. And, she says she’s against each other twice this sea- “It’s the first time that council is ally helped me work out the logis- prepared to continue the solid son. mayor and council want to look to- tics in taking on the head coaching going to be discussing an upcom- ward other ways of mitigating tax record the team has had over the Allen’s working relationship ing budget so early, and that’s position,” said Allen. past few years. with Paulsson was not typical. “It increases, rather than just cutting Usually, any coach who moves good because I want to hear their expenses,” Hary said. As she prepares to take over the input, and I want to hear the things up from an assistant position from reins, the team heads to its first Continued on page 16 that are going to be important to within the same organization will year in a new conference, where it Continued on page 10 DAY-BY-DAY INPLAINSBORO & WEST WINDSOR For more event listings visit www.princeton- North Girls Soccer. At Ewing. 4 p.m. Dancing info.com. North Girls Tennis. Lawrence. 4 p.m. Outdoor Dancing, Central Jersey Dance South Boys Soccer. At Trenton Central. 4 Society, Hinds Plaza, Witherspoon Street, p.m. Princeton, 609-945-1883. www.centraljer- seydance.org. Swing dance for all levels. No Friday South Field Hockey. Hopewell Valley. 4 p.m. partner needed. Surface is smooth stone. September 11 South Girls Soccer. Trenton Central. 4 p.m. Free. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. South Girls Tennis. At Hightstown. 4 p.m. Dancing by Peddie Lake, 112 Etra Road, South Girls Volleyball. Hillsborough. 5:30 Hightstown, 609-443-8990. www.dance.- p.m. homestead.com. Four-week dance class of- Remembering 9/11 fering instruction by Candace Woodward- Mercer County Community College, West Drama Clough in swing, foxtrot, waltz and Latin Windsor campus, 609-278-7137. September dancing. Beginners at 7:30 p.m.; intermedi- 11th commemoration ceremony, with county Having Our Say, McCarter Theater at the ates at 8:30 p.m. Register. $56 per person. executive Brian Hughes and MCCC presi- Berlind, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609- 7:30 p.m. dent Patricia Donahue. Free. The ceremony 258-2787. mccarter.org. Drama by Emily will be held in Remembrance Park, adjacent Mann adapted from the book by Sadie and Dance Party, American Ballroom, 569 to the Student Center. 11 a.m. Bessie Delany with Amy Hill Hearth. Through Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-931-0149. October 18. $20 to $55. 8 p.m. www.americanballroomco.com. $15. 8 p.m. September 11th Memorial, West Windsor to 11 p.m. Township, Memorial Twin Ponds, Ron Rogers Arboretum, corner of Route 571 and Art Dance Jam, Dance Improv Live, All Saints Clarksville Road, West Windsor, 609-799- Art Exhibit, Gallery 14, 14 Mercer Street, Church, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton, 609- 6141. Seven West Windsor residents died on Hopewell, 609-333-8511. www.photos- 924-3767. www.danceimprov.com. Expres- 9/11. 7 p.m. gallery14.com. Opening reception for “Faces sive dance improvisation with live music. $15. 8 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Interfaith Event, String of Pearls, Unitarian of the Angkors,” an exhibit featuring the Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill works of David H. Miller. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Road, Princeton, 609-430-0025. www.- Gallery Exhibit, Mariboe Gallery, Peddie Continued on page 18 stringofpearlsweb.org. Service with several School, Hightstown, 609-490-7550. www.- interfaith leaders. 8 p.m. peddie.org. Reception and gallery talk for “Black Pool,” an exhibition of sculptures and Emily Straley, a sophomore at High School North, is an ambas- School Sports drawings by Rachel Frank. 6:30 to 8 p.m. sador to the American Heart Association Start! Heart Walk around For WW-P school sports information, call Art Opening, Mercer County College 609-716-5100, ext. 5134, or visit www.ww- Gallery, 609-570-3589.. Reception and Mercer County Park on Sunday, September 13. Straley, 15, was p.org. awards ceremony for the 2009 Mercer Coun- born with a heart defect and has undergone heart surgery. 609- ty Photogrpahy Exhibit. Photographers from North Boys Soccer. Ewing. 4 p.m. 208-0020. every municipality in Mercer County are fea- North Field Hockey. Robbinsville. 4 p.m. tured. 5 to 7:30 p.m. 2 THE NEWS SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 Views & Opinions To The Editor: Democrat months into a new term. I am certain the mayor must have ‘Buried’ News Item had some inkling that he intended to make this declaration at the time Bothers a Voter he was campaigning for another was surprised to see the article term. It would have been nice to have him come out during the elec- concerning Mayor Hsueh’s Richard K. Rein registering as a Democrat tion so voters could make an edu- I cated decision as to whether, de- Editor and Publisher buried further back in the West Cara Latham Windsor-Plainsboro News (dated spite his political affiliation, they News Editor August 28th). As someone who still supported him and his cause. voted for Mayor Hsueh, I am ex- I’m not saying the outcome would Lynn Miller tremely disappointed that only a have been drastically different, but Community News Editor at least there would have been no little over three months after the Brian McCarthy election and into his new term, the hidden surprises or buyer’s re- morse on the part of voters like me. Craig Terry mayor has decided that he is a De- Photography mocrat.