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Residents Speak out in Defense of Grover Farm He Grover Farm House Is Still Scheduled for Erty from the Grovers for $3.78 Million JUNE 8, 2012 WEST WINDSOR & PLAINSBORO NEWS Headliners: AJ Chavez and Caroline Kellner star for South’s track team; Christina LiPuma leads North, page 17. thing for the language,” Mirg says. Mayor Determined Should WW-P Mirg and some fellow advocates for “Hindi in WW-P” also attended the Mon- to Preserve West day, June 4, meeting of the school board’s Teach Hindi? curriculum committee, and board mem- Windsor’s History by Rikki N. Massand bers informed them that the topic would ne of the chief concerns likely come up for discussion at the final voiced before Council’s hould Hindi be taught in the school board meeting of the school year, on second vote against the Tuesday, June 26. O district? On Tuesday, May 22, par- proposed demolition of the Grover Sents from the non-profit Hindi USA Finding a place for Hindi among WW- farmstead, including the home of language school showed up at the West P’s language electives isn’t a novel con- war hero Thomas Grover, was that Windsor-Plainsboro school board meet- cept, but the group at the May 22 board bit-by-bit the symbols of West ing, starting a dialogue on integrating meeting has some specifics in mind. Their Windsor’s history and agricultural Hindi into the district’s curriculum. efforts are a decade in the making as the heritage are being obliterated. Twenty-five people showed up in notice- Indian population has expanded in central Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh says on able green T-shirts that read “I Support New Jersey. the contrary, his administration Hindi in WW-P,” but the group said it rep- The Hindi USA school, held every Fri- has done more to preserve the resents the sentiments of more than 200 day night at Grover Middle School, was township’s rich history than any parents from the language school and started five years ago. Although the loca- officials who came before him. many others in the community. tion is in West Windsor, on Hindi USA’s Establishing the Saturday farm- Gulshan Mirg, coordinator of the West website it’s listed as the Plainsboro ers’ markets next to the train sta- Windsor-Plainsboro Hindi USA school, branch. There are 14 other locations of tion was one example. Preserving described the plan to bring Hindi to WW- Hindi USA in the state including schools historic buildings such as the fire P. “We had already met with the assistant in Montgomery, Lawrenceville, and house that the West Windsor Arts superintendent (Martin Smith) and it was South Brunswick. The organization is Council now occupies as well as time to come to the board meeting and based in Pemberton. structures of the old potato barn at make our case. We needed to make them Today Hindi USA in West Windsor- the new Center for Orthodontic aware that there is a growing population Excellence at 61 Princeton-Hight- of Indians here, and they need to do some- Continued on page 14 stown Road are further evidence, the mayor says. Some have suggested that the Head of the Class: High School South salutatorian Albert Lee (top Rogers House on the grounds of left, headed for Princeton University in the fall) and valedictorian Mercer County Park holds sub- Peter Ku (Harvard University) with Principal Roseann Bonino; stantially more historical signifi- North salutatorian Barbara Zhan (bottom left, Princeton Universi- cance to the area than the Grover house (see letter page 3) as it is one ty) and valedictorian Payal Marathe (Yale University) with Princi- of only two sites in the area listed pal Michael Zapicchi. Marathe is the daughter of WW-P Board of Education President Hemant Marathe. Continued on page 9 Residents Speak Out in Defense of Grover Farm he Grover Farm house is still scheduled for erty from the Grovers for $3.78 million. demolition by the township, but it has at least The family continued to live at the home until Treceived a stay of execution following an out- December, 2008, when Leroy Grover died. His pouring of public support for the building at the wife vacated the home two months later. West Windsor Council meeting on May 29. It wasn’t until November, 2011, that the town- The Council did not vote on another recommen- ship shut off the water, electric, cable, and gas. In dation from Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s administra- February, the township asked the West Windsor tion to have the Grover family house torn down. Historical Society to remove any items of histori- The vote would have granted a $60,000 contract to cal significance from the house. Robert T. Winziger Inc. to carry out the demoli- Hsueh, speaking at the council meeting, said tion. the historical society, along with the Grover fami- Council decided instead to form a committee of ly and township personnel, completed the clearing 9 or 10 people with experience in construction, of the house by mid-April. In an interview, Hsueh along with representatives from the township ad- said that not much in the home was determined to ministration and Council, to study the matter. be part of the town’s history. The Grover farmstead consists of the house, red In early May, the home was determined to be barns, and 88-acres of farmland. It was part of West Windsor’s first open-space purchase, dating back to 1994, when the township bought the prop- Continued on page 16 Center for Orthodontic WW-P’S FREE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER WWPINFO.COM Letters: The Case Against Teaching Hindi 2 Excellence A Windrows Resident Flies at Age 80 7 orthodontics for adults and children Plainsboro Plans a Business Showcase 12 It’s A Grind Event Benefits Plainsboro EMTs 23 61 Princeton-Hightstown Road #1 Police Reports 28 Classifieds 31 FOLLOW WWPINFO ON FACEBOOK & TWITTER FOR TIMELY UPDATES SEE AD PAGE 21 ISSUE DATE: JUNE 8, 2012 NEXT ISSUE:JUNE 22 e t Princeton Fitness & Wellness at Plainsboro 2 THE NEWS JUNE 8, 2012 JoanJoan Eisenberg Eisenberg Office:RE/MAXJoan 609-951-8600Joan Greater Eisenberg Eisenberg Princeton x110 Office:RE/MAXMobile:609-306-1999Princeton 609-951-8600 ForrestalGreater Village Princeton x110 Views & Opinions Mobile:[email protected]:Princeton 609-951-8600 Forrestal x 110Village [email protected]:Mobile:609-306-1999 609-951-8600 x 110 Jeremax@aol com www.JoanSells.comMobile:609-306-1999 [email protected] To the Editor: topic and a policy issue, and I am not for or against the idea. I want to Owner/Sales Associate Why Hindi? present some facts so that the de- VILLAGEPlain GRANDEsboro V VALUESalue bate on one particular question gets The Facts more streamlined: How important he WW-P News article is the knowledge of a foreign lan- “Parents Tell School Board guage for doing business? Richard K. Rein to Put Hindi in WW-P” Despite being internationally Editor T one of the largest trading (May 25, 2012) cites two reasons Rikki N. Massand given by 25 Indian-American par- economies in the world, these Municipal News ents to introduce Hindi as a formal United States are for most part a closed and self-sufficient econo- Lynn Miller course offered in the schools — “to Community News Editor help children be my. This might come as a surprise better prepared to to many who fail Jamie Saxon work in the glob- to realize how Features Editor al economy” and Around 93 percent of big our economy Sara Hastings really is. We “connect with the U.S. does not speak Special Projects have a GDP of those in India.” any other language ex- Craig Terry The first reason is $15 trillion and Plainsboro: Photography 3 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath, 2 Car Garage, Huge Basement. not supported by cept English and Span- only 13 percent Vaughan Burton Incredibly maintained all Brick Ranch Home – Hardwood flooring, facts; the second, ish. Knowing these two of it is due to ex- granite counters in skylit kitchen, large living room featuring brick though a valid languages should be ports. Imports Production fireplace with wood burning stove insert. Beautiful yard with huge 25 are slightly high- Jennifer Schwesinger and genuine need good enough. x 24 tiered deck with retractable awning, paver walkways plus brick of first generation er at 16 percent Account Executive and paver patios. Large shed, flower and vegetable garden areas. immigrant chil- of the GDP. That Bill Sanservino 5 Yr old central Air Conditioning, 8 Yr old furnace. All in the Award dren, is not the puts us in the top Production Manager Winning School District of West Windsor-Plainsboro. Close to 10 most closed economies in the stated goal of the World Lan- Lawrence L. DuPraz 1919-2006 Shopping, Schools, Commuter Train & Major Roadways. $369,900 world, right along with Nepal, guages Program in our schools. Founding Production Adviser Ethiopia, Brazil and Tonga. Immigrant children already Euna Kwon Brossman have an immersion experience in Compared to us, China, Britain Michele Alperin, Bart Jackson native language and culture in their and Mexico’s trade percent of home and social engagements. The GDP is 30 percent and for Korea Pritha Dasgupta stated goal of World Language the number is above 50 percent. Phyllis Spiegel Program is to make them a better Think about your own expenses Contributing Writers and where most of it is sourced global citizen and be able to work For inquiries, call 609-243-9119. in diverse communities. Teaching from. Our biggest expense — taxes — are recycled back into the U.S. Fax: 609-243-9020. Hindi to Indians, Mandarin to Chi- E-mail: [email protected] economy through social security nese or Hebrew to Jewish students Home Page: www.wwpinfo.com might not be a great way to incul- payments, medicare payments and Mail: 12 Roszel Road, Suite C-205, cate in those kids an appreciation Princeton, NJ 08540 for diversity.
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