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By VITA DUVAThe Sun

This year, the WitherspoonStreet Presbyterian Churchmarks its 175th anniversary.

Since its founding, the historicAfrican-American Church, locat-ed at 112 Witherspoon St., hasendlessly carried the torch for thepromotion of social justice inPrinceton and the surroundingcommunity.

“We are a congregation of com-mitted Christians who want tosee the spirit of Christ manifest-ed in the lives of everyonethroughout the community,” saidthe Rev. M. Muriel Burrows. “Wedon’t just sit in the pews, but arecommitted to social justice andmaking a difference in the lives of others.”

In celebration of this mile-stone, the Paul Robeson HouseCommittee is slated to host a din-ner and silent auction on Sunday,Nov 15. The event, which willkick off at 3 p.m. at the NassauInn, is open to the public.

Peter J. Paris, the Elmer G.Homrighausen professor of Christian social ethics, emeritusat Princeton Theological Semi-nary, will present the keynote ad-dress.

The church, which arose dur-ing a time of social, political and

religious upheaval in the Prince-ton community and across the na-tion, persevered due to a resilientcongregation consisting of slaves,servants and free people.

Over time, the congregationboldly challenged the African Col-onization Society and FugitiveSlave Laws, just to name a few.

To date, the church boasts a

racially diverse congregationhailing from several communi-ties throughout Central Jersey,thanks to the willpower of thosewho came before.

“We have come a long way, andare honored that after 175 years,we are still here worshipping andserving the community,” saidShirley Satterfield, church histo-

rian and long-time resident of theWitherspoon-Jackson communi-ty. “My family history is associat-ed with this church, and I praythat we not only survive, butthrive.”

For more information aboutthe church’s 175th anniversarycelebration dinner and auction,call (609) 924-1666.

2 THE PRINCETON SUN — NOV. 11–17, 2015

The following reports are pro-vided the Princeton Police De-partment.

On Oct. 30, an 80-year-oldPrinceton Junction female driv-ing a 2006 Cadillac STS struck a2002 Hyundai Elantra, operatedby a 46-year-old Princeton female,in the intersection on Elm Road

at Cleveland Lane. The driver of the Hyundai Elantra was injured.

The Cadillac was reportedlytraveling west on Cleveland Laneand while making a left turn ontoElm Road, struck the Hyundai

driver’s door with its left frontbumper. The Hyundai was travel-ing straight, eastbound, throughthe intersection at the time.

The Hyundai sus-tained extensive dam-age to the driver’s door,and the driver was ex-tricated from the vehi-cle by Princeton Res-

cue 168 and transport-ed to the University Medical Cen-ter at Plainsboro for upper bodypain.

The Cadillac driver was unin- jured and her Cadillac sustained

minor damage to its front end.She was issued a summons forfailing to yield the right of way atan intersection.

On Oct. 13, a DrakesCorner Road residentreported that un-known actor(s) ac-cessed her PNC check-

ing account and madefraudulent charges totaling$1,147. An American AirlinesCredit Union account was alsofraudulently opened using thevictim’s personal information.

A Christopher Drive residentreported that sometime betweenOct. 26 and 27, unknown actor(s)stole her Halloween decorationsfrom the front of the residence to-taling $200 in value.

On Oct. 27, a 34-year-old Lindenmale was arrested on a NewarkMunicipal Court warrant for $50

during a car stop on Princeton-Kingston Road. He was processedand released after posting bail.

On Oct. 29, a 34-year-old Berlinmale was arrested on an Eve-

sham Township Municipal Courtwarrant for $195 during a car stopon State Road. He was processedand released on his own recogni-zance.

On Oct. 31, a 27-year-old Whar-ton male and 26-year-old Medfordmale were arrested for possessionof marijuana, cocaine and drug

paraphernalia during a car stopon Stockton Street. Both wereprocessed at police headquartersand released with summonses.

Witherspoon Street Presbyterian marks 175 years

Driver sustains injuries in car accident at Elm Road, Cleveland Lane

Historic African American church ‘a congregation of committed Christians,’ pastor says

police

report

VITA DUVA/The Sun

Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 175th anniversary.

HISTORICAL EVENTS

1836 – Ninety of 131 African-American members of the FirstPresbyterian Church – nowknown as Nassau PresbyterianChurch – are dismissed due to afire and told to form a churchunder the name, "The FirstPresbyterian Church of Colourof Princeton."1840 – The Witherspoon StreetPresbyterian Church is born on

the second Sabbath.1879 – The Rev. William DrewRobeson is appointed pastor.1898 – Robeson's son, Paul,who would later become thewell-known signer and activistwe know today, is born at theChurch Manse, located at 110Witherspoon St.1901 – The New BrunswickPresbytery dismisses Robesonfor his equal rights work forAfrican-Americans.2003 – The church welcomes

its first female minister, the Rev.M. Muriel Burrows.2005 – The church re-purchas-es 110 Witherspoon St., nowknown as The Paul RobesonHouse.2015 – The New BrunswickPresbytery adopts a resolutionaddressing the dismissal ofRobeson, acknowledging thepast wrong.

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By ERICA CHAYES WIDAThe Sun

Democrats Heather H. Howard andArden “Lance” Liverman were re-electedto Princeton Council on Tuesday, Nov. 3.Howard received 3,207 votes, or 36.99 per-cent.

“I am honored to have been re-electedand pleased that I'll be serving withLance,” Howard said. “I'm ready to jump

back in on our work. We have a lot to do, in-cluding creating an affordable housingplan.”

Liverman received 3,116 votes, 35.94 per-cent.

"Winning has always meant that the ma-

jority of the community still approves of the job I am doing," said Liverman grate-fully. "I am delighted my running partnerCouncilwoman Heather Howard will alsobe returning to council. I would like tothank Kelly DiTosto and Lynn Irving for

running for council and would love forboth of them to get involved so that all of us can continue to make Princeton a beau-tiful town."

Residents re-elect Howard, Liverman to CouncilElizabeth Kalber Baglio, Dafna Kendal, Patrick Sullivan win seats on Princeton Board of Education

please see KALBER, page 18

LANCE LIVERMANHEATHER HOWARDBETSY KALBER

BAGLIODAFNA KENDAL PATRICK SULLIVAN

Chris Christie was not on the

General Election ballot last

Tuesday, but the effect he had

on the outcome of elections in New

Jersey was profound.

At least three state Assembly seats

switched hands from the Republicans

to the Democrats last week, with a

fourth pending official results. If all

four seats switch to the Democrats, it

will reduce the GOP’s number of seats

to 28 out of 80, its lowest total in more

than 30 years.

Democrats Joann Downey and Eric

Houghtaling defeated their Republican

incumbent opponents Mary Pat An-

gelini and Caroline Casagrande in the

state’s 11th District in MonmouthCounty, a district where Republicans

held both seats since 1992.

In the 1st District in South Jersey,

Republican Assemblyman Sam Fioc-

chi lost his seat. Democrats Bob An-

drzejczak and his running mate Bruce

Land defeated Fiocchi and his running

mate Jim Sauro.

Voter turnout is expected to be low –

official results haven’t been released

yet –because of the lack of a “prime”

position to vote for, such as governor

or president. But those who did show

up to the polls sent a pretty clear mes-

sage that they are unhappy with the

way things are going in the Assembly.

Many political pundits believe thismessage was aimed directly at Christie

and the Republican Party, and it’s hard

to counter that argument.

Four years ago, Christie was riding

high as a potential Republican candi-

date against President Obama. Feel-

ings were good about Christie in New

Jersey and, as a result, about the Re-

publican Party in general.

Today, after controversies such as

the George Washington Bridge debacle

and fight against pensions, the tides

have changed quite substantially.

While he’s in the large GOP field

looking for the 2016 nomination,

Christie’s bubble has seemed to burst.

While the dust has not settled yet, his

onetime status as a rising star seems to

have faded, and his party is paying for

his blunders back home.

Last week, voters spoke out against

Christie and his party. In the next few

months, his party members will have a

chance to speak out against him againin the Republican Primary, if he re-

mains on the ballot, that is.

And then, assuming he doesn’t come

out victorious, he will ride off into the

sunset as the Garden State will select a

new governor come 2017.

in our opinion

The Chris Christie effectEv en though he wasn’t on ballot, the go vernor had an effect on election outcomes

Your thoughts

What are your thoughts on the resultsof last week’s General Election and thepotential message it sends to Gov.Christie? Share your thoughts on this,and other topics, in a letter to the editor.


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...we'll tile it! By VITA DUVA

The Sun

“Stay in line…”“Hold hands…”“Keep your eyes closed…”These three phrases have

haunted Princeton Singers’ Artis-tic Director Dr. Steven Sametzsince Dec. 14, 2012.

That day, images from the

Sandy Hook Elementary Schoolshooting in Newtown, Conn.,which took place earlier thatmorning, flooded news outletsacross the country.

“Chief among them was a pho-tograph of a line of childrenbeing led out of the school to thenearby fire station,” Sametz said,recalling the photograph frommemory.

Twenty children and six teach-ers and administrators were slainthat day.

Sametz explained that SandyHook pointed to basic humanfears – the fear as children thatour world is not safe, and the fearas adults that we cannot keep theworld safe for our children.

“Deciding to compose a workin memory of those killed in

Newtown was not easy. Foremost,I did not want to intrude on thegrieving process of the familiesand community. But, as artists,we are hopeful that what we cre-ate may offer healing to thosewho mourn,” he said. “I knewthen that those three phraseswould be the first intoned words

Princeton Singers premier‘A Child’s Requiem’ Nov. 21

New work composed in memory of children,

adults killed in 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting

please see PRINCETON, page 17


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WE NES Y NOV. 11Judy Rivkin with Dr. Darcy: Prince-

ton Country Dancers, SuzannePatterson Center, 8-10:30 p.m.

Tickets: $8.Princeton Photography Club Meet-

ing: D&R Greenway Land Trust,7:30 p.m. Guest speaker RonWyatt will present a talk entitled,“Practical Travel Photography.”

Veterans Day Observance: “Hon-oring the First Marine to Die ina Land Battle in Addition to AllThose Soldiers Who Fell in theAmerican Revolution”: Prince-ton Battlefield Society, PrincetonBattlefield State Park, 1:30 p.m.For more information, email

[email protected].

THURS Y NOV. 12Drawing 101 Workshop: Morven

Museum and Garden, 10:30-1 p.m.$165 per person; $140 for Friendsof Morven or members of theArts Council of Princeton. Opento ages 16 and up. All levels ofexperience welcome.

Arcanto String Quartet: PrincetonUniversity, Richardson Auditori-um, 7 p.m. For tickets, call (609)258-9220.

FRI Y NOV. 13Princeton Triangle Club Presents

Tropic Blunder: McCarter The-atre Center, 8 p.m.

“Zayka’s Apartment”: Lewis Cen-ter for the Arts’ Program in The-atre, Princeton University, BerlindTheatre at McCarter TheatreCenter, 8 p.m. For more informa-tion, visithttp://arts.princeton.edu/events/the-fall-show-zayaks-apartment/.

Emerging Writers Reading with

Tiphanie Yanique: Lewis Centerfor the Arts’ Program in CreativeWriting, Princeton University,Labyrinth Books, 6 p.m. For moredetails, visit http://arts.prince-ton.edu/events/emerging-writ-ers-reading-with-tiphanie-yanique/.

Divorce Recovery Seminar: “Deal-ing with Depression”: PrincetonChurch of Christ, 7:30 p.m. Formore information, call (609) 581-

3889.

S TUR Y NOV. 14Second Saturday Walks: Wild

Natives and Seed Stories: D&RGreenway Land Trust, CedarRidge Preserve, Hopewell, 10-noon. Call (609) 924-4646 formore information.

Princeton Triangle Club PresentsTropic Blunder: McCarter The-atre Center, 8 p.m.

“Zayka’s Apartment”: Lewis Cen-ter for the Arts’ Program in The-atre, Princeton University, BerlindTheatre at McCarter TheatreCenter, 8 p.m. For more informa-tion, visit

http://arts.princeton.edu/events/the-fall-show-zayaks-apartment/.

Fall Fundraiser: Dining by Design:Arts Council of Princeton,Grounds for Sculpture, 6 p.m. Thetheme of this gala is Greenscape,celebrating the stunning ways inwhich art and nature align. Fundsraised by Dining by Design sup-port the ACP’s outreach commu-nity education programs for at-risk youth and low-income sen-iors. For tickets or more details,call (609) 924-8777.

“Birds of Shark River”: WashingtonCrossing Audubon Society, Bel-mar Marina, 9 a.m. A free, publicbirding trip. For more informa-tion, call (609) 921-8964.

SUN Y NOV. 15“Skylight – Encore”: Princeton Gar-

den Theatre, 12:30 p.m. Tickets:$18 – general; $16 – member.

English-Speaking Union Meeting:The Lawrenceville School, Kirby

Arts Center, 3 p.m. Admissions isfree to members, but guests areasked for a $10 donation.Refreshments will be served.

MON Y NOV. 16Women’s College Club of Princeton

Meeting: All Saints’ Church, 1 p.m.For more information, call (609)924-9703.

“Kin Structure and Mating Systemof the Veery in the Mid-AtlanticPiedmont”: Washington Crossing

Audubon Society, The Penning-ton School, Stainton Hall, 8 p.m.A presentation by Matthew R.Halley. For additional informa-

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In the Nov. 4-10 edition of TheSun, Julia Gilbert was named theArts Council of Princeton vice

president, when she is in fact thevice president of the Arts CouncilBoard of Trustees.

correction

On Nov. 1, a 26-year-old Prince-ton male was arrested for drivingwhile intoxicated during a carstop on University Place. He wasprocessed at police headquartersand later released with summons-es.

An Eatontown resident report-ed that unknown actor(s)

scratched his 2014 Honda CR-Vwhile it was parked on the 200

block of Linden Lane on Nov. 2.Damage cost is unknown.

On Nov. 3, a 27-year-old Edge-water Park male was arrestedafter a foot patrol officer observedhim smoking a marijuana ciga-rette inside his vehicle in theChambers Street Parking Garage.He was processed at police head-quarters and charged with pos-session of marijuana and drugparaphernalia.

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By ERICA CHAYES WIDAThe Sun

Susan Cahill has been a Prince-tonian for 35 years and the Little-brook Elementary School secre-

tary for more than 27. Kindergart-ners know her as the “StickerLady.” Her desk is home to manylost toys, andLinda Karch,Cahill’s office co-hort, calls her the “wild child of Littlebrook.”

Cahill has a sense of humor, al-ways stresses kindness and po-liteness to students and may befound listening to a little Led Zep-pelin from time to time duringschool. This winter, after many

joyful years, Cahill will bid Little-brook adieu and enter her owngreat unknown: retirement.

Cahill began working part-time in the library and office theyear Littlebrook Elementary re-opened in 1988. By ’89, she becamea full-time secretary. For someonewho likes to keep busy and loveschildren, Cahill described her po-sition as the perfect job.

“It’s just every day – it’s alwaysa new adventure,” Cahill said. “I

don’t know any other way to ex-press it. Every school year is an-other chapter, and it is so wonder-ful to see everyone grow.”

Cahill said she got used to see-ing each child grow up and be-

come ready for new things. Whenshe first started, Cahill was one of many who worked in the schoolwhile their children attended.Her own two, Jason and Lisa Bal-lard, now 35 and 33, were prod-

ucts of Princeton public schools.“Each year, they added grades.

The school got bigger and bigger,and I, too, grewwith it,” Cahillsaid.

Cahill recalled the days whenshe had a “teeny weeny bitty com-puter,” which she learned to useherself.

“Technology expands. Backthen, everything was done byhand – papers galore. Nowadaysthings are more streamlined,”she said.

Despite the modern conven-iences in the office, Cahill missesthe personal aspects of register-ing each child.

”Every new student wouldcome into the office at the start of the year with their families. Weknew everyone,” Cahill said.“Now, we learn each face eventu-ally, but there was somethingabout the old way of doing thingsI love.”

Regardless, Cahill still makesthe children she works with a pri-ority and extends herself beyondthe standard secretarial protocol.

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

Susan Cahill (right) said her timeat Littlebrook would not havebeen the same without her officecohort, secretary Linda Karch.The two sat beside each otherfor years as friends and ‘workwives’ and never fail to have a

good laugh. ‘I don’t know whatI’ll do without Susan here, theWild Child of Littlebrook,’ Karchremarked.

A look at Littlebrook’ssecretary, Susan Cahill After 27 years, Cahill to retire Dec. 23

please see CAHILL, page 22

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p.m. at Christ CongregationChurch on behalf of the Prince-ton Folk Music Society.

Roth’s songs have become anessential part of the folk reper-toire.

In turn, he brings new insightto his performance of others’songs, which touch on themes hecovers in his own songs.

To hear Roth’s music, visit:

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Eleanor W. Angoff, 91 of Skill-man – formerly of Princeton – passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 27at Stonebridge at Montgomery of natural causes.

A native of Highland Park, An-goff moved to Princeton after hermarriage to William H. Angoff in1955.

Prior to her marriage, she wasa volunteer at Camp Kilmer dur-ing World War II and a volunteernurse’s aide.

While in Princeton, Angoff was a librarian assistant at theLittlebrook School, and a memberof the Jewish Family Service Ad-visory Board on Senior Activitiesand Housing Initiatives. She wasalso a trustee of Princeton Com-munity Housing since 1992,which spearheaded the campaignfor senior housing in Princeton.

In addition to her other inter-ests, Angoff was a lifelong base-

ball fan.Her beloved

husband in

1993 and herbrother LarryWolk prede-ceased Angoff.

Survivingare her sonand daughter-in-law, Dou-glas Angoff and Robin Greenberg, daughterCarolyn Angoff and two grand-children, Zachary and HarrisonAngoff.

Services were held Thursday,Oct. 29 at The Jewish Center inPrinceton with burial in Prince-ton Cemetery.

Memorial contributions in hermemory can be sent to The Amer-ican Heart Association, P.O. Box417005, Boston, MA 02241-7005 oronline at donatenow.heart.org.

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Princeton Academy of the Sa-cred Heart’s fifth- and sixth-gradeboys are celebrating the leaves of autumn and invite Princeton lo-cals to revel in their artistic de-

light. Their creative exhibition ison display at D&R GreenwayLand Trust’s Olivia Rainbow

Gallery through Saturday, Nov. 24.Guided by Princeton Academy

art teacher Gail Morford, the

Celebrating leavesExhibit by Princeton Academy fifth

and sixth graders showcases autumnat D&R Greenway through Nov. 24

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Autumn leaf ceramics by Princeton Academy sixth graders.

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ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The SunThe Spirit of St. Louis, an artisticinterpretation of the original thatCharles Lindbergh flew from NewYork to Paris in 1927, will sit onthe Morven Museum’s Great Lawnfor the duration of the exhibition,“Charles and Anne Morrow Lind-bergh: Couple of an Age,” whichopens to the public on Nov. 13. Atleft, is the plane in progress. Localvolunteers from Baxter Construc-tion step in, devoting more than aweek’s time to ensure the Lind-

bergh replica was built just right.Above, The Spirit of St. Louis wasunveiled Thursday, Nov. 5 on thelawn at Morven. Pictured here arethe volunteers who helped make ithappen. ”It really was a true com-munity project,” said Barb Webb,Morven Museum and Garden di-rector of development. “I just lovethe idea that this made this hap-pen. We’ll leave it for a year andthen, we’ll see!”

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Redefy is organizing #TheGen-erationOfNow event to speak on

the imperative nature of racial justice.

The teen organization commit-ted to defying stereotypes, re-defining perspectives positively,embracing acceptance and toler-ance and creating an active com-munity will present a social jus-tice event on Sunday, Dec. 13 enti-tled #TheGenerationOfNow. Theprogram will take place at thePrinceton University Carl A.Fields Center for Equality andCultural Understanding and wasorganized in partnership with thePrinceton University Muslim LifeProgram and Not in Our Town,Princeton.

Organizers aim to inspireteenagers and community mem-bers to become engaged in social

justice work. The event will in-clude a panel discussion, presen-tations from specific activists andQ&A periods. Each activist willconduct workshops following thespeaking portion of the event to

groups of teenagers to focus onhow youth can mobilize to make adifference.

"We hope #TheGenera-tionofNow will have a profoundeffect on the Greater PrincetonArea to not only be informedabout the current reality, but beinspired to do something aboutit," said Ziad Ahmed, founder andpresident of Redefy, Not in OurTown board member and Prince-ton Day School student. "TheGen-erationofNow can shape the con-versation on racial justice in theGreater Princeton Area. So manypeople are largely uneducatedabout the current reality of oursociety, and oblivious to the civilrights movement that is occur-ring. Our hope is that throughbringing really exciting activiststhat we can inspire people, specif-

ically teenagers, to care about so-cial justice. My generation needs

to be aware of the nuances in ac-tivism, whether it be within theBlack Liberation Movement – Black Lives Matter Movement – or the general fight againstracism. Procrastination hastranslated into many teenagersactivism, faith and lifestyle, andwe hope this event can addressthat."

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fessional chamber choir now inits 33rd year of bringing tradi-tional and new choral works tothe Princeton community, willperform this new work at Prince-ton Meadows Church and EventCenter on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 8p.m.

But, the journey of writing “AChild’s Requiem” was not easy,and quite unique for Sametz, whonoted that the compositionalprocess is usually private andconsists only of the composer, apencil and a piano.

“I knew from the outset that Iwanted to give voice to the peergroup most affected at SandyHook. So very early on, theprocess went public as I reachedout to elementary schools acrossthe country asking for children’sresponses to tragedy and loss,” hesaid.

Before Sametz knew it, hun-

dreds of stories and drawingscame pouring in from schoolsacross the country, aided byschoolteachers, administrators

and parents alike.From the overflowing pile,

Sametz made his selections, com-bining a mix of his own poetrywith the inspiring words of

Ralph Waldo Emerson and EmilyDickinson.

“The former would create theworld of the child; the latter, thegrieving, violent and conflictedworld of the adult. Harmonically,the child’s world is more tonal;the adult world hasher,” he noted.“As I wrote, characters began toemerge – the tenor, the grievingfather, the soprano solo, the moth-er singing a lullaby to her depart-ed child – the children’s solos alsooffer comforting words from thebeyond or child-like prayers forpeace.”

There are also three musicalquotations used in “A Child’s Re-quiem” – the Gregorian “Re-quiem” Chant, Johann SebastianBach’s first prelude from bookone of “The Well-TemperedClavier” and Johannes Brahms’“Ein Deutsches Requiem.”

Choristers from PrincetonGirlchoir, a 21-member orchestraand an international cast of

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Republican candidate Lynn LuIrving received 1,211 votes, 13.97percent, and her running mateKelly DiTosto received 1,117 votes,12.88 percent.

“Personally, I'd like to keep it apositive experience for all candi-dates and our supporters and vol-unteers who walked the neighbor-hoods and went door-to-door. It wasa group effort,” Irving said afterthe election. “In the past, RolandMiller, an editor for the New YorkTimes, and his running mate PeterMarks ran for Borough Council.They both received 27 percent of the votes. Kelly and I received 28percent of the votes this time. Weconsider it a victory on our part.”

"Thank you to all my friendsand loved ones who supported mein my candidacy for PrincetonCouncil. I am proud of myself forbringing real discussion abouthow our local government is runand for stepping out of my com-fort zone to give Princetonians a

choice on Election Day! I metmany new faces and made somenew friends,” DiTosto said.

Elizabeth “Betsy” A. KalberBaglio, Patrick Sullivan andDafna Kendal won seats on the

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our community has developedthis year that will improve thelives of all our students, and I'mlooking forward to working withBetsy and Dafna.”

Robert Dodge followed close be-

hind with 1,780 votes, 20.73 per-cent. He could not be reached forcomment.

As of late last week, the racewas too close to call in the 16thDistrict for the General Assembly.

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16,433 votes, 32.81 percent. MercerCounty Clerk Paula Sollami Covel-lo (D) was re-elected with 32,106votes, 65.96 percent. Her opponent,Susan Bagley (R), had 16,553 votes,34.01 percent.

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boys were inspired by AmericanImpressionist painter and print-maker Mary Cassatt and her fa-mous monoprints.

Of course, the boys’ muse wasthe natural beauty of their schoolcampus, located at 1128 GreatRoad in Princeton. Students spenttime collecting leaves outsidetheir art room, looking at natureand observing the wondrous col-ors of fall.

“In their words, ‘this was thereal deal,’” Morford said of herstudents, who paid close attentionto the qualities of the leaf pat-

terns and integration of natural

form.As students explored the 48-

acre campus grounds in depth,they also sketched, took notes andkept weather observations.

Students then created theirown watercolor monoprint leaf masterpieces, using clay-buildingtechniques and pen-and-ink em-bellishment.

“Many of the boys liked the‘hands-on’ part of the project,”Morford said. “Another favoritepart for the boys was mixingpaint colors and painting.”

Students created a variety of hues from scarlet, crimsonand coal to metallic copper andgold.

“It took courage for the boys tothink creatively and take risks

with their art,” she said.

Morford said her art curricu-lum involves the study of artmovements, as well as individualartists of past and present.

“The goal of our art programat Princeton Academy is to havethe boys think of themselves asartists,” Morford said. “The boysget to the point where they askthemselves what their strengthsand weaknesses are as artists. Inorder to do that, the boys areasked to reflect on what we call‘artistic behaviors’ – creatingoriginal art, developing art-mak-ing skills, taking risks, collaborat-ing, solving problems and reflect-ing, to name a few. As the boysthink about their thoughtprocess, they reflect on what hasbeen learned.”

STUDENTSContinued from page 13

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“Songs on Fire,” a benefit con-cert for D&R Greenway Land

Trust by Voices Chorale, will beperformed Sunday, Nov. 22. Doorsopen 2:30 p.m. Concert is 3-4:30p.m. at D&R Greenway’s JohnsonEducation Center.

“Songs on Fire” will includevocal music on lightning, fire forcomfort, fiery hearts and stars byMozart, Handel, Mendelssohn,Schumann and contemporarycomposers, interspersed withpoems.

Dr. Lyn Ransom and EmilyVite will conduct the concert,

with Joshua Wilson on keyboardand Karttikeya on percussion.

The concertwill conclude

with a Cere-mony of Firefor the Earthduring whichaudiencemembers willbe invited towrite theirwish for theEarth.

Tickets to “Songs on Fire” cost$30 and include a wine and cheesereception with singers and musi-cians. Ticket sales support the

mission of D&R Greenway. Topurchase, call (609) 924-4646.

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D&R Greenway, Voices Choralepresent ‘Songs on Fire’ Nov. 22

At its inaugural meeting of the2015-2016 season on Oct. 1, Mc-Carter Theatre Center welcomedincoming members to its Board of Trustees.

McCarter is pleased to addthese distinguished communityleaders to the existing roster of outstanding local leaders, arts ad-vocates, supporters and businessprofessionals dedicated to thesupport and growth of McCarterTheatre Center, Princeton’s TonyAward-Winning theatre.

Joining the board are, DanielaBonafede-Chhabra, past presi-dent of Princeton CommunityHousing; W. Rochelle Calhoun,newly appointed vice president

for Campus Life at Princeton Uni-versity; Paul Decker, presidentand CEO of Mathematica PolicyResearch; Jill Dolan, dean of thecollege and the annan professor

in English and professor of the-ater at Princeton University;Cheryl Goldman, agent with Call-away Henderson Sotheby’s Inter-national Realty, returning to theMcCarter Board for a secondterm; Ramona E. Romero, generalcounsel of Princeton University,formerly the general council forthe U.S. Department of Agricul-ture and Bill E. Sappington, exec-utive director of Private Bankingfor BNY Mellon Wealth Manage-ment.

McCarter Theatre Center welcomesnew members to board of trustees

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Panera Bread, Nassau ParkBoulevard, Route 1 South, 6:30-

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Princeton Community Dinner: FirstBaptist Church of Princeton, 5-7p.m. All are welcome to partakeof a free dinner to sit down andeat or to take with you.

Open Studios: Lewis Center for the

Arts’ Program in Visual Arts,Princeton University, 185 NassauSt., 4:30 p.m. Juniors and seniorsin the program open their studiosto visitors to show and discusstheir current work.

CALENDARContinued from page 8

CALENDAR

“It’s just a joy learning the chil-dren. They make you feel sogood,” Cahill said, smiling. “I vol-

unteer to read in the classrooms. Ireally like getting to know thekids and have a rapport withthem.”

Cahill feels being a mom reallyhelped her be the kind of secre-tary she was.

“I felt like I was a mother hereat school to all the kids. Now I’m amother to the teachers,” Cahilllaughed. “Most everyone whostarted with me in the early dayshas retired already. I suppose it’smy turn.”

In retirement, Cahill hopes tocapitalize on sleeping in daily.

She and her husband have a dogand plenty of land, so she expectsto spend time outside often, aswell doing art or “anythingcrafty” she can dip her hands in.Cahill will work on her jewelrywebsite, suzecreations.com – “awork in progress” – painting,knitting and traveling.

“I’m ready to find out what lifeis like when you are not workingevery day,” Cahill said. “I wouldnever change this job. I loved itall, every year and each new face.It’s just been a wonderful ride.”

The neighbor you don’t know, thathelpful librarian, your Little Leagueteam or loved politician; your kids,your kids’ friends, your friends’friends. Learn how the mayor takesher coffee and what extraordinaryhabit the man on Hulfish has. What-

ever the story, “The Sun Spotlight” iswhere Princeton people get to shine.

CAHILLContinued from page 10

Cahill: ‘I loved it all, every year and each new face’

Artists Hannah Fink andSusan Macqueen, whose work is

on view in the Reference Galleryon the library’s second floor, willdiscuss their work on Monday,Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Commu-nity Room.

According to her website, Finkworks “with a variety of foundobjects and recycled materialsforming garments that are ofteneither enormous or diminutive insize. These objects hang from the

ceiling, attach to the wall or arefreestanding, with highly tex-

tured, nuanced surfaces that ap-pear to be well-worn relics from adistant past.”

Macqueen explores themes of community and individualitythrough sculptures, paintingsand drawings of sheep.

For more information aboutthis library program, call (609)924-9529 or visit www.princetonli-brary.org

Artists Exhibiting at PPLto Discuss Their Works

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The Princeton-Blairstown Cen-ter welcomes three new trustees,

Meryl Kessler, Aliya Greenbergand Ben Dobkin, to its Board of Trustees.

PBC’s Board of Trustees is ahighly committed group of indi-viduals, from diverse back-grounds, responsible for settingpolicy and overseeing the organi-zation's fiduciary commitments.

All three new trustees attendor attended Princeton Universityand all have been involved in theuniversity’s highly acclaimedOutdoor Action program and

have worked at PBC’s BlairstownCampus.

Kessler, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, brings more than20 years of experience as an attor-ney, non-profit leader and educa-tor, as well as a strong commit-ment to civic education and en-gagement.

Greenbergis currently a

sophomoremajoring inMechanicaland AerospaceEngineeringat PrincetonUniversity.She recentlyserved asPBC’s civicservice sustainability intern atthe Blairstown Campus. Duringher time there, she created andtaught a weeklong environmental

education curriculum targeted aturban middle-schoolers.

Dobkin, a current senior atPrinceton University, is majoringin sociology and working on cer-tificates in applications of com-puting and technology and socie-ty. He worked as a PICS summerexperiential educational facilita-tor at PBC’s Blairstown Campus

and lead groups of participantsin teambuilding, leadership andadventure exercises designed toincrease their social-emotional

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where the whole family enjoys

films daily.In addition to being the kind of home that fosters family time andparties every Friday, Thoft’s proj-ect has earned her two awardsfrom the U.S. Green BuildingCouncil. In, 2014, 45 Linden Lanewas the first Princeton home toearn a Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design PlatinumCertification. On Oct. 30, Thoft’shome was honored with the 2015Emerald Award for Best Subur-ban Green Project. The Emerald

Awards were presented to recipi-ents for their accomplishments inone of five categories: urban, sub-urban, and non-profit green proj-ects, corporate culture and inno-vative sustainability initiatives.The award honors projects for in-novative design or constructionmethods, the promise of extend-ing future developments in sus-tainability and the degree to

which the project extends publicunderstanding of sustainabilityin construction.

Thoft, who began her ownPrinceton architecture firm in1998 after working for MichaelGraves & Associates and the Hilli-er Group, focuses on environmen-tally-sustainable development.Her projects range from renovat-

ing and preserving a former tex-tile factory in Hamilton, buildingbeautiful “green” residences andcrafting small public havens suchas the Princeton Parklet.

In 2013, Thoft took on the taskof making an energy efficientmasterpiece for her family of five.

“We had parties periodicallythroughout the building process,and I often drag my childrenaround to the projects I own,”Thoft said in jest. “We bring ourhelpers ‘cause sometimes you just

need someone to mop the floor!”“The foundation party was so

fun,” recalled Zoe, 17. “We wereall on the gravel outside in frontof a big cement room. My parentsbought a four-foot-wide paella panto cover the fire pit out back andmade paella for everyone.”

According to Thoft’s website,the house “features 2x6 stud wallswith a hybrid insulation systemand Zip-system sheathing, low-Eargon-filled double pane win-dows, roof overhangs attachedafter sheathing the main body of the house, a simple shape that al-lows for excellent air sealing,ground-source heat pump (geot-hermal) heating and cooling and

9.2 kW solar array.”Thoft built the house to blend

with the rest of the neighbor-hood’s historic façades but in-cluded modern appliances tomake it extremely “green.”

“A year ago, our house was partof the Historical Society of Prince-ton House Tour, which is funny be-cause it was only built two years

ago. It was on the tour in part be-cause it has a historic look, butalso for its energy usage – a goodand interesting thing for people tosee,” Thoft said. “We had 500 peo-ple come through, led through thehouse by docents speaking aboutwater saving fixtures and solarpanels. We placed placards aboutLEED point system and heatingand cooling around the house.”

Thoft believes strongly in edu-cating the community on the im-portance of environmental build-

ing and living. She hosts events ather home for local Girl Scoutsand elementary schools, was fea-tured on “Apartment Therapy”for being “green” and participat-ed in an exhibit at the TrentonCity Museum for designing forclimate change.

“When I attended architectureschool at the University of Penn-sylvania, the classes I enjoyedmost were energy consumption,pre-fab housing and designing forsolar. It was out of left field at thetime 25 years ago, but I really en-

joyed it,” Thoft said. “It felt likethe right thing. If you build some-thing, it should be with the futurein mind.”

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Architect Kirsten Thoft hangs at the home she designed for her family offive. 45 Linden Lane, Princeton, recently won the 2015 Emerald Awardas Best Suburban Green Project by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Samuel Maldonado, vice presi-

dent of the Child Health Innova-tion and Leadership Departmentat Janssen Research and Develop-ment, was awarded the 2015Frank Broderick Award at thePrinceton-Blairstown Center’sFall Fundraiser, Soirée Under theStars.

The Frank Broderick Award isgiven to an individual whodemonstrates a deep commitmentto social justice, compassion andselflessness.

Maldonado was selected for

this recognition because of hislife-long commitment to chil-dren’s health and wellness.

Early in his career, he advocat-ed for appropriate medicationsand dosages to effectively preventmother-to-infant transmission of HIV/AIDS. His work led to broad-er questions about the wide rangeof diseases and conditions be-

yond HIV/AIDS for which therewas little-to-no scientific data toguide the use of medicines forchildren. Maldonado immersedhimself in closing this knowledgegap and began grass-roots efforts

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