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Igniting a spark within all of us

Palmer Squares Menorah Lighting is not solely intended for Princetons Jewish community
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
To celebrate the start of
Hanukkah and shine a little light
in Princeton, Palmer Square
hosts a menorah lighting every
year. On Tuesday, Dec. 8, a crowd
gathered in Hulfish Plaza under
the glow of a colorful Christmas
tree, a towering menorah and
white lights strewn upon the
rooftops of local establishments.
The Odessa Klezmer Band interrupted the low hush of familiar conversations with hearty instruments. Those who led the festivities Palmer Squares Vice
President David Newton joined
by others such as Rabbi Dovid
Dubov and Mayor Liz Lempert
welcomed individuals of their
own faith or any other.
Its part of the ritual of
Hanukkah one should put the
light on display, Newton, who
heads the ceremony with a bit of
cheeky British humor, said. Living in this broad multicultural
society as we do in America,
being able to glorify something
such as this is something to celebrate in and of itself.
Bina Brody, who teaches Talmud and Midrash at the Heshe &
Harriet Seif Jewish Learning
Initiative on Campus at Princeton University, prefaced the light-

Council
focuses
on Dinky
promotion
Kip Cherry of Save
the Princeton Dinky urges
officials to move forward
By VITA DUVA
The Sun

Everybody needs a little light

in their lives, Newton said.
Hanukkah is about miracles.
The menorah lighting should not

Kip Cherry of Save the Princeton Dinky led councils public

comment on the evening of Monday, Dec. 7, urging municipal officials to move forward quickly
with the Dinky Ridership Promotion Plan.
First, Id like to point out that
developing and implementing the
Dinky Promotion Plan is not optional, the Princetonian stated.
It is specifically called for in the
Memorandum of Understanding
signed by the university, the borough and the township in 2011.
The town, along with Princeton University, had come to an
agreement under the MOU that
would give the necessary approvals for the project.
While earlier this year there
was an effort to have the Transit
Committee develop the plan, and

please see LIGHTING, page 10

please see NEXT, page 15

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

From left, Norman Greenberg, Rabbi Ariel Fisher and Bina Brody, all of Princeton, prepare to speak at
Princetons annual menorah lighting at Palmer Square, Tuesday, Dec. 8.
ing with a history of the menorah lighting. The menorah, she
summarized, dates back to the
story of Adam and Eve.
There is a reference in the
Talmud, a central corpus of Jew-

ish text, that tells this story of

Adam who feared the world was
coming to an end, and when he
saw that it wasnt, decided to
light candles to celebrate, Brody
said.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Food bank heroes
JWS students collect thousands
of pounds of food. PAGE 4

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Police Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Editorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 THE PRINCETON SUN DEC. 1622, 2015

Princetonians reflect on attack on Pearl Harbor

Marking the 74th anniversary, locals voice their thoughts on National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
Next year will be the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl
Harbor. It is a day most everyone
present in 1941 could never forget
and a day that all those born after
will always acknowledge. Seventy-four years later, The Sun asked
Princetonians how one of the
countrys most tragic events resonates with them.
Bert Wohl of Princeton was a
15-year-old boy living in North
Carolina when he was told the
Japanese attacked the Hawaiian
base.
I remember Dec. 7 every year
it comes around, Wohl said. I
felt shock, as it were, the day I
found out.
Wohl feels, however, that with
so many other battles having
been fought since, Pearl Harbor
in a way has lost its position as
the countrys No. 1 tragedy. He described the war breaking out in
Europe.
When Adolf invaded Poland,
that is what I felt is most, he
said.
Wohl said he joined the military by 18, but luckily at that
point, the war was practically
won.
The irony, Princetonian
Ellen Charry said, is that it took
an attack of that scale to actually

ERICA CHAYES WIDA/The Sun

Above, Bert Wohl of Princeton,

95, recalls the day he found out
about the attack on Pearl Harbor. At left, Ellen Charry and
Stephen Moore discuss the significance of Pearl Harbor and its
links to today.
bring our country into the war in
Europe, which was essential to
enter. Weve almost come full circle. It is similar to the way the
Paris attacks prompted the U.S. to
engage.
Charry explained her growing
up always marking the seventh
of December as a devastating and
important day in history.
Now that we are approaching

the 75th anniversary, it is critical

to commemorate Pearl Harbor
and not allow it to recede into history. Countries continue to wage
war. We must consider these
events for the sake of our own
well being.
Stephen Moore, who visited
Princeton from Sydney, Australia,
joined Charry in the conversation.

The attack on Pearl Harbor is

probably less significant to me as
an Australian citizen. Although, a
direct line can be drawn from
Pearl Harbor to what is happening today with Australia and the
other parts of the world, Moore
said. Pearl Harbor was pivotal to
the Battle of the Coral Sea.
The Battle of the Coral Sea, in
May 1942, was a naval battle in

the Pacific between the Imperial

Japanese Navy and the air forces
from the U.S. and Australia.
From this, the alliance between Australia and the U.S. was
formed. ANZA is the basis for the
Australian military. Today, that
alliance of Americans and Australians are fighting together
against Isis in Iraq, Moore said.
The connection is quite real.

Police: Princeton woman suffers head injury after being hit by car
The following reports are provided by the Princeton Police Department.
On Dec. 8, a 29-year-old Princeton woman was struck by a 2010
Hyundai Elantra while crossing
Bayard Lane south from Hodge
Road on foot. The Elantra was operated by a 33-year-old Hamilton
male traveling in the southbound
lane of Bayard Lane past Hodge
Road.
The woman was knocked to the
ground and suffered a non-life
threatening head injury. She was
transported to Capital Health Sys-

tems-Regional in Trenton by
Princeton First Aid and Rescue.
The Elantra did not sustain damage.
Bayard Lane was closed to traffic at Hodge Road during the investigation and was reopened at 12:50 p.m.
The accident remains under investigation.

of $500 each from her Bank of

America account at an ATM in
Pine Brook.
A 23-year-old Trenton female
was arrested on a Ewing Township Municipal Court
warrant for $500 during a car stop on State
Road on Dec. 2. She
was processed at police
headquarters and released on her own recognizance.

police
report

A Finley Road resident reported that between Nov. 29 and Dec.

1, unknown actor(s) accessed her
personal bank information and
made 10 fraudulent withdrawals

A 24-year-old Princeton male

was arrested for possession of
marijuana and drug parapherna-

lia during a car stop on Hamilton

Avenue on Dec. 4. He was
processed at headquarters and released with summonses.
On Dec. 4, a Hamilton Avenue
resident reported that unknown
actor(s) made two fraudulent
charges on his MasterCard credit
card account for $4,162.41 and
$5,048.67 through online travel
sites.
On Dec. 5, an 18-year-old female
from Brooklyn was arrested for
aggravated assault, resisting arrest and obstructing the adminis-

tration of law during an unwanted/intoxicated person investigation at Colonial Club, 40 Prospect

Ave. While a Princeton police officer escorted the young woman
from the club, she began kicking
and resisting the officer. She was
transported to police headquarters, processed and charged.
On Dec. 5, a Clay Street resident reported that a male described as balding, 40-45 years of
age, wearing a lime green teeshirt, punched and damaged her
please see POLICE, page 13

Husband and Wife Team opening

Princeton Rug Gallery January 2016
Maryam and Jalil are
joining the Princeton
Community to extend
their expertise in antique, semi-antique and
new rugs. The gallery
is set to open in January 2016 and construction is well underway.
Located next to Lucys
Kitchen and Market,
the gallery will feature
a selection of carefully
curated rugs. The husband and wife duo bring over 40
years of expertise and have existing relationships in
Princeton.
Jalil has previously worked in Princeton, where he
helped many people source rugs for their home and
Maryam has relationships with Interior Designers. Their
combined expertise will help you find that special piece
of floor art to finish your home.
The Princeton Rug Gallery will also offer cleaning, repair, restoration, custom pads and appraisals. Maryam
and Jalil look forward to offering you a full range of rug
services, when the gallery opens in January 2016.

Princeton Rug Gallery 830 State Road #2, Princeton, NJ 08540

(609) 356-0043 (201) 310-4722 www.PrincetonRugGallery.com

4 THE PRINCETON SUN DEC. 1622, 2015

Season of giving
John Witherspoon Middle School clubs
make difference for Mercer County Food Bank
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA

From our Lewis School Family to yours,

we wish you a joyous holiday season
filled with peace, hope and happiness!

The Sun

Our Tree of Light shines as it has for more than

forty years, a symbol of hope for all students who
learn differently and for those who remain without educational opportunity for a brighter future.
Our wish is that they may find the path to success
that realizes their great promise and their dreams.
53 Bayard Lane, Princeton, NJ

609-924-8120

www.lewisschool.org

The Do Something Club at

John Witherspoon Middle School
has been, well, doing something
for more than 15 years. Last year,
with the help of the academic and
local community, the club
brought home the Students
Change Hunger Governors Cup
for JWMS.
This year, Do Something did it
again. Taking on the Change
Hunger Challenge, the club,
eighth graders in the Peer to Peer
Course, and other participating
donors collected 9,009 pounds of
food.
According to Brian Peterson of
Mercer Street Friends Food
Bank, the bank that all participating Mercer County schools donated their food to, JWMS donated

the most of the total raised by all

13 Mercer schools: a whopping
28,523 pounds.
It feels really good to know
were making an impact on other
peoples lives, said Do Something Club members Anna Lieb
and Sophia Gae. Its hard to
think that even some people in
our schools have food insecurity,
so it feels awesome to know were
helping those who are so close to
home.
The girls explained how everyone in their school participated in
different Hunger Challenge activities.
Having the school be excited
to help raise and collect money
and food helped us take the lead,
they said. Many students also
spread the word about the chalplease see CLUBS, page 13

6 THE PRINCETON SUN DEC. 1622, 2015

in our opinion

Happy holidays!

145 Witherspoon Street

Princeton, NJ 08542
609-751-0245

A thank you to everyone who helped to brighten the season for those in need
s the holiday season has a little more than a week remaining, we want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has
stepped up to help those in need. This
time of year usually brings out the
best in people. Judging from the number of announcements we received
from our readers regarding donation
drives, it looks like this year was no exception.
In the past, specific tragedies such
as Hurricane Sandy a few years ago
created an immediate need in many
communities. But even though this
area was lucky enough to avoid such a
circumstance this year, there is still a
big need.

Stepping up
Thank you to everyone who lent a helping
hand to those in need this holiday season.
But giving shouldnt stop just because the
holidays are over. Tell us about your donation drive throughout the year,
and well share it with the rest of the
community.

Food banks are still low on food and

supplies. The same can be said for
those groups that help with clothing,
and even toys for children.
Over the past few weeks, we have
had the pleasure of publishing stories
about efforts to lend a hand. Like always, there were the usual Toys for Tot
drives and more. We dont keep a formal count of the number of holiday

fundraising event stories we publish

from year to year, but it certainly
seemed that, in 2015, there were many.
So, we thank those individuals and
groups who organized these efforts.
And, on behalf of them, we also thank
everyone who picked up an extra can
of non-perishable food, an additional
bag of dog food, one more toy and
more. To all of those who reached a little deeper into their wallets this year to
help out, your generosity truly made a
difference.
As you wrap up your holiday shopping for this year, try to lend one final
helping hand to those in need.
We wish everyone a happy holiday
season!

letter to the editor

Writer: What gives me hope?
Young and old, working together
What gives you hope? Ten years ago,
within a week of each other, Eli Wiesel at
Princeton University and the Dalai Lama
at Rutgers University, responded to this
exact question with the identical answer:
Young people! That has stuck with me all
these years. At the time, I was a little annoyed as their response seemed to remove
responsibility from those of us no longer
young, yet still working for change. Recently, I have every reason to be hopeful based
on knowing these young members of our
community. I met them through my membership in Not in Our Town, a Princetonbased grassroots group committed to
racial justice.
Ziad Ahmed, a Princeton Day School
junior, started Redefy, an organization
committed to countering stereotypes, and
on Sunday, Dec. 13 at the Carl Fields Center

at Princeton University, Redefy will host a

day long program, #TheGenerationofNow.
The event will focus on racial justice, and
the goal is to inspire teenagers and community members to become engaged in social justice work.
Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi are
Princeton High School juniors, and
founders of Choose, an advocacy effort to
overcome racism and inspire harmony
through exposure, education and empowerment. In their Engage program,
working with Princeton school administrators and faculty, they are organizing the
many personal stories they have collected
so that teachers can use them in the classroom to bring up the issues of race, racism
and racial justice.
Tatianna Sims, a 2015 Princeton High
School graduate, winner of the Princeton
Prize in Race Relations and a Not in Our
Town Unity Award, recently spearheaded a
community Unity Walk and panel discussion. With the help of her student commit-

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tee and some support from the older generation the event exemplified her mission
of bringing people together to support
youth, particularly those who feel disconnected from our community. More than 100
adults and youth, including political, community and student leaders of all backgrounds, walked and talked. Adults spoke
about the importance of their own mentors; students spoke about the need to reduce stereotyping and wondered how they
could be advocates for their peers. The panelists ranged from the first African American Princeton mayor, Jim Floyd, in his
90s, to Princeton High School student leaders.
During the event Mayor Liz Lempert announced the imminent establishment of a
Youth Commission so that our younger
voices can be heard in making decisions affecting our community.
So, what gives me hope? Young people,
and not so young, in partnership!
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DEC. 1622, 2015 THE PRINCETON SUN 7

Reimagining the Second Floor

PPL director briefs council on librarys second floor renovation
By VITA DUVA
The Sun
Princeton Public Library Director Leslie Burger briefed council on the librarys second floor
renovation what the library
refers to as Reimagining the
Second Floor during councils
meeting on Monday, Dec. 7.
Burger, along with New York
City-based architect Andrew
Berman, who has been working
side-by-side with the library over
the last 18 months on this project,
set the stage for what the library
is planning to do before it starts
construction.
Were very excited about [the
renovation.] I think its a wonderful project that will benefit everybody in town people of all ages,
Burger said.
When PPL first opened its
doors in 2004, the iPhone and the
iPad had not yet been invented.

Thats kind of big, right?

Burger posed to council. Think
about life before that.
That same year, digital content from eBooks to databases
was just becoming available, but
at very steep costs.
Libraries and ours in particular were focused on print and
we were just beginning to dip our
toes into new formats, but now we
know whats happened the
iPhone and subsequently, smartphones put a computer in everybodys pocket, Burger said. It
changed the way we seek and find
information.
The world in which PPL built
its library in 2004, concentrated
on reference books and librarians
answering questions, quickly
began to change due to the shift
from analog to digital.
Over time, the costs of procuring digital content began to become more affordable. PPL was

eventually able to reduce its extensive print and reference sets

with up-to-the-minute searchable
databases. Other books were replaced with free content on the
web, and print collections were
enhanced with eBooks and downloadable audio books. Jointly, this
has created a true 24-7 experience
for library-goers.
But as the librarys print reference collection downsized from
8,000 volumes to 150, new-found
space on the second floor triggered conversations about reconfiguration.
Committed to having the renovation privately funded, the $3
million project challenged PPL to
raise the necessary funds itself. In
September, PPL finally reached
its funding milestone. Ninetyfour percent of the projects funding is private, while only 6 perplease see RESOURCE, page 14

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CALENDAR

WEDNESDAY DEC. 16
Student Readings from Fall Creative Writing Classes: Presented
by Lewis Center for the Arts Program in Creative Writing. Princeton University, Frick Chemistry
Lab, Taylor Commons, 5 p.m.
Richard Fischer: Princeton Country
Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 8-10:30 p.m. Tickets: $8.
WIBA Holiday Event: Princeton
Regional Chamber of Commerce,
Springdale Golf Club, 5-7 p.m.
Join the Women in Business
Alliance as it celebrates the holidays.

THURSDAY DEC. 17
Sauce for the Goose Holiday Art
Sale Opening: Arts Council of
Princeton, 10-5:30 p.m. Showcased are works by regional
artists, artisans and crafters featuring a mix of fine art and crafts.
For more information, call (609)
924-8777.
Women in Business Alliance Holiday Celebration: Princeton
Regional Chamber of Commerce,
Springdale Gold Club, 5-7 p.m.
Tickets: $25 members; $35 future
members.
Thursday Afternoon Stories:
Princeton Public Library, Story
Room, 4 p.m. Children age 4 and

older is invited to join us for stories. Story Room.

Winter Market: Princeton Public
Library, Community Room, 11 a.m.
Local vendors offer a variety of
goods including Jersey Fresh
organic produce, free-range beef,
poultry, pork and eggs; cheese,
pickles, honey, baked goods, candles and more during this fivehour event.

FRIDAY DEC. 18
Handels Messiah: The New Jersey
Symphony Chamber Orchestra:
McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25$80. For more information, call
(609) 258-6524.
Meet the Mayor: Princeton Public
Library, Main Lobby, 8:30 a.m.
Princeton residents are invited to
discuss concerns with Mayor Liz
Lempert.
Star Wars Trivia: Princeton Public
Library, Community Room, 6 p.m.
Teens are invited to celebrate the
premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force
Awakens' by testing their knowledge of the force.

SATURDAY DEC. 19
Princeton Scrabble Club Tournament: Panera Bread, Nassau Park
Boulevard, Route 1 South, 10-5:30
p.m.
Winter Family Matinee Series:
Home Alone: Princeton Garden Theatre, 10:30 a.m. Tickets
$4.
Sauce for the Goose Holiday Art
Sale Opening: Arts Council of
Princeton, 10-4 p.m. Showcased
are works by regional artists, artisans and crafters featuring a mix
of fine art and crafts. For more
information, call (609) 924-8777.
One Hour Santas Helpers Walking
Tour through Palmer Square:
Princeton Tour Company, 12:30
p.m. Tickets $5.
One Hour Trolley Ride through
Princeton: Princeton Tour Company, 10-4 p.m. In one hour, inside
a climate controlled trolley, see
the homes and hangouts of
Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, James Madison and more.

SUNDAY DEC. 20
Hamlet: Princeton Garden Theatre, 12:30 p.m. Tickets: Members

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Film: Mr. Holmes: Princeton Public Library, Community Room, 3
p.m. Ian McKellen stars as an
aging Sherlock Holmes facing
dementia and the end of his days
with only the company of his
housekeeper and her young son.
As he revisits the circumstances
of the unsolved case that forced
him into retirement, Holmes
comes to rely upon the boy and
searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love. 1 hour, 44
minutes.

MONDAY DEC. 21
Table Top Game Night: Princeton
Public Library, Community Room,
7 p.m. Adults and teens are invited to play games including classics like Monopoly and checkers
and new games such as Machi
Koro, Exploding Kittens, Ticket to
Ride and more. Participants are
welcome to bring their own
games to share.
Reading Treehouse 2: Princeton
Public Library, Story Room, 4
p.m. This reading group for second- and third-grade readers
meets monthly on the third Monday during the school year. Stories, reading aloud, crafts, games
and more that reflect a different
theme each month are featured.
No registration required.

TUESDAY DEC. 22
Princeton Scrabble Club Meeting:
Panera Bread, Nassau Park
Boulevard, Route 1 South, 6:309:30 p.m.
Princeton Community Dinner: First
Baptist Church of Princeton, 5-7
p.m. All are welcome to partake
of a free dinner to sit down and
eat, or to take with you.
Chess: Princeton Public Library,
Story Room, 4 p.m. Children can
learn to play and practice chess
at these weekly drop-in sessions
led by Princeton High School
chess members.

DEC. 1622, 2015 THE PRINCETON SUN 9

PHS gets global with Hour of Code

Princeton High School students join the code movement last week
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
An Hour of Code has gone
global. It reaches more than 100
million students in more than 180
countries. Mastering programming and computer science, the
youth of today are bridging the
gap and tuning into a universal
language: code.
Last week, Princeton High
School students joined the largest
learning event in history and
dove, brains first, into an Hour of
Code.
This year, were on the map,
exclaimed Grace Elia, a math and
computer programming teacher
at PHS.
This
map,
visible
at
www.hourofcode.com/us, shows
the 195,079 Hour of Code events
that happened around the world
during the week of Dec. 7.
There are very few events that
cross all kind of barriers. This
global event attracts over 180
countries to play with a purpose
regardless of who they are and
where they are, Elia said. The
young generation knows very
well what global means, and
they want to be part of it.
Princeton
High
Schools
Hour(s) of Code began on Monday. Students from Elias computer science classes earned their
Hour of
Code certificates.
Wednesday, a group of students
joined Elia, fellow CS teacher
Claudette Guy and Library Media
Specialist Jen Bigioni to work on
motivating more students to participate in the event.
On Friday, every CS student
was invited to bring a friend to
class. The students who had already participated chose their favorite activity and guided their
friends through it.
Research shows students
learn best with pair programming: sharing a computer and
working together, Elia said.
When asked how an Hour of
Code helps her students fine-tune
their programming skills, Elia responded:
The Hour of Code activities
are well designed to promote logi-

Special to The Sun

Students, from left, Alexa Zammit and Coco Mi dive into National
Coding Day at Princeton High School.
cal thinking. Even though the activities might look easy and playful, the players develop strategies
that can be used in computer science classes of all levels. The website has built-in tutorials to show
the players the basic building
blocks the same educational
component needed to start writing programs and applications. It
is a great way to learn how to
think outside the box.
Elia supervised her students as
they began playing the activities.
Gradually, she said, they get

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only be seen as a religious event
for Jewish people.
Newton hopes the lighting,
having been one of Palmer
Squares holiday traditions since
1995, uplifts the Jewish community of Princeton as well as the
community in its entirety. Walking through Palmer Square and
seeing the light of the tree and
the menorah are intended to raise
everyones spirit.
This is one of the reasons Newton always puts Linda Meisel
front-row-center. Meisel, execu-

tive director of the Jewish Family

and Childrens Service of Greater
Mercer County, leads the nonprofit in empowering locals in need to
care for themselves and others.
Meisel told a touching story of
one of the centers members who
unexpectedly faced losing their
home. With the help of JFCS, the
individual prospered and expressed the deepest gratitude.
This persons experience exemplified the significance of communal efforts, hope and a little
miracle.
Its the communal side, Newton said, in addition to the religious side that makes this event
so special. Its not meant to be
something which you keep closet-

ed behind a synagogue door. Its

something to go out and meet the
broader community with.
The annual lighting is not
without religious practices, however. Prayers were read in both
Hebrew and English. The crowd
sang together in Hebrew as
Dubov prepared to light the
menorah.
This year is very special because it is the first time we have
an oil menorah, said Dubov of
the Chabad-Lubavitch of Greater
Mercer County. We light it from
the bottom.
That light does not only touch
the Jewish community, Newton
said, but is meant to ignite a little spark within all of us.

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Princeton High School seniors, from left, Christina Rosca, Trish Reilly, Brianna Romaine, Julia Ryan and
Taylor Lis sport sweatshirts of the colleges they will be attending after signing National Letters of Intent
to the colleges for their respective sports. Rosca will be attending Vanderbilt University for tennis. Reilly
will attend Lehigh University for field hockey. Romaine will go to West Point U.S. Military Academy for
swimming. Ryan is heading to Temple University for lacrosse. Lis will attend Cornell University for
lacrosse. Caitlin Cleary (not pictured) will attend Brown University for crew.

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Clubs collect 9,009 lbs. of food

CLUBS
Continued from page 4

lenge.
Kelly Riely, Do Something Club
advisor and JW technology educator, explained how the Do
Something Club has become nationally recognized for raising
awareness for various social
cause campaigns. With more
than 20 students, Do Something
bridges the gap between all three
grade levels representing the
school in its entirety.
Something has raised well
over $50,000 throughout the years
for various organizations local
and global, Riely said. These
students are the backbone and
the heart and soul of our school.
They represent the embodiment
of being a global citizen.
When I found out that JW had
a community service club, I immediately knew that I wanted to
be a part of it. I love taking part
in things like the Do Something
Club because of who we help
every day. The feeling of doing
something to make a better community is an amazing opportuni-

ty that I wish more people would

appreciate and take part in,
Anna said.
The club turned out to be really fun, Sophia said of her experience when she joined the club
after hearing about one of its
events in homeroom. Everybody
in it was so friendly and welcoming.
Riely noted that Peer to Peer,
an eighth-grade course devoted to
student leadership, was also heavily involved in Students Change
Hunger. Taught by Ashante
Thompson, Peer to Peer empowers students to use their voice to
make a positive difference in all
that they do.
Throughout the Thanksgiving
season, the students worked to
motivate their peers and community to donate as many items as
possible. Soup, rice, canned fruits
and vegetables, cereals, pastas
and beans were among the goods
dropped into the JW Giving Box.
By winning the Students Change
Hunger Challenge, JW not only
was awarded the Governors cup
in an assembly, but also earned
$5,000 for Mercer Street Friends
Food Bank. This feat will allow
countless local families to be food
secure throughout the winter.

Police: Warrants lead to arrests

POLICE
Continued from page 2
side view car mirror during an
argument on Lytle Street. The
cost of the damage was unknown.
On Dec. 7, a 35-year-old individual from Hamilton was arrested
on a Lawrence Township Municipal Court warrant for $300 during
a car stop on Mercer Street,
processed at headquarters and released after posting bail.
On Dec. 8, a 28-year-old Colonia
male was arrested on a Hillside
Township Municipal Court for
$500 during a car stop on Butler
Avenue. He was processed and released after posting bail.
On the morning of Dec. 8, a 90year-old Princeton male, while

traveling south on Cherry Hill

Road on a scooter, struck the rear
of a 2015 Mack truck owned by
GH Trucking of Asbury and operated by a 47-year-old male of Easton, Pa. The truck was stopped in
the southbound lane of Cherry
Hill Road just south of Stuart
Road delivering gravel at a nearby construction site.
The Princeton male fell from
the moped after striking the rear
of the truck and suffered minor
head, arm and leg injuries. He
was transported to Capital Health
Systems-Regional in Trenton by
Princeton First Aid and Rescue.
The truck operator was uninjured.
Cherry Hill Road was closed
between Stuart Road and Cherry
Valley Road during the investigation and was reopened at 12:38
p.m.
The accident remains under investigation.

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cent is public.
Thanks to Bermans vision, the
librarys second floor will boast a
quiet reading room, nine co-working spaces, a resource hub and
areas dedicated to technology.
In this plan, we were trying to
make a number of different types
of spaces where people can come
together and learn in various
sizes, Berman told council.
The quiet reading room will
give PPL the opportunity to create a zone for people without technology or without conversation.
The co-working rooms are
spaces that can be used for small
meetings, tutoring, study sessions and a host of other experiences.
The resource hub, in lieu of a
reference desk, will be the core of
the librarys second floor reconstruction a place where the public and the staff of the library can
come together and access the opportunities PPL has to offer.
Books will still be the primary
visual of the library, Berman
said.
While many libraries have
turned to stacks and compact
shelving, PPL will put its remaining print collection on full-display, turned out and well lit for
the public to see.
Until this time comes, PPL still

Council presented The Garden

Club of Princeton with an Award of
Recognition for its outstanding
contributions to the Princeton
community, and in particular for
its work on the All Wars Memorial
Park. Council also presented its
annual Employee Service Awards.
The recipients are as follows:
5 Year Anniversary Award:
-Darwin Kieffer IV, Police
-Stephen Lattin, Police
-Michael Schubert, Police
-Lucas Schwab, Police
-Michael Strobel, Police
10 Year Anniversary Award:
-Lauralyn Bowen, Health Department
-Brian Kelly, Police/Dispatch
-Christopher Best, Police
-Luis Navas, Police
-Jacqueline Schreiber, Corner
House
-Matthew Solovay, Police
15 Year Anniversary Award:
-Gary DeBlasio, Corner House
-Benjamin Gering, Police

has some loose ends to tie up.

Right now, the librarys architectural and engineering team is
in the process of developing construction documents that will be
reviewed in late January, with the
hope of being turned into a request for public bids.
Hoping all goes well, PPL expects construction to begin in

-Christopher Morgan, Police

-Jeffrey Opalski, Custodian
-William Rueda, Public Works
-Elizabeth Schulman, Historic
Preservation
-Sandra Webb, CFO
-Henry Lake, Public Works
-Frederick Schulz, Engineering
-Benjamin Stentz, Recreation
-Christopher Tash, Police
-Roberts Vanmater, Public Works
-Kenneth Walker, Public Works
-Frederick Williams, Police
20 Year Anniversary Award:
-Kim Hodges, Police
-Nicholas Sutter, Police
-Judith Curran, Police/Dispatch
-Rachel Decker, Public Works
-Erica Dickert-Levine, Police
-Raymond Jolly, Public Works
-Corinne Sliker-Monda, Court
-Janice Sopronyi-Most
25 Year Anniversary Award:
William Drake, Fire
30 Year Anniversary Award:
Kathleen K. Brzezynski, Clerks

April and span six to eight

months.
For the most part, the library
will plan to remain open during
construction. Occasional closings
may be scheduled when construction will be disruptive. PPL will
prepare to use the first floor, the
third floor and the community
room to accommodate people.

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there was a discussion within the
committee about commissioning
a consultant using funds included
in the MOU, Cherry feels the effort has since ceased.
My understanding at the time
was that the university had lost
interest, Cherry said as she
went on to read highlights of the
agreement.
However, Cherry did note that
while using the Transit Committee to prepare the Dinky Promotion Plan was a noble effort, most
of the stakeholders New Jersey
Transit, Princeton University
and Princeton merchants are
not fairly represented on the committee.
Cherry also asked council to
consider the provision of free or
subsidized parking as an added
incentive to riding the Dinky
noting reduced traffic and the reduced production of greenhouse
gases along Alexander Street as
the benefits of her suggestion.
While I had no input in the negotiations of the MOU, I am assuming that this provision for a
Ridership Promotion Plan was included out of a real desire to get
riders who might leave the Dinky
during the relocation of its station to return, including those
who previously walked, while
also for enticing new riders on
the Dinky, Cherry said.
Although Save the Princeton
Dinky has yet to gather ridership
numbers for August and September, July ridership was down 13
percent over the same time period last year, which Cherry says is
in spite of a major recovery in
Princetons economy.
We need to make sure that
folks who were using the Dinky
come back, and that new commuters become regular users,
Cherry said.
Ideally, Cherry would like to

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see Princeton persuade some or

all of the Princetonians who over
time have started renting parking
spaces at the Princeton Junction
Train Station to come back to the
Dinky.
We need to not only close the
13 percent gap, but we need to
double ridership on the Dinky
and demonstrate the towns and
the universitys commitment to
sustainability, she said. Lets
prepare and implement a real
Dinky Ridership Promotion Plan
as was agreed to in the MOU, and
make sure that the Dinky prospers as it should. This was to be a
benefit of signing the MOU. Lets
get the job done.
Ms. (Councilwoman Jenny)
Crumiller and I have been talking
about the role of the Transit
Committee going forward, and
this seems like something that
should be top of the agenda
something were working on, so
thank you, Mayor Liz Lempert
said in response to Cherrys comments.
Lempert and Crumiller are in
conversations with the chairs of
the Traffic and Transportation
Committee, the Pedestrian Bike
Advisory Committee and the
Transit Committee to figure out
the best way to structure the different
transportation-related
committees
and
coordinate
among them.
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In other news:

Councilwoman
Heather
Howard announced the successful completion of the Human
Services 17th annual Holiday
Drive. This year, 280 kids qualified for the giving program. Children up to the age of 12 filled out
a holiday wish list, which included two gifts they would like for
the holidays, which were not to
exceed $75.
"I want to thank everyone who
contributed," Howard said, noting Princeton's tremendous community involvement.
Councils reorganization
meeting has been set for Monday,
Jan. 4 at 5 p.m. in the Main Council Room, located at 400 Witherspoon St. Following the meeting,
a reception will be held across the
street at the Princeton Firehouse.
This event is open to the public.
SAVE Animal Rescue has
moved from its location on Her-

rontown Road in Princeton to

1010 Route 601 in Skillman. For
information,
visit
more
www.save-animals.org/.
Construction work concerning rapid-flashing beacons provided by NRG Energy, Inc. for the
municipality began last week.
NRG is hoping to have the beacons installed within the next
three weeks.
Council unanimously passed
a bond ordinance authorizing
sanitary sewer lateral repairs for
properties on Valley Road, Jefferson Road, Ewing Street and North
Harrison Street, appropriating
the sum of $336,000.
Council unanimously passed
an ordinance concerning accessory signs in Princeton's business
districts. It also unanimously
passed ordinances that eliminate
the ability to reconstruct a building to its prior nonconforming
floor-area ratio; revise the lot
frontage requirements in the former townships residential zon-

ing districts; and accept a right of

way dedication for the new
roundabout area located on
Alexander Street at its intersection with University Place.
Council voted down an ordinance that would have created exceptions to lot size requirements
for existing small lots in the former township.
Council released a performance bond in the amount of
$2,634,138 for the rehabilitation of
Mountain Lakes dams and the
dredging of Upper and Lower
Mountain Lakes to Compass Construction, Inc. No maintenance
guaranty is required due to the
work being completed more than
three years ago.
Council will hold a special
meeting with Princeton University President Chris Eisgruber, beginning at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec.
14 in Monument Hall's Main
Meeting Room.
The next Council meeting is
slated for Monday, Dec. 21.

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McCarter Theatre Center completes major

upgrade to assisted listening equipment
McCarter Theatre Center recently completed a major upgrade
to its assisted listening equipment for patrons. Both of McCarters performance spaces the

1,100-seat Matthews Stage and the

360-seat Berlind Stage are now
fully updated as of the start of the
2015-2016 season.
For a number of years prior,
McCarter has made available for
patrons with hearing loss the use
of a headset utilizing infrared
technology. On average, McCarter
hearing assistance equipment
would undergo more than 1,000
individual uses over the course of
a robust producing and presenting season in both venues. With
such a frequent rate of usage, the
older infrared equipment began
to show significant wear and need
for repair.

Responding to the needs of its

patrons, McCarter will now offer
access to new FM-based hearing
assistance receivers with individual neck loops.
The receivers are small the
size of a cell phone and can be
used with a patrons own ear buds
or small ear buds available at McCarter. The neck loops and receiver are also compatible with individual earpieces that utilize induction or T-coil technology. This
new FM-based system is lighter,
less susceptible to environmental
interference and easier to use.
Ninety-six individual sets have
been acquired for use.

Special to The Sun

From left are Kate Bech, YMCA Princeton CEO; Fred Vereen, executive director, Every Child Valued; Carolyn Biondi, executive director,
Crisis Ministry of Mercer County; and Maria Juega, executive director, Latin American Legal Defense.

Princeton Regional Chamber

of Commerce Community
Development Fund awards grants
The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Development Fund awarded $30,000
in grants to four local nonprofits
at the PRCC November luncheon.
The 2015 grant recipients include, Crisis Ministry of Mercer
County for its Workforce Development and Self-Sufficiency Program; Latin American Legal Defense Fund for its Jobs Mercer
Project; YMCA Princeton for its
Princeton Young Achievers Program and Every Child Valued for
its Rising Above Expectations
After School Program.

The PRCC Foundation and the

PRCC established the PRCC Community Development Fund in
partnership with the Princeton
Area Community Foundation in
July 2013 with a $500,000 gift from
the Chamber Foundation to benefit nonprofits located throughout
the Chambers five-county, central
New Jersey footprint. Grants are
given annually to the most promising programs that address one or
more of the funds focus areas: education, leadership, economic opportunity and development and
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