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s Princeton takes that final step into2015, here is a look back at just some of the happenings and changes that cameto the area throughout 2014.

Despite opposition, Dinky Stationtransitions to a new station Nov. 17

Just before Princeton rolled into the 2014 calendar

year, the Regional Planning Board approved the $300million Arts and Transit project proposed by Prince-ton University with a 9-1 vote. Throughout 2014, thisproject garnered the attention of many Princetoni-ans, with a hefty amount of opposition to movingthe Dinky Station.

The “Save the Dinky” group, an organization of Princeton citizens who vehemently opposed Prince-ton University’s plans to move the train and station,actively protested the project.

On Jan. 26, the intersection at Alexander Street

and University place reopened as did the traffic cir-cle beside the temporary Wawa. The roundaboutwas opened after the bulk of roadwork for the Artsand Transit project was complete. The next step waspreparing the construction of a new Wawa and newDinky Train Station.

On March 18, a three-judge panel in the AppellateDivision of New Jersey Superior Court issued a rul-ing upholding an approval to abandon the station tofacilitate the university’s construction. The removalof the tracks required the approval of the state His-

toric Sites Council, which was under the DEP’s ju-risdiction.The DEP rejected Save the Dinky’s request for a

stay of approval, so the citizen’s group, along withresident Anne Neumann, brought its appeal to Supe-rior Court. According to court documents, the ap-peal was brought with arguments on several fronts,including that the “DEP failed to follow the regula-tions governing the review of the encroachment ap-

Looking back on the happenings of Princeton

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CLOCKWISE, FROM BOTTOM LEFT: Will Fox and son Benjamin, 1, enjoy a taste of

homemade salsa at Princeton Public Library’s “Salsa Slam” on July 30. Members ofthe Princeton Police Department grill hot dogs on a hot August evening at CommunityNight Out. The Princeton High School graduating class of 2014 cheers after classmateRobert von der Schmidt gave an impassioned senior address at the June 25 ceremo-ny. PREA members demonstrate outside in Princeton to garner attention to theircause. The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games were hosted by New Jersey from June14 to 20 throughout the Princeton area. Architect power duo Bob and Barbara Hillierspend time at their office prospecting the various solutions that may work to preserve

Witherpsoon’s cultural identity. Charlie Liu and his younger brother, William, pose

together at Charlie’s solo benefit concert on Sunday, Aug. 17. A Princeton High Schoolcheerleader pumps up the crowd at the school’s first Friday Night Lights Homecomingfootball game in September. Princeton University employee and medicinal marijuanauser Donald DeZarn stands in front of the university’s public safety center in protest tobeing forced to be on paid leave pending he ceases the use of medicinal marijuana.Julie Johnson and children, Anders, 6, and Lucia, 3, examine vegetables at thePrinceton Farmers Market on July 17. Fuka Wada, 5, learns how to blow bubbles w ithher own two hands at the Princeton Public Library’s “Let’s Play” event.



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Robert K. Durkee, P.U. PresidentChristopher L. Eisgruber, JamieFox, commissioner of the stateDepartment of Transportationand NJ TRANSIT board chair-man, NJ TRANSIT Executive Di-rector Ronnie Hakim and MayorLiz Lempert.

Lempert closed the ceremonywith some upbeat words thatsummed up the mass attention,

both proactive and oppositional,to the Arts and Transit Projectover the last year: “Albert Ein-stein rode the Dinky, F. Scott

Fitzgerald wrote about the Dinkyin ‘This Side of Paradise’ and itwas featured in a Bing Crosbymovie” – referring to the 1934 film“She Loves Me Not.” It may not bea long commute, Lempert said,“but it is part of Princeton’s iden-tity. We love our Dinky.”

Council continues to considerenvisioning a new

Witherspoon Street Corridor

The Witherspoon Corridor isan eclectic street in Princetonwith a rich history and a dividedpast. Since Princeton Township

and Borough merged, the futureof Witherspoon was finally dis-cussed as one. At a council meet-ing, Sept. 22, members of the

community, the planning boardand the council opened the first of what Lempert called “a series of dialogues” to create a unified vi-sion for the beloved area.

At the Sept. 22 meeting, topicssuch as avoiding over-density,changing the diverse and some-times inconvenient zoning poli-cies, maintaining the “village-like” character, hiring a profes-sional urban planner, and pre-serving the historic and racialvalue of the neighborhood wereall discussed at length. By its end,Lempert concluded that LeeSolow, director of the planning

board, would return with a capac-ity analysis for current zoning be-

Witherspoon still a debateWITHERSPOON

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Witherspoon Street spoke in re-gard to how they felt the streetshould change or remain thesame.

Kevin Galeano, a 13-year-oldWitherspoon Street native, said

happily and with the authenticityof a young boy, “I don’t want tochange anything about Wither-spoon. I like it here.”

Raul Calvimontes, a 19-yearPrincetonian and 15-year co-owner of Pam’s Global ServicesInc. on Witherspoon, said, “Thepending decisions to changeWitherspoon could have the po-tential to also change our lives orpush us out” – referring to him-self and the essentially minorityHispanic and black community of the corridor. “Keeping it com-pletely as is,” Calvimontes ex-plained, “will continue the habitof buildings not being kept up be-cause, honestly, some might think‘why should I keep it up?’ if theyknow who is living inside.”

Calvimontes hoped that the vi-sion would include a solution thatmight fix some of the old or dilap-idated properties, rather than de-

stroying the community to startfrom scratch.

Several individuals aroundWitherspoon, including Calvi-montes, expressed worry that the66-year local Bob Hillier, a well-known architect with many prop-erties along the corridor, wouldturn the neighborhood into an ar-chitecturally beautiful area, butan area that current residentsand affordable housing dwellerswould be unable to afford.

Hillier and his wife/businesspartner Barbara also expressedtheir respect for the neighbor-hood and its past in an Oct. 1 in-

terview. Bob said he was interest-ed in finding solutions that fusethe ideal with the real.

“I took an interest in thisneighborhood,” Barbara said, “asort of personal investment. Iwould love it if we’d be able toshare our points of view to people

– show our genuine commitmentto wanting what is best for thetown and the neighborhood.”

The next council meetingwhere the corridor was discussed

– the last of the year – was on Nov.24. Solow returned with his exten-

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sive zoning report that might prompt a re-visioning of lot sized, form-based code andchange to zoning laws. He suggested priori-tizing ideas, including reaching out to out-side resources, such as someone to conducta historic study of the area to label andpreserve Witherspoon as a historic dis-trict.

“Right now we face a mixed bag of whatwe want – business, residential or mixeduse. We need more from the community tosee who wants what,” Solow said.

Council President Bernie Miller said he“would like to hear more” before undertak-ing a visioning study and drawing majorconclusions.

“I’ve heard comments from the Wither-

spoon-Jackson Neighborhood meeting,from community members, and still see

other residents that have not been able tocontribute their thoughts,” Miller said.Lempert suggested continuing the dia-

logue to determine if the communitywants to conduct a h istoric study, and do itin a more informal setting where council isnot “sitting in the sky.” A meeting will beannounced sometime in January.

PREA and Board of Education remainat a stalemate in contract negotiations

As of July 1, contracts between thePrinceton Regional Education Associationand the Board of Education expired. Theboard and PREA negotiations teams meton June 30 for approximately four and-a-half hours, and the two sides remainedmostly at a stalemate.

Superintendent Steven Cochrane called

the June 30 meeting “productive” and saidthe two sides would continue “with the

hope of reaching agreement before thestart of the school year.”John Baxter, Princeton High School his-

tory teacher and PREA negotiations chair,said the PREA felt “there was very littlesignificant progress and no progress what-soever on the main topics of health careand salary.” However, the two groups wereable to come to agreement on contract lan-guage for the prorated number of sick andpersonal days for new hires that begin em-ployment after the start of the school yearand for the use of accumulated unused per-sonal days.

With no contract agreement made on themain issues – salary and health benefits – athird-party mediator was brought in to themeeting on July 22 to help facilitate negoti-

Most of us are lucky enough tospend the holidays with ourloved ones. Most of us are

lucky enough to be able to give and re-ceive presents, to put a home-cookedmeal on the table and to sit back, relaxand enjoy what’s important in life.

There are many, though, living righthere in our state of New Jersey, whoare not as lucky as we are. And theseare the people who need our help themost.

So as we are about to put 2014 behindus and enter a New Year, let’s all re-solve to give back more in 2015.

We like to think of ourselves as giv-ing people, but compared to the rest of the country, that’s just not the case. Astudy released last week by the Corpo-ration for National and Community

Service and the National Conferenceon Citizenship found that 22.4 percentof New Jersey residents volunteeredtheir time in 2013.

That ranked us near the bottom,45th, in the nation. Utah topped the listat 44.6 percent.

The study found that 1.45 millionresidents volunteered a total of morethan 206 million hours of service. Thestats counted only non-paid work asvolunteering.

Millennials in our state ranked evenlower, at 49th overall, with only 17.3percent of the age group volunteeringin 2013.

The good news is that it doesn’t takemuch to change this trend. Volunteer-ing doesn’t have to take up all of one’s

free time, and it doesn’t have to includebig monetary donations. Volunteeringcan be as simple as pitching in at asoup kitchen, coaching a Little Leagueteam or collecting trash at a publicpark.

With volunteering, doing a little cango a long way. What may seem as notmuch to most of us can have a hugeimpact to someone else.

So while you’re compiling your listof To Do’s for 2015, add giving back tothe community by volunteering.

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Let’s resolve to give back in 2015For the Ne w Year, we could all give some of our time to lend a helping hand

Share your thoughtsDo you volunteer, or do you plan to volun-teer in the New Year? Share yourthoughts on this, and other topics,through a letter to the editor.

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ations.In June, the school board said

it had offered 1.8 percent raises inthe first and second years of acontract and 1.86 percent in thethird. In Princeton, the averageteacher salary is $78,351. The dis-trict stood by its requirement tostay beneath a 2 percent state-mandated budget cap. The teach-ers union, calling themselves “A

Sea of Blue” on Facebook, postedon July 30, "While there is no dis-pute that the ‘average’ teacher inPrinceton is well paid, that ‘aver-age’ must be placed in the propercontext.”

By the start of the school year,the two sides remained at an im-passe and PREA members startedwork without a new contract.

In a letter to the editor sent toThe Sun in September, PREAsaid, “we are concerned by thedistrust and apprehension fos-tered by the current contract ne-gotiation. We believe that theboard’s proposed contract is notan accurate reflection of our resi-

dents’, taxpayers’ and parents’values.”

On Nov. 13, Baxter and PREAPresident Joanne Ryan, a sec-ond=grade teacher at LittlebrookElementary School, sent a letterto parents informing them of PREA’s next move.

“PREA members will no longerperform or participate in activi-ties, including their planning, forwhich we are not compensatedand that extend beyond the schoolday. We will continue to write let-ters of recommendation,” Ryansaid.

The official withdrawal from

afterschool activities commencedon Dec. 1.Cochrane said that administra-

tion, PHS Principal Schneiderand local parents volunteeredtheir time to make the teachers’absence less drastic on students.Cohcrane continues to go to everysession hopeful that the two sideswill find common ground. Yet, bymid-December, no serious settle-ments were made.

After the last meeting in De-cember, which lasted for morethan six hours, Baxter an-nounced, “Some progress wasmade by the end of the night butwe remain far from an agreementon salary, benefit, and premiumcontributions. We will meetagain with the mediator on Jan.14.”

AvalonBay lawsuit reachessettlement agreement

Since 2013, the dispute betweenthe town and AvalonBay was amajor topic of conversation

throughout Princeton. What resi-dent Paul Driscoll referred to as“the biggest demolition in Prince-ton’s history,” which “involvesthe safety and welfare of our citi-zens,” the case spawned major de-bates until its conclusion in Au-gust.

Back in May, Developer Avalon-Bay sued the town over environ-

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THURS Y JAN. 1Friends of Princeton Nursery

Lands’ 1st Day Hike : D&R CanalState Park Headquarters, 145Mapleton Road, Kingston; 11 a.m.Start the New Year off with aneasy 1.5 mile loop hike through

the Mapleton Preserve, into thefields on the other side of Maple-ton Road, along the D&R Canaland back to the Preserve. Thiswalk sponsored by Friends ofPrinceton Nursery Lands startsat the Mapleton Preserve/D&RCanal State Park Headquarters.Dress for the weather. Free, andall are welcome. Call (609) 683-0483 for more information.

FRI Y JAN. 2Men in Retirement Meeting :

Suzanne Patterson Building, 2p.m. Come and meet other menwho are making or have madethe transition into retirement. Forinformation call (609) 924-7108.“Men in Retirement” is a NextStep program of the PrincetonSenior Resource Center.

S TUR Y JAN. 3Real-time Tour of the Battle of

Princeton : Princeton BattlefieldState Park, 7 – 9 a.m. A tour ofthe Battle of Princeton as it pro-gressed in real time. Meets at theClarke House. This year will mark

the battle’s 238th anniversary.Cover to Cover Book Group (C2C) :

Princeton Public Library Confer-ence Room, 11 a.m. This readinggroup for fourth- and fifth-

graders meets the first Saturdayof every month to discuss books,short stories and other interests.Activities include group reads,writing short book reviews andlearning to post booklists in Bib-liocommons. Registration is notrequired.

SUN Y JAN. 4Sunday Stories : Princeton Public

Library Story Room, 3:30 – 4 p.m.Stories, songs, and rhymes for

children 2-8 years old and theirfamilies. Adults must accompanychildren.

MON Y JAN. 5Continuing Conversations on Race :

Princeton Public Library Confer-ence Room, 7 p.m. Members ofNot In Our Town, the Princeton-based interracial and interfaithsocial action group, facilitatethese discussions of race-relatedissues of relevance to our com-

munity and nation.Mystery Book Group : PrincetonPublic Library Quiet Room, 7:30p.m. Librarian Gayle Strattonleads a discussion of “Three

Graves Full” by Jamie Mason.

TUES Y JAN. 6Chess : Princeton Public Library Sto-

ry Room, 4 p.m. Children canlearn to play and practice chessat these weekly drop-in sessionsled by Princeton High SchoolChess members David Hua,Amnon Attali and Alice Dong.

Exhibit : Princeton Public Library, allday; through March. Two artistswith a local connection, ArmandoSosa and Hugo Navarro, exhibittheir work on the library’s secondfloor. Sosa’s work includes bril-liantly colored, hand-woven tap-estries and other textiles. In hiswork, Sosa employs symbols andimages derived from dreams andmemories of traditional icons andfigures, both religious and secu-lar – some dating back to his

native Mayan or pre-Columbianheritage, others to actual memo-ries of a Central American child-hood. Additional visual influencesincorporated into his designs

include African textiles, EuropeanJacquard patterns and Renais-sance tapestry details.

Writers Room : Princeton PublicLibrary Princeton Room, 7 p.m.Writers can receive constructivefeedback at these sessions, dur-ing which participants read theirwork and members offer sugges-tions. Works read are usually lessthan 15 minutes long, so there istime to discuss a number ofpieces during each session. Whilenonfiction has been a focus in the

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Princeton Folk Dance Pop-Up Stu-dio : Princeton Shopping Center,7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Ethnic dances ofmany countries using originalmusic. Beginners welcome. Les-son followed by dance. No part-ner needed. $5.

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mental testing the governingbody had required at the old With-erspoon hospital site. AvalonBayrequested that the court reversePrinceton Council’s decision tomake certain environmental testsa condition of the developer’sagreement. The agreement itself was a condition of the PlanningBoard approval AvalonBay re-ceived in July 2013 to build a 280-

unit housing complex on the site.Until both parties accepted thedeveloper’s agreement, Avalon-Bay could not receive permits tobegin demolition or constructionon the site.

Prior to the lawsuit againstPrinceton – the third regardingdevelopment in less than a year – council included environmentaltesting in the April developer’sagreement. Testing was recom-mended by Dr. Ira Whitman, a li-censed site remediation profes-sional hired by the town to assesspotential environmental contami-nants or issues at the site. In hisreport, Whitman recommendedtesting associated with hazardouswaste migration from a medicalwaste incinerator, which could in-clude airborne emissions, deposi-tion of waste contaminants be-neath the incinerator, water con-veyance of incinerator-related

waste from drains and piping,and deposition of ash or residualmaterial from the incinerator.

Whitman recommended thatthese samplings be tested for cad-mium, mercury, dioxins, furansand lead.

In its suit, AvalonBay claimedthat Whitman had imagined theneed for testing and, according toPrinceton municipal attorney Tr-ishka W. Cecil, said the town hadexceeded its authority.

On July 22, a Superior Court judge ordered AvalonBay and thetown to seek help from a mediatorin resolving their dispute. The

two sides remained at odds overthe development of the formerPrinceton Hospital site down-town with AvalonBay unable tocommence construction.

Jack West, Princeton’s land useengineer, explained that the con-tractor that had been working atthe hospital site, Yanuzzi Corpo-ration, would continue to removeasbestos until the middle of Au-gust.

“Once the litigation is resolvedand they start demoing the build-ing, we are not anticipating anybig issues. Any time you’re doingdemo work in close proximity toresidents, you’re concerned withdust and contaminants, that sort

of thing, but so far the companyhas been very good to work withand very professional,” West saidin July.

By Aug. 18, under court pres-sure, Princeton Council voted toapprove an agreement with Aval-onBay and moved to end the longand at times dramatic saga be-tween the town and the develop-ers. The agreement amended theamount of environmental testingthat could be conducted at the for-mer hospital site on WitherspoonStreet.

The new agreement was ap-proved by a 5-0 vote. Lempert and

Councilwoman Heather Howardwere not in attendance at themeeting, but Miller said they par-ticipated in the closed sessionthat preceded the open meetingand “fully supported the agree-ment.”

Counsel urged the still-hesitantvoting body to support the agree-ment because of a motion byAvalonBay for judgment made bySept. 6. If officials did not approvethe revised agreement, Cecil ex-plained that there was a “strongpossibility” of the town “gettingnothing” from the decision. Bothshe and environmental lawyerNeil Yoskin, who also representsthe town, agreed that AvalonBay

would win in court and then thetown would be left with only thestate minimum in regard to test-ing.

The new agreement called forthe top four inches of soi l on thehospital site to be scraped off andseparated, then only used belowasphalt. In the spaces that publicparks and gardens were to be cre-ated, an additional eight inches of soil was required to be scrapedoff, totaling 12. Clean fill soil wasordered to replace the first foot.

Soil samples were agreed betaken and tested for 13 differentmetals from the area that con-nects the floor drains to a hospitalincinerator. A TV camera was tobe placed down the pipes to checkfor cracks and breaks, which, if found, would also be tested forcontamination.

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lition process. Any suspiciousmaterial such as ash residuewould be tested. Air monitorswere to constantly test for partic-ulates at the site as well, and if any are detected, an alarm wouldsound so “all work stops,” ex-plained Robert Kiser, head of the

town’s engineering department.Since the purpose of the test-ing the town tried to impose onthe developer was to identifyrisks to the public, CouncilmanPatrick Simon said he believedthe agreement ultimately reachedthe town’s goal.

“Foremost in our minds wasthe protection of the health andwelfare of present and future res-idents of Princeton,” Miller said.

2014 welcomes three new headsof school in Princeton

The 2014 school year has beeneventful for the private sector of

Princeton education. PrincetonMontessori, Chapin School, andPrinceton Day School all appoint-ed new heads of school to takereign over administrative duties.

A 24-year Montessori teacherfor elementary and middleschool, administrator, middleschool director and teacher of teachers, Michelle Morrison waswell suited to accept her careeradvancement at the start of sum-mer. In an August interview with

The Sun, Morrison discussed herphilosophical approach to an ad-ministrative model throughMontessori teachings.

In her new position as Prince-ton Montessori’s head of school,Morrison plays a key role in theadministrative and business sideof school affairs. There is somedebate, Morrison said, that thehead of school should have a busi-ness background instead of ateaching one. Morrison, however,whose complete adoration for herworkplace shines from her lighteyes, felt the next generations of Montessori business leadersshould come from a Montessoribackground.

Morrison explained that herdream as head of school was tochallenge adults – teachers, ad-ministrators and even parents – “to adapt the Montessori way inacting.” She said how adultsshould be able to resolve conflictthe ways so many of her studentsdo: with compassion, strengthand reflection. Once she began asofficial head of school in the newschool year, Morrison said shewould make it her priority to en-

sure that every individual inevery walk of business, adminis-trative and educational relationsshared this kind of enthusiasm.

At the beginning of December,Chapin School named prominenteducator Pamela Fiander, Ed.D.,as its new head of school. Afterconducting an extensive nationalsearch, the 83-year-old independ-ent school serving 275 studentsfrom pre-k through grade eightsettled on a candidate.

Fiander, of Basking Ridge, willsucceed Chapin’s current head-master, Richard Johnson, whowill be retiring at the end of theschool year after 16 years atChapin.

Fiander said in a press releasehow she was "deeply honored andgrateful" to join Chapin School."Chapin is a small school whererelationships are paramount. I,too, live by that belief, and willwork tirelessly to build strong re-lationships with our students,staff, parents and the greatercommunity in supporting themission and future of ourschool."

Fiander’s educational philoso-phy centers on the use of re-search-based teaching tech-niques, combined with listeningto students and understandinghow each child learns.

"Students need to be heard;they need to know they matter, inorder for learning to flourish,"she explained.

A board member of the NewJersey Association of Independ-ent Schools, Fiander has servedas an accreditation team co-chair

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for the Middle States Associationof Colleges and Schools. She is amember of the Head MistressesAssociation of the East, the Ele-mentary School Heads Associa-tion, and the Horace MannLeague, which supports publiceducation.

In November, Renee CharityPrice accepted the role as head of middle school at Princeton DaySchool. Replacing Steve Hancock,who was previous head of middleschool and assistant head of school for academic leadership atPrinceton Day School, Price’s po-sition will become effective July1, 2015.

Kathryn Rosko, PDS director of communications, said “Ms. Pricewas chosen from among nearly 70candidates – including dozens of sitting middle school heads and ahandful of heads of school – whovied for this position. After meet-ing with faculty, staff, parents andstudents, Ms. Price emerged asthe top candidate, and we arethrilled that she will be joiningPrinceton Day School this sum-mer.”

Price has been teaching for 14years, technically. Her first expe-rience as an educator came at theage of 13 through a volunteer pro-gram at her alma mater and cur-rent employer, Saint Catherine’sin Virginia. It was then that shefell in love with teaching; thosememories resurfaced as she stud-ied for the LSATs and pointed herback in the direction of acade-mia.

Word of the opportunity to joinPDS came through an old class-mate, Paris McLean, who attend-ed Columbia University TeachersCollege with Price. Price saidMcLean, a PDS faculty member

and alumni, was a wonderful am-bassador of the school and “right-fully so.” Price researched theschool and continued to learn of its “many strengths during an ap-propriately rigorous interview

process.” Drawing from her back-ground, she asked a lot of ques-tions and found that PDS pos-sessed many of the qualities sherespected and exemplified in pri-vate education.

“For me, the motive behind ed-ucation is to help prepare stu-dents for lives of extraordinarypurpose. In my opinion, there areextraordinary things happeningat Princeton Day School everyday – sustainability, technological

integration, health and wellnessinitiatives – it’s on the cuttingedge while drawing from rich tra-dition and a strong alumni base,”Price said. “My goal is to sustainthat ethos and at the same pushthe needle forward.”

A year of spotlights:Princetonians who did

something to remember

The Sun spotlights those whocontribute to the vibrant Prince-ton community. In 2014, therewere countless individuals whodid great things in art, music andmore. Here are a few to remem-ber.

Alan Chimacoff, photographer,architect and professor, broughtresident concerns to light with aSeptember exhibit at the Prince-ton Public Library. The exhibit,put on by the library and Arts

Council of Princeton, proposed adrastic, but pragmatic solution toa long-term plight of residents intown; power outages. Put simply,Chimacoff would like to see everypower line and power pole movedunderground by the year 2020.Chimacoff explained that hebegan wanting to create an exhib-it expressing his dissatisfaction


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with the current power polearrangement in Princeton yearsago.

“I have received commentsfrom people about having theireyes opened, very gratifying.And, people think they are greatphotographs – as photographs – and that is most meaningful to mesince my photographs are gener-ally neither topical nor political

but rather have high artistic aspi-rations,” Chimacoff said.On Oct. 14, the state Depart-

ment of Environmental Protec-tion and Bureau of RecyclingPlanning honored Hawkins Sut-ter, a St. Paul School of Princetonfifth grader, for his poem about re-cycling.

Hawkins’ poem was submittedlast year into the department’scontest for young writers ingrades four to six. He was one of five students in his age group

statewide and the sole Princetonresident to receive the 2014 PoetryContest prize at the 34th AnnualRecycling and Awards Ceremony

held at Jumping Brook CountryClub in Neptune. The ceremonywas hosted by the Christie admin-istration to honor various groupsand individuals who are proac-tive leaders in recycling and sus-tainability. Hawkins can now con-sider himself an eco-friendlytrailblazer who has continued topursue poetry.

Joanne Lee Kim is a Princetonresident artist who was featuredin the Hopewell Valley Stampedeand is dedicated to bringing thecommunity together with collab-orative art. Upon moving to thearea in mid-2013, Lee said that

Princeton would always repre-sent her commitment to becom-ing an artist, the place where shearose.

Kim has been working primari-ly as a teaching artist – “that’s mycapacity when I work withgroups,” she says. “I facilitateprocesses where groups can cometogether and create art, reflectionand a demonstration of how peo-ple can come together to make thecommunity a better place.” Ideasflowing and imagination, Kim be-

lieves, is better for productivityand creativity. With experienceteaching her methods of collabo-ration at various schools, youth

groups, adult groups, and confer-ences in and around Princeton,Kim prepares an activity, promptsa dialogue, and enjoys seeing herparticipants share a part of them-selves and they form greater rela-tionships and a deeper sense of community.

When Charlie Liu is not ro-mancing the world with his “fly-ing fingers,” being interviewedon “Oprah” at 8 years old or “TheEllen DeGeneres Show” at 6, andorganizing solo benefit concertsto better others, he is just a regu-lar teenage boy. Despite his repu-tation as a world-renowned pi-

anist, Charlie maintains a modestethos that seems to keep himgrounded here to his Princetonroots.

On Sunday, Aug. 17, Charlie re-turned to Channing Hall to hosthis second solo concert. The bene-fit concert was to raise funds forthe volunteer Plainsboro RescueSquad, which serviced the Liufamily several years ago whentheir youngest son, William, be-came alarmingly ill. Charlieworked for one year to prepare 12

pieces, though one compositionin particular, “La Campanella,”required two years of Charlie’sdedication – the longest he hasever taken to master a piece be-fore a show.

The concert turned out betterthan Charlie and his family hadhoped. More than 150 peoplecame to support Charlie and hiscause to donate to a compassion-ate, life-saving organization thathelps the community.

The week of July 4 was abuzzwith news of Princeton Universi-ty Professor Danielle Allen’s find-ings regarding a small oversightwith huge implications – an errorin the Declaration of Independ-ence. During her research at theInstitute for Advanced Study,Allen took particular notice of the sentence, “We hold thesetruths to be self-evident, that allmen are created equal, that theyare endowed by their Creatorwith certain unalienable Rights,

that among these are Life, Libertyand the pursuit of Happiness.” astranscribed by the NationalArchive.


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Allen discovered that the peri-od at the end of this sentence,while present in the most popularversion of the text, is not presentin many others and is immediate-ly followed by “that to securethese rights, Governments are in-stituted among Men, deriving

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