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The Boy Friend, 50 years later

Princeton Day School commemorates 50th anniversary by bringing one of its first
theater productions originally starring Christopher Reeve back to the stage

Learn the details

on throwing a hat into
the ring of the Princeton
primary election

By ERICA CHAYES WIDA

The Sun
Princeton Day School recently
commemorated its 50th anniversary by voyaging through time,
the French Riviera and young
love. With its drama program
being a stronghold of PDS extracurriculars, what better way
to celebrate its 50 years than on
the stage?
Artist in residence and director Stan Cahill chose to recreate
one of the schools first productions, The Boy Friend, which
starred renowned actor Christopher Reeve, class of 1970. Cahill
praised how the students themselves head the productions at
PDS.
This is their Friday night,
Cahill said of the myriad of
Upper School teenagers wearing
sweat pants, tuxedos, winter hats
and red lips this was not a dress
rehearsal. The whole program
is extracurricular; it is the most
popular in the school. We bring
in freelance designers, choreographers a lot of people from
McCarter Theatre and a student shadows each. It gives the
kids the professional experience
without the professional pressures.

Filing
deadline
approaches
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun

the 1950s, is a musical comedy

Several Princeton residents,

whether incumbent or new to politics, have already announced
their candidacies to run for council and mayor. With a little more
than a month to go until the April
4 filing deadline, here is what you
need to know about nominating
individuals to local office for the
primary election.
First and foremost, be sure you
get to the Princeton Municipal
Clerks office before 4 p.m. on
April 4. All petitions to nominate
a candidate for public office must
be filed with the clerk at least 64
days before the holding of the Primary election.
In Princeton, to nominate a
candidate for public office in the
2016 and 2017 primary election,
you must provide a petition with
31 signatures for an individual affiliated with the Democratic
Party and seven signatures for an
individual affiliated with the Re-

please see STUDENTS, page 14

please see DEADLINE, page 12

SPECIAL TO THE SUN (left) and ERICA CHAYES WIDA (right)/The Sun

At left, a young Christopher Reeve, a 1970 graduate of Princeton Day School, in the starring role of
Tony with Allison Gilbert Kozicharow, class of 1970, as Polly in the original PDS production of The Boy
Friend. At right, 11th grader Itai Fruchter as Tony opposite 12th grader Sophie Freedman as Polly.
Many of PDS theater devotees
have gone on to study in programs such as NYU Tisch School

of the Arts, the Julliard School

and Carnegie Mellon University.
The Boy Friend, written in

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Photographer Sara Stolfa to speak in Princeton

Founder of the Princeton Philadelphia Photo Arts Center at next photography club meeting
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun
During her years studying for
an MFA at Yale University School
of Art, Sarah Stolfa grew accustomed to photographing her subjects in the same room. She had
become well versed at portraiture
and remains that way, but Stolfa
felt a desire to expand the aperture of her experience. Upon
graduation, Stolfa said she did
what many American photographers do. She hit the road.
I went from a very structured
way of photographing and vowed
to not do traditional portraits. I
went across the country capturing small moments that added up
to an overall sense of tension and
discomfort within the greater
landscape, Stolfa explained.
Some of her subjects included
a woman standing in a red dress
at a demolition derby, a factory, a
strip club, a young man in Texas
who caught his backyard on fire
all things she referred to as being
very American in terms of culture.
It was a spectacle of what do
we do and what do we think about
weaving this narrative of detail
into one bigger one, Stolfa continued.
This compilation of photos
ended up in a series Stolfa never
named and never felt was completed. When something personal
arose, her road trip ended. Her ca-

SARA STOLFA/Special to The Sun

Two photographs from The Regulars, a series of bar patron portraitures by Sarah Stolfa, executive director of Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Stolfa is slated to speak at the Princeton Photography Clubs March 9 meeting, at 7:30 p.m., One Preservation Place.
reer, however, did not.
The trajectory of my work
and professional life are all very
closely tied to the twist and bends
of personal life, Stolfa voiced. I
think thats an important part of
being an artist being able to adjust, create your work as life

evolves. It can be a real challenge.

Hopefully, other artists can learn
to understand that.
In her professional career, Stolfa has taught at the Yale University Art Gallery, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the University of Delaware, Drexel Universi-

ty and currently teaches at the

University of Pennsylvania. Her
work has been shown at countless
exhibits with both solo and group
shows. In June 2009, she published her first book, The Regulars, a series of portraits from a
dive bar in Philadelphia.

Stolfa also founded the

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
where she holds the position of
executive director. A non-profit
organization, the PPAC is a place
for the study, practice and appreplease see STOLFA, page 12

Outdoor soldering ignites wall insulation, causing minor damage

The following reports are provided by the Princeton Police Department.
On Feb. 17, patrols responded
to 601 Ewing St. building C for a
smoke condition around noon.
Upon arrival, Ptl. Steve Kucinski
evacuated the building due to a
light smoke condition.
The
Princeton fire marshal and fire
trucks from Princeton, Lawrence
Township, Montgomery Township and Plainsboro Township all

responded to the scene. The

Princeton First Aid and Rescue
Squad also responded. The investigation revealed workers were using torches
to solder copper pipes
on air conditioning
units outside the building. The use of the
torch caused insulation inside the
wall of the building to ignite,
which caused minor damage to
the wooden studs inside the wall.
The fire was quickly extin-

guished by the workers on scene

and the fire fighters that arrived
shortly thereafter. There were no
injuries as a result of
this incident, and the
damage to the building
appeared to be minimal. All emergency
personnel cleared the
scene
at
approximately
2 p.m.

police
report

Feb. 15
Subsequent to a single-car

motor vehicle crash on State

Road, a 23-year-old Skillman female was taken into custody for
DWI. She was later released with
motor vehicle summonses and a
pending court date.

Feb. 14
Subsequent to a motor vehicle
stop on Mercer Street, a 47-yearold Princeton female was found to
have a warrant for her arrest for
$164 issued by the Manalapan
Township Municipal Court. She

was placed under arrest and

transported to police headquarters where she was processed and
released after posting bail.

Feb. 12
Subsequent to a motor vehicle
stop on Nassau Street, a 42-yearold Trenton male was found to
have an active warrant for his arrest for $100 issued by the Trenton Municipal Court. He was
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Wilson-Apple Funeral Home

Saying goodbye to Principal Cirullo

By STEVE COCHRANE

commanding presence in the

classroom or on the lacrosse field,
he was also simple and self-effacing enough to don a cape, a cowboy hat and a pair of goggles to
delight the children of Riverside
Elementary School as Captain
Dismissal!
A graduate of the Princeton
school system, which he entered
as a kindergartner, Bill dedicated
countless years to the district as a

PPS superintendent
Bill Cirullo, the beloved and
long-time principal of Riverside
Elementary School, passed away
on Monday, Feb. 15 surrounded by
his family. The entire Princeton
community is mourning his passing.
Bill was at once both deeply
humble and larger than life. A

MORE ONLINE
At ThePrincetonSun.com, The
Sun celebrates the life of Bill
Cirullo with loving comments
from his Riverside family,
friends and colleagues.

Feb. 15, 2016

William D. Cirullo, 67, of Pennington, died Monday, Feb. 15 at
University Medical Center of
Princeton at Plainsboro. Bill was
born and raised in Princeton before moving to Pennington in
1977. He was principal for more

than 30 years at Riverside Elementary School, and prior to that

he was a teacher for more than 16
years. Bill was also a longtime
football and lacrosse coach at
Princeton High School.
Son of the late Carmen and
Edith (Southard) Cirullo, he is
survived by his wife of 44 years
Susan E. (Tiffenbach) Cirullo, son
William D. Cirullo, Jr., daughter
Casey Cirullo Upson and son-in-

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Princeton High School student aims

to make waves in politics this summer
Margaret Evered accepted into Junior Statesmen of America Summer School
By ERICA CHAYES WIDA
The Sun

Email us at news@theprincetonsun.com

Margaret Evered is passionate

about human rights, particularly
reproductive rights, womens
rights and childrens rights. As
president of her sophomore class
and member of the Junior Statesmen of America chapter at
Princeton High School, Evered is
already striding down her make a
difference career-path. Recently,
Evered was accepted to attend the
JSA summer school program in
Washington, D.C. an opportunity that, if she can raise the funds
to go, will shape the clay of her
passions.
I am not sure whether I want
to follow my passion for women,
children and reproductive rights
by becoming a doctor, a lawyer. Id
be interested in politics if that
was the best path to defend
womens rights, Evered said.
Evered became irrevocably devoted to such issues last fall when
she attended a talk at the United
Nations about child marriage.
We heard a bunch of people
speak about their experiences
dealing with having no sexual reproductive rights in Nigeria. It
was super emotional. There were
doctors, diplomats, non-govern-

mental organizations all different representatives speaking to

one problem, Evered said, her
eyes wide.
A film called Vessel was also
a significant inspiration for
Evered.
Its about this doctor from the
Netherlands, Dr. Rebecca Gomperts, who deals with womens
rights. After going on a Doctors
Without Borders trip, she realized
how things like contraception
and abortion were illegal and unavailable for many women,
Evered explained. She created a
ship a vessel and invited
women onto international waters
where they could seek out their
medical rights.
When Evered applied for the
JSA summer school, she was required to write two essays: one
about her experiences in high
school and extracurriculars and
the other about a political topic of
interest.
I discussed womens reproductive rights and womens and
childrens rights, and it only took
me 30 minutes to write the first
draft, Evered said. I finally had
a platform to express myself and
it just poured out.
Through this program at the
Junior Statesmen of America

Summer
School,
Evered will receive leadership and academic training
from
Georgetown
professors and
participate in
daily debates
EVERED
where she will
be able to meet and question political leaders.
Id love to meet Cory Booker,
Evered said. Even though hes so
local, Ive never had a chance to
meet him. Really, Id be excited to
meet anyone in the presidential
election with it, a lot of these issues I care about are coming to
the forefront.
The program also includes
field trips to various hotspots
such as the Pentagon and Congress to facilitate a more handson approach to learning politics.
If Evered attends the program,
she is excited to have discussions
with a diverse group of students.
It includes kids from all over
the country. Within the PHS JSA
chapter, the other students and I
often agree on things, at least on a
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Peter Pan at the Princeton Public Pool

Pirates, Pandemonium and Panto is March 5-6
The Arts Council of Princeton
and Princeton Variety Theater
present, Peter Pan at the Princeton Public Pool Pirates, Pandemonium and Panto. Saturday,
March 5 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and
Sunday, March 6 at 4 p.m. at the
Stuart Little Theater, Stuart
Country Day School of the Sacred
Heart at 1200 Stuart Road, Princeton.
Swashbuckling Peter Pan appears whenever a child says,
Lets Pretend. The Darling children love make believe, but their
helicopter parent, the rules-obsessed Mrs. Darling, insists they
keep things real. When a local tycoon threatens to convert the pool
to AstroTurf, the whole town
turns out to keep him at bay. On
the way, Mrs. Darling learns the
true meaning of magic when she
turns the family pet into a giant
crocodile.
The script, written by Zoe

Brookes, Todd Reichart, Tom

Regan and Per Kreipke, features
local businesses, local stories,
jokes for all ages and some big
surprises. Brookes, Reichart and
Plainsboro
music
teacher
Michael Jacobsen created original music for the show. The performance involves more than 50
community members both front
and back stage, ages 8 to 75, including singers, dancers, acrobats and musicians.
Panto, or pantomime, is not the
same as mime. Panto is crowdpleasing, family-oriented theater,
typically based on a well-known
story, and specially crafted for the
town where its performed. There
is a great deal of audience participation, singing and dancing, and
a very simple script. Often, men
play women and vice versa.
Director Reichart has plenty of
film, theater and TV credits to his
name, but this local form of origi-

nal theater has a special place in

his heart. We bring people together in an honest attempt to
create something wonderful from
what everyone can offer. Expect
cute kids, virtuosity and belly
laughs, he says.
For funding, this production
relies in part on local sponsors
featured in the show. This years
sponsors are JaZams, Hulits
Shoes, Princeton Center for Dental Aesthetics, Smiths Ace Hardware and Labyrinth Books.
Tickets are available for purchase
at
artscouncilofprinceton.org.
$20/adults; $15/Arts Council of
Princeton members, children and
seniors. For more information,
visit artscouncilofprinceton.org
or call (609) 924 - 8777.
For more information about
Princeton Variety Theater, contact Zoe Brookes at (203) 804-1044
or you@zoebrookes.com.

6 THE PRINCETON SUN FEB. 24MARCH 1, 2016

in our opinion

Gov.s budget shows restraint

Conservative revenue projections are nice to see
or once, it seems that Gov.
Christie and his team have
shown some restraint when it
comes to projecting the states revenue.
Maybe his failed bid for the Republican
nomination for president humbled
him. OK, probably not.
In any case, unlike the last couple
years, Christies proposed budget that
he revealed last week is projecting a
modest 3.1 percent revenue growth.
Thats a breath of fresh air compared
to more recent years, when revenue
projections seemed unrealistic at the
get-go and then proved to be exactly
that by the end of the year.
Those revenue shortfalls, if you
can even call them that, caused serious
problems for the state, both in terms of
balancing the budget and also in the
case of having its credit rating downgraded again and again.

Your thoughts
What are your thoughts on Gov. Christies
proposed budget? Share your thoughts on
this, and other topics, through a letter to
the editor.

For FY 2017, though, it looks like

Christie and his team have finally decided to go the conservative route.
Christie is hoping his $34.8 billion
proposed budget will be the start of
making the next two years great ones
for our state, as he said in his budget
speech last week. Its nice, as well, that
Christie sounded focused on local issues in our state, rather than larger national and even international issues as
he was campaigning for the big seat in
Washington.
Christies proposed budget includes

Dan McDonough Jr.

no tax increases and the largest payment ever to the states pension plan
$1.86 billion. His opponents will say
thats still not enough, falling way
short of what actuaries say is necessary to keep the pension fund healthy.
His opponents will also say
Christies budget has failed to address
the Transportation Trust Fund, which
is in dire shape and could be out of
money by as early as June. Thats a serious problem, one that Christie said
still can be fixed in time.
The long-term impact of Christies
proposed budget wont be seen anytime soon. We dont love that it doesnt
include increased funding to areas
such as public school aid. However,
there are times when spending must
be curbed to get a budget in line, even
if that takes a few years, and now
seems to be one of those times.

Turning the tide in Princeton Public Schools

Our districts focus on wellness and balance, our stated mission to prepare young
people not simply to get into a competitive
college but to lead lives of joy and purpose, has been generally met with overwhelming support by our community.
Nevertheless, I inevitably get the question:
How can we change the competitive
pressure our students feel when the college
admissions process continues to apply it?
Remarkably, the colleges answered that
question themselves with a groundbreaking report on the admissions process released last month by the Harvard Graduate
School of Education. Entitled, Turning
the Tide, the report was written and endorsed by scores of the top colleges across
the country. And it says simply this:
Enough.
It is time to end the arms race among

students of more
and
more
AP
courses and everincreasing extracurricular activities. It is time to
end the emphasis
on individual, personal
success
rather than concern for others and
the common good.
Instead, the report calls for colleges to send the
message
that
what they want
for our young people is to be ethically and intellec-

Steve

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recommendations to achieve just that.
To foster ethical engagement, the report
recommends a sustained, authentic commitment to community service. According
to the report, community service is not a
box you check when youve completed a
specified number of hours but a value that
has been developed at home and at school
over multiple years. The report asks for
community service that broadens our students understanding of diversity and
deepens their sense of gratitude.
The report also emphasizes the importance of service to family. Maintenance of
job, taking care of younger siblings these,
too, have value in deepening ethical engagement and should be affirmed by the
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letter to the editor

More reasons to support
a Witherspoon-Jackson
Historic District
I dont live in the WitherspoonJackson neighborhood. Those
who do have written eloquently
about its rich, complicated and at
times difficult history. They want
to preserve the area as Princetons 20th historic district. I fully
support this and will add some
practical reasons for doing so.
The Historic Preservation
Commission has stated publicly
that in this proposed Type II
district, they will only be concerned with what can be seen
from the street. If not seen, or if
maintenance looks the same, no
review is necessary. You can even
paint your homes front any color
without HPC review. Many residents have testified to the assistance HPC provides in helping
them find less expensive materials that maintain the current
"look" of their house.
Many studies have found that
HDs enhance property values.
Some people worry prices will
rise too much, increasing taxes
on residents. But a New York City
review by its Independent Budget
Office, covering 1975 to 2002,

found the average annual premium for property appreciation in

an HD versus similar non-HD
properties was just 1.2 percent. A
2007 Tucson review covering 15
cities and states all around the
USA including very high appreciation tourist oriented HDs in
Galveston, San Diego and Savannah reported premiums of only
0.5 to 3 percent.
This doesnt mean an HD will
increase WJ taxes 1 to 2 percent
more each year. It does mean they
wont spike due to a McMansion
next door. Some day, when a resident sells his or her house, he or
she will benefit from this small
extra appreciation.
The tax problem now without a
WJHD is that much larger, more
expensive homes are built in
place of torn down smaller ones.
When a large home selling for
$900K to $1.2M is built, it is assessed at its sale price. When the
next revaluation is done, the tax
assessor looks at the new large
home sold for $1M-plus and attributes part of the price to the
land value. He then imputes a
new, higher land value to surrounding properties. This greatly
increases their total assessment
although the house on them has
not changed one bit.
Creation of the WJHD will

help stabilize tax assessments

throughout the neighborhood for
current property owners. Without this HD, rapid gentrification
and market forces result in rapidly rising tax assessments as developers pick off individual properties and build the largest homes
that current zoning permits. This
would also destroy the nature of
the community.
Lets not become another Manhattan where only the wealthy
can live near our center of commerce and culture. Since the end
of the 19th century, people of
modest means who actually get
the hard work done in our town
and university mostly AfricanAmericans, Italians and now Latinos have lived in this neighborhood. Lets designate a WJHD and
allow them to continue living
here, rather than pack them off to
Trenton.
This will benefit all who live in
Princeton by preserving a key
part of our history, and maintaining a diverse ethnic and socio-economic population.
John Heilner

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Afternoon Stories: Children age 4
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Stress Less: Join the Princeton
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Zero Waste Workshop: Come hear
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Princeton Public Library, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY FEB. 26
Job Seeker Sessions: The library
and Professional Services Group
of Mercer County sponsor sessions for professionals who are
seeking new employment and
contracting
opportunities
throughout the region. Princeton
Public Library, 9:45 a.m.
LEGO: Children in grades one to five
are invited to participate in a noncompetitive, community-based
LEGO session. Princeton Public
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Academy Awards Marathon: In
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SATURDAY FEB. 27
Kirtan, Meditation, Discussion,
Indian Vegetarian Luncheon:
Every Saturday in February. Register at Princeton@bviscs.org and
visit bviscs.org for more information. Princeton Phakti Vedanta
Institute, 1 p.m.
Hear My Prayer: The Princeton
Singers, a professional chamber
choir, perform pieces by composers who shoes to set prayers.
Princeton University Art Museum, 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. For tickets: www.princetonsingers.org.
Annual Joe R. Engle Organ Concert: Grammy Award-winning
organist Jonathan Dimmock of
the San Francisco Symphony will
perform with the Princeton Seminary Singers and the Nassau
Presbyterian Church Adult Choir.
Free and open to the public.
Princeton Theological Seminary,
7 p.m.
Salzburg Marionettes: Alice in
Wonderland: Lewis Carrolls
Alice in Wonderland, one of the
best-known stories ever written,
comes to life through a creative
set design and newly recorded
score, taken from period dance
music. All ages. Tickets $25 - $50
available at the box office, by
phone (609) 258 2787 or online
at mccarter.org. McCarter Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY FEB. 28
Salzburg Marionettes: Little Red
Riding Hood & Peter and the
Wolf: First, the charming story
of young Peter set to Sergei

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Each character is assigned its
own musical instrument and
theme as the music, narration
and extraordinary, handcrafted
marionettes bring this classic
childrens tale to life. Then, Little
Red takes her turn with the wolf.
All ages. Tickets $25 - $50 available at the box office, by phone
(609) 258 2787 or online at
mccarter.org. McCarter Theatre,
3 p.m.
Disco Pigs: This play follows two
Irish teenagers whose intense,
lifelong friendship is tried by
growing older and growing different, written by Tony Award-winning Irish playwright Enda Walsh.
For more information: (609)
2581500. Whitman Theater on
Princeton University campus, 2
p.m.

MONDAY FEB. 29
Letra Pequea: Through engagement with books, activities and
crafts, children and adults
improve Spanish language skills,
for children 2-5 years old accompanied by a parent or caregiver, 11
a.m.
AARP Tax Help: free help preparing
and filing federal and state electronic tax returns by appointment on Monday mornings
through April 11. Call (609) 9249529, ext. 1220. Princeton Public
Library Community Room, 9 a.m.

TUESDAY MARCH 1
Chess: Children can learn to play
and practice chess at these weekly drop-in sessions led by Princeton High School chess members.
Princeton Public Library, 4 p.m.

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Cochrane: I hope we all

read Harvard report
COCHRANE
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college admissions process.
Under the umbrella of intellectual engagement, the report
recommends a few extra-curricular activities done well rather
than a long list of superficial involvements.
And the same is true with academics. The report recommends
students take fewer AP and accelerated courses so they can explore them in depth with passion
and curiosity.
We dont want students who
do things just because they think
they have to in order to get into
college, writes Stuart Schmill,
dean of admissions at MIT. To
the contrary: we want students
who lead balanced lives, who pursue their interests with energy
and enthusiasm, and who work
cooperatively with others.
Finally, the report recommends
that we expand students thinking about good colleges. There
are many pathways to professional and personal success, and the
reality is: the person you take to
college your character, intellect
and creativity is far more important than the particular college you attend.

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granting our children permission, space, and time to develop
their analytical strength, their
empathic and generative selves,
and their inner lives of reflection,
values, and aspirations.
We will reward them by emphasizing depth over breadth of
resume, and strength of purpose
over multiple application fillers.
In shifting our focus, we hope
to inspire students to use their
school years as truly formative.
We aspire to the goal of matriculating students who have the internal clarity and drive that will
propel them forward through
their college years and beyond.
Turning the Tide signals a
sea change in college admissions
and an affirmation of our efforts
here in Princeton. I hope the report is read by all of us educators, parents and young people.
Moreover, I hope that all of us
join in weaving its critical and
common-sense recommendations
into the fabric of our schools.

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placed under arrest and was
transported to police headquarters where he was processed and
released after he posted bail.

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Subsequent to a motor vehicle

stop on Nassau Street, a 25-yearold Dover male was found to have
two active warrants for his arrest
issued by the Paterson Municipal
Court and the Dover Municipal
Court totaling $900. He was
placed under arrest and transported to headquarters where he
was processed and released after
posting bail.

Feb. 11
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Subsequent to a motor vehicle
stop on University Place, a 39year-old West Windsor male was
arrested for driving while intoxicated. He was transported to
headquarters where he was
processed and released with summonses and a pending court date.
Subsequent to a motor vehicle
stop on John Street, a 20-year-old
Princeton female was arrested on
an outstanding warrant for $120
issued by the Princeton Municipal Court. She was processed and
released after posting bail.
Patrols responded to the first
block of Nassau Street to investigate a disturbance at 6:56 p.m.
The investigation revealed the accused, a 24-year-old Princeton
male of John Street, was yelling
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over two newspaper vending machines, which resulted in one of

them striking a parked car. He
was arrested and transported to
headquarters where he was
processed and charged with disorderly conduct and criminal
mischief. He was released with
summonses.

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fundamental
level,
Evered
voiced. This will give me the
chance to debate and hear issues
from all different people of all different backgrounds.
Evered is devoted to ensuring
human rights through equality of
education, access to medical help
and opportunities for women and
children both internationally and
domestically. To take the next step
in her passion and attend the JSA
program, Evered created an online fundraiser in hopes of having the communitys support raising the $4,000 tuition.

Ive applied for a lot of scholarships through the JSA. The program provides a lot of its admitted students with a fundraising
packet. I think theyre already
trying to get you experience in
campaigning, Evered said.
Evered is doing other sorts of
grassroots campaigning, such as
letter-writing, which she says has
become a sort of after-school job
for her.
As of last week, Evered was
half way to her goal. She has
until May to submit her tuition.
To help Evered make waves in
human rights and politics this
summer, visit her fundraiser
campaign
online.
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District extends condolences

DISTRICT
Continued from page 3
coach, and as a knowledgeable
and energetic principal. Bill always put the needs of children
and families first. Children inspire us, he used to say. If we
listen well, they teach us how to
be successful. Bill reveled in
deep conversations and spontaneous laughter. He had an innate
ability to connect with and to inspire others no matter how old or
young they might be.
In his 30 years as the principal
at Riverside, Bill created a very
special school culture, one rich in
joy, laughter and new ideas. Bill
loved being a principal and felt
that one of the best parts of his
job was being enriched by his
staff. When you work with great
people when you work with visionaries, he once stated, it is
like an endless riot of ideas and
possibilities. That riot result-

ed in a school garden, a turtle

pond, a black box theater, a wonderfully diverse pre-school and
countless curriculum initiatives.
As recently as last year, Bill was
bringing children together with a
landscape designer to create a
new playground!
Bill made a lasting impact on
so many in our community. Over
the years, former students repeatedly sought his counsel whether
as teenagers, young adults or parents themselves. A lifelong athlete and longtime coach, Bill
starred on the football and track
teams at Princeton High School
and later coached football and
lacrosse at PHS. He founded the
Bobby Campbell Lacrosse Foundation, named in memory of a
former player, to bring lacrosse to
underprivileged youth, and he
coached an adult lacrosse team in
Princeton for a decade. Bill loved
the give and take of competition
and encouraged his student-athletes to take the lessons and teamwork they learned on the field

and apply it in everyday life. Bill

also served as president of the
districts administrators association for many years and was a
leader among his colleagues.
Bills office was covered with
pictures of his beloved wife
Susan, his children Casey Upson
(married to Lionel Upson) and
Billy Jr. as well as his two beloved
granddaughters. He will be
deeply missed by his Riverside
family, the Princeton community
and all of us who knew him.
At this sad time, the district extends its condolences to the Cirullo family and their extended circle of friends. We hold Bill and
his family in our thoughts and
prayers, and we honor his memory by remembering the joy and
passion with which he lived his
life.
I get great enjoyment in my
day by being with our students,
Bill stated in 2013. I became an
educator to interact with kids. So
I preserve that. I have the best of
the best jobs in the world.

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Deadline to register
to vote is May 1
DEADLINE
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publican Party. Petitions can be

downloaded and printed through
the clerks website: www.princetonnj.gov/clerk/PetitionLocalOffice.pdf.
If you intend to nominate an
Independent candidate for the
general election, you are required
to provide 92 signatures. This filing deadline for Independent is
not until the day of this years
primary election, June 7, before 4
p.m. The deadline to register to
vote or to change your address before this year's June 7 primary
election is May 1. Mail-in registration forms are available

through the Princeton Clerk's Office, (609) 924-5704, or online from

the state Division of Elections:
http://www.state.nj.us/state/elec
tions/voting-information.html.
If you are going to be out of
town or unavailable to vote on
Election Day, the deadline to
apply for a vote by mail ballot for
the primary election is May 31 by
mail or in person a the Mercer
County Clerks Office up until
June 6 at 3 p.m.
If you wish to change your
party affiliation for the primary
election, you must do so by April
13. Change of party affiliation
forms are available in the Princeton Clerks office or online from
the state Division of Elections
and must be filed with the Mercer
County Clerk's office prior to the
deadline.

Stolfa to discuss
founding of art center
STOLFA

IF YOU GO

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To hear Sarah Stolfa speak

about her work, go to the
Princeton Photography Clubs
general meeting March 9 at
7:30 p.m. The event is free and
open to the public. Light
refreshments will be served. It
will be at D&R Greenway Land
Trust, One Preservation Place.
For directions or more information, contact Carl Geisler,
president, at (732) 422-3676 or
visit the PPC website at
www.princetonphotoclub.org.

ciation of contemporary photography.

On March 9, Stolfa will speak
at the Princeton Photography
Clubs general meeting. The 7:30
p.m. event, hosted at D&R Greenway Land Trust at One Preservation Place, is free and open to the
public. There, Stolfa will discuss
her founding the art center and
her work as a photographer
through the years.
My interest lies in portraiture
because it has the capacity to
have people identify with what
theyre looking at in a way more
so psychologically and emotionally, Stolfa said. All of my photo-

graphs are kind of sad or isolated. I think really good portraiture

can draw people in in a way that
they may not even realize.

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The Upper School students of PDS rehearsed for their production of the musical, The Boy Friend,
which hit the stage last weekend for the schools anniversary celebration.

Students watched videos of original

STUDENTS
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about love in the 1920s. Its set

against the backdrop of the

French Riviera with pink and yellow striped beach tents and Gatsby-style boater hats bobbing simultaneously through dance
numbers. At the center of the
play is Polly, an English heiress,
who longs for one thing: a
boyfriend. Her heart ends up
beating for a messenger boy
named Tony.
Played by Reeve when The
Boy Friend first hit the stage,
PDS newcomer Itai Fruchter took
on the role of Tony for the anniversary production.
Its such a huge honor, said
Fruchter, who recently moved to
the area from Israel and is a junior at PDS. I did plays before but
none such as this. Everyone
works hard and is really professional. Its just incredible.
Twelfth grader Sophie Freedman is opposite Fruchter as Polly
Brown.
It is just really cool that were
bringing back this production at
PDS, Freedman said. The
music is great, there is so much
color. Its extremely exciting.
To prepare for turning back
the clock and honoring the
essence of the original production, students were shown old
videos of Reeve and his classmates on stage. In the backstage area, which consists of one
hallway with lockers covered in a
rainbow, dance shoes, props and
rickety gold-painted chairs, there

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The 50th anniversary of The
Boy Friend was a hit, with all
three nights sold out. There
was also a benefit before the
performance Saturday organized by the PDS Parents
Association Angels Committee.
With a joyeux French theme,
the benefit helped raise money
for the theater kids to go to
Scotland. To see more of
Princeton Day Schools production weekend, visit
ThePrincetonSun.com and
facebook.com/princetonsun.

is a framed poster board collage

of The Boy Friend, a seemingly
long-standing centerpiece in said
corner of the school.
Every designer here was
brought to look at these old photos. We wanted to keep that look
and feel, Cahill said. Our choreographer, Ann Robideaux, used
these as a starting point for the
song and dance and strived to remain true to form.
Cahill proceeded to explain the
scenes in between, however, were
liberated with a bit of creative
freedom. The students were allowed to improvise throughout
rehearsals contributing elements of modernity in the malefemale relationships while replicating the atmosphere dictated by
a 1950s musical about the 1920s.

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