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INSIDE THIS ISSUEFilm festival

Inaugural PrindieFestapproaches. PAGE 6

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Arts Council of Princeton camper Ashlena Brown, 9, works on a mixed media art project at ACP Summer Camp. ACP offered 11 weeksof camp programming this summer. For more photos and highlights, please see page 10.

Summer artsBuilding

aroundtown

By VITA DUVAThe Sun

Cruising down the windingcurves of Westerly Road, streetsigns warning “no parking” and“children playing” pepper thePrinceton neighborhood. Over-grown greens, from oak trees tothe common ragweed, line upalong the pavement, having stoodthe test of time.

Wedged in the middle, whereWesterly Road meets Wilson

Road, still stands a modest red-rimmed church sign – partly cov-ered by those persistent weeds – proclaiming the location of West-erly Road Church.

If you were to park your cardead in front of that church sign,you would still need to squint tomake out the tiny lettering that

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2 THE PRINCETON SUN — AUG. 26–SEPT. 1, 2015

By VITA DUVAThe Sun

Once again, the Princeton FolkMusic Society brings a one-of-a-kind lineup to town for the 2015-2016 season, which runs from Sep-tember through May.

There will be nine concerts intotal. Performances will com-mence on the third Friday of every month at the Christ Con-gregation Church, which is locat-

ed at 50 Walnut Lane in Prince-ton. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Showsstart at 8:15 p.m.

And while PFMS has beenflooded with calls and emailsfrom folk music performers whoare planning their tours, the or-ganization has been booked solidsince February.

“Developing each season’s pro-gram is always a challenge,” Pro-gram Committee ChairmanJustin Kodner said. “We only donine concerts a year, and our listof favorites is very long. We usedto wait until about February tostart work on the next year’s list,but in recent years, we’ve had tostart earlier and earlier.”

PFMS will kick off its eclecticseason on Friday, Sept. 18 withfolk singer-songwriter MichaelJohnathon.

“Despite the fact that Michaelis hardly known at all in thisarea, he really is a true folk musi-

cian,” Kodner said. “In additionto being a fine writer and per-former, Michael is one of the

country’s foremost experts onAmerican folk music.”

Johnathon, well-known host of

WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour,a non-profit dedicated to celebrat-ing grassroots music filmed infront of a live audience, has beennoted for effortlessly infusing theinnovation of Bob Dylan, the

melodic voice of John Denver andthe showmanship of GarrisonKeillor into both his own musicand live performances.

The PFMS concert season willclose on Friday, May 20 with TomLewis.

Lewis, a 24-year veteran of HerMajesty’s Royal Naval Diesel Sub-marines, sings all things nauticalfrom life on board H.M. shipsto the loneliness and lure of thesea.

Admission into PFMS 2015-2016 concerts can be obtained atthe door. General admission tick-ets are $20, members are $15, stu-dents are $10, and children are$5.

For more information onPFMS and/or the concert series,call (609) 799-0944 or [email protected].

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

On Aug. 11, a 30-year-old Tren-ton female was arrested on a Bor-dentown City Municipal Courtwarrant for $500 during a motorvehicle stop on South HarrisonStreet.

She was processed and re-leased on her own recognizance.

Sometime during theovernight hours of Aug. 12, un-known actor(s) spray-painted thestop sign on the southsidewalk of HulfishStreet at WitherspoonStreet.

A 45-year-old Plains-boro male was arrested on aPrinceton Municipal Court war-rant for $250 after being turned

over by Plainsboro Police Depart-

ment on Aug. 13.He was processed and released.

On Aug. 13, un-known actor(s)sprayed silly string onthe stop sign on SpringStreet and Vandeven-ter Avenue and on a ve-

hicle parked nearby.There was no reported perma-

nent damage.

A Lawrenceville resident re-ported that sometime between 1and 2 p.m. on Aug. 14, unknownactor(s) stole her wallet contain-ing cash and credit cards at Pan-era Bread, 136 Nassau St. Theactor(s) reached into her pursehanging on the back of a chairand stole the wallet.

A Trenton resident reportedthat sometime between 11 and

11:45 p.m. on Aug. 15, unknown

actor(s) stole her SamsungGalaxy Note 4, valued at $999,which she accidentally left at thePrinceton Parklet.

On Aug. 16, a 33-year-old Flem-ington female was arrested forpossession of a stolen South Car-olina license plate during a motorvehicle stop on Stockton Street.She was processed at police head-quarters and released with sum-

monses.

Princeton Folk Music Society presents eclectic lineup

Stop sign at Hulfish and Witherspoon streets spray-painted

From David Roth to The Berrymans, PFMS plans one-of-a-kind 2015-2016 concert season

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The Princeton Folk Music Society presents string and vocal trio Low Lily on Friday, Dec. 11 at the ChristCongregation Church.

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Working to fill empty pantriesSeeking to spark community awareness on a very real level,SHUPP hosts first Princeton Hunger Banquet on Sept. 20

By ERICA CHAYES WIDAThe Sun

The issue of hunger is oftenconsidered a global one – tied toadvertisers seeking donations forwide-eyed children surrounded byflies or large organizations such asOxfam. But what many locals arereminded of by Send HungerPacking Princeton, the partner-ship between Mercer Street

Friends, Princeton Human Servic-es Commission and PrincetonPublic Schools, is that those rum-bling tummies are much, much

closer to home. As NationalHunger Awareness Month ap-proaches in September, Princeto-nians will hopefully seek to fillthose neighboring rumbling tum-mies.

According to Ross Wishnick,citizen chairperson for PrincetonHuman Services Commission andSHUPP innovator, there are abouttwo children in every Princetonpublic school classroom who are

facing hunger at home. Sure, thereare subsidized lunches and break-fasts at school, but some little ones

– very well a close friend – are

going home to an empty pantry ina town of plenty.

“We’re an organization talkingabout food. We’re talking about

one of the primary needs a personor family has,” Wishnick said. “So

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When screenwriter and filmmaker SaraMcDermott Jain became a mother oneyear ago, she discovered her long-time goalof hosting a film festi-val was finally in reach.With the daily routinesof newborn care takingup both hands, McDer-mott Jain capitalizedon the opportunity tohave her eyes free. TheTV turned on and the

ambitious new momwatched films, filmsand more films – 80 tobe precise. From this,the first-ever Princeton Independent FilmFestival, or PrindieFest, was born.

“I have always wanted to do a film festi-

val. When I had my son, I wrongfullythought I could continue writing fromhome. The one thing I could do, however,was watch movies. That’s how I put it to-gether,” McDermott Jain said. “I put a callout for submissions on FilmFreeway,” awebsite for screenwriters and film festi-vals, “and from there it continued tobuild.”

From the 80-plus films submitted by in-ternational contestants, McDermott Jainselected 21 to screen at PrindieFest – mostof which will be debuted at the PrincetonGarden Theatre. Each film was viewed and

scored by three individuals on a volunteercommittee and then passed along to thegrand prize judges: Linda Palmer Cardone,Patrick DiRenna and Pawel Biel.

Cardone is best known for directing“Halloween Party,” which was shortlisted

for Best Original Song at the AcademyAwards. DiRenna is president of NewYork’s Digital Film Academy, where Mc-Dermott Jain attended in 2011.

McDermott Jain found her passion for

film when she took a screenwriting courseduring graduate school at Emerson Col-lege in Boston. Her screenplay was submit-ted to the school’s film festival, the EVVY

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‘See it all’ at Princeton Independent Film FestivalEvent founder Sara McDermott Jain talks the first-ever PrindieFest Sept. 17–19

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WE NES Y AUGUST 26Hollywood Summer Nights:

“Destry Rides Again”: PrincetonGarden Theatre, 7 p.m. Sue Gold

with the Pickup Band led by theMills Family: Princeton CountryDancers, Suzanne Patterson Cen-

ter, 8-10:30 p.m. Tickets: $8.

Garden State Watercolor SocietyPresents its 46th AnnualJuried Show, "Nature's Beau-ty": D&R Greenway Land Trust,

Johnson Education Center, Mon-day-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Formore information, call (609) 924-

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THURS Y AUGUST 27Hollywood Summer Nights:

“Raiders of the Lost Ark”:Princeton Garden Theatre, 7 p.m.

Princeton Farmers Market: Prince-ton Public Library, Hinds Plaza, 11a.m. Seasonal produce from localfarmers, flowers, crafts and avariety of edibles are availablethrough 4 p.m. at this weeklyevent. Live music from 12:30-2:30p.m.

Film: “Charlotte’s Web”: PrincetonPublic Library, Community Room,3 p.m. Based on the E.B. Whiteclassic, this live-action/computer-

animated film is the story ofWilbur, a pig who is doomed tobecome dinner; and Charlotte, aspider who befriends and ulti-mately saves him. 1 hour, 37 min-utes.

FRI Y AUGUST 28Film: “Annie”: Princeton Public

Library, Community Room, 3 p.m.

This 2014 musical comedy-dramais adapted from the Broadwaymusical of the same name and isthe third film adaptation of the1924 comic strip “Little OrphanAnnie.” When 10-year-old Annie,

who lives in foster care in Harlemwith several other girls, meetsmogul William Stacks, the twodevelop a bond that changesboth of their lives. 1 hour, 58 min-utes.

Job Seeker Sessions: PrincetonPublic Library, Community Room,9:45 a.m. The library and Profes-sional Services Group of MercerCounty sponsor sessions for pro-fessionals who are seeking newemployment and contractingopportunities throughout theregion. Please check the library’swebsite for specific topics. Com-munity Room.

S TUR Y AUGUST 29Saturday Stories: Princeton Public

Library, Story Room, 10:30-11 a.m.Stories, songs and rhymes forchildren 2-8 years of age and

their families. Adults mustaccompany their children.

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Hollywood Summer Nights: “Gonewith the Wind”: Princeton Gar-den Theatre, noon.

MON Y AUGUST 31Species on the Edge, Winning Art

and Essays from ConserveWildlife Foundation of New Jer-sey: D&R Greenway Land Trust,Olivia Rainbow Gallery, open busi-ness hours of business days. Thisannual juried exhibition of thewinning art and essay from each

county provides fifth-graders’impressions of New Jersey’sthreatened and endangeredspecies, which they have studiedintensively. For more information,call (609) 924-4646.

TUES Y SEPT. 1Princeton Scrabble Club Meeting:

Panera Bread, Nassau ParkBoulevard, Route 1 South, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Princeton Community Dinner: First

Baptist Church of Princeton, 5-7p.m. In collaboration with theTrenton Soup Kitchen, all are wel-come to partake of a free d innerto sit down and eat, or to takewith you.

McCarter Live at the Library:Princeton Public Library, Commu-nity Room, 7 p.m. McCarter The-atre Artistic Director Emily Manndiscusses the production of“Baby Doll” that she adapted forthe stage with Pierre Laville.Joining the discussion will be

“Baby Doll” leads Dylan McDer-mott and Susannah Hoffman whowill talk about the joys and chal-lenges of bringing the story tolife.

Writers Room: Princeton PublicLibrary, Princeton Room, 7 p.m.Writers receive constructivefeedback at these sessions, dur-ing which participants read theirwork and members offer sugges-

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Open to authors from CentralNew Jersey and Bucks County,Pa., with preference given tothose who reside within 20 milesof PPL, the Author Fair takesplace from 1-4 p.m. as the high-light of Local Author Day.

The event is an opportunity forauthors to gain exposure whileshowcasing their work in thehighly regarded setting of PPL.While the day’s emphasis is onmarketing and networking, au-thors are also given space to dis-play, sign and sell their books dur-ing the Author Fair.

Space is available for 36 au-thors with priority given to writ-ers of adult fiction or non-fiction.Writers in other genres, or for

other age groups, are also wel-come to apply.

Four featured authors will beselected and given an eight-minute time slot to read fromtheir work during the fair. Ten ad-ditional authors will be chosen bylottery to read for six minutes.

Authors supply their ownbooks and keep all proceeds fromsales during the fair.

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book. In addition to the AuthorFair, Local Author Day featuresworkshops for writers. The work-shops are open to the public andbegin at 10 a.m. Details are to beannounced.

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Move was made in lieu of discontinued 655 bus lineBy VITA DUVA

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As part of a two-part plan toprovide alternative transportationto those without any other way toreach the University Medical Cen-ter of Princeton at Plainsboroafter NJ Transit announced serv-

ice discontinuation of the 655 busline, Princeton University has de-cided to extend the TigerTransitbus system.

Last week’s town council meet-ing brought to light a new trans-portation program courtesy of Princeton HealthCare System – afree, on-demand taxi service forhospital patients who live within ahalf-mile or less radius from thehospital site. The service began

just this week.“The on-demand taxi service is

obviously a really great service forthose who live within the geo-graphic area it’s serving, but whenwe were looking at the loss of the655, there is also everybody elsewho does not live in that area,”Mayor Liz Lempert said. “The uni-

versity has really stepped up tohelp out with that.”The TigerTransit Plainsboro

line will extend its service Mon-day through Friday, from 7 a.m. to7 p.m., while also adding an addi-tional stop at Palmer Square.

“The bus line goes as far southas Nassau Street, but there is a sig-nificant population of Princeton – not only those who live here, butthose that commute to town and to

the hospital – so this will hopefullyhelp to bridge the gap of trans-portation in that capacity,” HealthOfficer Jeff Grosser explained.

“One of the advantages of thatline, even better than the 655, isthat it is also free,” Lempert saidof TigerTransit.

However, Councilwoman Jenny

Crumiller feels an essential pieceto passing the word on to com-muters concerning the free Tiger-Transit bus option is proper adver-tisement.

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far, we’ve been getting good recep-tion to this issue in the communi-ty. People are shocked that thereare kids coming to school, and youdon’t know who they are butthey’re sitting in your child’sclassroom. It really resonates withpeople.”

The Princeton Hunger Banquetis an event following two others tocreate awareness. First, SHUPPhad a chef come to Princeton anddemonstrate various ways to cookhealthy food, and the second was adocumentary highlighting the ef-fects of hunger. The banquet,SHUPP Board Member BillSchofield explained, is directed to

affect individuals in a deeperway – to really give them an expe-rience and spark a conversation.

“The inspiration for the ban-

quet was taken from a model con-ducted by the Hun School,”Schofield said. “We thought, ‘Wow!This would be a fantastic opportu-nity to raise money for what we’redoing and connect people to theissue in a very real way.’”

The banquet, hosted from 1 to 3p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20 in a tentedHinds Plaza, will create a class di-vide at the various tables with dif-ferent menu choices so guests mayexperience, at least on some level,what hunger feels like.

“We don’t want to beat peopleover the head with the issue, butcreate a construct for conversa-tion,” Schofield said. “I have afamily of four and view this as agreat way to have the whole family

go, sit at different tables and havedifferent experiences. There willbe conversation starter notes forguests to take home and continue

the discussion on hunger.”Wishnick said that in addition

to spreading awareness, SHUPPwill use the money from thefundraiser – tickets, $50 per guest,are available for purchase onlineat SHUPPrinceton.org – to buybags of food prepared by MercerStreet Friends and deliver them toPPS for Friday drop off.

This routine, established a littlemore than two years ago whenWishnick and his commissionteam sought to meet a local need,is SHUPP’s regular M.O.

“So far,” Wishnick said – histone revealing the effort behindthe young partnership’s accom-plishments – “SHUPP has deliv-ered 41,264 supplemental meals.”

BANQUETContinued from page 4

some people to get on that bus be-cause it says Princeton University;and we can say it in meetings, wecan say it in letters, but I don’tthink that it’s actually going towork unless we put some signs,”Crumiller stated.

Grosser, who said advertising is

where the town’s Health Depart-ment and the Human Services De-

partment will partner, pledgedthat bus-stop signs will be part of their promotional plan.

TigerTransit operates on afixed route schedule, already offer-ing stops at both academic and ad-ministrative buildings; faculty,staff, graduate and undergraduatestudent housing; Nassau Street;the Forrestal Campus and thePrinceton Plasma Physics Lab.

Other TigerTransit services in-clude stops with shelters, connec-

tions to NJ Transit and PrincetonBorough FreeB bus, service tolocal shopping centers, an on-de-mand service and extended hours.Multi-line TigerTransit stops alsoprovide transfers from one line toanother.

To access the TigerTransitroute map, visithttp://www.princeton.edu/park-ing/TTRouteMap.pdf.

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Awards, and won.One of the things McDermott

Jain looks forward to most aboutthe festival is allowing locals tosee into the cross-cultural lensthat is not always portrayed bymainstream media. She coinedthe tagline, “See it all,” forPrindieFest.

“See all the films,” McDermottJain said. “They’re spectacular.But more than that, see all thatthe world has to offer. We will beshowcasing different countries,different cultures and differentstruggles than the ones you usual-ly see in the media.”

Submissions came from Aus-tralia to Asia. One, called“Mercy’s Blessing,” was filmed inMalawi, Africa.

The feature length film to bescreened Friday night is “A Wheel

Out of Kilter.”“The best way to describe it is

‘Blair Witch Project’ meets ‘Zenand the Art of Motorcycle Main-

tenance,’” McDermott Jain saidenthusiastically. “It’s about amountain biker who goes into thewoods and things go wrong. Shotfor $5,000, which you’d neverknow, things get very scary in thefew minutes at the end. I lovethose scary movies that aren’t inyour face, but more subtle; lots of buildup.”

Other films debuted through-out the festival, Thursday, Sept. 17through Saturday, Sept. 19 will bea collection of shorts such as “ABox Came to Brooklyn” – said tobe in the fashion of the TwilightZone’s “Monsters Have Arrivedon Maple Street” – and featuressuch as “Driving While Black” – anote to parents: strong languageadvisory. Tickets for screenings atPrinceton Garden Theatre will be$10 per film block and $8 for mem-bers.

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Feature length film Friday is ‘A Wheel Out of Kilter’

Five new local residents have joined the Board of Directors of

the nonprofit YingHua Interna-tional School in Princeton.

The new directors include B.Bonnie Liao, Ph.D., of Lawrenceville; Kevin Merges,Ed.D., of Somerset; Cheryl Rowe-Rendleman, Ph.D., of West Wind-sor; Stacy Schuster of Rob-binsville; and John Wang of Plainsboro. They join Robert Eng,Ed.D., and R. Wade Speir, bothresidents of Princeton, to com-plete the seven-member govern-ing body of the independentschool.

Founded in 2007, YingHua In-

ternational School is a full-timeindependent school for preschool

through middle school grades.Native Mandarin speakers teachmore than 70 students the majori-ty of their subjects in MandarinChinese.

The scholars also study Eng-lish and Spanish as part of theirworld language program. Execu-tive Director Kristin Epstein, res-ident of West Windsor, who in2013 became the first non-Chineseheritage administrator of theschool, heads them.

The five new directors embodya varied depth of knowledge.Some of the tasks of the 2015-2016

Board of Directors include over-sight of the school’s candidacy

period for the International Bac-calaureate World Schools Pri-mary Years Programme and toguide the school’s addition of in-ternational exchange programs.These directors have the rightcombination of skills to bringYingHua International School toglobal recognition as a leader inimmersion education.

YingHua International Schoolis accepting applications for the2015-16 school year and 2015 Sum-mer Camp. Visit www.yhis.org formore information on the school’smany programs.

Five new local residents join as directorsfor English-Chinese immersion school

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sits just beneath the bold head-line. It reads, “Westerly RoadChurch is now Stone Hill Church,1025 Bunn Drive, Princeton.”And, unlike those weeds, thechurch that once stood behindthat sign no longer stands.

In 2013, after the congregationhoused approximately 500 mem-bers in a pre-fabricated buildingdesigned only to hold 125, ru-mored resident complaints, andwith no luck to add a two-storyaddition to the existing propertydue to a restrictive zoning amend-ment passed by Princeton’s Town-ship Committee, the church wasdemolished.

“I am kind of biased, since I at-tend the church’s beautiful newlocation, but I miss them terriblybeing just a short walk across thestreet,” Alison Emann said in anurturing tone. Emann is a long-time resident of Westerly Road. “Iknow that it was a struggle for the

church to be here, and the streetswere congested – really only onSundays – cars were up and downthe street, but that really just goesto show how wonderful the workthey do is. I mean, as a resident, itwas something I was willing toput up with.”

But as Christina Keddie, execu-tive assistant to the senior pastorat Stone Hill Church of Prince-ton, explained, “The church hadbeen looking to expand the con-gregation for some time. It took

about 25 years to make that hap-pen. We were overflowing in theold space – parking began fillingup both sides of Westerly Road,and while we had a good relation-ship with our neighbors, this wasone aspect we took into consider-ation when looking at our op-tions.”

Today, a construction site takesthe church’s place, where builderOz Clark of Clark Custom Homes,Inc. and excavation contractor

Keith Reinson of K. Reinson Ex-cavating, LLC prepare a soon-to-be-built large two-story customhome at the 55 Westerly Road lot.

“Today, we’re stoning the base-ment floor in preparation of

pouring the home’s concretewalls,” Reinson detailed.

“We anticipate this project totake about a total of 10 months,”

Clark noted.Sizing up the lot, in compari-son to its surrounding neighbors,it is still unclear as to whetherthis new home will become aneyesore in the neighborhood.

Across the street still stands a na-tive single-story home. But, to theright and to the left of the lot, newexterior structures that boast op-

ulent two-story homes stand firm.One thing is clear – the look of the neighborhood’s homes ischanging.

VITA DUVA/The Sun

Top, an old sign proclaiming the location of the former Westerly RoadChurch still stands at the construction site at 55 Westerly Road inPrinceton. Above, the current construction scene at 55 WesterlyRoad in Princeton run by Clack Custom Homes Inc., where the West-erly Road Church – now known as the Stone Hill Church of Prince-ton – formerly stood prior to being demolished in 2013.

CHURCHContinued from page 1

please see MILLER, page 18

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According to the Historical So-ciety of Princeton, Westerly RoadChurch began in the early 1950swith a growing desire of someChristians in the Princeton areato start a church where the Biblewould be taught as reliable andauthoritative, Christ would be

worshipped in all his glory andconcern for denominational dif-ferences would be minimized.

Butler, Dorothy and Helen Har-

ris – brother and sisters – ownedthe property between MountainAvenue and the then soon-to-be-constructed Westerly Road. Theydonated a portion of their proper-ty fronting Westerly Road for anew church.

Their own homes on MountainAvenue were pre-fabricated.When they learned the company

that had built their homes wasnow building churches, they real-ized this was a way they could af-ford to build a church. Soon, the

new church arrived by rail atPrinceton Junction and wastransported to the Westerly Roadsite.

“Much of the housing stock inPrinceton was built in the 1950s to1970s, especially the more modestCape Cods, ranch-style housesand split levels. Many of theseolder houses are smaller thanwhat is permitted by the zoningon their lots,” Princeton Council-man Bernie Miller said. “To a de-veloper, the main value is in thelot. Buyers today seem to be at-tracted to larger houses, andbuilders are reacting to the mar-ket and building these largerhouses.”

And while there is a trend of smaller homes being demolished,and larger homes being built intheir place throughout Princeton,continuity within these neighbor-hoods is often compromised.

“It’s disconcerting when a newhome goes up that is significantly

larger than its neighbors andfeels out of character with theneighborhood,” Mayor Liz Lem-pert said. “Our zoning laws aredesigned to strike a balance be-tween keeping the size and scaleof our current neighborhoods,while allowing residents to im-prove or expand their homes.”

If a proposed home is largerthan what is allowed by Princetonzoning laws, the owner or builderneeds to obtain a variance fromthe Zoning Board to build. How-

ever, many of these larger homesbeing built are within the allow-able limits of the zoning.

“But it begs the question as towhether we need to be revisingour zoning, or adding additionallimitations in some areas. Previ-ous governing bodies have beenloath to down-zone because it cannegatively impact property val-ues,” Lempert stated. “We arehearing from residents who areconcerned about the changes that

are occurring under our currentlaws, and there may be greater in-terest in having the discussion.”


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