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INSIDE THIS ISSUEAllergy awareness

Princeton moms spreadthe message. PAGE 5

By ERICA CHAYESThe Sun

In April 2011, Paul Biondi joined the board of the Prince-ton YMCA. Though he had be-fore been a member, it was notuntil then that he realized the

depth of contributions the Ymakes to creating a better com-munity. Last week, Biondi ac-cepted the position of YMCAboard chair and is eager to fur-ther implement the Y’s missionto enrich the lives of local youth,encourage healthy living and

focus on social responsibility.Biondi succeeded David San-

dahl who served for nine yearsas chair and as a member of theboard of directors for more than20. Biondi, a Skillman family

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John Witherspoon Middle School volunteer Abigail Goldberg, 13, helps Judy Pwee, 6, get comfortablereading. For more photos, please see page 13.

New board chair Paul Biondi discusses the ins and outsof the Princeton YMCA from social responsibility to education

Getting to know your Y

Researchers at Princeton Medical participatein national study to evaluate potential benefitsof an investigational Alzheimer’s medication

New treatment couldslow progression of AD

please see YMCA, page 16

By VITA DUVAThe Sun

Today in the U.S., more than 5million people are living withmild-to-moderate Alzheimer’sDisease. According to a recentstudy by the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion, more than 170,000 of thosepeople reside in New Jersey.

The FDA hasn’t approved anew drug for treatment of the dis-ease since 2003.

To further address this gap, re-searchers at the Princeton Med-ical Institute are enrolling pa-tients in a Phase-2 multi-center,randomized, double blind, place-bo-controlled, parallel groupstudy, called The NOBLE study.

This nationwide study willhelp evaluate the potential bene-

fits of an investigational medica-tion for patients with this form of dementia. This neuroprotectantagent could potentially help slowthe progression of AD.

“The best medical care you canget in America is by taking ad-vantage of free clinical studieslike The NOBLE Study. It is agreat opportunity for people suf-fering from memory problems,”said Princeton Medical Neurolo-

gist Dr. Jeffery T. Apter. “AD isvery common, and as BabyBoomers age, we will begin to seea greater increase. It is going to bea major challenge since manypeople are now living longer dueto the miracles of modern medi-cine.”

Potential participants of TheNOBLE Study will be screenedfor eligibility and must be 55-85years old with mild-to-moderateAD, weigh no more than 220pounds, be receiving donepeziltreatment for at least six months;have a study partner that has reg-ular contact and who will attendstudy visits, and be living in thecommunity, not a nursing home.

While aging is the most impor-tant trigger of AD, there aremany other factors to consider.

Triggers can include a genetichistory of AD, a history of strokeand heart disease, brain or headinjury, an increase in blood pres-sure and/or diabetes.

“People should come in for anassessment if they see that aloved one is suffering from memo-ry problems,” Apter said. “Wealso screen anyone at any age,

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By ERICA CHAYES

The Sun

Twenty years ago, Dr. Ed Hal-lowell, an active voice in mentaland cognitive health, wrote abouthis belief that the Internet is cre-ating AD/HD-like behaviors in so-ciety. Jane Milrod, founder of thePrinceton Branch of Childrenand Adults with AttentionDeficit/Hyper Disorder, is explor-ing this notion further.

CHADD is a 25-year-old nation-al organization based in Washing-

ton, D.C. On March 15, CHADD ishosting an event at the PrincetonPublic Library with guest speak-er Judith Kolberg, author of thebest-seller, “Getting Organized inthe Era of Endless,” for those

who have found themselves dis-

tracted in today’s endless net of information.

“The amount of apps, websitesand Internet activities require alot and can easily consume one’sfocus. AD/HD effectively is a neu-robiological function that occursfrom the inside-out. The Internetis creating a similar challengewith executive functioning, butfrom the outside-in,” Milrod said.

Milrod began the Princeton di-vision of CHADD, which now hasmore attendees than divisions in

large cities such as Los Angeles,10 years ago when she realized somany students in the localschools were struggling withAD/HD.

“I was very involved with my

children’s schools and found that

a lot of kids were being penalizedfor things that essentially werethe outcome of issues with execu-tive functioning,” Milrod said. “Itwas difficult to find doctors – likean underground railroad to advo-cate for your kids. I was alone onthe railroad and thought by start-ing CHADD, I could create a high-way.”

Now that external factors suchas technology, media and the In-ternet are creating distractionsfor even those outside the AD/HD

community, the advice of profes-sionals such as Kolberg is morerelevant than ever.

“We call it the Era of Endlessbecause the Internet – informa-tion, clutter, texts, tweets, links,

resources – literally has no end.

ADDers are infomaniacs whohunger to be complete and com-prehensive. The challenge, espe-cially for those who already haveADD, is to understand when andhow to end.”

Milrod provided an examplefor anyone living in this era:“How many times have you goneonline to just check one email andthen the next thing you know, it’sbeen two hours and it’s time toleave the house?”

At the event on March 15, Kol-

berg will highlight to the audi-ence of “endless” addicts ways tobetter organize oneself whenthere is always a phone buzzing,an email notification, a Facebookpost to update, a tweet coming in,

a dictionary “word of the day,” an

Instagram photo to like, a NYTimes news flash on your tablet, acalendar notification – and thelist goes on. One simple tool isknowing when to stop.

“Stopping points are oftenquantitative: a word count, dead-line or how many links will beput into your blog,” Kolberg said.

CHADD, in addition to arrang-ing events such as “The Era of Endless,” promotes parent-to-par-ent seven-week, 14-hour trainingprograms on everything one

needs to know about AD/HD – from neurobiology, behaviormanagement, school, studying,monitoring screen time, teens,

By VITA DUVAThe Sun

On Tuesday, Jan. 3, MercerCounty Executive Brian M. Hugh-es, Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert,Edgewater Mayor Michael Mc-Partland and Bergen County Ex-ecutive James Tedesco held a

joint press conference in the park-ing lot on Franklin Avenue, call-ing for new and improved safetymeasures to help prevent anotherfire like the one at the AvalonBay

complex in Edgewater just as thecompany prepares to build a 280-unit residential building at theold Princeton Hospital site.

The fire at Avalon’s 408-unitapartment complex in Edgewateron Jan. 22 left more than 500 resi-dents displaced. Luckily, no onewas seriously injured, but peoplelost everything.

The blaze, dubbed one of themost devastating fires New Jer-sey has seen in nearly twodecades, has prompted local law-makers to stand together – ex-claiming the state cannot affordto take another chance.

“As we watched Avalon fill up

in flames, our hearts went out toeveryone involved,” Lempertsaid. “But, we cannot helpto think – that could be Prince-ton.”

Lempert explained that whileAvalonBay has already submittedits construction codes, they haveyet to be signed off on.

“We are asking Avalon towait,” Lempert stated, explainingthat officials are asking the stateto take a closer look at the plansto ensure residents their codes

are as up to date as possible.“It is not too late for the resi-

dents who plan to live in Avalon’sPrinceton apartments. It is an im-portant issue for Princeton.Everyone deserves safe housing,no matter their income, and wewant to know that it is going to besafe,” McPartland said.

“Although we can’t changewhat happened, we can changethe outcome for the future,”added Hughes, who served as afirefighter for 39 years. “This isnot about a company, but about abuilding’s structure and allowingpeople to live in a safe environ-ment.”

VITA DUVA/The SunPrinceton Mayor Liz Lempert speaks on the dispute between the town and AvalonBay at a press confer-ence. She is flanked by, from left, Edgewater Mayor Michael McPartland, Mercer County Executive BrianM. Hughes and Bergen County Executive James Tedesco.

Officials assure residents’ safety at AvalonBay site

Finding focus in the ‘Era of Endless’ when you have ADD

Princeton press conference addresses safety measures at AvalonBay after devastating fire in Edgewater

Princeton CHADD and best-selling author Judith Kolberg to discuss the Internet and getting organized

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On Tuesday, Feb. 17, MorvenMuseum and Garden willpresent Amy Finkel of “M.Finkel and Daughter” in Philadel-phia.

A leading dealer of Americanschool samplers, Finkel will pro-vide an informative primer onhow to differentiate authenticand accurately represented sam-plers from those intentionally orunknowingly altered or misrepre-

sented.This program will take place

across the street from Morven atThe Present Day Club, located at

72 StocktonSt., at 10 a.m.

Many ex-amples will beshown andcompared andadvice will begiven on dif-ferentiatingEnglish andAmericansamplers, anissue that im-pacts both rarity andvalue.

Included will be specifics aboutthe common types of samplersmisrepresented in the market-place and alterations such as re-

coloring and re-stitching will bediscussed.

Learn what expert dealers andknowledgeable collectors look forand how they avoid making mis-takes.

This presentation will includemore than 100 images that havebeen compiled over years of study in the world of antiquesamplers and needlework.

Admission is $25 per person,$20 for “Friends of Morven” andadvanced reservations are re-quired.

To register, email [email protected], call (609)924-8144, ext.106 or visit www.mor-ven.org/shop.

Amy Finkel to speak at Morven MuseumDiscussion will center on antique samplers on Feb. 17

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After spending the last 11 to 12years of their lives devoted tofinding answers and alternativesto cope with their sons’ food aller-gies, Dr. Danielle Coppola andAnne Kennedy have finally madeit their business to promote aller-gy awareness in the community.No parent ever wants to imagine

any sort of peril surroundingtheir child, but for families withfood allergies, this is an in-evitable danger that must be rec-ognized.

The increase in food allergiesseems to have dominated the livesof many individuals only in re-cent years – and yet, the “nopeanut classroom” signs carrymore weight than ever as peoplecome to understand that allergiesare a real threat – one thatKennedy reminds others can, in-

deed, kill. Her son, Will Morrison,12, a sixth grader at PrincetonAcademy, has severe food aller-gies as well as asthma.

To ease the worry that fillsevery allergy-aware parent asthey watch a slew of playful kidscarry lunch boxes – the contentsof which are unknown – besidetheir child, there is hope. There isnot yet a cure as simple as a pillone swallows to rid themselves of dairy sensitivities or a proven

reason to the rhyme, but there ishope.“The whole theme surround-

ing the need to spread awarenessis really about hope,” Kennedysaid. “Medical professionals aremaking a huge difference inmany children’s lives. I thinkwe’re on the cusp of making atransformation.”

Dr. Jonathan Spergel, sectionchief of the Children’s Hospitalof Philadelphia’s Division of Al-lergy, came to Princeton at the re-

quest of his patients’ mothers – Coppola and Kennedy – to scien-tifically cement the hope that isbeginning to affect allergy-awareparents across the country.

Spergel is a leading expert in newdevelopments to alleviate food al-lergies and speaks at medical con-ferences “in every corner of theworld and everywhere in be-tween.” Spergel spoke to morethan 60 members of the commu-nity at an open event at thePrinceton Academy of the SacredHeart, where Coppola’s andKennedy’s boys attend school.

Coppola’s son Max Kilbourne,

12, a seventh grader, has multiplefood allergies and asthma, whileher other son, Jack Kilbourne, 11,a sixth grader, has an allergy totree nuts and asthma.

Coppola and Kennedy had theimpetus to have their doctorspeak to the Princeton publicafter seeing the results of a sur-vey they circulated aroundPrinceton Academy. They foundthat one in four PASH studentssuffered from food allergies – anunusually high number in com-

parison to the average one in 13noted on foodallergy.org. To makethe need for allergy awarenessmore pressing, the survey showedthat 98 percent of students atleast had a family member orfriend who suffered from food al-lergies.

Spergel delivered a speech de-mystifying many of the mythssurrounding food allergies andeducating locals on what is at theforefront of the medical field.

“What I tell my patients,”Spergel said, “is what food aller-gies are – anaphylactic, diarrheicor oral, how they occur, what themyths are and what are the poten-tial treatments.”

The most common myths, heexplained, are that people react tothe smell of peanuts or thatpeanuts are the most commonfood allergy in schools – actually,milk is. Another myth is the com-mon misconception the type of reaction one time will determine

the type of reaction the next time.One cannot predict what the nextreaction will be like, Spergel said.

“One of the things I reallywanted to address was myths

about food allergies,” Coppolasaid. “Even my family has doubtsabout the realness of allergies.I’ve observed my child have a re-action, yet some of my familymembers can’t connect the reali-ty of the situation since they havenever before seen his reaction. Dr.Spergel’s demystification of thesemyths was extremely helpful to alot of people in our community.”

At present, there are two treat-

ments that are mending the livesand experiences of those whodeal with food allergies. The first,Spergel said, is Oral Im-munotherapy, which started 10years ago and is becoming wide-spread.

“It is the easiest to do,” saidSpergel, whose hospital was oneof the first to begin using the

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tering the part of the year that

probably causes you the most

headaches. It’s budget time. It’s time to

do the impossible: provide outstanding

service for little or no money.

A few years ago, Gov. Christie made

headlines –and more than a few ene-

mies – when he slashed state funding

and eventually added a 2 percent cap

on tax hikes.

Since then, at least some of the

money has returned. Sometime this

month, the governor will release state

funding figures for this year.

But it’s safe to say that no district ortown will find itself rolling in dough.

Governing bodies will continue to face

decisions that involve reducing or

holding the line on services and/or

raising taxes. And we all love more

taxes, don’t we?

We already pay the highest property

taxes in the nation – $8,161 on average,

according to recently-released data

from the Department of Community

Affairs – so why not pay more?

One bright spot – some would say

the only bright spot – to come of this is

that many governing bodies these dayshave made the budget process open to

the public.

“Transparent” is the watchword

today.

It’s a smart move to involve the pub-

lic – everyone from those who want to

cut taxes to the bone to those who

would like to see expanded services.

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ers have to make, but they also feel like

they have a voice. Leaders are listening

to them. Their input is valued. While

not everyone will be happy with every

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clusion and “ownership” of the

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We encourage everyone to get in-

volved with their local budget process-

es this year. In most instances, there

will be hearings. Items will be posted

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the people who eventually will make

the final decision.

And, chances are, your feedback will

be appreciated.

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Budget timeIt’s that time of year again when tough decisions have to be made

Get involved

Think taxes are too high? Think serviceshave been cut too deeply? Now is the timeto make your voice heard. It’s budget sea-son, and most local governing bodies haveways to involve the public in the decision-making process.

The following reports are provided bythe Princeton Police Department:

Subsequent to a motor vehicle stop onPrinceton-Kingston Road, a 25-year-old was arrested on Jan. 25on a Hamilton Township Mu-nicipal Court order for $300.The Trenton inhabitant wasprocessed at police headquar-ters and later turned over to theHamilton Township Police Department.

On Jan. 29, a 58-year-old male was arrest-ed for possession of under 50 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, subse-quent to a motor vehicle stop on MercerStreet at Parkside Drive. The HamiltonSquare resident was processed at police

headquarters and released.

On Jan. 31, a 23-year-old male was ac-cused of damaging the gate arm to the

Spring Street MunicipalGarage. Reports claim that theFreehold resident drove hispick-up truck through the gatearm and exited the garage with-out paying for his parking. A fol-low-up investigation was later

conducted and the man was arrested at po-lice headquarters and charged with crimi-

nal mischief. He was released with a pend-ing courtdate.

A 54-year-old female was accused of shoplifting merchandise from a business

on Palmer Square West on Feb.1. The totalamount of the items stolen was in excess of $200. The woman was placed under arrestand processed at police headquarters. Theaccused was later charged with shopliftingand issued a complaint summons with afuture court date.

Subsequent to a motor vehicle stop onStockton Street, a 42-year-old female wasfound to have an active warrant for her ar-rest. The warrant was issued by the Flo-rence Township Municipal Court in the

amount of $164. The Trenton local wasplaced under arrest and transported to po-lice headquarters for processing. Thewoman was later released on her own re-cognizance by the Florence Township Mu-nicipal Court.

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It is that special time of yearagain – red roses, caramel trufflesand teddy bears festooned –

Valentine’s Day is right aroundthe cor ner.

While some love and indulge inthis worldwide celebration, oth-ers simply wish this designatedday for romance would just van-ish into thin air.

Princeton University studentZhi-Shui Hsu has nothing specialplanned this Valentine’s Day.

“I will probably just spend mytime studying,” she said as shemade her way up Witherspoon

Street on another frosty day inFebruary.And the same goes for Darius

M. Ashraf, 5, of Princeton. Brows-ing for books with his grandfa-ther in the Princeton Public Li-brary one afternoon, Darius stat-ed, “My grandpa and I do nothave anything planned for Valen-tine’s Day – yet.”

“At school, there is a lot of work to do, but I also want to takethe time to make Valentine’s Daycards for all of my friends,” he

added with a smile.Cupid’s arrow may be bounc-

ing off a few Princetonians thisyear, but a short, brisk walkaround town proves otherwise.

Jewelry stores and other shops

in the heart of town are adornedwith large red hearts, lovecharms, heart pendants and can-dles, and other Valentine’s Daydisplays.

Do you have a story or an opinionabout Valentine’s Day that you wantto share with The Sun? Tell us viaemail, [email protected].

Love is in the airPrincetonians talk all things valentine

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Darius M. Ashraf, 5, of Princeton hugs his grandfather while brows-ing books at the Princeton Public Library.


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Library, 10 a.m. – noon. EveryWednesday through April 1.

Baby Story time: Princeton PublicLibrary, 11 – 11:30 a.m. For children0-15 months.

Baby Playgroup: Princeton PublicLibrary, 11:30 – noon. For children0-15 months.

Sam Daley-Harris: Making a Dif-ference in a Democracy. Prince-ton Public Library, noon – 1 p.m.Part of the Spotlight on theHumanities series. For moreinformation visit princetonli-brary.org.

Homework Help: PrincetonPublic Library, 4 – 6 p.m. For ele-mentary through high school stu-dents.

Intro to PowerPoint: Princeton Pub-lic Library, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Princeton Tech Meet-Up: PrincetonPublic Library, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.For more information visit prince-tonlibrary.org.

THURS Y FEB. 12Storytime: Princeton Public Library,

10 – 10:30 a.m. For children 16months plus.

Fiction Book Group for kids:Princeton Public Library, 10:30 –11:30 a.m.



Afternoon Stories: Princeton PublicLibrary, 4 – 4:30 p.m. Ages 4-years-old plus.

Homework Help: Princeton PublicLibrary, 4 – 6 p.m. For elementarythrough high school students.

Black Voices Book Group: Prince-ton Public Library, 7 – 9 p.m. Formore information visit princeton-library.org.

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French Stories: Princeton PublicLibrary, 11 – 11:30 a.m. For children2-years-old plus.

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On Saturday, Feb. 14, The

Princeton Singers will be bring-ing some sound into the Prince-ton University Art Museum at5:30 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. “MyFunny Valentine” will delve intolove and its many woes, “glorious,sad, funny and awkward,” withthe audience surrounded by artand a reception to follow eachperformance.

Steven Sametz, artistic directorof the Princeton Singers, pro-grammed the evening of songs hecalled “Valentine’s bonbons.” The

concert will begin with a com-plaint piece about love written in16th century Italy and sung inItalian, “Chi chili chi,” criticizinga lover for falling asleep after thetwo had made love. From a mo-ment of dissatisfaction, the nextpiece describes the sweet longing

that occurs when a loved one isgone. “Toutes les nuits,” is sungin French.

“The Princeton Singers arerenown for doing adventurousrepertoire with lighter elementsto it,” Sametz said. “This concertwill touch on the theatrical andexplore music from the Renais-sance period through modernday.”

Sametz will also be conducting“My Funny Valentine” and alsohas included three of his ownpieces. “When He Shall Die” usestext from Shakespeare’s “Romeoand Juliet.”

“Un Baccio,” or “a kiss,” usestext from Giambattista Marino.The last of his pieces to be playedis “Y Berenjenas con Queso,” or“And Eggplants with Cheese” – asong sung in Spanish about aman who prefers his eggplant andcheese sandwich over his lover,

Inez.The concert will integrate

lighter tunes such as ColePorter’s “Every time We SayGoodbye,” and end with“Masochism Tango,” – “return-ing to the theme of the openingpiece; not all love is romantic,”

Sametz said.“With 17 singers set up in the

gallery and the audience inti-mately surrounded by art, thereis a ‘something for everybody’Valentine’s Day quality to theshow,” Sametz said. “The musictakes an eternal approach to allthings about love.”

Princeton Singers have ‘somethingfor everybody on Valentine’s Day

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“What we have to learn as indi-viduals with AD/HD is how tomanage our executive function-ing,” Milrod said. “Now, in theEra of Endless, so too will mostInternet users.”

For more information, visitwww.princetonlibrary.org or Kol-berg’s site, www.squallpress.net.The event will take place March15 from 3-5 p.m. at the PrincetonPublic Library.

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Event takes place March 15

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Language School, Shwu-Fen Lin,

who teaches Mandarin at PHS, or-ganized the event. Students fromseveral heritages and back-grounds will share many aspectsof the Chinese culture as part of the celebration.

The event will be held in the li-brary’s Community Room.

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treatment.OIT requires integrating small,

regulated amounts of the aller-gen into a patient’s diet and allow-ing them to get used to it. BothKennedy and Coppola’s sons havebeen working with this method,and it has become their savinggrace.

“Working with Oral Im-munotherapy has transformedmy son’s life over the years. Hehas had an anaphylactic reactionto peanuts before and now is eat-ing two peanuts a day with ease.”

The other treatment, the “bigone,” as Spergel refers to it, iscalled Epi Titanium Im-munotherapy. It involves placing

a “food patch” on the patient andallowing the allergen to absorbinto the skin at a low level. Thistreatment is the farthest alongthus far in research protocol.

Spergel’s speech was just thebeginning of Coppola andKennedy’s plan to spread aware-ness throughout the communityand beyond.

They believe that individuals – ones with allergies and ones with-out – must stay in the forefront of continuing to educate them-selves.

“Today, we met with publicschool nurses in Princeton aboutallergy education. We are here asa resource and we want to get theword out. If anyone would like towork with us, we are open to itand are also engaging our sons toraise awareness among theirpeers,” Coppola said. “We’re just

beginning to find our way anddon’t know exactly where it willgo, but every little bit, I know, willgo a long way.”

As part of their mission tospread awareness, Coppola andKennedy have created an emailaddress for anyone who has aquestion, wishes to network withother parents or just needs somehelp getting through the day towrite to.

The mothers encourage any-one, whether local or across theAtlantic, to reach out to [email protected].

“It is difficult to navigate thesewaters, and it takes a communityto help everyone understand thefacts and get through it. Danielleand I want to share our journeyfrom a parent perspective,”Kennedy said.

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“We Shall Not Be Moved,” atheatrical concert featuring KeithSpencer will take place on Sun-day, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m. at PrincetonPublic Library.

During the performance, vocal-ist and actor, Spencer will per-

form popular songs and poignantreadings from the civil rights era.Songs include, “People GetReady,” “Oh Freedom,” “GoDown, Moses,” “A Change isGonna Come,” and “We Shall Not

Be Moved.”The performance will be in the

library’s Community Room.For more details on this con-

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Seniors and people of low and

moderate income can get freehelp preparing and electronicallyfiling their federal and state taxreturns at the Princeton PublicLibrary. Part of AARP’sTax–Aide program, the help isavailable by appointment onMonday mornings through April13.

This assistance is for individ-ual returns only and only forthose who are prepared to havetheir return electronically filedon the day of their appointment.

Returns will not be completed

for customers to mail on theirown (unless their visa status re-quires that), and previously com-pleted returns will not be re-viewed.

The AARP Tax-Aide programdoes not handle complex returns.For best results, participantsshould bring a copy of last year’sreturn, as well as documentationfor all current year income andexpenses that may be deductible.These should be official docu-ments for income (a W-2, 1099, So-

cial Security Year-End report or

retirement account statement).Those seeking help should also

bring a list of expenses and chari-table donations for which theycan provide receipts and otherback-up documentation if ever re-quested by the IRS. In manycases, a local pharmacy can pro-vide a printout of all medicationsand their cost.

Appointments will be sched-uled from 9-12 p.m. and typicallylast an hour. To schedule, call(609) 924-9529, ext. 220.

Library offers free help for seniorsfiling electronic tax returns

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man, is senior vice president inresearch and development atBristol-Myers Squibb. His threechildren, Charlie, 14, Marion, 13,and Ben, 8, led Biondi to discoverthe fruits of the Y when the timecame to put them into childcare.

All Biondi’s children attendedthe Y’s after- or before-school pro-grams from 2002 onward. BothMarion and Ben began as infantsand have grown up experiencingthe close bonds created out of theY’s programs.

“Ben is still in the before-school program offered to theMontgomery district. Time andtime again, Ben pesters me to gethim there early,” Biondi chuck-led. “He and his friends reallylove running around and seeingeach other before the day of school begins.”

This excitement about the pro-gram that Biondi also says iscommon among Ben’s buddiesmay be attributed to the Y’s goal

to integrate progressive relation-ships among its members. KateBech, CEO of the Princeton Y,emphasized the Y’s “effort to con-nect to people and get involved.”

From before- and after-schoolprograms to group mentoringprograms, the Y provides manyopportunities for its youth togrow up in a good environment

and expand upon their true po-tential. The Princeton YoungAchievers is one of the optionsfor children grades kindergartenthrough five who may have limit-ed resources or need extra helpwith homework. One of thegroups meets at a learning centerin the children’s housing develop-ment, Princeton Community Vil-lage, which makes it easy forthem to step off the bus and into apositive learning environmentbefore parents arrive home.

“We feel at the Y that we reallyneed to be a support for these chil-dren and ensure that they do wellwhen school becomes challeng-ing,” Bech said. “PYA is reallycritical for kids whose parentsmight not speak English. Our vol-unteers fill an academic compo-nent, and PYA kids are preparedto go to school the following daywith a better understanding of the material.”

Biondi went on to describe the

mentoring programs that “serveyouth in multiple places.”

“We have a grassroots programcalled Committed and FaithfulPrincetonians that focuses on

children,” Biondi said,”as well asthe Y Scholars – both of whichhave great synergy, meet twicemonthly, serve a full meal andmost importantly provide men-

torships to help children getready for the rest of their lives.”

Biondi said he hadn’t under-stood how well the Y acts as abackbone to Princeton schoolsand the Board of Education be-fore joining the board. He believesthis is something he will try to en-liven even more as board chair.

According to Biondi, thePrinceton Y is also doing a lot toenhance “healthy living space.”Many people have come to expectthe Y to be just a gym with lowmembership fees. Biondi andBech, however, explained how theprogram, along with otherYMCAs throughout country, ex-ceeds this expectation by not onlyproviding a healthy center butalso by acting as a recuperationcenter for those who have been orare being treated for cancer.

“What really sets us apart,”Bech said, “is that we are focusedon being a solution nationwide tomake a difference in preventative

care for those who might not oth-erwise be able to afford it. Wehelp individuals recuperate, re-group and rebuild themselves. Wewant to be welcoming for health-seekers; we want to be the placewhere people will come and feelgood about themselves and aboutsetting goals for themselves.”

Both Biondi and Bech admirethat even the Y’s members are anintegral part of strengthening thecommunity. Following the Y’snon-profit model, Biondi and the

other board members are all vol-unteers, and each member’s feesgo back into the community. Infact, Biondi has found that$450,000 to $500,000 goes back intothe Princeton community annu-ally. He believes the town’s uniqueeconomic diversity allows for theY and its board to serve a widerange of people directly.

“The Y is a national platformfor mind, body and spirit. Ourlocal community center thinks

beyond just its activities,” Biondisaid proudly. “No matter what weare doing, there’s always more wecan do. As new board chair, that iswhat really excites me.”


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