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By HEATHER FIOREThe Sun

For the last 12 years, the WestWindsor-Plainsboro RegionalSchool District’s Community Ed-ucation Extended Day Programhas been among the thousands of community organizationsthroughout the country to sup-port Lights on Afterschool, a na-tionwide rally for afterschool pro-grams.

On Oct. 17, 200 students, par-ents, administrators and digni-taries from all six of WW-P’s ele-mentary schools and its two mid-dle schools in the EDP gathered atMillstone River School to cele-brate the 14th annual Lights onAfterschool.

This year, 1 million Americanscame together to celebrate theevent in more than 8,000 eventsnationwide, according to theevent’s website.

WW-P’s EDP staff membersplanned an engaging evening forstudents and their family mem-bers, including a DJ, games, an

assortment of crafts and activi-ties, and a complimentary dinner.

“It’s more like an open housefor celebrating the importance of after-school programs,” saidShannon O’Donnell, director of EDP and organizer of the event.“Last year, each site did its ownevent, but this year, we decided todo it together again becausethere’s power in numbers.”

There are approximately 1,000children from Dutch Neck Ele-mentary School, Maurice HawkElementary School, Town CenterElementary School, Wicoff Ele-mentary School, Millstone RiverSchool, Village School, Communi-ty Middle School and Grover Mid-

dle School who are part of the dis-trict’s EDP, O’Donnell said.

This year’s event kicked off with a dinner made by the dis-trict’s dining service, followed byinteractive dancing and arts andcrafts prepared by each EDP site’ssupervisor.

Children danced on the gymfloor to classic party tunes like“YMCA,” “Cupid’s Shuffle” and“Cotton-Eyed Joe.”

They also had the opportunityto construct a pretzel tree, make abeaded bracelet or rainbow loombracelet, get a temporary tattoo,

sign the event banner, and makehomemade slime courtesy of Mad Science (an entertaining sci-ence enrichment program).

Daniela Nita, EDP supervisorat Maurice Hawk Elementary

HEATHER FIORE/The Sun

West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District’s Community Education Extended Day Program participated in Lights on Afterschool, thenationwide rally for after-school programs, on Oct. 17 at Millstone River School. Luminaries lined the hallways of Millstone River School for

the district’s event, which were created by students in each of the school’s EDPs. Students were asked to write why EDP is important tothem on the bags.

Luminaries shine for Lights on Afterschool event

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By NICK COHENThe Sun

Without a senior on the varsityroster, the girls’ tennis team of West Windsor Plainsboro HighSchool South started the season15-0 and cruised to a Central Jer-sey Group IV title. In other words,opposing schools in the area bet-ter get used to seeing the Piratesat the top of the standings thesenext few years.

The Pirates entered the CentralJersey Group IV tournament as aNo. 1 seed and easily claimed thetitle, dispatching Jackson HighSchool 5-0, South Brunswick HighSchool 5-0, WWP-North 5-0 andMontgomery High School 4-1.

“We’ve been building these lastfew years, getting better andworking hard,” head coach CarlaCrawbuck said. “We had hopedthis would be the expectation

going into this year.”The team’s top seven players

are all underclassmen so moresuccess in the near future is ex-pected. According to Crawbuckthe Pirates’ close-knit, team-firstmentality has translated to suc-cess.

“The team is very competitivewithin itself but they enjoy theteam environment. There’s nobickering within the team.They’ve shown a lot of heart this

season,” Crawbuck said.Claudia Siniakowicz, only a

sophomore, was not on the teamas a freshman but immediatelyfound her place for the Pirates astheir first singles player.

“I had known Claudia fromwhen she played youth tennis butshe wasn’t a part of the teamfreshman year. When we startedup this season and I saw hername on the roster I was excited,”

Crawbuck said. “She’s really adjusted to playing within a teamand embraced it. She fits in withthe team and has been doing real-ly well. It’s been fun to watch.”

Crawbuck was quick to men-tion Haley Rich and CarolineZhou as players who brought a lotto the team from the openingmatch.

“Caroline came into this sea-son on fire. She really improvedfrom last year. Haley is only a

freshman but grabbed a hold of our second singles spot,” Craw-buck said.

Margaret MacArthur, AngelaLi and Sanjana Ravi are juniorsbut on this team that makes themelder statesmen. With that theyhave provided the leadership ateam with high aspirations needs.

“They’ve been a part of the

Pirates net Central Jersey title West Windsor Plainsboro High School South girls’ tennis

team starts season 15-0, easily takes Group IV tournament

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On Tuesday, Oct. 29, there willbe public debates among WestWindsor mayoral and Councilcandidates at the West WindsorMunicipal Council Chamber. Theevent is co-sponsored by the WestWindsor Senior Center’s RetireesGroup and the Village GrandeCivic Association, and supportedby the League of Women Voters.

Mayoral candidates will debatebetween 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., andCouncil candidates between 11:15

a.m. and 12:30 p.m. It will be tele-vised live over Comcast channel27 and Verizon channel 42, and re-broadcast several times until Nov.5.

A moderator will invite candi-dates to present brief openingand closing statements and, inrandom rotation, to answer writ-ten questions submitted on cardsby members of the audience andreviewed for appropriateness byan independent panel.

Come and join in on the fun.

The Jersey Harmony Chorus of Princeton, a four-part a cappellawomen’s chorus, will be hosting aTea Time Fashion Show with mu-sical performances on Saturday,Nov. 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Grig-gstown Reformed Church Recre-ational Hall, located at 1065 CanalRoad in Princeton.

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A variety of tea and goodieswill be served.

Tickets cost $20 and can be pur-chased in advance from chorusmembers by emailing [email protected] or call-ing (732) 236-6803. Tickets are alsoavailable at the door the day of the event.

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EDITOR EMERITUS Alan Bauer

Mayor Hsueh’s leadership rightchoice for West Windsor

As the upcoming municipal electionnears, I've heard some residents voice thetimeworn cliché, “It’s time for a change.”However, when asked, “What change doyou have in mind?” invariably I get nocredible response. The reality is we havehad meaningful change spearheaded byMayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s leadership.

The following are some major examplesof change for the good – holding downtaxes by attaining the lowest municipalrate in our region; maintaining AAA bondrating, saving taxpayers $1.5 million; morecommercial ratables coming to West Wind-

sor, totaling $19 million; positive changescan be seen in the town’s redevelopment re-gion; and major expansion of the WestWindsor Senior Center, winning nationalrecognition.

I’m sure we are all familiar with the

adage, “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.” Thisexpression is definitely applicable in thecase of our current administration led byour very capable Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh.

I urge the voters of West Windsor to casttheir ballet for the mayor and histeam…Moving Forward Together: ReelectMayor Shing Fu Hsueh. Reelect Council-man Kamal Khanna. And elect Eric Paynefor Council.

Paul Pitluk

Time for change: Vote Marathe,Geevers and Mendonez

In the next few years West Windsorcould be dramatically changed. The oldAmerican Cyanamid property has been

purchased by The Howard Hughes Corpo-ration, and all 660 acres across from theQuakerbridge Mall are on the agenda fordevelopment. Depending on what is builtthere, we could have either crowded class-rooms and higher residential property

taxes, or we could have additional access tobusinesses, shops, and services along witha greater commercial tax base. The out-come of this year's mayoral and council

races couldn't be more important to WestWindsor.Let's look at the record. Mayor Shing-Fu

Hsueh obviously prefers residential overcommercial development. West Windsor’sresidential household share of the tax bur-den increased from 65 percent when hewas elected in 2001 to 70 percent today. Ad-ditionally, the mayor championed theTransit Village, which promises at least800 new housing units, which will impactour schools and our already crowdedroads.

Now look at the mayor's ticket. Hsueh's

running mate, Eric Payne, is a residentialreal estate agent. Their campaign manag-er, Andrew Jacobsen, is also a residentialreal estate agent. When it comes time to de-

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Ghosts, goblins, ghouls and a lot

of superheros and princesses

will be parading up and down

streets in town in one short week. Hal-

loween is an exciting time for kids,

parents and neighbors alike.

It’s a time for fun, a time for laugh-

ter, a time for adorable pictures, a timefor candy, a time for celebration and a

time when we all need to pay attention

to safety.

First and foremost, motorists need

to be extra cautious when driving

through the streets that day, not just in

your own neighborhood, but sur-

rounding ones, as well. Make sure to

be aware of trick-or-treating hours,

and be especially careful when dark-

ness settles in. Be especially alert in

residential neighborhoods, as kids

tend to run excitedly from house tohouse.

Parents should be on high alert that

day as well, reminding their kids to

look both ways before crossing the

street and cross only at intersections

and cross-walks, when possible.

If kids are trick-or-treating without

adult supervision, make sure they

know the route so they don’t get lostand confused. Other safety tips, cour-

tesy of the website, www.safekids.org:

• Decorate costumes and bags with

reflective tape or stickers and, if possi-

ble, choose light colors.

• Choose face paint and makeup

whenever possible instead of masks,

which can obstruct a child’s vision.

• Have kids carry glow sticks or

flashlights to help them see and be

seen by drivers.• When selecting a costume, make

sure it is the right size to prevent trips

and falls.

If you need more tips or tricks of

the trade for trick-or-treating, visit

www.safekids.org. The local police de-

partment will also have safety recom-

mendations, and the municipality will

also have more information about spe-

cific rules and regulations for the day.

Be safe this Halloween. And most

importantly, have a scary good time!

Safety first this HalloweenParents, kids, homeowners and motorists shou ld follow these tips

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Vashvi Shah, a Girl Scout inTroop No. 71017, spent the lastseveral months teaching art class-es to the underprivileged Latinocommunity of Trenton at the ElCentro Catholic Charities and thechildren at the Cherry Tree Clubin Princeton Junction.

Shah, a freshman at HighSchool South, pursued this effortto achieve her Silver Award – the

highest award a Girl ScoutCadette can earn.“I have volunteered at the West

Windsor Arts Council for the lasttwo years, and that gave me theidea to teach art classes to peoplewho may have not been able to af-ford them,” she said.

Shah taught a total of sevenclasses at El Centro, with approxi-mately 15 children at each classevery week.

“I taught them basic art skills,such as how to properly paint and

mix colors, as well as elements of design, such as complementary

colors and shapes,” she said.Shah helped her older sister,

Shilvi, renovate a room and con-struct activity kits for the chil-dren at El Centro last year, whichis why she chose to focus part of her own project on another aspectof El Centro’s services.

El Centro – otherwise knownas The Family Resource Center atthe Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton – is a multi-service, fami-ly-focused community resourcecenter and community-buildingprogram serving Mercer County

with special emphasis on meetingthe needs of the Latino communi-ty in Trenton, according to theCatholic Charities website.

She collaborated with MariaDuarte from the organization,who helped her coordinate daysand times to teach the classes.

At the Cherry Tree Club, an or-ganization Shah heard of fre-quently around town, Shahtaught a handful of basic artclasses to around 30 younger chil-dren, helping them complete sim-

pler projects.“They made a window tissue

paper collage, an ice cream cone(with ice cream), and printedleaves with paint,” she said. “Also,because the age group was differ-ent [than that at El Centro], in-stead of teaching everyone to-gether, I taught them in groups of five to seven so I could individual-ly help them.”

Shah worked with WendySchutzer, director of the CherryTree Club, to coordinate the daysand times to teach the classes.

“Overall, the experience wasenjoyable and it was extremely

fun,” Shah said. “It was enjoyableto see the children being en-grossed in their projects and tosee the creative ideas they wouldcome up with. I gained so muchhappiness and fulfillment fromthis experience. It was interestingto see the children learn newthings as I did as well while teach-ing the classes.”

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West Windsor’s Cub ScoutPack No. 66’s Webelos 1 Scouts re-cently completely the Cub ScoutWater Safety Training program,

known as “Aquanauts.” TheScouts earned a merit badge bydemonstrating basic swimmingskills, basic survival floatingskills and learning the four meth-ods of water rescue.

“Scouting is a wonderful activi-ty for young boys because theyhave fun while learning essentialskills,” said Cub Master SeanSheerin. “The skills they learned

today may one day save some-one’s life. And I would be remiss if I didn’t thank Gold’s Gym for theuse of their pool and life guard,Eagle Scout Ken Allen, as wellPrinceton Canoe and Kayak

Rental, which lent us the life pre-servers.”

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WEDNESDAY Oct. 23

Stories and Crafts: Ages 2 to 6.10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the WestWindsor Library. Join us for a

morning of stories, movement,and crafts presented by BethChaim Preschool. Siblings arewelcome. No registrationrequired.

THURSDAY Oct. 24

Picture Books and Crafts: Ages 3to 5. Join us for stories, fingerplays, clothesline rhymes andmusic, followed by a craft. Noregistration required.

FRIDAY Oct. 25Spanish/English Story Time and

Craft: Ages 3 to 6. 10:30 a.m. to11:15 a.m. at the West WindsorLibrary. Join us for Spanish andEnglish story time. You don’tneed to know Spanish to attend.Listen to stories and sing songs

that will help you learn. Onlineregistration required. Go tomcl.org to register.

SATURDAY Oct. 26

Mind and Meditation. 10:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m. at the West WindsorLibrary. Want a healthy andstress-free way of life? Then

come to this seminar and learnsome simple yet powerful breath-ing-techniques, and experience

guided meditation; break throughyour barriers and realize your fullpotential, and live a happier life.The Mind & Meditation Programis a free community service initia-tive by The Art of Living Founda-

tion. Registration required. Thereare 12 spaces available. Registeronline at mcl.org or call (609)875-2901.

SUNDAY Oct. 27

Chess Class: Ages 6 to 9. 3 p.m. to4:30 p.m. at the West WindsorLibrary. This class is designed forbeginning to advanced players.The children will learn tactics andstrategy, and will also have timeto play each other. Must havebasic knowledge of chess. Partici-pants must bring their own chesssets. Online registration required.

Go to mcl.org to register.

MONDAY Oct. 28

Kelley’s Kids: Ages newborn to 2.

10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the WestWindsor Library. Join Miss Kelleyfor a fun-filled program designedfor very young children. Enjoymusic and movement.

TUESDAY Oct. 29

Learn to Read a Sewing Pattern. 7p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the WestWindsor Library. Learn how todecipher the basic patterninstructions, understand theinformation on the outside and

inside the pattern envelope. Pat-terns will be provided. Registra-tion required. Go to mcl.org orcall (609) 275-8901 to register.

CALENDARPAGE 8 OCTOBER 23–29, 2013

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team all three years at South.They’ve grown and matured withthe team and they know whatthey want to accomplish each sea-son. They’ve grown as players

every year,” Crawbuck said.Crawbuck said the team has

come to rely on contributionsfrom underclassmen and that is a

luxury this area provides. Craw-buck also coaches the middleschool program that the WWP-North kids feed into.

“It may sound silly but I attrib-ute it to the middle schools in the

area. Community Middle Schooland Grover Middle School havegreat programs that teach thesegirls how to play in match play.

It’s a big key for us,” Crawbucksaid. “The schools in this area aswell in the Brunswicks, Princetondo a great job preparing playersfor the next level. It’s wonderfulfor the girls.”

TENNISContinued from page 2

The following information wasprovided by the West WindsorTownship Police Department.

On Oct. 10 at 11:02 a.m., OfficerBarber was performing a routinecheck of Thomas Grover MiddleSchool and was advised of a theft.The vice principal, Jack Colella,advised that between 11:02 a.m.and 11:42 a.m. on Oct. 10, a stu-dent had her cellular phonestolen at the school. Thephone was valued at $500. This in-vestigation is ongoing.

On Oct. 11 at 3:09 p.m., officers

responded to Home Depot on re-port of two shoplifters, a 46-year-old male and a 48-year-old female,in custody. Upon their arrival,

they learned the two attempted toleave the store with $319.43 worthof merchandise without payingfor it. They were arrested, hand-cuffed and transported to policeheadquarters. Once at headquar-ters, they were processed andeach charged with one count of shoplifting. They were both laterreleased, pending an Oct. 16 courtappearance.

On Oct. 11 at 5:21 p.m., Officer

Hojnacki responded to Walmarton report of a shoplifting. Uponhis arrival, Walmart Loss Preven-tion advised that a male in his

mid 20s, between 5’10” and 5’11”tall, 170 pounds, wearing a blacksweatshirt, selected four blue-rayDVDs from a display, concealedthem on his person and left thestore. The value of the merchan-dise is $79.96. This is an on-goinginvestigation.

On Oct. 13 at 8:07 a.m., OfficerZacheis responded to the WestWindsor Community Park on re-port of an assist person’s call on

one of the bicycle paths. Upon hisarrival, he met with the caller, a58-year-old male, who advised hecame upon a bicycle laying on the

ground with a large amount of blood on the ground around thebike, but he was unable to locatethe rider. A complete check of thearea met with negative results forthe bicyclist. A check of area hos-pitals revealed the rider wastaken to Princeton Hospital forhis injuries by his wife. He waslater released and recovered hisbicycle and helmet at the WestWindsor Police Station.

On Oct. 13 at 3:39 p.m., OfficerMontgomery responded to theAnthropology store on report of ashoplifting. Upon his arrival, he

met with store management.They related that 18 pairs of “AG”

jeans were missing from thestore, valued at $2,954. The man-ager further advised she heardthe “door buzzer” sound, but sawonly a woman with a small pursein the area of the door. She is notsure how the items got out of thestore.

This is an ongoing investiga-tion.

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The students of Village School and Millstone River School willbe participating in the nationwide program, ‘Make a DifferenceDay.’ This project enables WW-P students to learn respect forthe needs of others and to become involved in a community

service endeavor. A special coat drive will be held on Saturday,Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Millstone River School. Par-ents, students and community residents are invited to drop offdonations of clean, gently worn winter jackets and coats, alongwith new hats, scarves, gloves and mittens to Millstone RiverSchool’s front parking lot. Barbara Thompson, director ofDoorway to Hope in Trenton, is shown above with VillageSchool Student Human Relations representatives discussingthe coat drive.

Students to host coat drive Oct. 26

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Tennis team relies on underclassmen

Event spotlights after-school activities

School who oversaw the rainbowloom bracelet station, said it’s themost popular activity at the event.

“Everybody is in love with it,”

she said. “Even the boys.”The Mad Science station was

also a crowd favorite. It had all of the kids intrigued as to how theycreated slime by adding a coupleof different liquids to a dime-sized drop of paint.

Melissa Conklin, administra-tor for WW-P Community Educa-tion, used to organize the event asEDP’s director, and said she re-members the very night WW-Pbegan hosting the Lights on Af-

terschool event.“It started off on a Thursdayevening at Village School, andever since then, it’s just gottenbigger and bigger through wordof mouth,” she said.

Lights on Afterschool is a proj-ect of the Afterschool Alliance, anon-profit public awareness andadvocacy organization that wascreated in 2000 by the U.S. Depart-ment of Education to ensure thatall youth have access to an afford-able, quality after-school pro-gram.

The mission of the AA is to en-gage the public to increase publicand private investment in qualityafter-school program initiativesat the national, state and local lev-els, according to afterschoolal-liance.org.

"Now, more than ever, we needto ensure that we keep the doorsto after-school programs open forour kids and our communities,"said Jodi Grant, Afterschool Al-liance executive director. "After-

school programs around thecountry are facing cuts due to alagging economy, federal se-questers and competition for ashrinking pot of much-neededfunding. Lights on Afterschool is

a terrific opportunity to remindour local and national leadersabout the value of after-schoolprograms. After-school programsare structured to accommodateworking parents' schedules andgive students an opportunity tolearn through hands-on, creative,engaging activities that are both

fun and educational. They can bethe key to unlocking children'shidden skills and aptitudes."

A steady stream of after-schoolevaluations reveals gains in aca-demic achievement among chil-dren in these programs, as well asgains in safety, discipline, atten-dance and avoiding risky behav-iors.

In addition, researchers havefound that after-school programsencourage increased parental in-

volvement, an important buildingblock for student success, accord-ing to the AA website.

For more information aboutLights on Afterschool, go to after-schoolalliance.org.

EVENTContinued from page 1



cide the balance between residen-tial and commercial developmenton the Howard Hughes property,how can we be sure the decisionwould be made in West Windsor'sbest interest? This is clearly aconflict of interest. Would youtrust Mayor Hsueh to be incharge for potentially much big-ger Transit Village II at the Amer-ican Cyanamid property?

At this critical point in WestWindsor's development, reelec-

tion of our current mayor wouldnot be in our town's best interest.West Windsor needs a better bal-ance of commercial and residen-tial development. We need to besure the crown jewel of our town,our school district, isn't swampedby dense residential develop-ment. We need a leader who willprotect the wonderful assets inthis town – our schools, our ease

of transportation, and our openspace. It's time for a change.

Please join me in voting for He-mant Marathe for mayor andLinda Geevers and Peter Men-

donez for Council in the upcom-ing election on Nov. 5.

Yogesh Kher

Support Hsueh, Khanna,Payne this election

Please show your support forMayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, KamalKhanna and Eric Payne by votingon Nov. 5. Being a long-term resi-dent, I have witnessed the greatimprovements to our town since

our current mayor has been in of-fice. And we have had stable, fis-cal management throughout hisleadership. Our taxes have beenstable. One opposition mayoralcandidate is sending out mislead-ing information relating to taxes.Did you know that the schoolbudget has increased more than$60 million since 2001? Did youknow that our municipal budget

has increased less than $13 mil-lion during that same time peri-od? Did you know that our cur-rent mayor, through his smartpartnerships with other levels of

governments and professional re-lationships have obtained morethan $108 million from outsidesources for township improve-ments? Additional financial bene-fits have also been realized by ourTriple AAA Bond rating.

I recently received a mailingfrom the Hemant Marathe teamin the mail. After reading oneside of it, I was very dismayedthat his team is trying to misleadthe public concerning municipal

taxes. Our township provides fullservice (trash collection, bushcollection, fire protection, etc.)and still has the lowest municipaltax rate in the entire region basedon this full service. However, theother side of his campaign mail-ing was great. But, it was a strongendorsement for the currentmayor and his team. It outlineswhat the current mayor has ac-

complished.We need the mayor and his

team to continue to make WestWindsor even better. It is notenough to support the mayor and

his team. Please show your sup-port by voting on Nov. 5.

Fu Grand Lin

Marathe’s leadershipright for township

I write in support of HemantMarathe for mayor of West Wind-sor Township. As an educator andschool leader for the past 37 years,I have made many decisionsabout complex problems and have

seen many leaders in action. Iworked with Hemant for the pastnine years and I believe that hisleadership skills would be a greatasset to the township of WestWindsor. I write this letter to de-scribe some of my direct observa-tions in working with Hemant.

Hemant is dedicated and per-sistent in pursuit of what is right.As Board of Education president,Hemant saw that a potential char-ter school would take precious fi-nancial resources from the dis-

trict. He worked tirelessly to getfellow board members, parents,teachers, administrators andcommunity members involved inthe issue. This included network-ing with the leaders of the sur-rounding communities – at theBoard of Education and townshiplevels and he brought the issue tothe attention of the leaders at thestate and county levels. I believethat he successfully led a coordi-nated effort to keep those tax dol-lars in WW-P for all of the stu-dents instead of funding a smallcharter school for a select few. Hebrought the groups together for acommon vision of educating allstudents.

Hemant listens to the issue andcollaborates to determine strate-gy. When parents approached theschool board with the idea of do-nating lights for the fields at bothhigh schools, the argumentsagainst accepting this donationseemed insurmountable. Instead

of taking the easy path, Hemantcollaborated with all stakeholdersto find a solution. He worked withthe administration and Board of Education to develop a process tolisten to all of the benefits and the

concerns. He appointed a commit-tee of the board and a communitycommittee to study the issue.Throughout the process, Hemantdemonstrated skills that will

transfer well to the role of mayor.Hemant Marathe is passionate

about West Windsor and is aproven leader who is not afraid of complex, emotional issues. He-mant is thoughtful and consider-ate of all those with whom heworks – he focuses his leadershipon working with all people for thegood of the whole community.Those are two of many examplesof why I believe the leadershipskills Hemant demonstrated as

school board president will trans-fer well to the role of mayor of West Windsor.

Victoria Kniewel

Hsueh represents townwith dignity, intelligence

I have lived in West Windsornow for almost 16 years with mywife and my young daughter. Ittruly is a unique and specialplace to live … unlike any that Ihave seen.

I believe the principal reasonfor this is the superb people thatserve this town day in and dayout. Township employees like PatWard, Sam Surtees, Gay Huberand Joanne Louth as well as vol-unteers like Marvin Gardner,Chuck Chang, Michael Karp,Michael Huey, Andy Lupo andothers all give so much of them-selves so that our town operatesin a first-class manner. But to at-tract this quality of employee orexcite residents to volunteer theirprecious, personal time reallycomes down to leadership. Ulti-mately, that leadership comesfrom Mayor Shing Fu Hsueh.Mayor Hsueh has demonstratedhis leadership and commitmentto West Windsor for decades invarious roles, all of which helpedhim develop into the capablemayor that he is. And in a townwith highly educated residentsthat are vigorously engaged andhave strong opinions. Mayor

Hsueh has always encouragedparticipation and incorporatedother views.

While I am thrilled to see two,


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bright and accomplished individ-uals campaign for our votes thisNovember, I am proud to cast myballot for Mayor Hsueh onceagain. He represents this townwith much dignity, intelligenceand professionalism, works aboutas hard as a mayor can be asked,and is truly a good and decentperson at the end of the day. Howmany towns in New Jersey canboast that with a straight face?

Robert Loverro

Hemant Marathe betterqualified to be mayorFor the first time in his politi-

cal career, Mayor Hsueh is facedwith an opponent in HemantMarathe who is better qualifiedand has a better track record thanhe does. This has led to a panic inthe Hsueh camp as evidenced byhis characterizing Marathe’sbusiness experience as a disquali-fication for the job. Does the

mayor seriously think being abusiness owner is a detriment tobeing a mayor?

Since the mayor is professinghis newfound love for West Wind-sor, let me remind him and thevoters of some history. Less thanthree years ago when LindaGreenstein won the senate seat ina special election, Hsueh was thefirst to put his hat in the ring andcampaigned quite vigorously towin the nomination to the NJhouse seat. So much for his desireto make West Windsor the besttown in the U.S. His desire tomove up to the county and statelevel is so strong that he refusedto support West Windsor resi-dents in their fight against theMercer County Community Col-lege’s solar farm, just so hewouldn’t offend the county execu-tive and freeholders.

How can we be sure that if Hsueh is reelected he will pro-mote the best interests of West

Windsor residents rather than hisown desire to move up in the po-litical world?

Mayor Hsueh is currentlymeeting with the state Depart-ment of Transportation officials

to resolve plans for Route 1. Un-fortunately, all meetings are tak-ing place behind closed doors,and residents of West Windsorare unaware of the solutions

being discussed. Why have resi-dents not been involved in theprocess of making changes thatwill affect their safety and qualityof life? Why hasn’t the WestWindsor council been kept in-formed, even in closed session,about what plans are being dis-cussed? After all, they will be re-sponsible for paying any expensesincurred by the township as a re-sult of proposed changes. Will weknow before the election what

plans are being proposed?On issue after issue – from theproposed $5 million expansion of the municipal complex, to Cran-bury Road sidewalks, to the Route1 traffic solution – Hsueh hasbeen less than transparent withresidents of West Windsor. It istime for a change in leadership.

In Marathe we have a candi-date who has demonstrated overthe past nine years as schoolboard president how to run an in-clusive and transparent govern-

ment and still get great results.Please join me in electingMarathe as our next mayor andhis running mates Linda Geeversand Peter Mendonez as councilmembers.

Bharat Damle

Mayor’s tax claimmisleading, writer says

I am writing to refute a mis-leading claim by Mayor Hsueh’sMoving Forward Together team.They brag that the mayor reducedWest Windsor’s municipal taxrate, implying that this rate aloneis a meaningful number. It’s not.It’s the total amount of taxes youpay that matters and that is calcu-lated by multiplying the tax rateby the assessed value of yourhouse. The mayor’s team is tellingonly half of the story. Here’s whatthey neglected to say.

Townships conduct a real es-tate revaluation every few years

to keep the assessed value of housing in line with marketprices. West Windsor conductedits last assessment in 2005, a peri-od of skyrocketing real estateprices. As a result, the average as-

sessed value of a house in thetownship increased 140 percent.Since residents would never toler-ate a 140 percent tax increase, theadministration adjusted the tax

rate down proportionately. In2006, the municipal portion of your tax rate was reduced from$0.59 per $100 assessed value to$0.27. The final result was thatmunicipal taxes increased by 11percent in 2006 even though thetax rate had dropped significant-ly.

The mayor’s team wants you tobelieve that he lowered your taxrate when, in fact, he raised yourtaxes. Not only did the mayor

raise taxes 11 percent under coverof a municipal property revalua-tion, but your municipal taxeshave increased 131 percent duringthe 12 years of the Hsueh admin-istration. This compares to a 45percent increase in school taxesduring the same period under He-mant Marathe as school boardpresident.

Beware of half-truths fromMayor Hsueh’s team.

J. Thomas Boyer

West Windsor fortunateto have current mayorEvery four years, we are all

asked to count up our grievancesand choose between the new guyand the incumbent mayor. Whatin the community, or about town-ship governance, has become asuper annoyance lately; and howbig has its negative impact been?But, do keep the following aspectsof governance in mind in makingyour choice. Our township is pret-ty much built out. The mayor’sprimary responsibility is to main-tain the quality of life in our com-munity by counteracting thepressures that continue to accruefrom the myriad of new develop-ments in neighboring communi-ties.

The mayor is with the commu-nity in wanting to hold the line onproperty taxes; but it’s not his job,despite what some pols in ourcommunity would have us be-

lieve. The responsibility belongsthe school board and townshipcouncil, where 80-plus percent of tax revenues go to our schools,and 17 percent toward townshipoperations and services. I would

say that the main exigencies weface today are traffic congestionand major storms and their after-math. The mayor’s solutions tothese big-ticket items involve

funding from county, state andfederal agencies, not townshiprevenues.

Take for example the $25-plusmillion replacement of Alexan-der Road Bridge and the additionof the roundabout. Rememberwhat it was like before? Today,rush hour traffic is still heavy, butnow moves along at a faster andmore predictable pace; and morn-ing and evening rush hour con-gestion begins later and ends

sooner. Similar positive outcomeshave been achieved with new con-struction elsewhere in the town-ship. The most recent demonstra-tion of the mayor’s knowhow ishis negotiations with state offi-cials for the speedy end to thestate Department of Transporta-tion’s Route 1 experiment and itshuge negative impact on east-west traffic flow on Princeton-Hightstown Road. Because themayor was known to the DOT andour Republican governor as a ne-

gotiator with a broad regionalperspective, Transportation Com-missioner Simpson showed anunprecedented willingness towork with a local township execu-tive, our mayor.

A joint effort is now underwayto develop a regional solution toRoute 1 congestion that avoids of-floading Route 1 congestion ontoWest Windsor roadways andneighborhoods. These unusuallygood outcomes reflect the mayor’s24/7 commitment to maintainand improve our quality of lifehere in West Windsor, includinghis ability to attract tens of mil-lions of county, state and federaldollars.

In my mind, we are fortunateto have the current mayor, as nopart-time mayor running a busi-ness full-time can realisticallypromise this level of service. Bot-tom line – cast the vote that coulddecide the outcome of this fall’smayoral election!

James R. Moeller

Hsueh, Payne, Khannahave right experienceIn the late summer of 2012, the

jug handle closure at Route 1 andWashington Road created trafficconfusion, a surprising increasein accidents and clear dangers forpedestrians, particularly school-

age children. Mayor Hsueh, EricPayne, and Kamal Khanna, candi-dates in the upcoming West Wind-sor municipal election, facilitateda resolution to those problemsand continue to support long-term solutions that will ease thetraffic flow in West Windsor.

Mayor Hsueh developed closeties with Commissioner James S.Simpson of the New Jersey De-partment of Transportation, inorder to improve both the imme-

diate and long-term traffic con-gestion. The mayor worked toreach consensus on needed trafficimprovements with the RegionalMayors Coalition, a group he cre-ated three years earlier. He incor-porated the residents’ concernsinto daily meetings with the WestWindsor Police, as they worked todecrease the spike in traffic acci-dents and improve pedestriansafety.

Payne became a leader and on-line voice of Smart Traffic Solu-

tions, the grassroots groupformed to deal with both immedi-ate and long-term traffic condi-tions on Route 1 that affect WestWindsor residents. He created anonline petition to support the keytraffic changes needed alongRoute 1, and he developed a trafficplan for West Windsor that em-bodied the best of the proposalsover the past two decades. He in-troduced his plans to surround-ing communities and continuesto work on a permanent traffic so-lution.

Khanna, as head of the WestWindsor Council, led the meetingwith the NJ Department of Transportation and West Wind-sor residents to make the stateDepartment of Transportationaware of the many unanticipateddangers of the closed jug handles,particularly for children. Payne,Hsueh and Khanna communicat-ed every day so that all partiesstayed informed, rumors did not

prevail, and efforts were carefullycoordinated.

The in-depth experience of these three candidates is provenand invaluable.

Tamerra Moeller, Susan Parris


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