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A F F I L I AT E D W I T H
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PRINCETON
A SMALL TREASURE
GETS A BIG NOD
Mar
11,
If you go
The museum is located
at the center of the
Princeton University
campus, a five-minute
walk from the shops and
restaurants of Nassau
Street. The museum is free
and open to the public.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
A-Rod hits 1st
homer of spring
Alex Rodriguez hit his
first home run since
returning to the Yankees
following a drug suspension
and Chris Capuano was
forced out in the first
inning by a quadriceps
injury in New York’s 10-6
loss to the Red Sox on
Wednesday. / Page B1
HOURS
Monday: Closed
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Friday, Saturday: 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.
TOURS
• Highlights Tours of the
museum are offered
Saturdays and Sundays at
2 p.m. These tours are free,
open to the public, and do
not require reservations.
The group meets at the
entrance to the museum.
WASHINGTON
Amid scandal,
Menendez stays
the course
By Jonathan D. Salant
NJ Advance Media for Times of Trenton
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez
swiveled in his chair to chat
briefly with his Senate Foreign
Relations Committee chief of
staff, Jodi Herman. Then he
turned back to face the audience
and waited to speak.
Sitting before him Wednesday
morning were Secretary of State
John Kerry, Secretary of Defense
Ashton Carter and Gen. Martin
Dempsey, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
As the committee’s ranking
member, Menendez delivered an
opening statement
and then prepared
to follow the
committee
Robert
chairman, U.S.
Menendez
Sen. Bob Corker
(R-Tenn.) in
questioning the witnesses at a
hearing to discuss President
Barack Obama’s request for a
congressional resolution authorizing the use of force against the
Islamic State.
The senator’s major concern in
his questioning was whether any
new resolution would restrict
what the U.S. can do against the
Islamic State and expire after a
certain time.
“What I think Democrats are
not willing to do is to give this or
any other president an open-ended authorization for war, a blank
check,” Menendez (D-N.J.) said in
his opening statement. “This is
the critical question moving
forward.”
Menendez’s participation in
Wednesday’s hearing provided
evidence that he would not sit
quietly in a corner and wait for
the storm clouds hanging over
him to dissipate following reports
last week that the Justice Department would soon indict him.
He has been under federal
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• The museum welcomes
groups of eight or more to
schedule private, docentled tours on weekdays. To
schedule a tour, please
use the museum’s online
tour scheduling system.
In the gallery of Medieval, Byzantine and Islamic Art, in foreground, is “Gisant: Knight in armor, ca. 1500, Stone.”
Fodor’s Travel sees the Princeton University Art Museum
as worthy of inclusion on an exclusive list of destinations
history, we’re proud to be in
the company of museums like
the Huntington and Crystal
Bridges,” museum spokeswoman Erin Firestone said, referring to the California and
Arkansas attractions.
“Princeton is an unusual
small town, home to one of the
nation’s oldest and most
distinguished research
universities, and to an outsized
cultural scene ... that is a
magnet for visitors from
throughout the region and
around the world,” museum
director James Steward said.
“We’re delighted to be recognized as a destination-worthy
experience.”
Fodor’s notes the breadth
and size of the collection of
By Alexandra Markovich
For The Times of Trenton
The Princeton University Art
Museum has earned a spot
alongside the Baseball Hall of
Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., and
the Norman Rockwell Museum
in Stockbridge, Mass., on
Fodor’s Travel’s “15 Best
Small-Town Museums in the
U.S.” list.
“All too often, the museums
that get all the attention are
those in big cities with blockbuster collections,” Fodors.com
writer Annie Bruce said in the
introduction to the list. Fodor’s
brings attention to the unique
small-town museums often
overshadowed by America’s
big-name, big-city museums.
“As a museum with encyclopedic collections spanning the
globe and 5,000 years of world
• School tours are offered
free of charge, but the
museum charges for adult
tours: $60 for a group of 8
to 15, $120 for a group of 16
to 30, and $180 for a group
of 31 to 45 people. There is
a 10 percent discount for
seniors.
At left in the (new) Art of the Ancient
Americas Galleries, “Ballplayer A.D.
600-800 Ceramic.” (PHOTOS BY MICHAEL
MANCUSO/TIMES OF TRENTON)
EXHIBITIONS
Through June 7: “The City
Lost and Found: Capturing
New York, Chicago, and
Los Angeles, 1960–1980”
June 27 to Aug. 30:
“Painting on Paper:
American Watercolors at
Princeton”
June 27 to Sept. 20:
“Collecting Contemporary,
1960–2015: Herb and
Lenore Schorr at
Princeton”
SEE PRINCETON, PAGE A7
EWING
Plan would phase in mayor, council salary hikes
By Cristina Rojas
Times of Trenton
Amid public criticism over a
plan to raise the Ewing mayor’s
salary by 180 percent and nearly
double the pay for council members, the proposal has been
revised to gradually hike the
salaries over three years.
“We were certainly sensitive to
the concerns expressed by the
public,” Council Vice President
David Schroth said Wednesday.
“We thought many of them raised
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very persuasive points. Given the
totality of the situation, we felt
that was appropriate and fair to
the people as well as to the
government.”
The original pay hike ordinance
was up for a vote at Tuesday’s
council meeting, but after hearing
from those opposed to the
increases, the council proposed
the more gradual approach.
The amended ordinance will be
up for a public hearing and vote
March 24. Councilwoman Sarah
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Steward abstained from voting on
the motion.
The salary of Mayor Bert
Steinmann, who earns $17,850,
would increase proportionally
over the next three years to
$50,000. The initial proposal
called for the raise to be instituted
in full this year, retroactive to Jan.
1.
Similarly, the proposed pay
increases for council would be
gradually increased over three
years, though the amount of the
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pay hikes will remain the same.
The council president’s pay would
increase to $13,000 from $7,556;
the vice president’s pay would
increase to $12,500 from $6,296;
and council members’ pay would
increase to $12,000 from $6,296.
Council members said that the
mayor and council had gone too
long without salary increases.
“The role in the council has
expanded in my view,”
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