should be fleeing the vicinity of Earth in particular. The only logical answer was that everything was receding from everything else. In other words, the universe was expanding, with the galaxies moving apart like raisins in a rising loaf of bread. Working backward from Hubble's constant, it was possible to estimate an age for the universe. Although the value for H0 has been repeatedly revised and remains in dispute, the universe is generally believed to have been expanding for 10 to 15 billion years.

Hubble continued to study galaxies for the rest of his life, except for a hiatus during World War II, when he enlisted as head of ballistics at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. His accomplishments brought him fame; he was popular with tourists as welluse the existing station buildings for a restaurant and cafe. He said school officials have reviewed the plans numerous times over the last few years with students and the community.

Borough Mayor Yina Moore and Borough Councilwoman Jenny Crumiller urged the council not to approve the track abandonment. Crumiller noted that no one ever mentioned the Dinky station and tracks were on the historic registers during the debate about zoning for the arts neighborhood.

Margaret Westfield, an architect who specializes in historic preservation, said the track abandonment would have an “irreversible and catastrophic affects on the station complex” and detract from the historic integrity of the property.

Princeton University student Josh Shulman said while he was sitting in the Dinky waiting room recently he was thinking about not only the historic