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Voters approve $3.6M fire district budget By Andrew Martins Managing Editor
Just over 400 voters took to the polls on Saturday to decide how three fire companies in Hillsborough Township would fund their operations for the rest of the year, ultimately giving the green light to a proposed $3.6 million spending plan. According to preliminary results provided by the board of fire commissioners, 326 people voted in favor of the budget, while 78
voted against it. This year’s budget marks a significant increase from the $2.8 million budget approved in 2016. The newly approved budget also includes a slight increase in the amount to be raised through property taxes, going from $2.35 million in 2016 to $2.44 million in 2017. Increases can be attributed to the inclusion of $195,000 in capital items, including gear for firefighters and air compressors for stations 36 and 37, that were ap-
proved last year by voters as separate items. The budget covers the cost of district-wide training, equipment and operations for all three of the township’s fire companies. It also includes a $59,000 contract with the Neshanic Fire Company, which also serves a portion the municipality. Along with the budget, voters were tasked with weighing in on other fire district related issues, including the selection of a new member of the board of fire com-
missioners. According to preliminary results, John M. Lazorchak was elected to a three-year term on the board after besting William J. Woodruff, III at the polls, with 218 and 170 votes, respectively. Residents also voted in favor of allowing the fire district to spend up to $1.25 million next year for a new ladder tower fire truck for Fire Station 37 with a vote of 299 to 101. Preliminary numbers also show that 330 voters approved the
2018 purchase of $75,000 of new turnout gear for the fire district, despite the fact that 70 voters opposed the plan. Such gear has a state-mandated 10 year lifespan. Voters also overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the fire district’s Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) for the volunteer firefighters in an effort to authorize retroactive cost of living increases. That measure was approved by a vote of 316-85.
Local youths donate more than 1,300 books for charity By Andrew Martins Managing Editor
A group of preschoolers recently completed their first major charitable donation, as they joined with other kids around the state to donate thousands of books to the Bridge of Books Foundation. Since the beginning of the year, students at The Goddard School in Hillsborough coordinated with their teachers and family members in order to collect the new and gently used books. “This is a community that places so much importance on education and I think they really appreciate what they have here,” Tim Hoy, the director of operations at the Hillsborough branch of The Goddard School said. “I think that translates so when an opportunity like this arrives, the community knows what that means to help provide others with that chance.” More than 12,000 books were ultimately collected by youths at ten locations of The Goddard School throughout the Skylands Region. Other participating schools included locations in Branchburg, Clinton, Denville,
Flanders, Flemington, Florham Park, Parsippany, Sparta and Randolph. In Hillsborough, the local children were able to collect more than 1,500 books of varying genres and reading skill levels. To help motivate the kids, Hoy said the school used graphs in its common area to showcase their progress and offered incentives like pasta parties and other special events once certain milestones were met. “The kids really took ownership of this and ran with it,” he said. Over the course of the drive, the kids helped adults sort the litany of literature in preparation for their delivery to the Bridge of Books Foundation in Rumson. According to the foundation’s website, Bridge of Books works to “get as many books as possible into the hands of New Jersey’s underserved children.” “The districts that these books are going to, children jsut don’t necessarily have early access to literacy,” Hoy said. “We’re lucky in Hillsborough where reading and
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Holding down the competition High school junior Michael Dooley was one of Hillsborough’s wrestlers to perform well during the annual district tournament last weekend. The local team took third overall and four of its 13 wrestlers are moving on to the regional tournament starting this week at Hunterdon Central. literacy and early technology is part of the daily routine here.” Books donated to the foundation go toward reading programs that take place throughout the year, with previous donations going to communities in Asbury,
Keansburg, Cumberland, Camden, Trenton, Newark and East Orange. After the books were tallied and packaged for delivery to the foundation, Hoy said it took him and his father four trips in a large
truck to get everything to where it needed to go. The drive ultimately culminated in an Open House event at the Hillsborough school on Feb. 11, giving families a chance to see See BOOKS, Page 3A
Fire companies recognized year after ‘historic’ blaze
By Andrew Martins Managing Editor
One year after a massive industrial fire shut down Route 206 and brought nearly 100 fire companies from the surrounding area to help suppress the blaze, township officials took time to recognize the men and women of Hillsborough’s fire response personnel who worked
around the clock. Mayor Carl Suraci, who was serving as a committeeman at the time of the incident, handed out special commendations during the Feb. 14 meeting to Hillsborough Fire Companies 1, 2 and 3, as well as the Neshanic Fire Company. “We are so thankful and appreciative to all of the firefighters, Hillsborough Township Board of Fire Safety, Police Officers and EMS Squad who worked so hard in spite of brutal conditions at the Somerville Industrial Park fire,” Mayor Carl Suraci said at the Feb. 13 Township Committee meeting. Described by the mayor as “one of the largest fires in memory,” the Feb. 12, 2016 inferno broke out in one of the four industrial warehouses on site at the Veterans Industrial Park, located at the west side of Route 206 between Brown Avenue and Camplain Road. The fire was first reported about
3 p.m. that afternoon, when an alarm came in that water sprinklers in a building had activated. Firefighting efforts grew steadily throughout the day, as the fire gained intensity and spread, resulting in more than $50 million in damages and destroying two buildings that encompassed approximately 500,000 square feet. Along with the sheer size of the conflagration, responding fire and emergency personnel dealt with near-zero temperatures and steady winds that further complicated firefighting efforts. By the time the fire was contained, officials announced that there were no fatalities related to the incident, though two firefighters suffered minor injuries. The five-alarm fire was extinguished two days later on Feb. 13, thanks to the assistance of 93 fire companies responding with more than 200 emergency vehicles from
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Members of Hillsborough Township Fire Company No. 2 were among those honored during the Feb. 14 meeting. across central Jersey. According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ National Response Team, the fire scene investigation revealed that the fire was pinpointed to the high-rack storage area of a paper records storage business located in building 14 in the west side of unit C. For Committeeman Frank Del-
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Sat. Feb. 25 - D&R Canal Watch guided 5.6mile walk between Griggstown and East Millstone with 3.5-mile option. Meet 10 a.m. at the Griggstown Causeway, Franklin Township. For further information, contact Pamela V’Combe at 609-635- 2783 or pjvcombe@gmail.com.
Kindergarten registration
Tues. Feb. 28 and Wed. March 1 - Hillsborough Township Public Schools will hold kindergarten registration for the 2017-2018 school year on February 28 and March 1. Registration will take place during the morning at each elementary school and in the evening by
appointment only at the Board of Education conference room located in the Hillsborough Municipal Building (379 S. Branch Rd.). To schedule an evening registration appointment, please contact your designated elementary school. Each elementary school’s registration details, as well as the registration packet, are available on the district website, www.htps.us. All children who reside in Hillsborough and were born on or before October 1, 2012, are eligible to register for kindergarten for the 2017-2018 school year. A birth certificate (original preferred), immunization records and residency documentation are required at the time of registration. Parents may also register
their kindergarten-aged child for the Children at Play (CAP) Program lottery during kindergarten registration. For additional information regarding the CAP Program, please visit www.htps.us/CAP.
Do” presented David Schuchman, IT Management Consultant, Princeton Technology Advisors, LLC. This group is offered free of charge and is open to the entire community. To register or for more information about Career Counseling Job seekers Services, please contact Elise Prezant at 908-725success group 7799, ext. 108 or Wed. March 1 - The e p r e z a n t @ J e w i s h F a m Jewish Family Service of ilySvc.org. Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties is offering Documentary a Job Seekers Success Group for active job seekers screening who are unemployed, unWed. March 1 - The pubderemployed or seeking a lic is invited to a free film career change. screening of the award-winThe next group will be ning documentary, Race to held on Wednesday, March Nowhere, Wednesday, 1 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at March 1, from 6-9 p.m., at JFS, 150-A West High Raritan Valley Community Street, Somerville. College. The topic for this session The event, which is is “What to Do when you being presented by the ColCan’t Do What you Used to lege’s Humanities, Social Science and Education Department in partnership with The National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs, the RVCC Foundation and the RVCC Education Club, will be held in the Conference Center at the College’s Branchburg campus. The provocative documentary highlights the pressures of American school children to succeed. The evening will include a discussion about the film topic, as well as special recognition of RVCC education alumni who now teach in
local school districts. For additional information about the program, contact Associate Professor Kimberly Schirner at kimberly.schirner@raritanval.ed u or 908-526- 1200, ext. 8286.
Outstanding Women awards dinner tickets Fri. March 10 - Tickets are on sale for the 2017 Outstanding Women in Somerset County awards dinner sponsored by the county Commission on the Status of Women. This year’s program will be held Friday, March 10, at The Imperia at 1714 Easton Ave., Somerset. A cash bar at 6 p.m. will be followed by a buffet dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $55 per person. Advance reservations are required by Feb. 24; no reservations will be taken at the door. For a reservation form or more information, contact commission member Marti Kalko at 908-3857948, Papayak@aol.com or visit http://bit.ly/2017WomenDinner to print the form.
Corned beef dinner Sat. March 11 - A corned beef dinner will be held at the South Branch Reformed Church, 870 River Road, Hillsborough, on Saturday March 11 from 4:30-7 p.m. Tickets for adults cost $15, children’s tickets from ages
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Tues. March 14 - The Hillsborough Woman’s Club will be having their March meeting on March 14, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillsborough Municipal Building in the Health Conference Room. The guest speaker for the evening will be Samantha Nuzio, Registered Dietitian from ShopRite of Hillsborough. If interested, please contact Ginny at 732-2462108.
Indoor farmers market
Sat. March 18 — The Indoor Winter Farmers Market of Hillsborough believes in the importance of supporting our local food sources and businesses year round. We desire to make local, sustainably grown food available to all in our community. We seek to develop a market consisting of local farms and artisans that not only provide quality goods to our general population but also enables families enrolled in the food bank program to be better served and nutritionally educated. The market will be held inside of the Peter J. Biondi Building, located at 379 South Branch Road on Saturday, March 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The market is in partnership with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of NJ headquartered on River Rd in Hillsborough as well as the Hillsborough Township Agricultural Advisory Committee. More details can be found on the Facebook page or online at www.KennetteProductions.com. Send items to amartins@centraljersey.com or fax to 609-924-3842. For details, call 609-874-2163.
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Skillman man charged Freeholder to spend Ag Day with luring, lewdness reading to area children By Lea Kahn Staff Writer
Skillman man, who is a registered sex offender, has been ordered to be detained after being charged with luring and lewdness offenses, according to spokeswoman Casey DeBlasio of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Adam Woolf, 23, of Skillman, was ordered to be detained by Mercer County Superior Court Judge Peter E. Warshaw Wednesday at the request of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Woolf was charged with five counts of second-degree luring, three counts of fourth-degree lewdness and five counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The incident occurred Feb. 7 in pool area of the Physical Education building at Mercer County Community College, DeBlasio said.
Woolf told three boys and two girls, who were all under 13 years old, that he was a maintenance employee and that the chlorine levels in the swimming pool would damage their swimsuits, DeBlasio said. He told the three boys to go into an upstairs men’s locker room. He followed them inside, undressed and showered naked in front of them. He also encouraged the boys to shower naked, DeBlasio said. Woolf followed the two girls into the women’s locker room and attempted to do the same thing with them that he did with the boys, she said. Woolf was subsequently approached and identified at the pool by Mercer County Community College security officers. Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri gave credit to the West Windsor Township Police Depart-
Freeholder Director Peter Palmer has announced that he will visit Somerset County Library System of New Jersey’s Bound Brook Memorial and Hillsborough Library branches to celebrate National Agriculture (Ag) Day this March. National Ag Day recognizes and celebrates the abundance provided by agriculture. 2017 marks the 44th annual National Ag Day and, together with the Somerset County Agriculture Development Board and Freeholder Palmer, SCLSNJ will mark the occasion with two family-friendly proAdam Woolf grams for the community. On March 4, 10:30 a.m. - noon at ment and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special SCLSNJ’s Hillsborough Library branch and Victims Unit for the investi- March 21, 7-8 p.m. at SCLSNJ’s Bound Brook Memorial Library branch, Freegation that led to Woolf’s arrest. Assistant Prosecutor Renee Robeson is handling the case. Under bail reform, a defendant can be ordered to be held for pretrial detention at the Prosecutor’s Office’s request, or released with or without conditions. There is no more monetary bail.
holder Palmer will read a fun farm-related story. Program participants will then paint mural boards representing this year's Ag Day theme: "Food For Life.” The Somerset County Agriculture Development Board staff will assemble the completed boards into raised bed vegetable planters which will be located throughout Somerset County, including SCLSNJ’s Bound Brook Memorial and Hillsborough Library branches. The harvest will be donated to local food banks. Registration is requested to attend these programs presented by the Somerset County Agriculture Development Board. For more information or to register, visit SCLSNJ.org or contact your local SCLSNJ library branch.
Books Continued from Page 1A the good that its students were able to do while learning. Over the course of the day, the open house used a number of themes from popular children’s authors on display for the more than
100 people who showed up. Local non-fiction author Lyn Sirota was also on hand for readings. Looking forward, Hoy said this year’s successful drive may lead to more charitable efforts from the school and its kids in the future.
“I think everyone was really happy with the outcome this year and as we meet up with the other schools that we worked with this time around, we’ll start to put an eye toward the future,” Hoy said.
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The Pines of March
By Michele S. Byers
Been to New Jersey’s Pine Barrens? If not, here are some great reasons to explore this incredible area this March. The Pine Barrens are hiding in plain sight: a sparsely-populated region of 1.1 million acres within the nation’s most densely populated state. Millions of drivers skirt its eastern edge each year as they travel the Garden State Parkway through Ocean, Burlington, Atlantic and Cape May counties to shore destinations. How about heading west instead of east upon exiting the Parkway? There is a world where nature and wildlife reign supreme, with hundreds of thousands of acres of preserved forest crossed by sand roads and teacolored streams, an astounding variety of rare plants and animals, and cranberry bogs, historic villages, and fields where blueberries were first cultivated. Interested in learning more? Mark your calendar for the second weekend in March, which features back-to-back events highlighting the many reasons the “Pines” are a place like no other. First comes the 28th annual Pinelands Short Course on Saturday, March 11: a full day of educational programs hosted by Stockton University in Galloway Township. The Short Course is followed on Sunday, March 12, by Lines on the Pines, a free event celebrating Pine Barrens authors, artists and artisans. This year’s Pinelands Short Course includes 38 presentations on the ecosystems, wetlands, wildlife, culture and history of the Pine Barrens. Attendees can choose up to four presentations: two in the morning and two in the afternoon. For those who enjoy history and culture, the program includes the Jersey Devil’s origins in the Pine Barrens; the life story of Jeremiah Leeds, a “Piney” who once owned almost all of what is now Atlantic City; the ghost towns of the Pinelands; the historic village of Batsto through the years; and the Lenape Indians and their use of the region’s natural resources in everyday life. This year’s Short Course also offers a half-day guided van tour of the Mullica River watershed, with stops at various wildlife habitats. The course features three on-campus field trips: bird species identification, a tour of Stockton’s ecologically managed forests, and tour of the campus’ biodiversity hotspots. Lines on the Pines will follow on Sunday at the Renault Winery in Egg Harbor City. Over 50 talented Pine Barrens authors, artists and artisans will be on hand. The featured speaker will be bird carver Gary Giberson, entertainment will be provided by the Ruins of Friendship Orchestra, and there will be a special screening of an excerpt from the new film “The Pine Barrens” by David Scott Kessler. Whether you’re a lifelong “Piney” or newcomer looking for an introduction, you’ll have fun exploring the unique geology, history, folklore and traditions of the Pine Barrens at these two great events. Michele S. Byers is executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation in Morristown. Michele S. Byers is executive di-
COLLEGE CONNECTION
An education abroad: Where students go Study abroad is highly recommended to students at most U.S. colleges as the ideal experience to help them expand their horizons and become more open-minded, educated citizens of our global community. Colleges typically charge students the same fees for international study that they would pay if remaining on their home campus, eliminating financial obstacles for those who want to experience the world. So where are students heading? Of the more than 300,000 students who study abroad for academic credit each year, more than half are choosing a European country. The United Kingdom takes first place each year, with the key attraction being English as the national language. According to the most recent data from the Institute of International Education, Italy, Spain and France take second, third and fourth place, respectively. They are followed by China, the only non-European country in the top five. Rounding out the top twelve countries, in
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order of popularity, are Germany, Ireland, Costa Rica, Australia, Japan, South Africa and India. While students attending almost any U.S. college have the opportunity to study abroad, it is particulaly encouraged at certain colleges and universities in the area. The University of Delaware, which launched America’s first study abroad program back in 1923, offers students the opportunity to study on any of six continents. (The University does not currently offer a program in Antarctica.) Study abroad is likewise extremely popular at several Pennsylvania colleges and universities. At Dickinson College nearly 70 percent of students, and 40 percent of the faculty, participate in study abroad programs. Its Global Mosaics program allows students to take semester-long courses on campus and then travel abroad to partake in fieldwork or immersion work. At Gettysburg College more than 95
percent of its students participate in one of the Center for Global Education programs, which partners with over 50 countries. At Susquehanna University students are actually required to participate in the Global Opportunities program. They have the option of a short or long semester, and a choice of locations around the world including such natural wonders as the Galapagos Islands and Andes Mountains. Hundreds of thousands of college students each year recognize that the opportunity to become immersed in another culture for months at a time is something that may not happen for them again in their lifetime. Susan Alaimo is the founder and director of SAT Smart in Hillsborough that has offered PSAT, SAT, and ACT preparation courses as well as private tutoring by IVYLeague educated instructors for more than 20 years. Visit www.SATsmart.com
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Woman’s Club of Hillsborough recently held its annual Basket Auction and 50/50 Raffle. All proceeds from the Basket Auction are donated to various charities including Hillsborough Township Social Services, Juvenile Diabetes, NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness), Girl Scouts and Habitat for Humanity, just to name a few. In addition, the Woman’s Club provides several scholarships to graduating seniors at Hillsborough High School and one graduating senior from Hillsborough at the Somerset County VoTech. One-half of the proceeds from the 50/50 raffle will be given to PCA-NJ (Prevent Child Abuse-NJ) which is our two-year project in conjunction with the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs. We would like to thank the following companies and individuals who so generously donated to our auction. Without their help, it would not be possible to host such an event: Somerset Patriots, Stress Factory Comedy Club, Alfonso’s rector of the New Jersey Conservation Foun- Pizzeria & Restaurant, Garden State Discovery, dation in Morristown. Philadelphia Zoo, McCaffrey’s, George Street Playhouse, Alstede Farms, LLC, Adventure Aquarium, Christmas Tree Shops, The Cheesecake Factory, Dorothy Perovich, Christine Held, www.hillsboroughbeacon.com Central Jersey Nurseries, Inc., Renaissance Hair 421 Route 206 Hillsborough, NJ 08844 Salon, Beyond the Fringe, Petrock’s Grille, NY
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Jets, NY Giants, Gary’s Wine and Marketplace, Otterbox, Costco, Willow’s Bend Irrigation, Walt Disney World Co. In addition, thank you to all of our members who donated baskets and baked goods for the auction. Please come out and join us at our next Basket Auction on September 15, 2017 in the Community Room at the Hillsborough Municipal Building. Carolyn Hespe Second Vice President of the Woman’s Club of Hillsborough
Voters must raise clean energy and safe environment issues To the editor: The energy and environmental news coming out of Washington has been jarring, but in New Jersey there is hope on the home front. Two former New Jersey governors recently joined together to highlight the state’s bipartisan tradition of protecting the environment and natural resources. Former rivals Christie Whitman (R) and Jim Florio (D) set aside political differences and stressed the importance of electing a green Governor for New Jersey this November. If
ever an issue should cut across political parties, it’s the need to protect our air, water, and open space. Numerous controversial new pipelines are proposed in the state to carry gas and oil -dirty fossil fuels. Instead of moving quickly to clean, homegrown energy like wind and solar, our state is in danger of falling behind. Pipeline supporters call gas a “bridge fuel”, but it is really a detour to a clean energy future. Pipelines delay renewable energy goals that are within reach - if we simply make the commitment. This is a crucial year for New Jersey’s environment. It’s up to voters to raise these issues so candidates must act on them. With both the governorship and the Legislature up for election, we have a great opportunity — an obligation — to make sure that clean energy and a healthy environment are campaign topics. Let’s set an example in New Jersey this year. As Governor Whitman said, we are “often looked on as a role model for other states.” Despite challenges in D.C., we must hold our ground and lead the way in protecting natural resources in the Garden State.
Tom Gilbert Campaign Director for the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and ReThink Energy NJ
WHERE TO WRITE The names, addresses and telephone numbers of elected officials representing Hillsborough residents at the state and federal levels follow:
U.S. Senate Sen. Robert Menendez (D), Gateway 1, 11th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102; 973-6453030. Washington office: 502 Hart Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-4744. Web page: menendez.senate.gov Sen. Corey Booker (D), Gateway 1, 1143 Raymond Plaza West, Suite 2300 Newark, 07102; (973) 639-8700. Washington office: 141 Hart Building, Washington, DC 20510; (202) 224-3224. Web page: booker.senate.gov.
U.S. House of Representatives
Rep. Leonard Lance (R): 361 Route 31 (Countryside Plaza, Unit 1400), Flemington, N.J. 08822. The phone is 908-788-6900 and the fax is 908-788-2869. In Westfield: 425 North Ave. East, 07090. The phone is 908-518-7733 and the fax is 908-518-7751 . On Capitol Hill: 133 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515. The phone is 202-225-5361 and the fax is 202225-9460. His website is lance.house.gov.
Governor Gov. Chris Christie (R), 609-292-6000; P.O. Box 001, Trenton, NJ 08625. Web page: www.state.nj.us/governor
State Senate, District 16 Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R), 908-526-3600; District office: 36 E. Main St., Somerville, NJ 08876.
State Assembly, District 16
Assemblyman Jack M. Ciattarelli (R), 908-450-7064, District Office: 50 Division St., Suite 200, Somerville 08876. Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D), Suite 170, 23 Orchard Road, Skillman, N.J. 08558, AsmZwicker@njleg.org. 609-4543147. Asm. Zwicker on Facebook@AndrewZwicker.
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Friday, February 24, 2017
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Underdog basketball team eyes state tourney By Justin Feil Correspondent
The Hillsborough High School boys basketball is an underdog in the state tournament against Hunterdon Central, but that doesn’t bother Steve Rudd. “We just love being the underdog,” Rudd said. “We know we can play harder than them. It wouldn’t be a surprise if we upset them. We’ve been practicing very hard. We’re ready for this game.” The senior forward was on the Raiders team two years ago that put together a late five-game winning streak, the final four of them as a No. 13 seed to march to the sectional championship. He is optimistic that his younger teammates can experience the same sort of run when No. 15 seeded Hillsborough plays at second-seeded Hunterdon Central on Monday in the first round of the Central Jersey Group IV tournament. “I just tell them, look what happened two years ago, but we’re only two seeds behind,” Rudd said. “It’s going to be tougher, but upsets happen. It’s March Madness.” To get into March, the Raiders will have to knock off a Hunterdon Central team that has beaten them twice, but there’s an old adage that says it’s tough to beat a good team three times. Hillsborough is a far different team from the one that lost the fifth game of the season in their own Holiday Classic to Hunterdon Central by 36 points. When they played two weeks later, but still more than a month ago, the difference was only 11 points. “The good thing is our guys know they can play with them now,” said Hillsborough head coach Len Parham. “They have some confidence going into this game Monday. It should be competitive and the familiarity of both programs, that’s the advantage. The disadvantage is they beat us twice so we just have to overcome that mental aspect and go out there and compete. “The first time we turned it over a little too much. The second time we didn’t turn it over much at all. We got good shots, we hit some. The second time around, we had more chances. We were just a little more comfortable. When we played them the first time, it was early in the year. Some of our non-veteran guys, the lights were on and it was the championship game of our holiday tournament and it might have been a little too big for them at that moment. They have settled in now.” It will be hard for Hunterdon Central, a team that some have
tabbed to win the whole sectional, not to take the Raiders lightly. “I think they will, at least in the first half,” Rudd said. “The first time they beat us was by a lot. In the first half of the second game, we were down a lot but we came out strong in the second half. If we play like we did in the second half, I think it’ll turn out good.” The Raiders have won two of their last three games, their latest being a 55-42 win over Mount Olive on Saturday. Rudd’s career-high 18 points led Hillsborough, which also got 11 points from Justin Brown. Jackson Parham had nine points and Matt Moore added seven points as the Raiders improved to 8-14. “I’ve been happy,” Rudd said. “I’ve had a couple big games. I’ve been playing as hard as I can every time I step on the floor. “It’s just how the game goes. If I’m in a rhythm and my teammates find me more, I can score more. Even if I’m having an off night, I try to do my best on the boards and look for the open man all the time.” Hillsborough has one final opportunity to tune up for Hunterdon Central. The Raiders picked up a game at Princeton High tonight. “We’ve been trying to continue to grow and get better each game, keep working hard to improve,” Len Parham said. “Right now, we’re having them focus on Princeton on Thursday. We’re trying not to let them look too far ahead. We’ve been talking about the process, not the product. We did talk about it’s been a long road and it’s been a long stretch and we don’t want it to end in terms of getting ready for that state game at Hunterdon Central. We are the underdog.” Hillsborough has the ability to have different scoring leaders every night, and they finally have their full complement of players. It’s been a difficult time trying to keep everyone healthy this season. “We have our team back,” Parham said. “We had a long stretch there where we were playing with a different lineup. We had two guys out with the flu. Every game it was someone else. Jackson missed nine games with the flu and had an infection in his finger. We only took nine guys up to Mount Olive. We finally have all our guys back. I think we’ll have everyone, which helps with our rotation and keeping everyone fresh and we need those other guys just to get their legs under them.” The return to full strength gives the Raiders confidence. They feel better equipped to challenge Hunterdon Central. “I think we have a very good chance,” Rudd said. “We
played Central twice before so we know how they play. We’ve been practicing hard and we’ve gotten a lot of key players back, like Jackson just came back. Justin Brown is playing really well. A lot of people are coming back from illness. I think it’ll be good. The Princeton game is going to help us a lot.” Rudd is a veteran who has been through big games before. He has seen the younger Raider players step up their games and find their roles this year. “I’ve been impressed,” Rudd said. “They’ve all grown every single one of them. When one of our seniors got hurt in the first game, a junior Matt Moore stepped up big time. He had a lot of key games. We’ve had David Yost, Pat Vinchur when Jackson was hurt he stepped up, Gary Redden, Justin Brown is helping us out big time.” Rudd has provided a lift inside along with 6-foot-5 Saddiq Adkins. As for his leadership, Rudd has tried to convey his experiences from seeing the Raiders enjoy success in big games to the rest of the team. He’s happy to have a bigger role this year. “I think it’s grown every year in the three years I’ve played varsity,” Rudd said. “I’ve been in this situation. Being an underdog in states, I think I can help our team out being a leader.” The Raiders know what they have to do. They know Hunterdon Central well, and they know what enabled them to compete better the second time they faced off. Hillsborough has been focusing on developing the keys to its upset bid. “We definitely have to do a better job on the backboard, limit them to one shot,” Parham said. “They have good size at a lot of positions. We have to do a better job of blocking out and rebounding, especially on the defensive end, and limiting them to one shot. We have to take care of the ball at our end and execute. We have to slow them down - they like to run. If you turn it over, they usually do a good job of converting. We can’t turn it over in the backourt, limit their transition baskets, and keep them off the glass. We did a decent job of that the second time - especially not turning it over. We have to defend. They have some pretty good guys that can score.” Hillsborough will be looking to limit Hunterdon Central’s scorers and put pressure on the favorite. The winner faces the winner of No. 7 Middletown North and No. 10 Colts Neck in the quarterfinals Mar. 1. “I don’t want my last game to be on Monday,” Rudd said. “I want to get to the finals with my guys.”
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The Hillsborough Library’s schedule is as follows: Monday through Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday: 1-5 p.m. Starting this year, the Hillsborough library will be open on Sundays, 1-5 p.m. throughout the year except for the following dates: April 16, May 14, May 28, June 18, Sept. 3. Somerset County Library System of New Jersey has announced operating hours for Presidents’ Day on Monday, February 20: SCLSNJ’s Bridgewater Library branch will be open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; SCLSNJ’s Hillsborough and Warren Township Library branches will be open 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; all other SCLSNJ library branches will be closed.
For the month of February, view the collections of Survana Nagaraju and Emma Turner. For the month of March, view the collections of the Somerset County Culture & Arts Commission. Visit SCLSNJ.org or call 908-369-2200 for information or to register. Program dates and times are subject to change. All programs are free and registration is required unless otherwise indicated. Adult programs (registration required): • English Conversation Group - Practice speaking English in a casual setting. Basic English skills required. Hosted by The Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County. Mon. Feb. 27 & March 6 at 7 p.m. and Wed. March 1 and
March 8 at 10 a.m. • Nonfiction Book Discussion - The book selection is “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. Tues. Feb. 28, 10-11 a.m. • Introduction to SelfPublishing, Part 3: Essential Tools & Websites for SelfPublished Authors - Robert Helmbrecht, Adult Services Librarian at SCLSNJ Hillsborough Library, presents Part 3 of 3-part series on how to take advantage of social media and reviewing some of the best online tools devoted to publishing. Tues. Feb. 28, 7-8:30 p.m. Youth programs (registration required): • Academy Awards for Kids (Ages 2-6) - SCLSNJ Hillsborough Library is rolling out the red carpet. Come join us as we cele-
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Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE 2017-01 An Ordinance titled, “An Ordinance amending Chapter 255 “Solid Waste” of the Code of the Township of Hillsborough with the addition of Article III “Proof of Solid Waste Collection Service”. was introduced at a Meeting of the Township Committee of the Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey held on January 10, 2017 and was passed and approved by the said Township Committee at a regular and duly convened meeting held on February 14, 2017. Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk HB, 1x, 2/24/17 Fee: $19.53 NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY Please be advised that the Commissioners of Fire District No. I in the Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset, shall accept sealed bids for the sale of a 2012 Darley Fast attack 2 skid unit, 400 gallon poly water tank, 10 gallon foam tank with 26 HP Darley Pump. (hereinafter referred to as "Skid Unit") which is being sold in an "as-is" condition without express or implied warranties. The unit may be inspected by contacting Chief Fire Marshal Christopher Weniger at (908) 369-4313. The sealed bids shall be accepted at the Hillsborough Bureau of Fire Safety, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 on Tuesday March 14,2017 at 10:00 a.m. No bids shall be accepted after the date and time set forth herein. All bidders must submit prior to removal of the skid unit a certified, cashier's or bank check for the total amount of the bid submitted. The successful bidder shall be required to remove the skid unit within 48 hours of the acceptance of the bid by the fire district and execute a hold harmless and indemnification agreement prior to removal ofthe skid unit. The Commissioners reserve the right to accept or reject any bid received. The Commissioners of Fire District No. I Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset HB, 1x, 2/24/17 Fee: $20.46 Aff: $20.46 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE 2017-02 An Ordinance titled, “An Ordinance amending Chapter 188 (Land Use and Development) of the Code of the Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey to define and regulate certain utility facilities in the Township”. This Ordinance will be further considered for final passage by the Township Committee at the Municipal Complex, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey at a meeting being held on March 28, 2017, at 7:30 PM or at any time and place to which such meeting may be adjourned. All persons interested in the Ordinance may obtain a copy from the Office of the Township Clerk located in the municipal complex between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., at no cost, and persons interested in the Ordinance may appear at the hearing and will be given the opportunity to be heard concerning this Ordinance. Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk HB, 1x, 2/24/17 Fee: $23.25
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Our March 2 meeting will feature Korean Traditional Dance with Jung Korean Dance academy. On April 6, Christine Newman of AARP will discuss current trends in frauds and scams along with information, tips, and resources to help prevent becoming a victim of fraud and identity theft. Trips & Programs Fri., Feb. 24 - Pizza and a Movie “Harvey.” Noon pizza lunch in senior activity with movie at 1 pm. Cost $5 for lunch; movie is free. Thurs., March 9 — A trip to the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Penn will include a round trip bus fare from Somerville and back, with five hours at the casino. Carpool or park at the NJ Mini-Mart at 157 E. Main Street, Somerville for the 10:20 a.m. bus. Photo ID is required to receive $35 slot free play. Cost $30. Fri., March 10 - The Annual Fish Fry at the Woods Road Fire Station from 4:30 to 8 p.m. is a chapter favorite. Thurs., Apr. 20 — Papermill Playhouse "Million Dollar Quartet" with lunch at nearby FM Kirby Carriage House. The show was inspired by a recording session featuring Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. The bus departs from the Lowes parking lot at 10:15 a.m. Wed., May 17 — Broadway matinee "Waitress" and lunch on the way at Casa Di Napoli in Union City. A $115 deposit was due by Feb. 2. Final payments are required by the April 6 meeting. Wed., June 21 to Fri., June 23 - Finger Lakes bus trip with two nights stay in Auburn, NY. The trip includes visits to the Corning Museum of Glass, a guided tour of the Rose Hill Mansion, tour and lunch at New York Wine & Culinary Center, a tour and tasting at Casa Larga Vineyards, and a cruise of Lake Skaneateles. The trip's cost is $443 for triple occupancy, $483 for double occupancy and $603 for single occupancy; plus optional insurance. Reservations require a $300 deposit, with final payment due on May 4. Canadian Rockies by train from Aug. 19-27, 2017, seeing Vancouver, Jasper, Lake Louise, Banff and Calgary. Trip in-
cludes tour and guide, airfare, 13 meals, all transfers (including pickup in Hillsborough) for $4,799 double occupancy. For information on any of our upcoming trips, call Diana Reinhardt at 908-3694362. News & Notes All Hillsborough seniors age 60 and older are invited to join Chapter A. Younger spouses of seniors are also eligible for membership. Dues are $5 a year and new members may join at any meeting. Call Dorrie Guarniero at 908-334-8091 with questions. General meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month unless otherwise announced. Executive Board meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of every month, unless otherwise noted. On meeting days, doors open at 11:30 a.m., allowing time to review upcoming events and make reservations. Refreshments are available when doors open and after the meeting. Help our Food Bank by bringing an item to each meeting. The suggestion box is available at each meeting. Visit us at www.HillsboroughSeniorsChapterA.webs.com. — Gene Reinhardt Publicity Chairperson
CHAPTER B The monthly meeting will be held March 9. The doors will open at 10:30 a.m. for members to buy tickets for future trips and other events. Tickets for all special events will only be sold at monthly meetings before the event. They include the following: spring luncheon, June celebration, June anniversary (every five years), fall luncheon and holiday party. Meeting attendees can bring a bag lunch if they would like, since coffee and tea are provided. New members are welcome. The next bingo will be held on March 16. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. Cost of $3 for one double card or $5 for two and includes lunch with two hot dogs, chips, drink and a dessert, along with prizes and surprises. If you have a new email address or want to be added to Club B’s email list, see Ralph Fariello at the next meeting.
Activities and Trips Mon. March 20: An Italian celebration with great food, open bar and entertainment will be held at LiGreci’s for St. Joseph’s Feast. Tickets will be sold at the January meeting for $80. Thurs. April 20: See "Million Dollar Quartet" at the Paper Mill Playhouse. Tickets for the show, which features hits by Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, will include lunch. $90. Wed. May 17: Trip to Tomasello Winery and Atlantic City: Enjoy a winery tour at Tomasello Winery, as well as a casino visit, for $56. Admission includes the tour, a casino bonus and lunch with wine. If you want to bring a friend on any overnight trip, they do not have to be a club member. If any trips are sold out, you may call to add your name to a waiting list. On all trips, you should bring photo ID and health insurance card(s). Community Events Keep in mind the township’s Mr. Fix-It program, run by the Social Services Department. Minor home repairs can be arranged on Wednesdays between 8 and 11 a.m. for Hillsborough seniors 60 and older. Call 908-369-3880 for details. Free exercise classes for all ability levels are available to all Hillsborough seniors in the municipal building Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for 45 minutes — right where we hold our meetings. Certified instructors lead classes. Free transportation is available. Call 908-369-3880 for details. — Chickie Haines Call 908-874-3231
SENIOR ROOM In the Senior Activity Room, shuffleboard, pool table, darts and ping pong are available for all Hillsborough seniors to use in the first and largest area. Cards and games are played in the middle area. Computers are in the third area for your use and enjoyment. Monday: Knitting, crocheting and needlepoint from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: Bridge, pinochle and other card games Wednesday: Mah jongg from noon to 4 p.m. Canasta from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday: Bridge from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Friday: Mah jongg from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Adults age 60 and older are invited to visit the county-operated Hillsborough Senior Center at 339 South Branch Road. The center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. All programs begin at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Its phone is 908-369-8700. Fit & Flex with Rose every Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. This free weekly exercise program changes frequently and is suitable for all. Included are stretches, strength training, laugh yoga, breathing exercises and more. There will not be a class on Jan. 24. From 12:30-2 p.m. on Tuesdays, the Healthy Bones Exercise Class, a peer-led, 24-week exercise and education program, will be held for individuals at risk or who have osteoporosis. Exercises focus on balance, strength, flexibility and posture. Advanced registration is required, as well as a doctor’s note, prior to the first class and then once every year. For a new participant, the price is $45, which will include ankle weights, a participant manual and the class fee. If ankle weights are not needed, the price is $15. Learn to play mah jongg Wednesdays at 10 a.m. A free 10-week Tai Chi session with Janet O. will start on Jan. 11 and run weekly on Wednesdays from 9:30-10:15 a.m. Aptly called “moving meditation,” Tai Chi consists of slow, repetitive movements that improve balance, flexibility, control and stability while promoting relaxation. Call 908-369-8700 for more information. Every Friday at 10 a.m., the Horseshoe and Bocce Ball Club will spend time outside playing, weather permitting. This group is great for all ability levels; instruction will be available. Transportation is available. Blood pressure screenings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. Caram (an East Indian game similar to billiards) and other games can be played every day. Cards are available every day. The bocce court and horseshoe pit are available daily.
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The Manville Senior Citizens meet at noon on the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The next meeting is March 9. Membership is open to anyone age 50 and older, residents and non-residents. Registration for recreation department exercise activities for seniors can be done at the library as well as the recreation department. Senior chair yoga with Carrie is scheduled on Fridays from Jan. 6 to March 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The fee is $20. Senior chair aerobics classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays from Jan. 4 to March 29 from 9:45 a.m. to
10:45 a.m. The fee is $15. The adult walking program will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-7:30 p.m. The program will run until April 2017. Participants will meet at Manville High School. There is a $15 entry fee and reservations are being taken at the Manville Recreation Department during normal office hours. Senior low-impact chair aerobics are on Tuesdays from Jan. 3 to March 28 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. The fee is $7.50. Senior Zumba Gold classes will be held on Thursdays, Jan. 5 to March 30 from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Registration fee is $7.50.
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Abigail A. Ramsay as Harriet Tubman with Ademide Akintilo (left) as Sampson and Elijah J. Coleman as Jasper in “Beyond the Oak Trees.”
‘Beyond the Oak Trees’
Crossroads Theatre brings Harriet Tubman alive in a way history books can’t By Bob Brown laywright Kisha Bundrige’s “Beyond the Oak Trees,” at Crossroads Theatre Company in New Brunswick through Feb. 26, is an innovative multimedia journey. Alternating between present-day and historical settings, the play follows Harriet Tubman on her final mission with the Underground Railroad. Tubman’s stature as a heroine of the abolition movement is well known. Her portrait was even proposed as a replacement for Andrew Jackson’s on the $20 bill. Along with her contemporary Frederick Douglass (like her, born into slavery in Maryland), she was most fearless in combatting the evils of slavery and in shepherding hundreds of slaves to freedom. That’s what we know from history books. But this play goes beyond the pages to bring Harriet Tubman alive in all her feisty glory. Bundrige sets Tubman’s life against a modern story of two young men. Joseph (Elija J. Coleman) has just won a $20,000 government grant to write a history of the African American experience. This
is much to the chagrin of his friend Hodari (Ademide Akintilo), who feels he should have won the grant instead — after all, he introduced Joseph to the committee during the grant application. Together, they begin their research at the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, which she established in 1908. The home in Auburn, New York, became part of a national historical park just last month. While examining Tubman artifacts, the men debate what shape their history should take. Joseph is all for emphasizing African kings and Africa’s rich cultural heritage, while Hodari insists that the slave experience is foremost. Hovering in the background while the men debate is Jessica (Abigail Ramsay), Joseph’s greatgreat-great aunt, who lived at the home until the 1930s. A ghostly docent, Jessica interjects her remembrances over the men’s discussion. It’s not immediately clear that Jessica is there only in spirit — not in the flesh. The tipoff is that the men ignore
her and talk over her chatter. You can miss some of the dialogue in the confusion. Scenes shift back to Harriet Tubman and her times. With each time shift, Harriet (Ramsay in a dual role) emerges from darkness and stands in a pool of swirling light. She comes alive to break the suffocating confinement of the grave. It’s a very effective way to delineate past and present while keeping them inextricably connected. We are then in the presence of Jasper (Mr. Coleman) and his companion Sampson (Mr. Akintilo), two slaves in tattered rags. Their debate this time is about their conditions and the possibility of escape. Despite its serious tone, the play can be funny, too. Moments of levity break up the tension. Mr. Coleman plays Jasper as a hesitant escapee. When he starts back to the plantation, Harriet threatens him with a gun. (Tubman was known to brandish a pistol as a spy for the Union forces.) He bumbles and trips in the open field, spraining his foot. Harriet scoffs that he’d trip on blade of grass. Both Coleman and Akintilo transform themselves, becoming different characters — their desperate and courageous forebears, as it were. Harriet keeps them from the dogs and shields them and their families from the searchers. She guides them to the safe houses in the Underground Railroad that will be their route north to Philadelphia and freedom. In Crossroads’ intimate space, Gennie Neuman Lambert’s scenic design of silhouetted oak branches is coordinated with lighting and projections designed by Devorah Kengmana to create the shifting scenes. The night sky, the phases of the moon, along with a cascade of historical photographs combine with an eerily realistic sound design by Kari Berntsson to complete the landscape. Marshall Jones, III, Crossroads’ producing artistic director, has masterfully guided this excellent cast in a compelling story that illuminates the past while grappling with the struggles that continue to this day. Ramsay is especially outstanding as the fiercely defiant Harriet Tubman, as well as the chatty Jessica — two distinct characters with personalities of their own. Bundrige’s script has given her some evocative, poetic dialogue to convey the spiritual dimension of a woman who was as visionary as she was proactive. What an intriguing and imaginative play this is. Despite its small scale, it’s entertaining, provocative, educational, and dazzling to see — everything you could want in a theatrical event and more.
“Beyond the Oak Trees” continues at Crossroads Theatre Company, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick through Feb. 26. For tickets and information, go to www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org or call 732-545-8100.
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The Ones You Love Air Supply will fill the State Theatre with romance and rock
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ith a catalogue rich with Billboard hits, including “The One That You Love,” “All Out of Love,” “Even the Nights are Better” and “Every Woman in the World,” Air Supply is a royalty when it comes to romantic anthems. Since joining forces in 1975, the soaring tenor voice of Russell Hitchcock and the catchy tunes by Graham Russell have kept Air Supply in the hearts of fans for more than four decades. “The songs are very simple, they’re easy for people to latch on to and they’re very deep songs,” Russell says. “We have a great band, Russell is a great lead singer and he and I have a great relationship because he doesn’t want to write songs and I don’t want to be the lead singer. Our positioning in the band is never threatening.” While music snobs brand Air Supply as “easy listening” or “soft rock,” Russell says that in his mind, the band has always been a full-out rock band, and that’s obvious in the shows it does on tour. “Audiences are very surprised; they probably think it’s very low-key and a soft rock sort of thing, but we’re very engaging and loud,” he says. “We go into the audience, we manipulate the audience, we maneuver them around and get them to do what we want them to do, which is enjoy the show. We get them to forget all their inhibitions so they can laugh, cry and dance and do what they want to do.” On Feb. 26, Air Supply will be heading to the State Theatre in New Brunswick for a hit-filled night of music. “People come to see us in the first place because we’ve had so many hit songs and if they don’t already know us for our live show, they are curious,” Russell says. “These are songs that are much more powerful live. Once they come, the penny drops and they keep coming back, fortunately.” Over the years, Russell notes technology has changed the way people experience concerts, and he’s all for the differences.
“Everyone has a cell phone taking videos and pictures, and I think that’s good,” he says. “In the old days, audiences would just sit, but it’s much more interactive now. We talk to the audience more, there’s always a meet-and-greet, and the concert becomes a whole evening and allencompassing.” The genesis of Air Supply harks back to an Australian-based production of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” where Hitchcock and Russell first met. The two performers bonded over music and soon would be on their way to creating a sound that brought out the romance in fans. “The fact that we weren’t kids when we first began, we were very level-headed, I think has helped our longevity,” Russell says. “Never in a million years did we think we would still be here today. I thought we would be good for four to five years max.” He says the duo has learned a lot from being on the road for so many years together, and today’s concerts reflect those experiences for the better “It’s what we’ve done for so many years and we’re very good at what we do,” Russell says. “This is music that we love. We bring in new songs all the time, we change arrangements around, and I actually still enjoy playing all the hits. It’s a thrill to know after all these years that these songs mean certain things to the audiences and are important in their lives.” Russell still writes every day, whether it’s a potential song for the band, poetry for his collection of a tune for a musical he may Air Supply's Graham Russell (left) and Russell Hitchcock will fill the be working on. “If I write a song, I’ll do a rough version State Theatre with romance on Feb. 26. of it with guitar and voice on my phone and live with it for a week, and if I still think it’s lease its first-ever EP in 2017. It will con- what we’re doing after all this time and good, I will play it for Russell,” he says. tain six tracks with three new songs. There we’re having a lot of fun.” “We have a new song that we just added to also has been numerous live albums and the set this week, and we’re always happy DVDs that have come out through the Air Supply will perform at the State Thewhen the audience responds well to some- years, so the new music is out there for fans atre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, to hear. thing new.” Feb. 26, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35-$95; “Something to keep everything moving statetheatrenj.org; 732-246-7469. Although it hasn’t had a new studio album out in a while, Air Supply will re- along,” Russell says. “We think we know
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Find Your Inner Poet Glenis Redmond will lead poetry workshops at the State Theatre
She calls formal experiments like this “entry points,” the kind of things “people can do right away.” The goal is to have some of the writers find their own voices and to find what separates poetry from prose. “A lot of people who are not poets, they are really writing prose,” she says. “You have to start somewhere.” In addition to the haiku, she says she often works with list poems and other formal devices “not to make them poets, but to expose them to the poetry in their lives.” The workshops are laboratories. “My job is not to have an end game,” Redmond says, “but just to let them have the experience.”
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he calls herself an “imagination activist,” a poet with a background in counseling who seeks to connect those she works with to their own “creative paths.” That will be the focus of the workshop she is holding Feb. 28, March 7 and March 14 at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, a workshop designed to connect personal experience to the writing of verse. “The theme is poetry as memoir,” says Redmond, the author of three books. “What I am asking them to do, or leading them to do, is to look at the material from their lives and to put into verse.” Redmond says her first experience with writing poetry occurred in middle school, first when she was introduced to the poem “1968 Winters” by Jackie Early during a Black History Month program and then, two years later, when a teacher had her class participate in a journal writing exercise. “I didn’t want to do it, but on the other end I never stopped doing it,” she says. “It was a life-changing, dooropening experience.” Redmond describes the Early poem as her “initiation poem” — a phrase she borrows from the poet Edward Hirsch. She had read it and, without realizing it, internalized it. “It was like a ticking time bomb that just kept going off with series of explosions,” she says. “When I picked up a pen, that poem was living with me. It had so much humor. It was colloquial language, plain spoken, and you did not have to stand on the outside of it.” She had a similar experience years later, as she explains on her website. She was diagnosed in 1992 with fibromyalgia, a painful musculoskeletal disorder, and was seeking ways to cope. Enter Lucille Clifton. She was watching Bill Moyers’ “Language of Life” when Clifton read “won’t you celebrate with me,” a poem that celebrates the strength of African American women. In the poem, Clifton’s speaker asks the reader to join her in celebrating the shaping of a life, one created without a model, “born in babylon / both nonwhite and woman.” The speaker asks, “what did i see to be except myself?” She made her life up “on this bridge between / starshine and clay,” a life created and lived even though “everyday / something has tried to kill me / and has failed.”
Glenis Redmond’s Poetry as Memoir: Remember the Past workshops will take place at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, Feb. 25, March 7, and March 14, 6-8 p.m. For tickets and information, go to statetheatrenj.org orwww.glenisredmond.com or call 732-246Poet Glenis Redmond wants to give writers the 7469. Hank Kalet, a poet and journalist, writes the Artistic Litools they need to tell their own stories. cense column for TimeOFF. He is the author of As an Alien It was “a creative lightening bolt,” she wrote, that drove in a Land of Promise. His website kaletblog.wordpress.com her “to begin her journey as a poet and a teaching artist.” and his blog is kaletblog.com. Her hope is that she can bring some of that creative energy to the people who attend her workshops. The process is simple: She starts with brainstorming and a series of prompts designed to engage memories. From there, she says, the students will experiment with craft, working both in free verse or open forms and in more formal verse. “The purpose is to gaze inward, to be reflective and autobiographical, and to look at different aspects of their life, at the past, the present, and the future,” she says. “And then to experiment with the telling of their stories through verse.” She has recently been working with the haiku, a highly compressed Japanese form that she views as being accessible to novice writers. “I’ve been utilizing it as a form, because of the compression, and how it concentrates the telling stories through this compressed method,” she says. “We’ll be writing linking haiku, but breaking the rules at the same time. We’re not going to stay true to the Japanese form I’ve been playing with, making hybrids, with using long titles as way to link them.”
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Movie and times for the week of Feb. 24 through terson (R) Fri.-Sat. 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 1:40, March 2. Schedules are subject to change. 4:25, 7:10. Fences (R) Fri.-Thurs. 1:20, 7. 20th Century Women (R) Fri.-Sat. 4:20, 10; Sun.-Thurs. 4:20. Lion (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50; Sun.-Thurs. 1:50, 4:30, 7:10. Moonlight (R) Fri.-Thurs. 1:20, 7:10. HILLSBOROUGH CINEMAS (908-874-8181): The Great Wall (PG13) Fri.-Sun. 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05; Mon. 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40; Tues.-Thurs. 2:50, 5:15, 7:40. A Cure for Wellness (R) Fri.-Sun. 12:50, 3:55, 7, 10:05; PRINCETON GARDEN THEATRE (609-279-1999): Mon. 12:50, 3:55, 7; Tues.-Thurs. 3:55, 7. Fist Fight (R) I Am Not Your Negro (PG13) Fri. 7; Sat. 1, 7; Sun. 1, 4; Fri.-Sun. 12:50, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50; Mon. 12:50, 3:05, Mon. 2:30, 8:25; Tues.-Wed. 2:30, 5:30, 8; Thurs. 2:30, 8. 5:20, 7:35; Tues.-Thurs. 3:05, 5:20, 7:35. John Wick: Hidden Figures (PG) Fri.-Sat. 3:45, 6:45, 9:25; Sun. 1, 4; Chapter 2 (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50; Mon.-Thurs. Mon.-Thurs. 2:15, 5:15, 8. Oscar Shorts: Live Action 1:20, 4:10, 7. The Lego Batman Movie (3D) (PG) Fri.- (NR) Fri.-Sat. 4 p.m. Oscar Shorts: Animated (NR) Fri.Thurs. 1, 6. The Lego Batman Movie (PG) Fri.-Sun. 12, Sat. 9:15 p.m. Saturday Family Matinee: My Neighbor 2:30, 3:30, 5, 7:30, 8:30, 10; Mon. 12, 2:30, 3:30, 5, 7:30; Totoro (G) Sat. 10:30 a.m. Royal Opera: Il Trovatore Tues.-Thurs. 2:30, 3:30, 5, 7:30. Fifty Shades Darker (R) (NR) Sat. 12:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10; Mon.-Thurs. 1:45, 4:30, 7:15. Split (PG13) Fri.-Sun. 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55; Mon.-Thurs. 1:40, 4:25, 7:10. Patriots Day (R) Fri.-Sun. 1, 4, 7, 10; Mon.-Thurs. 1, 4, 7. Hidden Figures (PG) Fri.-Sun. 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50; Mon.-Thurs. 1:20, 4:10, 7.
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“Beyond the Oak Trees,” Crossroads Theatre Company, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. World premiere of play by Kisha Bundridge about the story of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, merging past and present along the Underground Railroad, through Feb. 26, $25-$55; crossroadstheatrecompany.org; 732-545-8100. “American Son,” George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Christopher Demos-Brown’s play about a mother and her estranged husband who go to the police station after their son, Jamal, has been pulled over and no explanation is forthcoming, through Feb.26; www.georgestreetplayhouse.org; 732-246-7717. “Boeing, Boeing” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Comedy set in the 1960s about Bernard who has an apartment in Paris and is engaged to three beautiful stewardesses, through Feb. 26. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18, $16 seniors, $14 students/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609570-3333. “Lost in the Woods,” Pennington United Methodist Church, 60 S. Main St., Pennington. A twist on Grimm’s Hansel and Gretel tale, starring Eva Kastner-Puschl and Jessica Renfro, with Lynda Saponara, pianist. A 90-minute play with jazz, pop, classical music, and dancing for all Dolf DeRovira’s “Spooky Train Station” will be on view in “Cell Phone Images Only” ages, Feb. 26, 4 p.m. www.pumcnj.com; 609-737-1374. at the Considine Gallery at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, 1200 “Rumors,” Performed by Somerset Valley Players, 689 Stuart Road, Princeton, March 3 through April 13. The exhibit will showcase works Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Neil Simon comedy about glamorous guests who arrive at a dinner party, and find out by photographers from the Princeton Photography Club. An opening reception is their host is absent, March 10-26. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 scheduled for March 5, 2-4 p.m. An artists talk is set for March 7, 1-2 p.m. For more p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors/students; information, go to www.stuartschool.org. www.svptheatre.org; 908-369-7469. “Murder on the Orient Express,” McCarter Theatre, CLASSICAL MUSIC sented by Princeton University Concerts at Richardson Au91 University Place, Princeton. Adaptation of Agatha ditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Christie’s classic mystery by Ken Ludwig, March 14 The Princeton Singers, Princeton University Art Mu- campus, March 2, 8 p.m. The program will feature works through April 2; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. seum on the campus of Princeton University. Concert titled by Schubert, Shostakovich, and Dvorak. Tickets cost $10“As the Lily Among the Thorns.” Works from the Song of $50; princetonuniversityconcerts.org; 609-258-9220. FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT Jerry Nowak Memorial Concert, Mildred & Ernest E. Songs by Brumel, Palestrina and Billings open this exploration of sacred music. Performed in the Medieval Gallery Mayo Concert Hall at the College of New Jersey, 2000 Pen“A Year with Frog and Toad,” McCarter Theatre, 91 of the Princeton University Art Museum, Feb. 25, 5:30 p.m., nington Road, Ewing. This fund-raising concert featuring University Place, Princeton. Based on the children’s books 8 p.m. Tickets cost $15; www.princetonsingers.org. two of the ensembles Jerry Nowak co-founded: the by Arnold Lobel, this musical follows two friends — the Westminster Conservatory Annual Showcase, Delaware Valley Wind Symphony and the Philadelphia Saxcheerful, popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad — Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the campus ophone Quartet. Nowak was an arranger/composer and through the year, March 4, 3 p.m. Tickets cost $25-$35; of Princeton University. Westminster Conservatory will music teacher, who is the first recipient of the TCNJ Diswww.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. present its annual showcase featuring Westminster Com- tinguished Music Alumni award, March 4, 3 p.m. Tickets munity ensembles and students, Feb. 26, 3 p.m. Tickets cost cost $15; tcnjcenterforthearts.tcnj.edu/calendar; 609-771DANCE $15, $10 seniors/students; www.princeton.edu/utickets; 2775. JAZZ, ROCK, POP, ETC. 609-258-9220. Twyla Tharp 50th Anniversary Tour, McCarter TheEric Mintel Jazz Quartet, Bucks County Playhouse, Kirill Gerstein, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, atre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Company of 12 dancers Princeton. Gilmore Artist winning pianist will perform a 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Mintel and his celebrating Tharp as one program of Liszt, Brahms and more, Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. quartet will perform a night of music for entire family, feaof the most inventive and innovative choreographers in $25-$42; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. turing original songs by Mintel, music by jazz legend Dave the history of American dance, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. Tickets Hagen String Quartet, Richardson Auditorium in Brubeck, Blue Rondo a la Turk, their own version of Paul cost $30-$75; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. Pre- Desmond’s “Take Five,” and jazz renditions of such classic
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TV show themes as “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Mission Impossible,” “The Munsters,” “All in the Family” and many others, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $25; www.buckscountyplayhouse.org; 215-8622121. Joey Alexander Trio, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Jazz concert led by 13-year-old piano prodigy Joey Alexander, March 2, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $25-$52; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. Storytellers Cabaret, Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Cadwalader Park, Trenton. Trenton vocalist Tom Chiola and George
Sinkler on piano perform American jazz standards inspired by the rhythms of Africa. Interwoven with the musical performance are tales from Africa, told by members of the Garden State Storytellers League. Refreshments and adult beverages will be served, March 3, 7-9:30 p.m. $30 at door (if available), $25 advance; www.ellarslie.org. The Chieftains, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Legendary Irish band is celebrating its 55th anniversary tour, March 3, 8 p.m. $30-$70; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787.
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Trenton City Museum, Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie at Cadwalader Park, Trenton. “Furniture as Art,” four exhibits in one highlighting the items that bring comfort and beauty to our lives. “Furniture from the Permanent Collection” features furniture from the collection of the Trenton Museum Society - antique furniture made in and associated with Trenton. “Rustic Regional Windsor Chairs” includes a collection of early Windsor chairs loaned by private collectors. “Please be Seated” displays the work of contemporary area furniture designers and the diversity of styles and materials they use. “On These Walls” is a display of contemporary painting, highlights the role furniture plays in our lives and our homes, through March 12. Opening reception with artists, Jan. 22, 2-4 p.m. Hours: Wed.-Sat. noon to 4 p.m., Sun. 1-3 p.m. www.ellarslie.org; 609-989-3632. Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton. Willem de Kooning Drawn and Painted,” through March 19; “Revealing Pictures.” Exhibit presenting works by 11 leading international artists: Nikolay Bakharev, Edmund Clark, Daniel and Geo Fuchs, Tim Hetherington, Pieter Hugo, Liu Zheng, Zanele Muholi, Robert Polidori, Alec Soth and Miwa Yanagi. The photo-
graphs from the Christopher E. Olofson Collection at the Princeton University Art Museum, through July 2; “The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian VasePainting in the Early Fifth Century B.C.,” The exhibition will present 84 vessels and statuettes from the period, including 54 of the finest vases attributed to the Berlin Painter, providing a window into the world of Athenian society 2,500 years ago, March 4 through June 11. Hours: Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission is free; artmuseum.princeton.edu; 609-258-3788. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princeton. “Bruce Springsteen: A Photography Journey.” Curated by the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live. Exhibit features more than 40 photographs of the rock legend, and video interviews with the show’s five photographers: Danny Clinch, Ed Gallucci, Eric Meola, Pamela Springsteen, and Frank Stefanko. Together they revisit Springsteen’s career as a frontman and songwriter, capturing his charisma and off stage vulnerability, and documenting a great American musical legend, through May 21, 2017. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-924-8144.
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West Windsor Arts Council Faculty Student Show, Princeton Junction Firehouse, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor. Show featuring more than 40 pieces of art by students of all ages at the West Windsor Arts Council alongside the works of their teachers, through Feb. 24. Hours: Mon.Fri. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
609-716-1931. “Looking,” Rider University Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center, Rider University, 2038 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. Exhibit of works by Allen Fitzpatrick, a member of the faculty at The Lawrenceville School. The worksfocus on the still life and landscape from direct ob-
servation, through Feb. 26. visitwww.rider.edu/arts. “Lyrical,” Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge St., Lambertville. Artworks by gallery members accompanied by song lyrics and poems, through March 5. Hours: Thurs.Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. www.lambertvillearts.com. Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Center, ETS, 660 Rosedale Road, Princeton. “From The Garden to the Sea” featuring 28 paintings by Janet Purcell. Ms. Purcell’s award-winning paintings are in private and public collections including Princeton University’s Center For Information Technology Policy and Capital Health Systems, Mercer, through March 8; www.janpurcellart.com. “Philip Pearlstein: A Legacy of Influence,” Taplin Gallery at the Arts Council of Princeton’s Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Group exhibition featuring figure painter Pearlstein and those he has influenced through his career as an artist and educator. Visitors can expect original works from artists Philip Pearlstein, Janet Fish, Stephen
Lorber, Charles David Viera, Altoon Sultan, Tony Phillips, George Nick, Lorraine Shemesh, and Thomas Corey, through March 25. Gallery talk with Philip Pearlstein, Feb. 18, 2 p.m. artscouncilofprinceton.org; 609-924-8777. “Identity,” Anne Reid ‘72 Art Gallery at Princeton Day School Art Gallery, 650 Great Road, Princeton. Composed of work created by Princeton Day School students in all three divisions, the exhibit centers around individual identities and the diversity of the PDS community, through March. 8. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when school is in session; www.pds.org. Gallery 14, 14 Mercer St., Hopewell. Members exhibit, allowing the gallery’s members to display photographs of their choosing with no overriding them. The members are Martha Weintraub, Charles Miller , Charlie Gross, John Clarke, Larry Parsons, Rhoda Kassof-Isaac, Alice Grebanier and Martin Schwartz, through March 12. Hours: Sat-Sun. noon to 5 p.m. www.photogallery14.com; 609-333-8611. Art Times Two, the gallery at Princeton Brain and Spine, 731 Alexander Road, Suite
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200, Princeton. “Mandala.” Paintings and prints featuring mandalas from four regional artists are brought together in this exhibit. Associated with Hindu and Buddhist cultures where, consecrated and purposed for ritual, the mandala is understood to be the abode of the deity, through March 31. www.arttimestwo.com; 609-203-4622. “A Grounds For Sculpture History: The Land in Pictures and Words,” Lakefront Gallery, located in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton. Works by members of the Princeton Photography Club tell the story of how the former site of the New Jersey State Fairgrounds became Grounds For Sculpture, beginning in 1984 when the Atlantic Foundation purchased 12 acres of the old fairgrounds property adjacent to the Seward Johnson Atelier, through April 2. www.princetonphotoclub.org/LakefrontGallery.html; 732-422-3676. “Nature’s Healing Gifts,” D&R Greenway Land Trust at the Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton. Exhibit includes “Mystery and Magic — New Jersey’s Pinelands” featuring a decade of photographs by Albert Horner. Artists Priscilla Snow Algava, William Dix, Karen McLean, Dallas Piotrowski, Michelle Post and Ray Yeager highlight gifts from nature, through April 7. Opening reception, March 3, 5-7 p.m. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.drgreenway.org; 609-924-4646. Sculpture Exhibit by Patrick Strzelec, Graves Terrace at Paul Robeson Center of the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Outdoor exhibit of works by Patrick Strzelec, who makes abstract sculpture using a full range of materials. This Graves Terrace exhibition will provide the public with an introduction to Strzelec’s work preceding the installation of his work on Witherspoon Street at the site of the new Avalon Princeton residencies, through June, 2017. For more information, go to artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609-924-8777.
ter, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. One-hour instruction Princeton. Princeton University alumnus Norm Champ, formost weeks, followed by request dancing. Fridays, 8-11 merly of the SEC, will visit the Woodrow Wilson School of p.m. $5; 609-912-1272. Public and International Affairs to share his outlook and discuss his new book, “Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis,” Feb. 27, 4:30 p.m. wws.princeton.edu. Historical and Architectural Tours of Cranbury, Meet Build a Bee Abode workshop, Tulpehaking Nature at the Cranbury Museum at 4 Park Place East off Main Center, 157 Westcott Ave., Hamilton. Join the fight against Street, March 5, 2 p.m. Contribution of $7 to the Cranbury declining bee populations by taking part in a Build a Bee Historical and Preservation Society is suggested. richardcAbode workshop. Participants will be provided with the moods@gmail.com; 609-819-1359. knowledge and materials to create a bee-utiful bee home, Dorothea’s House, 120 John St., Princeton. Lecture Feb. 25, 10 a.m. to noon. Registration is required: email napresentation on L’Infiorata, a Show of Flowers by artist tureprograms@mercercounty.org or call 609-888-3218. Maria G. Pisano. The word “infiorata” literally means George Washington’s Birthday celebration, Rocking“decorated with flowers. For the Infiorata, carpets of flowham, Route 603, one mile north of Route 27, Kingston. ers are created for the feast of Corpus Domini throughout George Washington, retired Continental Army commander Italy. These ephemeral creations are experienced for only in chief and first president of the United States, will be cel- one day of the year. In her presentation, Pisano will showebrated at Rockingham. Washington will be present only in case the participants’ preparation of the design and flowspirit (and Rockingham’s life-sized mannequin), but visitors ers, and talk about the devotion of the participating can learn about his life and times before, during and after communities, March 5, 5 p.m. For more information, go to his famous careers. Tours will be followed with cakes and www.dorotheashouse.org. punch in the kitchen, Feb. 25, noon to 4 p.m. Tours will Author David Price, Lawrence Library, 2751 begin on the house and possibly half-hour if needed. The Brunswick Pike, Lawrence. Lawrenceville resident and hislast tour will start at 3 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. Reservations are re- torical interpreter at Pennsylvania’s Washington Crossing quired to guarantee admission. $5 suggested donation; 609- Historic Park, David Price will present to the patrons of the 683-7132. Meet George Washington, Visitor Center Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County LiMuseum at Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washing- brary System his book “Rescuing the Revolution: Unsung ton Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville. Sam Davis will Patriot Heroes and the Ten Crucial Days of America’s War portray General George Washington and discuss his life for Independence.” Copies of his book will be available from his childhood through the Battle of Trenton, Feb. 25, through the Friends of the Lawrence Library for sale and signing, March 30, 7 p.m. Registration is suggested. E-mail 12:30 p.m. For more information, call 609-737-0623. Norm Champ, Robertson Hall, Princeton University, lawprogs@mcl.org or call 609-989-6920.
MISCELLANY
Man at Work
COMEDY
Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Wellie Jackson, Feb. 25-26; Joe Piscopo presents a special night of comedy, March 2; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987-8018. Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Bret Ernst, Feb. 24-25, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $20; Sunday Night Live with Talent and Friends, Feb. 26, 8 p.m., $25; Gary Gulman, March 2, 7:30 p.m., March 3-4, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $25; stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242.
DANCE
Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Family Dance with Mixed-Aged Dance Band, Feb. 26, 3-5 p.m., $5 ($15 per family); Weekly Wednesday Country Dance, March 1, 8 p.m. (Instruction starts at 7:30 p.m.), $9; www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Friday Night Folk Dancing, at Suzanne Patterson Cen-
Blacksmith Alex “Sasha” Parubchenko, pictured at the Trenton Blacksmith Shop.
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ercer County Community College has opened The Gallery at the James Kerney Campus, located in the Trenton Hall Annex at 137 N. Broad St., across from the James Kerney Building. The gallery’s inaugural show is “Trenton Blacksmiths” by photographer CJ Harker, running through March 9. An artist’s talk and gallery reception is scheduled for March 8. In “Trenton Blacksmiths,” Harker focuses his lens on the nearly 200-year-old Trenton Blacksmith shop. “Many souls have called that building home in one
sense or another,” Harker says. “Countless stories can be traced through the many corners of the shop or found caught up in the dust and cobwebs.” The shop’s current master blacksmith is Alex “Sasha” Parubchenko, the last full-time blacksmith in New Jersey. “Sasha has kept an amazing piece of history living and breathing year after year since 1971,” Harker says. “He is always ready with a warm greeting and a willingness to tell his own tales fueled by a full life. He eagerly passes his many years of knowledge and experience along to his students.” According to Gallery Director Michael ChovanDalton, the new exhibit space will be dedicated primarily to photography and lens-based art. “It will feature artists and shows that explore the breadth of what is happening in the photography art world today,”Chovan-Dalton said. Harker is from Trenton, and currently lives in Philadelphia. He studied photography and digital imaging at MCCC before transferring to The University of The Arts, where he earned his BFA in photography. He is currently a teaching assistant and resident artist at UArts. Harker works with a combination of digital and analog methods. While his editorial work is generally made using contemporary digital tools, the majority of his personal work features an overlap with historic and alternative photographic methods. “Trenton Blacksmiths” is on view at the The Gallery at the James Kerney Campus at Mercer County Community College’s Trenton Hall Annex, 137 N. Broad St., Trenton, through March 9. An artist’s talk and gallery reception is scheduled for March 8, 5-8 p.m. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m. to noon, and 3-6 p.m. For more information, go to www.mccc.edu.
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Friday, February 24, 2017
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PACKET PICKS Feb. 25 Dancing and dessert in Plainsboro The Plainsboro Department of Recreation and Community Services will host a dancing and dessert event, 78:30 p.m. at the Plainsboro Recreation & Cultural Center, 641 Plainsboro Road. Swing music will be played during the dance for people 18 and over who would like to have coffee and dessert, and then take a dance lesson. The cost is $12, $10 for Plainsboro residents and employees. Register online and pay the night of the dance with cash or check. Checks should be made payable to Plainsboro Township. To register, go to www.plainsboronj.com.
Feb. 26 Marian Anderson program at Trent House The Trent House will host a presentation of “The Lady from Philadelphia,” beginning at 2 p.m. The show tells the story of Marian Anderson, who was born in Philadelphia, Feb. 27, 1897. It is a musical narrative that tells the story of the life and career of the legendary singer. The program combines spoken narration, photographic slide projections, live singing and historic recordings of Marian Anderson’s own voice. Playing Anderson is Deborah Ford, of Trenton. Ford holds degrees from Westminster Choir College. She is the music director at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the owner of Music Seminars Inc., and serves as a Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commissioner. Admission costs $15 and includes refreshments and tours. Registration is suggested. For more information, and to purchase tickets, go to www.williamtrenthouse.org/d eborahford.
Feb. 27 Book talk at Wilson school Princeton University alumnus Norm Champ, formerly of the SEC, will visit the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to share his outlook and discuss his new book, “Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis,” beginning at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall on the Princeton campus. Champ’s book offers a behind-the-scenes look at his experiences at the SEC and his efforts to lead reforms to stabilize America’s financial system. As director of the Division of Investment Management, Champ managed the division’s work to protect investors, promote informed investment decisions and facilitate appropriate innovation in investment products and services through regulating the asset management industry. Currently, he is a partner in the Investment Funds Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a lecturer at Harvard Law School. For more information, go wws.princeton.edu.
WHAT’S IN STORE
Rich Fisher
The upper crust of bakeries The Gingered Peach offers classic goods, along with tasty, off-beat items To best describe the effort, attitude and uniqueness that goes into making the Gingered Peach in Lawrenceville one of the most fun and delicious bakeries in central Jersey could take a year. But hey, let’s give it a shot. The first thing one must know is that every item prepared comes from the depths of each baker’s core. Owner Joanne Brown calls it “hand-crafted baking with soul.” That means it is not just being made by someone reading a book and throwing things together. It’s almost like a spiritual thing. “We make pastries with integrity, and I want people to taste the effort in what we did,“ Brown said. “I want them to realize ‘Hey, we wanted to make this. We’re putting our heart and soul into this. We thought about this one product for six months before we said we think it’s ready for you.’” That’s not an exaggeration. Brown will come up with a new product and present it to her team of four bakers; then ask them to come up with five different versions of how they would create it. Once the idea is finalized, the hand-crafted baking with soul begins. “It’s important for people to know that human hands have touched everything that’s here,” Brown said. “We barely use any machinery. Of course there are ovens and mixers, but human hands have flipped that batter and dough.” Which makes more of a difference than one might think. “It helps control it better,” Brown continued. “We can feel it better, we’re more connected with the work we’re doing, and it makes a better product. This will sound super weird, but I tell the bakers, ‘I need you to connect with the product. You’ll get it after you’ve laminated croissants three or four times. Your arms are going to feel something is off; something went wrong with the dough. If you’re not connected, a whole bunch of crazy products are going to roll out here and we’re not gonna catch it.’” Everything in the Gingered Peach is made with what is considered the “upper crust” of baking ingredients around. The result of this heartfelt process has been an invigorated, charming establishment that sees a steady flow of happy customers throughout the day. Gingered Peach offers your basic donuts, cakes and cookies, but also features a wide array of treats you won’t find anywhere else. A big favorite is the olive oil cake, which this author was provided with but unable to eat until a day later. Not only had it retained remarkable freshness, it was a delicious blend of extra virgin olive oil, orange juice and some Grand Marnier. “People think oil, and they think greasy,” Brown said. “It’s not like that at all. Most people don’t use olive oil for baking, they save it for the savory cooking
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Gingered Peach owner Joanne Brown shares the love of baking she inherited from her grandmother. world. We look at it and say, ‘Why does Savory get to enjoy all the delicious flavor of olive oil? What if we leverage it but make it sweet?’” That cake is just one example of the Gingered Peach’s “off-beat” products that Brown takes such pride in. Through her countless visits to bakeries in her hometown of Hoboken, and even in Mercer County, she noticed the same range of selections in most places. “You always see canola, or a crumb cake, but you’re not seeing anything that’s a little weird, a little different,” Brown said. “Our palettes are changing. People are becoming riskier eaters and that’s what makes this fun. You want to explore, ‘Can these two things live together in the same pastry?’ I don’t know, let’s figure it out! We’re not doing what everyone else is doing.” Well, they are doing that for folks who want the standard fare, and those basic treats are as tasty and fresh as you could hope. Just ask Lawrenceville resident Carol Tracy. “Everything is great,” said Tracy during one of her frequent visits to the Peach. “I just ordered my first cake, everybody said it was the best chocolate cake they ever had. The croissants, everything is wonderful. I usually get an almond croissant, but everything is consistently good. I’ve never been disappointed.” Those traveling the offbeat path can try a goat cheese brownie, or a triple berry jelly donut with homemade raspberry, blueberry and strawberry jelly all in one. The cream donut is made with southern sweet cream that Joanne’s grandmother — and inspiration — used while baking in Georgia. There are several uses of Brioche, a traditional French bread, to create the Trenton Volcano or the Caramel Crack. The Volcano is brioche filled with pork roll, spinach, cheddar and Swiss
cheese. That is rolled into a bagel topping. “We bake it and when it bakes up it looks like a volcano,” Brown said. The Caramel Crack is a combination of toffee from old-school British pudding combined with cinnamon sugar, which is applied as a topping to the Brioche as it becomes covered in caramelized toffee goo. A weekend special is the Sticky Piggy, which are sticky buns in which the bakers render bacon fat, make it as part of the goop and then bake bacon inside of it. “Those are some of the weirdo products we have,” Brown said. “We also make a cookie with potato chips and pretzels. It’s walking the route that very few people have walked, or want to. I just think there’s a market for people who want something interesting.” Brown walked a pretty long route to get to this point. Her professional career started with full time positions at Bed Bath & Beyond, where she was a liaison between departments to launch new stores, and moved on to become a training specialist at Panera Bread. The latter job helped her see the training side of the food business, along with executing the operation. But the jobs were not fulfilling. She learned how to bake from her grandmother, Johnnie Branda, and loved it. Her father was a big proponent of a people doing what they love for a living, and not working just to pay the bills. That advice stayed with Joanne. After getting married to Matthew Brown, the couple moved to Ewing and Joanne finally decided to do what made her happy. In the summer of 2012 she and a partner opened a bakery named “Let Them Eat Cake.” The focus was mainly on cakes since that was Brown’s comfort zone, but she also began to challenge herself with cookies and croissants.
Joanne’s partner was forced to move when her husband got transferred at the end of 2013 and the main business folded. But the manager at the Thomas Sweet shop in Montgomery was so enamored with Brown’s work; he set her up in his kitchen so she continued to supply him with cakes. This provided added confidence and some income as she searched for another spot, which needed to be bigger than the 600square feet space in Ewing because Joanne planned on expanding her inventory. She discovered a gutted building on 2 Gordon Ave., just off Main Street, that previously housed the Village Bakery for nearly five decades. Can you say serendipitous? Everything had to be installed, from display cases to kitchen equipment, but the space was twice the size of her Ewing operation and Joanne was like a kid in a playground. She and Matthew worked feverishly to give the building life, and made the entire public area as charming as someone’s dining room. There are chairs and tables along the wall across from the counter, along with a sitting space in the back for folks to chat, read and enjoy their treats. The walls are adorned with historical Lawrenceville photos and several old family photos and keepsakes like rolling pins and teacups. “I wanted you to feel you were coming into the home I grew up in because there was so much love and so much warmth there,” Brown said. “I wanted everyone to feel that way, because I felt if you felt that, it would change the way you tasted the pastry. And I wanted people not to feel they had to leave. I wanted them to stay a little while and chill out.” After creating the proper atmosphere and starting on her mountain of creative inventory, all that was left was to find a name prior to the grand opening on Dec. 6, 2014. Once again, it was a tribute to grams. Johnnie was a Georgia Peach who always advised Joanne to “just ginger it up” if she didn’t have the right ingredient, which was her way of saying use what you have to make something awesome. “When she said to ginger it, she made you feel like you could make anything with nothing, so I wanted that to be the name,” Brown said. “I don’t bring in random nonsense from all over the place. I take the ingredients that exist and figure out ways to make something different by cooking it a little longer, or changing the ways the ingredients are added or the way they’re beat together. I want them to know we’re taking simple things and turning them into something wonderful.” Wonderful, unique and delicious. And that doesn’t even begin to describe it all. The Gingered Peach is at 2 Gordon Ave., Lawrenceville. For more information: www.thegingeredpeach.com, 609-896-5848.
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The Week of February 24, 2017
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The Week of February 24, 2017
Reaching for the ‘Heights’ Princeton University sophomore Victoria Davidjohn feels a connection to the show she’s directing By Ethan Sterenfeld Correspondent
Victoria Davidjohn has been a devoted fan of Lin-Manuel Miranda and his Tony Award-winning musical “In the Heights” since she saw Miranda perform when she was in middle school. “He did a little section of ‘In the Heights,’ and blew us all away,” the Princeton University sophomore said. “We were like, ‘Who is this guy? Why is he so cool? Why is he spitting fire?’” For the next two weekends, Davidjohn will be directing the musical at Princeton University, with the student theater group Princeton University Players. When she decided last year to direct a show, she knew right away that she wanted to try Miranda’s tale of Hispanic immigrant families in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. “I’m from Puerto Rico, I grew up in San Juan, and it was the only show I didn’t have to look up a reference to,” Davidjohn said. “I knew what paciencia y fe meant, I knew what piragua was, I ate it every single weekend when I went out to San Juan.”
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Many of the actors in the show come from Hispanic backgrounds, and Davidjohn believes that will add to the audience’s experience of the show. “One of the really amazing things that I’ve discovered when I’m doing a show that centers on a particular culture is to have people from that culture,” Davidjohn said. “you get little hints and pieces from experiences past of growing up in that culture that you can actually show, and that makes it better.” She remembered that Manny Ramirez, who plays Sonny, advised her on where and how children would have played. Davidjohn also hopes that this version will be a unique telling of the story. “The goal is not to produce the Broadway version of ‘In the Heights,’” she said. “The goal is to produce a Princeton University of ‘In the Heights,’ as we are as a Victoria Davidjohn is directing Princeton community, and to bring in as many expeUniversity Players’ production of “In the riences as we all have.” Heights.” Davidjohn started acting during her senior year of high school. Her first role was “I got dragged into it by my best friend playing Joanne Jefferson in “Rent,” and she senior year of high school,” Davidjohn said. fell in love with musical theater almost im- “I fell in love with the rehearsal process mediately.
more than the show itself. I didn’t really like the shows, because everything was going to be over soon. When I was in rehearsal, I loved how close you got with the people that were with you.” With less than a week left before opening night, “In the Heights” occupies most of Davidjohn’s time. “I watch 30-second videos of choreography all the time, right before I go to sleep,” she said. “It makes me really happy, for sure.” This is the first time that Davidjohn has directed a show. Although she is nervous, she has confidence in her cast after weeks of of rehearsal. “It was all about the gut feeling,” Davidjohn said. “I don’t know what exactly makes the show feel right, but I do know that my gut has taken me this far, and my gut took me to do ‘In the Heights.’” “In the Heights” opens Feb. 25, and will run for two weekends in the Frist Performance Theater at Princeton University. For more information, go to www.princeton.edu.
Pam Hersh
A doctor who cares David Barile is helping to improve the lives of the elderly
Acoustic neuroma sounds extremely unpleasant. Princeton physician Dr. David Barile, a medical doctor certified in internal medicine, geriatrics and palliative care, confirms that fact from both a professional and personal perspective. The ailment, however, has left him with better hearing, figuratively speaking. Although he specializes in studying the process of aging and treating the elderly, Barile at 52 years old may qualify for an AARP membership, but generally would not seek medical treatment from a geriatrician. Thus, he and everyone around him were shocked when, 19 months ago, he experienced ailments associated with aging, particularly severe tinnitus and bal-
ance issues. The reason turned out to be an acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor that was pushing on the brain stem. Surgery left him with several other medical ailments associated with old age — hearing loss, continued ear ringing, horrible balance, depression, palsy, and disorientation. “It was awful, I was a mess,” said the doctor, who, when healthy, has an intensely demanding and active lifestyle. He is a biking enthusiast, the husband of Princeton physician plastic surgeon Nicole Schrader, and the father of two girls in a household that includes three dogs, one cat and several chickens. In addition, he fulfills several professional roles within the medical community: chief of the Section of Geriatric Medicine
and Medical Director of the Acute Cart for the Elderly (ACE) unit at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro; medical director of Princeton Care Center, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility located in Princeton; and founding executive director of New Jersey Goals of Care (www.goalsofcare.org), a nonprofit entity devoted to improving medical decision-making for those nearing the end of their lives. “The glass-is-half-full story is that my months of coping with these ailments have made me better at doing all my other jobs in life,” Dr. Barile said. “I have better empathy and better hearing when hearing is defined as listening.” He always focused on his listening skills, the
underpinning of his medical philosophy, when providing palliative care, which is specialized medical care for anyone living with a serious illness. Such care generally does not include curative treatments, and it can be offered to those individuals who are expected to die within months — or years. “But my illness took me to a new level of relating to my aging patients and even the elderly whom I do not know personally,” said Dr. Barile, who once again is embracing his hyperactive lifestyle. He spends a lot of time with his professional “child” — N.J. Goals of Care, an organization to which he gave birth in 2009. N.J. Goals of
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SHOP TALK
The Week of February 24, 2017
Rich Fisher
Your weekly roundup of what’s happening at area stores
Shop Talk is a weekly notebook covering the latest deals and events happening in the area’s stores and businesses. To submit an item, email rfisher@centraljersey.com, and enter “Item for Shop Talk” in the subject field. This week’s items are as follows: Pure Barre Princeton, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing barre concept, has added Pure Barre Platform, a new fastpaced class designed to optimize cardiovascular results and increase total body strength. The class combines quick bursts of high-intensity, yet lowimpact cardio work with periods of lower intensity muscle sculpting movements to achieve a state of heart-pumping interval training. This 55-minute class is designed to burn calories, jumpstart your metabolism, and increase your overall endurance. “We are thrilled to be offering Platform,” says owner Jacqui Arce-Quinton. “Whether you have taken our regular classes or not, we welcome anyone to come try out this new workout. It’s also a great way to learn what Pure Barre is all about.” Classes will be held Mondays at 9:30 a.m., Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 8 a.m. Space is limited, so attendees should sign up in advance.
For more information on Pure Barre Princeton, email JacquiArce Quinton at mailto:princeton@purebarre.com. To sign up for classes, go to www.purebarre.com/nj-princeton. *** In celebrating its 50th Anniversary, Hendrixson’s Furniture held a “Chair-ity” event and donated $3,600 to two nonprofit organizations — Bucks County Housing Group in Ivyland, Pennsylvania, and The Allentown (Pennsylvania) Rescue Mission. Customers who donated to the causes received a discount on Stressless Chairs, a popular line carried by Hendrixson’s. The storeowners extended the offer to include all chairs they sold and matched the contributions, increasing their total giving 350 percent over the previous year. “We believe in being an active member of the communities in which we work and live,” says Damian Ford, managing partner, and son-in-law of founders Paul and Ginny Hendrixson. “We look forward to continuing these partnerships in the coming years.” Hendrixson’s has nine interior designers who consult with customers to help them achieve the style and look they seek. With their guidance, customers can confidently select the furniture pieces, fabrics, colors, and accessories, as well as carpeting and window treatments that come together to create a total room — or home. The design team offers customers an interior design consultation in the store or in the customer’s home. Then the design plan begins with a floor layout to establish guidelines in the selection of furniture, taking into account personal tastes and the circumstances of the living space. “We find that one of the most difficult aspects of developing a design plan is color and fabric selection,” Ginny Hendrixson says. “Our interior designers must keep up with current trends in the world of fabrics. Many representatives of the finest upholstery and drapery textile manufacturers present their lines seasonally to our designers. We then can help find fabrics, paint and stain colors to complement each specific décor.” Hendrixson’s Furniture is located on York Road (Route 263) in Furlong, Bucks County, (215-794-7325) and Chestnut Street (Routes 100 and 29), Emmaus, in Lehigh Valley (610-967-0699). For more information, go to www.hendrixsonsfurniture.com. ***
Pure Bare Princeton now offers a platform class, which is designed to incorporate more cardio in workouts. Creative Marketing Alliance, a full-service, strategic marketing and integrated communications firm, has been recognized with an award for excellence in social media by Association Trends, a leading publication for trade groups. CMA was formally recognized at the Salute to Association Excellence luncheon, Feb. 23 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. The goal of the award-winning social media campaign was to improve the International Card Manufacturers Association’s (ICMA) brand awareness and increase strategic relationships to support its mission. CMA refreshed all of ICMA’s social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, giving a cohesive look to all channels unifying the brand. Compelling posts were composed on each channel, strategic hashtags were researched and incorporated and all the artwork on each channel was updated to create a consistent online experience that supports ICMA’s brand. For more information about CMA, go to www.cmaresults.com. *** Bahama Breeze in Princeton MarketFair is celebrating its Viva la ‘Rita celebration by offering the restaurant’s Classic Margarita for $2.22. As part of the ongoing festivities, Bahama Breeze will host “Margarita Mondays” at select locations through April 9. Each Monday, guests can sip on $5 Classic Margaritas all day while enjoying live music, giveaways and other surprises. The restaurant’s new Lava Lava ‘Rita — a fresh twist on a frozen margarita, featuring layers of mango, lemon and hibiscus — will also make its debut during Viva la ‘Rita. The party doesn’t stop there. One lucky guest will receive Bahama Breeze for a Year (valued at $1,200). Ten finalists will receive $100 in gift cards. For more information about Viva la ‘Rita, Bahama Breeze and the sweepstakes, go to www.bahamabreeze.com. * * *Ï The last vestiges of the most romantic month of the year are still lingering and love is still in the air at Gentle Healing Spa and Salon in Cranbury. Enjoy your choice of two different fragrances with your services: “Heavenly Dark Chocolate” or “Falling In Love” (a sweet, sensual fragrance), with which you will feel surrounded by love. Enjoy a romantic martini cocktail
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by the fireplace in the elegant sitting room with each of this month’s specials, which include: Romantic pedicure: This will have you dancing the night away as you enjoy a martini during the service ($50). Merci (thank you): Be thankful for your body and enjoy a 30-minute scrub followed by a 30-minute massage ($99). Je T’Adore (I adore you): A one-hour massage followed by a one-hour pedicure. Enjoy combining your fragrances for a delectable experience. ($139). Ma Belle (My Beautiful): A 30-minute body scrub followed by a 1-hour massage. Fragrances may be combined. ($139) Mon Cherie (My sweetheart): Invite a loved one to enjoy a quiet hour as you both relax with side-by-side one-hour massages. ($189). Je T’Aime (I love you): Spend some quality time with your love in the Gentle Healing’s private suite retreat for two; named one of the “World’s Most Beautiful Spa Rooms” by DaySpa Magazine. Begin with fragrant side-by-side candlelit Jacuzzi baths, followed by side-by-side massages. Finish with romantic martini cocktails and chocolates on the couch by the fireplace. ($329). Chocolate Rasberry Facial: Try this delicious facial for only $90 in February, or add it to any other specials for $85. These specials are available from through Feb. 28 and cannot be combined with any other offer or discount. For more information, go to www.gentlehealingspa.com or call 609-409-2700. *** Scrap U & Artistry Too of 2 Clerico Lane, Suite 201 in Hillsborough is hosting a number of events over the coming months, including: Kids Craft Club during school holidays. The club will encourage children’s creativity as they hang out with other kids, listen to music, and create projects. It is open to boys and girls in grades K-8, and runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Full or half days are available, and there is before-care from 8-9 a.m. and aftercare from 3-6 p.m. The dates are the week of April 10-14 and April 27. Space is limited. The fee is $50 per day, plus $10 for before or aftercare. All supplies are included except for photos of participating children that are needed to create a scrapbook. Purchase three days and get one day free (excluding winter break camp). A 5 percent discount is available for siblings. To register go to www.scrapunj.com or call 732-239-5003. *** Hillsborough YMCA’s summer camps are now open for registration for the entire community. The Y offers financial assistance for qualifying families. Hillsborough YMCA is located at 19 East Mountain Road. For more information, contact Matt Gray at mailto:mgray@somersetcountyymca.org or go to www.somersetcountyymca.org. The camp offers: • Sports, fitness, swimming, and nutrition • Fitness classes including yoga, Zumba, karate, and Ttumbling • Activities such as creative arts, games, music, art, and more • Weekly bus trips and enrichment opportunities • Community projects and visits from local safety organizations *Opportunities to make new friends • Learning experiences, relaxation, and more! Camp runs June 19 through Aug. 25, 2017 and offers full day (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), half days, partial weeks, and extended care. For more information, go to www.hrcfitness.com/summer-camp.
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Exercise for heart health By Keith Loria Special Writer
It’s no surprise to learn that exercise has almost unlimited benefits for your heart health. After all, the heart is a muscle, and exercise helps to strengthen it and allows it to function better. “By keeping the heart healthy, it can continue to provide vital oxygen and nutrients to the body’s tissues,” says Dr. Perry Herman, who has a private medical practice in Monroe Township and is on staff at Princeton Healthcare System. “Exercise also reduces blood pressure, which is cardio-protective.” Furthermore, exercise reduces stress and in turn, reduces stress hormones that increase inflammation in the heart tissue. It stimulates enzymes, sending bad cholesterol to the liver for digestion or excretion; it increases the size of the lipoproteins, which can help prevent bad cholesterol from
entering the linings of heart and blood vessels; it helps control weight; and it strengthens the cardiovascular system. “Maintaining a regimen of 30 to 40 minutes of aerobic exercise three to four times each week has been shown to lower blood pressure and LDL (bad) cholesterol, which in turn leads to a lower risk of heart disease,” says Dr. Justin Fox of Hamilton Cardiology Associates. Aerobic exercise can include running, jogging, and biking. These exercises enable you to raise your heart rate and breathe harder, although don’t go so hard that you’re not able to talk to someone as you’re doing it. “While exercise at a gym or at home with exercise equipment may work for some, those of us with busy work and home lives may struggle to find the time to stick with a regular exercise routine,” Dr. Fox says. “For those short on time and unable to make it to the gym, I often suggest taking
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Did you know that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people with high cholesterol have about twice the risk of heart disease as people with lower levels? What’s more is that high cholesterol has no symptoms, so many people are unaware they even have it. Just like blood pressure, cholesterol is something that needs to be monitored by your physician. Knowing if you have high cholesterol is the first step in managing it and reducing your risk for having a heart attack, stroke or developing heart disease. Good versus bad Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that helps your body perform important functions like making hormones and digesting fatty foods. Your body produces cholesterol naturally, but it is also found in many foods like fatty meats and dairy products. While your body needs some cholesterol, too much cholesterol can build up in the walls of your blood vessels, causing them to narrow and restricting blood flow to your heart and other organs. This build-up is called plaque. When plaque completely blocks an artery to your heart or breaks off and forms a clot, it causes a heart attack. But not all cholesterol is bad. Low-density lipoprotein — or LDL — is known as the “bad” cholesterol be-
a brisk walk when they can find the time (perhaps during their lunch hour, or after dinner). Also, everyday activities like walking the dog, walking back and forth in the mall, and playing basketball with your kids all can certainly count as aerobic activity.” One of the premiere exercises in preventing heart disease and diabetes and helping people to lose weight is interval training. This involves the strategy of combining short bursts of high-intensity movement with slightly longer periods of active recovery. For example, if you’re a runner, you might go three minutes at normal speed with one minute at a super-fast pace. This enables you to continuously raise and lower your heart rate and improve vascular function, burn calories, and enable your body to be more efficient in clearing fat and sugar from the blood. Dr. Herman is a big believer in “high intensity interval training” programs, short
workouts that can be done at home. “These training programs take the individual through quick workouts that vary exercises working on strengthening, core stabilization and cardiovascular exercises,” he says. “They vary in length but are typically much less time-
consuming. One needs to have clearance from their doctor as the name implies they are high intensity.” Weight training can be best used for heart health with interval training to benefit your cardiovascular system. When you are using weights, you can increase your heart rate during
Dr. Kristyn K. Phelps, M.D.
Managing high cholesterol cause having high levels can lead to plaque buildup in your arteries. High-density lipoprotein — or HDL — is known as the “good” cholesterol because it essentially absorbs bad cholesterol and helps your body get rid of it. Having high levels of HDL can reduce your risk for heart disease and stroke. In general, your LDL levels should be lower than 100 and your HDL levels should be higher than 60. According to the CDC, 71 million Americans, or 33.5 percent, have high LDL levels, and only one in three has the condition under control. What you can do As the CDC notes, all adults aged 20 or older need to get their cholesterol checked. If you are 20 years or older, and have not been diagnosed with heart disease, the CDC recommends that your cholesterol be checked every five years. Some people may need to get their cholesterol checked more often. It is important to talk to your doctor about what’s best for you. In addition, there are several steps you can take to prevent or manage high cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart attack, stroke and heart disease: Eat a healthy diet. Eat fewer saturated fats, like fatty meats and dairy products, and avoid trans fats, which may be found in baked goods like cookies and cakes, fried foods and
margarines. Eat more foods that are high in fiber, like oatmeal, beans and lentils, and eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Limit processed foods, and simple and refined sugars. Maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight can increase your risk for high cholesterol. Know your body mass index and be sure it is in a healthy range. Get enough physical activity. Exercise can help lower your cholesterol as well as help you maintain a healthy weight and blood pressure. The CDC recommends getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise such as brisk walking or cycling every week. Don’t smoke. Cigarette smoking reduces good cholesterol, damages your blood vessels and speeds up the hardening of your arteries. It also increases the tendency for blood to clot. If you smoke, talk to your doctor for help quitting. If you don’t smoke, don’t start. Limit alcohol use. Alcohol can raise your cholesterol. If you drink alcohol, the CDC recommends that women should limit consumption to one drink a day and men to two drinks a day. A drink is considered 12 ounces of beer, 8 ounces of malt liquor, 5 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits or liquor. Often, lifestyle changes are enough to manage high
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cholesterol. Some people, however, may need medication, especially those who have other risk factors for heart disease and stroke, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and family history of heart disease. There are several types of medications to help lower LDL cholesterol, the most common of which are statins. Statins slow down the liver’s production of cholesterol and increase its ability to flush out LDL already in the blood. Additionally, a new class of drug called PCSK9 in-
hibitors can also help lower cholesterol. PCSK9 inhibitors work by lowering LDL and may be recommended in cases where cholesterol levels cannot be controlled through lifestyle changes and statins, or for patients who are allergic to statins. As with any medication, statins and PCSK9 inhibitors can cause side effects. It is important to follow your doctor’s instructions and monitor your cholesterol levels regularly. Managing high cholesterol begins with knowing
your levels and talking with your doctor about ways to lower them and keep them in a healthy range. By lowering your cholesterol, you can reduce your risk of having a heart attack or stroke and stay heart healthy. To find a physician with Princeton HealthCare System, go to www.princetonhcs.org or call 888-742-7496. Kristyn K. Phelps, M.D., is board certified in internal medicine and is a member of the medical staff at University Medical Center of Princeton.
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Taking some time to exercise benefits your heart and overall health.
reps and recover between sets. By efficiently handling the demands placed upon them, strong muscles ease the overall burden on the heart. It is also recommended that you incorporate free weights, which use more muscles, engage your core and builds balance. Research has shown that the more muscles involved in an activity, the harder your heart must work to fuel them all, so it grows stronger itself. Activities like rowing, swimming and cross-country skiing are all exercises that recruit muscles throughout the body without beating it up. Yoga enthusiasts will be happy to hear that doing yoga can impact heart health, as well. The calm it provides lowers blood pressure, making blood vessels more elastic and it also strengthens your core. More active styles of yoga such as Ashtanga and Bikram can also offer cardiovascular benefits, as the heart rate is elevated throughout the exercise.
Sustaining Treatment), which has become a key tool for improving doctor-patient communication and ensuring that treatment decisions stay focused on the patient’s goals. Without it, Dr. David Barile said, patients at the end stages of life may get too much of the wrong kind of care. Thanks to grants from different organizations, N.J. Goals of Care has developed, or is working on, a variety of educational tools, webinars, videos, lectures for internal medicine residents and other healthcare professionals at teaching hospitals in New Jersey. He has pushed for education strategies that include the whole medical team and provide continuing education credits for doctors, nurses, and social workers. Another tool for improving palliative care is an e-book Dr Barile is writing in his spare
time. It will be a guide to caring for a person with dementia and a call to action for providing medical school education in the field of palliative care. The book is “under construction” and should be on-line in a couple of months. The book also is intended to serve as a resource to convince the federal government, which spends billions of dollars on physician education, to require palliative-care instruction in medical school. “As physicians we have one overriding primary role — to receive suffering,” Dr. Barile said. “Somehow we have lost sight of our simple goal. . . . The principles of listening and respecting patients’ wishes — what we are advocating for palliative care — are the same principles for treating people of all ages.”
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real estate news Morris County Woman Finds Her “A-Ha” Moment at K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Monroe Jackie Sommers had been looking for a 55+ active-lifestyle community in New Jersey for nearly three years when she stumbled upon K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Monroe, a popular new neighborhood in Middlesex County. Sommers was living in a three-floor townhouse in Morris County and had reached the point where she was ready for a change. It just took some time to find the right place, as she explained. “I was looking for that ‘A-Ha’ moment – when you walk in and just know you’ve found the right place,” Jackie shared. “I had looked all over the state and visited at least 90% of the communities in Monroe, but I just wasn’t getting that feeling anywhere. So I had stopped actively looking. Then one day, my friend Melanie had the day off and said to me, ‘Let’s go look at some homes.’ We drove down to Monroe and just happened to see the sign for K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Monroe. We figured, why not go have a look?” It was a decision that changed everything. K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Monroe is a new active-lifestyle community that offers impressive home designs with open floorplans, an ideal location, and of course, a low-maintenance lifestyle – everything Jackie Sommers was looking for. But she was still holding out for that “A-Ha” moment. “There were only two models open at the time,” Jackie continued. “We walked into the first one, which was very nice, but not quite what I was looking for. Then we walked into the second home, an Ibiza model. Melanie walked in before me and immediately turned around and just waited and watched as I walked into the space. I guess I should never play poker because my face gives everything away! I walked into the Great Room, turned around 360 degrees, and knew I had my ‘A-Ha’ moment at last. It was the best house I had ever seen and I knew I was home.” K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Monroe is impressing a lot of people these days, beginning with the single-family home designs. This is the first time that any of these eleven floorplans have been offered at a community in New Jersey. The homes offer from 1,791 to 3,492 square feet of comfortable living space, with one or two-story designs that include two bedrooms, two to three-and-a-half baths, two-car garages, spectacular designer kitchens, and deluxe interiors that include dramatic nine- or ten-foot ceilings, with exquisite touches and finishes throughout. Pricing for the homes, which is subject to change, starts from the low-$400s. The Ibiza design, which Jackie chose, is a single-story home that offers approximately 2,002 square feet of comfortable living space, including a luxurious owner’s suite, and a wellappointed laundry/mud room with ample storage. “I immediately loved everything about it – the style, the floorplan,” she commented. “I was ready for a home with everything on one floor. Steps were becoming a bit of an issue for me with a three-floor home. And I’m so glad to have someplace where they take care of all the outside maintenance.”
story facility which will feature an outdoor pool, a kiddie pool for the grandchildren, an exercise room, and tennis, bocce and pickle ball courts. The clubhouse will also include a cocktail lounge, a kitchen with a café area, a covered patio and porch, and an area for aerobics, yoga and Pilates. Jackie is looking forward to socializing through book clubs, Mahjong, and other activities. But even before the clubhouse is open, she has had plenty of opportunities to meet new neighbors.
“Everyone is so nice,” she commented, “People in the community and in this area, they all talk to each other. It reminds me of the old days! It’s a very pleasant place to live – so welcoming and friendly, and we’re all at the same stage in life. I’ve met several other women who are by themselves, like me. In fact, I’m their go-to person at the moment – whenever they have another single lady looking who may have questions, they bring them by my house to chat. I’ve already been drafted as a community ambassador once the clubhouse is open!”
As one of the first four or five homeowners to move into K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Monroe, Jackie Sommers was a pioneer of sorts. She put her deposit down on Halloween of 2015, shortly after visiting with her daughter and grandson, and moved into the neighborhood in July 2016. “I love it here,” she shared. “Once I was unpacked, I would just sit in my new living room and feel calm, not worried about anything. Everyone here has been so helpful, which is important for me, especially making this move on my own. Ruth Kreger, my sales representative, was perfect – never pushy, and always helpful. She told me, ‘Jackie, I think of you like a sister.’ Any time I had a question, or was feeling frustrated or impatient, she was there for me with good advice and great solutions. The adventure, it was just meant to be. This is probably one of the best decisions I’ve made for myself in many years.”
Visit K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Monroe to discover the appealing homes, ideal location, and exceptional lifestyle that is attracting more and more 55+ buyers every week. If you have children, ask about the community’s “family-friendly” policy, which allows adult children age 19+ to live at home with their parents – ideal for residents with older children who would like to live at home post-college or for families with millennial kids in transition. All homes within the community are subject to an age restriction whereby the homes are Jackie’s next step was to win over her daughter and grandson, she reflected. “They restricted to use and occupancy by at least one person of age 55 years or over, and with no came back with me to look at it and as soon as we walked in, my grandson said, ‘This is permanent resident being under the age of 19. Despite these restrictions, the developer may it, Grammie, this is it! You’re buying this. I can help you move this weekend!’ He loved sell up to 15% of the homes where at least one occupant is between the ages of 50 and 54. everything about it and I had no doubts at all after that!” The sales office and model homes at K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Monroe are open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For directions or more information, call 1-800-873K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Monroe is ideally located in central Jersey, providing easy access for visits to or from Jackie’s daughter and grandson, who live in Nutley. The 0902. You may also learn more about the new community online at khov.com/Monroe. community is very close to the NJ Turnpike, Routes 1, 18, 33 and 130. There is a nearby ABOUT HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES®, INC.: Park-and-Ride and a NJ Transit® station at Princeton Junction. The township also offers Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., founded in 1959 by Kevork S. Hovnanian, is headquartered many local amenities and attractions, including 18 county parks, a variety of golf courses, in Red Bank, New Jersey. The Company is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders with and many major shopping centers and fine restaurants. The Jersey shore is only a 20-minute operations in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New drive away and Princeton is nearby, offering plenty of dining, educational, entertainment Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and and cultural options. “It’s perfect for me,” Jackie said, “The area offers everything I need and West Virginia. The Company’s homes are marketed and sold under the trade names K. I really like being close to Princeton. Everything is convenient and that was important for Hovnanian® Homes, Brighton Homes® and Parkwood Builders. As the developer of K. me, especially being by myself.” Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons communities, the Company is also one of the nation’s largest Construction is commencing rapidly on the community’s clubhouse, an impressive two- builders of active lifestyle communities.
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