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County parks commission looks for public input in developing master plan for Moores Station Quarry By Andrew Harrison Staff Writer

The Mercer County Parks Commission seeks input from county residents to prepare a park master plan for transitioning Moores Station Quarry into a new county park. The Parks Commission will hold four public meetings to develop the park master plan for Moores Station Quarry, located off Route 29 at the intersection with Pleasant Valley Road in Hopewell Township. The first of four meetings starts virtually on Dec. 2 from 7-9 p.m. The initial meeting will be followed up with additional meetings set for February, May and October 2021. The official dates have not yet been announced. According to the county, parts of the Moores Station Quarry 166acre site have been mined for more than a century and trucks still transport quarried materials from the site.

“First of all, I think the county does a really good job with their parks. Since I have been a resident of Mercer County I have been impressed with the quality and variety of park facilities we have here,” Hopewell Township Mayor Kristin McLaughlin said. “This is going to be really exciting to watch as the plans develop. Right now, it is literally a blank slate. I am really excited to hear what the public has to say about the possibilities for what could go there.” Trap Rock Industries is currently conducting the quarrying operations at the site and is set to stop its operations at Moores Station in the spring of 2023, when the 25-year agreement between the county and Trap Rock ends. According to the Park Commission, it will then take over the site and begin transforming the openpit quarry into a park. The first step in what will be a multi-year process starts with the public planning to establish a park master plan for

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The 166-acre Moores Station Quarry site in Hopewell Township will transition into a Mercer County park.

such a transformation, which will also be aided and led by Simone Collins Landscape Architecture of Norristown, Pennsylvania, the landscape architect firm retained by the commission to develop the plan for a park. “I am pleased that future park is in Hopewell Township and will be a home park for our residents. I think the possibilities are there to draw people even from Pennsylvania, which is just across the river,

as well as, people from all over the state,” McLaughlin added. The county describes most of the quarry as being without vegetation, with the quarry pit measuring more than 2,000 feet across and about 200 feet deep. There are also steep rock walls, haul roads and two small ponds at the site. The county officials and Hopewell Township officials are in contact regarding the site. “They want to make sure if

there is anything unique in the area that they need to know about. We are obviously going to be in traffic communications, in addition to all the kinds of areas that would affect our residents, we have a seat at the table to be hear,” McLaughlin said. “I would absolutely urge everyone to come to hear what the county has to say and throw ideas out there during the public meetings being held because it is going to be close by.”

Pennington School teacher’s new play debuts at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg Anna Leader, teacher of French and English at The Pennington School, won Luxembourg’s national literary contest for young authors three times, and her literary translation work has garnered numerous prizes. Most recently, Luxembourg’s national theater commissioned her to write a play about the coronavirus pandemic. Her play, “Deliver Us,” debuted at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg in early October to a live, physically-distanced audience. “Deliver Us” features a series of conversations between delivery nurses and women going into labor. The play contains three timelines, each set in a unique moment of crisis: 2020, 1962 and 1918. In 2020, a millennial agonizes over the consequences of having a baby amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, economic collapse and climate change. In 1962, a house-

wife gives birth under the cloud flu serves as a natural analogue, of impending nuclear war. And but Leader also seeks subtler historical connecin 1918, an untions. A conmarried woman versation with faces her own her grandmothmortality as she er, who gave goes into labor birth to Leadwhile fighting er’s father in the Spanish flu. 1964, inspired With COthe play’s third VID-19 as the timeline. cornerstone of “She told “Deliver Us,” me how stressLeader articuful it was to lates the anxietgive birth duries of the curing the Cold rent era while War. I hadn’t gracefully even thought drawing paralabout that. lels between PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PENNINGTON SCHOOL Nothing hapother crises of Anna Leader, teacher of French and pened, there the past cen- English at the Pennington School was no huge tury, according to information provided by the nuclear crisis, so we forget about Pennington School. The Spanish it,” Leader said in the statement.

“But imagine having a shelter in your garden, really thinking the world is going to end, and you’re pregnant. That felt like an existential crisis.” The backward progression through the play’s three timelines illuminates both the social progress and the intensifying anxieties of the last century, according to the statement. “The existential crises are getting bigger and worse. They don’t just threaten humanity, they threaten the fate of the entire planet,” Leader said in the statement. She added that quality of life has improved for many people since 1918. “A woman now can do a ton of things that a woman in 1918 couldn’t do,” she said in the statement, also citing the fall in worldwide infant mortality rates since the early 1900s. “There have been

a lot of improvements. But the overlying existential terror has escalated.” Leader, who was born in the United States and raised in Luxembourg, has written since childhood, and she has penned a number of award-winning poems, plays and novels. Despite her literary accolades, teaching remains Leader’s primary focus and passion. “I learn so much from teaching. Preparing a lesson and diving deep into a text or its context, I find it so exciting,” said Leader, who studied comparative literature at Princeton University. “Teaching gives you a chance to get everyone’s input and everyone’s views on life, and I think that’s so important. And it’s emotionally engaging too because you’re handling so many different students’ needs. There’s nothing that replaces that.”

Watershed Institute and Honey Brook Organic Farm end partnership By Andrew Harrison Staff Writer

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Honey Brook Organic Farm will no longer be a fixture on Watershed Institute land, after it was announced that 2020 will be the final year of a partnership between the two entities. The Watershed Institute and Honey Brook Organic Farm are ending their partnership after 30 years. Honey Brook Organic Farm’s leased acreage on the non-

profit’s land grew from 3.5 acres in 1991 to more than 60 acres of land to grow crops on the nature preserve in Pennington. “It has been a great partnership and they have really pioneered the organic farming and Community Supported Agriculture model in New Jersey. We are confident that we will have a new farmer next year and will pick it up and start a new chapter,” said Jim Waltman, executive director of The Watershed Institute. “We will continue to model the practices of organic farming.” Husband and wife duo Jim Kinsel and Sherry Dudas have led the farm growth on the Watershed’s reserve as co-owners. They have had more than 3,000 families annually purchase from the farm each year, according to the Watershed Institute. “We are sorry to see Jim move on to his next chapter, but we know

he wanted to consolidate down to a smaller amount of land,” Waltman said. Kinsel and Dudas will now consolidate their farming operations to three farms after terminating their lease through provision in their contract. They had in 2007 purchased farmland in Chesterfield to expand their operations into Burlington County and have also rented land in Hopewell Township. “Next year, we absolutely believe we will have a farm leased to take over the land. We are quite confident,” Waltman said. The Watershed Institute has always had a farm where the Honey Brook currently resides, since the 1980s when Muriel Buttinger purchased the farm in the early part of the decade and then donated it to the Watershed Institute, specifically for the purpose of organic farming. “In the early 1980s organic

farming was a rare thing to do, which seems kind of weird now because there is so much organic farming laying around. There were some farmers I am told locally that thought we were crazy,” Waltman said. “Then when Jim came in and really started pushing this, they thought he was crazy.” When the Watershed Institute started having an organic farm on the property the organization wanted to not only inspire people to participate or purchase organic farming, but also learn values. “A lot of our members want to live their lives in a way that have the least negative impacts on the environment and people feel very positively about eating produce that is healthy for them and their families, and also the water and the land,” Waltman said. “Part of our hosting a farm is a demonstration of values.” The Watershed Institute had

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some programming to go along with interacting with the farm. For example, campers in The Watershed Nature Camp would spend a few hours on the Honey Brook Organic farm learning about organic farming and in some cases harvest some of the crops or flour on the farm. The Watershed is now considering whether to expand additional programming involving the organic farm land when a new farmer takes over the land. “We are always concerned about the release of some of the pesticides and herbicides used in farming, so organic farming is a way to farm that does not include releasing hazardous chemicals into the land and potentially into the surrounding waters,” Waltman said. “Organic farmers use natural sources to combat insects. We are about the health of not only our community and members, but also our environment.” HOPEWELL VALLEY NEWS 100 Overlook Center 2nd Floor Princeton, NJ 08540 609-924-3244 Hopewell Valley News (USPS 250-300) is published twice a week by Packet Media LLC., 100 Overlook Center, 2nd Floor, Princeton, NJ 08540. Mail Subscription Rates The current Auto Renewal rate is $9.36 and is charged on a quarterly bases. The 1 year standard rate is $46.20. Mailed subscription rate is $77.18 for 1 year, $122.76 for two years, $177.37 for three years. Out-ofcountry rates available on request. All advertising published in Hopewell Valley News is subject to the applicable rate card, copies of which are available from the advertising department. The Packet reserves the right not to accept an advertiser’s order. Only publication of an advertisement shall constitute ﬁnal acceptance. NM-00431796

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The Metlar-Bodine House Museum has reopened after months of closure due to COVID-19. Discover Piscataway’s exceptional 354-year-old back story told in a docent-led tour. Learn why and how America’s tradition of celebrating July 4 began in Piscataway in 1778. View a map display of the museum’s theme “From Indian Trail to Interstate,” a journey through time. Visit the museum’s Dutch Door gift shop. Current hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Dec. 3, 10 and 17; noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. 5, 12, and 19; and noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 13. Schedule subject to change due to COVID-19. Call ahead or visit the website. Admission is $5 per person; children under 5 free. Pay at the door, cash only. Group tours of four must schedule in advance. Official COVID-19 guidelines include limiting tours and gift shop visits to one group of four people at a time to maintain social distancing; masks required for children and adults before entering the museum and to be worn during the visit; and the availability of hand sanitizer at the admission desk and in the gift shop. The museum is located at 1281 River Road, Piscataway. For more information, call 732-4638363, email metlarbodine@gmail.com or visit https://metlarbodinehousemuseum.org Submissions are being accepted for the 2021 Princeton Environmental Film Festival (PEFF), a signature Princeton Public Library event featuring films and filmmaker presentations which explore sustainability and environmental issues. The festival will be presented in two main sessions in 2021 with special screenings taking place throughout the year. Entries received by Jan. 15 will be considered for both the all-virtual session in April, and the festival’s second session in October. The October session will also be presented in a virtual format but will feature some live events if restrictions on public gatherings are lifted. The submission deadline for the October session is July 15. An entry form and additional information about PEFF is available at princetonlibrary. org/peff. There is no fee to submit a film for consideration. The Princeton Environmental Film Festival is under the direction of Susan Conlon and Kim Dorman, whose focus is to present films with local, regional and international relevance. Screenings are free and made possible through funding from the Church & Dwight Employee Giving Fund, The Whole Earth Center of Princeton and others. High school students are invited to enter their substance use prevention messages through their original music as part of the music and song writing competition, “Your Song! Your Voice! Shout Down Drugs New Jersey,” sponsored by New Jersey Broadcasters and 959.9-FM WRAT. The competition is designed to challenge New Jersey high school students to create original music and lyrics with powerful peerto-peer substance use, misuse and prevention messages. Entries are accepted through Feb. 1. All music genres are welcomed from students interested in sharing their talent and inspiring messages about shouting down drugs and raising up their voices to inspire their peers. The winner of the New Jersey Shout Down Drugs competition, as decided by judges and announced at the end of the Prevention Concert, will receive a $5,000 music contract. The second- and third-place performers will receive $3,000 and $2,000 music contracts, respectively, with the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey. For rules and information on how to enter, contact Diane Higgins at 973-275-7985. Sewing for a Cause is raising money for the New Jersey foster care children. Gaylien Thompson, a Sayreville resident, sells hand-sown items on Etsy.com through her shop SewingbyGaylien, such as home decor, children’s quilts, doll dresses, a doll quilt, and Christmas items. She will donate $2 for every order she receives through December. Her goal is to raise $150. For more information, email quilt23lady@gmail.com.

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The Friends of Howell Farm will hold their annual Wreath & Sleighbell Sale, featuring straps of bells made by the farm’s harnessmaker, beginning at 10 a.m. Nov. 28 at the Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Bring canned goods for donation to area food banks and soup kitchens. Visitors are required to carry masks at all times, and wear them when social distancing

is not possible. For more information, call 609-737-3299 or visit howellfarm.org

Sun., November 29

Princeton University Concerts will present 21-year-old cellist Sheku KannehMason and his older sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, for the duo’s Princeton debut, recorded live from their family home in Nottingham, England, at 3 p.m. EST Nov. 29. Following a program of monumental works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Saint-Saëns, the siblings will engage viewers in a live question-and-answer session. This event will be the culmination of an almost month-long focus on the KannehMason family, including curated playlists by several of the seven musician siblings, and an afternoon conversation premiering at noon EST on Nov. 19 with parents Kadiatu and Stuart Kanneh-Mason about their musical family, the issue of race in classical music, and more, moderated by WNYC host Helga Davis. The duo will also virtually visit with members of the Trenton High School Orchestra as part of Princeton University Concerts’ Neighborhood Project, connecting artists on the series with students in Trenton’s public schools. Continuing the initiative of partnering with local food vendors for Watch Party events and gesturing towards the KannehMason’s British background, Princeton University Concerts is partnering with The Simple Stove to offer an afternoon tea service available for purchase and delivery to concert viewers. A portion of proceeds from the sale of the tea box will support Meals On Wheels of Mercer County. The concert stream will remain available for on-demand viewing until Dec. 8. While this free virtual event is non-ticketed, attendees are highly encouraged to RSVP at princetonuniversityconcerts.org. More information is available at princetonuniversityconcerts.org.

Mon., November 30

In Trust in a Polarized Age, political philosopher Kevin Vallier will offer a counter-narrative to the prevailing sense of hopelessness that dogs the American political landscape. In this event, he will discuss his recently released book with Nolan McCarty. Hosted by the Princeton Public Library, the event will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 30. For the link to the virtual presentation, visit www.crowdcast.io/e/valliermccarty/ register

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Princeton Day School will hold a virtual spotlight series on its Lower School pre-Kindergarten to grade 4 programs. Learn about the overall program at 7 p.m. Nov. 30. Welcome remarks from Paul Stellato, head of school; overview of academic program highlights from Dr. Sandy Wang, head of Lower School; and question-and-answer session with Anthony McKinley, director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Learn about literacy and math at 7 p.m. Dec. 1. Learn about signature programs at 9 a.m. Dec. 2. Register at www.pds.org/admission/ spotlight-sessions or call 609-924-6700, ext. 1200.

Tues., December 1

A Day With(out) Art, a virtual exhibition and reflection, will be presented by the Princeton University Art Museum on Dec. 1. Dec. 1 marks the 31st anniversary of Day With(out) Art, a day when cultural organizations raise awareness of AIDS, remember people who have died, and inspire positive action. In honor of this event, the museum will feature a virtual exhibition, including works of art that reflect on the AIDS crisis, and will invite the community to share thoughts and memories on the museum’s social media accounts. Dates and details are subject to change; visit artmuseum.princeton.edu for updates. Rather than asking for donations, People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos will be giving back to the community on Dec. 1, this year’s Giving Tuesday. Following the reading of a short story by a trained coordinator, participants will have an opportunity to discuss their reactions to it. There is strong evidence that the tradition of shared literary story-telling helps people gain new insights into themselves and others. With the advent of COVID-19 and limitations on in-person gatherings; however, this year’s online solution promises to recreate the P&S/GyC experience via several small groups of participants. Online stories sessions have already met with great success at both the Princeton Public Library and the Princeton Senior Resource Center. For more information about P&S/GyC, visit peopleandstories.org.

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Princeton company develops rapid saliva-based test to detect COVID-19 versions, the company has been working toward a commercial version of the final product that uses batteries instead of a A new rapid saliva-based antigen test power cord. has been developed in Princeton as CO“We have already signed letters of inVID-19 cases rise again across Princeton, tent (LOI) for north of 500,000 tests per New Jersey, and America. month,” Sadana said. “Our research and Created by development partner is in InRICOVR, dia and is a Princeton the Indian company Institute of located on TechnoloNassau gy Madras Street, the (IITM). saliva-based The matest named jority of Xaliva will research be a portable and develtest able to opment is detect the vihappening rus for busiin India nesses, state and also PHOTO COURTESY OF RICOVR and federal Commercial rendering for XALIVA reader. the initial agencies and scale up of school dismanufacturing is happening in India, but tricts. we are actively talking to U.S. manufacturXaliva is a point-of-care test (POC). ers to do the contract manufacturing here.” According to the Centers for Disease ConBefore testing for COVID-19, RICOVR trol and Prevention, POC tests provide had developed the device to be a portable results within minutes of the test being test to detect THC levels for for marijuana administered, which allows for rapid de- use for employers and others, such as colcisions about patient care. RICOVR has leges and police departments. developed their device to have a detection “The idea behind this is to use saliva as time of 5-10 minutes. a diagnostic medium to read out different “Anywhere where businesses have to biomarkers, as you may. We first started have employees come in or any event that testing for THC and that is what we initialhas to have people come in, this would be ly began with, but when COVID came we a POC for that. So [this is] mostly for busi- kind of explored whether we can use the nesses right now on a mass kind of scale, same cold technology for COVID detecand then maybe be [available] to a con- tion as well,” Bhatia said. “We now have sumer down the road, when we can scale two use cases for both THC and COVID the cost,” said Brett Felmey, vice president detection using our device.” of sales for RICOVR. “Business to busiBhatia added that the THC version of ness (B2B), the total addressable market is the device is ready to go out and the comany business in the world or event you are pany is working on the commercial manurunning that you need to know quickly if facturing. people are carrying COVID-19.” The reader is not different for both RICOVR is going B2B, because regu- forms of detection, so manufacturing of latory hurdles are not as high as they are the reader stays the same, the difference is for direct to consumer, he said. in the cartridge strips or rather the way the Piyush Sadana, co-founder and chief strips function – they functionalize differoperating officer of RICOVR, said as soon ently for one versus the other for each test, as the company gets approvals for direct to due to biochemistry. consumer, the test can be done at home. RICOVR offices are in Tiger Labs on “For COVID, we are working expedi- Nassau Street; the company was founded tiously to get ready by December for B2B, in 2018. Bhatia had joined Tiger Labs in so basically what I mean is that we will be April 2018. He then began working toward ready to submit to FDA Emergency Use technology for marijuana detection. He Authorization (EUA) by December. Cur- met Piyush Sadana at Tiger Labs, whom rently, the EUA is prioritizing these rapid he had been working with already for some antigen tests and the processing time for time. approvals is four to six weeks,” Sadana “We are truly a proud Princeton comsaid. “So hopefully if everything goes well pany and success story,” Bhatia said. and we get approval in time, the test should The company’s first investor would be out there in early January of next year. also end up come out of Tiger Labs. Five hundred thousand portable tests can “Later in 2018 is when the THC detecbe produced a month once we get approv- tion version started taking place and we als. Then we will scale up, naturally.” were working in the lab in 2019 toward For testing purposes, there is a swab that our THC product. March of 2020, Piyush is supplied for the user to collect a small and I were getting ready to fly to India to amount of saliva. You put that into the pick up the prototype devices and that is syringe and squeeze that syringe onto the exactly the time when COVID hit,” Bhatia device sensor, which is called a U-shaped said. “We cancelled our flights. We would fiber optic sensor because of its shape. The have been stuck if we did not make that machine (reader) then basically reads out decision. Our scientific team then kind of the amount of analyte (substance whose got together to say, what we can do about chemical constituents are being identified), COVID, and worked on a paper about the in this case the saliva. company’s new COVID-19 detection with For B2B initial cost, the single use dis- our adapted device.” posable cartridge that has the U-shaped fiFast forward, the company now has 10 ber will be under $10 and the device reader full-time employees in addition to multiple will be one-time cost of about $500. There consultants, and is continuing its work on is an estimated two-year shelf life for con- developing the commercial use for the fitinuous use of the reader. nal product. The collection swab and cartridge “As a company we see expansion into reader strips are disposable kits that will different use capabilities for our devices. come with the reader. As many of the strips Overall, there is a lot of society impact our RICOVR can make is what has been re- company can have from COVID to THC quested, according to the company. to other forms of screening,” Bhatia said. “Our goal is to launch this with about “The idea is to not only help these busi90% sensitivity. Right now we are in the nesses, but make a drastic change in how lab setting and we are close to that, but the economies open up and how police screen real test for sensitivity comes when you do for marijuana use.” expanded test and do additional sampling, which is still to be done,” said Dr. Himanshu Bhatia, founder and CEO of RICOVR. After you insert the sensor into the device, you press the calibration button, GET which takes about two seconds to calibrate, GET CONNECTED! CONNECTED! and has a specialized LED light shining through the U-shaped fiber sensor. The saliva that has been collected is then deposited straight onto the U-shaped fiber, which is where the device can read the amount of what is being looked at for detection, such as COVID-19 or even THC, the illegal substance found in marijuana. “Our test is in the category of what is called an antigen test. An antigen is basically a protein component of the virus. The biggest difference with other saliva tests for COVID is that you do not have to send a sample anywhere,” Bhatia said. “Think of the device reader as a glucometer (device utilized for blood sugar monitoring) and the strips that come with the glucometer.” Working off initial gray lab prototype By Andrew Harrison Staff Writer

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The DEP is accepting public comments on the draft plan through Dec. 2. “In the past, forest managers looked at forests through a narrow lens … Timber value is no longer an important forest attribute for many New Jersey residents,” explains State Forester John Sacco in the plan’s introduction. “This land works hard for our nine million residents, providing clean water, much-needed recreation, wildlife and rare plant habitat and jobs,” Sacco added. “Our urban forests keep cities cooler in summer, filter air and water pollution and make our neighborhoods attractive places to live. Our forests fix enough atmospheric CO2 (carbon dioxide) each year to offset the annual CO2 emissions of Newark, our largest city. They are the front line in our fight against climate change.” The State Forest Action Plan is a 10-year strategic plan required under the federal Farm Bill for New Jersey to be eligible for federal forest stewardship funding. Much hard work has gone into the action plan, which contains substantial information not found in previous plans. The federal forestry program has three priorities: protecting forests from threats; enhancing public benefits from trees and forests; and conserving and managing working forest landscapes for multiple values and uses. The first two are the most relevant to small and densely populated New Jersey. As Sacco notes, New Jersey’s forests are at risk from climate change, invasive species, diseases, insect outbreaks and wildfires. “Increased global trade is accelerating the homogenization of Earth’s ecosystems,” he said. “New organisms are continually introduced into places where they did not evolve. Due to introduced diseases and insects, we have lost or are losing many important native tree, shrub and herbaceous plant species. In many areas, our Great Eastern Deciduous Forest now has a Eurasian understory.” Wildfires are also a threat, as a massive fire or series of fires could cause “a catastrophic release of CO2 to the atmosphere, a phenomenon we have seen out west, where forest lands were once carbon sinks, but now atmospheric carbon sources.” The forest plan suggests several actions, including: • Conserving our forests’ biological diversity; • Maintaining the health and vitality of forest ecosystems; • Conserving and maintaining soil and water resources of our forests; • Maintaining forest contributions to global carbon cycles. The forest plan notes that the Earth’s warming climate is changing New Jersey’s forests. Trees are flowering earlier and sea level rise threatens many species, including Atlantic white cedar, that can’t survive saltwater intrusion. Tree species historically found in the southern part of the state will eventually become more abundant in the north, and some trees now found in northern New Jersey may disappear from the state. The forest plan discusses diseases and pests in great detail and, for the first time, points out the severe damage caused by our over-abundant deer population. The forest plan recommends planting trees in areas previously not forested, restoring damaged forests, restoring the declining Atlantic White Cedar ecosystems, and protecting rare plants. The plan introduces a new concept of “proforestation,” the practice of leaving forests undisturbed as they march toward old age, to maximize their ecological potential and carbon sequestration.

New science is helping us understand how carbon is captured and stored over time throughout the forest above or below ground, in wood and roots, and in soil and leaves. Many new studies, synthesized in the publication Wild Carbon, point to conserving undisturbed forests as the best strategy for sequestering carbon as part of the battle to slow climate change. The draft State Forest Action Plan mentions the Sourlands region of central New Jersey as one place where proforestation should be considered, but emerging science suggests this strategy should play a much larger role in many of New Jersey’s older, maturing forests. Protecting sequestered carbon by fostering the eventual re-establishment of old growth forest areas on our public lands can even create a New Jersey “carbon market.” As part of our response to global warming, forest trees may be far more valuable being left to grow old than anyone ever dreamed. For all those who love New Jersey’s forests and want to learn of their current status and what the future might hold, be sure to check out the State Forest Action Plan at https:// njparksandforests.org/forest/njsfap/docs/njsfap20201015. pdf To provide your observations to the State Forester on the plan before the state’s Dec. 2 deadline, go to https:// njparksandforests.org/forest/njsfap/comment.html To find out more about the benefits of proforestation, go to the Wild Carbon website at https://www.sweetwatertrust.org/images/WildWorks_V1_WildCarbon.pdf

Michele S. Byers is the executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Far Hills. She may be reached at info@njconservation.org

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Initiatives and ideas to address climate change As climate change becomes more pronounced – the warmest years on record have all been over the last several – societies and communities are discussing and trying different approaches. In Portland, Oregon, voters approved a 2018 ballot measure, The Clean Energy Fund. Denver, Colorado, voters recently approved a similar program. President-elect Joe Biden’s proposed, sweeping climate plan targets many of the causes of climate change, but notably, 40% of its clean energy investment will be directed to disadvantaged communities. The Portland program looks to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy. It has funded small planning grants to help

communities apply for larger grants. It will assist lowincome Portland residents to finance green initiatives and job creation. The city is expecting in this coming year to provide $40-60 million for clean energy job training, weatherizing houses, and installing rooftop solar panels. In order to pay for these plans, the city has levied a 1% tax on larger businesses. Some of those businesses have objected that the tax is unfair and will not produce any of the promised improvements. The president of the Portland Business Alliance responded that while the alliance supports the goals of the Clean Energy Fund, it questions “who is paying

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Sugar Plum and Cavalier Professional ARB dancers with students from the Princeton Ballet School.

The Nutcracker, the thrilling ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, has been a joyful element of my Christmas season for nearly every Christmas since 1964, when the American Repertory Ballet (ARB), formerly Princeton Ballet, made the ballet an annual holiday tradition. I have seen the production an estimated 150 times at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, State Theater in New Brunswick, and the War Memorial in Trenton – not only because it gives me goosebumps, but also (full disclosure number one) because my daughter and my granddaughter have danced in dozens of productions. This year, COVID-19 positioned itself to be the Grinch that would steal the

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2020 holiday sweet treat from not only my family, but also countless other families throughout New Jersey. But ARB and the students of its affiliated Princeton Ballet School (PBS) teamed up with Main Street Highland Park (MSHP) in a perfect pas de deux to thwart the Grinch. On Saturday afternoon, Nov. 21, ARB, PBS and MSHP produced Princeton Ballet School’s Nutcracker Suite – outside, with masks, with technical dance excellence, and with unbridled joy, in front of audience members, sitting socially distant, with masks and without paying a penny for a truly inspiring show. The teamwork resulted in the ballet’s first live dance performance since February, while simultaneously raising the pro-

file of the COVID-beleaguered downtown Highland Park retail community. Full disclosure number two – my daughter Rebecca Hersh heads MSHP and my granddaughter Lily Solomon was one of the students performing as one of the “candy canes from Russia.” So yes, the goosebumps I felt were not only the usual ones I experience every time I hear the score and watch the exquisite dancing, but also the ones unique to this particular production. The ballet company and school led by ARB Executive Director Julie Diana Hench, (Artistic Director Designate Ethan Stiefel who starts in July 2021), and PBS Director Aydmara Cabrera worked with the Main Street Highland Park team, led by MSHP Executive Director Rebecca Hersh, Assistant Director Javier Zavaleta, and Board Member Jenni Chapman, to fulfill the mandate of “the show must go on.” Their passion and determination fueled the event, respectful of but not cowed by the COVID threat. While the dance team prepared the dancers for the challenges of performing outdoors on a small, temporary stage, while staying safe from the usual dangers of dance related injuries and the unusual dangers of COVID, the Main Street group put in many hours of logistical planning geared to keep COVID out and enjoyment in, enforcing strict registration, supporting the local retailers by giving out to all audience members goodie bags with coupons to various retail establishments, and securing sponsors to finance the project. The sponsors crucial to the event were Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the New Jersey State Arts Council, and Miller’s Rentals. And just because I want credit for some aspect of this awesome project, I am proclaiming that I arranged for the weather – overcast, no wind, no rain, and moderate mid-50s to 60-degree temperatures. For one hour, the audience members and performers escaped from reality and worries about the depressed and depressing retail scene in downtowns throughout New Jersey, the struggling arts scene through out

New Jersey, and the excruciating struggles of New Jerseyans confronting the horrors of this disease. On the day of the performance, New Jersey reported close to 5,000 new cases, surpassing 300,000 total cases since the pandemic began. The statewide cumulative total was 302,039 positive test results. New Jersey’s overall fatality count resulting from COVID-19 went up to 16,746. The dancing of the candy canes, snowflakes, sugar plums, dew drop, chocolates, marzipans, polichinelles, coffees, teas, Mother Ginger cherubs, and waltzing flowers, comprised the ingredients of a delicious cake whose icing was a performance by two ARB professionals in the role of the Sugar Plum and Cavalier. For the first time in months, the little tears in the corners of my eyes were dewdrops of joy rather than stinging tears of fear and frustration. My only advice as to how to sustain the spirit of this initiative is to pay it forward – shop local, attend all the virtual fundraisers for the arts and social services organizations, and say thank you a billion times to all frontline healthcare personnel and essential workers whose services sustain our day to day survival. Perhaps, we should buy these essential workers coupons for goods and services at local restaurants and retail shops, as well as tickets to next year’s arts productions – post COVID and post vaccination. Until then, maybe a few more communities through December could use this model of arts and business collaboration to create a movement away from the computer screens and into the streets for small, niche, COVID-safe, outdoor, performing arts productions covering the entire gamut of dance and musical entertainment. Right now, I crave not only all styles of dance, but also jazz, rock and roll, and even a good stand-up comic. New Jersey’s winter weather generally doesn’t get too apocalyptic until February and March. How sweet that would be if the hard work, creativity and determination were catching instead of the virus!

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2020 Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0T SEL It was selected from a field “What are you driving this of names that also included week?” an old friend of mine Namib, Rockton, Samun and asked – as a lot of my friends Nanuk. are apt to do these days when OK, now that we’re all they know I write a weekly clear on that – portmanteau? auto review column. A portmanteau is formed by “A Tiguan,” I replied. combining two or more exist“What’s that?,” she ing words. snapped. While the Tiguan cross“It’s a Volkswagen,” I said. over SUV may not be on Well, I hate to admit it, but the tip of every American’s there are times when one has tongues these days, it certo cheat and revert to WikipePeter Perrotta tainly is a lot more popular in dia whether one likes it or not. Europe. According to Wikipedia, Volkswagen introduced “the name Tiguan is a portmanteau of the German words Tiger (tiger) the Tiguan in 2007. I recently jumped beand Leguan (iguana). The name was the re- hind the wheel of the 2020 Tiguan 2.0T sult of a naming contest conducted by the SEL Premium R-Line with 4 motion for German car magazine publisher Auto Bild. one week to check out what VW brings to

the table in this crowded and popular segment. At first glance, I was impressed with the look and stance of this Tiguan model – a top of the line trim. The pure white Exterior combined with the Saffrano and black leather interior makes for a very attractive package. However, I must admit that I was a tad disappointed when I jumped behind the wheel of this Tiguan and punched the accelerator to take it for its first spin. While there are a lot of positives to write about here – it’s got plenty of head, leg and cargo space room – tremendous speed and agility are not one of its strong suits – at least not in my book. The turbo-charged four-cylinder engine makes 184 horsepower. This engine is coupled with an eight-speed automatic

transmission. The all wheel drive SEL Premium model runs from 0 to 60 miles per hour in an unimpressive 9.1 seconds. There is a “sport” mode selection on the center console which affords this Tiguan a bit more zip, but not enough to make a tremendous difference. The overall ride quality of the Tiguan is a bit stiff, which makes going over bumps a bit of an adventure at times. But there is enough of a quality feel to the ride to make this a quality choice for some in the SUV crossover segment. My wife commented that she thought that the seats were a bit stiff and not comfortable. I would have to agree with her on that point. Volkswagen offers up the Tiguan in six different trim levels, starting with the base S model ($25,965) and ending with top of the line SEL Premium R-Line – which I drove – with a base price of $38,795. The bottom line sticker price on my tester came in at $39,815 after adding in $1,020 for destination and delivery. The EPA fuel consumption ratings for the Tiguan come in at 23 miles per gallon overall – 27 miles per gallon in highway driving and 20 miles per gallon in city driving. The EPA estimates that the annual fuel cost of running this Tiguan will come in at about $1,750 as it uses about 4.3 gallons of gas per every 100 miles driven. The government’s 5-star safety ratings crash test were not completed all the way. The Tiguan did receive a 5-star rating for the front seat and rear seat side crash tests. It got a 4-star rating on the overall rollover test. The editors at Car and Driver gave the Tiguan high marks for “refined driving experience, available third row and excellent fuel economy.” Car and Driver gave the Tiguan low marks for not being as quick as its rivals, and it has a firm ride with the larger optional wheels. The SEL Premium model comes loaded with a ton of standard equipment including 20-inch alloy wheels; panoramic roof; heated seats and a heated leather wrapped steering wheel; remote start; 8-inch touch screen navigation and a whole lot more. Peter Perrotta’s On The Road column appears weekly. For questions and or comments he can be reached at peter@capitalmotorcars.com.

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MarketFair Princeton holiday lineup includes visits with Santa, crafts with Mrs. Claus MarketFair Princeton will offer the following activities during the holiday season. • Crafting with Mrs. Claus will be held virtually at 10 a.m. Nov. 29 via Facebook. Craft kits to create a colorful chain-link Christmas tree craft are complimentary and can be picked up at Pottery Barn Kids beginning Nov. 24. The kit is free, but registration is required at www.eventbrite.com/e/crafting-with-mrs-claus-tickets-127878238253 • The Wish Tree will be available from Nov. 16 to Dec. 13. Gifts for children in Mercer County will be distributed through the Division of Children and Families of Trenton, The Princeton Area Juniorettes and The Princeton Area Junior Woman’s Club. A Wish Tree will be onsite as a representation of children’s wishes, but this year a QR code will bring visitors to a wish list where they can select a child to donate a gift to. Unwrapped gifts can be dropped off at the drop box located outside of White House Black Market (items will be

quarantined before being distributed to children) or ship to Princeton Pong, Attn: K. Lane, 745 Alexander Road, Suite 9-12. Princeton Junction 08550. • Holiday Tree Lane will be open from Nov. 27 to Dec. 14. Trees will be decorated by members of the West Windsor Arts Center, Princeton Area Junior Woman’s Club and West Windsor Community Farmers Market. Vote for your favorite tree. The winning tree’s organization receives a $500 donation. Learn more about the organizations at https://marketfairshoppes.com/event/Holiday-Tree-Lane/2145546225/ • Visits with Santa will take place from Nov. 27 to Dec. 24. Santa and guests will be masked to ensure safety, and reservations are required to ensure social distancing. To reserve a space to meet Santa, and to read about safety measures, visit https://marketfairshoppes.com/event/ Santa-Claus-IS-Coming-to-Town/2145545369/ Schedule visits from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays, or 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Santa is available

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Closed Nov. 30 and Dec. 7. Guests will receive complimentary gift and free kids meal coupon at Corner Bakery Café with each visit with Santa. Present a photo receipt at Corner Bakery Café to redeem. While supplies last. • Capture Joy from Nov. 29 to Dec. 20. Throughout the holiday season, MarketFair will feature weekly enter-to-win contests on social media, where one winner will win $100 gift card to a retailer of their choice each week. To enter, participants must snap a picture at one of the MarketFair photo moment locations, using the hashtag #marketfairmoment • This holiday season, there will be contactless curbside delivery and pickup options available from dozens of the center’s high-end retailers. For a list of participating retailers, visit https://marketfairshoppes.com/event/Curbside/2145545993/ Princeton MarketFair is located at 3535 Route 1, Princeton.

Residents can buy luminary kits to place along their driveways and sidewalks Dec. 7 in support of Womans-

pace’s annual Communities of Light project. Communities of Light is the signature fundraiser for Womanspace, a nonprofit group based in Lawrence Township. The luminary kit, which contains six candles, six paper bags and sand, costs $10. A virtual luminary kit also is available at a cost of $10. The luminary kits are available at ERA Central Realty on Main Street in Robbinsville; Keller Williams Realtors on Route 33 in Robbinsville; and at McCaffrey’s Markets on Princeton-Hightstown Road in West Windsor. A complete list of stores is available at www.womanspace.org. The goal of Communities of Light, which is also taking place in towns across Mercer County Dec. 7, is to raise public awareness about domestic violence and the availability of counseling and other resources for victims through Womanspace. Those resources include emergency housing in a confidential location for victims of domestic violence, as well as a Domestic Violence Victims Response Team, who meet with victims at municipal police departments upon request. The trained volunteers provide support and resources for victims. Similar services are provided to victims of sexual assault through the Sexual Assault Support Services Advocates

program, also staffed by trained volunteers. A volunteer may accompany a victim to the hospital, for example. Womanspace also offers counseling for victims on a family, group or individual basis. The nonprofit group also helps to guide victims through the restraining order process – which keeps abusers away from victims – in Mercer County Family Court. Womanspace has its roots in the Mercer County Commission on the Status of Women, which was created in 1976. During the initial public meetings, the issue of domestic violence quickly came to the forefront. As a result of those meetings, a proposal was developed to provide services to women in crisis. The effort was spearheaded by the late Barbara Boggs Sigmund, who was serving on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders. She later became the mayor of the former Princeton Borough. Sigmund, who is considered to be the founder of Womanspace, signed the original certificate of incorporation for the group in 1977, along with co-signers Debora Metzger, Mary Ann Cannon, Ellen Belknap and Valorie Caffee. Through its many programs since its founding, Womanspace has helped more than 81,000 women, 14,000 children and 6,000 men who have been victims of domestic violence or sexual assault.

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Notice of Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 Virtual Meetings 12/3/20, 12/10/20, 12/30/20

The Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 Board of Fire Commissioners meeting scheduled at 7:00 PM on December 3, 2020 will be conducted virtually on Zoom. You must register in advance in order to attend at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpdeqsrTkpHtX6Y6K1VT9oQh3QKdlYZ6Pt. The Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 Board of Fire Commissioners meeting scheduled at 7:00 PM on December 10, 2020 will be conducted virtually on Zoom. You must register in advance in order to attend at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvduGprz0iGdF14EOb7_mIJh-Ugab8z7T1. The Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 Board of Fire Commissioners meeting scheduled at 7:00 PM on December 30, 2020 will be conducted virtually on Zoom. You must register in advance in order to attend at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpc-yrqTsoGNDKWJVs_mv1P4nu2yShFVuE. Cosmo Tomaro, Secretary Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 HVN, 1x, 11/27/2020 Fee: $18.60

Legal Notices NOTICE TO BIDDERS HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE DISTRICT NO.1 MARINE UNIT

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Purchasing Agent for the Board of Fire Commissioners of Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1. A live Zoom meeting will be held on December 22, 2020 at 10:00 AM prevailing time, at which time bids will be opened remotely and read in public for: Marine Unit. Due to the restrictions on public gatherings under the New Jersey COVID-19 State of Emergency, in-person attendance is prohibited. Anyone wishing to attend the Zoom Bid Opening must register in advance at this website: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrde6gpzsoG90dV8uOmarW_qEgYwkfJJnd

Proposals must be submitted on the specified bid form in the manner outlined, be enclosed in a sealed package bearing the name and address of the bidder and clearly marked “Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 MARINE UNIT” on the outside, addressed to Sarah Ocicki, Purchasing Agent, at the address above. Bids may be delivered by mail to Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1, 201 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, NJ 08560. Bidders may also arrange to hand-deliver bids by scheduling an appointment with Sarah Ocicki at sarah.ocicki@hopewelltwpfire.org or by calling 609-730-8156 extension 4140. Bidders are encouraged to submit bid responses via certified mail or overnight delivery to confirm delivery date and avoid the need for hand-delivery.

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Legal Notices Borough of Pennington Tax Office 30 North Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534 Phone: 609-737-0276 Fax: 609-737-9780 E-mail: bsterling@penningtonboro.org LEGAL NOTICE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE BOROUGH OF PENNINGTON FOR UNPAID TAXES AND OTHER MUNICIPAL LIENS PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that I, Sandra Webb, Tax Collector of the Borough of Pennington, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey on Friday, December 4, 2020 at 10:00 am in the Tax Office of the Borough of Pennington, 301 North Main Street, Pennington, New Jersey or at such later time and place to which said sale may then be adjourned, will expose for lien sale and sell the several parcels of land on which taxes and/or other municipal charges remain unpaid for the year 2019 and prior subject to N.J.S.A. 54:5 et seq. Said properties will be sold subject to redemption at the lowest rate of interest, but in no case shall exceed 18% per annum. Payments for liens purchased shall be made via CASH, MONEY ORDER or CERTIFIED CHECK only prior to the conclusion of the sale. Any parcel of real property for which there shall be no other purchaser, will be struck off and sold to the Borough of Pennington in fee, for redemption at eighteen percent and the municipality shall have the same remedies and rights as other purchasers, including the right to bar or foreclose the right of redemption. Industrial Properties may be subject to the Spill Compensation and Control Act (N.J.S.A. 58:10-23 et seq.), the Water Pollution Site Recovery Act (N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq.), and the Industrial Site Recovery Act (N.J.S.A. 13:1K-6 et seq.). In addition, the municipality is precluded from issuing a tax sale certificate to any prospective purchaser who is or may be in any way connected to the prior owners or operator of the site. The sale is made under the provision of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey of 1937, as amended and supplemented N.J.R.S. 54:5-19 et seq. In the event that the owner of the property is on active duty in the military service, the tax collector should be notified immediately. AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE SALE, I WILL RECEIVE PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNT DUE ON ANY PROPERTY ADVERTISED WITH INTEREST AND COSTS INCURRED UP TO THE TIME OF SALE, CASH, MONEY ORDER OR CERTIFIED CHECKS ONLY. PUBLIC LAWS OF 1973 CHAPTER 91 SIGNED SEPTEMBER 19, 1994, NOW AUTHORIZES MUNICIPALITIES TO FORECLOSE ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES SIX MONTHS AFTER DATE OF TAX SALE. The lands to be sold are described in accordance with the last tax duplicate as follows: TAX SALE LIST Lot 15 20 8 2.03 21 3 5.01 5 17

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in reducing leaks, but with their sources in drilling, piping and refining, it is neither a simple nor cheap fix. And yet allowing climate change to continue will lead to much greater costs, in a number of ways. We, as a nation, largely recognize this and know what to do. The question is: will we come together sufficiently to do it? This question was addressed as long ago as 1932, by theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr, at New York’s Union Theological Seminary. In his book, Moral Man and Immoral Society, he wrote: “However much human ingenuity may increase the treasures which nature provides … they can never be sufficient to satisfy all human wants; for man, unlike other creatures, is gifted and cursed with an imagination which extends his appetites beyond the requirements of subsistence. Human society will never escape the problem of the equitable distribution of the physical and cultural goods which provide for the preservation and fulfillment of human life.” Thus, in environmental terms, the benefits from fossil fuel usage must be weighed against their environmental costs, which must be paid for by both beneficiaries, the producers and, equitably, the communities.

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