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D&R Greenway Land Trust releases new video featuring legendary home-run hitter Babe Ruth’s granddaughter Little Leaguers and their families will be inspired by watching D&R Greenway’s latest video “Fields of Dreams” featuring sports and the outdoors in the starring role. Linda Ruth Tosetti, granddaughter of legendary home-run hitter Babe Ruth, tells personal stories about the Babe’s early life and how he became motivated to become a baseball player. “My grandfather looked up to Father Mathais, a mountain of a man, and Babe stood head and shoulders over the other kids,” Tosetti said in a prepared statement regarding her grandfather’s mentor at a Catholic school. Viewers are treated to historic photos of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor from Babe Ruth’s youth. Sports fans will hear the story of how he learned to throw. The video begins with D&R Greenway trustee James Fiorentino, an artist who has painted many of baseball’s legendary players. Fiorentino was the youngest artist ever to have his art featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, when he was only 15 years of age. Having begun his sports art career with Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, Fiorentino became a college baseball player himself, according to the statement. He talks about the connection he feels to the land while outdoors in the field, and how important this is in forming a lifelong love of nature.

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Since 1989, D&R Greenway has permanently protected over 21,000 acres of land in central New Jersey. Fiorentino became vice chair of the Board of Trustees of the land trust in 2019, according to the statement. Farm View Fields and Green-

way Meadows parks in Princeton were both saved from housing developments and preserved in 2001 through the leadership of D&R Greenway. These parks provide baseball and soccer fields, as well as places to walk and experience the outdoors, according to the

statement. In the video, D&R Greenway’s President and CEO Linda Mead shares that being outdoors in nature cultivates creativity and calm in children who are known to have ADHD, according to the statement. The viewer learns that, in fact,

Babe Ruth may have had “naturedeficit disorder,” a term coined by author Richard Louv in his book “Last Child in the Woods” published in 2005. Tosetti insists that, throughout his legendary life, her grandfather was sustained by nature. “He was a fisherman and huntsman. That’s where he got his solace,” she said in the statement. During the past year, D&R Greenway partnered with the Trenton Thunder baseball team at Waterfront Park in Trenton where parts of the video were filmed. “The way many, many people connect with nature and the outdoors is through the sports their children play when they are young,” Mead said in the statement. High school students from the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s FUTURO program share how they feel when they are out in nature, according to the statement. These students have worked in partnership with D&R Greenway over the past year, learning about nature’s benefits, clean water and open spaces. In contrast to being indoors during the pandemic, these students’ words about “a good lost” while outside on a wide, open field will stick with the viewer for a long time. Information on the new 7-minute video “Fields of Dreams” can be found on D&R Greenway Land Trust’s website https://drgreenway. org/

Education Foundation grant goes toward online tutoring program By Lea Kahn Staﬀ Writer

Lawrence Middle School students who may be losing academic ground because of remote learning can catch up on their studies through one-on-one online tutoring, thanks to the Lawrence Township Education Foundation. The foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to Lawrence Township Public Schools to arrange for FEV tutor – an online tutoring service – to help Lawrence Middle School students. The grant was made possible by a donation from Church & Dwight Co. The FEV Tutor online tutoring program links middle school students with a professional tutor who will work with them in real time, said Karen Faiman, the executive director of the Lawrence Township Education Foundation. The grant will pay for 800 hours of tutoring for any seventhor eighth-grade student who needs help in any academic area, Faiman said. It is intended for the 2020-21 school year. If there are unused hours, they may be rolled over into the next school year. Lawrence Middle School Principal Mindy Milavsky collaborated with Faiman on the proposal to offer one-on-one tutoring. It is already challenging to offer sufficient one-on-one help and support, Faiman said, so FEV Tutor will help. “These virtual tutoring services are extremely flexible and will allow students to work with a tutor during the school day from home, or from school when they return to in-person learning, and on any day of the week,” Faiman said. FEV Tutor is researchand evidence-based, Faiman said. It has a history of achieving results in public schools with at-risk students who are struggling, and with special education students. It

is not student- or content-specific, she said. Milavsky, the middle school principal, said the tutors will work collaboratively with the middle school teaching staff to monitor students’ progress. “Any support we can get for our students who consistently struggle is a benefit,” Milavsky said. “It is

important now, more than ever, that we provide as many supports as possible for our students. The FEV Tutor program will help us to do just that.” Faiman cited a recent study that showed students overall were on track to lose nearly half of their potential reading growth by the beginning of the 2020-21 school year

as a result of school closures last spring due to COVID-19. The study also said the achievement gap between students from lower- and higher-income families was expected to widen, Faiman said. Missing in-person school for a prolonged period of time has significant impacts for all students, but it is especially harmful for at-risk

students, she said. While the school district is taking steps to make sure that students have access to “appropriate and engaging material” during remote learning, it is especially important to focus on students who have been most impacted by school closures – and that’s the point of retaining FEV Tutor, she said.

Contract awarded to study lighting design at Veterans Park By Lea Kahn Staﬀ Writer

Aiming to light up the path that winds through Veterans Park, off Oakland Terrace, the Lawrence Township Council has awarded a contract to consulting firm Clarke Caton & Hintz. The Trenton-based planning and consulting firm will be paid up to $7,000 to study the path and design lighting – most likely, bollard-style lighting. Bollard lights are groundmounted. Clarke Caton & Hintz will work with Kelter & Gilligo Consulting Engineers to examine the conditions in the park, review cost-effective solutions and prepare a cost estimate. If township officials approve of the proposed lighting site design, the two consultants will prepare bid specification documents so the

project can be put out to bid. The proposed improvements to the lighting are part of improvements to Veterans Park, Municipal Manager Kevin Nerwinski told the Lawrence Township Council last month. Those improvements include updates to the restrooms and to improve the lighting on the path, Nerwinski said.

“If anyone goes there at night, it’s really dark and it presents an unsafe situation. Yet people still utilize the park, especially now, when it gets dark earlier,” he said. When the meeting was opened for public comment, Nick Sferra thanked the Township Council and Nerwinski. Sferra lives on Oakland Terrace, near Veterans Park. “The improvements will be

much appreciated,” said Sferra, who also asked about the type of lighting that may be installed in the park. Nerwinski said the lighting will not be pole-mounted floodlights. “Any lighting that is proposed is to illuminate the path and the path only. We are proposing soft lighting that will be directed toward the path,” Nerwinski said.

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“Perspectives on Opera,” “Exploring the Great Outdoors in Art,” and “Great Decisions” are just a few of the courses that will be offered for the spring 2021 session of the Evergreen Forum, a program of the Princeton Senior Resource Center. Starting Feb. 22, the program will offer 24 courses for adults, all on Zoom, that focus on science, literature, art, history, social studies and culture. Classes meet once a week for two hours. Registration is a first-come, first-served system. Online registration is available at princetonsenior.org. Electronic brochures are available online on the PSRC website. Fees are $95 for a 6- to 8-week course, and $70 for a 3- to 5-week course. Senior Scholarships are available to those for whom the fee is a hardship. To apply, contact Shifra Vega at svega@princetonsenior.org or at 609-751-9699, ext. 116. The Princeton Senior Resource Center is a community nonprofit where aging adults and their families find support, guidance, education and social programs to help them navigate life transitions and continue to be active, healthy and engaged in the community. The Evergreen Forum is an affiliate of the Road Scholar Institute network. The Evergreen Forum corporate sponsors for spring 2021 are Capital Health, NightingaleNJ Eldercare Navigators, Homewatch CareGivers, Penn Medicine Princeton Health & Home Health, and Stark & Stark Attorneys at Law.

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The Nature Center at Washington Crossing State Park in the Titusville section of Hopewell Township is offering programs this winter free of charge. Pre-teens and adults can hike Baldpate Mountain from 1:30-4 p.m. Jan. 10. Follow a county park trail from its trail head near Church Road to the top of the hill. Meet at the parking lot by Niederer’s Pond. Bring a water bottle and wear hiking shoes. Aerobic hikes will be offered at 1 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 14, 21 and 28, weather permitting. The 2-3.5 mile brisk guided hikes will move along selected trails in the state park. Routes to be determined. Meet at the Nature Center. Bring a water bottle and wear hiking shoes. The trails are quite wet in sections. All programs will require advanced registration in order to manage social distancing. Face coverings are required at all events. Attendance is limited and is available on a first-come, firstserved basis. All children must be accompanied by an adult. In the event of inclement weather, some programs might be canceled; call ahead before coming out. These events are available to families and individuals only. Programs for scouts, schools, home school groups and other groups are available and scheduled separately by special arrangement. Call 609-737-0609.

Saturdays, January 9 through March 13

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s (PPPL) 36-year tradition of offering weekly informative talks on a wide variety of science subjects continues with a live online version. The Ronald E. Hatcher Science on Saturday Lecture Series resumes from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturdays, Jan. 9 to March 13, on the Zoom virtual meeting platform. The series kicks off with a lecture on “The Renaissance of the Stellarator Fusion Concept,” by PPPL physicist David Gates, head of Advanced Projects. Stellarators, a type of fusion energy facility that has twisty coils, were invented by PPPL founder Lyman Spitzer in the 1950s. The complex devices have been a less popular choice for fusion experiments than donut-shaped tokamaks but are making a come-back as scientists find new approaches to stellarator design. Other highlights include a talk by Geeta Govindarajoo, professor of chemistry at Rutgers University, on the intersection between chemistry and art. Govindarajoo will discuss the role of chemistry in creating and restoring art and detecting forgeries. Post questions for the speaker by tweeting to @PPPLsSciEd or #scionsat. The January schedule is: • Jan. 9: David Gates, PPPL, “The Renaissance of the Stellarator Fusion Concept” • Jan. 16: Arvind Narayanan, a computer scientist and professor at Princeton University, “How to Recognize AI Snake Oil” • Jan. 23: Geeta Govindarajoo, of Rutgers University’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, “Chemistry and Art: Like Dissolves Like. How Solubility Influences Creating and Restoring Art, Forgery and Telling a Good Story” • Jan. 30: Cristian Galbiaiti, of Princeton University’s Department of Physics, “From studying the Sun, to searching for dark matter, to fighting COVID-19” Recordings of the talks will be posted on the Science Education website a few weeks after the initial viewing. The complete schedule will be posted on the Science on Saturday website. For more information, visit energy.gov/science.

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Morven Museum & Garden’s Festival of Trees is a juried collection of trees and mantles decorated by area garden clubs and non-profit partners displayed in the museum’s galleries throughout the mansion-turned-museum. The trees will be on display through Jan. 10. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princeton, is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Festival of Trees is included with museum admission of $10; $8.00 for seniors; free for Friends of Morven and children 6 years old and under. For more information and associated Festival of Trees programming, both virtual and inperson, visit morven.org/ The Princeton Symphony Orchestra will present a virtual concert featuring the music of Mozart and Saint Georges at 4 p.m. Jan. 10. The program spotlights Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s dramatic Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388 and Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ Symphony No. 1 in G Major. Ukrainian-born virtuoso pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk performs selections for solo piano. For tickets, visit princetonsymphony.org.

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On winter nights when all is still and quiet, you can often hear great horned owls hooting mating calls to each other from the tops of tall trees. Winter is also mating season for Eastern tiger salamanders, New Jersey’s earliest breeding reptile. These prehistoric looking salamanders can grow as long as 14 inches. They are not easy to spot, though, because they are nocturnal and spend most of their lives in underground burrows. On wet nights in winter, Eastern tiger salamanders crawl out of their burrows. Males make their way to ponds and vernal pools – sometimes across snow – where they gather in the water and wait for females. Female tiger salamanders choose which males get to breed. Once a female has picked her mate, she swims under him and bumps his neck. That’s a signal for him to release sperm into the water. The female absorbs the sperm, later releasing five to eight gelatinous egg masses the size of golf balls. Once the egg-laying is finished, all parental duties are over. The larvae that hatch in early spring are completely on their own. Eggs laid in vernal pools – that is, ponds that dry up in summer – have the best chance of success, since these bodies of water do not have fish that would otherwise eat the eggs and larvae. What other interesting treats does nature offer in winter? If you are lucky, you might glimpse an all-white ermine hunting near a stream or lake. Ermine is another name for short-tailed weasel, a native semi-aquatic mammal in New Jersey. Ermine are famous for their snowy fur, but that’s just their winter coloring. In the summer, their appearance changes to brown with white chests and bellies. Like mink and other weasels, ermines are carnivorous. Most insects disappear in winter, but it’s possible on warm days to spot a beautiful mourning cloak butterfly. In northern areas where it overwinters, including New Jersey, adult mourning cloaks may be seen basking in the sun during almost every month of winter on warm days. These moths have distinctive black wings with small blue dots and a bright golden-yellow edge. You may be able to attract them to your yard by putting out pieces of sweet, overripe fruit, like bananas. On warm nights, it’s not unusual to see small grayish moths flying around under porch lights and in car headlights. These are male winter moths. These non-native moths emerge from the ground to breed during mild winter weather. Breeding in winter may give these moths an advantage because there are fewer birds around to feast on their eggs, which will hatch in

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HomeFront extends heartfelt thanks for keeping sense of wonder and hope alive this Christmas

Thanks to our wonderful community for donating more than 2,600 specially chosen gifts to HomeFront’s annual Christmas Wishes Drive. The pandemic didn’t slow Santa down or stop him from keeping his appointment with each HomeFront child who was waiting for him with a heart full of hope. If you saw the thousands of gifts arriving on the HomeFront dock for our kids during our annual Christmas Wishes Drive, you too would believe in Santa Claus. These

gifts chosen with each child’s special wishes in mind delight and entertain children who would otherwise have gotten nothing on Christmas morning. But most importantly, they also keep a sense of wonder and belief alive in many of them who live chaotic and scary lives. As with so many other things this year, the Christmas Wishes Drive of 2020 took on a much deeper meaning for our HomeFront kids. For our older kids the gifts were like

a hug from someone out there in a year of social isolation. They were a reminder that they, and Christmas, were not forgotten – that they were still “seen” in a pretty dark time. For our little ones those gifts reaffirmed their belief – in Santa Claus, in an end to “the sickness”, in a better future for their family, in hope and in the fact that they are lovedall the things that help them stay mentally healthy and resilient. We are overwhelmed by the kindness of

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the spring. Winter is also a great time to observe species that migrate to New Jersey from the north in search of more plentiful food. For example, seals are regular winter visitors to New Jersey’s shoreline, living in colonies at Sandy Hook Bay and other protected places. Birds that come from the north to spend winters in New Jersey include snowy owls, gannets, loons, snow geese and many waterfowl species. However, these birds do not breed in New Jersey, so in the spring they will return to their nesting grounds in the northern United States and in Canada. Even trees have interesting winter tales to tell. For instance, did you ever notice trees with old leaves still clinging to their branches, fluttering in the breeze but not falling off? These are probably beeches and oaks. Beech trees are especially lovely in winter, with pale golden-brown leaves that glow in the sunlight. Why are beech and oak leaves still hanging on when most trees have long since shed their leaves? Amazingly enough, this may be an adaptation by the trees to protect tender young buds from animals that would munch them. ADried leaves on branches might look unap-

pealing enough to browsing herbivores that they might bypass beeches and oaks in favor of trees with more accessible buds. Is this due to deer? Probably not, since deer have a short reach and beech and oak leaves can be seen on branches 15 to 20 feet high. Dr. Emile DeVito, the New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s staff biologist and naturalist, points out that only a few thousand years ago, the beech forests of North America were inhabited by giant ground sloths, long since extinct. Giant ground sloths could reach as high as elephants and were able to nip buds from high branches. Since a few thousand years is the blink of an eye in evolution, trees would not have had much time to respond to the disappearance of giant ground sloths. Enjoy nature’s unique sights and sounds this winter. Spring may seem far away, but nature’s timeless cycles are reason for hope. For information about preserving New Jersey’s land and natural resources – including habitats for a diversity of wildlife – visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www.njconservation.org 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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