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Mercer County COVID-19 testing site opens By Lea Kahn Staff Writer
Mercer County opened an appointment-only, drive-through testing site at the Quaker Bridge Mall for Mercer County residents who have been referred for testing for COVID-19 by their physician, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes said. The testing center opened March 31 in the parking lot at the Quaker Bridge Mall, which is on the corner of Route 1/Brunswick Pike and Quakerbridge Road in Lawrence Township. Initially, the testing center will be open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hughes said. “Testing for COVID-19 is necessary to identify and isolate people with infections,” Hughes said. The testing center is open to Mercer County residents who are at least 18 years old. Mercer County residents who have COVID-19 symptoms and who want to be tested would need a prescription from their physician before they can make an appointment for a test, according to Mercer County officials. To be eligible for testing, it is necessary to be examined by one’s physician, Mercer County officials
said. The physician will determine whether a test is needed, based on the symptoms. No one should be tested unless they are displaying symptoms. If the physician decides that a test is necessary, he or she will fax a prescription to the Mercer County call center with the patient’s phone number. A staff member will call the patient and schedule an appointment. Testing site instructions will be provided. Patients will not be permitted to leave their cars at the testing site, for the health, safety and security of the staff at the site. Walk-up patients are not permitted. The Quaker Bridge Mall drivethrough testing center is a collaborative effort between Mercer County, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Capital Health System, St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, and the Trenton Health Team. Pointing to the logistics in setting up and staffing a testing site, Hughes praised the Mercer County Office of Emergency Management, the collaborating hospitals, the Quaker Bridge Mall management and Lawrence Township officials for working together to set it up.
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The parking lot of Macy’s at the Quaker Bridge Mall, top, is unusually empty; but the mall’s lot has now been turned into a new testing site for COVID-19 for Mercer County residents, above.
Lawrence schools will Salaries and benefits drive increase in 2020-21 Lawrence school district budget continue remote learning By Lea Kahn Staff Writer
The Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education has introduced a $75.7 million operating budget for 2020-21. A public hearing and final action on the budget has been set for the board’s May 6 meeting in the Lawrence High School library. Residents may comment on the budget at that time. The district’s 2019-20 operating budget totaled $76 million. The 2020-21 budget carries a 4-cent increase in the school district tax rate, from $1.53 to $1.57 per $100 of assessed valuation. The owner of a house assessed at the township average of $282,000 paid about $4,315 in school taxes in 2019-20. For 2020-21, the school tax for the owner of that home will increase to about $4,427. “The decrease (in the budget from 2019-20 to 2020-21) is due to capital outlay in the current year that was paid for by the capital reserve and fund balance (sav-
ings). We have an actual increase (of $1.9 million) in the proposed budget for current expense,” Business Administrator Thomas Eldridge said. The primary cost drivers in the 2020-21 budget are salaries and benefits, Eldridge said. Salaries and benefits will increase by $1.8 million, from $59.4 million to $61.2 million. Over the past five years, the appropriation for salaries and benefits has increased from $54.2 million in the 2016-17 budget to $61.2 million in the 2020-21 budget. Costs for transportation, energy, supplies and services will go up by $202,141, but that expense will be offset by a $19,866 decrease in out-of-district tuition for students who have special needs. The combined costs for transportation, energy, supplies and services have remained relatively flat at or around $5 million from 2016-17 to 2020-21. Special education costs accounted for 19% of spending in 2016-17 and will account for 21%
in 2020-21. The upcoming school year’s budget allocates $15.9 million for special education. Regular education costs accounted for 39% of spending in 2016-17 and will account for 37% in 2020-21. The upcoming school year’s budget anticipates spending $27.5 million on regular education. Turning to the revenue side, the property tax levy to support the 2020-21 budget will be $69.7 million. Property taxes are paid by the township’s residential and commercial property owners. Other sources of revenue include the district’s surplus fund and miscellaneous revenue such as tuition and interest on savings. The 2020-21 budget anticipates using $925,000 from the surplus fund and generating $328,000 in miscellaneous revenue. State aid as a source of revenue is expected to be $4.6 million, which is a $443,930 increase over the $4.2 million the district received in state aid for the 201920 budget.
By Lea Kahn Staff Writer
The Lawrence Township Public Schools will continue remote learning for students until at least April 20, Superintendent of Schools Ross Kasun said. Lawrence Township school district officials had hoped to resume in-school instruction following the district’s April 6-10 spring break, but Gov. Phil Murphy announced that students may not return to the classroom until at least April 20, Kasun said. Remote learning was instituted in response to Murphy’s executive order issued last month that closed schools indefinitely in an effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19. As a result of Murphy’s March 26 decision not to bring students back into the classroom, “we will continue our remote instruction plan,” Kasun said in a March 27 letter to students and their families. “We are planning to deliver and push out new learning and new quality instruction remotely,” Kasun said. During the week of March 30, the district began to
deliver some new learning for students in grades 6-12, he said. Kasun said school district officials are developing a plan for grades K-5 that will be “ready to launch” when the students return from spring break on April 13. “Teaching and learning at home are absolutely different. Remote learning is new and it is an uncharted path,” Kasun said. He acknowledged that for some parents, balancing their work and their children’s instruction can be overwhelming. “The conversation should not be about the quantity of the work. It should be about the quality of learning,” Kasun said, addressing some parents’ concerns that there is too little schoolwork, while other parents say that there is too much. “Please keep in mind that this is truly uncharted (territory) and be flexible and patient with us,” Kasun said. These are extraordinary times, and extraordinary people will rise above it, Kasun said. “I know our school district will rise above it,” he said.
U.S. attorney urges public to report suspected COVID-19-related fraud U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito of the District of New Jersey urged the public to report suspected fraud schemes related to COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus) by calling the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) hotline at 1-866-720-5721 or emailing disaster@leo.gov. In coordination with the Department of Justice, Attorney General William Barr has directed U.S. Attorneys to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of COVID-19 fraud schemes. The NCDF Hotline can receive and enter complaints into a centralized system that can be accessed by all U.S. Attorneys, as well as Justice Department litigating and law enforcement components, to identify, investigate and prosecute fraud schemes, according to information provided on March 21. The NCDF coordinates com-
plaints with 16 additional federal law enforcement agencies, as well as state Attorneys General and local authorities. “Unfortunately, we have already seen examples in New Jersey of unscrupulous people trying to take advantage of this global pandemic to cheat frightened citizens and the government out of money,” Carpenito said in the statement. “Our mission to protect the public is as important now as ever, and we will investigate and prosecute these fraudsters with every resource we have.” Some examples of these schemes include: • Individuals and businesses selling fake cures for COVID-19 online and engaging in other forms of fraud. • Phishing emails from entities posing as the World Health
Organization or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. • Malicious websites and apps that appear to share COVID-19srelated information to gain and lock access to your devices until payment is received. • Seeking donations fraudulently for illegitimate or non-existent charitable organizations. • Medical providers obtain-
ing patient information for COVID-19 testing and then using that information to fraudulently bill for other tests and procedures. In a memorandum to U.S. Attorneys issued March 19, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen also directed each U.S. Attorney to appoint a Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator to serve as the legal counsel for the federal judicial
district on matters relating to the COVID-19, direct the prosecution of COVID-19-related crimes, and to conduct outreach and awareness activities. The District of New Jersey Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator is Daniel Shapiro, Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit in Newark. For more information, visit www.justice.gov/coronavirus
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Medical marijuana patients face unavailable medication, long lines at treatment centers during COVID crisis By JENNIFER AMATO Managing Editor
There are 73,000 patients in New Jersey’s medicinal cannabis program, which represents only a small fraction of the number of people in New Jersey who could benefit from medical marijuana, according to Anne Davis, the former executive director of the New Jersey chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and part of the Cannabis Law Committee of the NJ Bar Association. Patients who rely on the use of medical marijuana have been affected by COVID-19 in several ways. As with other products, there has been panic buying of medical marijuana. This has led to long lines at the alternative treatment centers (ATC) and certain strains are either not available at all, or only available in reduced amounts. “Supply cannot keep up with increasing demand,” Davis said. There are seven ATCs currently dispensing medical marijuana in New Jersey: Greenleaf Compassion Center of Montclair, Compassionate Care Foundation of Egg Harbor, Garden State Dispensary of Woodbridge and Union Township, Breakwater Alternative Treatment Center of Cranbury, Curaleaf NJ Inc. in Bellmawr, Harmony Dispensary in Se-
caucus and Rise in Paterson. The New Jersey Department of Health now allows ATCs to serve patients curbside in their vehicles. The DOH also reduced all caregiver registration fees to $20. Previously, all dispensing had to occur within an ATC and the registration fee for caregivers was $100, unless caregivers qualified for the standard reduced fee, Davis said. The waivers also remove the requirement for ATCs to conduct in-person consultations for new patients, unless requested. Consultations can be done over the phone instead of in-person. “The majority of New Jersey’s 9 million residents could benefit from marijuana therapy at some time in their lives, when you consider all of marijuana’s therapeutic uses. If you live in the Garden State, you have a one in three chance of having a cancer diagnosis at some time in your life. Chronic pain affects about one in three. The state is finally beginning to recognize mental and emotional conditions that qualify for marijuana therapy—and PTSD and anxiety are just the tip of the iceberg. We all die, and marijuana improves the quality of life of the dying like no other drug,” Davis said. Patients who cannot get their medicine either suffer needlessly, or risk arrest and imprisonment by obtain-
ing their medicine from the Black Market, Davis said. “Even if medicine is obtained from the Black Market, there is no guarantee that particular strains that are most effective for the patients’ conditions are available, or that the cannabinoid content is known and consistently available, or that the marijuana was grown organically and is free of pesticides, molds, heavy metals, etc. Patients can illegally grow it themselves, but there are Draconian penalties associated with this, including a decade or more in prison and forfeiture of property. Besides, it takes several months to produce a crop and usually requires special equipment and know-how to produce medical grade marijuana,” Davis said. In addition, seeking out medicine from the Black Market violates social distancing mandates from the government, and places vulnerable patients at greater risk, Davis said. “Home cultivation for patients is a solution that the Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey endorses. Gardening itself is therapeutic. To grow a therapeutic herb is to get twice the bang for your buck. To produce your own medicine, and titrate it to control your own symptoms, under medical supervision, is a wonderful advance in American health care. It minimizes
the pharmaceutical industry and the insurance industry from the health care picture, along with their huge profits. Home cultivation is an important part of health care reform. But, sad irony, the Garden State does not permit it,” Davis said. Davis said the legislature should immediately amend the Compassionate Use Act to allow medical cannabis patients to possess and grow up to six cannabis plants, just as the New Jersey Senate voted they should be allowed to do in the Compassionate Use bill, on Feb. 23, 2009, by a vote of 22-16. The Attorney General should also enact a moratorium on arrests of patients growing their own essential medicine and the legislature should at least decriminalize it in emergency legislation, she said. Patients could get clones, plants or seeds from ATCs and they are already registered with the department for verification. There can be a small fee each plant and even a tag to be placed on the plant so law enforcement can easily tell which gardens are legal, she said. “This is essential access,” Davis said. For more information, www.nj.gov/ health/news/2020/ approved/20200323a. shtml, www.nj.gov/ health/news/2020/ approved/20200116a.shtml or www.letpatientsgrownj. com/forum
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The MCTPA is comprised of the best agents from many of the local real estate firms. All of them are recipients of the prestigious NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award®. Their commitment to professionalism, performance, dedication and service to the customer is top priority.
At the end of each year, the Mercer County Top Producers donate money to local charities, such as Homefront, Housing Initiatives of Princeton, Toys for Tots and the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank.
If you are looking to buy or sell a home, be sure to call one of these top agents in your area. The Members of the Mercer County Top Producers Association are committed to supporting the communities in which they work and are strong supporters of local charities.
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Their purpose is to offer home buyers and sellers the highest level of service available. When hiring a Top Producer you are also tapping into the experience of 61 agents. Their monthly meetings give them an opportunity to share their expertise and techniques with each other, announce new listings and listen to real estate related professionals who keep them educated on the latest laws, practices, new products, process. Working together, they can make this market trends and new technology. This process seamless for both the buyer and seller.
At monthly meetings, your agent will be telling 61 agents about your new listing sometimes before it even hits the market. This gives your home a head start by making these agents aware of the property so they can already be thinking of a buyer who might be the perfect fit for your home.
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ver the past year, the members of the ultimately makes their clients home buying and Mercer County Top Producers Association selling process a satisfying experience. There sold more than 1,647 homes with over $676 are many steps in the home buying and selling million in total sales volume.
38 WAVERLY PL SOUTH BRUNSWICK Magnificent 4 BR, 3200+sf Center Hall Colonial located in Wexford II devel. Gourmet kit., state of the art appl, fin. bsmnt. MLS#NJMX123598 $849,000 609-921-2700
316 W FRONT ST FLORENCE Own your own Store! Located in an established strip center. Currently a Beauty/Barber Salon. Space adaptable to unlimited retail possibilities. Take advantage of this opportunity & location. MLS#NJBL103814 $75,000 609-298-3000
1616 FORD AVE S PLAINFIELD BORO Spacious 4 BR Cape on oversized lot! open fenced yard w large deck! Train/Bus 5 mins. ID # 3610216 $337,000 908-782-0100
8 BAPTIST CHURCH RD UNION TWP Well maintained home features a new kitchen, HW floors & screened deck overlooking pool. ID # 3622054 $439,000 908-735-5900
143 PETTICOAT LN CLINTON TWP Wonderful country recreational home on 2+ acres w/fin bsmt, pool &bocce court with a deck. ID # 3563806 $599,900 908-782-0100
11 GALILEO DR. EAST WINDSOR Located in the desirable Riviera adult community. 2 BR, 2 BA. The Stamford Classic model home w/open fl plan, eat-in kit., lg great rm, DR, study, covered patio & 2 car gar. MLS#NJME292296 $375,000 609-921-2700
94 AMWELL ROAD FLEMINGTON 5BR, 5BA was built to impress. Brick & Hardiplank exterior plus prof. landscaping & hardscaping. A gracious entry is flanked by the FLR & DRs. Vaulted great room w/sunlight from the wall of glass & beautiful two-story brick fireplace. MLS#NJHT105952 $819,000 609-737-1500
42 2ND STREET HOPEWELL Center Hall Colonial w/short stroll to quaint downtown of Hopewell. A covered porch spanning the front of the home is a welcoming entry to the center-hall foyer. MLS#NJME290762 $625,000 609-737-1500
155 FEDERAL TWIST RD KINGWOOD TWP 4 BR Colonial w/open floor plan, updated kitchen, newer roof, cozy FR & more! MLS#3605338 $354,900 908-782-0100
25 ALLEN LANE LAWRENCE TWP 4 BR, 2.5 BA Split-level home w/2 car gar, large patio with gazebo. Close to shopping, Rt. 1, I95 and Hamilton Train Station. MLS#NJME292084 $372,500 609-921-2700
5 LEE CT LEBANON BORO 2 BR’s + LOFT - EIK w/ updated SS appl’s & updated flooring thru-out + amazing commuting location. MLS#3618726 $299,900 908-782-0100
3 BROOKLINE CT MONTGOMERY TWP Beautifully updated 2BR, 2.5BA Townhome in desirable Montgomery Woods. Community has tennis courts, playground & walking paths. Mins. to downtown Princeton, Shopping, Major hwys & commute. MLS#NJSO112804 $369,900 609-921-2700
5 RIVERSTONE NEW HOPE BORO Ready to impress – stately brick Colonial brims w/curb appeal & exemplifies a spacious, luxury lifestyle! ID # PABU487588 $949,900 215-862-9441
272 PENNINGTON TITUSVILLE RD PENNINGTON Set off from the street. Off the 2-level deck is a salt-water pool w/sun shelf, which is partially surrounded by stone foundation wall. Perfect for family gatherings/large scale entertaining. MLS#NJME292840 $689,000 609-737-1500
32 BURD ST PENNINGTON 3BR, 1.5 BA Ranch in desirable Hopewell Twp. Septic that was just tested & certified, upgraded 200 amp electric, remodeled kit w/ SS applnces, huge FR w/brick white-washed Fireplace. MLS#NJME293670 $339,000 609-737-1500
38 WOOLSEY CT PENNINGTON Nicely updated 3BR, 2.5BA home in Woolsey Court community. Spacious master w/full bath, fam rm w/gas frplc, DR, kit w/granite & SS applnces. MLS#NJME293548 $339,900 609-737-1500
101 PENNSYLVANIA AVE RARITAN TWP Great location & great visibility for your business. Plenty of storage & private parking. MLS#3605349 $469,900 908-782-0100
6 PATICK CT E ROBBINSVILLE Executive Style home in The Ridings of Robbinsville. Kit, 4BRs, 1st Floor Study, fin. walk-out lower level, lush grounds, prof. landscaping, Anthony Sylvan pool. MLS#NJME290968 $729,900 609-921-2700
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52 HORSESHOE LN COLUMBUS Beautiful 2BR, 2BA Biscayne model w/ new floors, kit w/new cabinets, granite & SS applnces. Sunroom overlooking open ground, replacement windows & solar panels. MLS#NJBL368294 $248,842 609-298-3000
106 5TH AVE ROEBLING Renovated 4BR, new EIK with new cabinets & appliances. Each room updated with attention, detail & character. MLS#NJBL367380 $187,500 609-298-3000
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412 MAIN ST SPRINGFIELD TWP Lovely 3 Story Victorian home w/5 BRs, 2 full BAs, hrdwd flrs, full walk-out bsmnt & located in N. Burlington school district & near McGuire/Ft. Dix Bases. MLS#NJBL365004 $300,000 609-298-3000
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