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Flier announces quarantine orders in North Brunswick circa 1916 By JENNIFER AMATO Managing Editor

flier that was recently donated to the North Brunswick Historical Society announces a quarantine in the township due to infantile paralysis circa 1916 in the New York area. The 12-inch by 15-inch document was discovered among the papers of an elderly resident who passed away, according to Michael Hritz, director of the North Brunswick Department of Community Development and president of the North Brunswick Historical Society. Hritz made remarks about the document during the Nov. 30 Township Council meeting when the paper was presented. It is believed the infantile paralysis was

associated with a polio outbreak that had occurred years earlier. “All visitors coming into North Brunswick Township must show a physician’s health certificate by order of the Board of Health of the Township of North Brunswick,” the flier states. The health ordinance was signed by Alfred Yorston, president of the Board of Health. The intersection of Route 1 and Route 130 was the location of the 20-acre farm of Charles and Mary Yorston, the parents of Alfred Yorston, a well-known mortician and cemetery superintendent who died in 1958, according to information provided by Hritz. (Continued on page 7)

North Brunswick waives water, sewer fees for all customers By JENNIFER AMATO Managing Editor

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The We Remember Committee, part of the Wreaths Across America Committee chapter in North Brunswick, held a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2020 Ceremony on Dec. 7 at Elmwood Cemetery in North Brunswick. Mickey Ganitch, a Pearl Harbor survivor, is celebrating his 101st birthday from San Leandro, California, so the committee will send a photo with a birthday card to thank him for his service. Residents are encouraged to write to Ganitch as well; email messages to Pete Clark at pjfc0213@gmail.com

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unicipal officials in North Brunswick have extended the governor’s mandate to offer waivers not just to residential water customers, but for sewer fees as well for residential and business customers. Gov. Phil Murphy mandated that the interest on water usage fees for residential customers be waived during the coronavirus pandemic, through at least March 15, 2021. Township Council members unani-

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mously passed their own resolution on Dec. 7 which calls for the waiving of interest fees on water usage for residential customers, expanding the waiver to include sewer interest fees, and offering both to businesses in addition to residents. “I think in our case to try to take sewer interest and make it a separate item, I think the calculation complications are too great,” council President Ralph Andrews said, noting that every municipality calculates its utility payments differently. Andrews also said a lot of businesses are “getting killed” because of the (Continued on page 7)

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he community of South Brunswick is coming together to help those in need of food assistance, especially during the holidays. Members of South Brunswick PBA Local 166 recently donated groceries to the South Brunswick Food Pantry to help the community during this difficult time of year, according to information provided by the township. Kendall Park Volunteer Fire Company and the South Brunswick Home Depot teamed up to collect non-perishable food items to donate to South Brunswick Social Services, which operates the township’s food pantry. Beginning on Nov. 18, the food drive will continue through Dec. 18. Drop off food donations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays in the designated boxes located at the fire station at 125 New Road, Kendall Park

section of South Brunswick; or Home Depot, 4095 Route 1, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. South Brunswick Social Services, in cooperation with the South Brunswick Office of Emergency Management, is keeping the food pantry up and running. The demand for the food pantry has grown tremendously and any assistance is appreciated, according to the statement. The food pantry is currently most in need of monetary donations and gift cards. Monetary donations may be made by visiting https://register.capturepoint.com/reg/donation_detail. cfm?s=IuxMAfrQx8s=&organization_ id=154&product_id=9222&season_ id=12474&source=donation Gift cards may be sent to South Brunswick Social Services, P.O. Box 190, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852

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Members of South Brunswick PBA Local 166 recently donated groceries to the South Brunswick Food Pantry.

The Kendall Park Volunteer Fire Company and the South Brunswick Home Depot are collecting items to support the South Brunswick Food Pantry; donations will be collected at both locations through Dec. 18.

For those in need, visit www.southbrunswicknj.gov/food-pantry for information on how to register and pick up food. Residents in need may also contact Social Services by emailing jwert@sbtnj.net In addition, Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America – New York Branch will hold a drivethrough food donation from 1-3 p.m. Dec. 19 at 617 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction. The association will provide a bag with

assorted items such as canned vegetables, canned fruits, rice, quinoa, cereal, peanut butter, juice, soups, jelly spread, oatmeal, etc. Anyone in need is welcome to attend. Registration is required by Dec. 15 by visiting https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/e/1FAIpQLSel0Dr1Odl3zqGXAdxMa fZN4m0u5bWJjtGKcAfCfP_qK_JwzA/ viewform Face masks must be worn while picking up food.

Municipal Alliance donates books to Domestic Violence Response Team PHOTO COURTESY OF CRAIG YETSKO

The North Brunswick Township Municipal Alliance Committee (MAC) donated books to support the North Brunswick Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT). Pictured from left: MAC member Rajesh Mehta; Cyndi Baumgartner of the DVRT; Christine DeMuro of the MAC; Councilwoman Amanda Guadagnino, council liaison to the MAC; MAC member Peter Clark; and Melanie Paccillo of the DVRT.

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North Brunswick residents reminded of recycling restrictions By JENNIFER AMATO Managing Editor

NORTH BRUNSWICK – Six months into a new contract for recycling services with Middlesex County, North Brunswick residents are still putting non-recyclables out to the curb. There are complications because the previous contractor, Waste Management, would pick up everything, including nonrecyclable items, Eric Chaszar, director of the North Brunswick Department of Public Works, said during the North Brunswick Township Council meeting on Dec. 7. “If we had done that today, there would be a huge burden on the current contractor taking all this waste and having to pay for it at the end where the recycling plant would charge them a fee for taking all the

waste being collected there,” Chaszar said. Chaszar said Waste Management would not rebid for a contract with the township because the company wanted the township to pick up any waste from the recycling facility, which meant an extra cost for the disposal fee. Instead, township officials decided to enter into a contract with Middlesex County and the county picks up the disposal fee, he said. Acceptable items include glass bottles, jars, plastic containers, aluminum cans, steel cans and tin cans; mail, envelopes, catalogs, magazines, office paper and used books; newspapers tied in bundles no more than 12 inches high; and layered cardboard, shipping boxes, non-wax-coated food and cereal boxes, tissue boxes, shoe boxes and

gift boxes. Only plastics No. 1 and No. 2 – as identified by a triangle symbol on the bottom of packages – can be put out for collections. Plastics No. 3, No. 5, No. 7, etc. must be thrown out in the regular trash. Pizza boxes can only be recycled if they are not contaminated by oil and grease; since that is nearly impossible, Chaszar said they should be thrown in the regular trash as well. “Pizza boxes are a crazy thing,” he said. “I’ve never seen a pizza box without oil on it.” The January recycling calendar will soon be in the mail, listing all acceptable and non-acceptable items, Chaszar said. Fliers are being mailed to each address on the route so renters are aware of the re-

strictions as well, he said. The envelope will be labeled “recycling information” in big red letters so residents do not think it is a bill or discard it. “One day I followed the recycling truck and I had brochures with me and I dropped them at houses every time I saw them [recycling employees] leave contamination behind,” Chaszar said. Councilwoman Amanda Guadagnino reminded residents not to dispose of their recyclables in plastic bags, but instead to dump everything into the bin. “It binds up the machine and causes a problem,” she said. There is information on the township website at http://northbrunswicknj.gov in English and Spanish or call the Department of Public Works at 732-297-1134.

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Princeton company develops rapid saliva-based test to detect COVID-19 By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer

new rapid saliva-based antigen test has been developed in Princeton as COVID-19 cases rise again across Princeton, New Jersey, and America. Created by RICOVR, a Princeton company located on Nassau Street, the salivabased test named Xaliva will be a portable test able to detect the virus for businesses, state and federal agencies and school districts. Xaliva is a point-of-care test (POC). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, POC tests provide results within minutes of the test being administered, which allows for rapid decisions about patient care. RICOVR has developed their device to have a detection time of 5-10 minutes. “Anywhere where businesses have to have employees come in or any event that has to have people come in, this would be a POC for that. So [this is] mostly for businesses right now on a mass kind of scale, and then maybe be [available] to a consumer down the road, when we can scale the cost,” said Brett Felmey, vice president of sales for RICOVR. “Business to business (B2B), the total addressable market is any business in the world or event you are running that you need to know quickly if people are carrying COVID-19.” RICOVR is going B2B, because regulatory hurdles are not as high as they are for direct to consumer, he said. Piyush Sadana, co-founder and chief operating officer of RICOVR, said as soon as the company gets approvals for direct to consumer, the test can be done at home. “For COVID, we are working expeditiously to get ready by December for B2B, so basically what I mean is that we will be

ready to submit to FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by December. Currently, the EUA is prioritizing these rapid antigen tests and the processing time for approvals is four to six weeks,” Sadana said. “So hopefully if everything goes well and we get approval in time, the test should be out there in early January of next year. Five hundred thousand portable tests can be produced a month once we get approvals. Then we will scale up, naturally.” For testing purposes, there is a swab that is supplied for the user to collect a small amount of saliva. You put that into the syringe and squeeze that syringe onto the device sensor, which is called a U-shaped fiber optic sensor because of its shape. The machine (reader) then basically reads out the amount of analyte (substance whose chemical constituents are being identified), in this case the saliva. For B2B initial cost, the single use disposable cartridge that has the U-shaped fiber will be under $10 and the device reader will be one-time cost of about $500. There is an estimated two-year shelf life for continuous use of the reader. The collection swab and cartridge reader strips are disposable kits that will come with the reader. As many of the strips RICOVR can make is what has been requested, according to the company. “Our goal is to launch this with about 90% sensitivity. Right now we are in the lab setting and we are close to that, but the real test for sensitivity comes when you do 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, which takes about two seconds to calibrate, and has a specialized LED light shining through the U-shaped fiber sensor. The sa-

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liva 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 versions, the company has been working toward a commercial version of the final product that uses batteries instead of a power cord. “We have already signed letters of intent (LOI) for north of 500,000 tests per month,” Sadana said. “Our research and development partner is in India and is the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM). The majority of research and development is happening in India and also the initial scale up of manufacturing is happening in India, but we are actively talking to U.S. manufacturers to do the contract manufacturing here.” Before testing for COVID-19, RICOVR had developed the device to be a portable test to detect THC levels for for marijuana use for employers and others, such as colleges and police departments. “The idea behind this is to use saliva as a diagnostic medium to read out different biomarkers, as you may. We first started testing for THC and that is what we initially began with, but when COVID came we kind of explored whether we can use the same cold technology for COVID detection as well,” Bhatia said. “We now have two use cases for both THC and COVID detection using our device.” Bhatia added that the THC version of the device is ready to go out and the com-

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pany is working on the commercial manufacturing. The reader is not different for both forms of detection, so manufacturing of the reader stays the same, the difference is in the cartridge strips or rather the way the strips function – they functionalize differently for one versus the other for each test, due to biochemistry. RICOVR offices are in Tiger Labs on Nassau Street; the company was founded in 2018. Bhatia had joined Tiger Labs in April 2018. He then began working toward technology for marijuana detection. He met Piyush Sadana at Tiger Labs, whom he had been working with already for some time. “We are truly a proud Princeton company and success story,” Bhatia said. The company’s first investor would also end up come out of Tiger Labs. “Later in 2018 is when the THC detection version started taking place and we were working in the lab in 2019 toward our THC product. March of 2020, Piyush and I were getting ready to fly to India to pick up the prototype devices and that is exactly the time when COVID hit,” Bhatia said. “We cancelled our flights. We would have been stuck if we did not make that decision. Our scientific team then kind of got together to say, what we can do about COVID, and worked on a paper about the company’s new COVID-19 detection with our adapted device.” Fast forward, the company now has 10 full-time employees in addition to multiple consultants, and is continuing its work on developing the commercial use for the final product. “As a company we see expansion into different use capabilities for our devices. Overall, there is a lot of society impact our company can have from COVID to THC to other forms of screening,” Bhatia said. “The idea is to not only help these businesses, but make a drastic change in how economies open up and how police screen for marijuana use.”

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Alfred Yorston is best remembered for his work in removing 520 bodies from the New Brunswick Presbyterian Church’s cemetery to Van Liew Cemetery in North Brunswick to make way for new construction; for his around-the-clock service during the 1918 deadly influenza epidemic; and for his service in connection with the autopsy involving the infamous Hall-Mills murder in Franklin Township, according to the information. In the late 1930s, the Yorstons sold 8 acres to the state for the construction of the superhighway and a new traffic circle. Alfred and his wife Evelyn then built a new house to take the place of their razed homestead. The house was later renovated as an antiques shop and then moved onto stilts in an adjacent equipment yard in the mid-1970s to make way for a modern office building, according to the information. “It’s possible health certificates would have been checked near their home, where we know there was actually a toll gate near the present-day Shoppes entrance. Those traveling by horse and carriage were required to pay a fare when passing through the township,” Hritz said. Alfred Yorston was a chairman of the

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The North Brunswick Public Library invites residents to join NJTIP @ Rutgers for “You Can Get There from Here!” a free and live virtual visit on Zoom from 1-2:30 p.m. Dec. 17 from North Brunswick to New York City. Realizing that most won’t be able to travel into NYC this December, enjoy virtually touring some holiday highlights, such as storefront window decorations and Rockefeller Center, from the comfort of your home. Discover local transportation options, learn how to get reduced transit fares for people with disabilities, older adults and veterans. Plan ahead for safe traveling in 2021 by learning how to get there now. Register in advance at https://form.jotform.com/203347165856158

For more information, email Librarian Ryan Miller at rmiller@northbrunswicklibrary.org or Louis Hoffman of NJTIP @ Rutgers at lhoffman@njtip.rutgers.edu For a complete listing of virtual events offered by the North Brunswick Library, visit https://northbrunswicklibrary.org/ or find the library on Facebook @NorthBrunswickLibrary The regular public meeting of the North Brunswick Board of Education scheduled for Dec. 16 will be held remotely using Zoom video conferencing technology at 7 p.m. For instructions on how to access the meeting and make comments during the public participation session, visit www. nbtschools.org.

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said. Mayor Francis “Mac” Womack clarified that any large water user in town, such as Bristol-Myers Squibb or Silverline, pays its bill on time so there should not be an issue there. For more information, visit northbrunswicknj.gov

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A flier donated to the North Brunswick Historical Society mentions a quarantine order from circa 1916 due to infantile paralysis.

Township Committee. At one point, the Township Committee suggested the circle be named in the Yorstons’ honor, but no action was ever taken, Hritz said.

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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign begins

aw enforcement officials will be cracking down on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign. Through Jan. 1, 2021, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated. The national effort endeavors to raise awareness about the dangers of impaired driving through a combination of high-visibility enforcement and public education. During the last five years New Jersey has experienced more than 36,000 alcohol involved crashes resulting in 648 fatalities, according to provided information. Last year, 22% of all motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey were alcohol-related. Nationally, 10,551 died in 2018 in drunk driving crashes. The societal cost associated with

these crashes is estimated to be $44 billion annually, according to the statement. Law enforcement agencies participating in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over 2020 Year End Holiday Crackdown offer the following advice for the holiday season: • Take mass transit, a taxicab, or ask a sober friend to drive you home. • Spend the night where the activity or party is held. • If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement. • Always buckle-up, every ride. • If you are intoxicated and traveling on foot, the safest way to get home is to take a cab or have a sober friend or family member drive or escort you to your doorstep. • Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD The North Brunswick Public Library will offer a selection of engaging, informative and fun programs, both online and outside the library, during December. • “Just Say Yes to Fruits & Vegetables” is a joint venture between the library and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Free nutrition workshops are offered by educators from NJ-SNAP-Ed. – Healthy Beverages, 6 p.m. Dec. 16. Understand the link between sugary drinks and chronic diseases, and discover healthier alternatives. Registration is required at https://form. jotform.com/202444315297151 • The Virtual Fiber Arts Club will meet virtually at 10 a.m. Dec. 18. Join Librarian Barbara for an hour of any fiber arts craft you are working on (needlepoint, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, etc.). This is a gathering of fiber arts enthusiasts of all skill levels. No instruction is given. Register in advance for this Zoom program at https://forms.gle/yxmnuoEwpJD82X6t5 • Outdoor Tai Chi will be held at 10 a.m. Dec. 19. Participants age 16 and older can join instructor Vikram Sarath for free Tai Chi sessions on the library’s front lawn, 710 Hermann Road, North Brunswick. Beginners are welcome. Social distancing will be observed. Appropriate face coverings are required until class begins. Register by emailing librarian Ryan Miller at rmiller@northbrunswicklibrary. org • “Family History and Cancer Risk” will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 22: Don’t be in the dark when it comes to familial cancer risks. Registration is required at https://form. jotform.com/202264021498148 Any questions, email librarian Ryan Miller at rmiller@northbrunswicklibrary. org For a complete listing of virtual events, visit https://northbrunswicklibrary.org/ or find the library on Facebook @NorthBrunswickLibrary. North Brunswick PBA Local 160 is collecting presents for its annual Holiday Toy Drive. New, unwrapped toys will be collected through Dec. 18. A collection box is open 24/7 inside police headquarters, 710 Hermann Road, North Brunswick. For more information, or to request assistance with receiving gifts, email Lt. Ryan Uzunis at ruzini@northbrunswicknj.gov For assistance in Spanish, email Ptlmn. Fedor Salvador-Romero at fsalva@ northbrunswicknj.gov

The North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services will hold a gingerbread house decorating contest through Dec. 18. Submit photos to events@northbrunswicknj.gov The house with the most “likes” on Facebook will win. For more information, call 732-2470922, ext. 475. The Crafts with Parx bag distributed by the North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services will feature two crafts geared to the winter season. Craft bags can be delivered by a staff member or picked up outside the municipal building, 710 Hermann Road. The cost is $5 per bag. Glue and coloring materials not provided. Send photos to events@northbrunswicknj.gov Register at www.communitypass.net Call 732-247-0922, ext. 475 for more information.

A support group for public health employees will be held at 4 p.m. Thursdays in December. The open discussion will focus on the importance of nurturing emotional and mental health during COVID-19 and beyond. The groups will share about how the pandemic has impacted emotional health for public health employees, and discuss wellness strategies to manage stress and promote healing. Log into Zoom using Meeting ID 911 7223 6441 with passcode 934178. This program is presented by New Jersey Hope and Healing. For more information, visit www. mhanj.org

Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County is collecting donations of gift cards for parents who need help buying their children presents for the holidays. To coordinate a toy (new, unwrapped) or gift card donation, call 732-777-1940. Financial donations can also be made at https://jfsmiddlesex.org/donate-form/ 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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44. Relating to nose 46. Golfer’s warning 47. “The Three Musketeers” dueling sword 48. Isaac of science fiction fame 50. *“The Princess Diaries” leading actress 52. Pigpen 53. Candle burner 55. Greek letters on campus 57. *Remy’s idol Auguste ____ 61. *Pongo’s mate 65. Radio sign 66. J. Edgar Hoover’s org. 68. Was dishonest with, two words 69. *Iago and Kevin 70. *Scar to Simba, e.g. 71. At the point of death, archaic 72. Command to Fido 73. Seed alternative, to a landscaper 74. Loses color

DOWN 1. Fraud 2. Famous Amos 3. Before long, to Shakespeare 4. Alef and Bet follower 5. *Like a Haunted Mansion visitor 6. California valley 7. *Aladdin’s sidekick 8. What football and baseball have in common, pl. 9. “Frasier” actress Gilpin 10. Homesteader’s measure 11. *Shere Khan’s cry 12. Highland tongue 15. Woman in trouble? 20. Actress Davis 22. Package delivery service 24. Reveal the true nature 25. *“How Far I’ll Go” performer

26. *____ of Arendelle, pl. 27. Hutu’s opponents, 1994 29. *Raksha or Rama 31. Cote d’Azur locale 32. Ginger cookies 33. Kind of heron 34. *Beardless dwarf 36. Clothing line 38. Honker 42. It may be perfect 45. Moves down 49. Itinerary word 51. Cap attachment 54. Part of a sleeve, pl. 56. Organ swelling 57. Loads 58. Military group 59. Sarah, alt. sp. 60. Not a slob 61. ____ Piper 62. Object of worship 63. Tear, past tense 64. *“0A Bug’s Life” characters 67. *Human child in Monstropolis

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ON THE ROAD PETER PERROTTA

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hen you review cars and trucks week in and week out, most passengers who hop in your test vehicle want to immediately know what you think of the particular vehicle you are driving that week. My wife, on the other hand, isn’t shy about offering her opinion immediately upon stepping into one of my test vehicles before even hearing what I think. The 2021 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro pickup I recently drove for one week Peter Perrotta was simply too high off the ground – with no step-in rail or running boards to assist – for her liking. She found it too hard to get into and out of easily. Point understood. However, for me, I didn’t see it as a problem. My boss, on the other hand, stepped into the Tundra and asked me immediately what I thought of it. Quite frankly, I like the ride and the power of the Tundra pickup – featuring a massive 5.7 liter, V8 engine that puts out an impressive 381 horsepower – however, the interior ergonomics and design are rather “Plain Jane” in dire need of a more modern makeover. When I brought this to the attention of my boss, I found his response to be rather interesting. He looked around at the basic looking dash board design of the Tundra and said, “Well, you know sometimes people like that basic, not too cluttered design.” Another point well taken. If you are into minimalism, then this 2021 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro is for you. The exterior design of the Tundra TRD Pro isn’t outdated looking. In fact, I found it to be rather attractive – outfitted with a slightly lifted, rugged, off-road appearance. But, the inside design and look will not overwhelm you, especially when you compare it to the snazzy, more modern looking pickup competitors in its class like the Dodge Ram 1500, the Ford F-150 or the Chevrolet Silverado. I suspect that folks at Toyota will be introducing a freshened up looking Tundra in

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the near future. But, for now, it is what it is. Like all pickup models there are numerous different configurations you can get the Tundra in. However, new for 2021 was a new Lunar Rock color for the TRD Pro model; a new Tundra Trail Special Edition and a new Tundra Nightshade Special Edition. I found the new Lunar Rock color to be just ok. It didn’t blow me away or anything like that. Instead of a metallic paint, the Lunar Rock – which actually does resemble the color of moon rocks – has a flat almost matte finish to it. One observer remarked to me that the Lunar Rock almost looked like primer paint. The base price of the 2021 Tundra TRD Pro (double cab) is $48,775. My tester was outfitted with no additional options except for the $1,595 destination and delivery charge that was tacked on bringing the bottom line sticker price to $50,370. The TRD Pro model comes with a lot of standard equipment, including what

Toyota calls the Unique TRD Pro Content package which includes: forged aluminum 18-inch TRD wheels; TRD tuned Fox shocks; dual exhaust and front skid plate and black trimmed front bucket seats with red stitching. As far as fuel economy goes, this Tundra is not all that eco-friendly. The EPA estimates that the Tundra gets an unimpressive 14 miles per gallon on average – 17 miles per gallon in highway driving and 13 in city driving. The annual estimated fuel cost to run this Tundra for one year comes in at a pretty hefty $2,900 as it uses about 7.1 gallons of gas for every 100 miles driven. The overall crash test rating on the government’s five star safety test comes in at a 4. The Tundra received 4 stars for the frontal crash test for both driver and passenger. It got 5 stars for the side crash test for both front and rear seat and 4 stars for the rollover test. The editors at Car and Driver gave the Tundra high marks for its “desirable standard features.” They also noted that the

crew cab model back seat was “huge” and that it featured legitimate “trail ready” options. Car and Driver gave the Tundra low marks for not being fuel efficient, subpar interior quality and having a clumsy onroad demeanor. I agree with two of the three low marks Car and Driver offered up. I didn’t find the Tundra to be clumsy at all in the handling department. In fact, I think the Tundra’s ride, comfort and handling capabilities stack up quite nicely when you compare it to the Ram, F-150 or Silverado. There is a lot to consider when shopping for a pickup and while the Tundra is not a sales leader, by any means, in its category there are some very strong points to this vehicle which should make it a serious contender for anyone looking to buy or lease a vehicle in this class.

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opewell Theater, McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, the State Theatre in New Brunswick and ArtPride New Jersey Foundation in Burlington have joined forces with other indie venues in New Jersey and/or live entertainment promoters to launch the New Jersey Independent Venue Association (NJIVA). To date, a dozen venues or promoters have joined NJIVA as of press time: 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center in Ewing; Anchor Rock Club in Atlantic City; Bananas Comedy Club in Hasbrouck Heights; Bird and Betty’s in Beach Haven;

Debonair Music Hall in Teaneck; Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown; The Newton Theatre in Newton; Outpost in the Burbs in Montclair; and Roy’s Hall in Blairstown. “At a time when many indie venues are facing closing forever, our theaters have come together to help each other and advocate for our interests on the state level,” Sara Scully, Hopewell Theater’s executive director and founder, said in a prepared statement. Indie venues were the first to close and will be the last to open due to the pandem-

ic, according to the statement. A majority have had a very difficult time accessing relief funds from state and federal programs. NJIVA’s mission is to unify New Jersey’s diverse and proudly independent venue owners, operators and presenters to foster mutual support and resource sharing, and advocate as a unified group for our shared priorities in order to preserve and nurture the ecosystem of independent venues, large and small. For more information, visit https:// newjerseyiva.wixsite.com/njiva

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A branch of North Brunswick PBA Local 160, the Domestic Violence Response Team, stopped by Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County on Dec. 9 to drop off a collection of gift cards. Melanie, of the NBDVRT, left, hands JFS Women’s Center coordinator, Lisa, an envelope full of cards for ‘tweens and teens just before the holidays. To learn more or to make a donation, visit jfsmiddlesex.org or call 732777-1940.

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The organization has long supported free Christmas parties for children, food drives, Purple Hearts Chapter 10, the American Veterans Dog Foundation that trains dogs to support veterans, and a Christmas party for veterans at the New Jersey State Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park. The efforts are in jeopardy because of the impact of COVID-19. To donate to the GoFundMe account, visit https://gf.me/u/ynb882

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