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It has been an eventful first few weeks on the job for Steven J. Picco. The new interim director of Trenton Water Works, Picco assumed his position Sept. 16. He dealt with his first crisis just 11 days later when a mechanical failure caused chlorine levels in the water to drop and a boilwater advisory to be issued. TWW uses chlorine to disinfect the drinking water. The advisory lasted 30 hours, but Picco says TWW will carry the lessons learned in that twoday span for much longer. Picco replaced Dr. ShingFu Hsueh as head of the utility after Hsueh resigned suddenly in early September. While Hsueh accomplished plenty in his year on the job, he also left behind plenty for Picco to handle. Picco, 71, is no stranger to TWW or Mercer County. He grew up locally, living in Hamilton, Ewing and Trenton. He is a graduate of Ewing High School and Rider University. He moved out of the area 18 years ago, relocating from Pennington to See WATER, Page 11
State’s aging voting machines dogged by questions of vulnerability
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In 2004, Hopewell resident Stephanie Harris went to her polling place for the presidential primary, never expecting what was about to happen would alter her life and the public discourse around voter security for the next decade and a half. When Harris entered the privacy booth that day, she saw one Helen Cor velyen and Hopewell Valley Regoinal School District superintendent Tom of Mercer County’s then-new touchscreen voting machines facSmith get their hands dirty on Timberlane Middle School’s recent planting day. ing her, a model called the Sequoia AVC Advantage. She found her candidate of choice on the large paper ballot overlay, pressed the box next to the candidate’s name Though the initial proposal and then hit a large button at the ment and sustainable practices that can help protect the had no relation to the rain bottom right of the machine to cast garden, it inspired Wolff and her vote. Typically, at this point, the ecosystem. In September, FoHVOS part- Hunter to consider other proj- AVC Advantage will make a noise nered with Hopewell’s Timber- ects that could be done to help to indicate a vote has been counted. lane Middle School to create a create a water drainage system For Harris, nothing happened. By JenniFeR GoeTZ Harris exited the privacy rain garden that would serve while creating a sustainable An ecosystem is a delicate not only as a solution to a water space. Thus, the idea for the booth slightly confused. A poll balance. Throwing in dif- drainage problem, but also as Timberlane Middle School Rain worker stopped her, and said ferent plants can mess with a beautiful, aesthetically-pleas- Garden was born. her vote didn’t register and that everything from the soil to the ing space filled with native and Timberlane Middle School she should try again. Harris did, insects that rely on plants for deep rooted plants. needed a water drainage sys- four times with the same results. food. Invasive species can take After the fi fth time, the poll Hopewell Valley Regional tem, due to the amount of water over the land, affecting the eco- School District STEM Coordi- that pooled in front of the build- worker shrugged, and said, “Well, system entirely. nator Greg Hunter was working ing after a storm. Commonly I think it worked.” Harris never Understanding the impor- as a Teacher-In-Residence at referred to as “Lake Timber- received definitive confirmation tance of native plants in an area the Watershed Institution when lane,” or in the winter, the “TMS her vote had been cast. can make a huge difference for he submitted a grant proposal Ice Rink,” the land was a safety Harris couldn’t shake the feelthe ecosystem, and for the envi- for review to Sustainable Jersey. issue, especially during the win- ing that her vote had been taken ronment as a whole. This is one The grant was denied at first, ter weather. After a need was away. She asked the county for of the reasons why the Friends and Hunter went to Lisa Wolff, identified, Wolff and Hunter confirmation or at least an explaof Hopewell Valley Open Space executive director of FoHVOS, worked on a proposal to help nation. She didn’t get answers, is determined to educate the for assistance with the revised redirect stormwater. but she did earn a new nickname, community about the environ- proposal. See PLANTING, Page 7 See VOTING, Page 8
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November 1, 2019 Dear Neighbor, This is the first in what I hope will be a regular series of communications with you regarding the Trenton Water Works (TWW). I believe it is very important to keep you aware of the things we are doing to provide you with a safe and reliable source of water. As you know, we issued a boil-water advisory on September 27, and lifted it the next day. Low chlorine levels in the water flowing from our water-filtration plant triggered the alert. Chlorine is used to kill bacteria in water, and state law mandates that certain chlorine levels be maintained at all times. Plant staff reacted quickly to the low-chlorine alert, and had the system working normally within 30 minutes of discovering the source of the problem. TWW, in consultation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, concluded that it was best to be fully transparent about the situation and issued the advisory. Emergency-notification procedures were triggered, with varying degrees of effectiveness. The event exposed inefficiencies in the notification system, and TWW is working with Mercer County and the municipalities in our service area to update and streamline our notification lists. Although the plant was operating normally throughout the advisory period, state regulations require water testing at several points throughout the system to ensure all areas meet appropriate standards. Those tests were done soon after the plant was shown to be operating normally. One of the tests requires a 24-hour waiting period before results can be analyzed. Therefore, any water order or advisory must last at least 24 hours. That was the case here. As soon as all test samples were shown to be compliant, the advisory was lifted. All in all, the technical response to the event was everything you would want to see in an operation of this kind. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that the advisory caused. We are doing all we can to ensure that this kind of problem does not happen again. TWW has experienced a steady trend of operational improvements during the past 18 months. Going forward, we are embarking on a capital-plan review and continue to add qualified staff, all designed to strengthen the current and future operational capabilities of the system. In the meantime, if you would like to be added to our direct-notification system, please visit the City of Trenton website at www.trentonnj.org and click the link to TWW-Connects, TWW’s Reverse 911 System, located at the top of the homepage. You will be directed to the CodeRED website, where you can set up a free account and enter information to receive emergency notifications going forward. Good things are happening at TWW. I will continue to share both our successes and challenges with you, so that you better understand our team’s commitment and progress. Sincerely,
Steven J. Picco Acting Director
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Register to receive emergency and general alerts about your drinking water.
What is TWW-Connects? TWW-Connects is a Reverse 911 or “Robocall” system that Trenton Water Works uses to notify residents about water-quality issues, boil-water advisories, water-service outages and restorations, and water-quality emergencies. The system can target residents in TWW’s service area: the City of Trenton, Hamilton Township, Ewing Township, Lawrence Township, and Hopewell Township. Customers’ cell phones, cable-based phones, internet-connected phones, or conventional landline phone numbers must be registered with the system to receive a call, text message or e-mail notification from the system.
How Do I Register? 1
Visit the City of Trenton’s website at www.trentonnj.org and click on the link to the TWW-Connects, Trenton Water Works Reverse 911 System.
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Create an account by setting up a user name and password.
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Fill-in the requested fields, follow the prompts—enter your name, physical address, how you wish to be notified—and agree to the terms and conditions to complete the registration.
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PLANTING continued from Page 1 Peg Forrestal of Janssen Pharmaceuticals provided the grant on FoHVOS’ previous project, the Bear Tavern Outdoor Learning Area, and decided to approve the final grant for the Timberlane Bioretention Rain Garden project as well. Originally, the front of Timberlane Middle School had two sidewalks. After the rain garden, only one sidewalk remains. In its place, a bioswale, a channel for stormwater runoff to help prevent pollution and debris, was added along with natural flora and fauna from Hopewell Valley. The rain gardens design included peaks and valleys, so water could pool in a desirable area. The Timberlane Rain Garden proved the concept when the water after a storm slowly drained, and it went where it needed to go for it to quickly be absorbed back into the ground, according to Wolff. The native wildflowers added in provide earth-friendly habitats for birds and pollinators alike. Monarch butterflies, bumble bees, and other native creatures can enjoy the rain garden just as much as the students do. Those that worked on this project, and contributed to its development include the following: Michael Van Clef, who was responsible for the ecological consulting and native plant selection on the project; Gretchen Kish of Nectars Landscape and Design, responsible for the planting design; and Gene Huntington of StewardGreen, who did the engineering and drainage design. A part of the design included putting in plants with deep roots, which is important to loosen the land, encourages water drainage and reduces erosion. “We really had to dig deep, and [that’s] a part of the student’s lesson,” said Wolff. Timberlane is not the only school in Hopewell Valley to have worked on a sustainability project with FoHVOS. According to Wolff, as of October, there is a community conservation project in every single Hopewell school. “FOHVOS doesn’t do anything by ourselves,” said Wolff, “We like to partner [with others] to get the whole community involved.” She lists two reasons why: it keeps costs down; and it helps more people get a sense of how to care for the native environment and what FOHVOS itself is doing. When the TMS 7th grade STEM class, led by teacher Grace Rarich, worked on the rain garden in September, other students were interested in learning more about how to help with the garden as well. In the future, Timberlane Middle School may have its own green team, to help take care of the garden and work on other projects for the surrounding land, according to Nicole Gianfredi, principal of Timberlane Middle School. “Everything is indigenous to the area, and it’s pretty to look at,” said Gianfredi. Nectars Landscape and Design will also return to Timberlane to provide a lesson for students on the names of each plant in the rain garden, and how to identify them. “The [Rain Garden project] has given us a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with our community,” said Gianfredi, “it’s exciting to me to see how students can take ownership of the garden.”
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Timberlane Middle School students and staff helped plant a rain garden outside of the school in September. Beyond the students, the facility at Timberlane Middle School pitched in with the Rain Garden as well. According to Gianfredi, during the planting process, there was a heat wave. Facility, such as the custodial staff, worked to ensure that plants were properly watered and well-taken care of for the students and the school. The students at Timberlane are continuing to learn about sustainability. Another project on Timberlane Middle School’s radar is to work on the school’s courtyard in a similar, eco-friendly way. Students have the opportunity to learn about the importance of using the right plants for the land, and it’s a lesson Wolff hopes they can pass along to their families as well. “We’re hoping this will model behavior,” said Wolff, “that people will take one look at the rain garden and put a meadow in their own yard.” Some of the benefits of having a meadow includes providing food for birds and wildlife, improve air and water quality, improve soil health, etc. FoHVOS’s goal is to improve Hopewell Valley’s landscape, and to preserve the native growing plants in the area. Making sure that young people are inspired to think about new ways they can live sustainably, and to share what they learn with the rest of the community is also just as important. “This was always part of the original idea,” said Wolff. “We specifically knew that we’re trying to spread the word, educate our young people on what we need to do. They want to do it because it helps the land and it helps the school.” Climate change is something that students will only hear more about in the future, as it continues to be a concern and a topic of debate in the political landscape. The more young students know, the better informed they can be when listening to politicians and other figures discuss climate change. “This is national news,” said Wolff, “and it’s something we can bring to students so they can understand it and feel more connected to it. This is how we can reduce our carbon footprint.”
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VOTING continued from Page 1 courtesy of a county freeholder—“the Incident in Hopewell.” So she sued. Filed October 2004 in Mercer County Superior Court against the State of New Jersey, the case alleged that directrecording electronic (DRE) voting machines like the Sequoia AVC Advantage are insecure, unreliable and impossible to audit or otherwise double check. The legal process lasted 14 years. Eventually, a team of experts showed the machines could be hacked, often in less than 10 minutes and at little expense. They demonstrated the logistics counties use for storing and transporting voting machines provided ample time and opportunity for hacking. And, since DREs do not produce a paper trail or any kind of auditable material, the experts proved this hacking could be done without evidence anything criminal ever had occurred. New Jersey remains one of a small minority of states still using DREs. Just 11 states use paperless machines as their primary voting equipment in at least some counties. Some will be introducing new machines this November. Others, such as Middlesex County, will have them for 2020. But not everyone is on the same page. In Mercer County, officials said they aim to have new voting machines before 2023, when Mercer’s current fleet will be 19 years old. Security experts agree this is a problem, since systems older than a decade are more likely to have security and reliability issues. This past summer, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a report on the Russian government’s attacks on America’s election infrastructure. The report recommended states replace outdated and vulnerable machines with, at least, a voter-verified paper trail and to begin conducting statistically sound audits. But in many New Jersey counties, that won’t happen. “It’s our feeling that the 2020 election will be one of the most important of our lifetimes, and New Jersey will be voting on a very, very vulnerable system,” said Harris, who now serves as chair of the Coalition for Peace Action’s voting integrity taskforce. “The whole thing is extremely frustrating.” *** For the opponents of DREs, the lack of progress especially frustrates because the machine’s security issues have been well known for more than a decade. Harris’s case—filed in 2004 by the Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic—was instrumental in rooting out those issues. The Rutgers team employed a number of expert witnesses who devised simple ways to hack the voting machines used in New Jersey. One expert, Dr. Roger Johnston, discovered a hack and concluded that New Jersey elections could be manipulated without accessing any computer chip or processor, and that any voter could execute the hack. Another expert, Dr. Andrew Appel of Princeton University, didn’t even need time with the machine or experience in voting security to know the AVC Advantage presented issues. He wrote his 2004 testimony simply using basic computer science principles, information anyone who had taken even one computer science class would know.
He later devised a hack of the AVC Advantage that took just seven minutes to complete. It gained him national notice. The only tools Appel needed for his hack were a screwdriver and a $4 chip with a cheating program installed. Appel first became interested in election security in the early 2000s. States had begun switching to DREs in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, which thanks to “hanging chads” had shattered faith in the punchcard ballots then-popular across the country. Appel knew that DREs weren’t much better. “As a computer scientist, I understand that whoever gets to install the program in the voting machine gets to decide how it’s going to add up its results,” Appel said. “If the legitimate program installed by the manufacturer is in there, it’s usually pretty accurate in interpreting the buttons people pressed on the touchscreen. But if a hacker gets to install the program, it’s very easy to write a program that just shifts 20 percent of the votes from one candidate to another. It’s very easy to make that program do that only on Election Day so it can’t be tested before Election Day. And it’s possible to do it only when 100 voters have voted so any test you do, even with 10 or 20 votes, won’t detect it.” *** Mercer County has 600 Sequoia AVC Advantage voting machines, each nearly 16 years old. Like other counties, Mercer stores the machines in a warehouse when not in use. County officials wouldn’t say where the warehouse is, for security reasons. But a quick web search returns as a result a county document that includes the warehouse’s exact street address in Hamilton. At the warehouse, there is a security gate along the road intended to keep unauthorized people out. On either side of the gate are bold green signs with bright yellow arrows pointing to the “Voting Machine Division.” On a day in mid-October, the security gate had been opened, allowing access from the street. The warehouse’s large loading bay door had been left open, too, allowing anyone who drove by the ability to see straight into the warehouse. Mercer County superintendent of elections Cathy DiCostanzo said her office keeps tabs on all its voting machines once they leave the warehouse, using a state tracking system. Each crew moving machines must log its progress in this system and sign off once the machines have been delivered to the polling place. Once in the polling places, the machines are left alone. There’s no special security beyond whatever staff the polling place normally has, DiCostanzo said. “But the machines are locked,” she said. This procedure bothered Princeton University computer science professor Edward Felten, so between 2004 and 2008, he visited polling places across Mercer County and photographed himself in front of unattended voting machines. He testified there were no guards in any of the buildings, at least ones visibly patrolling the area near the machines. All the hallways were unlocked and accessible to the public. No key, badge or alarm code was needed to access them. Felten said in court documents that no one bothered
A lawsuit filed by Stephanie Harris of Hopewell brought to light the insecurity of Mercer County’s voting machines. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.) him as he looked at and photographed the voting machines. No one talked to him. No one asked him what he was doing. *** Mercer County has developed an elaborate system for ensuring results are not affected by outside influences. It does not count votes on the internet, clerk Paula Sollami-Covello said, thanks to a 2010 ruling that made it illegal in New Jersey. The AVC Advantage records votes onto a plastic cartridge that looks something like a larger version of an early video game cartridge. The technology dates back to the early 1980s. When the polls close, a poll worker from each district removes the cartridges from each machine and brings them to the office of the clerk in their municipality. The clerk inserts each cartridge into a reader. The municipal clerk reads the cartridges and the results at the municipalities. Then, the clerk sends the results via a secure line to Sollami-Covello’s office. The results sent by VPN come in to a single computer that is not connected to the internet or other computers or servers. The results are recorded to a flash drive, and then brought to another computer to check the count. Every time the results are reloaded or refreshed, Sollami-Covello uses a brand new flash drive. She acknowledges there is better technology for elections available now, but said her office has no role in purchasing voting machines. “I’m in my 14th year, and the [voting machines] were here before I got here,” Sollami-Covello said. “They’re old computers. You know how a 15-year-old computer would be today. They’re ancient because of the new systems and the new operating systems that have been developed. That being said, they’ve been pretty reliable. They work.” *** Stephanie Harris isn’t the only one to have an issue with the AVC Advantage. She isn’t even the only person in Mercer County. In February 2008, at least 37 AVC Advantage machines malfunctioned in eight New Jersey counties during the presidential primary, according to court documents. Sollami-Covello inspected reports of results from voting machines, and noticed
erroneous results that disagreed with the results recorded on the machines’ cartridges. On 30 machines in Mercer County, there were more votes than voters. Sollami-Covello testified that she attempted to contact state officials about the error, and never received a response. She also said she contacted the manufacturer, whose only response was a press release. Another election using the Sequoia AVC Advantage, in June 2011, wound up in court when the race for two open seats on the Democratic Executive Committee in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, turned up suspicious results. Ernest and Cynthia Zirkle had expected to win that race, a small contest that had fewer than 50 people voting and required just one voting machine. Instead, the final results appeared to be swapped, with the Zirkles only receiving nine and 10 votes, respectively, to their opponents’ 34 and 33. They filed a petition to declare the election void, and requested a recount or a new election. The Cumberland County Board of Elections administrator claimed the result was due to a programming error, and admitted she had been programming voting machines in order to avoid the cost of hiring a programmer. The judge ordered a new election in September 2011, which the Zirkles won. This only happened because few enough people voted in the initial election that the Zirkles could track down a majority to sign affidavits claiming the result was wrong, said Appel. Eight years after the Zirkle case, it’s a message computer scientists have had some success relaying nationwide. Nearly everywhere, that is, aside from the state the case took place. “Election officials across the country have been pretty good in understanding the science and moving towards better technology,” Appel said. “Just in a few backwards states—South Carolina, Louisiana, New Jersey—they’re falling behind.” *** If the state and county governments in New Jersey have known for years that DREs have issues, then why do we still have the same machines? It’s not for lack of trying, as both levels of government have taken measures to improve or move beyond DREs. But, ultimately, each winds up looking to the other to take the final action. “It’s back and forth,” Harris said. “It’s a Buck Doesn’t Stop Here mentality.” The state’s efforts started just months after Harris’ case was filed. In March 2005, four assemblymen introduced Assembly Bill 33. The bill would require all voting machines in New Jersey to produce a voter-verified paper record by January 2008. It passed in both houses and became law just months later. But the law ran into problems soon thereafter. Nearly all the compliance efforts were focused on retrofitting the existing DREs with a printer of some sort, not forcing counties to replace their fleets of mostly new machines. In 2006, the appellate division of New Jersey Superior Court ordered an emergency trial, which found that although technology existed that could retrofit a voting machine to proSee VOTING, Page 10
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VOTING continued from Page 9 duce a paper trail, it was not compatible with the kind of machine used in New Jersey. This meant the state could not meet the 2008 deadline set by the legislature. The legislature removed the deadline component of the legislation in 2009, saying the technology would be mandatory as soon as funds became available. For Gusciora, it was another roadblock for his efforts to improve New Jersey’s election security. But he doesn’t regret the time he spent on it, saying the 2016 presidential election proved his measures are more important than ever. “My own computer at home is subject to interference with cookies and viruses,” Gusciora said. “I don’t think electronic voting is any different.” At the same time, the legislature seemed to acknowledge it had the right idea in 2005. It never removed the paper ballot requirement, and in 2008, it strengthened the state’s stance further by passing a new law requiring a recount by hand of a statistically valid sample of paper ballots after every election. The only problem is, without enforcing the 2005 law, there never has been anything to audit. In 2010, the trial court in the Gusciora/ Harris case issued an opinion where it admitted New Jersey’s voting machines were not secure. But it did not order counties to buy new equipment, instead opting to secure the existing DRE machines in a number of ways, including placing tamper-evident seals on all machines and revoking internet access for any computer used for election-related activities.
Within a year, Appel had figured out ways to break the seals without evidence, and published a paper about it. Opponents of DREs say the only way to truly secure New Jersey’s elections is with new technology. “With the state budget, what we’re talking about is such a small percentage, like one percent,” Harris said. “Is it worth it to protect our democracy?” *** A bill that could take care of the problem has been idle in the New Jersey state legislature for more than a year. A group of four sponsors introduced the “New Jersey Elections Security Act” in May 2018. A few weeks later, in June 2018, the Senate received a companion bill. The Senate bill has sat in the State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee ever since. The bill would establish a demonstration program in New Jersey that would eventually transition the state to a paper ballot voting system using optical scanners in each election. Many experts, including Appel, prefer this optical scan technology because it creates an auditable paper trail, with a clear record of which candidates each voter intended to select. Voters indicate on paper their candidates of choice and then feed the
paper ballot through a scanner, which keeps a running tally. The paper ballots collect in a large ballot box beneath the scanner. “There’s no computer interpreting to you what that ballot says,” Appel said. “You can read it with your own eyes. And then when it’s recounted, the people recounting it—with people from both parties witnessing it—can see it with their own eyes.” Some New Jersey counties have already tried out the optical scan technology for in-person voting, thanks to $380 million in funding Congress provided to states in 2018 to help upgrade voting infrastructure. New Jersey took its portion of the funding, chipped in a bit extra and, in August 2018, launched a $10.2-million election security program. New Jersey Division of Elections director Bob Giles has developed a wide range of initiatives that include cybersecurity, physical security, training, updated voting equipment and auditing. Mercer County received a $100,000 grant from New Jersey to use to purchase new machines, deciding to test the Dominion optical scan machine in a school referendum election in Princeton in December 2018. Everything went so smoothly, SollamiCovello said, that she and other election
‘My own computer at home is subject to interference. I don’t think electronic voting is any different.’ –Trenton mayor Reed Gusciora
officials in Mercer recommended the optical scan machines to the people with purchasing power—the county freeholder board and the county executive. SollamiCovello said she’s convinced the county should go with optical scan machines because they’re “the safest way.” The Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders has begun the process of replacing the county’s AVC Advantage machines. In the spring, the board heard presentations from vendors. But freeholder board chairman John Cimino said no definitive decisions have been made, and doubts Mercer County would make a purchase before the 2020 elections. The next county budget would not be in place in time to buy new machines before the presidential primary in June. However, the county knows it will cost $3 to $5 million to purchase new machines, and Cimino said the county government knows it needs to act fairly soon. “Our machines are getting to the end of life,” Cimino said. “Because of that, you’re going to see some level of movement in the 12 to 36 month timeframe.” But three years is a long time, particularly to people like Stephanie Harris who have warned about Mercer County’s current machines since George W. Bush’s first term as president. Harris said all DRE machines should be changed out before the 2020 primary, if possible. With seven months until the June 2 primary, though, the clock continues to tick for New Jersey. “It can be done, but there has to be the political will to do it,” Harris said.
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WATER continued from Page 1 Philadelphia. He has worked as a lawyer for 45 years, including a stint with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in its infancy. He later served as assistant commissioner of DEP, in charge of the department’s regulatory and legal operations, and rose to become deputy commissioner. Picco sat down with Rob Anthes, managing editor of the Express, on Oct. 10. The full conversation is available at communitynews.org. An edited and abridged transcript follows: Hopewell Express: Where are you now with staffing? SP: We’re under an order with DEP that has certain staffing things. We’re in the 80-90 percent range. The problem is, for reasons that are still unclear to me, we have a lot of consultants who are actually operating parts of the plant. It’s not a very efficient way. Technically, it’s fine. These guys are all qualified, and they know what they’re doing. But we’re paying a lot more on a per person basis than we should. The administration and council both agree that we should end those contracts and not renew them if we can possibly avoid doing so. And that’s what we’re doing. I have up before council [Oct. 15] a staffing resolution that will bring in a lot of those people as city employees. We’re doing an overall staffing review; it hasn’t been done in a long time. We’re looking at functions, positions and organization. The idea is for me to turn over to my successor a functioning, clearly under-
stood organization with well-defined civil service titles. That’s not something that happens overnight, but it’s something we’re actively working on now. The water-boil advisory we had, the one thing that went really well with that was the technical side. It was pretty much all city employees. There was an equipment failure. It took awhile to find it, which is not surprising if you seen the plant. There’s pipes everywhere. And it’s the kind of incident that you had to actually eyeball the pipe to see where the issue was. A large part of the plant is underwater, so you have to start draining places and look. But once they found it, they fixed it in a half hour. By the time the boil-water advisory was out, the plant was back at normal operation. You could make an argument that we should’ve pushed harder and not issued the advisory. The DEP wanted us to. We thought it was a good idea. I’d rather issue an advisory that might have passed the red-face test than not have an advisory go out and either it turns into a real problem or the social media conspiracy theorists have something to latch on to. And that never goes away no matter what you do. We erred on the side of excess caution. HE: So, going back to the boil-water advisory in late September, what happened? What exactly was the issue? SP: The alarm went off a little after midnight. If you’ve seen the water system, it’s just an array of gauges and things; it looks like a science fiction movie. They determined pretty quickly it was a lowchlorine situation. Not zero chlorine, but the chlorine was below where we wanted
it to be. Chlorine’s added to the water to eliminate bacteria. There was never no chlorine in the system. It was just below the standard we wanted it to be. The first thing you do when that sort of thing happens is take a look at where the chlorine is coming into the system. It’s pumped into our system. Whenever you have pumps involved, the first thing you do is look at the pumps. So they ran a test on both of the pumps that were involved. Both pumps passed. That means we’ve got a leak somewhere in the system. So you start looking at pipes. That took several hours to get done. They found it at about 6:30, and by 7, we were back to normal operation. Because the incident continued more than four hours, we had to call DEP. We called DEP around 4:10. DEP put a team together immediately; they were very good about that. We were back and forth with them, discussing what the options were, what we thought the problem was, what we were doing. About 4:30, they said, “We think you should go with an advisory.” We all kicked it around. “OK, we’re going to go with the advisory.” We went back and forth on what the advisory should say. The advisory was issued quarter to 7. [Editor’s note: In an Oct. 11 email, Picco explained that it takes time to draft and approve a boil-water advisory, thus the two-hour gap between deciding to issue an advisory and actually issuing it.] What happens when that happens is [Michael Walker], who’s in charge of our communications effort, has a whole list of people he calls. We do an email
blast. It goes up on various reverse 911s; we have one, there are others. The word got out pretty quickly. The problem with that was Hopewell Township. An error on our part left them off the initial advisory. The emergency response folks in Hopewell and the elected officials were basically telling people they weren’t in until we advised them a little bit later that they were in. I immediately issued an apology. I called the mayor and explained what went on. I wrote a letter to the editor that went out the Monday following the event. I met with the Hopewell Township committee to give them the same message [Oct. 7]. They understood. They just wanted to make sure their constituents understood it was our problem and not theirs, which I was happy to tell them. The good thing was the technical side worked. We had speed bumps in the notification. We had duplicate lists. We had some people that thought they should be notified and weren’t, but that was less a problem directly with us than with their own internal notification system. The bottom line, it caused us to take a look at our whole notification process and what we need to do. So, we’re joining the county system, for instance. We weren’t part of the county’s reverse 911 system. We’re better coordinating our own 911 system with the city’s system. We’re going to have back-ups. There was an initial slight delay because there was one person in charge of the robocall operation. She happened to be on vacation. Fortunately, she was around, and came right in.
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‘Hitting things’ Crow’s specialty on HVCHS volleyball court By Rich Fisher Kayleigh Crow is a friendly, polite, downright delightful girl to talk with. She’s well-spoken, has some interesting thoughts and a charming wit about her. So it comes as a bit of surprise when Crow reveals what sparks her passion for volleyball. “I just love to hit things,” she said with a grin. Yikes! And what exactly does that mean? “It’s just the adrenaline,” she said. “Why do football players like to tackle people? I have no idea, but I’m assuming that has something to do with it. It just feels super nice. It’s very satisfying.” That being the case, Crow is in a comfortable position as opposite hitter for the Hopewell Valley Central High varsity team. It is mainly a defensive role, in which she tries to prevent the opposition’s outside hitter from slamming one down for a point, which she does by blocking her scoring attempts. In doing so, she hits the ball. Hard. Needless to say, that’s a rush. “I just love that,” she said. “ It’s so fun. When it hits your hand, it’s the most satisfying thing ever. And then everyone’s like ‘Wooooh!’”
It sounds like Crow was made for middle school program three years ago volleyball, and volleyball was made for has helped add incoming players with Crow. She not only loves it, she’s good experience. “We started our ninth grade program at it. “She brings volleyball awareness and five years ago and it’s paying dividends,” knowledge,” coach Dan Williams said. Williams said. “The middle school coaches are doing a great “She’s a hard worker, job of keeping their internever gives up on a play. est piqued, so as they’re She’s team oriented and moving up through the helps everyone else with program, it’s something a positive attitude. She’s they definitely want to just a great person to have do. They stick with it and on the team.” they have success at it. Though Hopewell’s It’s been building slow 7-12 start, Crow has eight but steady.” aces, seven kills, four The other starters on blocks and 25 digs. this year’s squad are set“The outside hitter is ter Corrinna Weyrich, usually one of a team’s middle blockers Jacstronger hitters, so she’s quelene Wulf and Faith there to be a force at the Dunham, outside hitters net,” Williams said. “She Crow Haewon Han and Sofie also makes herself availRagins, and freshman able in case a setter wants to set her up, she becomes an offensive libero Michaela Kwak. “Michaela has been playing since she player as well. So it’s just making sure she’s constantly aware of what’s happen- was a sixth-grader and she’s very dedicated,” Crow said. “We also have some ing on the court.” Crow’s impact has led to a school sophomores, where in the past we never record for wins in one season since the had younger players because they didn’t sport began in 2012. The addition of a have the skills. Now that we have under-
classmen willing to step up, not only does it put pressure on the upperclassmen, but we’re like a true team now and we’re all building each other up. We have stronger players and they can grow with the varsity too.” Crow is one of the team leaders along with captain Anastasia Sotos. Crow’s versatility allows her to also play the back row all the way around, which means she can sub in for a player when defense is necessary in the back. That ability comes from playing libero, a back line defender, for the JV team. With all that shifting, Kayleigh has learned volleyball is not what she originally thought it was at age five. “At summer camp we played a game called Newcome, and I actually thought that volleyball was Newcome for a few years,” Crow said. “It’s a game where you literally throw the ball over the net and you try not to drop it. It’s like a little kids game and I was like ‘I love volleyball!’ because I thought that’s what volleyball was.” By fifth grade she came to understand otherwise. “I just realized it was totally different,” Crow said. “Looking back as a person who isn’t five, you can probably say ‘Maybe
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that wasn’t the most fun thing ever.’ I’m not even sure if it was a real game. Maybe it was a game my camp made up because no one else has ever heard of it.” Her true foray into volleyball began as a freshman, when she decided to try the sport along with several of her friends who had never played before. Kayleigh’s first season was, to say the least, an adventure. “It was very confusing,” she said. “We have a rotation where you start in your spot and after the ball goes over the net you have to cross each other, get into your position. I didn’t even know there were positions, so I didn’t really understand the whole concept of positions.” It was also a bit frightening going against experienced players. “I was intimidated by the older girls who were on varsity because they could all hit super hard and straight down,” Crow said. “They could all pass very well, they could receive serves, which I was very intimidated by because it’s a ball going super-fast at you, and you’re just there, just you and the ball. I was really scared of that. A lot of people got concussions the first week and still get them.” She endured, however, thanks to support by her fellow 9th-graders on the freshman team, as well as the coaches. After playing JV as a sophomore, Crow moved to varsity last year and began to understand the nuances of her position. “When I started paying opposite on varsity I had to adjust hitting at the net because my coach always had to tell me to get my arm up to hit down,” she said.
“I always would hit it straight forward like a line drive because I was used to hitting from the back row so it was a little difficult to make the adjustment. Once she made the technical correction, Crow began to work on the mental aspect. “Anticipation has a lot to do with it, learning how to read hitters,” she said. “When you’re blocking; you have to know physics and geometry. Now, I don’t want to say ‘Oh you have to study this stuff,’ to do it. But you know when the hitter is angled one way, you have to go out a little to block the other way and then you can get the block down. The same thing with serve receives. When a server is turned a certain way, unless she has a crazy serve you can learn her patterns. You have to learn each server and read each server. It’s a lot of mental stuff.” Crow is equipped for that. Her grade point average is 96.8 out of 100; she secretary for the HVCHS Future Business Leaders of America; and she started what she calls a “steminist” club to help girls become interested in careers such as engineering, science technology and math. Over 30 girls signed up in the first year. Crow is already interested in such a career, as she is looking to study engineering hopes to attend Washington University in St. Louis or Johns Hopkins. “Engineering is kind of a family thing,” she said. “Plus, I like math and science.” Not to mention, there is no major for hitting things.
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Opening Reception, Gallery 14, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, 609-333-8511. gallery14. org. Photographs by the AgORA Group in the main gallery. Photographs by Susan Kessler in the Goodkind Gallery. Through Nov. 24. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Clue on Stage, Hopewell Valley Central High School Theatre Department, Performing Arts Center, 259 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington. showtix4u.com. Comedic whodunit based on the board game “Clue.” 7 p.m. Catch Me If You Can, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical comedy based on the film about Frank Abagnale, who successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer even as an FBI agent is hot on his trail. 8 p.m. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. David Catlin’s interpretation of the classic story. 8 p.m. Sculpture & Art Mixed Media, Straube Center, 1 Straube Center Boulevard, Pennington, 609-751-2421. straubecenter.com. Work by Wayne Freitag, Cheryl Bomba, Christine Seo, Janis Purcell, Kathleen McSherry. Opening reception. Free. 6 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m.
Saturday, November 2
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. David Catlin’s interpretation of the classic story. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Clue on Stage, Hopewell Valley Central High
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School Theatre Department, Performing Arts Center, 259 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington. showtix4u.com. Comedic whodunit based on the board game “Clue.” 7 p.m. Catch Me If You Can, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical comedy based on the film about Frank Abagnale, who successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer even as an FBI agent is hot on his trail. 8 p.m. Thumbelina, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical adaptation of the beloved fairytale. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Park Foliage Hike, Nature Center, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609737-0609. Naturalist-led hike for ages 9 and older. Children must be accompanied by adults. Free. 1 p.m.
Sunday, November 3
Meet the Photographers, Gallery 14, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, 609-333-8511. gallery14. org. Photographs by the AgORA Group in the main gallery. Photographs by Susan Kessler in the Goodkind Gallery. Through Nov. 24. 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Catch Me If You Can, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical comedy based on the film about Frank Abagnale, who successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer even as an FBI agent is hot on his trail. 2 p.m.
Nature/Nurture, The Watershed Institute, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, 609-7373735. www,thewatershed.org. Painting and mixed-media works by Jamie Greenfield. Opening reception. Exhibit runs through Dec. 31. Free. 3 p.m. Jazzy Sundays, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 2 p.m. Ice on Fire, The Watershed Institute, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, 609-737-3735. thewatershed.org. Documentary screening. Free. 1 p.m. Native Americans of the Area of the Park, Nature Center, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Talk and slideshow presentation on the Indian way of life during the autumn season. Free. 1:30 p.m.
Monday, November 4
Medicare Information Session, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Register. 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, November 5
Preschool Nature Class, The Watershed Institute, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, 609737-3735. thewatershed.org. Outdoor exploration, story and a craft for ages 3-5 accompanied by adults. $10. Register. 10 a.m.
Wednesday, November 6
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Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Acoustic originals and covers, plus stories. 7:30 p.m. Meal Planning for a Healthier You, Capital Health Medical Center-Hopewell, 1 Capital Way, Pennington, 609-537-7081. capitalhealth.org. Learn about meal planning strategies such as the plate method, carbohydrate consistency, meal timing, portion sizes, and snacks. Register. 3 p.m. The Lost World of the Rock Road, Sourland Conservancy, Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, 609-309-5155. sourland.org. Presentation by archaeologist Ian Burrow. 7 p.m.
Friday, November 8
Dance, The Catholic Community of Hopewell Valley, St. James Catholic Church, 115 E. Delaware Street, Pennington. stjamespennington.org. Music by The Fabulous Greaseband. For ages 21 and older. $20. 7 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m.
Saturday, November 9
Hopewell Tour Des Arts, Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell. hopewelltourdesarts.com. Tour the studios of local Hopewell artists, starting at the Hopewell Train Station. See website for full schedule. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Funny Women of a Certain Age: Funny Never Gets Old, Hopewell Theater, 5 Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell. hopewelltheater.com. Comedy show with Sandy Ehlers, Missy Hall and Carole Montgomery. $25. 8 p.m. Veterans Day Ceremony, Hopewell Valley Veterans Association, Woolsey Park, 221 Washington Crossing Penning Road, Titusville. 11 a.m. Cannon Firing Demonstration, Lamb’s Artillery Company, Visitor Center Museum, Washington Crossing Park, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0623. Noon. and 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Family Nature Walk, Nature Center, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609737-0609. Guided trail walk. Free. 1 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 12
Toddler Nature Class, The Watershed Institute, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, 609737-3735. thewatershed.org. For ages 18-36 months accompanied by adults. $10. Register. 10 a.m.
Wednesday, November 13
The Short of It, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-7372610. mcl.org. Discussion on “Flowering Judas,” “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” and “He” by Katherine Anne Porter. 2 p.m. Out There Reading Group, The Watershed Institute, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, 609737-3735. thewatershed.org. Relaxed reading group. Free. Register. 7 p.m.
Thursday, November 14
Thursday Evening Music, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Local Climate Change, Sourland Conservancy, Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, 609-309-5155. sourland.org. Presentation by environmental scientist Mike Aucott. 7 p.m. Sports Book Group, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-2610. mcl.org. “Friday Night Lights” by Buzz Bissinger. 7 p.m.
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Saturday, November 16
Every Button Has a Story, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Presentation by Barbara Figge Fox and Sara Howell, New Jersey State Button Society. Register. 1:30 p.m. Family Nature Walk, Nature Center, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609737-0609. Guided trail walk. Free. 1 p.m.
Sunday, November 17
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, his 11 brothers, and a many-colored coat that causes a host of problems. 2 p.m. Family Scavenger Hunt, Nature Center, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609737-0609. Free. Register. 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 19
Card Making Workshop, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Instruction on making greeting cards. Register. 1:30 p.m. Ten Crucial Days: Washington’s Vision for Victory Unfolds, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-2610. mcl.org. Talk by local historian and author Larry Kidder. Register. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, November 20
Fiber Arts Circle, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-2610. mcl.org. Bring a needle-craft project to work on. 7 p.m.
state of New Jersey’s forests. 7 p.m. Quilting Group, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609737-2610. mcl.org. Bring a project to work on, all skill levels welcome. 10 a.m.
Friday, November 22
Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” Through December 1. 8 p.m. Recyclable Arts and Crafts, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Decorate a pillowcase or t-shirt. Register. 2 p.m.
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Thursday Evening Music, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. College Funding Demystified, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Presentation by ABMM Financial Advisors. Register. 7 p.m. Trees, Sourland Conservancy, Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell, 609309-5155. sourland.org. Presentation on the
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Tuesday, November 26
Writers Support Group, Hopewell Library, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington, 609-737-2610. mcl.org. Decorate a pillowcase or t-shirt. Register. 6 p.m.
Friday, November 29
Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” 8 p.m. Band of Changes, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. hopewelltheater.com. Chris Harford joined by Dave Dreiwitz, Scott Metzger, and Joe Russo. 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 30
The Nutcracker: Sensory Friendly Performance, Roxey Ballet, Kendall Main Stage Theater, The College of New Jersey, 609397-7616. roxeyballet.org. $22 and up. 1 p.m. Loudon Wainwright: Surviving Twin, Bristol Riverside Theatre, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, 215-785-6664. brtstage.org. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter presents a solo piece he calls a “posthumous collaboration” with his father, a writer. 8 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Band of Changes, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. hopewelltheater.com. Chris Harford joined by Dave Dreiwitz, Scott Metzger, and Joe Russo. 8 p.m. Brunch with Santa, Children’s Home Society of New Jersey Auxiliary Board, Notre Dame High School, 601 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence, 609-695-6274. chsofnj.org. Games, crafts, face painting, tricky tray. $7. 9:30 a.m. and 12 p.m.
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NATURE IN ThE VALLEY Giving and consideration in Hopewell By LisA WoLFF My regular column Nature in the Valley generally discusses environmental initiatives taking place throughout Hopewell Valley. Next month we’ll return to that focus, but just for November please indulge me as I change it up a little. This time, we share gratitude for the good nature of our Valley. Specifically, give thanks to residents, businesses, nonprofits, local leaders, and public servants that demonstrate the generosity of spirit in our community. There is not enough space to scratch the surface of giving and consideration but here are a few select examples. I’ve never met Robert of Hopewell Borough but I am captivated by his story. The 10-year-old boy needs a new heart and the community rallied around him with friendship and fundraisers. While his family must appreciate the dollars amassed for medical care, they probably feel comfort that they are not alone in their struggle due to the outpouring of community care. Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills, authors of “If These Stones Could Talk,” are local rock stars in our community for raising awareness about our area’s authentic African American history. They have a knack for transforming listeners to experience not-so-distant, past history. Between the book and the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, Elaine and Beverly demonstrate their labor of love, and the community has responded in kind. Kim Janel is a one woman show of animal compassion (especially dogs!) She founded the Northeast Animal Support Alliance, that raises money for virtually every shelter in the area and has saved the lives of so many dogs. She will screen families and pups for a perfect fit, bringing sheer joy and happiness to both. You may not know Kim by name but there is a good chance you’ve attended her annual Spring Community Festival and Easter Egg Hunt at Rosedale Mills. When Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space initiated “Community Conservation” with a grant for the Bear Tavern Outdoor Learning Area, they set a goal to install meaningful outdoor spaces at every school. Due to the commitment and tremendous response of community partners, that dream will become a reality in 2020 as all six Hopewell Valley public schools will have beautiful outdoor spaces that include an arboretum, meadows, rain gardens, pollinator corridors, ponds, reflection areas, decks, bird blinds and many more unique features. Most Community Conservation projects are or will be planted by engaged volunteers made up of students, teachers, administrators, and community members. All projects avoided the use of taxpayer dollars and instead were funded by generous partners including Janssen, BMS, Vanessa Sandom and Carl Seiden, The Watershed Institute, Nectars Land-
scape and Design, StewardGreen, HVEF, PTOs, Brandon Farms HOA, Art Sparks, and a Pennington Day Grant. FoHVOS also announced a “Community Conservation” gala that inspired sponsors including many of the previous funding partners and organizations like Bloomberg, Collab Intelligence, Capital Health, PSE&G, Northfield Bank, Stevens & Lee, Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s, D&R Greenway, Lawrence Hopewell Trail, Mercer County Parks, FVHD, and Bank of Princeton all stepped up. Finally, the most heartening response was from neighborhood businesses. Every time there is fundraiser our community taps into our local shops. While their generosity is laudable, I’ve always wondered if they suffer from donor fatigue. After all, there are more causes than stores. The greatest surprise for me was Valley businesses didn’t just give an obligatory donation, they really dug deep! For example, Robin and Jon McConaughy donated their time to lead a tour of Double Brook Farm, plus threw in dinner for four at Brick Farm Tavern. Colonial Farms just across the river donated lunch for 12. Rory from Blue Bottle added lunch for four. Emily’s, Pennington Bagel, Boro Bean, Twirl Toy Shop, Music Together, Bowman’s Hill, Lynne Dorner, 15Landsdowne, and Nectars Landscape all gave multiple gifts! Hopewell Valley Vineyards, Unionville Vineyards, and Sourland Spirits all offered tastings and tours. We are so lucky to have people donating their handmade gifts like Katie Dunham and Elizabeth B designs. New businesses like Dandelion Wishes, Sacherella, and the Sault Hause stepped up. Aunt Chubby’s, Entrata, TJ’s, Cuginos, Antimo’s, Osteria Procaccini, Primo Hoagies, Villa Francesco, and Honey Brook Farm will keep our guests eating and grateful. Jenn Davis Coaching, Amber Spa, PEAC Health and Fitness, and RomYoga will get them back in shape. Amazingly, some people wanted to donate to the event but did not have a good fit from their businesses so Redding’s Plumbing donated Flyer’s tickets and Kim Janel bought Academy of Music Nutcracker tickets and her husband donated a will package. It is humbling to experience the endless bounty of our community. While several community organizations have recognized Mike Rothwell, Pennington Quality Market giving is impossible to overstate. They donated to our gala and provide food for semi-annual Clean Communities Days, and have never said no to our schools. A final shoutout to the editors at The Hopewell Express for a venue to share information and giving Hopewell Valley one of the best local news sources. While preparing for upcoming holiday parties and family time, please take the time to find the owners of these local businesses and not only support them but say thank you. The charm of our community is due to the kind Nature in the Valley.
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SCHORE TO PLEASE Reuinions: where are they now? By Robin Schore
each other’s weddings) got divorced years ago, is on his second marriage and doesn’t Reunions are held primarily so that you even remember being at my wedding. can find out how much better you have Thoughtfully, I emailed him a photo with aged than the contemporaries of your wife number one. I expected to reminisce youth. They also provide an opportunity about how we survived the absurdities of to observe how those once identified as military life, but he didn’t seem interested. A classmate from third grade emailed “most attractive” or “best athlete” are now sporting replacement knees, easily detect- me. On the way home from PS 11, we able face-lifts, embarrassing comb-overs used to tease him until he turned red in and sizable paunches. At least that’s what the face and charged at us swinging his I imagine because I’ve never been to a schoolbag. Back then, he had trouble reading, but in later years was diagnosed reunion, never wanted to go to one. When the very few (two) high school as dyslexic, was taught compensatory classmates with whom I am still in con- strategies and became a prominent psytact encouraged me to attend my 50th chiatrist with a long list of publications. The second smartest person in third reunion, I declined, saying that I didn’t much like my classmates back then and grade after me (I peaked in the third grade didn’t much like myself back then, either. and have been in decline ever since), Of course, since high school, I blossomed soared in high school, was adored by all into the intellectual Adonis that I am now. the boys and went on to graduate from RadWhile I still maintain contact with cliffe. Later in life, she became a Buddhist the few people that I did like in col- ascetic and is now marginally employed. Some people I just didn’t want to hear lege, I never considered going to that 50th reunion either. (Fortunately, grad from. One college classmate who emailed me objected to the speed with which I did schools don’t have reunions.) Then came the Internet and with it the or did not respond to her emails. Then she possibility of “selective reunions” where started to divulge events from her life that one can have electronic contact with were so personal (inappropriate self-disclopeople that one hasn’t communicated sure) that they made me uncomfortable. with in decades. Indeed, the Internet When she wrote that she liked dogs better provides a veritable time capsule with- than people because you could trust dogs, out actually having to see how people I ended our interaction—just too crazy for me. Besides, I don’t even like dogs. have been physically ravaged by time. Hopewell Valley Central High School One high school pal Over the years, I have Googled or FaceHopewell Valleyrecounted Central High School the Entertainment Entertainment Calendar I found to be exquibooked people fromCalendar the past, or they events of his life which November over his wife Googled me or Facebooked and we sitely boring. When he gushed November 1st and 2nd CLUEme, on Stage 1st and 2nd CLUE on Stage th transpired over the as “the love of his life,” I’d heard enough. caught up on what 20 has Choirs Concert “A Night at the Opera” November One colleague from grad school had died 20th Choirs Concert centuries since we last saw one another. December 1st Choirs at Capital Health Tree lighting “A Nightgrad at the Opera” school colMy high school heartthrob whom I of AIDS in 1993. Another rd Winter at Patriots Warresurfaced Memorial league as a noteworthy author hadn’t seenDecember since I3was 16Band andConcert whose par- Theater December th with her book featured on the atfront page ents intercepted my phone calls to her December 5 Winter Orchestra Concert 1st Choirs Capital Health Tree lighting Review. Another viewing meDecember as an 13objectionable creature of the NY Times Book th Chamber Choirs present A Madrigal Dinner and lefty activist, (even then), now has several grandchildren colleague, a Medievalist 3rd Winter Band Concert at All events take place at The Performing Arts Center unless otherwise moved to the West Coast and, most disheartening, is a Republican. Patriots and Theaterbecome War Memoriala real noted My only Army buddy (we attended estate lawyer to the super-rich. Winter Orchestra Concert See our facebook page for additional information Other folks from5thmy past re-emerged https://www.facebook.com/HVMTPA/ on the other side of13ththe law.Choirs Onepresent kid from Chamber A Dinner into his the old neighborhood, Madrigal now well 70s, was lying low inAll South America. His events take place at The Performing Arts Center unlessabout Facebook page combined rants otherwise noted people being falsely accused of sex crimes with right-wing conspiracy screeds. Additional information www.facebook.com/HVMTPA Another more promising lad grew up to Hopewell Valley Central become a doctor but lost his license for preHigh School scribing proscribed medications for himself. Most impressive from a felonious perEntertainment Calendar spective was a woman who sold a bunch of us a collection of not-quite-authentic NOVEMBER Diane Arbus photographs before skipping • 1st and 2nd CLUE on Stage town. Yes, a sucker is born every minute. th • 20 Choirs Concert “A Night at the Opera” An online search revealed that her new DECEMBER residence was in a New Mexico jail where • 1st Choirs at Capital Health Tree lighting she’d was doing time for selling not-quiteauthentic Georgia O’Keefe sculptures. • 3rd Winter Band Concert at Patriots Theater War Memorial She turned out to have been a career criminal characterized in an Albuquerque • 5th Winter Orchestra Concert newspaper as “Queen of the Grifters.” • 13th Chamber Choirs present A Madrigal Dinner Ultimately, my selective reunions All events take place at The Performing Arts Center have ranged from being fascinating to unless otherwise noted. being almost as noxious as the formal ones I have so effectively avoided. At Additional information least I didn’t have to travel or wear a suit. www.facebook.com/HVMTPA Robin Schore lives in Hopewell Borough.
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