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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 of Mercer County’s then-new touchscreen voting machines facing 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 and then hit a large button at the bottom right of the machine to cast her vote. Typically, at this point, the AVC Advantage will make a noise to indicate a vote has been counted. For Harris, nothing happened. Harris exited the privacy booth slightly confused. A poll worker stopped her, and said her vote didn’t register and that she should try again. Harris did, four times with the same results. After the fi fth time, the poll worker shrugged, and said, “Well, I think it worked.” Harris never received definitive confirmation her vote had been cast. To this day, she doesn’t know whether the machine recorded her vote. Harris couldn’t shake the feeling that her vote had been taken away. She asked the county for confirmation or at least an explaSee VOTING, Page 15
Algal blooms saw an increase all over the state this summer— Robbinsville included. West Town Center Lake recently underwent treatment after months of excessive algae build-up due to conditions like elevated levels of nutrients, warmer water and heavy rains that washed chemical runoff from nearby treated lawns and animal waste into the lake. Black Lagoon Pond Management, a Bordentownbased company, administered the treatment. “This year, there has been a big problem with the overabundance of algae not only in our lakes, but around the state,” said Chris Rupp, Robbinsville’s director of public works. “It was a daily news clip on most media stations, talking about how dangerous the algae was to people and animals.” Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey’s largest freshwater body, made headlines after it was forced to close for most of the summer due to excessive algae. It was just one of the bodies of water across the east coast that suffered from the issue. The prominence of excessive algae in New Jersey was reported on by outlets like The New York Times. Many See LAKE, Page 9
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Vedika Mulay, Aashmi Mathhew, Alisha Kulkarni, Shriya Patel, Shrima Patel, Allana John and Mahika Mulay perform at a Diwali celebrtation, held Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 at Robbinsville High School. For more photos, turn to Page 10. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.)
Welcome to the machine Inside Robbinsville’s Amazon warehouse By DiccoN hyatt When it opened in 2014 the Amazon warehouse on Canton Way in Robbinsville instantly became the town’s largest employer and became one of the biggest private companies in the county with its 3,500 workers. Despite its importance, it was hard to know exactly what it was like inside the facility without asking someone who worked there. The com-
pany has recently taken steps to become more transparent. This year, Amazon began offering tours of its warehouses— “fulfillment centers” in company parlance—to the public. U.S. 1 joined one such public tour of the facility on a recent September morning. The walk through the warehouse was led by Kate Pielli of Old Bridge, who worked her way up to tour guide after starting as an entry-level associate. Pielli, who recently celebrated her fourth “Amaversary” of employment, asked not to be quoted for the story. Like a number of other employees in
the facility that day, she was wearing pajamas as part of a childhood cancer treatment fundraiser. Amazon’s 75 fulfillment centers in North America are all named after nearby airports. Robbinsville is dubbed EWR4 for Newark International. (Customers can see which distribution center their packages came from by looking at that airport code.) The warehouse is a massive, fast-moving machine whose purpose it is to sort, package, and send items on their way to customers. The 1.2-millionSee AMAZON, Page 12
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Resident to appear in ‘Catch Me If You Can’ Robbinsville resident and actress Karaline Rosen will be performing in Catch Me If You Can at Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College Nov. 1-2 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. Catch Me If You Can is a musical with a libretto by Terrence McNally and theatrical score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The show is based ased on the true story of one of the most famous con-artists in history, Frank Abagnale Jr. Tickets can be purchased online at kelsey.mccc.edu, at the Kelsey Theatre box office or by calling (609) 570-3333.
Sami’s Law makes headway
Bipartisan legislation named in honor of Samantha “Sami” Josephson—a Robbinsville native who was murdered earlier this year by a predator pretending to be her Uber driver—was taken up Wednesday by the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit hearing entitled “Examining the Future of Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities.” Sami’s Law, which would establish needed protections for ride-share customers across the country, is authored by Republican Rep. Chris Smith with lead Democratic cosponsor, Rep. Tom Suozzi. In the Senate prime sponsor Sen. Ben Cardin introduced a compan-
ion bill. Sami’s Law will require enhanced vehicle identification procedures to create a safer environment for ride-share drivers and customers and to make it harder for those with ill intent to impersonate drivers. “The idea for the legislation came directly from the grieving parents of a young woman brutally murdered by a fake Uber driver,” Smith said. “Now we know there are significant personal safety concerns associated with actual Uber and L yft drivers as well—not just the fakes—that are not well appreciated or publicized. Almost immediately and notwithstanding their excruciating agony over the loss of their precious daughter, Sami’s parents—Seymour and Marci Josephson—began pushing for federal and state legislation to better ensure that no one else loses their life or gets assaulted by a rideshare driver or a predator who pretends to be.” The legislation would require all ride-share vehicles to have a scannable QR code on both back passenger side windows that riders could scan on a smart device to verify their ride before entering a vehicle. The newly reintroduced Sami’s Law HR 4686 additionally provides a rider with the option to opt-out of using a QR code by instead using a four-digit personal authentication number to be verified before entering the vehicle. The personal number was an idea suggested by the National Federation of the Blind—which has endorsed the bill. Sami’s Law also would mandate See AROUND TOWN, Page 8
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AROUND TOWN continued from Page 7 state issued front license plates for ride-share vehicles and illuminated windshield signs visible in the day and at night from a distance of 50 feet. To address reports of sexual assault, the bill also requires the GAO to conduct a study on the prevalence of assault and abuse perpetrated on riders by drivers of ride-hailing vehicles, and on drivers by ride-hailing passengers. The study will also assess the frequency and effectiveness of background checks conducted by ridesharing companies on potential drivers and the state laws on background checks for drivers. States that do not implement the legislation’s regulations will lose one percent of their federal highway funding—a provision that is similar to the federal incentive used to motivate states to raise the drinking age to 21 and to prohibit open alcohol beverage containers in motor vehicles. The Josephsons are also seeking to educate ride-share passengers on the best safety practices, using the acronym S-A-M-I (“Stop, Ask, Match, Inform”) to teach riders to be alert to their surroundings, ensure the car they are entering is the correct ride-share vehicle, ask the driver to identify them by name, and tell friends to track their ride. In May and again in September, the Josephsons met with Members of Congress and staff, and Administration officials to advocate for laws and policies that would protect ride-share passen-
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Fire department receives grant
Recently, the Robbinsville Township Fire Department was awarded a federal grant in the amount of $10,947.61 though the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. The funds will be used to purchase a FIT test machine, which is utilized to test for the appropriate fit of a breathing mask. A FIT test is required for all firefighters as part of a required respiratory protection program. Thanks in large part to the efforts of Robbinsville fire chief Daniel Schaffener, the RTFD has secured 15 AFG grants, which have saved taxpayers a total of $1,415,391.51. This amount does not include three other grants via other programs. The RTFD wishes to thank FEMA, the office of Rep. Chris Smith and Robbinsville Township Administration for supporting the application throughout the process. “In addition to his many duties leading our hard-working Fire Division, Chief Schaffener has dedicated himself to lessening the financial burden on our residents by turning his considerable grant writing skills into an art form,” Mayor Dave Fried said. “We are very blessed to have employees such as Chief Schaffener and his captains— people who genuinely care about their peers, their staff and the community at large.”
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Amazon’s massive Robbinsville facility takes up 1.2 million square feet and has 14 miles of conveyor belts. AMAZON continued from Page 1 square-foot facility is highly efficient at this task: it sometimes takes less than an hour for an item to make its way from the loading dock where it enters the building to leave on a truck headed for a “sortation center” to be loaded onto a delivery van, and from there, a customer’s doorstep. The first impression a visitor receives of the warehouse is its massive size. Volumes of this size are often described in terms of football fields by journalistic convention, and the facility is the size of 21 of them. It’s also loud — some of the employees were wearing ear protection, which Amazon provides for free, along with gloves, from vending machines that are unlocked with the swipe of an employee ID badge. The tour guide could only be heard with the aid of headsets worn by all the warehouse tourists. Part of the warehouse looks like what you might expect a warehouse to look like: items stacked stories high on massive shelves. This area, closed to the public tour, is where bestselling items are stocked. But Amazon didn’t become the country’s third-largest retailer by selling only popular items. Instead, it’s the “everything store,” where customers can order almost anything imaginable from either Amazon itself or from third-party sellers. Those odd items are the ones that flood in by the truckload, sometimes from other fulfillment centers and sometimes from manufacturers or sellers. With these items, the idea of a warehouse is reversed: instead of employees finding items on shelves, the shelves go to the workers, carried on the backs of robots (think an oversized Roomba) to workstations where workers place items on shelves and later remove them for packing. These robots travel inside a giant cage, their movements guided by bar codes on the floor. Amazon has been expanding its use of robotics and now uses 100,000 robots throughout its facilities. In 2012 it acquired robotics maker Kiva and renamed it Amazon Robotics, so it could
develop machines specifically to suit the company. At the Robbinsville warehouse the power of automation is on full display. Computers determine the course of and track the progress of every single item that goes through the warehouse. After a box is unpacked, a worker scans its barcode, and an algorithm finds shelf space for it. It arrives at a sorting station, where a screen tells a worker which shelf to put each item on. There is no apparent rhyme or reason to the placement other than size: a jar of mustard might be next to a school textbook and a can of dog food. The system is called “chaotic stowing.” (As a robotics facility, EWR4 only handles small items that can fit on the robot shelves. Larger goods are routed to other fulfillment centers.) The flat robots with shelves on their backs are not the only automatons at work. Elsewhere, self-driving vehicles carry stacks of flattened cardboard boxes, or the ubiquitous yellow totes that are used to transport items from place to place. The vehicles travel along pre-defined marked paths through the warehouse. They use turn signals and stop at crosswalks and can stop automatically if someone is in the way. At a picking station a worker takes items off the shelves and puts them in yellow totes that go onto a conveyor belt. The tour stopped to observe a “picker” at work. A shelf rolled up to his workstation and a light shone on the shelf where his target was located while an image of the product flashed on a computer screen. He reached into the bin, found the item he needed out of the chaotic assortment of goods, scanned it, and placed it in a bin marked by a green light, then shoved the bin onto a conveyor belt to continue its journey. Each shelf unit had two or three items for him to retrieve, then it would move away and another would approach immediately, with several more item requests. The pace was relentless: the worker was in constant motion throughout the few minutes we looked at him. There was never a time where he wasn’t
The background noise in Amazon’s warehouse is loud enough that tour guides must use headsets to talk to visitors. performing a task. The workers are assisted in their tasks by labor-saving machinery that automates as much as possible. About 14 miles of conveyor belts do much of the moving of devices. At a packing station a computer-automated dispenser doles out rolls of tape cut to the perfect length, taking away the guesswork of packing boxes. Box sizes are also automatically determined based on the description provided by the manufacturer, and errors here sometimes result in a small item being packed inside a comically large box. Packages with some sort of problem, such as an inconsistency between expected and measured weight at some point along the line, are shunted off to the side to receive some human troubleshooting attention — packages designated for same-day delivery get attended to first. This is one job, requiring judgment, that is unlikely to be automated away no matter how advanced Amazon’s robots get. Another is quality control, where workers check for damage, mismatched descriptions, and other problems. Later on the conveyor belt, Scan, Label, Apply, and Manifest machines finish readying the packages. One machine shoots delivery labels onto boxes with puffs of air. Finally, as they pass by the loading area at the opposite side of the warehouse from where they came in, plates shove boxes into chutes leading to the correct loading area, where workers stack them onto trucks. By the time it leaves the warehouse, each package will have been handled by several people, but only for a few seconds at a time. In 2016 the company told CNN Business that between taking an item off the shelf, boxing, and shipping it, each item took about one minute total of human labor, with the rest of the work being done by robots and automated systems. All this automation helps Amazon provide the free two-day delivery that Amazon Prime members have come to expect. Somewhat counter-intuitively, Amazon has added workers even as it
has increased automation because the number of orders has increased dramatically and along with it the need for labor. The efficiency of the process is a definite boon to consumers, but something of a double-edge sword: many of the nonrobot tasks remaining to low-level workers are repetitious by their nature. Some workers feel like they themselves are pushed hard and treated like machines. This fast pace of work is at the core of criticism of working conditions at Amazon warehouses by labor advocates as well as current and former employees. “We are humans, not robots!” That’s what the employee-made signs said at a small demonstration staged last July on “Prime Day” at an Amazon warehouse in Minneapolis. By all accounts it was not a large walkout and didn’t seem to slow down the online retail company’s operations at all: The company sold more than 175 million items over the length of the two-day sale, breaking previous records. (The most recent labor demonstration at the Robbinsville location took place in December and was attended by union advocates and former employees but not current employees.) In fall, 2018, Rutgers University’s Kairos magazine published an investigation of working conditions at Amazon and included an interview with Amanda Winckelman, a former picker at Robbinsville. She said the job was “very physically gruelling” and that “you do the same thing over and over again.” A workday for an Amazon warehouse associate is governed by computer algorithms, which tell him or her where to put items, but also set a pace for how much work to do during the course of a shift. Those who fall behind are “coached” to improve performance or eventually are fired if they can’t meet the quotas. Full-time Amazon employees, which comprise 95 percent of the EWR workforce, do 10-hour shifts with two 15-minute paid breaks and a half-hour unpaid lunch breaking up the workday. Overtime, paid at time-and-half, See AMAZON, Page 14
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AMAZON continued from Page 13 can extend that work-week even longer. There is a day shift and a night shift, with start times staggered to relieve traffic and parking problems. Seniority plays a role in which shift workers are put on, so new hires are likely to be on the night shift, with skilled veterans on duty during the day. Amazon has also been criticized for workplace accidents. A report from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, a nonprofit group promoting workplace safety, said that 13 people have died working for Amazon since 2013, six of them in the seven months leading up to April, 2019. Amazon’s direct employees are paid well for the industry. The company pays a minimum of $15 an hour to workers nationwide, requiring no education and no experience for many positions. In response to older complaints about working conditions, it has installed air conditioning in every one of its warehouses. Workers say the pay and benefits — such as health insurance and 401(k) contribution matching — are better than industry competitors and other entry-level jobs. Amazon advertises $16.10 an hour minimum pay in commercials recruit-
ing workers for the Robbinsville location. Many benefits kick in on day one, and after a year employees earn additional perks such as six weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave. Amazon also pays tuition for employees to attend community college as long as they are studying for a high-demand occupation such as nurse, paralegal, or pharmacy tech. While Amazon does offer a stock ownership program for employees, the rise of the company has overwhelmingly benefitted those at the top. The company had $232.9 billion in sales in 2018, and the net worth of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is estimated at $107.8 billion, making him one of the richest people on the planet. Amazon made more than $11 billion in profit in 2018 and paid no federal income tax. Amazon is constantly recruiting new workers, especially during the rush to fill Christmas orders, when demand is at its peak. During the visit in September, the recruitment office where the tour kicked off had a line of new hires, and there were ads on job-seeking websites looking for entry-level associates as well as management positions. To sign up for a tour, visit aboutamazon.com.
‘We are humans, not robots!’ That’s what the employeemade signs said at a small demonstration staged last July at an Amazon warehouse in Minneapolis.
VOTING continued from Page 1 nation. She didn’t get answers, but she did earn a new nickname, 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 direct-recording 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 and through the administrations of three governors. “It just dragged on and on,” Harris said. Eventually, a team of experts convinced the court that New Jersey’s DRE voting machines were in fact vulnerable and insecure. They showed the machines could be hacked, often in less than 10 minutes and at little expense. 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. When New Jersey voters go to the polls Nov. 5, however, most of them will be using the same type of machine Harris did 15 years ago. On Election Day 2019, the 2020 presidential primaries in New Jersey will be just seven months away. Some counties 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. It also puts Mercer County in the minority nationally, according to a report published in August by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. The report figures that only one-third of local election jurisdictions are using voting machines at least 10 years old. This past summer, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a report on the Russian government’s attacks on American’s election infrastructure. The report said there was an urgent need to secure America’s voting machines. It 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 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 of the Sequoia AVC Advantage through its front panel. Johnston at the time worked for Argonne National Laboratory, assessing threats to the United States’ national security. He 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. Once installed, the new chip will cause the machine to switch votes from one candidate to another until either the machine or the chip is replaced. “You have to pick the lock,” Appel said. “You can pick that lock in 15 seconds, even if you have no skill in lock picking at all. Then you have to unscrew 10 screws. You have to pry out the chip, put in a new chip. Most of the seven minutes is unscrewing
screws and putting them back in.” In other words, could anyone alone with a DRE voting machine for a short amount of time influence elections for at least a decade? “Yeah, they’re the worst,” Appel said. 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.” Appel further proved just how insecure the entire system is in 2007, when he managed to buy five AVC Advantage machines on the internet from Buncombe County, North Carolina. It cost him $82. *** Mercer County has 600 Sequoia AVC See VOTING, Page 16
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VOTING continued from Page 15 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. The warehouse contains nearly all of the equipment needed to hold an election in Mercer County. Voting machines only leave the warehouse whenever there is an election. The county inspects each machine the Tuesday before the election. The county’s contracted movers, Broadway Movers, begin transferring machines from the warehouse to polling places immediately after inspection has concluded. The same movers pick up the machines a day or two after the election. 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 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 actually dates from the same era, approximately 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. A staff member from the county clerk’s office is on hand at each municipality to observe the proceedings, and to bring the results cartridges back to the county 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. She can only give feedback, and work with the equipment she has now. “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. The malfunction allowed voters to cast votes in the primary for a party other than their own, namely Democrats attempting to write-in “Hillary Clinton” in the Republican primary. 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 trying to explain what caused the error. “Election officials across the country have been pretty good in understanding the science and moving towards better
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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. The state’s efforts started just months after Harris’ case was filed. In March 2005, four assemblymen—including Gusciora and fellow Democrat Herb Conaway, who represents portions of Burlington and Camden counties—introduced Assembly Bill 33. The bill would require all voting machines in New Jersey 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 produce 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 extended the paper trail deadline three times, until it finally removed the deadline component of the legislation in 2009, saying the technology would be mandatory as soon as funds became available. In a statement dated Jan. 26, 2009, the Assembly’s state government committee wrote that the suspension had to be done due to the state’s precarious finances. The state anticipated a $2.1-billion budget gap in 2009, with an even larger one in 2010. “Although $19 million in state funds had been set aside to help pay the costs of retrofitting the direct recording electronic voting machines used in 18 of the state’s 21 counties, this money is no longer available for that purpose,” the statement said. “The funds have been placed in reserve to help the state meeting its urgent fiscal obligations and balance its budgets.” The legislature approved the removal of the deadline by wide margins. Mercer County representatives in the Senate and Assembly were among the few to oppose the measure: Republican Bill Baroni and Democrat Shirley Turner in the Senate and Gusciora in the Assembly. 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. “We have two good laws on the books,” Harris said. “Neither of them work because they’re still waiting for funding. You have this terrible situation, and no one’s doing anything about it.” 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. (Democrat Andrew Zwicker, who represents portions of Hunterdon, Mercer and Middlesex counties, was one of them.) A few weeks later, in June 2018, the Senate received a companion bill, with two primary sponsors and Linda Greenstein (D-Mercer/Middlesex) co-sponsoring. 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. The program would start by providing new optical scan machines to three counties for the first general election following the bill’s approval. The secretary of state would select one county each in the Northern, Central and Southern parts of the state. The program would then add six counties every year over the next three years, until all of the state's 21 counties are using paper ballots with optical scanners. It would require every county to conduct a risk-limiting audit, recounting a statistically significant number of paper ballots to ensure the results match the tally returned by the optical scan machines. Many experts, including Appel, prefer this optical scan technology because 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.” As a bonus, every county clerk in New Jersey already uses similar technology with vote-by-mail ballots. 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. The county placed one optical scan machine in one voting district. Everything went so smoothly, SollamiCovello said, that she and other election 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, and Cimino worried about voter and poll worker confusion should different machines be used in the primary and general elections. 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, and counties still have plenty of time to act. Most clerks want six months to switch a voting system, but the state of Virginia—wary of its touchscreen machines—swapped technologies in just three months. With seven months until the June 2 primary, 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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DAM SITE continued from Page 19 reasons the county should drop the Dam Site 21 project. She previously had requested the parks commission consider traffic along Hughes Drive, the impact of construction, security and maintenance and the close proximity to Mercer County Park. Mercer County Parks Commission executive director Aaron Watson, in a Oct. 17 reply to Yaede, defended the project, saying, “While a group of vocal opponents exists, we would hope that Hamiltonians would discount the mistruths that a small interest group has been propagating and see the Dam Site 21 Master Planning process for what it truly is: a transparent public process to develop a long-range plan to improve a county-owned natural area for the benefit of Mercer County residents and our native wildlife species.” Many of Yaede’s talking points were based on conversations she had with residents in the area. One of those residents is Mike Kerwick, who lives on Hughes Drive in Hamilton. He worries about the park’s impact on the property value of his home if the traffic along Hughes Drive increases. “If we attempt to get into or out of our driveway at busy business hours, we could sit there for 2 to 3 minutes,” Kerwick said. “It doesn’t seem like a long time but it is a long time to get in and out of your driveway.” In a letter written by Spadaccini to the board of trustees of the commission, he asked that “if you build the proposed improvements at [Dam Site 21], you alleviate any and all of the traffic issues at the site.” Accident statistics for Hughes Drive between Edinburg Road and Flock Road from Jan. 1, 2016 to May 28, 2019 show 77 motor vehicle crashes in the area, according to data from the township. When asked about conducting a traffic study, Cucchi says they are not too concerned about the new park increasing traffic. He added the county relies on existing traffic information and information collected about the property itself and the surrounding neighborhoods. “There is a traffic problem on Hughes Drive,” Cucchi said. “However, our consultants have assured us that even at the busiest times, the use of the dam site if implemented will have no impact on the overall traffic issues that exist now.” Spaddacini and his wife Jacqueline believe not enough residents know about the project and the possible issues surrounding its implementation. They have established friendsofdamsite21. org, a website whose mission statement is to “stop the unnecessary development” of the site. Spadaccini also claims to have started a petition against the project that has collected more than 800 signatures. He did not provide the Hamilton Post with proof of this petition, but the Post did access an online petition through the Friends of Dam Site 21 website that had 294 signatures as of Oct. 16. An eight-page letter written by Spadaccini to the Board of Trustees
addressing all of his concerns about Dam Site 21 is also available on the website. “No one has a problem with cleaning up the trails that are there now,” Spaddacini says. “If you can do all that without impacting anyone, why wouldn’t you do that?” He believes that the potential plans of developing public parking lots and installing public restrooms as well as increased security leading to construction will remove the “passive” elements of the site’s plans. However, Cucchi believes that parking lots are necessary. “If we didn’t establish parking lots people would start parking on the road, a lot of neighbors highlighted concerns of parking on the street, so we have been careful to consider parking lots on the property,” he says. Cucchi acknowledges that Dam Site 21 is less than two miles away from Mercer County Park, and has heard suggestions to install the proposed amenities at the existing park instead. “We’re not seeking to replicate the park,” he says, pointing out that active recreation such as soccer games takes place there. “There will be two very different feels if the Dam Site 21 master plan is implemented.” The funding for the plan would come from an Open Space Preservation trust fund that county voters adopted several years ago and from the state’s Green Acres program that provides funding for park development, according to Cucchi. The county has chosen Simone Collins Landscaping Architecture to be apart of the planning of the site. Slides of the preliminary concepts of the commission’s plan, as well as minutes from the first two public meetings, are available on mercercountyparks.org. A public survey is also available, presenting all of the suggestions and improvements of the site that Cucchi says they are taking into consideration. “We are excited about not only addressing the concerns that a small amount of neighbors have but doing so in a way that it benefits the county residents as a whole,” Cucchi says. “We are making sure neighbors have a voice in this process before decisions are made about the park plan.” At the Nov. 12 meeting, a draft plan will be presented to the public, which then has 60 days to provide feedback to the county. Based on the feedback, the county will finalize the plan and present it to the parks commission, who then will make the decision to ultimately approve it or not. Cucchi said the park will improve property values and the quality of life of people living near the park. He also predicted residents throughout the region could reap benefits from the project. “We believe that having a park that is a 10-minute walk away or easy walk or drive is an important quality of life feature,” Cucchi says. “By improving Dam Site 21, we will be improving water quality downstream all the way to the Delaware River.”
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‘Goal-hungry’ Sabol leads RHS girls’ soccer on offense By Rich Fisher In watching Julia Sabol perform on the soccer field, she looks like a girl who has had the sport in her blood for a lifetime. Her hustle is unquestioned, her ability stands out and she appears to enjoy the game. It’s hard to believe that as a little kid, she would wear a pouty face driving to her recreation games. “I actually hated soccer, when I was like five, six, seven,” the Robbinsville High senior said. “I’m not sure why. My parents have pictures of me crying on the field and then I turned into some loving soccer player; it’s always been my favorite sport since then.” The obvious question is, what changed? “My dad and a couple of my friends’ dads and a mom started a soccer team with the GAK (German American Kickers in Hamilton) and we just took it up from there and traveled,” Sabol said. “It was just a little town team that we started, me and (Raven teammates) Julia Dottino and Ava Lake. We just all formed a bond and we’ve been together ever since.” Sabol also plays on the Robbinsville golf team. But, she insisted that, “soccer is definitely my sport.” She has shown that in a big way this season. After scoring just one goal as a junior, which was her first varsity season, Sabol erupted this year. As the Ravens entered the state tournament with a 7-7-1 record, the attacking midfielder had 11 goals. “She’s stepped up big,” coach Caitlyn Curran said. “She’s been four years in the program and she’s found her stride this year. She’s goal-hungry. She does what she needs to do, she’s tactically sound, technically very skilled and it’s worked in her favor this year.”
Asked if she is surprised by her effort, Sabol didn’t hesitate on the answer. “Yes, I am,” she said with a smile. “I’m very surprised.” So, what has led to this amazement? “I think it’s just because it’s the big senior year, you have one season left, you want to produce well,” Sabol said. “I’m going off to college next year so it’s pretty important to make your mark now. My team is just creating the opportunities, and sending the balls where there’s space and it’s just kind of worked out.” And while the player may be taken aback by her efforts, the coach had a feeling all along that Sabol would eventually contribute, as she believes in omens. “I actually have a picture on my office wall of her during her freshman year; she got brought up for the state tournament when we won sectionals,” Curran said. “The seed had already been planted that she would make an impact in this program and she has done so in the past four years.” Sabol played on the JV team as a freshman and swung between JV and varsity during her sophomore year. She was fulltime varsity last season and saw regular time before blossoming this fall. It helps being in the same position, as she has journeyed around the pitch throughout her travel and high school careers. “When I was little I started off as a defender,” Sabol said. “Then I became a striker, moved to center-mid, then played mostly outside mid but still center-mid. I was all over the place.” Throughout her rise up the ranks, she has shown constant improvement despite constantly learning new positions. “She has progressed every day,” Curran said. “It’s why she’s a leader on this team, why she deserves to be on the field. What she is able to do helps us get better. I saw
Robbinsville soccer’s Julia Sabol has scored 11 goals this season. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) a big difference in her this year, absolutely, in her confidence. We’ve talked about that and just kind of knowing what you need to do to work to your strengths and not to your weaknesses. It’s kind of all worked out for her this year.” One look at the statistics indicate how important Sabol’s scoring is to the Ravens. She tallied at least one goal in every one of their first seven victories. The Ravens were 0-6-1 in games where Sabol was held scoreless. “Being she’s our leading goal scorer, there’s been a little bit of pressure put on her that we need her on the field and we need her to do her job, which is to score goals,” Curran said. “If I were on the opposing team I would definitely take
a look at her numbers and say ‘They’ve got a girl who has 11 goals, we need to make sure she does not score.’” One defensive slip-up, however, and Sabol will make a team pay. “It’s all about the opportunity,” she said. “I like to create the space and send the balls where they need to go; but if I have the opportunity I have to take it.” And she has the skills to know what to do with those opportunities. “She’s very good with her feet; she’s confident with her feet,” Curran said. “She knows when to explode into space, she knows how to find the ball and once she finds the ball she sees the goal and she knows she’s gotta get there.” Perhaps her biggest attribute is that intangible that all great scorers possess —a fierce desire to score. “You can’t coach that,” Curran said. “Even that intensity, that drive, that’s something that’s been bred in her. I take no coaching credit for that. That’s just who she is and why she’s been successful.” Aside from scoring, Sabol is also adept at taking restarts, and usually lofts a threatening corner kick into the box. “I’ve always taken the free kicks and corner kicks,” she said. “You just have to see the spot where you want to place it.” She is already seeing her spot when it comes to college, but is not quite sure where she will place herself just yet, other than in a warm-weather region. “I will definitely be down south, maybe South Carolina, Florida, maybe Georgia,” said Sabol, who has a 4.085 grade point average. “I’m thinking of majoring in biology and going into embryology. My mom worked for some genetic and fertility companies, that kind of got me interested.” Which goes along with her interest in soccer—something that seemed unlikely a decade ago.
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Monaco a force for Irish football By Rich Fisher It was August, 2016 and Notre Dame High School freshman Ryan Monaco was at his first organized football camp. When the Irish coaches told everyone to get in the position line of their choice, the fairly massive Monaco went with the receivers. That didn’t last long. “They saw me and put me in with the linemen,” he said with a grin. “I wanted to always be a receiver. I’ve always been fast for my size. But I was like 190 pounds my freshman year. So I figured ‘If this is how I’ll be able to play and get a spot, I might as well do it.’” It turned out to be the right move for all involved. Monaco has been the Irish’s starting center the past two years and has anchored an offensive line that sparks Mercer County’s most explosive offense. The Irish started 7-0 and won every game by the 35-point mercy rule. “He plays with a motor that’s going 150 miles per hour at all times,” coach Sean Clancy said. “He makes our offensive blocking calls, he has worked so hard in the weight room over the last couple years to really build up his body. He’s a strong student. All the kids really respect him.” Not to mention, his technique is solid, which is the most important factor in opening holes for running backs and protecting the quarterback. “He’s very aggressive,” Clancy said. “He stays on his blocks, he uses his hands well, he has good footwork. We haven’t had a problem with a snap in a game in two years.” What makes this all so impressive is that Monaco never played football before entering Notre Dame, and he had to overcome a serious health issue midway through high school. Growing up in Robbinsville, Monaco had a heavy frame that kept him from joining the PAL program. “There was a weight limit so if I wanted to play I’d have to play with older guys,” he said. “I’ve played baseball in Robbinsville Little League and all through my life, but I always wanted to play football. My friends always played and just hearing them tell all the stories of how fun it was, I really wanted to get out there and get going.” Thus, when he arrived at Notre Dame he immediately signed up for the team.
Lineman Ryan Monaco has been key to Notre Dame’s 7-0 season. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) And even if he couldn’t play receiver, Monaco was willing to do whatever it took. He immediately went to work with Irish strength coach John McKenna to turn baby fat into muscle. “Going into the weight room every day and just grinding, it really got me going,” said Ryan, who played left tackle his freshman year and went both ways as a guard and defensive end on the JV team as a sophomore. Clancy, who was an assistant at the time, loved Monaco’s mindset from the get-go. “What you can really judge with a freshman is their intensity on the field and their competitiveness and their ability to be active on the field,” the coach said. “He definitely demonstrated that as a freshman and a sophomore.” It helped that the physicality of the line did not faze Monaco. “I kind of expected it, that I’d have to muscle people, release my physical ability,” he said. “Just be bigger than everyone.” The fact Monaco had no previous experience was actually considered a blessing by Clancy. “I think in general his skills were pretty good,” the coach said. “Sometimes it’s an advantage when the kids haven’t played.
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They haven’t picked up techniques. We run a different kind of offense than a lot of other programs, so sometimes we have to teach kids how to block and how to use their hands. He’s always been a very fast learner.” Monaco agreed, saying, “I didn’t pick up any bad mistakes or I wasn’t doing anything wrong where I had to be retaught. I came in with a clean slate.” He was primed to make varsity as a junior but had to clear a hurdle in July when he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. “I went from 225 pounds to 179 in August, and I didn’t think I would be ready to play,” Monaco said. “It just got me more motivated to get back on the field and get back to battling with my brothers. “Coach McKenna called me up and said ‘We’re gonna get through this, you’ll get back on the field even if I have to sit next to you on the sideline, you’re gonna play.’ I ended up playing the whole season last year and every game this year.” Monaco gives himself insulin shots and trainer Mallory Klapsogeorge monitors his sugar levels on the sidelines. If necessary, she will serve up some Gatorade to get his sugar up. “It’s all good,” he said. Monaco returned to the field in time to start both ways in the opening game against Allentown last year, which he would do the remainder of the season. One thing changed, however. “They moved me (from guard) to center after the Allentown game,” Monaco said. “They had a center and he left after the first game so I got the start. I was pretty good snapping the ball so they said ‘You’re gonna play center.’”
Ryan made the switch by using what he called “muscle memory.” “You go to the same place every time,” he said. “Hit the back of my butt when I snap it; be in the same position, keep my balance, make sure I’m quick when I’m done snapping to get my hands ready to block.” Clancy noted that Notre Dame’s blocking schemes are somewhat different than other high school teams. “Our offensive line is asked to do quite a few things other offensive lines aren’t asked to do,” he said. “Just the way we block, the way we pull, the way we ask them to be able to make decisions in space. We don’t do a ton of zone blocking, we don’t do a ton of big on big blocking, which is fundamentally easier. So he has to identify who his target is coming off the double team, he has to be able to roll to the right person and also, Ryan’s block is the key to the success of the run.” That’s a bit of pressure to put on the guy, but Monaco has handled it well. He is only playing offense this year and, while he misses being on defense, he does feel fresher as the games wear on. Off the field, Monaco has amassed a 3.5 grade point average and is a member of Catholic Athletes for Christ, the Italian Club and Peer Leadership. He is looking into playing college football and has been in contact with Division III schools Wilkes, Catholic and Ursinus. At 6-feet, 210 pounds, Monaco won’t focus on Division I schools since “My size is holding me back” Despite that size, rest assured he won’t be in the receivers’ line once he gets to college. He has found a home on the line.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Friday, November 1
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. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. njstatehousetours. org. Tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act. See artwork incorporated into the capitol complex including stained glass, tilework, paintings, and sculptures. Reservations required. 1:30 p.m. Sing-Along with Miss Amy, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. For children of all ages accompanied by adults. Register. 10:30 a.m. First Friday Story Time, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-3218. abbottmarshlands.org. Story, craft, or activity. Free. 10:30 a.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.
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. Saturday Night Live Music, Thomas Sweet, 64 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-269-5630. thomassweet. com. McAuliffe and DeRosa perform. 7 p.m. Wellness Walk, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-8883218. abbottmarshlands.org. Guided outdoor walk. Free. 10 a.m. Interpretation Through Movement, Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, 609-249-0210. groundsforsculpture. org. Interference Fringe/TALLUR L.N. Spotlight Series. $20. 1:30 p.m. Dwight “Doc” Gooden, Hamilton Tap & Grill, 557 Route 130, Hamilton, 609-905-0925. fancitsports.homesteadcloud.com. Meetand-greet and luncheon with the former Mets and Yankees player. $25-$100. 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, November 3
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. 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. Sports Card and Collectibles Show, Town Inn, 1083 Route 206 North, Bordentown, 732-690-2476. rksportspromotions.com. $2. Children under 6 free. 9 a.m.
Monday, November 4
Harry Camisa, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl. org. Talk and book signing by the author of “Inside Out: Fifty Years Behind the Walls of New Jersey’s Trenton State Prison.” Free. 7 p.m. Medicare Open Enrollment for 2020, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Information on coverage. Register. 7 p.m. Bilingual Story Time, Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin Street, Hightstown, 609-448-1474. mcl.org. Stories, games, music and crafts for ages 2-5 in Spanish and English. 10:30 a.m. Little Explorers, Robbinsville Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Hands-on science activities for ages 3-5 accompanied by adults. Registration required. 2 p.m. Crazy 8s Math Club, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Hands-on math
games for grades K-3. Register. 5:30 p.m. Kids’ Math, Money & Monopoly, Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin Street, Hightstown, 609-448-1474. mcl. org. Ages 8-12 use board games to practice math and money skills. 6:30 p.m. Gerrymandering and Redistricting in NJ: Draw Your Own Congressional Map, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Interactive class. Registration required. 7 p.m. Robbinsville Township Environmental Commission, Robbinsville Township Municipal Office, 2298 Route 33, Robbinsville, 609-259-3600 ext. 1120. robbinsville-twp. org. Monthly meeting. 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 5
Knit & Crochet Corner, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Bring a project to work on. For all skill levels. Registration required. 10 a.m. Fall Mini Medical School, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Eight-week course taught by RWJ Hamilton physicians. $100. High school students free. Register. 6 p.m. Storytime, Robbinsville Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, 609-259-2150. mcl. org. Stories, songs and crafts for ages 2-5 accompanied by adults. Registration required. 10 a.m. Watson Woods Walking Club, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-3218. abbottmarshlands.org. Easy group walk. Free. 10:30 a.m.
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Wednesday, November 6
Harlem 100, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Multi-media show featuring the sights and sounds of the Harlem Renaissance, from Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday to Langston Hughes and Ethel Waters. 7:30 p.m. Culinary Tasting, Mercer County Community College Culinary/Pastry Program, MCCC Cafeteria, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. mcc.edu. Tasting of food from area restaurants and silent auction. Scholarship fundraiser. $50. 6 p.m. Get Friendly with Facebook, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Instruction on the basics of Facebook. Free. Register. 1 p.m. Storytime, Robbinsville Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, 609-259-2150. mcl. org. Stories, songs and crafts for ages 2-5 accompanied by adults. Registration required. 10 a.m. Little Explorers, Robbinsville Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Hands-on science activities for ages 3-5 accompanied by adults. Registration required. 11 a.m. Tea and Tour, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. morven. org. A docent-led tour of the museum followed by tea and refreshments. Registration required. $22. 1 p.m.
Thursday, November 7
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. Conversational ESL, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Must have basic
English skills. Registration required. 7 p.m. Fall Into Wellness, Capitol County Children’s Collaborative, 3535 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton. capitolkids.org. Resource fair with information on wellness resources, family health and nutrition, music therapy. Free. Noon. 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. Storytime, Robbinsville Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, 609-259-2150. mcl. org. Stories, songs and crafts for ages 2-5 accompanied by adults. Registration required. 10 a.m. Romp & Stomp, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Music and movement program for ages 2-5. Register. 11 a.m. Create a ..., Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609259-2150. mcl.org. Register. 11 a.m.
Friday, November 8
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. Through November 17. 8 p.m. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. njstatehousetours. org. Tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act. See artwork incorporated into the capitol complex including stained glass, tilework, paintings, and sculptures. Reservations re-
quired. 1:30 p.m. Dick Gratton and Kim Rogers, Cook Athletic Association, 411 Hobart Avenue, Hamilton, 609-941-8114. Jazz Night. 6 p.m. The Teachers’ Lounge, Pegasus Theatre Company, Mastoris Diner, 144 Route 130, Bordentown, 609-759-0045. pegasustheatrenj.wellattended.com. Improv Comedy Night. $35 includes buffet dinner. 6:30 p.m. Robbery of the Heart, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Movie screening. Registration required. 2 p.m. Medicare Update 2020, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Information on changes in benefits. Free. Register. 1:30 p.m. Babytime, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609259-2150. mcl.org. Class for ages 6-24 months accompanied by adults. Register. 10:30 a.m. Lego Club, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609259-2150. mcl.org. For grades K and older. Register. 2 p.m.
Saturday, November 9
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. and 8 p.m. Saturday Night Live Music, Thomas Sweet, 64 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-269-5630. thomassweet. com. Ragtime Relics perform. 7 p.m. Southside Wanderers, Ivy Tavern, 3108 South Broad Street, Hamilton, 609-888-
1435. Oldies, Motown, British Invasion and classic rock. Free. 9 p.m. Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl. org. Presentation. Register. 2 p.m.
Sunday, November 10
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.
Monday, November 11
Know More About Hearing Aids, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-5845900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Lunch and learn event. Free. Register. Noon. Meetings, PFLAG Princeton, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton. pflagprinceton.org. Support group for families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Peerfacilitated discussion and information sharing in a safe, confidential, non-judgmental setting. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 12
Fit, Food, Fun Dinner & Social, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Three-course meal featuring locally sourced foods and networking. $75. Register. 6:30 p.m. Overcoming Social Anxiety Step-by-Step, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609584-5900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Assistance in signing up for or making changes to pre-
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CALENDAR continued from Page 27 scription plans. Free. Register. 6:30 p.m. The McKenzie Method for Back and Neck Pain, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609259-2150. mcl.org. Register. 7 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation Practice, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 350 Whitehorse Avenue, Hamilton, 609-585-7087. peaceofmindful.org. For beginner and experienced meditators. $5. 6:30 p.m. Veterans Brunch, Friendly’s, 1031 Washington Boulevard, Robbinsville, 609-7758681. Free brunch for veterans. Register. 10:30 a.m. Watson Woods Walking Club, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-3218. abbottmarshlands.org. Easy group walk. Free. 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 13
Stitch-a-thon Extra Help, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. embroiderycircle. wixsite.com. Review of hand embroidery stitches. 6:30 p.m. Diagnosis and Treatment of Carpal Tunnel
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Thursday, November 14
Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 295 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor. groversmillcoffee.com. Free. 7 p.m. Discover Your Entertaining Style, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl. org. Holiday and event planning tips. Register. 7 p.m. Medicare Part D Enrollment Event, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-5845900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Assistance in signing up for or making changes to prescription plans. Free. Register. 10 a.m. The Future of Neuroscience, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-5845900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. New therapies and surgical techniques for neurological health. Free. Register. 6 p.m. Romp & Stomp, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville,
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Friday, November 15
Life is Strange 4, PCM Theatre, Open Arts PAC, 146 Route 130, Bordentown, 609439-9320. pcmtheatre.com. Seven oneact comedies by local writers. $20. 7:30 p.m. 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. 8 p.m. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. njstatehousetours. org. Tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act. See artwork incorporated into the capitol complex including stained glass, tilework, paintings, and sculptures. Reservations re-
quired. 1:30 p.m. Southside Wanderers, The Sticky Wicket, 2465 S. Broad Street, Hamilton, 609-439007. Oldies, Motown, British Invasion and classic rock. Free. 9 p.m. Professonal Resume Help, Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin Street, Hightstown, 609-448-1474. mcl.org. Bring a resume to review. Register. 2 p.m. Empowering Caregivers, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Conference for caregivers. Free. Register. 5 p.m. Babytime, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609259-2150. mcl.org. Class for ages 6-24 months accompanied by adults. Register. 10:30 a.m.
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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.
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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. Life is Strange 4, PCM Theatre, Open Arts PAC, 146 Route 130, Bordentown, 609439-9320. pcmtheatre.com. Seven oneact comedies by local writers. $20. 4 p.m. The Genetic Founders of the Jewish People, Mercer County Genealogy Society, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor, 609-4434454. bethel.net. Discussion. 7:30 p.m. Historical and Architectural Walking Tours of Cranbury, Cranbury Museum, 4 Park Place East, Cranbury, 609-819-1359. $7. Register. 2 p.m. Sports Card and Collectibles Show, Town Inn, 1083 Route 206 North, Bordentown, 732-690-2476. rksportspromotions.com. $2. Children under 6 free. 9 a.m.
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PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Meet to discuss all types of anxiety disorders. 7 p.m. Crazy 8s Math Club, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Hands-on math games for grades K-3. Register. 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 19
Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. facebook.com/ trentonsocial. Hosted by Sean Ladden and Kyle Walter, 8 p.m. Weight Loss: Medical and Surgical Options, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609584-5900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Free. Register. 6 p.m. Orthopedics Open House: Joint Replacement, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. Information on advances in knee and hip replacement surgery. Free. Register. 6 p.m. How to Stop Stress from Stealing Your Health, RWJ Hamilton Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org/hamilton. 60-second solutions for dealing with stress. Free. Register. 6:30 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation Practice, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 350 Whitehorse Avenue, Hamilton, 609-585-7087. peaceofmindful.org. For beginner and experienced meditators. $5. 6:30 p.m. Watson Woods Walking Club, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-3218. abbottmarshlands.org. Easy group walk. Free. 10:30 a.m.
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Country Line Dancing Class, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609393-7300. coopersnj.com. $10. 7 p.m. Tea and Tour, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. morven. org. A docent-led tour of the museum followed by tea and refreshments. Registration required. $22. 1 p.m.
Thursday, November 21
Mostly Modern, Lakefront Gallery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton. rwjbh.org. Exhibit of work by members of the Central Jersey Modern Quilt Guild and the Princeton Photograhy Club. Opening reception. 5:30 p.m. Gail Siggelakis, Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Road, East Windsor, 609-4431880. mcl.org. Talk by the author of “The Affirming Way of Life.” Register. 7 p.m. National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. 7:30 p.m. Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 295 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor. groversmillcoffee.com. Free. 7 p.m. 60 Seconds to Less Stress, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Register. 7 p.m. Romp & Stomp, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Music and movement program for ages 2-5. Register. 11 a.m. Create a ..., Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609259-2150. mcl.org. Register. 11 a.m.
Artists in Conversation, Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamiilton, 609586-0616. groundsforsculpture.org. Conversation with sculptor Robert Murray and author Jonathan D. Lippincott. $10. Register. 6 p.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. The Moth Mainstage, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-2582787. mccarter.org. A live, curated storyteling event based on The Moth podcast. 8 p.m. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. njstatehousetours. org. Tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act. See artwork incorporated into the capitol complex including stained glass, tilework, paintings, and sculptures. Reservations required. 1:30 p.m. Tribute to Sinatra, Mastoris, 144 Route 130, Bordentown, 609-298-4650. mastoris. com. Tribute dinner show. $35. 7 p.m. Punk Funkers, Bush Tetras, Randy Now’s Man Cave, 134 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, 609-424-3766. eventbrite.com. 1980s New Wave show. $20. 7:30 p.m. Ma, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Showing of the R-rated movie. Registration required. 2 p.m. Babytime, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609259-2150. mcl.org. Class for ages 6-24 months accompanied by adults. Register. 10:30 a.m.
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Salzburg Marionette Theatre, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. The century-old theatrical company presents a telling of “Show White and the Seven Dwarfs.” 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday Night Live Music, Thomas Sweet, 64 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-269-5630. thomassweet. com. Stephanie Chin performs. 7 p.m. Toastmasters Club, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Meeting. Registration required. 11:15 a.m. Yoga for Peace, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609448-0957. mcl.org. Class. Registration required. 2 p.m. Game Day, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609259-2150. mcl.org. Board games for children drop-in program. 10 a.m. Knot Your Stress Away, Robbinsville LIbrary, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. mcl.org. Knitting and crochet group for all skill levels. Register. 10 a.m.
Sunday, November 24
Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” 2 p.m. Grumpy Old Men, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Showing of the PG-13 movie. Registration required. 2 p.m.
Paper Craft with Lonie, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Registration required. 2 p.m. Nonfiction Book Club, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Discussion on “The Fracking Debate” by Daniel Rami. Registration required. 2 p.m. Mystery Book Club, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Discussion on “The Woman in Cabin 10” by Ruth Ware. Registration required. 7 p.m. PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Meet to discuss all types of anxiety disorders. 7 p.m. Bilingual Story Time, Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin Street, Hightstown, 609-448-1474. mcl.org. Stories, games, music and crafts for ages 2-5 in Spanish and English. 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Math, Money & Monopoly, Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin Street, Hightstown, 609-448-1474. mcl. org. Ages 8-12 use board games to practice math and money skills. 6:30 p.m. Monday Night Book Group, Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Road, East Windsor, 609-443-1880. mcl.org. Discussion on “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’tStop Talking,” by Susan Cain. 6:30 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Killarney’s, 1644 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609586-1166. quizzoholics.com. Free trivia every Monday. 8 p.m.
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Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. facebook.com/
trentonsocial. Hosted by Sean Ladden and Kyle Walter, 8 p.m. Knit & Crochet Corner, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. ww.mcl.org. Bring a project to work on. For all skill levels. Registration required. 10 a.m. Review for the Citizenship Exam, Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin Street, Hightstown, 609-448-1474. mcl. org. Class. Register. 6 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation Practice, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 350 Whitehorse Avenue, Hamilton, 609-585-7087. peaceofmindful.org. For beginner and experienced meditators. $5. 6:30 p.m. Watson Woods Walking Club, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-3218. abbottmarshlands.org. Easy group walk. Free. 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 27
Country Line Dancing Class, Cooper’s Riverview, 50 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, 609393-7300. coopersnj.com. $10. 7 p.m. Canasta, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-4480957. mcl.org. Instruction. Registration required. Noon. Current Events Chat, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609-448-0957. mcl.org. Moderated discussion for adults. Registration required. 3:30 p.m. Tea and Tour, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. morven. org. A docent-led tour of the museum followed by tea and refreshments. Registration required. $22. 1 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Chickies & Petes, 183 Route 130, Bordentown, 609-298-9182. chickiesandpetes.com. Hosted by Matt Sorrentino. 9 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. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. njstatehousetours. org. Tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act. See artwork incorporated into the capitol complex including stained glass, tilework, paintings, and sculptures. Reservations required. 1:30 p.m. Nobody’s Fool, Hickory Corner Library, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, 609448-0957. mcl.org. Showing of the R-rated movie. Registration required. 2 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. The Nutcracker, Roxey Ballet, Kendall Main Stage Theater, The College of New Jersey, 609-397-7616. roxeyballet.org. $22 and up. 4 p.m. Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday Night Live Music, Thomas Sweet, 64 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-269-5630. thomassweet. com. Catmoondaddy performs. 7 p.m. Comedy Night, The Stone Terrace by John Henry’s, 2275 Kuser Road, Hamilton, 609581-8855. thestoneterrace.com. Featuring Joe Bublewicz, Chris Roach, Paul Spratt. $25. 7 p.m.
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One of the questions we adults seem to enjoy posing to children, particularly young children, is an old standard, one that is familiar to all of us. What do you want to be when you grow up? Have you ever known a kid who is planning to be a mechatronics engineer? Or one who is passionate about her future as an ergonomist, an energy broker or a biostatistician? Maybe I am projecting, but I’ll bet chances are likely that the children in your life are unaware (perhaps as unaware as you and I) that these jobs actually exist. According to the website Fast Company, within the next handful of years top tier workers will be competing for jobs like personal worker brand coach, urban farmer, freelance professor and end of life planner. Oh my, how our world is changing. And how quickly! We know we exist in an uncertain world and, by its very dynamic nature, we also know that change is constant. In fact, some would argue that the only constant in life is change. As we experience a chronic whirlwind of geological, economic, geopolitical, social shifts requiring us to pay attentionand adapt, it often feels like change is happening at breakneck speed. Innovations in technology, combined with an explosion in social media platforms and a 24/7 news cycle have left many of us feeling anxious and often helpless about controlling our own future. Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting a high school environmental science class and discovered some staggering statistics. We currently share our big blue Earth with approximately 7.8 billion people and by the year 2050 that prediction increases to 9 billion! Because our growing world is moving at a pace never before experienced in human history, we—much like The Little Engine that Could—try our best to keep up with a succession of demands in both our personal and professional lives. But because we are only human, after all, it is predictable that something somewhere has to give. One thing that I believe has resulted from our helter-skelter world is a reliance on quick answers and easy solutions. Based on how dependent we have become on instant gratification, we are losing our ability to think deeply. We have grown accustomed to immediate solutions to most of our questions and problems. But what if the quickest answer is not the best answer? What if ample time for reflection in order to deliberate in a more thoughtful, meaningful way could yield better results? What if an expanded way of thinking is necessary? Or what if we have to be content with ambiguity—with not knowing? Yikes! Consider however that scientists, entrepreneurs, and artists alike embrace uncertainty. While their talents and areas of expertise may vary widely, they share common approaches. Sometimes there is a misconception that science provides clear answers. Although scientists search for answers to unknown
problems, they live most of their work world in uncertainty. Engaging in investigation and research can help reduce knowledge gaps and generate alternative solutions but research findings are based on probabilities not universal truths. Similarly, entrepreneurs are always pursuing the next best product or business. This self-starter mindset faces the unknowable head on and then attempts to shape the future by creating need, value, and ultimately profit. Entrepreneurs must be comfortable with taking risks as they make a conscious choice to envision a better product, a better service, a better way that currently doesn’t exist. Author Terri Trespicio writes, “Entrepreneurs are scrappy and disruptive, creative and unruly, strategic and unstoppable. Sometimes they make lousy students and difficult employees.” I, personally, know and admire quite a few people who fit that description. Artists, regardless of their chosen medium, have a clear understanding that uncertainty is an essential ingredient of creativity. They recognize that there is no fixed idea past or present that cannot be modified or transformed. Late South African economist Ludwig Lachmann once wrote, “The future is unknowable, though not unimaginable.” Through imagination, the artists among us create new spaces to see the present and future worlds with a different lens. In Robbinsville, teachers throughout all grade levels and disciplines use authentic approaches to encourage students to wonder and become curious about problems and uncertainties in the world around them. Our students practice both critical and reflective thinking as they ask questions, preform research, and evaluate the best solution for a particular problem or scenario. Because these processes require an abundance of patience, persistence and teacher facilitation, it makes sense that this type of deep thinking and learning cannot be hurried. On the contrary, with sufficient time to mull things over and examine a problem from multiple vantage points, students may discover previously unsuspected and hidden dimensions not initially apparent at the outset of an inquiry. Author Pema Chodron writes, “The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.” If this in fact is true, and I happen to believe it is, our students’ (and our) capacity to face, tackle, and embrace change depends on our ability to become comfortable with not knowing. More often than not, accepting uncertainty requires a change in perspective. This in itself requires that we yield to the ambiguous nature of life rather than to oppose it. Yet however uncomfortable it may seem, when we surrender to the natural order of the universe by leaning in to our insecurities and facing our fears, we take the first baby steps toward embracing the unknown. It is only then that we can consider uncertainty a worthwhile next step on a much grander journey toward a bold and daring future.
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Where your tax dollars go By Dave Fried Taxes are consistently on the minds of our residents, and with New Jersey burdened with some of the highest property taxes in the nation, the concerns are real. Questions about where tax dollars actually go and how taxes are broken down on someone’s quarterly bill are fairly common, and one of the more prevalent into my office of late has been: “If the township has cut taxes the last four years, why has my overall tax bill not gone down?” The answer is fairly simple. The municipal portion of your tax bill, of which the township is responsible for, accounts for only 20 percent of your total tax. Your overall tax bill is a reflection of multiple taxes, including Municipal, Mercer County (21 percent), Library (2 percent), County Open Space and Local Open Space. By far the largest percentage of your tax dollars - 56 percent - goes to the
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Twelve years ago, Robbinsville had the fastest growing tax rate in Mercer County. Today, we have arguably the most stable and, thanks in large part to our residents, one of the most aggressive Open Space programs in the state. I hope this helps you understand your tax bill as we head into this year’s election. *** It is that time of year again; a time when a few bad actors with terrible intentions prey on good people. Recently, a disturbing scam using our police department phone number —(609) 259-3900—has been reported. The suspect(s) are “spoofing” the legitimate phone number for the RPD and are attempting to frighten victims into providing their personal information over the phone. The RTPD would NEVER call you requesting personal information such as your Social Security number or date of birth. It also would NEVER threaten citizens with arrest if personal information or money is not provided. If you receive a suspicious call, please hang up the phone immediately and do not provide any personal information. Remember, no one should ever ask you for your social security or bank account numbers via telephone or email.
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team. BS in Computer Engineering or related field and 5 years’ experience. Experience must include implementation of Agile strategy, Medicaid Eligibility, defect management and RCA tracking on JIRA, team member training on best practices of Waterfall, Agile and Cloud computing; Salesforce, Oracle 10g and implementation of risk mitigation strategies. Send resume to Rowan University at DMAHS. ASM1@rowan.edu. FRONT COUNTER ATTENDANT NEEDED AT DRY CLEANER. Retail, customer service. Must be friendly and outgoing. Call 609468-7195. DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WANTED! Must have clean driving record and flexible hours. We will license and train you. Call 732-8214911. EARN EXTRA INCOME WALKING DOGS AND PET SITTING – MAKE FETCH! HAPPEN! Fetch! Pet Care serving Ewing, Lawrence, Pennington and Titusville has immediate openings for dog walkers and pet sitters. Only those
with experience caring for animals and who can make a minimum 6 month commitment need apply. Must be 21, own a car and a smartphone, and submit to a background check. Visit www. fetchpetcare.com/ dog-walking-and-petsitting-jobs/ to apply.
with children. Please send resume to plainsboro@ lightbridgeacademy. com.
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BABY-SITTING: Baby-sit your child in my home. Toddler age, 2-4yrs. Reasonable rates, smoke-free environment, CPR certified. Call Rose at 609-240-6361.
INSIDE SALES / LEAD GENERATOR IN LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ. Must be wellspoken & upbeat to call businesses for outbound phone work. Previous sales exp. a plus but not required. 7+ hrs Mon-Fri, day hours. Hourly + commission = $15-$18/hr + bonuses. Opportunity to grow within the companylooking to promote to Campaign Manager or Business Developer. Apply at www. MarketReachResults. com.
A FRIENDLY HANDYMAN seeks small jobs. Let me help you with a variety maintenance and repairs around your home. Please call me at 609-275-6930. COMPUTER PROBLEM? Or need a used computer in good condition - $80? Call 609-275-6930 A PERSONAL DRIVER seeking to transport commuters, shopping trips, etc. Modern, attractive car. References provided. Less than commercial taxi services. E-mail to gvprinter@gmail.com or call 609-331-3370.
HIRING TEACHERS: Lightbridge Academy of Plainsboro is currently accepting applications for early childhood educators to join our team. Looking for qualified and experienced applicants to fill PT/FT and Floater positions. Must be dependable, have a great work ethic, minimum two years experience
WANTED TO BUY HAPPYHEROES USED BOOKS LOOKING TO BUY old Mysteries, Science Fiction, Children’s Illustrated, Signed books, EASTON press and GOOD condition pre-1965 Saturday
CASH PAID FOR SELMER SAXOPHONES and other vintage models. 609-581-8290 or email lenny3619@gmail.com WANTED: BETTER QUALITY CAMERAS AND PHOTO EQUIPMENT FOUNTAIN PENS AND OLDER WATCHES FAIR PRICES PAID CALL HAL-609-689-9651. VACATION RENTAL FLORIDA BEACH RENTAL: FORT MYERS BEACH 1br vacation condo on the beach, flexible dates available. Call 609577-8244 for further information. COMMERCIAL SPACE ALLENTOWN/ HAMILTON BORDER Excellent retail/ professional/office space. </b> Large Anchor Spot of 2400sf ($4,850/mth) & smaller space of 920sf ($1,395/mth) Available. Highly
traveled area&very visible location in Globus Plaza. Easy access to NJTP, Rt.130&195. DiDonato Realty 609-586-2344 Call Marian Conte BR for info 609-947-4222 cell. INSTRUCTION VIOLIN AND PIANO LESSONS. 25+ years of teaching experience, masters in teaching, bachelors in music performance. In my home in Hopewell or yours. Contact azmusicandtutoring@ gmail.com or 609-4981647. MUSIC LESSONS: Piano, guitar, drum, sax, clarinet, voice, flute, trumpet, violin, cello, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, uke, and more. $32/ half hour. Ongoing Music Camps. Free use of an instr. For your trial lesson! Call today! Montgomery 609-924-8282. www. farringtonsmusic.com. MENTAL HEALTH AN UNOBSTRUCTED PATH, LOCATED IN CHATSWORTH NJ, OFFERING INTUITIVE READINGS ENHANCED REIKI, TRAUMA RESOLUTION & MANAGEMENT. Individual, Personal, and Confidential
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BUSINESS FOR SALE SALON FOR SALEexcellent opportunity. Priced to sell. Relocating out of state. Large space, great potential. Call 609-4620188. PERSONAL ARE YOU SINGLE? Try us first! We are an enjoyable alternative to online dating. Sweet Beginnings, 215-9490370. HOUSING FOR RENT LARGE, FURNISHED BEDROOM FOR RENT. $550/month. May use appliances. Call Mary 609-6959406. HOUSING FOR SALE HAMILTON TWP. Impressive & Grand is this Custom Built 4325sf home set on 3.39acres 4Bdrms, 3.5Baths, 3 fireplaces, finished basement, in-ground pool & many more amenities. Call now to view. DiDonato Realty Co 609-586-2344 Vincent DiDonato (SP)
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smires & associates would like to welcome our new agents
“give it your all” 2330 Route 33, Suite 101, 375 Farnsworth Ave., Robbinsville, NJ 08691 Bordentown NJ 08505 Office: 609-259-1414 Office: 609-298-9888 smiresandassociates.com
Grace Neuert Sales Associate Cell: 732-586-5112
Email: g.neuert@smiresrealty.com
cRAnbURY $899,000
Robbinsville $239,500
Kate Bonchev, SA Cell: 609-271-0120 Gorgeous 5 bed, 3 1/2 bath Colonial. Gourmet kitchen w/island seating. In-law suite w/private entrance. Full finished basement. Fenced yard w/patio, inground pool, gazebo, hot tub & fire pit.
Dewey Nami, SA Cell: 609-977-4213 Beautifully updated Robbinsville townhouse. Hardwood floors, fireplace, updated kitchen and baths. Fully fenced in backyard, ready for its new Owner!
Robbinsville
$234,750
Justin Reed, CO-OWNER, SA Cell: 609-433-3623 Fantastic 2 bedroom 1.5 bath townhouse. Drop your bags ready with fresh paint, newer flooring, refreshed kitchen and half bath. Plenty of closet space and a backyard. Close to all major roadways.
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Terry Parliaros, SA Cell: 609-610-2252 Beautiful, bright & airy, East facing 4 bed, 3.5 bath center hall colonial. Eat in kitchen w/SS appliances. Fully finished basement with wet bar & full bathroom. Oversized 2 car attached garage.
HAmilton
$189,900
HAmilton sQUARe $339,000
Robbinsville
Chris Nunn Sales Associate Cell: 609-832-8910
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Theresa Kolb, SA Cell: 609-903-0899 Stunning 4 bed, 2.5 Bath Colonial. Prime location in heart of Robbinsville. Open floor plan, Brazilian Cherry hardwood, Finished bsmt w/gas fireplace. Newer HVAC. Oversized lot. Excellent Schools!
Robbinsville
$689,900
Cell: 609-638-2904 Willian “Bill” Perili, SA Cell: 609-635-7370 Edward Smires, BROKER Golden Crest 3 bed, 1.5 bath home. Hardwood floors, recessed Spectacular Toll Brothers Colonial. You must see this north facing lights, 3 season covered porch overlooking treed fenced in yard, 4 bed, 2.5 colonial in sought after Washington Greene. This house basement and 2 car garage. Reynolds and Steinert. Great condition. has it all - curb appeal, condition and location. Call Today!
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$199,999
PRinceton $525,000
Linda LeMay-Kelly, SA Cell: 609-651-3583 Charming cape cod in desirable Brae Burn Heights in Ewing. New carpet and fresh paint throughout. Oversized 3rd bedroom on 2nd floor. Full Brick home with a considerable large sunroom w/fireplace!
Maria Polcari, SA Cell: 609-577-5595 Make living in Princeton a reality! 3 bedroom, 1 full bath Ranch. Rustic, modern, trendy. Offers vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, fireplace, full walk out basement for below 600,000! Nothing to do!
PRinceton JUnction $749,900
Robbinsville $154,900
Mike Pintinalli Sales Associate Cell: 609-477-8082
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HAmilton
$599,900
Edward Smires, BROKER Cell: 609-638-2904 Stunning & completely renovated 4 bed, 2.5 bath colonial on 10. 5 acres. 2nd floor deck leading to multitiered patio. 8 stall barn w/ three 2 acre paddocks w/run ins. Free standing outbuilding 40x80.
HAmilton
$299,000
Linda LeMay-Kelly, SA Cell: 609-651-3583 3 bed, 1.5 bath Rancher offering lots of living space! Updated kitchen, updated full bath, fully finished basement, sunroom, above ground pool and a generous size backyard. A must see!
HAmilton
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Justin Reed, CO-OWNER, SA Cell: 609-433-3623 Larger than it looks! 4 bed, 1.5 bath expanded cape w/a versatile floor plan offering many different possibilities. 2 fireplaces, 3 Seasons room, private hot tub room, Koi pond & above ground pool.
HAmilton
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Kate Bonchev, SA Cell: 609-271-0120 Dewey Nami, SA Cell: 609-977-4213 Fully updated, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom Hampton Chase condo. Updated and modern Hamilton Township split level looking for Freshly painted, HVAC & hot water heater recently replaced. Just a new owner. The kitchen has been redone, master bedroom unpack & settle in! addition added and family room addition. Call for your Frank Mancino appointment today! to detail. Regional Vice President | Mortgage Advisor Frank Mancino It’s what we do all day, every day. NMLS-133472 Personalized service & attention to detail. Regional Vice President | Mortgage Advisor o: (609) 586-0020x3221 It’s what we do all day, every day. NMLS-133472
Annie Parisi, SA Cell: 609-532-8693 Edward Smires, BROKER Cell: 609-638-2904 Price Reduced! Charming 4bd, 2 full bath colonial, ready for its 4 bed, 2.5 bath Colonial situated at the end of a cul-de- sac. Family new owners! Covered porch, dining room, living room and den on Room w/sliders to large deck overlooking backyard. Attached 2 first floor-upstairs, 3 nice size bedrooms and on the floor above car garage. Excellent location, walking distance to train station. large attic bedroom. Personalized service & attention
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