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Excellence Through Education promotes inclusiveness for district’s black students and staff
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by Scott morgan What is it like to be black in a school district like Hamilton? Often enough, said Charisse Smith, the answer is lonely. There’s not necessarily a lot of company. “An African-American student might not find an AfricanAmerican adult in the building,” Smith said. Smith is the president of Excellence Through Education, a nonprofit with the mission to “affirm and uplift African-American and black students” in the Hamilton Township School District. The organization has existed since the 1970s to give students of color a boost. “It’s about letting them see that there are people who look like them and to celebrate academic excellence,” she said. The benefit to students, Smith said, is to provide them with a view “through our lens,” culturally; a means of promoting inclusiveness, and to address the cultural needs black students might have. According to state data, the Hamilton Township School District student body was 48 percent white, 27 percent Hispanic and 18 percent black during the 2016-17 school year. Smith said, as such, black students are often not connected with others across all the district’s schools. And there is a lot to be said for just being See EXCELLENCE, Page 14
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County freeholder Nina Melker, freeholder John Cimino, Hamilton councilwoman Ileana Schirmer, councilman Anthony Carabelli, council president Jeff Martin, Trenton Habitat for Humanity founder Rev. David McAlpin, Saint Phillips Baptist Church Pastor Joseph Woods, Hamilton Mayor Kelly Yaede, Habitat for Humanity of Burlington County and Greater Trenton-Princeton CEO Lori Leonard, Jeff Richardson from New Jersey Manufacturers, Shane Vegari of Wells Fargo and Divina Tucci of Bloomberg break ground Nov. 19, 2018 on one of two homes Habitat plans to build on Parkinson Avenue in Hamilton.
Habitat finds a home Habitat For Humanity to launch pair of programs in town this month by rob antheS ranthes@communitynews.org Although an official announcement won’t occur until the Feb. 5 township council meeting, a movement has taken hold in Hamilton quietly over the last few months. The township government
and local community groups have paired with Habitat For Humanity both to build new homes on vacant lots and to improve already-existing homes that may need a bit of work. The end goal is to promote a sense of pride and togetherness in the community while also achieving the practical objective of cleaning up blighted, unsightly or otherwise rundown properties. The Burlington County-Trenton/Princeton arm of Habitat hopes to achieve this in part through two new initiatives: the Neighborhood Revitalization
Program and a Hamilton-centric event called Rock the Block. The Neighborhood Revitalization Program is part of a new effort for Habitat that expands the organization’s scope beyond its familiar new construction model. Typically, Habitat For Humanity builds new homes and sells them to people for an affordable, income-based mortgage. The Neighborhood Revitalization Program changes the script by working on existing owner-occupied homes that need improvement. See HABITAT, Page 16
Coming off the worst year in its history, Trenton Water Works received notice of three more state violations in January, continuing a cycle the utility has spent months trying to break. Meanwhile, tired of questioning TWW’s ability to fulfill its purpose, residents and suburban towns served by the utility have begun resorting to other measures to ensure they have clean drinking water. Trenton Water Works has insisted the water coming from its system always has been safe. TWW’s management says while progress has been made in correcting deficiencies in staffing and procedures, it continues to struggle to meet state Department of Environmental Protection requirements. All three of the January violations, for example, were due to clerical or administrative issues such as missed deadlines, not new questions about water quality. “State agencies have a tendency to focus too much on the process and not on the final result...What you want as an end result of the DEP regulating TWW is high-quality water,” said See WATER, Page 18
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INBOX Fire story, Kenny get facts wrong I would like to take this opportunity to make a few comments about your article pertaining to the Hamilton fire service project (“Hot topic,” January 2019). We in the fire service welcome public interest in the Hamilton fire service issue, however we are very concerned that some information being quoted is not correct. We also respectfully request that whenever you are preparing a Hamilton fire service article that you contact someone from the fire service for their comments. Your article has only two quoted persons: council president Jeff Martin and township business administrator Dave Kenny. No fire service personnel at all. Martin is accurate in saying that there will not be a need for Fire Commissioners’ salaries once the fire districts are dissolved, so that budget column will be $0. However, Kenny is inaccurate in saying the overall fire districts’ budgets increased by 14 percent; the actual increase was 12.7 percent from 2016 to 2018. That was a onetime increase because two fire districts increased their full-time staff due to the lack of volunteer personnel. A fire district is a government agency responsible to provide fire protection services to their residents. If the volunteer personnel (free labor) are no longer available, then the district must hire full-time staff to insure the proper numbers of firefighters are available 24/7. Kenny also commented that the total township budget in 2018 was $68 million. However, the 2018 budget on the Hamilton Township website indicates the total budget was $104 million. He also says “I would hope that we can cap the fire budget in the $22-23 million a year range” but has yet to show any plan to accomplish that, except when he states, “in addition to savings potentially achieved by lowering the fire budget and number of firefighters.”
Donald Huber, the author of the state Department of Community Affairs’ Hamilton Fire Study, provided detailed information at the Oct. 16, 2018 Hamilton Township Council meeting. Huber indicated that he used 107 as the number of firefighters, but two fire inspectors and two fire service mechanics, who were part of the fire districts at the time of the study, should have been included, too. Huber also stated that these staffing numbers were not intended to specify, limit, or to set a maximum number of personnel. It was merely a statement of the actual staffing at that time. The study went on to show we need 10 firefighting crews, of four personnel per crew, using career and volunteer firefighters, to protect the township. We are currently using eight crews. Kenny continues to quote the incorrect number of firefighters and indicates that he wants to return to those very low numbers, disregarding the need for those additional crews. Kenny also makes comments about the fire department schedule. He is correct that our personnel work a 24-hour shift, then receive 3 days off; that is about 91 days per year. This is a common fire department schedule. Those 91 days, which are 24-hour shifts, are equal to three normal 8-hour shifts each, or 273 work days per year. People that work MondayFriday, five days per week, work about 260 days per year. Our staff are also on-duty every holiday. A standard work week in the U.S. is 40 hours per week. Our “24/72” schedule is a 42-hour work week. This schedule is the closest to a normal 40-hour work week that still provides equal fire protection levels 365 day each year. Kenny continues to miscalculate when he discusses the total number of calls each district responses to. Kenny uses 6,000 calls per year divided by 365
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days (16.43), then divides by eight fire districts, to state that we only respond to two calls per day per station. Actually, during 2017, there were 6,596 incidents within Hamilton Township. The total responses for all of the fire stations was 9,194. During 2018, there were 7,172 incidents within Hamilton Township. The total responses for all of the fire stations was 10,170. This is because many incidents require more than one station to respond. In many cases, six to eight Hamilton fire stations are involved in one incident, not just one station per incident as Kenny has reported. This is also shows an increase of 576 “calls for service” in one year; that is an 8.7 percent increase of services to the public. Kenny also suggests to send a police officer to an incident, and if he needs assistance, then dispatch the fire department. We work very well with the Hamilton Police on a daily basis. However, they have their own responsibilities to the community, and I am sure they are very busy responding to police emergencies. They may not be trained and equipped for fire or medical emergencies. With this mindset, would it be acceptable to send a public works employee to a reported shooting or robbery to check it out first and if he or she needs assistance, then dispatch a police officer? Sending a police officer first wastes precious time. Fire heat energy increases five to 10 times per minute. Therefore, a 5-minute delay may cause a small trash can fire to become an entire kitchen and family room fire. To suggest reducing services to Hamilton residents by not sending a fire apparatus with four qualified firefighter/EMTs to any emergency until a police officer checks it out first is a disservice to the community. The fire service, and all first responders, are a “reactionary force.” Emergencies happen every day, anytime of day. We do not respond to calls all day long, every day, for 24 hours straight. However, we must be on-duty, ready, willing and capable to respond immediately every day. To do so, we must have adequate personnel, stations, apparatus, tools, equipment, training, and we must be timely. Kenny mentioned the “physical consolidation of firehouses.” There are some stations with overlapping areas, however Kenny was on the Response Committee that used a 4, 5, and 6 minute response map to study responses within Hamilton. (The National Fire Protection Association uses the 4-minute response model; Insurance Services Organization uses 5-minute response criteria; however, the 6-minute response map does not comply with any known fire response standard.) The committee reported that there are many areas, including Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and the southeast section of Hamilton where no fire apparatus could arrive within 6 minutes, and definitely not in 4 or 5 minutes. This report and maps are available on the Hamilton website (hamiltonnj. com/fire). If stations are closed or consolidated, then new stations are also required in areas of long response times, and those personnel from the consolidated stations should be moved to the new stations.
In closing, I believe that the press is here to provide valid useful information to our citizens about important topics. Providing proper emergency services to the community is an extremely important subject. I respectfully request that if you write any more articles about the Hamilton fire services, to please contact a fire service member, union representative, and/or fire chief for accurate statistics and our view of the subject matter. Mark Antozzeski Chief, Hamilton Township Fire District No. 9
Fire contract bargaining not ‘poison pill’ 2018 was a momentous year for efforts to finally bring efficiency and increased safety to Hamilton fire services, and to provide for a truly safer municipality for its residents and visitors. Indeed, after many false starts over the past decades, the township council voted to dissolve the eight separate fire districts and create one municipal fire department. When that ordinance passed it became the responsibility of Mayor Kelly Yaede to move the process forward by negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with the firefighters, an obligation she has now made into a political pawn by referring to it as a “poison pill.” Shocking in a community that prides itself on being home to so many union members and working families. I ask anyone from any job title, would you sign on the line for a career without your compensation and benefit package worked out? It just doesn’t work that way. I question her altruism in wanting to employ these firefighters without agreements in place. Collective bargaining is not a poison pill, it is a process this mayor absolutely doesn’t believe in. The reality is the only thing toxic about the provision is Yaede’s refusal to engage in meaningful discussions with the union that represents the firefighters. I remind Mayor Yaede that contract negotiations are only as difficult as either side makes them, and, as our firefighters have made very clear, we are very willing to sit down for open and honest dialogue to reach an agreement. No, Mayor Yaede, it’s not the firefighters, or the township council, or the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs that’s slowing fire consolidation. It has been, and continues to be, you. Eddie Donnelly President, New Jersey Firefighters’ Mutual Benevolent Association The Hamilton Post welcomes letters to the editor. All letters in Inbox are the opinions of the author, not the Hamilton Post. Submissions must include the name, address and contact information of the author. Only your name will be published. The Post reserves the right to edit submissions for length and clarity. Deadline for the next edition is Friday, Feb. 15. Send letters to Hamilton Post editor Rob Anthes at ranthes@communitynews.org.
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AROUND TOWN Martin announces mayoral bid Council president Jeff Martin announced at a Jan. 24 event that he will run for mayor of Hamilton Township. The announcement sets up a race between Martin and Republican incumbent Kelly Yaede in the November general election. Martin was joined at the event by a who’s who of the Democratic Party, including former Mercer County Sheriff Gil Lugossy, state Sen. Linda Greenstein, state Assemblymen Dan Benson and Martin Wayne DeAngelo, Mercer County elected officials, and the mayors of Ewing, East Windsor and Hopewell Borough. “It is time for real leadership in Hamilton,” Martin said at the event. “I’ve talked with residents from Yardville to Mercerville, Broad Street Park to Bromley, and they say the same thing; we need a new mayor who respects and supports our first responders; a new mayor who, while respecting Hamilton’s past, has a vision for its future; someone who will be a mayor for everyone—no matter your neighborhood.” To bolster his leadership credentials, Martin pointed to the fact there has yet to be a party-line vote since the Democrats took a 3-2 majority on council in 2018. Council has, however, clashed with Yaede on a number of issues, including allegations of mistreatment at the township animal shelter, the ongoing fire consolidation effort and decorum at council meetings. Martin has claimed Yaede has lost touch with the people who elected her to office. “This is our time to elect a new mayor who understands and represents our working-class values,” Martin said in his Jan. 24 speech. “I stand before you today asking for your support and your vote to give Hamilton a brighter future.” Yaede, in an interview with the Post, pointed to the stalled fire consolidation effort and the fact that two police officers are now stationed at council meetings to help keep order as examples of failed leadership from council and Martin. Martin and the Democrats, likewise, have pinned fault for the fire consolidation delay on Yaede and her administration. Martin, in his speech Jan. 24, also criticized Yaede for lacking vision for the town’s economic development, saying her administration has only brought in convenience stores and warehouses to town. Coincidentally, Yaede counted economic development as one of her strong suits. Two new Wawa gas stations, a Walmart in the former Suburban Plaza, a Fedex fulfillment center on Route 130 and a senior living development at the corner of Klockner and Kuser roads are
a few of the projects to come to Hamilton since Yaede took office. She committed to running for reelection, saying she enjoys setting and achieving “audacious goals.” “My record stands in stark contrast to his rhetoric and Washington politics,” Yaede said. “He would be more familiar with the great accomplishments of this town in areas like economic development if he lived in Hamilton for more than three years. Yaede “Our community cannot afford a Glen Gilmore rerun.” Gilmore, Hamilton’s last Democratic mayor, served from 2000 until 2008. “I love this town,” Yaede said. “I love this job. I get to make an impact on my neighbors’ lives in a town I grew up in.” Martin is an attorney by training and works as a commercial risk advisor for Borden Perlman. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and a member of American Legion Post 31. Martin received his bachelor’s from The College of New Jersey, his law degree from Rutgers Law School, and his master’s of law from the University of Connecticut Law School. Yaede has been mayor since November 2012, when she was appointed to the position by township council following the resignation of John Bencivengo. She won re-election in 2013 and again in 2015. She previously served on the township Board of Education and township council. –Rob Anthes
CYO receives healthy lifestyle grant Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County recently received a $5,000 grant from the Mercer Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey. The grant will allow CYO to partner with Camp Fire NJ in presenting a Healthy Lifestyle program to teens at Bromley Neighborhood Civic Center in Hamilton. Classes are designed to motivate youth to develop a healthy lifestyle for mind, body and soul. Grant money will also be used to procure more healthy, nutritious inventory for Bromley Center’s food pantry, with the teens assisting with the food choices and procurement, utilizing what they have learned from their classes. CYO of Mercer County currently serves more than 1,300 children daily at nine sites in Trenton, Hamilton and Ewing. Since September 2013, CYO has managed/operated the Bromley Neighborhood Civic Center, under a contract with Hamilton Township. OfferSee AROUND TOWN, Page 10
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Lalor students learn to play chess Four Princeton University Chess Club students spent the day instructing Lalor Elementary third, fourth and fifth graders on the fundamentals of chess Jan. 11. Principal Jennifer Marinello worked with the Princeton University chess team to orchestrate the event. “The game of chess teaches critical next-step thinking and team building skills necessary for our students to be successful in their future endeavors,” Marinello said. The U.S. Chess Trust donated a
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New commission seeks local artists The Hamilton Cultural Affairs and Performing Arts Commission held its first meeting Jan. 4 at the municipal building on Greenwood Avenue. Joe Tighue and Megan Uhaze will serve as co-chairs of the committee. Other commissioners include Renee Cody, Danielle Tan, Thomas Kelly, Ray Murphy, Daniel Coleman and township councilwoman Ileana Schirmer. The Hamilton Cultural Affairs and Performing Arts Commission is an appointed municipal body with a focus of supporting and expanding the arts in Hamilton Township. The commission’s members are appointed by the mayor and approved by township council. The commission now wishes to iden-
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cil’s stated goal of “promoting the arts and cultural activities across the community.” Based on available cultural resources, the commission will begin to establish specific art-related goals, such as conducting art and music festivals, as well as shows and exhibits. It also plans to create an arts and cultural directory and a website to promote art events in Hamilton.
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At TWW’s water-filtration plant in Trenton, we use the best available water-treatment technology to transform raw Delaware River water into drinking water that meets and exceeds standards set by the federal and state Safe Drinking Water Act. We’re making significant progress toward improving water filtration, analytical systems and other equipment in our effort to reduce the maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) of disinfectant by-products from TWW’s drinking water.
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The substantial progress we made last year to improve water quality. Here’s a sampling of what we’ve done to reduce the concentration of DBPs in our finished drinking water:
We launched a $5-million rehabilitation of the waterfiltration plant’s two chlorine contact basins, through which water travels during filtration for a period of 90 minutes to kill bacteria. The basins have the capacity to disinfect 40 million gallons of water per day. During the rehab, one basin will be sandblasted, cleaned and disinfected, while the other will be completely replaced. The project is scheduled for completion in the final quarter of 2019. W. Reed Gusciora Mayor Dr. Shing-Fu Hsueh, P.E., P.P. Director
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The Broad Street- White Horse Circle Over many years, the former White Horse Circle connecting South Broad Street and Route 206 South in Hamilton was a matter of public criticism as a safety hazard. A project to create a new circle, constructed by the State of New Jersey, was started three years ago and was recently completed. Like any change in such a matter, it takes time for public judgement to be passed. The public seems to judge the Circle as working in the saftey interests of motorists utilizing it as well as residents and business owners in the surrounding vicinity. One of the businesses closest to the circle is Mike McGrath’s long-time barber shop located on Broad Street. Recently, as I was having my regular haircut, Mike expressed his feelings about the new Circle. I must include here one of Mike’s personal experiences from some years ago. A car exiting from the Circle rammed right into his building as he was providing his barber service and the vehicle ended up in his shop! Mike was not seriously injured but it shook him up quite a bit. Mike has a steady business and during this incident, several of his employees were in the midst of serving their patrons when the car went right through the wall, next to Mike and his customer. Mike says that the new Circle is much safer. The yield signs are working well and drivers looking to enter the Circle are yielding to those who are already in the Circle. It has been a successful project. Mike has been grateful for the change and his business is doing fine! Drivers are becoming more familiar and comfortable with the new traffic pattern, and that will only continue over time.
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HABITAT continued from Page 1 Habitat tested the program this past fall with a home on Vincent Avenue in Mercerville. The opportunity presented itself when a resident went before township council to ask for guidance about an elderly neighbor whose property had fallen into disrepair. Poison ivy had overgrown the yard, and crept over the property line. The gutters had fallen off the house. Paint had started to chip off. Habitat brought out teams of volunteers to the home for multiple days. With the assistance of a trained lead remediator, they removed lead paint from the structure’s exterior. Then, they repainted, built a new porch to replace the dilapidated existing one and did some landscaping. Hamilton council president Jeff Martin said he recently talked to the resident who asked township council for help, and the man said he has seen a remarkable change since Habitat came. The woman who received the help has been outside more, taking better care of her property and is a much happier neighbor. “A lot of these are situations where the town can fine her, but that’s not really helping anyone,” Martin said. “So, it’s great to have, from the town’s perspective, a partnership with Habitat because they went in and took care of a lot of these issues that were creeping into the neighbor’s property. And not only have you improved the look of the neighborhood, but you’ve improved the feel of the neighborhood because your neighbors are more cordial to each other.” Habitat also did similar work to a house in Burlington City, where volunteers repaired the home’s porch, steps, railing, paint and landscaping. It returned a similar outcome to the Mercerville project. Based on that success, Habitat has opened the Neighborhood Revitalization Program to everyone in Burlington and
Mercer counties. The organization will accept applications twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. The deadline for the first round of applications is Feb. 28. Habitat will select up to six projects across its service area to complete in the spring. The homeowner must pay for some of the project cost, with the amount determined by a sliding scale based on income. Homeowners also must be present while repairs are ongoing, and doing the work alongside Habitat volunteers, if they are physically able. The whole idea is to teach homeowners skills while also empowering them, said Ashley Griffiths, director of family and volunteer services at Habitat for Humanity of Burlington County and Greater Trenton-Princeton. The goal for the second program—called Rock the Block—is to take the spirit of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, and empower not only individual homeowners but an entire community. Hamilton will be the proving grounds for Rock the Block, and Habitat officials hope it becomes a community tradition. Scheduled for April 27, Rock the Block will take scores of volunteers from across Hamilton, and send them to 10 properties in a three-block area near Hamilton High School West. There, the volunteers will be working on owner-occupied houses that need minor exterior repairs or beautification projects, such as fixing chipped paint or removing dead trees and trash. The work done during Rock the Block will be at no cost to the homeowners. But the day is not limited just to the chosen properties. Dumpsters will be placed throughout the neighborhood so residents not having work done can clean up their yard and homes, as well. Habitat also plans to hold a community resource fair of local organizations and businesses at a to-be-determined location nearby.
‘It’s not just repairs. It is bringing people together. It’s not just this physical thing.’ –Annie Fox, resource development director at Habitat For Humanity
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Habitat For Humanity trialed its Neighborhood Revitalization Program by doing work on this home on Vincent Avenue in Mercer ville. Volunteers came in to repaint the house, fix its porch and do some landscaping. The idea for Rock the Block came in part from connections Habitat made when it obtained two empty lots on Parkinson Avenue, not far from Hamilton High School West and Saint Phillips Baptist Church. Habitat officials called a meeting with Joseph Woods, pastor of Saint Phillips, to get to know the neighborhood better and to discuss forming a partnership of some kind. Rock the Block came up. Woods already had explored doing some sort of neighborhood revitalization day near the church, so he couldn’t help but think it wasn’t a coincidence Habitat and Saint Phillips had been lead to each other. He called it a match made in Heaven. Woods presented the program to his congregation shortly thereafter, asking those who lived nearby to volunteer their homes. The buzz started right away with people wanting to volunteer, even though Woods had few details or specifics. “People are so excited about it, including wanting to volunteer,” said Deborah McKenzie, a member of Saint Phillips. “It’s about our community. Even though I don’t live [in Hamilton], the church is part of my community. Everyone’s excited about doing something to help their community.” The excitement extends to the folks at Habitat, who couldn’t believe how perfect the fit was between their organization and Hamilton. “It was like a movie magic moment,” Griffiths said. “It just all fell into place. Hamilton has been so incredible to work with.” Habitat has fully jumped into its work in the township, providing even in ways people normally wouldn’t expect from Habitat For Humanity. When the daughters of Tika Justice found a new apartment after losing their mother and their home in a tragedy last July, they received help from Habitat furnishing it. Habitat identified a need for financial literacy courses locally, and will be running a nine-week, Biblically based program called Financial Peace University at Saint Phillips Baptist Church. The program starts in April.
Add in Rock the Block and the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, and Habitat clearly has a lot of things going at once in Hamilton. It all started with those two empty lots on Parkinson Avenue, where Habitat will start construction on new homes later this year. (Deadline to purchase either of the homes is Feb. 28.) The whole process will take up to 18 months. This accounts for having a home built entirely by volunteers as well as allowing for the buyers to complete Habitat’s home-ownership education and sweat equity requirement, said Annie Fox, resource development director at Habitat For Humanity of Burlington County and Greater Trenton-Princeton, The lots, though privately owned, also led to another type of partnership between the municipal government and Habitat. On Feb. 5, officials from Habitat For Humanity will be at the township council meeting to speak about working with Hamilton Township to identify empty township-owned properties where Habitat could build new homes. While the township offloads land, it also gets new structures that could go to fulfill some of the its court-mandated affordable housing obligations. Habitat officials did not have specifics, including which properties Habitat was interested in obtaining, when interviewed in January. While at the council meeting, the officials will also present Rock the Block and the Neighborhood Revitalization Program. Their goal is to unveil officially the range of programs they have spent months laying groundwork for in Hamilton. They hope, at the same time, they inspire people to join in their movement. “When we say ‘Neighborhood Revitalization,’ it’s not just repairs,” Fox said. “It is relationships. It is bringing people together. It’s not just this physical thing. When we build a house or take an abandoned home and flip it and make it beautiful, we see the neighbors also want to do it to their homes. It spreads.” For more information about Habitat For Humanity, including the application for the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, go online to habitatbcgtp.org.
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WATER continued from Page 1 Shing-Fu Hsueh, Trenton Water Works’ new director and a former DEP waterquality expert. “What the process needs to focus on is technical procedures and hiring enough people with the expertise to carry them out. Instead, their mentality is, ‘By this date, you have to submit this report.’” TWW customers will be receiving notices about the January violations in the coming weeks. Trenton Water Works customers in Ewing, Hamilton, Hopewell Township, Lawrence and Trenton have become familiar with the public notices, many of them full of language suggesting there could be health concerns with the water. TWW has issued 24 such letters in the last two years, including for violations due to excessive lead, disinfectant byproducts and turbidity. While Hsueh contends that DEP-mandated violation notices can create unnecessary panic, he might find the specifics matter little to TWW customers, who just want to know when the problems will be fixed and the notices will stop. Some residents have gone a step further. Tired of waiting for TWW to correct itself, they have turned to alternate sources of water or purchased expensive filters to protect them from tap water they see as a danger to their well-being and a utility they no longer trust. “What is the plan?” said Tina Tuccillo, a Lawrence resident who has used bottled water instead of tap for nearly two years now. “What is the end date for all of this?” Tuccillo and her parents use three cases of water a week, at a cost of about $40 per month. She also paid to install a
water filtration system on the water line into the kitchen, and had a state laboratory test the water. She said they made the switch after constant violation notices from TWW eroded their trust in the water quality. Tuccillo said, during a July 2018 interview, that the notices particularly worried her because her parents are in their 90’s and potentially more susceptible to health problems. She wondered if residents should be compensated for all the bottled water they’ve purchased. “You’re supposed to pay for services rendered,” Tuccillo said. “Why should I pay twice: for bottled and for tap? Why should I have to pay for contaminated water?” TWW met similar skepticism from customers in the fall, when it held public forums in the four suburban towns in its service area. TWW planned the events as an effort to improve relations between the utility and the public. But the reception TWW received showed how far the water provider’s reputation had fallen. “I could get a sense from the audience that some of the people weren’t buying it,” Lawrence Mayor Christopher Bobbitt said in a December 2018 interview. The public’s attitude could be justified. Trenton Water Works turned in what was
the worst year in its history in 2017, with 11 DEP violations on issues including failed filters at its plant. TWW followed that up in 2018 with an all-time high 13 violations. Five of the violations in 2018 were for an excess of chemicals, called disinfectant byproducts, that form when naturally occurring organic matter in the water combines with disinfectants like chlorine. TWW tests for two byproducts: total trihalomethanes, or TTHM, and haloacetic acid 5, or HAA5. TWW has had a HAA5 violation in four of the last five testing periods. It had a TTHM level higher than the federal standard in three of the four testing periods in 2018. The federal Environmental Protection Agency says some people who consume excess quantities of TTHM for many years may experience liver, kidney or central nervous system issues, and may have an increased risk of getting cancer. TWW finds its TTHM level by testing the water in sites across its service area, and taking the average of the results of each site during the last 12 months. Testing sites, such as the Lawrence Senior Center and Lore Elementary School in Ewing, have averages higher than the federal threshold, which triggers a violation. Some of those sites, including Lore
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Lawrence resident Mollie Kasica said she has used a Brita filter to remove lead and other contaminants from their water since moving to town, but recently switched to a more-expensive faucet filter since it also removes disinfectant byproducts the Brita doesn’t. She and her husband will go a step further in the coming weeks, installing a complete water filtration system for their house. The decision was made in part to protect Kasica, who is pregnant. Kasica did not want to discuss what the new filter cost, but such systems can run into the thousands of dollars. Kasica admitted the system wasn’t a purchase made lightly or easily, but said she couldn’t put a price on ensuring her health or that of her child. Ewing resident Rick Butera can relate. He installed a five-filter reverse osmosis system under his kitchen sink in 2017, when the first hints of TWW’s issues began to surface. The system cost $200, and took less than an hour to install. “We did it just to try to protect ourselves,” Butera said. “At that point, I didn’t have any trust in the water.” Seeing what has happened since, Butera said he is glad he installed a system to clean his water. His brother, his wife’s grandparents and several friends in Ewing all have installed the same system on his recommendation. To further bolster his case, Butera keeps a photo handy on his phone of the first time he changed one of the system’s filters—a used filter black with detritus juxtaposed next to a new, white one. “You pay attention to what you put in your body,” Butera said. “You definitely don’t want to get sick. I don’t believe anything they’re telling us. It’s probably 10 times worse.” Such is the atmosphere that Reed Gusciora has had to deal with since taking over as mayor of Trenton on July 1. He brought in Hsueh, who worked with water for three decades at the DEP, to rehabilitate Trenton Water Works. Hsueh was named full-time director officially in December, and has asked for patience as he tries to overcome a staffing shortage of 40 percent and a dire need for new equipment and processes. But just because the people at the helm are new doesn’t mean TWW’s problems— or the public’s patience—has reset. Gusciora learned that quickly when, a day into his term, the DEP determined TWW had exceeded federal lead standards for the first half of 2018. A day later, letters for an earlier HAA5 violation went out to the public. At the same time, TWW mailed its annual Consumer Confidence Report. On the report’s cover is text that reads, “Your drinking water: It’s high quality. It’s reliable.” Some residents received the HAA5 violation letter and the Consumer Confidence Report on the same day. They couldn’t help but notice the irony of receiving a report saying the water is clean at the same time as a violation notice suggesting something different. The water quality notices were not Gusciora’s work—in fact they had former mayor Eric Jackson’s name printed on them—but residents didn’t care whose name was on the paperwork. “It says the water is reliable and high
quality,” Tuccillo said. “It’s not. The study they cite is from 2016. It has nothing to do with today. There’s no correlation.” (The results quoted in the 2018 Consumer Confidence Report used data from a 2016 test that showed no coliform or e.coli in the water.) The Gusciora administration has made further efforts to improve relations by reaching out to public officials ranging from U.S. Rep. Chris Smith down to local mayors. Bobbitt said he and others in Lawrence Township government have noticed the new Trenton administration is more forthcoming, and it seems the utility is heading in the right direction. Bobbitt worried, however, at what should happen if the next Trenton mayor isn’t as transparent. There are no regulations or policies in place saying TWW needs to communicate regularly and openly with its customers. TWW only must correspond with its customers via its annual water quality report or when a DEP violation occurs. Bobbitt suggested it might be a good idea to have something in place to compel TWW to work more closely with officials in the suburban towns it serves. State assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D-Hamilton) introduced a bill in September 2018 that would achieve this by establishing a 9-person Mercer Regional Water Services Commission. The bill passed in the telecommunications committee, and has been awaiting a vote in the full Assembly since Sept. 27. But Bobbitt knows regardless of the outcome of the bill, improvement will require much more than TWW promising to change. “Words are easy, so we have to keep our eyes out,” he said. The government in Hopewell Township has taken much the same approach. In 2018, the township committee ordered independent testing be done to alleviate residents’ concerns about the quality of TWW’s water. Hopewell Township health officer Robert English, in an October 2018 letter to residents, said the testing revealed mostly normal results, but did discover elevated disinfectant byproducts at half the testing locations. “While one set of elevated testing results does not necessarily indicate a larger problem, it does suggest that a regular testing protocol should be established to monitor local water quality as TWW works to improve their water quality,” English wrote. Hopewell Township’s move of using taxpayer money to double-check testing already done by a public utility is an unusual step and a telling sign. Municipal governments—who don’t have a formal stake in TWW or any recourse should something go awry—are capable of little on their own to reassure residents their drinking water is safe. TWW customers, meanwhile, are left hoping TWW tells the truth and works in good faith to restore the utility to its former status. All the power and responsibility rests with Trenton Water Works. That means, in the end, all officials and residents can do is watch and wait. “Let’s get through a year where we don’t have any more issues,” Bobbitt said. “Whatever happens, it’s going to take time to get better.”
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New Water Works head: vacancies, bureaucracy hurting utility Interview by Bill Sanservino bsanservino@communitynews.org When Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora took office in July 2018, he assumed with it the burden of fixing Trenton Water Works at the utility’s lowest point. To solve the problem, he tapped Shing-Fu Hsueh, the longtime mayor of West Windsor Township and a water quality expert. Hsueh started in a temporary capacity before being confirmed as full-time director of Trenton Water Works Dec. 6, 2018. The Hamilton Post’s Bill Sanservino sat down with Hsueh at Trenton Water Works’ headquarters in December to talk about the embattled utility and the task ahead of him to turn it around. An abridged transcript follows. For the complete interview, go to communitynews.org. Hamilton Post: So how did you wind up getting involved with Trenton Water Works? After your retirement as mayor of West Windsor you didn’t have any plans to do work like this again. Shing-Fu Hsueh: Reed and I belong to the same fitness center—RWJ in Hamilton. Sometime last February, he asked me to send him my resume. He said he was planning to run for mayor of Trenton, and he wanted me to help him with the water issues at Trenton Water Works if he got elected. So I said, “yeah, no problem.” Most of the time, when someone con-
tacts me for help, I try to offer them my knowledge. I never really had any other thought at the time that he would want me for more than that. I also never expected him to win the election, because there were seven candidates running. Finally, he ended up winning the election, but I still never thought he would want me for anything other than to help him out if he had any questions. Then on July 1, I got a voicemail from Reed inviting me to come to his inauguration. I went, and during his speech, he said, “I have Dr. Shing-Fu Hsueh, retired mayor of West Windsor, taking over the water program.” I was shocked. There were people around me saying “You’ve got to stand up!” “You’ve got to stand up!” “Show your face!” So I did. Afterwards, when he walked down from the podium, I said, “We never talked about this! We need to talk tomorrow morning.” That night when I got home, I told my wife he wanted me to take over the Water Works. She was furious. She said, “What did you do behind my back?” I said, “I didn’t do anything!” HP: Right, because you told her that you were out of government work. Did you eventually convince her? Hsueh: Yes I did. She is coming around slowly and becoming supportive. I told her I viewed this as a mission I really want to accomplish.
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New Trenton Water Works director Shing-Fu Hsueh poses with a wooden water main from 1801 at the utility’s headquarters. Hsueh is the former mayor of West Windsor. (Staff photo by Bill Sanser vino.) As for Reed, I went to his office at 9 a.m. the next morning, and he asked if I could help him for a few months, and I agreed to take over as acting director. Later that afternoon, I went on a tour with him of Trenton Water Works and met all of the employees. Once I took over, I found out a lot about the operations here, and I couldn’t believe it. There was almost no management, no leadership, no organization. The culture was so loose. They also had several consultants working here, but they didn’t communicate with each other. Nobody was making decisions. Each consultant, of course, once they get paid, didn’t really care about what was going on. And communication with the state was controlled or managed by the consultants.
Nobody here really understood the technical details. So I came in with the mayor and met with all of the consultants together. My question was, “Who is in charge of the coordination with the consultants?” They all just looked at me. They just did whatever they were supposed to be doing, but nobody really provided them with any guidance or leadership. Eventually I found out that they were supposed to report to the director of the Public Works Department. The whole organization was. This is a very technical and specialized area, but Trenton Water Works reported to public works, whose major function is to pick up garbage, clean up and fill pot holes and keep the roadways in good conditions. The person assigned to watch this didn’t really have any background in running a water treatment facility. Based on my background, I knew the problems right away. I spoke to the professionals working here—the city employees. I think that the day I took over, this place started showing signs of life again. HP: Remind me a little bit of your background and why you were a good choice to take over here? Hsueh: Going back to the beginning, I was one of the first waves of engineers who went through the environmental engineer training. In those days there was no environmental engineering curriculum at any of the major universities. We didn’t have enough books or textbooks written in Chinese. This group of friends came together and we asked the textbook publisher for permission to officially translate all of their old science and technical books series into Chinese. I was given the water as my area to pursue. Before we got permission, though, I got a position as a research assistantship at Rutgers University, so I left Taiwan. The organization eventually got dissolved, because the publisher took too
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for a long time were very surprised it all got approved so quickly. I think that they trust me because of my background. HP: What are some of the hurdles you’ve faced? Number one, it has been difficult to get people approved to be hired. It turned out that Kristin Epstein (assistant director) was the only person I was able to hire right away. She has an environmental engineering degree, an undergraduate graduate from Princeton, and a John Hopkins master’s degree. She has a PE license, so it wasn’t too hard for me to get her hired. The mayor also pushed for her, because I told him that I cannot do this by myself. I had nobody coming in with me and nobody I could rely on. It took me three months to get her on board. The problem I have is that I don’t have enough people. We have a 40 percent vacancy rate. They haven’t hired people here for a long time. Previous mayors’ administrations gave them a hard time. And not only that, a lot of the ones they did hire didn’t have good qualifications. HP: Why is it so hard to hire people? Hsueh: We have to get approval from city operations—the office of personnel. Then we have to go through the state Department of Community Affairs, civil service and the DEP. That’s the process for anyone we want to hire. I already interviewed and found 29 people I could hire right away. It’s already been more than a month, and I’m still waiting for a decision. The problem is the state agencies. HP: What other difficulties does the state present? Hsueh: There are some issues with Administrative Consent Orders that
have been issued by the DEP. I used to be in charge of water supply at DEP for the whole state before I retired. I know that when they issue an ACO, the DEP usually sits down with the party involved and they go over it together. Nobody here ever got involved in negotiations with the DEP. It’s all been one sided. Whatever the DEP says, we have to do. After four months, I found out the ACOs don’t really make a lot of technical sense. I think for the first time in several years, someone sitting here has sent a letter to the DEP commissioner’s office and let them know we need to renegotiate. For some of the requirements, we are trying to comply, but my feeling is that some of them make no sense. I’m still waiting for a response. I also have other state agencies involved. I wanted to go over things with the state agencies to make sure we come up with something that we can deliver, and that we can turn the water into something nice. HP: You think that can happen? Hsueh: I’m very optimistic. This is all doable. This can be turned around provided the state gets off our back. The state agencies’ assumption is that
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HSUEH continued from Page 21 My wife says I’m crazy, but I don’t drink bottled water. There are no water quality requirements for bottled water. They are only required to follow the same standards as soda and other soft drinks. HP: So you’re confident the TWW water is not making people sick? Hsueh: Yes, that’s correct. There used to be nobody home here, but now we are watching what’s going on very closely. And when there is a problem, I follow up on it right away. I don’t mean it’s perfect. We still have a long way to go, because we still have those vacant positions to fill, and it makes it very hard for me to function. HP: There are a number of people who are not comfortable with the safety of the water. How do you address their concerns? Hsueh: I understand. It’s human nature. I cannot do that overnight, but I hope that slowly through all our efforts at communications, people will see what can be done and what cannot be done. What makes sense and what doesn’t. “What we have to do is makeover, not takeover.” That’s what Congressman Chris Smith said. I invited him to come here and we went through a tour and I think he was very impressed by what we are doing here. I also had a meeting with the health officers from all of the towns. I am going to be talking to the mayors and other elected officials on a regular basis. So we’ll start from there and hopefully we can get the message across. This is not a problem that just happened. It’s been going on for 20 years. HP: A number of town officials we have talked to have said their biggest problem has been communications, or lack thereof, from TWW. What have you done to improve communications with town officials and customers? Hsueh: I have done four public meetings in the towns we serve. Out of the four meetings, two of them—Hamilton and Ewing—were a full house. There were more than 200 people at each of those meetings. We have a smaller service area in Lawrence and Hopewell, so the attendance there was a little lower. During the meetings there were some people who were angry with me. There was one woman in Lawrence—she said she was an engineer—who told me I’ve been screwing up her water for 20 years. I said, “I just got here, it’s only my third month.” But at the end of the meetings I felt very warm. A lot of people came up and thanked me for being willing to take over. They also see the light for the future. I think they feel comfortable with what I’m doing. I can’t invite all of our customers to see our operations, but for the first time
in history here, I’m inviting elected officials to visit us. I also plan to take them to see our operations step-by-step. I want to be open and transparent. I think it’s very important to be down to earth and talk to people. We will continue to hold public meetings in all five municipalities we serve on a regular basis. I think that’s one of the best channels of communication you can have, because you can talk directly to the people. I will be able to respond directly to their questions. Earlier I mentioned the website, which will help provide explanations of what’s going on with notices that customers receive. We are also are asking for money to have fiber optic connections between our facilities— drinking water, wastewater, the reservoir system and the administration building here. I want to have more effective internal communications between all of them. I have heard a lot of complaints about people who call for customer service and have to wait for a long time, and sometimes they never get a response. The reason is that we have only one person doing that, and it’s not enough. Again, we have vacant positions here, but we cannot hire because we need to have all of the approvals. That hopefully will be changed. HP: From what you’ve seen, where do facilities upgrades need to be made? Hsueh: Number one is disinfection. We are in the process of getting a new chlorine contact basin to kill bacteria. This is the $5 million upgrade I mentioned before that was approved by council. We have two, and we decided that we need to replace one right now. From what I understand, they have never been replaced. They weren’t even going through regular cleanup, because of the shortage of manpower. Now I’m making sure it’s a priority. We already had a full distribution line cleanup at the end of November, because I wanted it to be done right away. Nationwide, a lot of water quality problems come from the distribution system, so you have to clean it up on a regular basis. I also want to make sure that every year we use a high percentage of our surplus budget to upgrade our facilities on a regular basis, which hasn’t happened for a long time. Organizational culture in another thing. In this kind of organization, it’s critical. There’s so many components here that they’ve got to be able to work together. You can’t miss links between any components. I have weekly meetings with the managers, and they can tell me about problems or things they want to have resolved right away, and I will try to get
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them taken care of in a timely fashion. I want them to feel like we can make decisions as team a working together. I think with all of these things, people can read between the lines as to whether you care or you don’t care. HP: Some of the water quality problems you’ve had are as a result of aging infrastructure, like with old lead pipes contaminating the water. Hsueh: We are launching a program to eliminate the lead contamination of drinking water. Starting in 2019—and we have already gone out to bid on this--we are going to replace all of the pipelines connecting from our mains to the meter of individual households for $1,000. We’ll cover all of the additional costs. If a homeowner was to hire a plumber to do it for them, it would cost between $2,500 and $5,000. It’s a good deal, and we already have the budget to cover 2,600 households. Once we hire contractors, we’ll check each household and see if they’re qualified or not. If the pipes are still relatively new, particularly after 1986, they’re not likely to have a problem. Before that, some have the problem and some don’t so we have to go through this process. HP: What about the families that can’t afford the $1,000? Hsueh: One of the concerns I have is with low-income families. I want to try to talk to some people to see if we can some governmental support to help these families. For those families, $1,000 is a lot of money. I consider it one of the things I want to get resolved as soon as possible. I also want to point out to people with
old systems, if they run their water for one to three minutes, and then the problem with lead will be gone. With all of these so-called drinking water standards, the newspapers misinterpret that if you drink the water you’re going to get cancer. No. The standards we have are based on studies using guinea pigs. For the situation to be comparable to a human, it would be a 5-foot, 8-inch tall 170-pound male drinking two liters of water nonstop for 60 years. So people shouldn’t get panicked when they see a few violations here and there. Another thing that’s ridiculous is that the notifications mention that people should check with their physicians. I have to tell you, if you surveyed all of the physicians in New Jersey, no more than 5 percent can tell you about water quality issues. They make the assumption that all doctors know about this. It’s more bureaucratic nonsense. A lot of people are saying, “I have to check with my doctor right away!” No. They can check with Dr. Hsueh. HP: Some state and local officials have been pushing for legislation
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that would give suburban customers “a seat at the table” by creating a board of representative from each town in the ser vice area to run TWW. What’s your feeling? Hsueh: I disagree with that approach. If I have regular meetings with the elected officials from all four municipalities, then they will know personally what’s going on. If you have this legislation passed, they’re talking about having 17 committee members to oversee our operations. We already need approvals from DEP, DCA, Civil Service and, to some extent, BPU. Do we need more bureaucracy to stall the whole process? How many of these 17 people will be water experts? How many of these people will be able to provide supervision to make sure that we have high-quality water? We already have enough on our hands just dealing with DEP. My assistant director, she’s a very capable person. But now she spends almost all of her time dealing with the DEP. We already have enough supervision. What I would like is for all of the towns and county health officers to meet
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B I - M O N T H LY N E W S F R O M C A P I TA L H E A LT H After an initial meeting with Dr. Chung, participants begin one of two diet options in which “real” food is either replaced entirely by or balanced with high protein/ low carb meals (depending on individual nutrition requirements). Both diets are flexible enough to accommodate the individual needs of each participant.
Safe Options for Achieving Your
2019 WEIGHT GOALS For anyone struggling with obesity, the thought of achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle can sometimes seem impossible. To help break harmful eating patterns and establish lasting routines for long-term health, Capital Health’s Metabolic & Weight Loss Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, offers surgical and non-surgical options for safe, healthy weight loss results that last a lifetime. “Our comprehensive approach is what makes the Metabolic & Weight Loss Center unique,” said DR. JOOYEUN CHUNG, medical director of the Center. “By addressing the medical, behavioral, and nutritional issues related to obesity, we come to understand each candidate not just as a patient, but as a person.” A Serious Commitment In addition to leading the Metabolic & Weight Loss Center, Dr. Chung is a fellowship-trained bariatric surgeon who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of metabolic disorders. As one of the most experienced bariatric surgeons in the region, she works with her expert team to carefully evaluate each candidate for weight
loss surgery. Those who are cleared for surgery receive personalized care from a team that includes Dr. Chung, a psychologist, and a registered dietitian. The Center offers the full complement of weight loss surgeries, including sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass. Depending on which option is chosen, weight loss surgery works by either changing the anatomy of your stomach or the way your body absorbs nutrition. After surgery, patients and their team at the Center continue to work together to achieve and maintain healthy weight goals. Change Your Routine, Change Your Life For those who do not fall within surgery guidelines or are looking for a non-surgical alternative to weight loss, the Center also offers a Medical Weight Loss Program, a protein-based meal replacement plan that is strictly monitored by Dr. Chung and her team. Replacement foods include protein bars, shakes, pudding, and soups that are part of a larger system of lifestyle changes — nutrition education, physical activity, behavior modification and group support — all of which change your relationship with food.
“Our program is all about personal accountability, which is the key to long-term success,” said Dr. Chung. “Participants are required to visit our dietitian once a week for ongoing support and a weekly supply of meal supplements. They also meet with me once a month to review lab tests to monitor their ongoing progress.” After they achieve their weight goals, participants gradually swap out replacement products with real food and implement the eating patterns and fitness techniques they learned during the program. Before and Ever After When it comes to losing weight safely, there is no easy way out, but patients at Capital Health’s Metabolic & Weight Loss Center never have to go through it alone. Long after replacement meals are finished and recovery from surgery is complete, they continue to receive support that helps sustain a lifetime of good health.
Call 609.537.6777 today or visit capitalhealth.org/weightloss to sign up for one of our upcoming free information sessions.
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invasive breast surgery, including skin-sparing and nipple-sparing mastectomies. Certified in hidden scar breast cancer surgery, Dr. Mustafa completed fellowship training in breast surgical oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. She completed her surgical internship at Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine, New York NY, and her general surgery residency at Montefiore Medical Center- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Dr. Rose Mustafa (right) will be joining Dr. Lisa Allen (left) in February as part of the Capital Health Surgical Group – Breast Surgery practice. Call 609.537.6700 to make an appointment.
NEW BREAST SURGEON Adds Expertise to Capital Health Center for Comprehensive Breast Care In February, Dr. Rose Mustafa, a fellowship trained breast surgeon who specializes in surgical care for benign diseases and cancer, will be joining the Capital Health Center for Comprehensive Breast Care, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell.
that our patients will now have additional expertise to rely on with Dr. Mustafa joining our team,” said Dr. Lisa Allen, a fellowship trained breast surgeon and medical director of the Capital Health Center for Comprehensive Breast Care.
“Our Center uses a collaborative approach, which means that patients benefit from the combined knowledge of our medical team when it comes to their care. I’m very pleased
Dr. Mustafa’s clinical background includes the most advanced surgical treatment options for breast cancer with breast reconstruction techniques and minimally
“I’m thrilled to join the team at Capital Health that believes, as I do, that the best way to treat breast disease is to treat the person who has it. Not the patient, the person. I look forward to adding to the already impressive level of care being provided in such a warm, supportive environment,” said Dr. Mustafa. Dr. Mustafa will be joining Dr. Allen as part of the Capital Health Surgical Group – Breast Surgery practice, located in Suite 505 in the medical office building inside Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. Both surgeons will also be seeing patients at their new Lower Makefield office this spring. To make an appointment, call 609.537.6700 or visit capitalsurgical.org/ breastsurgery for information.
A bout Our C E N TE R FO R C O M P R E H E N SI VE B R EA S T C A R E Our Center for Comprehensive Breast Care offers a complete range of personalized, breast care programs and services — from advanced diagnostics and genetic testing to leadingedge cancer care — all at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. From cancer to cysts, abscesses, lesions, breast pain and other breast-related disorders, you’ll be cared for by a multidisciplinary team that collaborates closely to develop your plan of care. Depending on the nature of your problem, your team could include a breast surgeon, radiologist, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, plastic surgeon, financial navigator, nutritionist, rehabilitation services, and more.
every phase of treatment, at no additional cost. Your navigator, a specially trained oncology nurse, will be your central point of contact to guide you, answer questions, help you better understand your diagnosis and treatment options, coordinate with your physicians, set up your health care services, and provide ongoing support through our Survivors Program and support groups.
A personal breast health nurse navigator is by your side from an initial diagnosis through
Call 609.537.6767 or visit capitalbreast.org to learn more.
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Our Center is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program of the American College of Surgeons, for achieving excellence in providing the highest quality cancer care.
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AMERICAN HEART MONTH KNOW THE SIGNS OF A HEART ATTACK AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS HAVING ONE.
If you or a loved one is experiencing the signs of a heart attack, call 9-1-1. This puts you in contact with a trained dispatcher who will tell you what to do and sends an ambulance to your location. When the ambulance arrives, treatment begins in your home and the emergency department is prepared for your arrival at the hospital. Because your symptoms may get worse, driving yourself is a bad idea. The Chest Pain Center at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell is accredited by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and the American College of Cardiology. This means the Center meets high standards for diagnosing and treating cardiac emergencies, such as heart attacks. When someone is having a heart attack, time to treatment is critical. Capital Health’s pre-hospital alert system allows ambulance patients to be tested in their homes and mobilizes an interventional team at the hospital if there is evidence of a heart attack, saving time for an initial EKG test or faster bedside blood tests for troponin, a protein that enters the blood stream during a heart attack. If you or a loved one is having a severe heart attack caused by prolonged restricted blood flow due to a clot or ruptured plaque, Capital Health’s Cardiac Catheterization Lab is ready to provide an emergency stent placement.
After you or your loved one has recovered, your last step is preventing another heart attack or heart-related illness. The Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, offers a team of physicians, nurses, exercise physiologists and registered dietitians who provide individually prescribed education and exercise. All program candidates are interviewed prior to entering the Cardiac Rehabilitation program, which allows a team to develop and implement a personalized care plan. Participants include those who have experienced:
… Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) within the past 12 months
… Coronary artery bypass surgery … Current, stable chest pain (angina pectoris)
… Heart valve repair or replacement … Angioplasty or stenting to open
DO MEN & WOMEN HAVE DIFFERENT SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF HEART ATTACK?
YES SYMPTOM
MEN
WOMEN
Chest Pain
Crushing, center of chest
Pressure, tightness, ache, stomach pain, sweating
Shortness of breath
With or With or before before pain, pain, common may occur
Sweating
With cold, clammy skin, Similar to men may occur
Arm Pain
Pain, numbness
Similar to men
Back, Neck, Jaw Pain
May occur
More common than in men
Stomach Pain
May occur
Extend to abdomen or only abdomen
Indigestion
May occur
2x’s more likely than men
Anxiety
May occur
Mistaken for panic
Fatigue
May occur
Flu-like symptoms
Dizzy/ Lightheaded
May occur
More common than in men
blocked coronary arteries
… Heart or heart-lung transplant surgery
… Stable, chronic heart failure Talk to your doctor about participating in cardiac rehabilitation. Visit capitalhealth.org/cardiacrehab for more information.
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART: A Conversation About AFib Tuesday, February 26, 2019 | 6 p.m. Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, NJ PURE Conference Center Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is an irregular heartbeat that can cause heart palpitations and shortness of breath. As the most common type of heart arrhythmia, it affects millions of people in the United States and can increase your risk for heart attack and stroke. Join DR. HARIT DESAI, interventional cardiologist at Capital Health – Heart Care Specialists, for a discussion of symptoms, risk factors, and treatment options to help you manage your condition.
If you or someone you know is experiencing these signs and symptoms, call 9-1-1.
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UPCOMING EVENTS Unless otherwise noted, call 609.394.4153 or visit capitalhealth.org/events to sign up for the following programs.
UNDERSTANDING HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY Monday, March 11, 2019 | 6 p.m. Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Hip and knee replacements are common procedures, but if you’re the one considering surgery, you need to make an informed decision. Join DR. ARJUN SAXENA from Trenton Orthopaedic Group at Rothman Institute for a discussion of surgical options that are available to help you maintain your active lifestyle. NATIONAL SLEEP AWARENESS WEEK OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, March 13, 2019 | 4 – 7 p.m. Capital Health Center for Sleep Medicine Tour our state-of-the-art facility, meet our specialty-trained staff, and learn how we help resolve the full range of sleep disorders in adults and children. Light refreshments and door prizes will be available. For more information, call 609.584.5150.
TREATING GERD (ACID REFLUX) AND BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | 6 p.m. Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center DR. JASON ROGART, director of Interventional Gastroenterology and Therapeutic Endoscopy at Capital Health Center for Digestive Health, will discuss medical, endoscopic, and surgical treatment options for GERD, as well as radiofrequency ablation for the eradication of Barrett’s esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition that can result from chronic acid reflux. BETTER LIVING THROUGH BETTER HEARING Thursday, March 28, 2019 | 10 a.m. Capital Health – Hamilton If you are living with hearing loss, Capital Health’s Audiology Department provides diagnostic and treatment services for adults and children (ages newborn and older) to help you better manage your hearing. Join us as SUSAN DONDES from our Audiology Department teaches about hearing loss and the different types of hearing aids that can benefit you or your loved one.
55+ BREAKFAST SERIES — Colon Cancer: Know Your Risk Factors, Screening Guidelines & Treatment Options Friday, March 15, 2019 | 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Attend our free breakfast discussion about colon cancer — risk factors, screening guidelines, and treatment options — led by fellowship trained gastroenterologist DR. MARION-ANNA PROTANO from Mercer Gastroenterology. Melissa Phelps, a registered dietitian and certified specialist in oncology nutrition at the Capital Health Cancer Center, will also discuss nutrition guidelines to promote the health of your colon. HEALTHY EATING FOR LIFE Wednesday, March 20, 2019 | 6 p.m. Capital Health Primary Care – Robbinsville Eating healthy can be a real challenge. Between temptations and time restraints we often don’t always make the best choice. Please join MINDY KOMOSINSKY, registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator who will help you identify where you can make gradual changes to help you improve your eating habits. FREE HIP AND KNEE SCREENINGS Tuesday, March 26, 2019 | 5 – 7 p.m. Capital Health – Hamilton Meet one-on-one with orthopaedic surgeons DR. ARJUN SAXENA or DR. PAUL MAXWELL COURTNEY of Trenton Orthopaedic Group at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute who will conduct a free screening and recommend next steps. Please wear shorts or loose clothing. Capital Health – Hamilton 1445 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619 Capital Health Center for Sleep Medicine 1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Suite 219, Hamilton, NJ 08619 Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534 Capital Health Primary Care – Robbinsville 2330 Route 33, Suite 107, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 30Hamilton Post | Health Headlines by Capital Health
COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS DAY featuring The Rollin’ Colon Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534 Walk through the giant inflatable Rollin’ Colon and learn more about colorectal cancer risk factors and who should be screened. … Meet gastroenterologists and ask them questions related to digestive health … Learn how colonoscopy screenings can prevent cancer … Discuss healthy eating and lifestyle tips with our nurse navigator and oncology nutritionist … Learn about the prep for a colonoscopy with our pharmacy experts … Pick up free blue giveaways and digestive healthrelated information
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Steinert High School boys’ basketball player Mario Mazur scored the 1,000th point of his career Jan. 22, 2019, during an away game at West Windsor-Plainsboro South. The Spartans won, 35-31. Pictured above, Mazur (center) celebrates with his teammates following the accomplishment.
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‘Complete’ LaBelle leads young Centenary hoops team By Ken Weingartner After starting every game last season for the Centenary University men’s basketball team as a freshman, Chris LaBelle could have been tempted to take it easy in the offseason. After all, LaBelle led the team in scoring and ranked eighth in the Colonial States Athletic Conference with 16 points per game. He also topped the Cyclones in assists. But taking it easy is not LaBelle’s style. It’s the reason he has continued to excel at Centenary and the reason his former coach at Trenton Catholic Academy, Fred Falchi, believed LaBelle would succeed at the collegiate level. “We kind of sat him down and said listen, as long as he works hard, he’ll be fine,” said the recently retired Falchi. “I thought the potential was there. He wants to be good. He knows what it takes. He’s going to put all the work in he possibly can. That’s all you can ask.” LaBelle emerged from his freshman season at Centenary confident in his ability to score. But the Hamilton resident wanted to be more than just a scorer, he wanted to be a complete player. He worked in the offseason to increase his strength and focused on improving his defensive and distributing skills while continuing to hone his shooting touch. This year, through mid-January and the team’s first 16 games, LaBelle was averaging a CSAC-best 17.8 points per game. The 6-foot-1 guard also led the con-
ference in assists, with an average of 4.5 per game, and was No. 2 in assist/turnover ratio. He ranked second in steals per game, with 2.1, and his total of 34 was just one shy of his total for all of last season. In addition, he had seven blocked shots compared to four as a freshman. That’s pretty complete. “It’s going pretty good so far,” said LaBelle, who in early December was the CSAC Player of the Week. “I came into a starting role right away (last season) and tried to make the most of it. This year it was all about getting better and building off of last year. Coming out of high school, I was more of just a shooter. I wanted to become more of a defender and more of a facilitator, stuff you need to do to be a big-time player. “It’s a whole new game in college, a whole different level. It’s a big jump. I think having those games and experience last year really helped me to know what to expect and what it takes to succeed. I just want to do whatever I can to help my team.” LaBelle played high school basketball at Steinert prior to transferring to TCA, where he was an all-area selection as a senior. “I told Chris when he was in high school he’ll probably be a better college player than high school player because he’s going to grow into his body, he’s going to get used to the speed of the game, different things like that,” Falchi said. “I think when he was at Steinert he had to do too much. With us he got to shoot, that was
Hamilton native Chris LaBelle leads the Colonial States Athletic Conference in points and assists. his specialty. That’s what he’s doing in college. There’s always room for a shooter, especially nowadays with the game. “Of course, you have to keep improving. Only God knows how good you’re going to get. But his work habit was tremendous. He’s a great kid. Kids like him make programs.” LaBelle’s goal now is helping make the program at Centenary as good as possible. The Cyclones got off to a
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Northstar alumni share what it takes to compete at next level By Rich Fisher Nottingham High School has had its share of students go on to play college sports this past decade, with several of them earning scholarships to Division I programs. Track/cross country coach Melissa Persichetti, currently on sabbatical with two young children, watched as some of them struggled to make decisions, not knowing of what to look out for as they plotted their future. So, on Jan. 8, Persichetti brought six former Northstars—who all are, or were, competing at the Division I level— back to the school library to conduct a symposium with current Nottingham athletes. Returning to their alma mater were track stars Jermaine Griffith (Rutgers), Boaz Madeus (Rutgers), Kenley Souffrant (Rider) and Grace Dwyer (Furman), and softball standouts Val Suto (Seton Hall) and Kristin Hallam (Hofstra). The event turned out to be extremely successful. After each college student discussed subjects assigned to them by Persichetti for 10 minutes apiece, a Q&A session followed in small groups. “I wanted to give current studentathletes an opportunity to learn and be inspired by students who were once in their shoes,” Persichetti said. “I want our current student-athletes to understand the aspects of playing in college as well as identify qualities that help achieve success. I believe it is important to recognize
Teacher Melissa Persichetti, Boaz Madeus, Jermaine Griffith, Kenley Souffrant, Grace Dwyer, Valerie Suto, Kristin Hallam, Nick Houghton and Nottingham principal Frank Ragazzo were all part of a symposium for Nottingham athletes Jan. 8, 2019. the success of Northstar alumni. Getting the alumni to come back and share was a perfect way to motivate current students.” It apparently worked. Whether an athlete’s future is already decided or they are still looking for a college, the session provided solid lessons. “The symposium was great and just what I think many athletes need to hear before taking that next step,” said basketball player Sara Haas, who will con-
tinue her career at Eastern University next year. “One topic that had the biggest impact on me was don’t be afraid to fail. I am one that always worries about failure, however, many of them said that in college you are going to have moments of failure or loss but it’s all a matter of how you respond and how you move on from it that counts.” Junior track standout Dana Ridley is still undecided, but was happy to get some
tips for when he finally arrives in college. “It was very enlightening to hear each one speak on a subject that is very important in understanding what and how to get prepared for committing and attending a D1 college,” Ridley said. “In my opinion the biggest part of what I took from it was Kenley Souffrant talking about ‘greatness’ and how greatness is not just about coming in first but really working hard and earning respect for your team and coaches through hard work and dedication. All in all it was a great experience; actually knowing about half of the speakers and running beside two of them in track and field.” Souffrant discussed “earning greatness with respect” and he tried to drive home three points—work hard and lead by example; sacrifice any activity or relationship that could prevent reaching greatness; and remember the journey is not only about one’s self, but their family, team, school, community and, if they so believe, God. “Overall, I just wanted to express to them that greatness is not just about that big moment, but also about earning respect from others due to their hard work and their good influence in other’s lives,” said Souffrant, who has given motivational speeches to Nottingham students since his junior year through a Bible study group. He now conducts something similar on YouTube at Rider and his church. “Going back was a great experience,” he said. “Those kids are amazing kids
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Hamilton native James Pugliese pitched a month for Puerto Rican winter ball team Santurce. He returns home this month, after a stint playing in the Chicago Cubs organization, to attend Mercer County Community College. during the regular season pitched 3.2 innings, striking out four while allowing no hits or walks. The league’s playoffs began in January, with a spot in February’s Caribbean Series on the line. The league champion from Puerto Rico has won the past two Caribbean titles. “I’ve been doing pretty well,” said Pugliese, who was committed to returning to New Jersey at the end of January for school regardless of his team’s outcome in the league playoffs. “I’m enjoying it. It’s been a lot of fun, especially the nice weather. This is just getting my name out there, showing I’m available for a (major league) affiliate and still playing. If that doesn’t happen, it’s just a good experience to be able to con-
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tinue playing baseball at a high level in another country.” Pugliese’s travels during his professional baseball career have taken him across the U.S. and twice to the Caribbean. His experiences in meeting people from around the world have been priceless. “I’ve learned so much, being with different people and coming to understand different cultures, different religions, just everything,” said Pugliese, who over the years has become fluent in Spanish. “There are so many things that a college or living in just one area isn’t going to be able to teach you. For me, being able to experience all this through baseball, it just goes to show how much a sport of any type can do for somebody. It’s been very enjoyable.” Pugliese was drafted in the 18th round of the 2011 draft by the Cubs following successes that began as a member of three World Series teams for Nottingham Babe Ruth and continued at Steinert and, for one season, at Mercer. He advanced as high as Double-A with the Cubs organization, compiling a career record of 29-24 with a 3.42 ERA. He appeared in 186 games, making 48 starts, and registered 10 saves. Following his release in May, Pugliese landed with the York Revolution in the Atlantic League. The 6-foot-3, 205-pounder went 5-1 for York with a
2.29 ERA. He pitched 35.1 innings and had 36 strikeouts while walking only nine. “It’s flown by,” Pugliese said. “I wouldn’t change it for anything. It was such a good experience, no matter what happened.” The Somerset Patriots, who play at 6,100-seat TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, are looking forward to having Pugliese with them, rather than pitching against them, this year. Opening Day is April 26, and the season concludes Sept. 22. “We are proud to be joined by James this upcoming year,” Somerset Patriots manager Brett Jodie said. “Pugliese brings some versatility to our pitching staff, as he can start and relieve. He was extremely effective out of the pen with York last year in a variety of roles. He’s a New Jersey kid that pounds the zone with strikes and will be a great addition to our clubhouse.” From the clubhouse to the classroom, Pugliese is just focusing on the road ahead. “This is a good move for me and my career,” he said. “Now I’m full swing into school and baseball. I’ll make it work. No more slacking when it comes to school.” He then added with a laugh, “So less sleeping in.” A small tradeoff when waking up to a win-win situation.
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Breast Cancer Support Group, RWJ University Hospital Hamilton Campus, 2575 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-584-2636. rwjbh.org. Monthly meeting. 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 6
The Niceties, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Zoe, a black student at an Ivy League University, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her thesis about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. A polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent and dangerous contemporary debate. 7:30 p.m. Saturated Geometry, Gallery at Mercer County Community College, Communications Building, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. mccc.edu/gallery. Opening reception. Through March 7. 5 p.m. to 7:30 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.
Thursday, February 7
The Niceties, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Zoe, a black student at an Ivy League University, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her thesis about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. A polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent and dangerous contemporary debate. 7:30 p.m. Meal Planning for a Healthier You, Capital Health Medical Center-Hopewell, 1 Capital Way, Pennington, 609-537-7081. capitalhealth.org. Learn about meal planning strategies such as the plate method, carbohydrate consistency, meal timing, portion sizes, and snacks. Register. 3 p.m. Snack Attack!, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Hands-on cooking class directed by a dietitian. For children ages six and older with parent or caregiver. $5 per child. $5 per parent/ caregiver. 6:30 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Old Town Pub, 135 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City, 609-2919232. quizzoholics.com. Teams play bar trivia for prizes. 8 p.m.
Friday, February 8
To My Unborn Child: A Love Letter from Fred Hampton, Passage Theater, 205 East Front Street, Trenton, 609-392-0766. passagetheatre.org. Visionary Black Panther Fred Hampton’s critical voice for justice comes alive again in Rich Bradford’s play about change, love, and legacy. $13 to $27. Through February 10. 7:30 p.m. Love Letters, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. Through February 10. 8 p.m. The Niceties, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Zoe, a black student at an Ivy League University, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her thesis about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. A polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent and dangerous contemporary debate. 8 p.m. Andy Borowitz, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The comedian and humorist presents “Make America Not Embarassing Again.” 7:30 Annual Valentine’s Day Chocolate Walk, Farnsworth Avenue, 200 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, 609-414-0818. downtownbordentown.com. Enjoy chocolate treats as you stroll through the downtown businesses and get your passport stamped at each location to win prizes. 6 p.m.
Saturday, February 9
The Niceties, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Zoe, a black student at an Ivy League University, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her thesis about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. A polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent and dangerous contemporary debate. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Love Letters, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 8 p.m. The Pirates of Penzance, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Presented by New York’s Gilbert & Sullivan Players. 8 p.m. Blood Drive, Jersey Mike’s Subs, 950 Route 33, Hamilton, 201-251-3703. vitalant.org. Free sandwiches for donors. Walk-ins welcome. 10 a.m. Fork and Cork Wine and Beer Tasting, Children’s Home Society of New Jersey, Nottingham Ballroom, 200 Mercer Street, Hamilton. chsofnj.org. Wine and beer tasting, dinner, and more, benefiting the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey. Casual attire. $45. Register. 6 p.m. Women’s Health Expo, Fountain of Life Center, 2035 Columbus Road, Burlington, 1-800555-1009. demanddeborah.org. Health screenings, wellness, health, and fitness activities, massages, yoga, hair care, crafts, food, and more. Free. 10 a.m. The Unfortunate History of Slavery and the Quakers in New Jersey, William Trent House Museum, 15 Market Street, Trenton, 609-989-3027. williamtrenthouse.org. Richard Geffken presents. $10. 1 p.m.
Sunday, February 10
Swan Lake, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Presented by the State Ballet Theatre of Russia. 3 p.m. Love Letters, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 2 p.m. The Niceties, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Zoe, a black student at an Ivy League University, is called into her white professor’s office to discuss her thesis about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. A polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent and dangerous contemporary debate. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Schlachtfest and Faschings Celebration, Donauschwaben Verein Trenton, 127 Route 156, Yardville, 609-586-6109. trentondonauschwaben.com. Homemade sausages, stuffed cabbage, roasted pork, and more. Call or send an email to dsatrenton@aol. com to register. 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Monday, February 11
Quizzoholics Trivia, Killarney’s, 1644 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609-586- -1166. quizzoholics.com. Free trivia every Monday. 8 p.m.
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Tuesday, February 12
GYN Cancer Support Group, RWJ University Hospital Hamilton Campus, 2575 Klockner Road, Hamilton, 609-584-2636. rwjbh.org. Monthly meeting. 2 p.m. Women and Heart Disease, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-5845900. rwjbh.org. Learn about diagnostic testing, risk factors, symptoms and treatments options. Oleg Chebotarev presents. Free. Register. 6 p.m. Summer Camp Fair, New Jersey State Library, 185 West State Street, Trenton. ww.njstatelib.org. Learn about childcare options for the summer. Noon. Climate Change or Sea Level Rise: Should I Sell my Shore House?, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Presented by Dr. Kenneth Miller. Send an email to kipatthesierraclub@gmail. com to register. 6 p.m.
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CALENDAR continued from Page 41 Mid-Day Toastmasters, Robbinsville Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. toastmasters.org. Meet to deliver and evaluate prepared and impromptu speeches. 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, February 13
Dianne Reeves, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. “Be My Valentine” program. 7:30 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.
Thursday, February 14
Valentine’s Day Casablanca Screening and Supper Club, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. hopewelltheater.com. Film screening with optional Mediterranean meal. $19.73$80.50. 6 p.m.
Quizzoholics Trivia, Old Town Pub, 135 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City, 609-2919232. quizzoholics.com. Teams play bar trivia for prizes. 8 p.m.
Friday, February 15
Gatz, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Eight-hour performance of “The Great Gatsby,” including two intermissions and a dinner break. $25-$150. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bicycle Face, Passage Theater, 205 East Front Street, Trenton, 609-392-0766. passagetheatre.org. A joyride through the feminist movement and its unlikely relationship with the bicycle. $13 to $27. Through February 17. 7:30 p.m. Four Weddings and an Elvis, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. Through February 24. 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 16
Gatz, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Eighthour performance of “The Great Gatsby,” including two intermissions and a dinner break. $25-$150. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bicycle Face, Passage Theater, 205 East Front
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Sunday, February 17
Four Weddings and an Elvis, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 2 p.m. Gatz, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Eight-hour performance of “The Great Gatsby,” including two intermissions and a dinner break. $25-$150. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Bicycle Face, Passage Theater, 205 East Front Street, Trenton, 609-392-0766. passagetheatre.org. A joyride through the feminist movement and its unlikely relationship with the bicycle. $13 to $27. 3 p.m. Sports Card and Collectible Show, Town Inn, 1083 Route 206 North, Bordentown. rksportspromotions.com. $2. Children under 6 free. 9 a.m.
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Breastfeeding Moms Group, Capital Health Hamilton, 1445 and 1401 Whitehorse-Mercerville Road, Hamilton. capitalhealth.org. Breastfeeding discussion group for mothers, nursing infants, and expectant women. Free. Register. 11 a.m. Weight Loss: Medical and Sugical Options, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Bring your questions for the bariatric coordinator and physician. Free. Register. 6 p.m. Hamilton Philatelic Society, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Samuel Alito Way, Hamilton. hamiltonphilatelic.org. Tom DeLuca presents. 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, February 20
For the Love of Reading Book Club, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A Alito Jr Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Discussion of “The Girl With Seven Names” by Hyeonseo Lee. 6:45 p.m. Mindful Meditation Practice, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-5845900. rwjbh.org. Experience relaxation and inner calm. No experience necessary. Free. Register. 1 p.m. Are You Feeling Tired?, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Maqsood Amjad presents. Free. Register. 6 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 Sor-
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Grand Homes and Gardens, Morven Museum and Gardens, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. morven.org. Kate Markert discusses the Hillwood Estate Museum and Garden. $15-$60. Register. 6:30 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Old Town Pub, 135 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City, 609-2919232. quizzoholics.com. Teams play bar trivia for prizes. 8 p.m.
Friday, February 22
Four Weddings and an Elvis, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 8 p.m. Jordi Savall & Hesperion XXI, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. Music inspired by the 1992 French film “Tous les matins du monde.” 8 p.m. YWCA Breast Cancer Resource Center, Trenton Free Public Library, 120 Academy Street, Trenton, 609-392-7188. trentonlib.org. Support group for women with breast cancer. 3 p.m. Struggling With Jaw Pain?, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Learn the root causes of Temporomandibular Disorder and how manual therapy can help or resolve symptoms permanently. Morad Fairoz presents. Free. Register. 10 a.m.
Joint Recital, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Bass-baritone Eric Owens and tenor Lawrence Brownlee. 3 p.m. Capital Philharmonic Orchestra, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, 215-893-1999. capitalphilharmonic.org. Celebrating great African American composers with Samuel Thompson, violin. $30-$65. 4 p.m.
Monday, February 25
Oscar Nominated Short Films Festival, Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. trentonfilmsociety.org. Screening Oscarnominated documentary shorts. 7 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Killarney’s, 1644 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Hamilton, 609-5861166. quizzoholics.com. Free trivia every Monday. 8 p.m.
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Saturday, February 23
Farruquito, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Grandson of flamenco founder El Farruco. 8 p.m. Rapunzel, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $12. 2 p.m. And 4 p.m. Four Weddings and an Elvis, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 8 p.m. Trompe L’Oeil Workshop, Morven Museum and Gardens, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. morven.org. Bring acrylic paint, brushes, and a gessoed masonite panel. $65. Register. 10 a.m. Wonders of Winter Tour, Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, 609-5860616. groundsforsculpture.org. Horticulturist Janis Napoli discusses the grounds’ trees on a walking tour. $16. Register. 10:30 a.m. Winter Rose Pruning, Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, 609-586-0616. groundsforsculpture.org. Learn how, where, and when to prune. $30. Register. 1 p.m.
Sunday, February 24
Four Weddings and an Elvis, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 2 p.m. Oscar Nominated Short Films Festival, Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. trentonfilmsociety.org. Screening Oscarnominated documentary shorts. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 26
Paddy Moloney and the Chieftains, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. Irish music and dance. 7:30 p.m. Oscar Nominated Short Films Festival, Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton. trentonfilmsociety.org. Screening Oscarnominated animated and live action shorts. 1 p.m. Exploring the Body-Mind Connection, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609584-5900. rwjbh.org. Explore the body-mind connection. Free. Register. 6 p.m. Grand Homes and Gardens, Morven Museum and Gardens, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. morven.org. Bill Thomas discusses the Chanticleer Garden. $15-$60. Register. 6:30 p.m. Mid-Day Toastmasters, Robbinsville Library, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road, Robbinsville, 609-259-2150. toastmasters.org. Meet to deliver and evaluate prepared and impromptu speeches. 11:30 a.m.
Life is unpredictable. Life is unpredictable.
Wednesday, February 27
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.
Thursday, February 28
Peripheral Artery Disease and Wound Care, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Risk factors, lifestyle changes, and treatment discussed. Free. Register. 6 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Old Town Pub, 135 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown City, 609-2919232. quizzoholics.com. Teams play bar trivia for prizes. 8 p.m.
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FIRELINE By Bob Sherman, Jr. Hamilton Township Fire Commissioners Elections and Approval or Rejection of Budgets for 2019 are held at the Respective Fire Stations on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 2 to 9 p.m. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 2–Mercer ville Fire Company responded to 124 incidents during December. Included in the calls were eight fires, two overpressure with no fire, 28 Emergency Medical Service incidents,three motor vehicle accidents with injuries, five extrications of victims from motor vehicle accidents, one extrication of victim from machinery, one motor vehicle accident with no injuries, one motor vehicle/pedestriat accident, eight gas leaks with no fire, nine hazardous conditions with no fire, one service call, two mutual aid/cover assignments, 26 good intent calls, 26 fire alarms or false calls, one citizen complaint and two other type incidents. Station 12 responded to 1,488 incidents in 2018. The proposed budget for District No. 2 for 2019 is $4,382,745 with $4,181,909 to be raised by taxation, with a tax rate of $0.2832 per $100. Also, there is the election of one fire commissioner for a three year term. On Dec. 1 at 2:15 p.m., Squad 12 with Captain Jason Ryan, Engine 14, Engine 16, Truck 13 and Duty Chief 17 John
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service calls, 14 good intent calls and 26 false alarms or false calls. Station 13 responded to 1,291 incidents in 2018. The proposed budget for District No. 3 for 2019 is $4,653,493 with $4,583,382 to be raised by taxation, with a tax rate of $0.74 per $100. Also, there is the election of two fire commissioners for a three year term. On Dec. 7 at 4:10 p.m., Truck 13 with Lieutenant Tim Sharpley, Engine 15, Engine 16, Engine 19 and Duty Chief 16 Richard Kraemer responded to Chambers Street for heavy black smoke coming from a house. Truck 13 arrived to report heavy black smoke coming from chimney, no occupants answering the door. Truck 13’s crew forced entry to find a smoke condition on first floor, primary search was conducted and negative results. Investigation found a malfunctioning oil burner. Heater was secured and dwelling ventilated. Scene released to Hamilton Police. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 4–Hamilton and Enterprise Fire Companies responded to 86 incidents during December. Included were three fires, one overpressure with no fire, 31 Emergency Medical Service incidents, one rescue incident, four motor vehicle accidents with injuries, one motor vehicle accident with no injuries, two extrications of victims from motor vehicle accidents, one removal of victim from stalled elevator, one extrication of victim from machinery, five gas leaks with no fire, ten hazardous conditions with no fire, four service calls, one cover/ mutual aid assignments, 19 false calls or false alarms and one other type incident. Station 14 responded to 1,106 incidents in 2018. The proposed budget for District No. 4 for 2019 is $3,457,457 with $3,415,257 to be raised by taxation, with a tax rate of $0.58 per $100. Also, there is the election of two fire commissioners. On Dec. 26 at 12:30 p.m., Engine 14 with Capt. Shane Mull and Basic Life Support were dispatched to 1945 East State Street for an industrial accident, reports of a "man with his arm in a machine.” Based on the initial dispatch, Duty Chief 19 Mark Antozzeski requested the special operation companies be dispatched. Squad 12, Truck 13, Engine 16 and Engine 19 worked together to secure the power to the machine, stabilize the patient, use hand tools, hydraulic rescue tools and air bags to remove parts of the machine to free the patient. The patient was turned over to RWJ Ambulance 110 unit and the paramedics. Hamilton Fire Police were on location. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 5–DeCou Hose Company members responded to 51 incidents during December. Included were four fires, one overpressure with no fire, 16 Emergency Medical Service incidents, five motor vehicle accidents with injuries, one gas leak, three hazardous condition with no fire, two service calls, three mutual-aid cover assignments, four good intent calls and 12 false alarms or false
calls. Station 15 responded to 655 incidents in 2018. The proposed budget for District No. 5 for 2019 is $1,974,666, with $1,955,417 to be raised by taxation with a tax rate of $0.76 per $100. Also, there is the election of one fire commissioner for a three year term. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 6–White Horse Fire Company responded to 164 incidents in December. Included were eight fires, two overpressure with no fire. 73 Emergency Medical Service incidents, four motor vehicle accidents with injuries, one motor vehicle accident with no injuries, two motor vehicle/pedestrian accidents, one extrication of victim from machinery, five gas leaks with no fire, nine hazardous conditions with no fire, nine service calls, 26 good intent calls and 24 false alarms or false calls. Station 16 responded to 1,692 incidents in 2018. The proposed budget for District No. 6 for 2019 is $3,545,469 with $3,224,982 to be raised by taxation, with a tax rate of $0.22 per $100. Also, there is the election of one fire commissioner for a three year term. On Dec. 25 at 7:25 p.m., Engine 16 with Capt. Charles Mull, Engine 19, Truck 13, Squad 12 and Duty Chief 17 John Retalis were dispatched to Elton Avenue for a reported house fire. Engine 16 arrived on location to find nothing showing from the street. Engine 16 found a pot left on stove with no fire extension. Assignment reduced to Engine 16 and Truck 13 for ventilation. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 7–Nottingham Fire Company responded to 124 incidents during December. Included were five fires, two overpressure with no fire, 27 Emergency Medical Services incidents, two motor vehicle accidents with injuries, one motor vehicle accident with no injuries, one extrication of victim from motor vehicle accident, one rescue standby, nine gas leaks with no fire, seven hazardous conditions with no fire, 13 service calls, two mutual aid cover assignments, 19 good intent calls, 31 false alarm and false calls and two other type incidents. Station 17 responded to 1,573 incidents in 2018. The proposed budget for District No. 7 for 2019 is $4,205,680 with $3,888,100 to be raised by taxation, with a tax rate of $0.155 per $100. Commissioners John Marcucci and Adam Bendas are running for re-election for a three year term. On Dec. 8 at 9:30 p.m., Tower 17 was dispatched to Kelly Court for an animal rescue. Tower 17 arrived with Capt. Don Snedeker to find a cat in the storm drain. The storm drain cover was removed and feline was removed from harm. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 8–Colonial Fire Company responded to 65 incidents in December. Included in the calls were four fires, one overpressure with no fire, 29 Emergency Medical incidents, two motor vehicle accidents with injuries, two motor vehicle/pedestrian accident,
one motor vehicle accident with no injuries, two lock-in’s, one extrication of victim from motor vehicle accident, one removal of victim from stalled elevator, four gas leaks with no fire, six hazardous condition with no fire, three service calls, one mutual aid cover assignment, three good intent calls, four false alarm or false calls and one other type incident. Station 18 responded to 1,008 incidents in 2018. The proposed budget for District No. 8 for 2019 is $2,513,892 with $2,329,165 to be raised by taxation, with a tax rate of $0.46 per $100. Also, there is the election of two fire commissioners for a period of three years. On Dec. 13 at 8:30 p.m., Engine 18 with Capt. Lamar Hicks, Engine 14, Engine 16, Truck 13 and Duty Chief 17 John Retalis were dispatched to Liberty Street for a garage fire. Engine 18 arrived to report a detached garage full involved in fire with two cars on fire as well. The “All Hands” was called. Retalis requested a first alarm assignment bringing Squad 12, Fire Police 12, Engine 15 and Chief 15 Gregory Kirkham, Engine 19 and Tower 17 to the scene. Fire was contained to garage and vehicles, nearby house was not involved. Hamilton Fire Police assisted with traffic control. Scene released to Fire Marshal 19 Michael Danbury, township inspectors and dwelling owner, with no injuries reported. All companies were released at 9:52 p.m. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 9–Groveville Fire Company responded to 113 incidents in December. Included were seven fire calls, 41 Emergency Medical Service incidents, four motor vehicle accidents with injuries, one extrication of victim from machinery, two gas leaks with no fire, seven hazardous conditions with no fire, one service call, one mutual aid cover assignment, 24 good intent calls and 15 false alarm or false calls. Station 19 responded to 1,405 incidents in 2018, of which 879 were fire/rescue related inci-
dents and 526 were medical calls. That is an increase of 13.9 percent from 2017 to 2018. The proposed budget for District No. 9 is $3,935,671 with $3,877,472 to be raised by taxation, with a tax rate of $0.339 per $100. Also, there is the election of one fire commissioner for three year term. The Fire Prevention Bureau headed by Fire Marshal Michael Danbury completed at total of 210 inspections, with 314 violations found and 80 reinspections with 296 previous violations corrected. Danbury also investigated 37 fires in 2018. Starting on Jan. 1, all fire inspection activities for the entire Township will be handled through the Fire Prevention Bureau of Hamilton Township, located at Fire District 7, 200 Mercer St. Fire Marshal Scott McCormick and his staff can be contacted at (609) 890-9834. Fire District 9 will continue to deliver fire prevention education at the local schools, day care centers, senior citizen groups, and at special events such as the fire safety day and the Hamilton Octoberfest. The staff of District No. 9 met a cardiac arrest survivor and her family on Jan. 5. Mrs. Mizenko and her family came to the fire station to say “Thank you” to district staff, a state trooper, the RWJ Ambulance EMTs, and the Capital Health Paramedics who through teamwork and training were able to save her life in July 2018. Fire Capt. Smisloff, Firefighter/EMTs Balog, Golden, and Esperanza said they were honored to talk with Mr. and Mrs. Mizenko and their children, and that it was uplifting to hear her story and to see how grateful they all were for their actions that day. Mercer County Fire Marshal’s Office completed four fire investigations in December. Hamilton Township–Dec. 8–Station 18–Miller Avenue–Fire in a 1½ story, wood frame, single family dwelling. Fire originated in the basement, in the ceiling area. The fire burned floor joists
above as well as furniture and other contents of the basement with smoke damage throughout the structure, rendering it uninhabitable. The cause of the fire is listed as accidental, the result of an improperly wired hanging incandescent ceiling light fixture. Investigated by Fire Marshal James Greschak, FM 900. East Windsor Township-December 24–Station 46–Etra Road–Fire in a 2-story, wood frame, single family dwelling, abandoned more than 20 years, with utilities disconnected. It was reported that the residence is a known party house utilized by juveniles. Fire appeared to originate in the vicinity of the corner and was fully involved at the time of fire department arrival. The structure was completely destroyed. The cause is listed as undetermined, the extent of the destruction and structural collapse rendering the building unsafe to enter for purposes of investigation. Engine 19 with Capt. Aaron Heller responded mutual aid on this multialarm fire. Investigated by Fire Marshal
James Greschak, FM 900. Ewing Township–Dec. 24–Station 33– Scotch Road–Fire in a 1-story, non-combustible, multi-bay vehicle garage at the Mercer County Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. Fire originated in a 2004 Ford F55 diesel, 2-axle box truck, at the front of the vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. Heat from the burning vehicle damaged the steel bar joists above and burned through the metal pan roof. The cause of the fire is listed as accidental, the result of the left front tire being parked reportedly one week prior to the fire on top of a live electrical cord. Investigated by Fire Marshal James Greschak, FM 900. Ewing Township–Dec. 31–Station 33– Perry Drive–2 alarms–Fire in a 2-story, wood frame, single family dwelling. Fire originated in attached garage, and spread into the dwelling. The cause is listed as undetermined at present, pending follow-up investigation. Investigated by 1st Assistant Fire Marshal Kevin Brink, FM 901.
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Episode 100: The Clip Show By Peter Dabbene Back in September 2010, I was asked about writing a monthly column for The Hamilton Post. I was a bit leery of the commitment, and somewhat intimidated by the idea of a deadline every month. But a regular outlet, read by friends, neighbors, and fellow Hamiltonians, and not just subscribers of thinly circulated literary journals, held great appeal. Plus, with an implicit focus on Hamilton, it would offer a chance to say something about what was going on around me every day, even if the topic didn’t hold much relevance beyond the immediate geographical area. Still, I had some doubts—after all, did I really have that much to say? My wife quickly assured me, in a not entirely complimentary tone and accompanied by an eye-roll, “Oh, you have plenty to say— about everything.” What can I say? She was right. This is my 100th column for The Hamilton Post, and I thought I’d do something special—or at least different—for it. I looked to other media for guidance: for example, with comics and magazines, a 100th issue is often a double-sized “collectible.” Due to space limitations, that’s not an option for this column, and any collecting of this newspaper will probably be at the nearest recycling facility. In television, 100 episodes is a mark of achievement that all but guarantees viability—and big money—in syndication. Unfortunately, no such arrangement exists in the world of hometown newspaper column writing, but there is something from the world of television that inspired me for this 100th column: the clip show. Welcome to the Complex Simplicity 100th Episode (I mean, column) Celebration! (Fanfare, applause.)
A staple of TV shows past, the clip show was an episode that consisted mostly of re-used excerpts from old episodes, as a way to produce a “new” episode on the cheap, and with a minimum of effort. Clip shows often employed some rather transparent framing devices—usually fictional, with characters being interviewed by another character or just reminiscing about old times. Sometimes, you’d get a special event, like this one, with a host (I’m wearing a tuxedo as I’m writing this) introducing clips, and a live audience reacting to them. (Hello, audience!) Either way, the words, “That reminds me of the time...” were inevitably mouthed. Which reminds me of the time (pause, scattered laughter) I opened my mouth about Hamilton’s motto, beginning my 16th column with: “Since 2008, Hamilton has been known—locally, anyway—as “America’s Favorite Hometown.” I ended that column by informing a certain city and motto-tracking website that Hamilton was conspicuously absent from its listings. I’m happy to say that not only is Hamilton now listed on the site, its entry also apparently inspired a song about Hamilton called “Hamilton is a Fine Township in Jersey,” which I’m confident is now “America’s Favorite Song About America’s Favorite Hometown.” (Rimshot, laughter, applause.) Speaking of Jersey, who could forget the classic New Jersey trip-down-theshore in Column 70’s “Putting the Wild in Wildwood”? What’s that, you say? You forgot about that one? Well, it’s a good thing we’re doing a recap, then, isn’t it? (Rimshot, laughter.) It discussed fun shore activities like parasailing and coastal evacuation, and included the obvious but accurate line, “Air vomiting definitely qualifies as wild.” (Mild laughter,
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eating “riced” cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, sweet potatoes, beets, and butternut squash. Dare I hope that one day, we’ll see “riced rice”? (Groans, murmurs.) Or perhaps, at a basketball game or dance competition, we’ll hear the evolution of trash talk, as in “chopped into little pieces and served”—”You got riced!” (Crickets.) Well, I’m afraid we’re about out of time (and space). You’ve been a great audience. Except him. (Nervous laughter, security escorts man from his seat.) Thanks for indulging me with my imaginary TV show— though some medical professionals might cite these columns, and this one in particular, as pointed examples of me actually “having an episode.” (Mild laughter, applause, man yells “You still suck!” as he’s guided from the premises.) Here’s hoping for another 100 episodes, or columns, or both. I’ll be back in a month’s time with an all-original column...unless the network cancels me before then. Good night, everyone! Peter Dabbene is a Hamiltonbased writer. His website is peterdabbene.com, and his previous Hamilton Post columns can be read at communitynews.org.
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death threats, and sexist questions that implied she’d gotten her job based on something other than her merit—“Who did you sleep with to get here?” That sort of thing. Dealing with aggressive feedback has become, unfortunately, part of the job for all journalists. (My colleague, Rob Anthes, wrote about this in his column last month.) That’s why, at the end of the day, I wasn’t surprised to see that email in my inbox last month, especially based on the content of my column. At this point in time, it’s pretty much expected when delving into anything even remotely political. Politics has almost become a spectator sport—cheering and jeering and horrible insults. It’s the civic manifestation of every cell phone video of fans behaving badly. This was abundantly clear when the March for Life, the long-running antiabortion demonstration, happened during the same weekend of the Indigenous Peoples March, an international rally in support of indigenous people, in Washington last month. The image of a white teen boy wearing a bright red “Make America Great Again” ball cap, backed by dozens of his Catholic school peers on a field trip, smirking at an older Native American activist was inescapable. The students, on a school trip with Covington Catholic High School, an all-boys school in Kentucky, shouted and mocked Nathan
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too. I had been paying more attention to my surroundings, looking for things to point out. The result was I had registered what had been nothing more than scenery to me for years. Above all, I couldn’t help but notice how many houses and apartments there are in Hamilton. A lot of people live here—we’re one of New Jersey’s largest towns after all—which is all well and good on paper but takes another meaning when you actually think about it. If Hamilton weren’t a fine place to live, why would so many people have invested in this town, built their lives here over the years? The nearly 90,000 people (and growing) who live here couldn’t be wrong, after all, could they? I had started this whole tour as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek exercise, but I wound up getting more from it than a couple of laughs. No, we aren’t Los Angeles or San Francisco or New York or even Princeton. We might never be a hub for tourism. But to a lot of people, Hamilton’s much more than that. It’s home. Rob Anthes is editor of the Hamilton Post. Connect with him at facebook.com/robanthes or twitter.com/robanthes.
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(1) Annual Percentage Yield (APY) in effect as of 1/4/19 and subject to change without notice. A minimum balance of $0.01 is required to open account. The account will be charged a minimum balance fee of $8.00 each statement cycle if the average daily balance for that cycle falls below $2,500. Fees can reduce earnings. Account balances between $0.01 and $224,999.99 earn 2.25% APY on the entire balance. Account balances $225,000 and over earn 0.90% APY on the entire balance. Transaction limitations apply, see an account representative for details. New money is required to open a Platinum Savings. New money is defined as funds not currently on deposit at Northfield Bank.
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