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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 Shing-Fu Hsueh, Trenton Water Works’ new director and a former DEP water-quality 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. While Hsueh contends that DEP-mandated violation notices can create unnecessary panic, he might find the specifics matter little to TWW customers, who just See WATER, Page 10

‘Retired’ guitarist back on the road By richard J. SKelly

Lawrence High School basketball player Aaron Jones dribbles during a 56-42 win at Steinert High School Jan. 18, 2019. For more boys’ basketball coverage, turn to Page 18. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.)

Like a lot of veteran musicians who frequent Garden State clubs, coffeehouses, and other venues, guitarist and singer Jerry Steele never let his passion for music interfere with making good money. Steele spent 30 years as a booking agent at the Harry Walker Agency in New York City, booking famous and not so-famous people on the lecture circuit, before “retiring” to the career choice of his youth: playing in small groups and at solo gigs in the greater Princeton area. He lived for a number of years in Westchester County but in 1987 he moved to the Princeton region and lives in Lawrenceville where he and his wife, Telfair, raised three daughters.

He has also gained a lot of enjoyment and artistry playing with prominent friends like Buddy Miller and keyboardist Tom Reock, while making a name for himself on the winery circuit. “All that time at the Harry Walker Agency I’d been playing music as a sideline, and I realized when I retired I could do whatever I wanted. So now I’m a full-time professional musician,” he says during an interview in the wine barn office at Terhune Orchards. Steele performs there as part of Terhune’s free Winery Sunday Music Series. “There are a surprising number of wineries in New Jersey, and I like to play them,” he says, citing the afternoon and early evening hours. “I’m too old to play bars where we start

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Lawrence-based musician Jerr y Steele performs at a number of local venues, like Terhune Orchards. STEELE continued from Page 1 adelphia-raised pop singer, Patti LaBelle. It was right when her hit “Lady Marmalade” broke nationally. Steele continued with LaBelle as a roadie tour manager and saw them become the first African-American group to land on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Though the paychecks were good, Steele says he needed a break from incessant touring, and took a job at S.I.R., Studio Instrument Rentals, in Manhattan for several years. Then another friend, Tony Thompson, asked him if he would be interested in going on the road with an emerging band, Chic. Still touring, Chic is a collaboration between songwriter-producer Nile Rodgers and bassist-songwriter-producer Bernard Edwards. “The money they offered to go on the road was too good to turn down,” Steele says, “and I was getting kind of bored just hanging around S.I.R. This was 1978 when disco was exploding. Chic had a single, ‘Le Freak,’ which was then — and still is — the biggest selling single in the history of Atlantic Records.” “I was not a big disco fan then and I’m still not a big disco fan, but I had to respect what they were doing. They made these meticulously clean, greatly produced recordings,” Steele says. “Nile’s [guitar] style is so distinctive, you know it’s him.” Steele later worked with Rodgers in the recording studio. “I worked on Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin’ album and Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ album,” he says. “All of that was exciting, but around 1983 or 1984 I had young kids, and the studio hours were horrible. They’d start working at midnight, and the family was not holding up.” After responding to an ad in the New York Times, he took a job as a booking agent at the Harry Walker Agency and was able to assume more of a normal, home-based life. Pressed for memories about his time at Princeton High School, where prominent alumni include producer Joe Boyd,

producer-singer-songwriter Buddy Miller, singer-songwriter John Popper of Blues Traveler, and Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors, Steele says he played a wide variety of music in his teenage years in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Local musical mentors and sources of encouragement for the young guitarist and singer were Bill Trego, the choir director, and Bill Cook, an English teacher, both at Princeton High School. Asked about a galvanizing musical moment during his youth in Princeton, he says, “It was the same thing that every musician of my age mentions, when the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan,” the nowiconic TV broadcast viewed by millions on black-and-white TVs in February, 1964. “I had just started to realize I had some musical ability, and in high school a guy I knew, Dave Olsen, started talking to me about bluegrass music, so I joined a bluegrass band in high school,” he says. “Buddy Miller was in that scene peripherally, too, playing upright bass. I got into bluegrass. Then Buddy and I had a country band after high school for a while, called the Lonesome Drifters.” Steele’s friendship with Miller continues to this day. Just two years ago, Steele began hosting “Homegrown,” a radio show at WDVRFM in Stockton. Steele is on Wednesday mornings from 6 to 9 a.m. on 96.9 FM playing Americana and folk music. “When I started working for WDVR two years ago, I needed material to play. I was visiting Buddy in Nashville, told him about the new radio show, and I said, ‘Buddy I need tunes.’ He took out one of his many laptops, stuck a thumb drive in there, copied a bunch of stuff and handed it to me. There were 20,000 songs. He said, ‘Here, this’ll get you started.’” Steele credits his resurrected performing career to keyboardist/ arranger/composer Tom Reock. “He does these annual shows at the Kelsey Theater at Mercer County Community College, and he’ll take a classic album and recreate the whole thing,” Steele says, adding Reock makes creative use of video and other media to create powerful, educational presentations about iconic rock albums. Aside from shows with Reock’s various bands and his solo gigs, Steele recently worked with Lisa Bouchelle and Hal Selzer and is part of an Eagles tribute band, Best of the Eagles, who will be playing this month at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank. In addition to his guitar playing and singing with these bands, Steele is also known as a pedal steel guitar player and has spent time on the road and in the studio with Miller, Emmylou Harris, Mike Auldridge, and another prominent Princeton-raised musician, Mary Chapin Carpenter. Steele started performing live shows in 2000 at places like Triumph Brewery, the Yankee Doodle Tap Room, and the Princeton Arts Council. He says he likes to divide his time between solo shows and shows with Reock and the popular tribute band. His approach at solo gigs is freewheeling and spontaneous. “I just play stuff that I enjoy playing and that people want to hear. I cover all the big ones: James Taylor, some Beatles, Elton John, some Buddy Miller, and other stuff that’s not that well known.”

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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

 We cleaned the waterfiltration plant’s four SuperPulsators to increase their operational performance. SuperPulsators remove organic particles, reduce turbidity, and clarify raw water before it’s pumped to the next stage of the filtration process.  We replaced four large pumps feeding filter-press equipment that separates liquids from solids, increasing the efficiency of this step in the raw-water treatment process by 100 percent.  In our water-distribution system, we strategically flushed water mains ranging in size from four to 24 inches in diameter to remove stagnant water and sediment. We also drained and cleaned four multi-million-gallon elevated water tanks to improve water quality.

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Donna and Tom Rago wanted to provide a space for members of the Lawrence community to explore history and culture through vintage and antique goods. So, in October, they opened Lawrenceville Vintage Treasures, a unique shop on Gordon Avenue that sells items ranging from the past few decades to over a century. Donna and Tom, Lawrence Township residents for over 25 years, have dreamt of owning a store since they got married. “My family didn’t have antiques or collectives, but when my husband and I first married, I told him I wanted my own business someday,” Donna said. Tom’s passion for collectibles and antiques was developed in his childhood. “I grew up in Europe, where we traveled around, went to a lot of museums and churches. Like other boys my age, I got into collecting things, like coins and stamps, and that’s what set me on this path.” In the 1980s, Tom began working with his cousin David Rago, who runs Rago Art and Auction Center in Lambertville, which is where he gained more experience in the antiques business. Meanwhile, Donna developed a strong retail background, specifically with clothes and jewelry. “My husband’s first love was pottery, my first was jewelry,” she said. “So I asked for a shelf in his market, and started selling well right away. Merchandising, creating value, that’s all in my blood.” Working together over the last 25 years, Tom and Donna have sold at various group shops and shows in the tri-state area. For the past 14 years, the Ragos have sold their items at the Tomato Factory Antiques and Design Center, which is “a group shop full of different antique dealers, designers, and decorators,” Tom said. During this time, they had also been participating in antiques shows across the East Coast. Donna loved her time selling at the Tomato Factory, but knew that she wanted a new experience. “I had a large presence there and had built a large clientele, but I think it was time to leave and do something on our own,” she said. “I never knew if I was going to get my own store, since it had to do with the timing, location, our place in life, etc. But luckily, I found this place on Gordon Avenue, and it had a really good and cheerful feel.” Their shop is split into two sections, one that deals with jewelry, finer china, and other decorative items, and the other for collectibles and books that have a lot of local history. They have built up their inventory from auctions and markets, along with exchanges. To help customers connect with their desired items, Donna runs a wish book. “If something comes in that a customer wants, then I call them,” she said. “If people are searching for something that I can’t buy but I have a contact that

Tom Rago and his wife, Donna, opened Lawrenceville Vintage Treasures in October. could, then I connect them.” To build their own shop in this era, Donna and Tom had to evaluate the online option, but decided they valued in-person interactions. “We do want to establish an online social media presence to some degree, but we also enjoy meeting people face to face and doing business,” Tom said. But, as any other new brick-and-mortar shop, “we are competing against bigger entities,” Tom said. “What we try to stress is that we have unique items, those you can’t find on Amazon, but we need people to see them. The struggle is to make sure enough people know about us. We have a great inventory, but getting people through doors is the challenge.” In building their store, Tom and Donna are acutely aware that it can be a challenge to interest people in older items, but strongly believe that vintage and antique pieces are important because “people learn more about the experiences of previous generations, which can help us learn about ourselves,” Tom said. “Sometimes, in the books that come through our store, we come across local information, and even connections to past relatives, that we weren’t aware of.” The Ragos acknowledge the specific challenge of catching the attention of younger generations with older items, but are working to build this interest. “We know we’re in an area with a lot of younger people, so we’re trying to put pieces in our store that might appeal to the younger generation, such as vinyl records, rotary phones, and telephones,” Donna said. Despite these challenges, Donna and Tom are having a fantastic experience running their own shop. “The Lawrenceville crowd has really been fantastic,” Donna said. “We have a lot of repeat customers that have followed us from the Tomato Factory in Hopewell to here,

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Lawrenceville Vintage Treasures, on Gordon Avenue, sells items from the last several decades and beyond. but we also have a lot of new customers from the foot traffic in this area of Lawrenceville, thanks to the established businesses around here.” Through starting a small business is not an easy task, their passion for this field sustains their efforts. “There have been many great experiences in this business, and the No. 1 reason has been the people,” Donna said. She shared a story about a time when she worked

with a client who wanted snake-related jewelry, but since none was in the store, they worked together to find snake symbols and put it onto a necklace. “What I enjoy most is having people share their history, family, and heritage, along with what’s been important to them in their lives,” Donna said. “Without the people, the stuff doesn’t matter.” Tom agreed. “The reason we get up every morning and do this is because we’re excited,” he said. “We enjoy the business, the people, the challenges, and the unexpected connections we make. We also enjoy giving back to the general Lawrence area. A lot of people have already voiced their appreciation that there’s another retail place here. It’s a love of community that brings us here.” Going forward, Tom and Donna hope to expand this business, both physically and in the services they provide. The have outdoor space in the front and rear of the store that they hope to utilize in warmer weather. “Going into the new year, we hope to offer more services to the community,” Donna said. “We want to host free appraisal days, as well as small talks about topics such as pottery and jewelry or even business themes.” Lawrenceville Vintage Treasures is open Monday-Tuesday by appointment; Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, search “Lawrenceville Vintage Treasures” on Facebook or visit @donnarago5251 on Instagram.

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WATER continued from Page 1 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 there was any way residents like her could get 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 recep-

tion 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. 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 and lead in the water. 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, have running averages higher than the federal threshold, which triggers a violation. Some of those sites returned improved results that met regulations in the latest round of testing, in November 2018. Oth-

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ers did not. The Lawrence Senior Center, for example, showed a TTHM level of 100.9 micograms per liter, more than 20 percent above the federal limit. The same water flows to the neighborhoods surrounding the Lawrence Senior Center, but results pinpointed at those particular locations stick out. The EPA requires violators to send public notices that include language saying water high in TTHM contains an increased risk for the exact populations who may be frequenting those locations: the very young, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. The TTHM violation notice sent out by Trenton Water Works last month also says pregnant women may be more vulnerable to health issues caused by byproducts like TTHM, and suggests those who are concerned should seek advice from a doctor. Hsueh said he finds this language to be needlessly concerning, and wished he could explain more clearly in the violation notices what is going on. He said the DEP will only allow a notice with language the government provides to be distributed. What residents do take from the notices is there is something in their water that shouldn’t be there. 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. 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 TWW. 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

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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. Some residents received the news about lead and the HAA5 violation letter at the same time as they received TWW’s annual Consumer Confidence Report in the mail. On the report’s cover is text that reads, “Your drinking water: It’s high quality. It’s reliable.” Residents couldn’t help but notice the irony of receiving a water quality 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. 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 and officials. 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 comes along and 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 with 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 Trenton 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. Meanwhile, last year, the Hopewell Township committee ordered independent water testing be done in the portion of town served by TWW to alleviate residents’ concerns about the quality of drinking water. The 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. “Whatever happens, it’s going to take time to get better,” Bobbitt said.

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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 turned to 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 Lawrence Gazette’s Bill Sanservino interviewed Hsueh at Trenton Water Works’ headquarters in December to talk about the embattled utility and the task ahead of him to turn it around. Below is an edited and condensed version of that interview. LG: You were happy in your retirement, what made you want to take this on? Hsueh: I feel that I have background, political experience and managerial capabilities to run this. I don’t know whether it is good or bad, but when something is really down, I like to make sure they have the opportunities to bring it back up. I’m not doing this for personal gain. I don’t have to do this for my resume. I just want to do the right thing. I think it goes back to my background as an immigrant. I feel like I have to show what immigrants can do for society. LG: 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. After I finished college in Taiwan, we had to do one year of mandatory military service. After I got discharged, I was running a chemistry laboratory at National Taiwan University, and then I got a position as a research assistant at Rutgers University, so I left Taiwan. When I got to Rutgers, my first assignment was working on water and heat transfer. In those days, people were very interested about power plants, where you have wastewater coming out at high temperatures. We were looking at the ecological impact. That became the topic for my master’s degree. Then for my doctorate I studied the impact of the Sandy Hook Wastewater Treatment Plant on the Shrewsbury River. I got my PhD in October 1974. When I finished my dissertation, my advisor had allowed me to start working for the DEP. I was assigned to water resources—in the technical support group. Most of the problems that came to me were issues that couldn’t be resolved. They came to me because they assumed I knew everything, because I had a doctor’s degree. It forced me to look into a lot of papers and a lot of technology and concepts about water. LG: In addition to your knowledge of the DEP and your scientific background, you also know how to navigate political waters, correct? Hsueh: As a member of council and

mayor in West Windsor, I ran in seven elections—all successful. I think Reed and a lot of local politicians were aware of the changes I made in West Windsor. (Hsueh served as an elected official in West Windsor Township for 25 years. For most of that time he was in a position of leadership— first serving as council president for most of the 1990s, and then as township mayor during the 2000s.) LG: What are some of the hurdles you’ve faced? It has been difficult to get people approved to be hired. 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. LG: 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. We are trying to work with Mercer County College to develop a program, with some state and federal funding, to help us. The idea is to come to the city to recruit people who don’t have jobs to get training to fit into what we need. It would be a joint program with Rutgers University. Also, the mayor has asked me to find a way to organize a state-of-the-art chemistry laboratory here. It would allow us to test all kinds of chemicals, including toxic substances. What I have in mind is to work with MCCC and Rutgers to help bring in the expertise we need. We can work the MCCC to help them modify the curriculum to train more people with technology backgrounds. LG: Who is analyzing the water now? Hsueh: We have to rely on consultants. I want to be able to have the capability to do it in-house. And not just for drinking water. It could be used for wastewater and also the health department. LG: What other difficulties does the state present? Hsueh: Nobody here in the past 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 Administrative Consent Orders issued by DEP 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. I’m still waiting for a response. I want to go over things with all of the state agencies to make sure we come up with something that we can deliver so that we can turn the water into something nice. LG: You think that can happen? Hsueh: I’m very optimistic. This is all doable. This can be turned around pro-

vided the state gets off our back. The state agencies’ assumption is that no one here knows what they’re doing. But I know we can do it with the kind of people we have. The source of the drinking water here is one of the best in the state of New Jersey, the Delaware River. Of course there have been problems going on for the past couple of decades. I’m not going to be able to change everything overnight. We see very clearly we can take care of all of these problems one at a time, provided I continue to have the support of the mayor and the council. State agencies have a tendency to focus too much on the process and not on the final result. There’s a certain kind of mentality coming from the old bureaucracies. They feel like their job is to try to get you. They are not trying to solve the problem. I am trying to hire people and I still can’t get a clear indication. Meanwhile, the DEP acts like we have unlimited resources to give them everything they ask for. LG: 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. LG: 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, per household. 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. LG: What about the families that See HSUEH, Page 12

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a future here. LG: What have you done to improve communications with town officials and customers? Hsueh: I have done four public meetings in the towns we serve. During the meetings there were some people who were angry with me, but at the end of the meetings 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. We will continue to hold public meetings in all five municipalities we serve. 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. LG: Some state and local officials have been pushing for legislation that would give suburban customers “a seat at the table” by creating a board of representative from each town in the service 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? What I would like is for all of the towns and county health officers to meet with me on a regular basis. They have direct involvement here. LG: Don’t forget, you aren’t going to be in charge here forever, and the next director might not be as diligent as you. Would you support something that requires that TWW meet regularly with local officials? Hsueh: I would like to see all of the public meetings that I’m doing now become a routine here. That would allow all of the local people to have a say in the process. LG: In 2018 there were more violations issued than in 2017. When do you think people will start to see improvement here and a reduction in the number of violations? Hsueh: I think if people watch the data trends and see that things are getting better, they will have some peace of mind. It’s my responsibility to make sure we meet all of the regulations. We need to do much, much, much better to turn this around. I’m hoping that we’ll be able to meet all of this in one year. By next year, before Thanksgiving, we’ll have the new disinfection basin on line and that definitely is going to make a big difference. On top of that, if we continue to stay on top of distribution maintenance on a regular basis, instead of the way it was before, things can come along. Give me one year and I think we can see results. I’m not going to be able guarantee that it will be able to meet all of the criteria. Even the best drinking water companies in New Jersey don’t meet them all of the time. But definitely that’s some I am shooting for. I want to be better than average.

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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.

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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:

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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 16Lawrence Gazette | 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

SPORTS ‘Defensive menace’ Hemingway the heart of LHS girls’ basketball By Justin Feil Khalin Hemingway could be counting down the days until spring track. The Lawrence High School senior is the defending champion in the 100-meter hurdles at the outdoor track Mercer County Championships, and is being recruited to run in college, but she’s in no hurry to end her basketball career. “I feel like basketball is the sport I love,” Hemingway said. “I’m great at track, I feel like it’s something that I was born to do, but my heart lies in basketball.” The youngest of five children, Hemingway didn’t take up basketball until seventh grade. From the beginning, she was always gifted defensively and that remains her top talent. She never worries about her scoring. She isn’t even sure of her career-high. “I don’t know,” Hemingway said. “I’d have to look it up.” Her career-high is nine points, and she often only scores a basket or two in a game, but Hemingway is valuable to the Cardinals with her unselfish play offensively and her defensive presence. Since she started playing high school basketball, she’s drawn the opposing team’s top scorer. “It’s fun for me,” Hemingway said. “I love the challenge to get the toughest player on the other team and getting to throw them off their game as well as helping my team at the same time. I enjoy it.” Hemingway was a defensive menace with three points, nine rebounds, four steals and three blocked shots in Lawrence’s 65-35 win over Stem Civics on Jan. 17. It was the Cardinals’ second win of the season. “It was fun for them to have that win,” said Lawrence second-year head coach Antonio Stapleton. “Their confidence has started to steadily rise.” Lawrence had three players in double-digit scoring against Stem Civics. Sadena Rishindran had 15 points, Briana Audet scored 14 points and Haley Lestician had 13 points. Adeline Ripberger was a basket away from double figures with eight points. “The best thing our team can do is work together,” Hemingway said. “We all have an equal share of effort. The only way for us to win is to work together as one team.” It’s a young Cardinals team. Hemingway, Ripberger and Sydney Schreiber are the only three seniors on the team this year, and while they want to exit with a good senior year they’re also working to establish the foundation for future success. “Our biggest goal is creating stronger team chemistry, starting in the offseason, not just coming to pick up a ball as soon as basketball season starts,” Hemingway said. “Getting the team together in the summer to play so that

LHS basketball player Khalin Hemingway holds the ball during a 42-10 home loss to West WindsorPlainsboro North Jan. 22, 2019. (Staff photo by Samantha Sciarrotta.) the team chemistry is there. Once the team chemistry is there, even if the skills lack, I feel like that’s the strongest thing to bring us all together.” Stapleton is in his second season at the helm of the program. He’s altered his approach this year to work more effectively with the girls team, and he’s slowly seeing growth. “I think it’s a learning process,” Stapleton said. “They see what they need to work on and see how they can improve every time they get on the court, just to be stronger with the ball and be positive going forward. “This group is more coming together to find that chemistry,” he added. “By doing that, they communicate much better together and find each other faster than usual.” Hemingway gives the Cardinals someone committed to helping the team any way possible. She doesn’t need to score to contribute offensively. “I don’t mind,” she said. “I’m an assist maker. I like seeing the court, passing to my teammates. I don’t mind how much I score. I don’t really pay attention when I do score. People ask me at the end of games, ‘How much did you score?’ I don’t know.” At the other end, Hemingway relishes the chance to frustrate opposing scorers. She’s been doing it her entire career. “I look directly into their eyes and I stay low,” she said. “I can see wherever they’re going. I don’t watch the ball. I look directly at their face and them just knowing ‘you’re not going to get past me.’ I just keep doing it and eventually they know they’re not going to get past me so they pass the ball.” Her attitude is good for a growing

team. She brings the Cardinals a veteran who knows her role and provides energy and defense. “Khalin is tough and positive and she hustles,” Stapleton said. “She’s the leader. She brings the team together positively and overall she’s a good person to have in your corner.” The Cardinals are hoping more wins are coming their way, and they are taking steps to get better. Expectations are growing. “All around the court our team has improved because we’ve kind of been on a decline,” Hemingway said. “Our defense is definitely becoming a bigger asset, and we’re being more dependable for teammates. Rather than one person on the court doing what they’re supposed to do, all of us are coming together. Offensively, a lot more players on our team are becoming more comfortable in becoming a shooting threat or catching the ball and looking to shoot.” Lawrence has remained positive as they build their program up. Going through some losing could be tough for someone as competitive as Hemingway, but she’s never regretted playing basketball. “It’s really tough,” Hemingway said,

“but I feel at this point, I’ve been with this team about four years and we haven’t been on the high end, so I’m not going to hate my team because they’re not winning. The only time I’m truly angry with my team is when we’re not doing what we’re supposed to do or I’m not performing to the best of my ability. If we go out and we all play to the best of our ability I’m never disappointed in my team.” Stapleton has seen his team working to improve daily. He’s hopeful that a good finish to the season can help foster more improvement. “I’m looking for their maturity and looking for them to keep plugging away,” Stapleton said. “It’s just them coming together and working on their weaknesses and plugging away. That’s what makes me happy.” Hemingway is working to finish her basketball career on a high note. Following this season, she will turn her focus from the sport of basketball that she has loved to play to committing full-time to track for college. “I think basketball is helping her for track,” Stapleton said. “She’s staying in shape, she’s jumping because she’s going after rebounds, and the sprints and all that lateral movement help.”

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‘Mature’ Hemsley leads the way for young Cardinals hoops team By Justin Feil Kareem Hemsley looks and feels like a new player. The Lawrence High School junior knew after last year he would be a team leader for the Cardinals boys basketball team, and he set about to make sure that he was ready for a big jump. “I’ve developed my game a ton,” Hemsley said. “I’m way better than I was last year. Last year, I just used to shoot. Now I’m attacking more and getting to the line, starting to score more points, and helping our team.” Hemsley and senior Malik Southward are the only Lawrence players who played varsity last year. Hemsley had shown promise as a sophomore starter who contributed almost nine points per game a year ago, but his first year on varsity also came with too much inconsistency as he picked up the speed of the game. “I’m way better this year,” Hemsley said. “Last year, I was immature. I’m way more mature. Everything has developed about me and I go way harder.” He and head coach Jeff Molinelli had talked about a need to come back better this year, and Hemsley has followed through well. “Coming in, we knew he had to score a little bit for us to be successful,” Molinelli said. “We rely on him to bring up the ball, to get assists and to score and rebound.”

Hemsley led the Cardinals with 20 points in a 56-42 win over Steinert on Jan. 18 that helped Lawrence improve to 6-6. Rayshawn Young was also in double figures with 11 points, and Jack O’Reilly had eight points. “We played hard and we played really good defensively,” Hemsley said. “Whenever we play good defensively, it brings us better results. We play way better when we do well defensively. That’s how our offense comes up.” Hemsley has done a little of everything for the Cardinals throughout his breakout season. He had four 3-pointers in the win over Steinert. “I think he’s more of a complete player,” Molinelli said. “Last year he was more up and down and didn’t do as much. Now he’s rebounding and bringing up the ball from time to time and getting assists.” Molinelli loves the versatility that Hemsley brings. He can play anywhere from point guard to power forward. “I like to create for my team,” Hemsley said. “I know that I can get going, but I need my teammates to get going. So if I can get them going, I know our team will have a better chance to win. I know I can score anytime.” His confidence grew over the summer while working on his game. Daily he worked out with his father, and he played AAU, traveling as far as New York City for Sports U team practices. It paid off with a better developed skill

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Zorro: The Musical, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-5703333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 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. Through February 10. 8 p.m. The Midtown Men, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Four stars from the original Broadway cast of “Jersey Boys.” 8 p.m. Posture and Dance exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Learn simple exercises to improve posture and increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m. Posture and Dance exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Learn simple exercises to improve posture and increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m. Drum Circle: Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Bring your own drum or use one of the library’s. Register. 4:30 p.m. Piano Teachers Forum, Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence. pianoteachersforum.org. Amy Glennon and Allison Shinnick present “Expression fron the Start.” $20. 9:15 a.m.

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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. Zorro: The Musical, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-5703333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m. Westminster Conservatory Faculty Recital: ebony and ivory, Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College, Princeton. rider.edu/wcc. Perfoming the music of Coleridge-Taylor, Waller, Dett, Gottschalk and Altman. Free admission. 7:30 p.m. Beethoven’s Fifth, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-497-0020. princetonsymphony.org. Rossen Milanov conducts. Dominic Cheli also performs Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. Pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Nicholas Phan and Myra Huang, Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study. ias.edu/ air. Part of the 2018-19 Edward T. Cone Concert Series. Free. Register. 8 p.m. Read and explore: The Gingerbread Man, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Read a story and learn how a Gingerbread Man grows on a farm. Decorate a big gingerbread man cookie to take home. $8. Register. 1 p.m. Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. hopewelltheater.com. Register. Noon. Wassailing the Apple Trees, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-9242310. terhuneorchards.com. Singing, dancing and playing primitive instruments, plus

hot cider and farm wagon rides, weather permitting. 1 p.m.

SUNDAY, FeBRUARY 3

Zorro: The Musical, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-5703333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 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. African elements in American Music for Winds, Hillman Performance Hall, Westminster Choir College, Princetion. rider.edu/wcc. Members of the Westminster Conservatory wind department perform the music of Kay, Still, Ellington, Schuller, and more. Free. 3 p.m. Beethoven’s Fifth, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-497-0020. princetonsymphony.org. Rossen Milanov conducts. Dominic Cheli also performs Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. Pre-concert talk at 3 p.m. 4 p.m. Winery Sunday Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Darla and Rich perform. Noon. Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, 609-924-1604. uuprinceton.org. Performing standards, Broadway classics, and more. 3 p.m. The Paleo and Archaic indians of New Jersey, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Jim Wade discusses the time of the last ice age, whent he earliest Native American peoples entered what is now New Jersey. 1:30 p.m.

MONDAY, FeBRUARY 4

POTUS, Or Behind every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-6524. mccarter.org. Part of the LAB Spotlight New Play Festival. 7 p.m. Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies

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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. Tim Brent Trio, Jazz on Broad, Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn, 15 East Broad Street, Hopewell. jazzonbroad.com. Reservations recommended. $15. 6 p.m. CASA Information Session, CASA of Mercer and Burlington Counties, 1450 Parkside Avenue, Suite 22, Ewing. casamb.org. CASA for Children is a non-profit organization that recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers who speak up in family court for the best interests of children who have been removed from their families due to abuse and/ or neglect. 10 a.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. American Presence in France During the First World War, Lawrence Public Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Garry Lee Kraut presents. Register. 7 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. Posture and Dance Exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Learn simple exercises to improve posture and increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m. Women’s Discussion Group, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Discuss topics like friendship, relationships, parenting, health, careers and spirituality. Register. 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 9

MOSAIC, Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence, 609-896-4977. adathisraelnj.org. Cabaret night with performances by ballroom dancers. MOSAIC presents music, art, performance, and thought through a pluralistic Jewish lens. 7 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 8 p.m. 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. 7:30 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. Bill Scorzari and Jonah Tolchin, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867Sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. Mosaic Cabaret Night, Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence, 609-896-4977. adathisraelnj.org. Preformances by Fred Astaire Ballroom Dancers, Trio Velez Jazz and the Katlin Duo. Appetizers, wine and desserts will be served. Register. 7:30 p.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. 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. Wii Sports for Adults: Bowling, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Adults of all ages welcome. No prior video game experience is necessary. Register. 9:30 a.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. 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. 3 p.m. Sunday Musicale, Greater Princeton Steinway Society, Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence. steinwaysocietyprinceton.org. Beatrice Long with works of Gluck, Scarlatti, Faure, Debussy, and Scriabin. 3 p.m. Winter Concert, Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College, Princeton. rider.edu/arts. Westminster Community Chorus. $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. 7 p.m. Winery Sunday Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Michaela McClain performs. Noon. Historic Princeton Walking Tour, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, Princeton. princetonhistory.org. $7. Register. 2 p.m. Junior Scientists: Sweet Valentine Science, ScienceSeeds, 29 Emmons Drive, Suite G10, Princeton, 609-759-1626. scienceseeds.com. Perform simple chemistry experiments, make light-up hearts, and more. For children ages 4 to 6. Register. 10 a.m. Florence in Italian Cinema, Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street, Princeton. dorotheashouse. org. Francesco Pascuzzi presents. Free. 5 p.m.

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Tuesday, February 12

ModernMedieval Trio of Voices, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University. music.princeton.edu/ New works by Princeton University students and faculty. 8 p.m. CASA Information Session, CASA of Mercer and Burlington Counties, 100 High Street, Suite 301, Mount Holly, 609-265-2222. casamb.org. CASA and its volunteers speak for children in court, serve as fact finders for family court judges, and safeguard the itnerests of children while they are in the foster care system. Register. 5 p.m. 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.

Wednesday, February 13

Dianne Reeves, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. “Be My Valentine” program. 7:30 p.m. Jazz Vespers, Princeton University Chapel, Princeton University. music.princeton.edu. A service of poetry, music, and meditation. Free. 8 p.m. CASA Information Session, CASA of Mercer and Burlington Counties, 1450 Parkside Av-

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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. Poetry Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Discussing the work of Li-Young Lee. Register. 7 p.m. Afternoon Concert, Princeton University Chapel, Princeton University. music.princeton. edu. Free. 12:30 p.m. Dr. Trineice, Jazz on Broad, Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn, 15 East Broad Street, Hopewell. jazzonbroad.com. Reservations recommended. $15. 6 p.m. CookTalks: Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Learn how to wash and prepare berries, what kind of chocolate to use and how to melt it to maintain its shine. Register. 11 a.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

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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. Rider University Musical Theatre: Spring Cabaret, Spitz Studio Theatre, Rider University, Lawrence. rider.edu/arts. Rider’s musical theatre students perform a thematicallylinked group of songs in an intimate cabaret setting. Free admission. 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. Walt Michael, Princeton Folk Music Society, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, 609-799-0944. princetonfolk.org. $20. 7:30 p.m. Lorens Chuno, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867Sanctuary. org. $20. 8 p.m. Library Music Live: Songs from Mendel Music Library, Lewis Arts Complex, 120 Alexander Road, Princeton. Live performance of music from Mendel Music Library’s locked collection. 7:30 p.m. Posture and Dance Exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Learn simple exercises to improve posture and increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m. Drum Circle: Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Bring your own drum or use one of the library’s. Register. 4:30 p.m. Chemistry Fun: Exploring Candy Science, ScienceSeeds, 29 Emmons Drive, Suite G10, Princeton, 609-759-1626. scienceseeds. com. Learn about how candy is made, how stomachs handle flavors, and what causes a sweet tooth. For children ages 6 to 12. Register. 9 a.m.

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Rider University Musical Theatre: Spring Cabaret, Spitz Studio Theatre, Rider University, Lawrence. rider.edu/arts. Rider’s musical theatre students perform a thematicallylinked group of songs in an intimate cabaret setting. Free admission. 7:30 p.m. Four Weddings and an Elvis, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $18. 8 p.m. Metropolis, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton. metropolis-trenton.eventbrite.com. Screening of Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent film with live organ accompaniement by Brett Miller. $12. Register. 7 p.m. I’m With Her, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The trio consisting of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan performs. 7:30

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. Rider University Musical Theatre: Spring Cabaret, Spitz Studio Theatre, Rider University, Lawrence. rider.edu/arts. Rider’s musical theatre students perform a thematicallylinked group of songs in an intimate cabaret setting. Free admission. 2 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. Winery Sunday Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Kevin McGowan performs. Noon.

Tuesday, February 19

PowerPoint 1 and 2, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Learn to create a basic presentation using PowerPoint. Second session February 26. Register. 2 p.m. 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.

Wednesday, February 20

Fiction Writers’ Workshop: The Lost Art of Letter Writing, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Learn about writing from the heart. Register. 10 a.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.

Thursday, February 21

Westminster Conservatory at Nassau, Niles Chapel, 61 Nassau Street, Princeton. rider. edu/wcc. Free admission. 12:15 p.m. Danny Tobias and Friends featuring Steve Kramer, Jazz on Broad, Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn, 15 East Broad Street, Hopewell. jazzonbroad.com. Reservations recommended. $15. 6 p.m. 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. Black History Month Presentation: The Education of Fannie Sherrod, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Alvin Corbett presents. Register. 7 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. Bucket Book Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. “The Plague” by Albert Camus. Register. 4:30 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. 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. Posture and Dance Exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Learn simple exercises to improve posture and increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m. Princeton Hockey, Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton University. goprincetontigers.com. Clarkson. 7 p.m.

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. Willie Nile, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. hopewelltheater.com. Rock and folk from Willie Nile, who has performed with The Who and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. $39.45-$48.51. 8 p.m. Brian Cichocki, Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, Princeton, 609-987-8018. catcharisingstar.com. $20. 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 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. Lidia Bastianich, Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street, Princeton. dorotheashouse.org. The television host, cookbook author, and restauranteur signs copies of and discusses her memoir, “My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food.” Proceeds benefit Princeton High School students. $75. Send name, address, phone number, and a check payable to Dorothea’s House to Eleanor Pinelli, 143 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08540 to register. 5 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. Winery Sunday Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. James Popik performs. Noon.

Monday, February 25

Morning Book Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. “The Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn. Register. 10 a.m.

Introduction to Social Media, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Learn about Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Register. 2 p.m. Off the Page, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Participate in a table read of a play. Register. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, February 26

Princeton PC Users Group, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence. ppcug-nj. apcug.org. Monthly meeting. 7 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.

Wednesday, February 27

United States. $9. $5 for seniors. 7:30 p.m. Active Aging Fitness: Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Learn the health benefits of regular exercise for older adults. Register. 3 p.m.

Thursday, February 28

Assassins, Yvonne Theatre, Rider University, Lawrence, 609-896-7775. rider.edu/arts. “Assassins” explores the lives of nine individuals who have tried to assassinate or succeeded in assassinating a president of the United States. 7:30 p.m. Job and Career Accelerator/Learning Express Library, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl. org. Learn how to use library databases to improve your skills, develop a professional resume and cover letter, obtain important information on different occupations and learn how to get job listings. Register. 2 p.m. 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.

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RESIDENTS! Feb. 6, 20 Aug. 7, 21 and Electronics Recycling Events If collection day fallsSept. on a4,holiday (Christmas, New Year’s Memorial May 14,Sept. 28March Nov. June 12, 26 29 an May 6, 2013, 27 Nov. 4,18 May 7, 21 Nov. 5,Day, 197, 21 Nov. 11, March Sept. 11, 25May 13 March 5, 19 30, March 6, 20 18 March 14,13, 2825 Sept. 12, 26 March 1, 15, 29 Sept. 27 Dempster Fire School Station Day, Fourth of Road), July,Dec. Labor Day 25 3, 17, 31 Dec. 10, 24 June 4, 18 3, 4, 17, 31 and June 11, June 3, 17 16, 9, 30 1, 10, 24(350 Dec. 9,Lawrence 23 April 10, 24 Dec. 2,Oct. 23 June HOLIDAY April 18 Oct. (Christmas, New Year’s April 2, 17 Oct.Day, 2, 16,Memorial 30 SPECIAL EVENTS FRIDAY AprilOct. 11,11, 25 25 Oct. 10, 24 RECYCLING OPEN TO ALL April 12, 26 Thanksgiving) collection be Document 30, June COLLECTIONS 29 and SeptemberNov. 28 MERCER COUNTY Shreddi ZoneNov. 3 6, 20 Household 22March MayWaste 2, will 16,Collection 30 the Nov. 14, 30 May 1, 15, 29 Nov. 13, 27 and May 8, Hamilton MayNov. 9, 238, 22 7, 21 Hazardous RESIDENTS! Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day Jan. 4, 18 July 5,May 19 10, 24 Lot 4/South Broad Stree and Electronics Recycling Events following SATURDAY . If collection day falls on a holiday June 5,Feb. 191, 15 Dec. 1830 JuneLawrence 13, 27 Dec. 12, 26 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY D A I June 12, 26 S Dec. 11,S 28 June 6, 20 Dec. 5, 19 Dempster Fire School (350 Station Road), Aug.4, 2,June 16, 7, 21 Dec. 6, 20 February 23 and Novemb Septem (Christmas, New Year’s Day, Memorial Hamilton Zones 1 Events and 4 West Windsor of 1,Trenton Hamilton Zone March 30, June 29 2 and September 28 Thanksgiving) collection will be theEntire City Document March 15, 29 Sept. 13, 27 Shredding Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and 2, 16, 30 July 3, 17, 31 Jan. 10, 24 July 11, 25 Jan 9, 23 April 12, 26July 10,Oct. 24 11, 25 Jan. Thanksgiving) Jan. 3, 17, 31 July 6, 18 collection will be the Document County Shredding Events Lot 4/South Broad Street (across Administration following SATURDAY Feb. 13, 27 Aug. 14, 28from Mercer Feb. 7,Administration 21Bldg.), Aug. 8, 22 R L A N A. Feb. 6, 20 May 10, 24Aug. 7, Nov. 21 8, 22 Feb.4/South 14, 28Broad StreetAug. 1, 15, Lot (across from29 Mercer County Bldg.), following SATURDAY . SPECIAL FRIDAY HOLIDAY OPEN November 2 28 March 13, 27 Sept. 11, 25RECYCLING March 7, 21 TO ALL Sept. 5, 19 JuneFebruary 7, 21 Sept. 4,Dec. 6, 20 and February 2328 andEVENTS September November 2 28 March 6, 20 18 March 14, Sept. 12, 26 23 September MERCER COUNTY Hamilton Zone 3 April 10, 24 Household Oct. 9, 23 Hazardous April 4, 18 Oct. 3, 17, 31 Collection April 2, 17 Oct. 2, 16, 30 April 11,Waste 25 Oct. 10, 24 COLLECTIONS Y E R N S RESIDENTS!

F A I E E L L A A N G R Jan. 4, 18 July 5, 19 and Electronics Recycling If collection day falls on a holiday NEW! GetEvents the FREE ‘Recycle Coa Dempster Fire School (350 Lawrence Station Road), Feb. 1, 15 Aug. 2, 16, 30 (Christmas, New Year’s Day, Memorial NEW! Get the FREE ‘Recycle Coach’ APP! March 30, June 29 and September 28 D O O R V E E G AMarchR1, 15, 29I S H Sept. 13, 27 Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and NEVER MISS ANOTHER COLLEC April 12, 26 Oct. 11, 25 SPECIAL RECYCLING EVENTS FRIDAY HOLIDAY Thanksgiving) collection will NEVER be the Document Shredding Events MISS ANOTHER COLLECTION DAY! Hamilton Zone 3 Household Hazardous Waste Administration Collection D R E S S O AMay 10,T24 Nov. 8, 22 COLLECTIONS Lot 4/South Broad Street (across from Mercer County Bldg.), following SATURDAY .Scan Scan the instant access to all your re the code for instant access to code all yourfor recycling needs! and Recycling Events 2Electronics June 7, the 21 Dec. 6, 20 February 23 and November September 28 NEW! Get FREE ‘Recycle Coach’ APP! A C R E S M O R S E L S MUNICIPAL RECYCLING AND PUBLIC WORKS: Document Shredding Events Participates in SINGLE MUNICIPAL RECYCLING ANDMercer PUBLICCounty WORKS: SATURDAY S H A D E R Y A G R O O M STREAM ALL Recyclables Mercer Coun Ewing / 882-3382 PenningtonRECYCLING; Boro / 737-9440 Scan here or download NEW! Get the FREE ‘Recycle Coach’ EITHER Bucket! Hamilton / 890-3560 Princeton APP! / 688-2566 from your favorite T H Scan U Gthe S code B for A R I R O M P STREAM RE instant access to all your recycling needs! more separation anxiety! Hopewell Boro / 466-0168 Trenton / No 989-3151 App Store Hopewell Twp / 537-0250 West Windsor / 799-8370 COLLECTION DAY! APP! NEW! GetTwp the/ 587-1894 FREE ‘Recycle Coach’ T R I M S B A S E LNEVER MISS ANOTHER U M A Scan here or download Lawrence No m from your favorite Scan the code for instant accessHightstown, to all your recycling needs! East Windsor, Robbinsville: App Store NEVER MISS ANOTHER COLLECTION DAY! L O S E S B A S S O O N Call your Recycling / Public Works Office for your recycling schedule MUNICIPAL RECYCLING AND PUBLIC WORKS: Scan the code for instant access to all your recycling needs! O P F L OPennington A MUNICIPAL T BoroRECYCLING County Participates in RECYCLES SINGLE AND PUBLICMercer WORKS: Ewing T / 882-3382 / 737-9440 Mercer County Participates in SINGLE Ewing // 882-3382 Pennington BoroCounty / 737-9440 Hamilton / 890-3560 Princeton 688-2566 MUNICIPAL RECYCLING AND PUBLIC WORKS: Mercer Improvement Authority / 609-278-8086 / www.mcianj.org A L K A L I L U G Hamilton I O T A STREAM RECYCLING; ALL Recyclables / 890-3560 Princeton / 688-2566 Mercer County Participates in SINGLE Ewing / 882-3382 Pennington Boro / 737-9440 STREAM RECYCLING; ALL Recyclables Hopewell Boro / 466-0168 Trenton / 989-3151 Hamilton Princeton / 688-2566 Hopewell Boro / 466-0168 Trenton //890-3560 989-3151 STREAM RECYCLING; ALL Recyclables Hopewell Boro / 466-0168 Trenton / 989-3151 H I C OWest Windsor O B E Y L E Hopewell E R Twp / C 537-0250 / 799-8370 EITHER Bucket! Hopewell Twp / 537-0250 West Windsor / 799-8370 EITHER Bucket! Hopewell Twp / 537-0250 West Windsor / 799-8370 EITHER Bucket! Lawrence Twp / 587-1894 Lawrence Twp / 587-1894 Lawrence Twp / 587-1894 No more separation No moreanxiety! separation anxiety! M O East NWindsor, T Hightstown, A U R A S O N E EastN Windsor, Hightstown, Robbinsville: No more separation anxiety! Robbinsville: Call your Recycling / Public Works Office for your recycling schedule Mercer County Improvement Authority / 609-278 A N CallT yourS RecyclingL / Public E TWorksS Office for your S recycling E T schedule S May 1, 15, 29 June 12, 26

Nov. 13, 27 Dec. 11, 28

May 8, 22 June 5, 19

Nov. 6, 20 Dec. 4, 18

May 9, 23 June 6, 20

Nov. 7, 21 Dec. 5, 19

May 2, 16, 30 June 13, 27

Nov. 14, 30 Dec. 12, 26

OPEN TO ALL

Jan. 4, 18 July 5, 19 Feb. 1, 15 Aug. 2, 16, 30 March 1, 15, 29 Sept. 13, 27 April 12, 26 Oct. 11, 25 May 10, 24 Ewing / Nov. 8, 22 882-3382 / 890-3560 June 7, 21 Hamilton Dec. 6, 20 Hopewell Boro / 466-0168 Hopewell Twp / 537-0250 Lawrence Twp / 587-1894

If collection day falls on a holiday (Christmas, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving) collection will be the Pennington Boro / 737-9440 . following Princeton / 688-2566 Trenton / 989-3151 West Windsor / 799-8370

Scan here MERCER or download COUNTY RESIDENTS! from your favorite App Store

Dempster Fire School (350 Lawrence Station Road), March 30, June 29 and September 28

NEVER MISS ANOTHER COLLECTION DAY!

Lot 4/South Broad Street (across from Mercer County Administration Bldg.), 2 28 February 23 and November September

East Windsor, Hightstown, Robbinsville: Call your Recycling / Public Works Office for your recycling schedule

Scan here or download from your favorite App Store

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East Windsor, Hightstown, Robbinsville: Call your Recycling / Public Works Office for your recycling schedule

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