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Abuse detailed in infant murder

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Court documents spell out accusations against Ewing cop accused of killing daughter

By Patricia taylor It is a truth universally acknowledged that dog lovers do not recognize political boundaries. While that may be the case, city departments must and do. Thus, when a PSEG worker went on a service call in Trenton’s 800 block of East State Street on June 24 and found one of the homes emitting a raucous onslaught of barking as well as an overpowering stench, he called the Trenton Police Department. That is the beginning of the incredible rescue of 52 dogs barely surviving in disgusting hoarding conditions. There were huge smooth haired mastiffs; tiny, shaggy haired Yorkshire terrier puppies; mixed breeds of all kinds. Some were manacled, some were starving. All were suffering. The rescue—removing more than four dozen dogs from East State Street and then providing not only medical care but also new homes—was accomplished in less than a week. It was a rescue that involved numerous people—private citizens and public workers—from Trenton, Ewing, Lawrence, Hamilton, and across state borders into Pennsylvania. But to start at the beginning. Upon receiving notice of See DOGS, Page 10

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bsanservino@communitynews.com Hailey Bannister lived in mis-

Robbinsville Sgt. Scott Kivet, Quori, Ewing Officer Brittney Fornarotto, Jax, Mercer ery for more than half her life County Prosecutor’s Office Sgt. Joe Angarone and Bela scoured a large Liberian- before she died last December. During her short life, the ﬂagged container ship in June and pinpointed cocaine with a street value of about baby suffered from broken $1.1 million.

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Even if 17.5 tons of cocaine represents only a fraction of the illegal drugs flowing through the United States, the 15,582 bricks nosed out by eight K-9 dogs in Philadelphia on June 17 was “the largest cocaine seizure American history,” says Robbinsville Police Sergeant Scott Kivet. Three of the eight K9 handlers and their dogs who searched out

the drugs were from Mercer County, including Ewing Police Officer Brittney Fornarotto and Jax. The other two were Kivet and Quori and Det. Sgt. Joe Angarone and Bela of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. The dogs scoured a large Liberian-flagged container ship and pinpointed cocaine with a street value of about $1.1 billion hidden in just seven of thousands of containers on the ship. Other agencies involved in the big bust were Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Coast Guard, all under

the Department of Homeland Security, as well as state and local law enforcement partners. The three officers got a call to come directly to the port where, says Angarone, the “three football field-long” ship MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) Gayane was docked. They were told the containers would be both on and off the ship, because “the ship is so big there were areas we can’t get to.” For the dogs, it was just another day of work. “It’s just like searching a house or a car—you give the dog the command to See K9, Page 8

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bones, bruises and a brain bleed, which ultimately wound up being fatal. The infant, who was born on Aug. 28, 2018, allegedly endured significant abuse from her father—a Ewing police officer and township resident— that began at least a month after she was born, according to documents filed in Mercer County Superior Court by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. Her father, Daniel Bannister, 31, of Gilmore Road, was taken into custody on July 17 at the Wawa on Silvia Street by detectives with the Mercer County Homicide Task Force. Catherine Bannister, 29, Hailey’s mother and Daniel’s wife, was also arrested. She was charged on the same day as her husband with second-degree See HAILEY, Page 6

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pantry at the Hollowbrook Community Center, 320 Hollowbrook Drive from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. in Room 203. There is also a need for perishable items such as chicken, fish, beef and any other kind of protein. These items must be dropped off directly at the food pantry, which is open every Wednesday, except for the first Wednesday in August. According to the last census in 2010 for Ewing Township, about 4.7% of families and 10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over. The poverty line is $28,600 for a family of four. The food pantry serves roughly 50-60 families. “Food pantry guests are extremely grateful for the help that they receive through the pantries. Pantry guests welcome your donations of safe, high quality foods so that they can feed themselves and their households healthy, nutritious meals,” says Steinmann. Council President Kevin Baxter also suggests considering a cash donation. “Pantries can often get more for their dollars, address shortages and needs and focus on high quality products with some extra financial assistance.” He adds: “Cash donations help food pantries offer the widest possible array of products to the individuals that they serve. They will go toward the purchase

Ewing Mayor CYO Pre-School… Bert Steinmann and Township Council have announced that Ewing Township will be collecting canned and dry goods through Aug. 30, with all items to benefit the food pantry at the Hollowbrook Community Center. The pantry, which is run by the Victorious Church, serves as a supplemental program that helps Ewing families on a weekly basis. The pantry receives state and federal funds, which allows them to service outside of the Ewing area. However, Ewing donations go to Ewing residents only. The pantry is looking for non-perishable items such as canned fruit, fish, vegetables, soup, stew, chili, cooking oils, instant mashed potatoes, rice, pasta, cereal, oatmeal, nuts, peanut butter, powdered milk, spices and 100% juices. Victorious Church Pastor Terry Collins suggests avoiding sugary cereals, salty noodle mixes, and fruit-flavored beverages that might be easy to donate, but difficult for households to include in nutritious meals. Donation boxes are located in the upper and lower lobbies of the Ewing Township municipal building at 2 Jake Garzio Drive, and donations will be accepted during hours the building is open. Donations can also be made at the

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When will the dog park be finished in Banchoff Park? From time to time Ewing Mayor Bert Steinmann answers questions posed by readers or members of the Ewing Observer’s staff. This month, the mayor answers questions sent in by two of our readers. The new dog park at Banchoff Park is a big improvement over what was there previously, and it’s great having a nice dog park in town. I was wondering when the park will be completed? Currently, there are some large holes covered with aging and warped plywood that are becoming safety hazards. –Andy Brunetto We are in the process of installing the water fountains and are putting the finishing touches on the park. These improvements are anticipated to be completed by the middle of August, weather permitting. Once totally finished I’m sure that all of our animal friends will enjoy the park immensely. We are considering further improvements to the park area as time goes on. A possible dangerous situation exists on Rockleigh Drive between the numbers 14 and 18. The low

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Scudder Falls Bridge project should have been smaller Since July 14, drivers have been paying a toll to use the Scudder Falls Bridge between Ewing Township and Bucks County on I-295. Drivers using E-Z Pass are being charged a $1.25 toll, which is taken from their account. Other drivers are having their license plates scanned and ar ebeing billed $2.60 by mail. There are no toll booths. The tolls enacted by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission are intended to help fund an ongoing $534 million project to replace and expand the bridge. Many drivers will head to other free bridges to avoid the toll, adding congestion in those areas. The expansion project for the Scudder Falls Bridge was excessive and overly expensive. Now we need tolls to pay for it that will only create more problems with traffic tieups. Project construction began in 2017 and is expected to be completed in 2020. The new dual-span bridge will be widened to a total of nine lanes—six traffic lanes plus three auxiliary lanes for merging traffic. The span will include new pedestrian and bike paths. The project also includes road and interchange improvements to I-95 and I-295, 14-foot shoulders and noise abatement walls. Tolls on the Scudder Falls Bridge will chase local traffic to free bridges, like Calhoun Street in Trenton, Washington Crossing and the Lambertville Free Bridge. This will lead to more traffic on older bridges that are not up to standards, adding even more congestion to our neighborhoods and towns. The project design also didn’t incorporate changes in traffic patterns. The rerouting of I-95 from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension to the New Jersey Turnpike will divert cars and trucks from the Scudder Falls Bridge. The bridge has been changed from I-95 to I-295. People going to free bridges, and bypassing the Scudder Falls Bridge on I-95 is a one-two punch that will reduce toll revenue. That will mean raising tolls and tolling other bridges. The bridge replacement project was prompted after the 57-year-old bridge was classified as “functionally obsolete.” Concerns included capacity, safety deficiencies, a lack of shoulders and the geometry of its interchanges. This project is much too big, and drivers will start paying a higher price for it with the new tolls. The bridge will now be 9 lanes instead of 4. They could have just added one lane in each direction plus an acceleration lane on land and saved hundreds of millions of dollars.

Drivers traveling south will go from five lanes down to two in Pennsylvania. That will cause even more traffic tieups and more pollution. There was no need for the project to be this big. Data was collected in 2003 when planning this widening project was already faulty and has gotten worse. The Scudder Falls Bridge needed to be repaired and modernized, but this project goes far beyond what was needed. Those who frequently drive into Pennsylvania and belong to the New Jersey E-Z Pass Group will receive a 40% discount. A driver making 16 trips over any Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge in a calendar month will have their toll reduced to 75 cents. Tolls will now go toward paying for a bridge that was not needed and will have significant environmental impacts. The bridge will promote sprawl and overdevelopment, especially in Bucks County. The project takes valuable parkland and cover over the Delaware and Raritan Canal, affecting water quality. More traffic jams will mean more air pollution. The project fills in wetlands that impact the spawning habitat for the short-nosed sturgeon and other endangered species. The filling in of wetlands and flood plains combined with the taking of parkland and preserved farmland will cause an increase in both noise and air pollution. It will also increase flooding along the Delaware. As tolls and changing traffic patterns push people away from Scudder Falls Bridge, toll revenue will drop. That will lead to a push to continue increasing tolls, or adding them to other bridges in the area. For all that money, we will see hardly any improvement and there will still be congestion problems because of the design. Daily commuters facing about $20 extra a month will find alternatives. The tolls will push traffic onto older bridges, and drivers on I-95 will avoid the bridge. Fewer vehicles paying tolls will increase pressure to keep raising the tolls, or add them to other bridges. A smaller design adding acceleration lanes on land and one lane in each direction would have been sufficient, and far cheaper. We would not have needed tolls. The only thing this bridge widening will accomplish is adding more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. This project won’t change the service level on the bridge, but it will take a toll on our wallets.

‘This project is much too big, and drivers will start paying a higher price for it with the new tolls.’

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Daniel Bannister (left), a Ewing police officer and township resident, has been charged with murdering his infant daughter, Hailey. Catherine Bannister, Daniel’s wife and Hailey’s mother, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child. HAILEY continued from Page 1 endangering the welfare of a child. Mayor Bert Steinmann, who also acts as the township’s director of public safety, declined to comment on the arrest other than to say, “It makes me sick to my stomach.” The following details in this story regarding Hailey’s death are attributable to affidavits of probable cause filed by the MCPO in court against Daniel and Catherine. The document was written by Det. Roberto Reyes of Mercer County Homicide Task Force. Law enforcement became involved after Ewing Township Emergency medical technicians and police were dispatched to the Bannister’s home on Dec. 5 in response to a 911 call from Catherine. She reported that the infant was “barely breathing” and “barely conscious.” EMTs assessed the baby, who was not breathing at that point and in cardiac arrest. She was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center Hopewell. Medical personnel there determined she had numerous skull fractures, a brain bleed, and multiple broken ribs. She was listed in critical condition and transferred from Capital Health to Robert Wood Johnson Children’s Hospital in New Brunswick. She died on Dec. 11 after days in critical condition. An autopsy was conducted by the Middlesex County Medical Examiner’s Office on Dec. 14, and the death was eventually ruled a homicide. A report by the coroner’s office in May concluded that the infant’s cause of death was complications from blunt impact trauma of the head and subdural hemorrhage. The office also ruled that there was a pattern of ongoing abuse. She had nine skull fractures—some of which showed signs of healing, which the report said indicated “multiple impact incidents on different dates.” The injuries were to the bones on the back and right and left sides of the head. There were also signs she had been traumatically shaken, and she suffered retinal detachment, and four ribs were

broken several weeks before she died. Detectives from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Homicide Task Force began investigating at the time of Hailey’s hospitalization due to the suspicious nature of her injuries. In initial interviews on Dec. 5 at the hospital, Daniel told investigators that he was home with their 2-year-old son when he noticed that Hailey, sitting in her bouncer, had shallow breathing. At the same moment, Catherine arrived home to breast feed the baby. He said he told her to call 911, while he administered CPR. He denied that she was injured while he was watching her and said that a possible explanation was that on Nov. 22, Thanksgiving Day, their son accidentally hit his sister on her head. Catherine, in an interview with detectives also at the hospital, but separate from Daniel, said that she had taken the baby to the doctor several times and also the hospital during the week prior to Dec. 5. She said Hailey was diagnosed with reflux and given medication. She also said that Hailey was a cranky baby and cried a lot. Detectives also interviewed several other family members, including both sets of grandparents. None of them were able to offer a plausible explanation for how Hailey suffered her injuries. Two days later, the couple initially agreed to give formal statements, but then told detectives they had obtained a lawyer and declined to proceed with the interviews. Both parents’ cell phones were confiscated by investigators, who then obtained a warrant to search the contents of the phones and text messages. “The cell phone examination identified extensive communications between Catherine and Daniel regarding child abuse by Daniel,” wrote Det. Reyes in the affidavit. The first evidence of alleged abuse showed up in a text exchange on Oct. 4, when Catherine told Daniel that she noticed bruising around Hailey’s mouth, which she suspected was caused by his practice of using his hand to cover the baby’s mouth to stop her from crying.

On Oct. 9, Catherine texted a friend, a pediatric nurse identified in the court documents as A.S., expressing concern about the way Daniel was treating Hailey. During the conversation, A.S. told Catherine that she believed Daniel’s treatment of Hailey was abusive. “In response, Catherine claimed she told Daniel he was abusive, and that he would not touch Hailey again unless he was educated on early childhood development,” said Det. Reyes. A.S. made an offer to Catherine to leave with her two children and stay with her for awhile. In response, Catherine asked A.S. to not report Daniel’s treatment of Hailey to authorities. At some point the abuse allegedly escalated. On Nov. 1, Catherine noticed bruises near Hailey’s left ribs, which led her to accuse her husband of gripping the baby too tightly. During the same time frame, she took Hailey to a scheduled pediatric appointment. While there, she sent Daniel a photo of bruising on the baby’s midsection along with a text that said, “Hopefully doctor won’t see, we are there now.” On or around Thanksgiving on Nov. 22—the day that Daniel claimed Hailey’s brother accidentally hurt her head— the infant suffered the significant head injury that ultimately proved to be fatal. After reviewing Hailey’s medical records and speaking with her parents, authorities said they believe that Nov. 23 was the date she suffered the head injury. “A further examination of Catherine’s cell phone corroborated that Hailey began vomiting excessively on Nov. 23,

Authorities are alleging that three-month-old Hailey Bannister died as a result of inuries caused by her father, Daniel, a Ewing Police officer and township resident. Her mother, Catherine, has also been implicated for not reporting the baby’s injuries or alleged abuse by her husband. 2018,” wrote Det. Reyes. She continued to vomit into the following day. Cell phone records also confirmed that Daniel was home alone with both children during the morning and early afternoon Nov. 23. Also on Nov. 23, Catherine took a photo of a bruise on the baby’s head along with a text to Daniel stating that “she threw up again, a lot.” Later that evening Catherine, texted Daniel a screen shot of concussion

symptoms. He attempted to persuade Catherine not to take Hailey to the doctor on Nov. 24, but she ignored him and took the baby to a pediatrician. Catherine told them that the baby had been projectile vomiting after almost every feeding, but she did not mention the bruises, her suspicion of a concussion, or improper handling of the baby by her husband. She then took the baby from the doctor’s office to Capital Health Hospital.

While there, she texted Daniel regarding tests that the hospital was proposing. “Catherine’s text messages...clearly state her intention to refuse any diagnostic testing other than an ultrasound and certain medical intervention,” wrote Det. Reyes. “Catherine explained to Daniel that she will yell at the medical staff at if they propose any additional testing and that she just wanted an ultrasound and to, ‘stop with the other shit.’” Cell phone records also confirmed that Catherine never raised her concerns with medical professionals in subsequent visits to the doctor on Nov. 26, 28 and Dec. 3. *** Both parents made their initial court appearance via video conference July 18, where they plead not guilty. A detention hearing was scheduled to be held on July 30, after the Observer went to press. During the hearing, prosecutors were expected to petition Judge Peter Warshaw to hold the Bannisters without bail until their trials. Daniel has been suspended without pay following his arrest and will remain suspended until his case is resolved. He had been suspended with pay from the department since Hailey died. Bannister was hired in May 2017. Catherine was a kindergarten teacher at Foundation Academies in Trenton, where she started working in 2014, according to her LinkedIn page. The Foundation board had approved extended paid maternity leave for her on Dec. 19, and in May, opted to not renew her contract, according to a spokesperson.

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K9 continued from Page 1 search and they search,” Angarone says. Dogs are used to save on manpower and resources. When it comes to a huge container ship, Kivet says, “it’s easier to have a dog sniff a container than go through a ton of random fruit, or whatever is being imported.” Kivet estimates that a ship may contain between 15 and 20 thousand containers, so “the dog’s job is to localize the odor as close to the source as possible.” Kivet explains the acute sense of smell that enables the dog to locate drugs: “Their noses are 100 times stronger than mine. We might smell apple pie, and they smell cinnamon, sugar, and apples.” But even though pure cocaine has a distinctive smell, drug distributors don’t make it easy for the dogs: they often pack the drugs near distractors like charcoal and coffee grinds. “But,” Kivet says, “it doesn’t distract them if you have a welltrained dog.” The environment on a ship can be particularly challenging for a dog, who has to climb long metal steps to board and then work in a loud and hot environment. Fornarotto says that Jax did particularly well in this area. “I was proud and excited that he had no environmental issues because he had already done training on a boat. My dog had no fears and did not clam up because of a different environment.” Also, “dogs get tired out,” Angarone says, so they generally are on for four days then off for four, working a maximum of 12 consecutive hours, but based on the handler’s estimation of how the dog can tolerate. Finding drugs is not a given, and when they do hit the jackpot, “sometimes it’s luck; sometimes it’s intel; and sometimes we routinely do checks with a dog,” Kivet says. In Philadelphia, he continues, “All our dogs did a really good job. We do a lot of drug seizures, but to find that amount— we are part of history now.” Fornarotto was born in Toms River and moved at age four to Ewing, where she attended Antheil Elementary School, Fisher Middle School and Ewing High School. “I knew I wanted to be in law enforcement at a young age,” she says. “I wanted to give back and do something different every day. I like the unknown and the uniqueness of seeing people at their best and at their worst.” After earning an associate’s degree in

Ewing Police K9 Officer Brittney Fornarotto with her police dog Jax. criminal justice at Mercer County Community College, Fornarotto took a semester off, then matriculated at Fairleigh-Dickinson University. But after one semester, she went to work for the Ewing Police Department, starting with a six-month gig at the Mercer Police Academy’s Field Training Officer Program. She spent her first week with a K-9 officer, something she hoped to become. “Being with a K-9 officer my first week ever as a cop was probably the coolest experience ever.” After a year with Ewing Police, she returned full-time to Fairleigh-Dickinson, where her real-life perspective both enhanced her own learning and made her a source of information for her fellow students. “Being on the job, I had more insight and the actual experience,” she says. “The professor would look to me and say, ‘What is your opinion on this? What did you guys do in Ewing?’” She gradu-

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ated in May 2017 with a bachelor of arts in criminal justice. Dogs had been important to Fornarotto for a long time, so it wasn’t a surprise that, with the necessary three years of police experience under her belt, she applied to train as a K-9 officer. “When I was younger, I would sit online and try to figure out how to train my own dog,” she says. “I was interested in the relationships of dogs and humans, and I wanted to put them together—to help people and work with animals.” She got her chance after being selected in January 2018 to train as a K-9 officer. Soon after, on Feb. 8, she picked up oneand-a-half year old Jax, a mostly tan Belgian Malinois, from Upstate Canine in Clifton Park, New York. “I was so humbled and excited because I wanted to bring my passion, fire, and youthfulness to it. I was the first female handler for our department, and I was

excited to bring something different to the table,” Fornarotto says. “It is a big, big commitment to get into. The dogs go home with us, and I am responsible for my dog 24/7—although technically he is township property.” “If I want to go out for the day, or do anything, my life revolves around him,” she says. “I have a highly driven dog, and it is not feasible to keep him locked up for too many hours—that only backfires later. And I don’t think it’s that fair to keep a dog locked up all day if I can prevent it.” The 68-pound Jax, who “thinks he’s a lap dog sometimes,” had learned basic obedience at Upstate Canine, but would do his training in scent and patrol work with Fornarotto. But first, they needed to start the bonding process. “You try to figure out one another,” she says. “For a month, we hung out.” Except when she was at work, “the only job you have is creating that bond.” At the beginning of March 2018, Fornarotto and Jax started the New Jersey State Police’s Canine Scent Class #33, where Jax learned to detect methadone, crack, cocaine, heroine and Ecstasy. Interestingly he was one of the first dogs not to be trained on marijuana, looking forward to its possible legalization. If the law does pass, then, she says, “he doesn’t have to be retired out early on. You can always train a scent on, but you can’t untrain a scent.” For Jax, a drug search is just another opportunity to play with Fornarotto. “He doesn’t necessarily know he is looking for drugs—he thinks it’s a game of trying to find the toy,” she says. The toy he was trained on was a rolled-up white towel. During training, the dog learns to find the towel that has been treated with the odor of a particular drug. When Jax finds the towel, Fornarotto displays her approval in myriad ways: expressing praise verbally, with phrases like “Woohoo” and “good boy”; dancing around; or playing tug of war with the towel. “Everyone has his own little thing,” she says. The important point is that the dogs want to work for their handlers, which is why creating the bond between them is so important. “It doesn’t develop overnight. It has taken a whole year to get where me and my dog have gotten,” she says. “Whether we are at work training or at home, there’s always something to be done to build that

bond. We go running together, hiking, hang out at house, or play fetch like a normal dog. We’re probably together about 98% of the time.” Having assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and local agencies together with Jax, Fornarotto says that when he does find something, “It feels like I am a proud mom. It is our moment together—he is trying to make me proud and I am proud of him. The two of us are sitting there excited, then we do our happy dance.” Fornarotto says she is particularly proud of Jax’s ability to work independently, whether he is searching for drugs or people. “I don’t have to be right next to him to help him. I detail an area, and he’s really methodical on his own.” Especially when they are doing patrol work, the dogs, she says, “are expected to do things by themselves, and some dogs struggle with that.” When they are out together on patrol, the first thing Fornarotto does is make sure the area is safe enough for Jax to get out of the car. Next she gives him water and a chance to “potty,” and only then does she get out his leash. As one of nine women at the Ewing Police Department, Fornarotto says, “I’m thankful I grew up with two older brothers, so I’m always been one of the guys in a sense.” Although she describes herself as “pretty personable and I get along with mostly everybody,” she says she has “that girl power attitude, if needed. Some-

The MSC Gayane docked at the Port of Philadelphia, where three Mercer County K9 officers and their dogs helped sniff out $1.1 billion in cocaine on June 17. times they have to be reminded that females can do anything a guy can do.” The women are all supportive of one another, but, she says, “we all work on different shifts and don’t get to see each other as much as we wish.” In the K-9 world, she estimates the ratio of women to men is 1 in 30, and sometimes at trainings she is the only woman. She says she has no issues being a woman at the Ewing Police Department, but on the job out in the community is

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“definitely tough at times. Some people don’t understand and respect it. You could be standing there and it’s your call, then a guy shows up, and they start talking to the guy and basically look over you.” Fornarotto now does a mix of road patrols and K-9 searches. “Depending on the type of call and situation, there is usually someone else who can clear up another call,” she says. “A real treat and a highlight” for Fornarotto is that she gets to work with her brother Corey, a year older than her,

who got hired by the Ewing Police Department three months after she did. “We are not allowed to work on the same shift,” she says, “so mom doesn’t get a phone call where both of us...” They were one of the first brother-sister duos in the Ewing Police Department, among “a lot of families that have worked together.” Siblings Chelsea and Stephen Arnold graduated from the police academy and joined the force earlier this year. Fornarotto says she appreciates this opportunity with her brother “to be so close and hang out all the time,” “to share the experience of this job, and to be able to have someone to talk to when you need it, who understands it.” Corey is also “superhelpful with Jax. He and Jax are best friends, and he wants to be a K-9.” “One of my big things is I try to give back,” Fornarotto says of the charitable work she does with Jax. Mostly they do patrol or scent demonstrations in the community: for schools, at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware; at halftime for the Philadelphia Soul, a professional arena football team; and at PEAC, the Pennington Ewing Athletic Club, in honor of the National Senior Health and Fitness Day. Annually she honors police officers and K-9s who have died during the year by being part of the Police Unity Tour, riding her bicycle from New Jersey to Washington, DC. The drug bust in Philly meant a lot to Fornarotto: “It was the greatest experience that my dog and I could get, and we’re thankful and humbled about it.”

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Two young dogs were among the 52 rescued from a Trenton hoarder house in June. to the office in about an hour,” Share says. “I wound up being involved until 9 p.m. that night. Never got back to the office.” Share has vivid memories of walking into the shelter and seeing crates of Yorkies in the hallway, then seeing the kennels filled with rottweilers, mastiffs and Neapolitan mastiffs, sometimes three or four to a kennel. “The smell… the noise!” she says. She remembers carrying the first two sticky, filthy, bony pups into the hospital and feeling like the check-in was taking an eternity. “I remember watching the poor things perk up a bit and begin to explore the exam room—making me hopeful that they had enough strength to get through their ordeal,” she says. Later, heading back to the shelter to transport more dogs, Share recalls seeing what looked like a convoy of cars going into the Trenton shelter to drop off crates in response to an alert that had been put out on social media. “I wanted to hug every one of those kind people who made the trip to help,” she says. The Animal Alliance in Lambertville had offered its services, so Geller drove the youngest and smallest Yorkshire puppies, many in need of immediate care, to that organization. And still trucks were going back and forth from East State Street, and additional dogs were arriving at the shelter after each round trip. Mongru counted nine round trips all told. More volunteers arrived around 5:30 p.m., once they had left their jobs. TAR board members Judy Flowers, from Yardley, Pennsylvania; Nadia Adam, from Ewing; and Anne Ullestad from Lawrence were among those helping out. Joe Antonello, a recently retired animal cruelty investigator, also went in to help. Ullestad, a lighting designer, runs TAR’s home-based foster initiative. She got to work finding foster homes for pups that were in good enough shape, to make room at the shelter. At the same time, Flowers made calls to area rescue

organizations including Pick Your Paw Animal Rescue of Red Bank and Zoe’s House of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. Share says Heathre Goldberg of Pick Your Paws rescue, along with her son, a veterinarian technician, had been at the shelter since at least noon, assessing dogs, caring for them and bathing them. At one point, Flowers and Share volunteered to get food for everyone. “They picked up pizzas,” Gletow says, “but we were all so busy we didn’t have time to eat until 9:30—right before we left.” Volunteers from Trenton Animals Rock and other organizations didn’t leave until every dog that needed medical care was at a hospital and every dog had an indoor kennel for the night, Gletow says. Still, more work needed to be done. Gletow was among the volunteers arriving early the next day to continue the process of assessing the temperament and condition of the remaining dogs. The shelter, she notes, is super small, quite old, and desperately in need of additional city funding to care for the hundreds of animals that pass through its doors. “The guys who run it are among my favorite people because they love these animals and work so hard for them with so little resources,” she says. That day, it was decided that several more dogs needed medical attention. They were transported to CARES as well. The TAR foundation, Gletow reports, raises funds to pay for the medical needs of dogs transported out of the shelter as well as to provide support for the shelter’s operations. It took six days to move all the East State Street dogs into foster homes or rescue groups, Gletow says. They also moved other dogs that were waiting in the shelter before the hoarding case. Looking back at the late June rescue, Gletow remarks that it was an incredible effort and something that inspires her to continue volunteering with TAR. “When people set aside their opinions and just get to work, so much good can be done,” she says.

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Dear Neighbor, July 2 was my one-year anniversary as Director of the City of Trenton’s Department of Water and Sewer, which operates the 200-year-old Trenton Water Works (TWW). I would like to report to you what TWW has done to return to high water quality and how we plan to maintain this excellence, including a summary of future capital projects and customer service. TWW began its revival in 2018, during which we began to think more strategically about our filtration and water-distribution systems, our workforce, current and future capital projects, and our communication with internal and external stakeholders. Fundamental to the latter are our customers, TWW’s most essential asset. MWCNSAD82019

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Together with my management team, and the deep support of Trenton Mayor W. Reed Gusciora, we are executing a comprehensive plan to reorganize TWW and position it for stronger water quality and operational success. We have made substantial progress. In December 2018, TWW professionals restored high water quality by aggressively implementing our Disinfection Byproducts Reduction Plan. The goal: eliminate DBPs from our finished drinking water. Federal and state water-quality regulations had required TWW to mail several violation notices to our 63,000 customers between 2017 and 2018 as a result of high DBP levels. The 2018 Reduction Plan was a success. Our quarterly sampling and testing for DBPs, data that is supplied to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, continue to exemplify that TWW is meeting federal and state water-quality expectations. At TWW’s water-filtration plant, we fixed key water-treatment systems, including four Superpulsators, to improve turbidity (a measure of water clarity); we launched a year-long $5 million rehabilitation of two chlorine contacts basins to improve disinfection of raw water drawn from the Delaware River; and we completed an upgrade to an advanced control system called SCADA, which stands for Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition.

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SCADA allows plant personnel to control and monitor plant operations, filtration-process performance, pump stations, several multi-million-gallon storage tanks, the 100-million-gallon Pennington Avenue Reservoir and other parts of TWW’s 683-mile water-distribution system. We continue to biannually flush water mains throughout TWW’s water-distribution system to remove sediment and stagnant water. In June, we started flushing our multi-million-gallon elevated storage tanks, a standard maintenance procedure that ensures high water quality and optimal pressure.

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Advancing Capital Projects We measure our capital projects in the millions. In fact, TWW will take on 36 projects over the next five years, more than $80 million in improvements to the TWW system. This will ensure high water quality for years to come. Between this fall and the spring of 2020, TWW will launch its $15-million Lead Service Line Replacement Program. This initiative replaces risky lead and galvanized steel water-service lines at residential properties in our service area for around $1,000, a substantially reduced cost to the homeowner. Banned in 1986, these lines can be a source of lead contamination in drinking water. We envision spending $50 million in the next 10 years to replace water-service lines on private properties, as well as those that are part of our water-distribution system (from our water main to the curb). This fall, TWW will introduce corrosion-control techniques to prevent lead particles from entering the water flowing through service lines connected to our system. To improve the flow of water throughout our water-distribution system, TWW will spend $40 million to clean and line water mains and upgrade four-inch water mains to six-inch mains, as needed. The cleaning and lining process removes iron oxide tuberculation—small areas of corrosion— that accumulate in water mains over time, and helps to substantially increase the pressure at fire hydrants.

In the near-term, we plan to make $2.7 million in improvements to the raw-water intake system at our water-filtration plant, which draws from the Delaware River, to make it less susceptible to vegetative and frazil ice clogging and more resilient to drought conditions. System designs are complete. We have launched a $2.2-million capital project to replace all 24 of our water-filtration plant's filter media. These filters, viable for 20 years, are an important part of the filtration process, which enables the plant to produce 27 million gallons of drinking water each day. Recently, we have proposed to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection the creation of a decentralized finished-water-storage-tank network. This project would be an alternative to installing a $30 million, limited-life-span floating cover on TWW’s 100-million-gallon Pennington Avenue Reservoir. The network, enabling TWW to phase out the reservoir completely, would meet our finished-water-storage demands while reducing the age of water in our water-distribution system. It would also improve water-system resiliency, performance, operations, safety and security. The current reservoir is essentially a 120-year-old dam that is prone to leaks and has the potential for failure.

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TWW has vastly improved its communications and outreach. Since early this year, we have taken out print ads in service-area publications that convey important messages regarding our operations, we have launched a robust social media presence using Facebook, and we have rolled out TWW-Connects, a Reverse 911 System used to issue emergency and routine alerts. To date, we have held more than 10 Public Education Forums, during which residents, customers and public officials have asked questions about their drinking water and water-utility infrastructure and interacted directly with TWW representatives. This personal public outreach has been an effective way to discuss important topics, including the science of water treatment, lead in drinking water and localized sources of lead, TWW’s corrosion-control strategy, capital projects, and our work to fill vacant employment positions. To that end, TWW has hired 34 people in the last 12 months, reducing our vacancy rate to 14% from 40%. I believe that providing customers and residents with a view of our operations through ongoing communication—including our day-to-day production activities and detailed information about the quality of the water—improves transparency and helps restore customer confidence in TWW’s mission to produce drinking water that meets or exceeds federal and state Safe Drinking Water Act standards.

We are enhancing our customer service. We have upgraded our customer-service computer and telephone systems at our Cortland Street operations center and added two additional customer-service representatives (CSR). We are working to hire four more, including two bilingual CSRs. Our goal is to elevate personal service, reduce on-hold times, and improve the overall service experience. In the second half of this year, we will launch InvoiceCloud, an extension of our service that will allow customers to manage their accounts online, provide additional ways to pay bills, check previous bills, set payment reminders and alerts, and more. And, we are offering home delivery of lead testing kits by calling (609) 989-3033. We are reorganizing Trenton Water Works for today and tomorrow. We are building a trained workforce and investing in a water-filtration, storage, and distribution infrastructure to achieve continued water quality and operational success. We deeply value our customers and the communities we serve. As we work to achieve excellence in water quality and operations and to reclaim our status as one of the leading public water systems in the United States, please know that we are at your service.

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to attend law school at Seton Hall University, and after graduating, she completed a clerkship with Judge Andrew J. Smithson before beginning work at the prosecutor’s office in 1999. Devenny began her career at the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office in 1999. She has since worked in many units throughout the office, including Juvenile, Grand Jury, Trial Team, Domestic Violence, Special Victims and Internal Affairs. She has also been a member of the Mercer County Homicide Task Force. Devenny has served as the chief of the Juvenile Unit, chief of the Domestic Violence Unit, been a trial team leader, and head of Internal Affairs. She was promoted to chief of Trial Teams in 2015, and in 2016 she was named as executive assistant prosecutor. Her promotion to her new position means she is involved with all the major crimes such as homicide, child abuse and sexual assault and economic crimes. In her free time, Devenny spends time with her two daughters, traveling to their soccer and softball tournaments. Outside of their work, both Katz and Devenny enjoy exercising and spending time with friends and family as a way to decompress from their jobs. Katz has known Devenny since she began her clerkship, and says that they both operate on the same wavelength. Onofri agrees. “They work incredibly well together, to the point that they can anticipate each other’s responses and advice that is going to be given,” he says. “Both Katz and Devenny are widely considered among the go-to people in our office.” Devenny says that she, Katz, and another colleague make a pact every year to go on a girls’ trip as another way to decompress. They have plans to book an upcoming trip to the Bahamas in October.

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Area craft beer enthusiasts have a new brewery in the area to try out. Just a month after Bordentown City’s first modern brewery closed, another has already taken its place. Tindall Road Brewing Company opened its doors to the public for the first time July 19. The opening was the culmination of two years of preparation for brewer-owner Dan Pogorzelski and his wife and partner, Marci Warboys. Tindall Road joins Ewing-based River Horse and a number of other breweries in the local craft beer scene. Others include The Referend and Troon in Hopewell; 21 Locks in Morrisville; Vault in Yardley; and Triumph in Princeton. Common Sense Brewing owners Eric Eaves, Marc Selover and Robin Selover ceased operations at 102 Farnsworth Ave. in early June. They sold their brewing license to Tindall Road, and the latter moved into the space and quickly began brewing. The Ewing Observer attempted to contact a representative from Common Sense Brewing for comment on its closing, but the brewery’s website and social media sites have either been shut down or stripped of content, and an email we have for Eric Eaves returns an undeliverable message. Common Sense was open from September 2017 to June 2019. The brewery’s tasting room has been painted, and some tables have been moved around, but long-time Common Sense customers will probably feel right at home. One noteworthy change to the facility comes not in the tasting room, but in operations, where Pogorzelski will be fermenting in stainless steel tanks. Common Sense used plastic fermenters. Pogorzelski, 44, has been interested in

craft beer almost from the time he was old enough to drink alcohol. “Everybody’s dad was always drinking Coors Light or Bud Light,” he says. “When I came to be of age, I always wanted to try something different—I was drinking IPAs like Sierra Nevada and stuff like that.” He bought his first homebrew kit 20 years ago, when he and Warboys lived in California. After they came back to New Jersey to live, he continued brewing, with supplies and guidance from Princeton Homebrew (now Solar Homebrewing) in Trenton. Warboys and Pogorzelski have been trying to get their brewery up and running since 2017. The name Tindall Road Brewing comes from the couple’s home street in Robbinsville. They thought they might one day open in Robbinsville. But the process can be daunting, especially in New Jersey where there is a backlog of applicants for brewing licenses and a great deal of red tape in general. It can take 18 months for a new brewery to get a license in New Jersey. Warboys says they had resigned themselves to looking to open a place in Pennsylvania, where they thou ght there might be fewer barriers to entry for new breweries. Then this spring, they heard from a friend that Common Sense was looking to sell its license and get out of the business. “When we found this place, we knew it was a great opportunity,” she says. Recent beers on tap at Tindall Road were Steppanwolf’s American Wheat (6.3% alcohol by volume), Nut Brown Ale (5.3%), Citra Pale Ale (6%), Copper Feel Ale (6%), 2 Dopes in a Garage Coffee-Vanilla Stout (5.3%) and New England IPA (6.8%). Next on tap will be a mango IPA (6.7%), Dead Trojan Double IPA (6.9%) and Johnny Chimpo Banana Wheat (6.4%).

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Third Consecutive “A” Awarded by the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for the third consecutive time. The designation recognizes the hospital’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care. “Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell is home to services like our Cancer Center, Center for Digestive Health, Orthopaedics, and Pediatric Services to name a few. Earning an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group for the third time in a row reassures the residents in our community that we continue to be a leader in health care for the region,” said Al Maghazehe, president and CEO, Capital Health. “As an organization, Capital Health is committed to improving quality and safety outcomes, and this recognition validates our efforts,” said Dr. Louis D’Amelio, vice president of Clinical Performance at Capital Health. “Our dedication to patient safety is supported by ongoing initiatives that ensure we continue to make sustained improvements and meet nationally recognized standards of care.”

“To be recognized nationally as an ‘A’ hospital is an accomplishment the whole community should take pride in,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Hospitals that earn an ‘A’ grade are making it a priority to protect patients from preventable medical harm and error. We congratulate hospital leaders, board members, staff, volunteers and clinicians who work so hard to earn this A.” To see Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell’s full grade details, and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, go to hospitalsafetygrade.org or visit capitalhealth.org for more information.

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Capital Health at Deborah – Emergency Services Satellite Emergency Department Launches at Deborah Heart and Lung Center As of 12 a.m. on July 1, Capital Health assumed operation of the satellite emergency department (SED) located on the Browns Mills campus of Deborah Heart and Lung Center, an 89-bed teaching hospital that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital and acquired heart, lung, and vascular diseases in adults, as well as providing outpatient cardiology services for children. Deborah is Burlington County’s only fully licensed cardiac center.

president and CEO Joseph Chirichella, who noted that the two organizations have entered into a larger partnering agreement to expand access to the specialized services offered by each hospital in their greater service areas.

The newly named SED, Capital Health at Deborah – Emergency Services, is licensed by the New Jersey State Department of Health and fills the vacancy left by Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County after Lourdes’ planned termination of services on June 30, 2019. The 10,000 square foot SED operates 24 hours a day and features 11 exam/treatment rooms, triage bay, cardiac resuscitation room, specialized treatment areas (including OB/ GYN and isolation/decontamination), support services such as lab and radiology, a comfortable waiting area, and ample parking at an easy to drive to location.

“First and foremost, we could not have found a better partner to operate the SED,” he added. “Capital Health’s experience makes them ideal to assume the emergency department operations management. For the past ten years, patients have come to expect a high level of service and care. We are pleased that they will continue to receive this high level of medical care under a seamless transition. More importantly, our strategic partnership with Capital Health will open the doors to specialty services in our area and on our campus, services that are needed in the community. As well, this partnership paves the way for an integration of cardiac services that will benefit the residents of Mercer County, who will enjoy a closer connection to the highest level of cardiac care available. This collaboration and partnership is a win-win situation for both communities.”

“Communities that Deborah serves depend on the SED at Deborah, and our goal is to not only meet but exceed their expectations when they need emergency medical services,” said Al Maghazehe, Capital Health’s president and CEO. “We are excited to begin this journey with our new partners at Deborah and look forward to building upon the services offered at the SED.”

“Deborah’s reputation for excellence in cardiac care and best practices aligns with Capital Health’s high standards and commitment to quality,” said Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr., chairman, Capital Healthcare Corporation Board of Directors. “As partners, we will continue to provide the highest level of emergency medical services to the Burlington and Ocean County communities.”

“The community, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, will benefit from this range of specialized services which Capital Health will bring to its strategic partnership with Deborah,” said

For more information about Capital Health at Deborah – Emergency Services, visit capitalhealth.org/deborahsed.

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Capital Health Regional Medical Center Earns NATIONAL RECOGNITION for Comprehensive Stroke Care Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) has received the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. RMC earned the Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients should also receive education on managing their health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.

Additionally, RMC received the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. Capital Health Regional Medical Center is the only Comprehensive Stroke Center in the region certified by The Joint Commission, and one of only eight such hospitals in New Jersey. And as part of Capital Health’s Capital Institute for Neurosciences, it is available for patients who require the most advanced treatments for neurovascular and stroke care including neuroendovascular, neurosurgical and stroke services. In addition, Capital Health launched its innovative Mobile Stroke Unit in early 2017, designed to bring time-critical stroke care to patients at their home, or wherever it is dispatched to assess them. It was the first unit of its kind in New Jersey, Pennsylvania or the Delaware Valley and was only the seventh to go live in the United States. To learn more about Capital Health’s advanced care for stroke patients and those with other complex disorders of the brain and spine, visit capitalneuro.org.

CAPITAL HEALTH RECEIVES NEW QUALITY-BASED ACCREDITATION FROM DNV GL Capital Health has earned hospital accreditation from DNV GL – Healthcare, a certification body that helps health care organizations achieve excellence by improving quality and patient safety. By earning this accreditation, both Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell and Capital Health Regional Medical Center demonstrate that they meet or exceed patient safety standards and Conditions of Participation set forth by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). DNV GL’s accreditation program is the only one to integrate the ISO 9001 Quality Management System with the Medicare Conditions of Participation. “The DNV GL program is consistent with our commitment to quality and patient safety and aligns with the important initiatives that support our organizational culture,” said Al Maghazehe, president and CEO of Capital Health. “The program includes the integration of ISO 9001 quality standards with our clinical and financial processes, which will be a major move forward for the entire organization.” Capital Health has three years from the date of its accreditation to achieve compliance with ISO 9001, the world’s most trusted quality management system used by performance-driven organizations around the world to advance their quality and sustainability objectives.

“We have taken an entirely different approach to accreditation, and hospitals are really responding,” says DNV GL - Healthcare CEO Patrick Horine. “Since accreditation is a musthave credential for just about every hospital in this country, why not make it more valuable, and get more out of it? That’s where ISO 9001 comes into play, and turns the typical get-your-ticketpunched accreditation exercise into a quality transformation.” DNV GL’s accreditation program, called National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (NIAHO®), involves annual hospital surveys – instead of every three years – and encourages hospitals to openly share information across departments and discover improvements in clinical workflows and safety protocols. “Our hospital accreditation from DNV GL – Healthcare aligns with our journey to high reliability with a philosophy that links compliance with quality and safety standards, making improvements, and then sustaining those improvements over time,” said Dr. Louis D’Amelio, vice president of Clinical Performance at Capital Health. “Holding on-site surveys every year will help us to quickly apply the high, nationally recognized standards from ISO 9001 and CMS to be able to give our patients the best possible outcomes.”

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Surgery for an informative program on breast cancer. Learn more about what makes you high risk, what imaging is available, and the role genetics plays. Also learn more about benign breast disease and what women can expect during menopause. Register by calling 609.394.4153 or register online at capitalhealth.org/events

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New coach for Ewing basketball By Justin Feil Brandon DeKleine stepped away from football and jumped into basketball in seventh grade. It was a big transition that has shaped his athletic future. Five years later, he is part of another transition. DeKleine and the Blue Devils boys’ basketball team are busy every day preparing for the s eason under new head coach Amir Siddiqu, the former assistant who takes over for trailblazer Shelly Dearden. She retired this year. “A lot of people worried because Coach Shelly put Ewing on the map,” said DeKleine. “Everyone is expecting a lot from a new coach and a new team. When we found out Coach Siddiqu was the new coach, we calmed down. I was very happy.” Siddiqu is a familiar face to all but the incoming freshman. He spent the last three years coaching the EHS freshman team and knows his players well. It’s helped that Ewing has been doing many of the same things it has done every offseason. Players are coming to the school four days a week to lift and do skill work in the morning, then they play in league games at night at Moody Park, The Hun School or West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. “Right now it’s building a foundation, it’s building a work ethic and it’s building a desire to compete and how to compete,” Siddiqu said. “We’re getting detailed as we go throughout our summer. We’re immersed in basketball. It’s setting the foundation for hard work and competition.” Ewing finished the regular season 5-3 in the Moody Park Summer Basketball League before playoffs were set to begin July 22 and the championship scheduled for July 31. “Since the beginning of the summer we came a little ways,” DeKleine said. “In the beginning, we were always disagreeing with each other and we weren’t on the same page. He (Siddiqu) was talking to us and saying we have to get ourselves together. We listened and we got better.” “It is tough paying with all different levels and grades,” he said. “Sometimes the younger kids are headstrong, but they end up listening. As long as we continue to come together as one instead of playing separately, we’ll be good for the season.” It was a priority for Ewing to get in the Moody league again. It’s convenient to the players and it gives them tough competition. “It’s very prideful to play in your back yard,” Siddiqu said. “It says ‘Moody Park

Basketball League,’ but it’s our courts. Those kids go there to play pick-up. I grew up playing at that park. Everyone grew up playing at that park.” DeKleine is an undersized forward at 6-feet-1 on an undersized and inexperienced Ewing team. Only three players return with true varsity playing experience. “We’re not very tall,” Siddiqu said. “We weren’t that tall last year. The thing about Ewing kids, and I’m not sure it’s like this in every town, but our kids play bigger than they are.” DeKleine expects to be a big contributor on the court and as a leader. He has been starting and finishing games at Moody Park, and he stepped up when Ewing was short players for a doubleheader that they split July 16 in the CYO League at WW-P South. “It’s pretty different,” DeKleine said. “There’s tougher teams playing at Moody Park, but it’s still competition playing at CYO. It helps the younger kids get ready.” Siddiqu is following a model that he saw work for Dearden. He has moved Ewing to the CYO league instead of Montgomery and has a team in the Moody Park JV league as well. The players are adjusting to their new coach as they have more time with him. “They’re different, but they have similar styles,” DeKleine said. “Both coaches love pushing the ball on fast breaks, love playing defense and boxing out and everything about defense. Siddiqu is more of a fast paced style than Coach Shelly. She liked to calm things down.” The players’ familiarity is helping with the transition. Having played for him as freshmen, they know well what to expect of Siddiqu. “He was very supportive of the team,” DeKleine said. “He never was soft with you. He kept it real. If you messed up, he let you know in front of everybody. He toughened up our guys pretty much.” Like Dearden, Siddiqu is a EHS graduate who has returned to coach and teach at his alma mater. “It’s really a privilege, being an alumni and being a community member,” Siddiqu said. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be head coach of Ewing High boys basketball. Coach Dearden did so much for the program. Coach (Emil) Wandishin did so much for the program. To have my name mentioned in the list with them is such an honor. I just want to do right by those guys.” “We are definitely coming together as a team more now than at the beginning,” DeKleine said. “A lot of people were selfish and not being good teammates. Now they’re understanding we have to be good teammates if we want to win games and have fun during the season.”

Siddiqu spent the last three years coaching the EHS freshman team and knows his players well.

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calendar of events Thursday, August 1

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. Mother Goose Storytime, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Nursery rhymes and finger plays for children up to 18 months with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Scribble Time, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Crayons, paint and glue for children ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Register. 11 a.m. Meet a Beekeeper, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609-883-5914. mcl.org. Meet a beekeeper and safely see live bees. Children receive a craft and honey stick. For ages 4 and up. Register. 2 p.m. Open Craft: Light Sabers, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. For all ages. 3 p.m. Read to Breezy, the Therapy Dog, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Register. 4 p.m. Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m. Thursday Evening Music, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. Altoona. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

Friday, August 2

Train Play, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609-883-5914. mcl.org. Open play with wooden trains and tracks for children of all ages with a caregiver. Register. 10 a.m. Wiggle, Jingle, Mingle and Giggle, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Singing, moving, dancing and clapping for children ages 4 to 5 with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Play Dough/Lego Creations, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Themed storytime for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Register. 11 a.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m. Opening Reception, JKC Gallery, Mercer Countil Community College James Kerney Campus, 137 North Broad Street, Trenton. mccc. edu. “The Figure a Portrait Makes,” featuring contemporary interpretations of portraiture by 10 current and former MCCC visual arts students. Running through Friday, August 23. 3 p.m. Catapult Craft, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. For all ages. 3 p.m. Sunset, Sips, and Sounds, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-9242310. terhuneorchards.com. Live music plus wine and light fare for sale. Free. 5 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523

Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tom Sawyer, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m. Joe Holt, Paul Midir, and Mike McShane, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m.

Saturday, August 3

Peach Festival, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Wagon and pony rides, games, live music, peach treats, and more. Eyes of the Wild, a traveling zoo, presents two shows. $10. 10 a.m. Saxophonist Darryl Yokley, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-6959612. jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Tom Sawyer, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m. Mark Kaye Songwriter’s Showcase, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. 1867sanctuary.org. Contemporary sounds. $20. 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 4

Peach Festival, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Wagon and pony rides, games, live music, peach treats, and more. Eyes of the Wild, a traveling zoo, presents two shows. $10. 10 a.m. Tom Sawyer, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelsey-

theatre.net. $20. 2 p.m. Jazzy Sundays, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 2 p.m. House Tour, Benjamin Temple House, 27 Federal City Road, Ewing, 609-883-2455. ethps. org. Learn about the families who called the circa-1750 Colonial farmhouse home. 2 p.m. Music by Francis Poulenc, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. Music for piano, flute, and voice. $20. 3 p.m. Ned Hill and Greg McGarvey, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. Contemporary sounds. $20. 7:30 p.m.

Monday, August 5

Toddler STEM Program, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Science and math for toddlers ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Register. 10 a.m. Fitness for the Active Aging, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Learn how staying fit can improve balance, posture, flexibility, endurance and more. Register. 10:30 a.m. Happy Two’s Activity Time, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Songs and rhymes for two-year-old children with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Open Craft: Perler Beads, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. For all ages. 3 p.m. Bingo, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Register. 4 p.m. Ewing Township Arts Commission Meeting, Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing. ewingartsnj.com. Monthly meeting. 7 p.m.

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Read and Play Storytime, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Stories and crafts for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Play Group for Stories, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Finger plays, songs and other activities for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Register. 11:15 a.m. Galaxies Galore Reader’s Theatre Script, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-8823130. mcl.org. For children in grades 3 to 5. Register. 2:30 p.m. Magician, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Space-themed comedy magic with Saturn Sam and an intergalactic librarian. Register. 6:30 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. Bowie. $11 and up. 7 p.m. Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. facebook.com/trentonsocial. Hosted by Benny P. 8 p.m.

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Cat, Hat, Sat, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Rhyming words activity time for children ages 3 to 4 with an adult. Register. 10 a.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. Bowie. $11 and up. Noon. 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. Rutgers Geology Museum, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Learn about meteorites, how craters are made and make and measure your own crater, plus a craft and Q&A. For children up to 4th grade. Register. 5 p.m. Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Mother Goose Storytime, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Nursery rhymes and finger plays for children up to 18 months with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Scribble Time, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Crayons, paint and glue for children ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Register. 11 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. Read to Breezy, the Therapy Dog, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Register. 4 p.m. Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m. Thursday Evening Music, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Hernia: What Is that Bulge?, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. A hernia occurs when soft tissue or part of an organ squeezes through a weak spot in a muscle wall or band of tissues. Types of hernias include hiatal, umbilical, and inguinal. Learn about signs, symptoms, and treatment. Register. 6 p.m.

Star Wars 501st Legions, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Meet and greet a Star Wars character. Register. 7 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. Bowie. $11 and up. 7 p.m. Seth Adam and Steve Rodgers, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. Americana. $20. 8 p.m.

Friday, August 9

Wiggle, Jingle, Mingle and Giggle, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Singing, moving, dancing and clapping for children ages 4 to 5 with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Play Dough/Lego Creations, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Themed storytime for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Register. 11 a.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m. End of Summer Reading Program Party, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-8823130. mcl.org. Certificates awarded and basket winners announced, plus crafts and refreshments. Register. 2 p.m. Sunset, Sips, and Sounds, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-9242310. terhuneorchards.com. Live music plus wine and light fare for sale. Free. 5 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. Harrisburg. $11 and up. 7 p.m. Rick Fiori Trio, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. $20. 8 p.m. Comedy Night, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. hopewelltheater.com. James Camacho and others perform. $31.45. Register. 8 p.m.

Saturday, August 10

Drummer Sanah Kadoura, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. Harrisburg. $11 and up. 7 p.m. The Actual Dance: A One-Man Play, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. hopewelltheater. com. When Sam first noticed his wife at the age of 16, he could not predict the profound connection they would share. In their 33rd year of marriage, that love was tested. $34.12. Register. 8 p.m. Richie Cole Alto Madness Orchestra, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 11

Princeton Battlefield Tour, Princeton Battlefield State Park, 500 Mercer Street, Princeton. pbs1777.org. Learn about the Battle of Princeton, which ended the campaigns of the Ten Crucial Days that began with Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River. $7. 1 p.m. Jazzy Sundays, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 2 p.m. HVCAMP and HVCHS Alumni Jazz Ensemble, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $15. 3 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder.

com. Harrisburg. $11 and up. 5 p.m. Riverview Consort, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. Early music. $20. 8 p.m.

Monday, August 12

Toddler STEM Program, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Science and math for toddlers ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Register. 10 a.m. Happy Two’s Activity Time, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Songs and rhymes for two-year-old children with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Ewing Woman’s Club, Michael’s Restaurant, 2991 Route 1, Lawrence, 609-883-4344. Talk about Trenton in the 50s and 60s. New members and guests are welcome. 1 p.m. Adult Craft: Pressed Flower Art, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609883-5914. mcl.org. Use pressed flowers to create a unique piece of artwork. Materials provided. Register. 7 p.m. Meetings, PFLAG Princeton, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton. pflagprinceton. org. Support group for families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Peer-facilitated discussion and information sharing in a safe, confidential, non-judgmental setting. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, August 13

Read and Play Storytime, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Stories and crafts for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Play Group for Stories, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Finger plays, songs and other activities for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Register. 11:15 a.m. Yoga Nidra: Complete Relaxation, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Yoga Nidra, also known as Yoga Sleep, is a state in which the body is completely relaxed yet aware. Bring a yoga mat or blanket. $15. Register. 7 p.m. UrbEx 101: Investigating Abandoned New Jersey, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Public historian Luke Boyd examines case studies of abandoned properties and discusses urban exploration. Register. 7 p.m. Central Jersey Genealogical Club, Hamilton Township Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Way, Hamilton. cjgcnj.com. Dean Henry presents “Security and Privacy Considerations in Geneaoogy and DNA Websites.” Free. 7 p.m. Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. facebook.com/trentonsocial. Hosted by Benny P. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, August 14

Cat, Hat, Sat, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Rhyming words activity time for children ages 3 to 4 with an adult. Register. 10 a.m. Tea and Tour, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. morven. org. A docent-led tour of the museum followed by tea and refreshments. Registration required. $22. 1 p.m. 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. 5:30 p.m. Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday, August 15

Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Crayons, paint and glue for children ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Register. 11 a.m. Read to Breezy, the Therapy Dog, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Register. 4 p.m. Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m. Thursday Evening Music, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Women and Self Care, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Learn how to balance the many demands of life while maintaining optimal health. Light refreshments served. Register. 6 p.m.

Friday, August 16

Resume Review with Lisa Shrager, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Review your resume for content, grammar and layout. Register. 10 a.m. Wiggle, Jingle, Mingle and Giggle, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Singing, moving, dancing and clapping for children ages 4 to 5 with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Play Dough/Lego Creations, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Themed storytime for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Register. 11 a.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m. Sunset, Sips, and Sounds, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-9242310. terhuneorchards.com. Live music plus wine and light fare for sale. Free. 5 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Allen Krantz, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. Classical guitar. $20. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, August 20

Create Your Own Vision Board, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Creating a vision board can help unlock dreams and goals for the future. Supplies provided. Bring scissors. Register. 10 a.m. Read and Play Storytime, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Stories and crafts for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Play Group for Stories, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Finger plays, songs and other activities for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Register. 11:15 a.m. The Healthy Hip: An Orthopaedic Perspective, RWJ Center for Fitness and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-5845900. rwjbh.org. The goal of hip preservation is to allow one to keep or save their own natural hip joint and protect it from future injury. Register. 6 p.m. Ewing Environmental Commission Meeting, Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing. ewingec.org. Open to the public. 6:30 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. New Hampshire. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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Saturday, August 17

Trenton Puerto Rican Parade Awards Dinner Gala, West Trenton Ballroom, 40 W. Upper Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ, 609-933-3398. Honoring: Marlene Lao-Collins, Karen Hernandez-Grazen, Trenton Police Detective/retired - Luis Reyes, Local Artist - Samuel Kanig, Community Leader - German Ortiz, the Latino Merchants Association, and TFD Captain Juan Rivera. $75. 6 p.m. Jersey Fresh Jam, Terracycle, 121 New York Avenue, Trenton. jerseyfreshjam.com. Celebrating hip-hop culture with local, regional, and international artists, musicians, DJs, and emcees. Free. Noon. to 7 p.m. Pianist Farid Bafron, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m.

931-0149. americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dementia Conversations, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Nicolette Vasco presents tips on how to have honest, caring conversations with family members who have Alzheimer’s or dementia. Register. 7 p.m. Yarnworks, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Join fellow knitters and crocheters and tackle a new project or work on one you’ve already started. Register. 7 p.m.

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Saturday, August 24

Saxophonist Joe Ford, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Ira Glass: Seven Things I’ve Learned, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The creator, producer, and host of “This American Life” shares lessons from his life and career in storytelling. 8 p.m. Eric Mintel Quartet, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $15. 8 p.m.

Sunday, August 25

Songbird Banding, Fiddler’s Creek Preserve, 28 Fiddlers Creek Road, Titusville. mercercountyparks.org. Learn about current research and see wild birds uup close as they are banded, measured, and released. Adults $20. Children ages 6 and up $10. Register. 8:30 a.m.

Monday, August 26

Toddler STEM Program, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Science and math for toddlers ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Register. 10 a.m. Fitness for the Active Aging, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Learn how staying fit can improve balance, posture, flexibility, endurance and more. Register. 10:30 a.m. Happy Two’s Activity Time, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Songs and rhymes for two-year-old children with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Better Read Book Club, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609-8835914. mcl.org. “A Study in Scarlet Women” by Sherry Thomas. Register. 7 p.m. Yarnworks, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Join fellow knitters and crocheters and tackle a new project or work on one you’ve already started. Register. 7 p.m.

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609-584-5900. rwjbh.org. Learn about disk degeneration and common spinal conditions, as well as diagnosis and treatment options. Register. 6 p.m. Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. facebook.com/trentonsocial. Hosted by Benny P. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, August 28

Cat, Hat, Sat, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Rhyming words activity time for children ages 3 to 4 with an adult. Register. 10 a.m. Tea and Tour, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. morven. org. A docent-led tour of the museum followed by tea and refreshments. Registration required. $22. 1 p.m. Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Green Team Meeting, Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing. ewingec.org. Open to the public. 7 p.m.

Thursday, August 29

Kids Music Round, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Register. 10:30 a.m. Mother Goose Storytime, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Nursery rhymes and finger plays for children up to 18 months with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Scribble Time, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Crayons, paint and glue for children ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Register. 11 a.m. Read to Breezy, the Therapy Dog, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Register. 4 p.m. Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m. Thursday Evening Music, Hopewell Valley

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Friday, August 30

Wiggle, Jingle, Mingle and Giggle, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Singing, moving, dancing and clapping for children ages 4 to 5 with an adult. Register. 10:30 a.m. Play Dough/Lego Creations, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Themed storytime for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Register. 11 a.m. Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m. Sunset, Sips, and Sounds, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-9242310. terhuneorchards.com. Live music plus wine and light fare for sale. Free. 5 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. Reading. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

Saturday, August 31

Saxophonist Josh Lee, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton.com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m. Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m. Trenton Thunder, Arm & Hammer Park, Route 29, Trenton, 609-394-3300. trentonthunder. com. Reading. $11 and up. 7 p.m.

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Registration for the 2019-20 Season Saturday, September 7, 2019 - 10am-1pm Location: 359 Pennington Avenue, Trenton Students who have successfully completed the Dance Intensive will have early registration. * Tap * Ballet * Hip Hop * Modern Ages 3-Adult. Registration $25 per class, per student. Students need to be 3 years old by October 1. For more information or to apply, contact Renee Riddle-Davison at 609.599.9622 ext. 205 or rdavison@capitalymca.org.

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Our Karate Program will help instill values in your children and help them do better in school, life, and at home. Ages 4-10 years: 6:00pm to 6:50 pm Ages 11 & up: 7:00pm to 7:50 pm $35/month for facility members $55/month for program members Classes begin in September

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COMMUNITY DANCE ACADEMY AND LAFF OUT LOUD Pool Party Fundraiser Saturday, August 31st - 2pm-7pm ADULTS ONLY For more information contact Renee Riddle-Davison at 609.599.9622 ext. 205.

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Farmers Market

Mondays: 12 Noon - 5:00 pm Phone number: (609) 964-3481 ext 220 Greenwood Ave. Farmers Market June through October

Watch the website for information: www.GreenwoodAveFM.org. Fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, and more – all at affordable prices! • Free Parking – Corner of Hudson & Greenwood • Fresh Produce, Vegetables, and Tropical Fruits • Bread, Meat, Seafood, and Eggs • Free Health Screenings • Nutrition Education • Physical Activities • Music

It’s a Great Time to Join the Capital Area YMCA! Your YMCA membership allows you to become a part of a community, make new friends, and enjoy your favorite activities at a price you can afford. Our memberships are designed for men, women and children interested in using the wellness facilities and program offerings at the YMCA. You can terminate your membership at any time with a 30-day notice.

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The Capital Area YMCA offers group exercise classes led by certified fitness instructors. Each class will help increase cardiovascular strength and endurance while improving flexibility, tone muscle, reduce stress and burn calories. Members are encouraged to work at their own pace. Body Works/Cardio Body Sculpt in Motion Gentle Yoga SilverSneakers Disco SPIN Xtreme Cardio Party Vinyasa Yoga Zumba NEW MOSSA CLASSES

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Come to an info session August 1 at 10:00 A.M. August 14 at 5:30 P.M. September 5 at 10:00 A.M. September 9 at 5:30 P.M.

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Evenings Beginning September 17TH 1450 Parkside Ave , #22 Ewing, NJ 08638.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children is a non-profit organization committed to speaking up in court for the best interests of children who have been removed from their families because of abuse or neglect and placed in the foster care system. *Must attend an info session before attending the training session. For more info: contact Jill Duffy, 609-434-0050 or jduffy@casamercer.org. Please visit our website: casamb.org

Zorro Zorro, Noor, and Friskie were surrendered to the shelter due to a domestic violence situation. The family was forced to move into housing that does not allow pets. All three cats are friendly and well socialized.

Forrest Forest was picked up as a stray on Parkway Avenue in Ewing. He was brought in by Animal Control. Forest is a very sweet and friendly young dog.

The EASEL trailer and Ewing Animal Shelter are located at 2 Jake Garzio Drive in Ewing NJ 08628. The EASEL Animal Shelter is open for adoptions everyday 12-3 p.m. The trailer is open for adoptions Saturday and Sunday 11-3 and Wed night 50-70 p.m. The Ewing Please contact EASEL at kitty@ easelnj.org or call 609-883-0540.

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Earlier this summer, former teacher, businessman, Ewing councilman and NJ State Senate candidate Don Cox shared some reﬂections on the anniversary of the D-Day Invasion. Knowing him as a passionate student of history, I asked him if I could share his musings here. He agreed, and so this month I offer his thoughts as the country celebrated the 75th Anniversary: *** On June 1, 2009, I flew to Paris, rented a car and drove to Deauville, France. My plan was to visit all of the beachheads of the British, Canadian and American troops during the 65th D-Day Celebration, and to be at Omaha Beach on June 6. Along the way, I spent time assessing what remained of each of them, and the various associated cemeteries. I stayed several nights in Caen, France, and visited different sights each day. It was quite an emotional experience seeing the sites, and the realization of the massive movement by sea and by air. I arrived at the Omaha Beach on June 6, and visited the Omaha Beach Memorial Museum, which displays a collection of vehicles, uniforms, weapons, and personal items from American and German service. I also visited some of the remaining German fortifications and equipment. I happened upon a cocktail reception being hosted for the GI’s and their families. The French had placed tables on the beach in a long string about 600 feet long, dressed with white tablecloths. At dinner time, the tables were filled with the guests from America and some of their French hosts. All were served a chicken dinner that lasted almost two hours. I managed to get a very quick dinner at a nearby restaurant. As the guests cleared the beach and the tables were removed, they began to set up for fireworks. So, I waited until it got dark at 11 p.m., and the fireworks went off at 11:15 p.m. It was a truly wonderful experience. As I watch the current 75th anniversary celebrations, all of the memories of WWII

cause me to shed tears. I was only 8 years old when the war began, and yet so much is so clear in my mind. I think of all of the sacrifices we went through during that period. I remember the air raid sirens; black shades on the windows; taking old sheets to school where we cut them up and made bandages for military hospitals; bringing in newspapers to fold papers into disposal bags to hang on hospital beds; and ration cards for meat, sugar, butter, gas, etc. We had meat once a week. Gas was rationed according to letters A, B or C assigned to every car. If you had an A sticker you were privileged with important work. Many B and C car owners took the rubber tires off their cars and kept them on cinder blocks until the war was over. During the war, my father left and my mother and I were on our own. My mother, who was a stay at home mother, had to find work, and either walk to work or take a bus. My father was asked by the chairman of the physics department at Princeton University to work with him at John Hopkins Physics Lab in Silver Spring, Maryland, where they were developing the radiocontrolled nose cones for rockets to shoot down the German buzz bombs that were devastating London. They also worked periodically on the Manhattan project in Arizona to develop the atomic bomb. When the War in Europe was over we had a very mild celebration; but, when Japan surrendered, grand parades were held everywhere. The war was over! My family was lucky. All of my cousins came home; I did not lose any relatives. I had one that was a bomber pilot flying bomber missions from Bari, Italy to Germany. Two others were Army captains in England, preparing for the invasion. Another served as a Marine in the South Pacific in several island conflicts, and another was captured by the Japanese and was imprisoned for two years before his release. I pray to God that such catastrophes never happen again. We all share that prayer.

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Recently, I made plans with dear friends of mine to have lunch. Greg and Julie live in Florida and they were up in New Jersey visiting family and friends. We set a day and a time and a place to meet. Sounds kind of normal and easy, right? If so, you haven’t met me. Since I was working that day, I suggested Wildflowers, a great restaurant/ bar in Pennington. It’s down the street from my office and I knew Greg and Julie would love their tomato pies. We said we’d meet at noon. I got there at 11:50 a.m., and went in the side door and sat at a table in their main dining room. I reached for my cell phone to look at the time. No phone. I searched frantically through my purse. No phone. I immediately knew where the phone was—on my desk at work right next to my computer. I was in such a hurry to leave so I wouldn’t be late that I forgot to grab it. I told my server that I had forgotten my phone and he told me I could use the house phone to call them. I said, “I don’t know their numbers. They are programmed in my cell phone!” “Okay,” I thought. “No big deal. I don’t need my phone.” Note: I go NOWHERE without my phone. It’s always with me because of my dad, who is in Greenwood House’s Long-Term Care facility. If anything happens to him, Greenwood House calls my cell. I asked the server the time. 12:40. Hmmm. Greg and Julie are punctual people. I worried that they got stuck in traffic. I went outside and looked in the parking lot. No Florida plates. By this time, the Wildflowers staff were looking at me with pity, so I ordered a sandwich. My food arrived and I saw that there was a stack of pickles on my plate instead of the customary one or two. I said to my server, “You gave me more pickles because you feel sorry for me, right? These are pity pickles?” He admitted that, yes, he gave me more pickles.

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Senior Corner The Senior Division is open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The clubhouse is open Saturday and Sunday and 9:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. You are invited to stretch and strengthen your body on Saturday mornings, at 9:15 a.m. Join our instructor, Tracey Parkes for her Active Chair Yoga class. The movements are tailored for seniors or individuals with limited mobility. Reminder: always check with your physician before participataing in this or any other exercise class that is offered. Call (609) 883-1776, ext. 6205 or option #1, if you have additional questions or to register for the following programs. We have five different clubs that meet once a month for socialization, trips, information and more! Call (609) 883-1776, Ext. 6205 or option #1, if you have additional questions about clubs or any of our programs. Pool Sharks, darts and cards are played Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the clubhouse. All senior clubs and Sewing Class are on break until September. Mondays: 10 a.m., Body shaping, Karen Martin, ESCC. 1 p.m., Bingo, senior community room. Special bingo 8/19 at noon. Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m., Dancercise with Karen at HB; Knitting group. 10 a.m., Pinochle group. 1 p.m., Rummikub; Card players; 6-9 p.m., Mahjong, first and third Tuesday. Wednesdays: 9 a.m., Watercolor Wednesday. 12:30 p.m., Bible Study at ESCC (begins 8/10). 1 p.m., Jewelry or craft class. Thursday: 9:30 a.m., Exercise with Karen, (HB 8/1) (ESCC 8/8, 15, 22, 29). 1 p.m., Card players. Friday: 9:30 a.m., beginners line dancing with JoAnn Kephart-ESCC. 10 a.m., Advance Line Dancing-ESCC. End of Summer Picnic: Thursday, Aug. 8, 1 a.m. Weather permitting, we will be on the Patio at the ESCC. There will be delicious food and entertainment. Make reservations in advance at the ESCC Room 204. Call (609) 883-1776 for additional information. Ewing: $7 or $12 a couple. Non-residents: $12 per person. Safe Driving Workshop. Receive a discount on Automobile Insurance by attending a six hour AARP Safe Driving Class. Sessions are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the ESCC. Sessions are Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14 and Dec. 12. The workshop is for any licensed driver. $15 for AARP members, $20 for non-members. Bring a lunch (we have refrigeration) or eat at the nearby diner. A beverage vending machine in located in the Center. PRAB. Need help with weatherization or filling

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early August. Soccer games and practices are held at Municipal Soccer Fields, next to Town Hall. Games start in mid-September. Go to ewingunited.com to register. Ewing Recreation Department is taking applications for picnic area permits at the following parks, John Watson on Upper Ferry Rd., Banchoff on Mt. View Rd., Higgs Park on Summerset St., Betor Park behind Municipal Building, ESCC Picnic area behind building. Email Nancy at npappano@ ewingnj.org or contact the office for more information or to reserve a date. Ewing Recreation has a chess club that meets on Tuesday evenings for youth and adults at ESCC. Kids will play from 6 pm–7:30 pm and adults will start at 7:30 pm. ESCC gym and weight room is open daily. Hours are Monday-Thursday 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Fridays & Sundays, 6 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fees are $30/month for adults, $20/month for full-time students and seniors (age 60+). Seniors can also workout between 9 a.m.-11 a.m. daily for free.Register online at communitypass.net ESCC, (609) 883-1776 and Hollowbrook Community Center, (609) 883-1199 have rooms available for rent for small groups to large parties. Kitchen facilities are available. The Gym at ESCC is also available for rentals. For more information please call the Recreation Office. For more information on these or any other programs you can contact the Recreation Office at (609) 883-1776, online at www.ewingnj.org/communityaffairs. The Recreation Office is located at ESCC and is open Monday–Thursday 8:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Fridays 8:30 a.m.– 5 p.m., weekends 9 a.m.–5 pm. The Ewing Recreation column is paid content provided by Ewing Township.

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The Ewing Recreation Summer Camp will run to Aug. 30 for grades K-9 and is held on the grounds of the Ewing Senior and Community Center (ESCC) 999 Lower Ferry Road. Hours are from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. Early hours are from 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. and late hours are from 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. The Day Camp will be for children entering grades K-5th. Teen Travel Camp is for students entering 6th-9th grade and is a 7-week program that runs to Aug. 16. Post Camp runs for two weeks Aug. 19-30. Forms are available online at the Ewing Township website and in township community centers. Register at communitypass.net The Ewing Community Pool at ESCC is open daily noon–8 pm through Aug. 12, noon–7:30 pm from Aug. 12–Sept. 1, Labor Day. Late season fees are available starting Aug. 1. You can friend the Ewing Township Pool System on Facebook. Weather updates and program information will be updated there daily during pool season. People looking to use the pool can pay a daily fee and seasonal fee. Online registration is required at communitypass.net. Ewing Recreation and Ewing Green Team are running the 5th annual Fall Spin Bike Ride on Sept. 21 starting at TCNJ Campus Town at 8:15 am. Pre-registration can be done online at communitypass.net, by mail or at ESCC. Riders can register the day of the ride starting at 8:45 am in the parking area. For more information go to ewinggreenteam.org/ewingfallspin or call Ewing Rec Dept. Registration is being accepted online for the fall for youth tackle football and soccer. For football go to ewingjrbluedevils.com. Football games and practices are held at Moody Park and the program starts in

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