Preston started out with aspirations of becoming an actress and earned a bachelor’s degree in theater from Florida State University.
Preston grew up in Georgia, spending most of her life in the south until she attended college and worked in other states. After being employed for 11 years at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, she came to New Jersey for RVCC.
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“She’s so confident and so calm, cool, collected and in the same sense it’s chaotic,” Curran said. “There will be times where she will be all over the field running left, right, everywhere, and it seems chaotic. Yet there’s a calm at the same time; you’re not worried that she’s doing it because that’s how she does it well. “It’s organized chaos and she creates chaos for the other team because she doesn’t stop. If I had to mark her, I’d be miserable.”
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“It’s really an interesting migration for me,” Preston says. “I love it here. It’s been a much easier transition than I ever thought it would be.”
MCCC, which has campuses in West Windsor and Trenton, announced in April that Preston would be succeeding the nearly seven-year term of previous president, Dr. Jianping Wang. After starting on July 1, Preston sat down with U.S. 1 to talk about her background andPriorgoals.to accepting the MCCC position, Preston was the provost and vice president of academic affairs at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg. She also acted as the chief academic officer throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
In performing a search for the term “organized chaos” the definition that surfaces is “A complex situation or process that appears chaotic while still having enough order to achieve progress or goals.”
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The senior midfielder laughed when informed of that description. She first explained the chaos. “I think it’s just because of how much I love the game,” Keating said. “I get so passionate about it, and always want to be where the ball is, or getting the ball to a better position to score. I think that’s what makes me stay so chaotic.”
RHS girls’ soccer player Kara Keating takes the ball upfield during a game against Princeton last year.
Although she “accidentally” finished in only three years, Preston no longer felt content painting sets or doing vocal exercises in the highly competitive atmosphere. She wanted to try another field, one that was steadier and more reliable. As a 21-year-old college graduate, Preston returned to FSU for a postgraduate degree as a way of “buy-
Robbinsville High girls soccer coach Caitlin Curran reduces that meaning to just two words—Kara Keating.
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It was while teaching a writing class for college students who were almost the same age as she was that the 21-year-old Deborah Preston discovered not just her calling, but also plenty of use for her theater degree. Although she had changed her career path from acting to academia, the valuable stage skills she learned helped to shape her perspective in numerous leadership positions. Throughout more than 30 years of experience and service, Preston has studied the psychology of others’ motivations and frustrations as if preparing for a character. As she steps into a starring role as Mercer County Community College’s seventh president, she says she wants to figure out productive solutions for both the audience and the people behind the curtain.
According to MCCC, Preston was instrumental in the Access2Success project at RVCC, which “addressed the equity gap for students of color, first-generation students and lowincome students” as part of her commitment to the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. She says she hopes to expand those same practices at MCCC, bringing to the position what she has learned from developing, managing and overseeing a range of initiatives in community colleges.
Keating creates chaos on the field for RHS girls’ soccer
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Coran was terminated from his job on Aug. 12 after being suspended without pay since July 2022. The charges are the result of an investigation by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Public Corruption Unit and the Robbinsville Township Police Department. According to authorities, the investigation revealed that between July 2021 and July 2022, Coran abused his position by fraudulently obtaining and altering purchase orders issued by the Robbinsville Township to make unauthorized purchases for his own uses; making unauthorized purchases for his own uses utilizing the township’s Amazon account; and utilizing other means to steal Robbinsville property and funds.Coran is also accused of selling various police radios, emergency lights, sirens and controllers over the internet using an alias and mailed them throughout the United States utilizing his Medford residence as a return address. The approximate value of the stolen property is more than $250,000. The investigation also revealed that Coran utilized the credentials of both Chief Christopher Nitti and Chief Michael Polaski outstanding police work, but outstanding police work under the tremendous strain of having to investigate one of their own,” Fried said. “We want to thank Angelo Onofri and his team at the MCPO for granting us the resources needed to get where we are today. That said, we sincerely apologize to our residents for not catching this sooner. We will be submitting a claim to our insurance carrier to get all $250,000 reimbursed.”“Nooneis above the law, especially public servants,” said Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri. “Individuals who abuse their positions and violate public trust should be prepared to face the consequences.”“Ericwasalong-time, trusted employee serving 21 years with the police department. He was an important member of the team,” Chief Polaski said. “We were both shocked and disappointed to learn that this had been going on.”
A 21-year employee of the Robbinsville Township Police Department has been charged with stealing and selling property and equipment belonging to the township police department for personal gain. A criminal complaint was signed on Friday, Aug 12, charging Eric Coran, 41, of Medford, with second-degree official misconduct, multiple counts of theft, criminal computer activity and impersonation, and second-degree money laundering. Coran had been employed by the Robbinsville Township Police Department as a communications officer since 2002. His responsibilities included purchasing, ordering, programming, and maintaining police equipment including police radios, emergency lights, sirens and controllers.
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Preston says that she learned something important in every one of the different posi tions she has held as she moved up. “It gives you a broader perspective of what’s going on across campus, so that when a division is struggling with some thing, you can relate to it in some way,” she says. “I think there’s a lot to be said for really understanding how a college works from top to bottom. If you’re going to be the leader, I think it makes you a more com passionate and innovative leader in a lot of ways.”As president, she realized she could combine her love of both teaching and con necting with students, so Preston took on more responsibilities. Following her work in Georgia, Preston served as the dean for visual arts, performing, and media arts at Maryland’s Montgomery College, then came to “Honestly,RVCC.I think one of the reasons I started thinking about a presidency was that during the pandemic, as the chief aca demic officer [for RVCC], I had a huge role in pandemic management figuring out how we were going to deliver instruction, try to keep people safe, communicate what we were doing, and train the faculty,” she says.
ing myself some time to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up,” she says. Preston chose to pursue a master’s degree in English, and the program required an assistantship in teaching Eng lish composition. That was where she fell in love with teaching in front of a room of stu dents who should have been, age-wise, her peers. Preston then moved on to receive a doctoral degree — also in English, specifi cally dramatic literature — from Tulane Uni versity in New Orleans. Once finishing the “rapid succession” from her college career to professor, Pres ton returned to Georgia, figuring that it might be worthwhile to apply for a job at the local community college, and she started as an“Onadjunct.aday-to-day basis, you have a chance to make a difference in students’ lives,” Preston says, citing a desire to impact them and grow their potential. It was never her objective, but she has spent all of her higher education career in community colleges. So it was only natural that Preston ended up wearing many hats in her 14 years at Georgia Perimeter College — now known as Perimeter College at Georgia State Uni versity — in Atlanta. She went from adjunct to tenured professor, then department chair and campus provost.
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“It’s interesting because everything every body knew was sort of out the window. We were just sort of making it all up fresh. I realized that if I could do that, I could be a president.”
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“We’ve got to build rela tionships and talk to the community about what they need,” she says. “There’s a long, sad history of white liberals deciding what other groups need or should want, without really listening to what they need or want. As a higher ed institution, I don’t want us to fall into the trap of always thinking we know best.“We know some things, and that’s good, but we have to combine what we know with what the community says they want and need, because otherwise, I don’t see us having that much impact. It’s got to be a partnership.”Thatcamaraderie leads into the impor tance of an understanding environment.
“A member shared what is called a ‘policy audit’ where you go through your policy manual, and for every single policy, you ask yourself, ‘Does this policy hurt anyone, and why is it there? Could it be friendlier?’” she explains, giving library fines as an example. Many libraries are retiring fines, Pres ton says. “They find that they don’t actually change the rate of book return — with or without the fine — and they just discour age people who can’t afford their fines from coming back to the library.”
“Ideally, you would want the college to be a place where everybody feels they belong, everybody feels valued, and every body feels like they are either making a positive contribution, or they are getting Preston
“I truly believe that the JKC campus can and should be a really important part of the revitalization of that whole area of Trenton,” she says. “I’ve seen it happen with other types of businesses. I don’t see why it can’t happen with a college.”
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At Montgomery College, Preston met her husband, Dr. Ben Nicholson, the former math professor and depart ment chair of mathematics, statistics, and data science for 21 years. When she started at RVCC, Nicholson stayed behind to continue teaching in Maryland. Now, after years of living in different states, Preston and her husband are getting settled together in Lawrence Township, with Nicholson currently looking for new job opportunities.
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Another issue could be the act of “put ting holds on student records for parking tickets,” because as the president asks rhe torically, “do I really want to not let the stu dent come to college because they can’t afford their parking ticket?”Preston, acknowledging the JKC campus specifically, is thinking of other ways to shift MCCC’s approach to positively benefit, incorporate, and highlight the voices of surrounding communities.
Then, she began the search for job open ings, “applying selectively” to remain local. “I knew people who’d been at Mercer and had a real affection and a lot of good things to say about the college community and the faculty,” she says, sensing that the institu tionWhencared.she was selected, Preston says that she felt like she was “learning a new college, learning a new county, but not learning a new state.” That comfort gave her the confi dence to see what she could accomplish, as well as the ability to establish a new home in Mercer County.
Preston says that she tried to find a property halfway between the James Kerney Campus in Trenton and the West Windsor, campus, but ended up closer to Trenton. “I’m incredibly excited about the JKC campus at Trenton,” she says. “I think that is just a diamond in the rough. I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can do to build up that campus” with structural, aes thetic and programming improvements.
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Last year, Preston was appointed to the American Association of Community Col lege’s Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which has provided her with ideas on how to serve students accordingly.
something positive out of their interaction,” Preston says, expressing that inclusion and appreciation are important, but not unique to “Weschools.have to have that third layer, which is something positive is happening — either I’m making a contribution, or I’m getting something valuable from my inter actions with the faculty,” she explains of the distinction.Another issue that Preston wants to tackle is post-pandemic enrollment. Stu dents might be hesitant to return to college because of the current job market, where retail and restaurants may offer $20 an hour in what the president calls “a shortterm solution” to the bigger problem. “Go ahead and get your $20 an hour, but also, come to college! Let us get you set up for something better down the road,” she says. “I think people are tired, traumatized, and depressed from the pandemic. It’s hard to think about working and going to college. But we’re going to do as much out reach to students as we can and make it as painless as possible to come to school.”
Preston says that although service jobs might feel like they pay well, college “can help them get to something that’s more of a life-sustaining wage,” especially for people who want to have a family down the line.”
“You don’t have to go for a full two years. You don’t have to transfer. You can and we will help you do that, but you don’t have to,” Preston adds, saying it “kills” her that some might avoid enrolling based on misinfor mation about expenses. “Between state aid, federal aid, and foundation aid, there’s just no reason for a student not to come to Mercer.”Those can range from New Jersey’s Community College Opportunity Grant’ for residents with an adjusted gross income under $80,000 to the MCCC Foundation’s scholarship programs — tuition plus, urban JKC, and president’s completion fund — which address the different socio economic backgrounds of students.
As the end of summer means a return to school, Preston is happy to greet students when the fall semester officially begins on Sept. 6. Inspired by the enthusiasm of local officials, leaders, and other representatives who have given her a warm welcome, she reciprocates their feelings about embark ing on MCCC’s promising new chapter together.Preston adds that there are already plans in motion to “harness” the positive energy of these interactions, and what she looks forward to the most is becoming part of the community. But with so many people keen to celebrate the opportunity for collabora tion, Preston is not alone in having “a lot of optimism” for what’s to come.
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“When you have your planting foot down, you kick with your shooting foot and you’re supposed to end up landing back on your shooting foot,” she explained. “I think that’s something I always struggled with. I kind of shoot and keep running almost. I think my leg never really knows where to go because it looks so chaotic. So I’ve been trying to kind of focus more on my planting foot and being able to land back on my shooting foot.”Keating began soccer at age four after watching big sister Sam play. She began playing for Robbinsville travel at age 8 and played “probably every position on the field.’” In ninth grade, she switched to the Hibernian Crush in Hamilton, where coach Debbie Carr found Keating a steady position.“Toward the end of middle school and beginning of high school I was more of a forward, that’s where I played on all of my teams,” Keating said. “And then Deb Carr played me at center-mid for the first time and that’s where a lot of coaches started to like me and that’s where I played ever since. I’ve kind of been the strongest there and that’s where I’m best on the field.”
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The finished product gives the Ravens one of their key components coming off a 10-5-2 season. Robbinsville lost its top scorer, Sophie Berman (11 goals five assists) and Keating is the leading returning scorer after tallying eight goals and an assist. She will be one of three center midfield ers in Curran’s 4-5-1 alignment and will be counted on to step up her goal-scoring pro duction. And while her assist total is not huge, Keating often feeds the ball to the girl who will get the assist. If it were hockey, she’d likely have more assists.
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Carr simply stated that “Kara is a great player.”When Keating arrived at RHS, she was put on the JV and immediately impressed coach Adrienne Capritti. “She was Capritti’s
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“This year she’ll probably be an attack ing center midfielder again,” Curran said. “She’ll be the first to say shooting is not her strong suit. She actually put in her player profile ‘We still have to fix my shot.’ But what she lacks there she makes up for tenfold in what she does well, which is commu nicating, working hard, putting herself in a position to help the team moving forward.” Keating has worked hard at adjusting her shot, and has a pretty good idea of what needs to be done to improve it.
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“I think that comes from playing at differ ent positions all my life,” she said. “I kind of understand what each position is supposed to be so that helps me understand where other people are gonna be.”
The Ravens will need Keating to pop up and pop in some more goals this year with Berman gone, and several other players will have to step up as well.
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“I don’t necessarily see it as a ‘What are we gonna do about it?’ type of situation,” she said. “I see it as ‘What can we do?’ It’s a clean slate, this is gonna be pretty cool to put together something and watch how it evolves over the course of the season. There’s plenty of open space for something good to Havinghappen.”Keating in the middle of the field is certainly a good start to build around. “She’s a firecracker,” Curran said. “There’s nothing bad to say about her.”
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“It would have been great for her to be able to get more goals as a sophomore. I think she was still finding her place on the field as a young varsity player. She did a lot of distributing and learning from other girls about where to be, and when. She has got a good sense of soccer. She played club soc cer, she knows what she’s doing, but she was just learning at the high school level what that meant for her in the center mid position. She’s very good at picking up what other people need from her and figuring out a way to get it done.”
Considered by Curran one of the Ravens’ hardest workers, Keating’s stamina is note worthy. She is constantly on the move, be it from end line to end line or sideline to side line. She has a tremendous ability to see the field and understand well in advance where she needs to make a play.
“You watch her play and you think ‘OK she might need a break,’ and before that last word of ‘break’ is out of your mouth, you’re like ‘Oh no, she’s totally fine,’” Cur ran said. “She catches these second winds.
“I don’t think it’s hard,” she said. “I think it kind of allows you to work more with the people and attack offensively. Having one person on top puts a lot of pressure on the outside midfielders to get up there to help her, and I think that’s where center mid field—from being able to see the field bet ter—can see what’s up top, see if the outside infielders are up more or back more.”
“She’s tiny, she gets thrown around a lot,” Curran said. “But for as many times as you see her hitting the ground, she’s popping right back up faster than she went down. She’s small but she’s strong. She’s fear less, there aren’t many kids that you watch develop as you’re coaching and there’s just a lack of fear in tackles and putting themselves in defensive position to make sure it’s the ball or the player but not both. She’s that kid.”
“Obviously we lost a lot of our starters who graduated,” Keating said. “I think we have to build that team chemistry again. I’m still very optimistic. I think we’re still gonna be a pretty good team and come out with a lot of wins. “I think we have a lot of goal scorers. Obviously Sophie was crazy up there and running everywhere but I think me and other people offensively will step up to the plate and put goals in the back of the net.” Curran welcomes the challenge of so many fresh faces.
Right when you think that might have been everything she had, she finds this reserve tank and she fuels it well and puts herself in greatKeatingposition.”also shows ample toughness for someone her stature.
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shining star,” Curran said. “She said noth ing but good things about Kara and told me what an asset it will be to have her. We got her as a sophomore and she showed sparks of greatness that would make her a staple on the field last year at center-mid.
Why the name lanternfly? As the story goes, Maria Sibylla Merian of Germany, a naturalist and scientific illustrator (search her name; she did beautiful work) identi fied a number of insects in the taxonomic family known as Fulgoridae. These insects, Merian noted, had snouts which inflated andCarlglowed.Linneaus apparently accepted the observation as fact, and that’s how the tax onomy evolved. When I reached out to a Virginia Tech professor who has written about spotted lanternflies to verify this, he sent me to Wikipedia. (yes, I know). Let’s moveTheon.invasion of spotted lanternflies to North America now requires us to become amateur entomologists so we can also play predators.Spotted lanternflies are in the taxonomic order known as Hemiptera--true bugs. There are approximately 80,000 species in this order; you know well many of the spotted lanternfly cousins including cica das, aphids, stink bugs and bed bugs. This order contains what are called “true bugs” because as the Amateur Entomologists’ Society notes: everyone — entomologists included — tend to call all insects ‘bugs.’ The true bugs often have long antennae divided into a small number of segments, and the front wings can be somewhat hard ened. Some bugs resemble beetles, but beetles have wing covers that do not over lap, unlike the bugs. True bugs have a three-stage life cycle: egg, nymph, adult. But the spotted lantern fly nymph goes through what are called instars — interval developments — before becoming an adult. So for the spotted lanternfly, the life cycle is eggs, instar 1, instar 2, instar 3, adult. So how did we get to this moment? * In 1979, Chinese-born Harvard Univer sity Botanist Shiu Ying Hu wrote about the journey of the tree of heaven, a plant native to China.Thestory begins with a Jesuit priest, Pierre d’Incarville, who studied botany at Paris’ famed Jardin des Royales Plantes. The priest later traveled to China in 1740 as a missionary where he gathered vari ous kinds of seeds to send to his mentor in Paris. Hu noted in the mid-18th century, botanical-minded individuals in Europe were interested in obtaining plants of eco nomic importance in eastern Asia for intro duction to their colonies of comparable cli mate in the D’IncarvilleAmericas.tookgreat interest in what was known as the Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)--a tree whose sap is used to make the coating for lacquerware.Thetreeof heaven (Ailanthus altissima) gets its common name from its enormous height, as if it were growing to heaven. In China, the indigenous ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia) dines on the leaves in order to produce a coarser kind of silk called Shantung silk.
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The Chinese lacquer tree looks much like the tree of heaven. In fact, Hu wrote, Chi nese scholars had recorded the difficulty in distinguishing between the two trees. From a distance, noted scholar Hu, the two trees look similar because of the color of their bark and the shape of the leaves on the trees. But it was the lacquer which attracted d’Incarville and he believed he had sent the seeds of the lacquer tree to his mentor in Paris.But no. The Jesuit priest had sent the seeds of the tree of heaven to Paris. And in what became a viral moment, without the help of Facebook or Twitter, word spread as well as the sharing of seeds and saplings. The seeds went from Paris to Britain, and in 1784, William Hamilton of Philadelphia found himself putting the seeds of this exotic plant in his garden. William Hamilton lived on a 300-acre estate, located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River from 1745-1813 known as The Woodlands (woodlandsphila.org).
The scourge of the spotted lanternfly: how we got here
It’s not a lantern; it emits no light. It’s not even a member of the fly family. Yet, if there were an insect fashion show with a runway, the spotted lanternfly might be the envy of what are called true bugs, because of the fashionable mix of colors, spots and hidden bright red underwings designed to chase awayButpredators.don’tbetaken in by the bug’s beauty; the spotted lanternfly has eyes on our gar dens, intending to suck the life from various trees and vines. And all of this because of two human errors. The first error happened in 1784, the second error in *2014.**
Referred to as an amateur horticulturist and botanist on many sites, Hamilton nur tured his tree of heaven along with many other plants unusual to America, includ ing the Ginkgo biloba tree, another plant
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Unfortunately, William Hamilton’s deci sion to plant the Tree of Heaven in Phila delphia in 1784 meant when the spotted lanternfly landed in America 230 years later, its diner of choice for comfort food was well established.
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Start with learning how to identify the masses. Search for, “What Should You Do With Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses + Pen nExtension.” This page has excellent pic tures so you know what you’re looking for.
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To find video instructions from PennState Extension, search, “How To Remove Spot ted Lanternfly Eggs-Penn State.” The video notes that spotted lanternflies like to lay eggs on flat surfaces, so that can include rocks in your garden, benches, or other ornamental items. Make sure to check campers, patio furniture and wood piles.
The U.S. National Invasive Species Infor mation Center has been monitoring the spotted lanternfly since its arrival in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 2014. However, a posting by Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences notes the spot ted lanternfly arrived in Oregon in 2012 as egg masses on stones shipped from China. It was the shipping of that stone to Berks County, Pennsylvania which brought the spotted lanternfly to its favorite restaurants. Kristen Wickert is a co-author of a 2020 study on the spotted lanternfly. She works as an entomologist and plant pathologist at the West Virginia Department of Agricul ture; she also serves as the state’s spotted lanternfly coordinator. When National Geo graphic asked about the spotted lanternfly invasion and the tree of heaven, she noted: “They’re both from China, so they’re recon necting with their native species.”
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But what many of us are learning, espe cially fruit farmers and wineries is this: spotted lanternflies have a sweet proboscis. That’s the part of the lanternfly which can pierce the bark of a tree, or vine, allowing the insect to merrily feed away. The proboscis is like a straw. But that’s not all, the PennState Extension FAQ site notes, when the spotted lanternfly feeds, it excretes honeydew, or sugary water on and around its feeding site. This sugary sub stance encourages the growth of black sooty mold, which is not harmful to humans, but can damage plants and make outside recre ation areas unusable.*
The Water Bottle Method. Collecting spotted lanternflies in a water bottle almost feels like a sport. Google “capturing lanter flies in water bottles,” and you will find sev eral videos demonstrating the how-to. The method takes advantage of the hop of the lanternfly. When it sees the bottle coming it jumps and you are ready to have it jump right into the bottle opening. Cap the bottle between snares or the spotted lanternflies will crawl up the bottle the way they crawl up trees. One person using this snare puts the bottle in the freezer and then dumps the flies back on the earth for compost. Sticky Fly Paper. Here’s a method from the Lancaster Conservation District in Pennsylvania, the phrase to search is: “Bug Barrier Tree Band for Spotted Lan ternflies: How to Set Up.” This will take you to a YouTube video where Amanda Goldsmith, Spotted Lanternfly Technician demonstrates the BugBarrier Tree Band. Here, the trap has a sticky adhesive facing inward which reduces the chance of wildlife getting stuck. Amanda tells viewers that this method is being used at the Philadelphia Zoo. Homemade traps. Put this search term into the browser window: “Teen’s clever trap for spotted lanternflies and learn how to make the trap.” 14-year-old Rachel Ber gey of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania made to snare Lanternflies so she could take back her favorite maple tree. Searching this title: “How to Build a New Style Spotted Lanternfly Circle Trap,” will take you to a trap option designed by the folks at PennState Extension Services. Vacuum them up! Yes, that is a method. I think my Dad—who once vacuumed wasps out of the stone wall at our house— would love this idea. Google: “Trap Spot ted Lanternfly using vacuum cleaner PhillySpecial.”Theinstructor in the videos notes lan ternflies don’t seem bothered by the sound of the vacuum and sneaking up behind them pretty much ensures you’ll get them. Honestly, I think there are some kids who would happily become hunter/gatherers using this method. It’s not too early to look for egg masses on your trees, and know that merely scrap ing the masses off the trees to the ground will not kill the eggs. Penn State Exten sion warns, egg masses need to be perma nently submerged in rubbing alcohol to kill them. Eggs that have been scraped onto the ground can still hatch, so it is impor tant to follow all recommended steps of egg removal!Spotted lanternflies don’t survive the winter, but their egg masses have no prob lem weathering the cold, snow and ice; the egg masses are viable from October to July. Each mass can contain 30-50 eggs. There seems to be one method, and it is labor-intensive--search, scrape with a card or plastic scraper and destroy in rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer.
While the world may be upside down at the moment with debates raging about vari ous political issues, American ingenuity is still alive and well as evidenced by some of the creative ways people are ridding their properties of spotted lanternflies. And from now until November, these pesky creatures that started mating in July, will be egg laying. Consequently, there are two fronts to needing attention. A Fly Swatter. A friend had me laughing about his Dad who goes out daily with a fly swatter for recreational spotted lanternfly swatting. And that is one way to get these insects. Since they hop, stepping on them is sometimes difficult. WIth the fly swatter you can aim to where the insect will hop and get it.
A National Geographic story noted: The notorious plant wipes out native species with its dense thicket and toxins it excretes into the soil. It also emits a bad smell from its flowers; has no natural predators; and serves as a sanctuary for destructive inva sive insects, such as the spotted lanternfly. That odor the tree emits became the topic of many published opinion pieces in 1850. But, by the 1850s, the tree of heaven had taken hold quite nicely. In a June 17, 1854 letter, published in the Alexandria Gazette, B.B. (Benjamin Brown) French, commis sioner of public buildings in the District of Columbia, wrote: the ailanthus tree is now growing both in the public grounds around the Capitol, the President’s house in this city, and the public streets, as an ornamental tree in considerable numbers. Many of those in the Capitol grounds, from their appearance, must be more than twenty years old. As commissioner of pub lic buildings, Brown was responsible for the care of federal buildings at the time, includ ing the Capitol.
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Peripheral Neuropathy is a condition that affects millions of Americans, commonly resulting in pain, tingling, numbness, and other painful symptoms in the hands, legs and feet. This pain changes your life and affects how you work, how you play and how you live.
AllCure Spine and Sports Medicine is pleased to announce their new program for treating Peripheral Neuropathy, which includes a combination of advanced FDA-cleared treatments with breakthrough technology that aids in healing the damaged nerves. The effects of this program can be felt on the first few visits. This treatment restores, stabilizes, and rebuilds the nerves in your extremities. Treatment has also been effective in addressing painful symptoms of arthritis, MS, and other forms of chronic pain. Patients generally feel relief physically throughout the treatment period and even feel better emotionally after experiencing a reduction in pain. electrical-like
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Dr. Yogarajah home, in the community and in the work place. Robert “Bob” Field, Jr., is the Assistant Vice President of Support Services, Safety and Security, at RWJ Hamilton. He is a re spected security professional with over 35 years of military, federal law enforcement, and private security experience. He has ex tensive knowledge and practical experience in physical and personal protection.
Tuesday, s ep T ember 13 RWJ Barnabas Health Audiology Depart ment Open House Event. Through Sep tember 15. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Better hearing solutions for your needs. Come and learn about the new advancements in hear ing technology. We will be providing FREE HEARING SCREENINGS and trials to quali fied patients. Lorraine Sgarlato, AuD. Call 609.245.7390 to schedule your appoint ment. The event will be held at: RWJ Bal ance & Hearing Center, 2 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton.
Fall Prevention Awareness Day 2022. 10 to 11:30 a.m. In honor of Fall Prevention Awareness Week, join physical therapist, Maureen Stevens, PT, DPT, GCS, Cert. MDT and occupational therapist, Sarah Masco, OTD, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, for an informative lecture on the many risk factors that con tribute to falls, how they can be prevented, and what you can do to stay safe in your home. Using Crystals for Emotional Well Being. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Crystals are a gift from Mother Earth and hold sacred healing properties. Learn about crystals that offer soothing en ergy to help regain emotional balance and support positive well-being. Donna Swee ney, IET Master/Teacher, Reiki Master. Fee $15.
The American Cancer Society estimates about one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Men and their loved ones should be proactive about prostate health all year long by being aware of prostate cancer symptoms and learning how to maintain good prostate health.Meera Yogarajah, MD, Medical Oncologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of ComprehensiveonlyJersey—NewNewJersey’sNCI-DesignatedCancer Center, shares more about prostate health. What is the prostate and what does it do? The prostate is a gland in the male reproductive system. It is located between the bladder and the rectum and sits around the urethra, which is a tube the carries urine from the bladder to the penis.The prostate secretes fluid that is part of semen. Normally the size of a walnut, the prostate can grow larger as men get older. Not all enlargement of the prostate is related to cancer, as the prostate can enlarge due to a condition called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). What are the symptoms of prostate cancer and how is it detected? In many cases, prostate cancer is found in men without symptoms. A blood test called PSA (prostate-specific antigen), which is often ordered by primary care providers as part of routine cancer screening, can often be the first sign of prostate cancer. Some prostate cancers can be detected by an abnormal prostate exam or by trouble with urination (frequent urination, trouble passing urine, sudden urgency to pass urine). Symptoms such as weight loss or bone pain can occur in men with advanced prostate cancer. However, the majority of men diagnosed with prostate cancer have disease that is limited to the prostate. PSA screening can detect cancers early, before any spread has occurred. What is your advice to men to help maintain good prostate health? For all of my patients with active prostate cancer or at risk of recurrence of prostate cancer, I emphasize the importance of overall healthy lifestyle. This includes regular activity, ideally a structured exercise regimen, as well as maintaining a healthy importantintakeattentionbeverages.fatsamountswholeofincludesgoodminutesexerciserecommendationsSocietyAmericanweight.Cancerguidelinesincludeforatleast150perweek.Makingeatingchoicesadietwithlotsfruits,vegetablesandgrainsandlimitedofsaturatedandhighcaloriePayingtooverallcalorieisincrediblyaswell.Torequestan
Friday, s ep T ember 16 Eat with Kindness—Virtual. 11 a.m. to Noon. Health is NOT just diet and exercise. Learn the importance of being kind to yourself in effort to support a healthy mind and body with Psychotherapist Caitlin Siekerka, MA LPC of The Better You Institute.
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m onday, s ep T ember 19 Lunch and Learn: Dive Into the Innovations of Wound Care. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Let Reza Shah, DO, FACOS, FACS, FAPWA, CMET, comedical director, guide you through the latest services and technology provided at RWJBH-Hamilton’s Wound Care Center, hy perbaric oxygen therapy unit. Lunch will be provided.
Take Home Colorectal Screening. 10 to 11 a.m. Learn how to use a simple take-home test to detect early colon cancer. Registra tion required. Patti McDougall, BSN, RN.
September 2022 | Robbinsville Advance19 MARK R. GRECO, ORTHODONTICSDMD Member www.grecoortho.com • (609) 586-2865 NJ Specialty Lic. #3447 Practice specializes in Orthodontics ◊ Invisalign Traditional Braces ◊ Clear Braces Dentofacial Orthopedics Most Insurances Accepted 1777 Klockner Road Mercerville, NJ 08619 ConsultInitialFree 2022 Understanding good prostate health for cancer prevention
appointment with one of New Jersey’s top cancer specialists, call 844-CANCERNJ (844-226-2376) or visit rwjbh.org/beatcancer.
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Discussions with Sara I. Ali, MD. 1 to 2 p.m. Dr. Ali will lead a gentle, kind, and com passionate conversation about your care options as we tackle illness and aging. Ex plore your options without the emotion that a crisis often brings.
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Tuesday, s ep T ember 20 For Women Only, Dr. Dalal, MD, OB/GYN. 10 to 11 a.m. Can we speak frankly? We can and we will in an educational conversa tion of the symptoms and challenges not just after menopause, but as women age. Learn about treatments and procedures designed to help you reduce the symp toms and continue to live your best life.
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Lunch and Learn Parkinson’s Disease, Dr. Farmer, MPS, Ed.S, Ed.D. 12:30 to 2 p.m. Eating a healthy diet, participating in phys ical exercises, using essential oils and par ticipating in mind-body practices are ways to help ease Parkinson’s Disease. Learn all about the natural therapies and remedies to be able to manage Parkinson’s disease while continuing to live your best life.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey—New Jersey’s only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—provides close-to-home access to the most advance treatment options, including clinical trials. Coming up this month at RWJU Hospital Hamilton For more information, call (609) 5845900. To register for a program or for sched ule changes go to rwjbh.org/events.
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There’s no better time to be 65+ years old, and there’s no better place to experi ence it than at the Better Health Program at RWJUH. This complimentary program will engage your mind, encourage you to move and help you reflect. To register for a program below or to learn about complimentary mem bership call 609-584-5900 or visit rwjbh.org/ HamiltonBetterHealth.
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Metabolic & Bariatric Nutrition Support. 6 to 7 p.m. Common complaints after sur gery include nausea, GI problems, and dizziness/headaches. The struggle of get ting enough protein, vitamins, and water is real. Wherever you are in this journeycome hash out concerns with a dietitian and leave with a plan. Alyssa Luning, RD, CSOWM. Safety and Security Awareness in Today’s World. 1:30 to 3 p.m. Learn about cyber security, internet scams and how to pro tect against identity theft, personal safety at visit rwjbh.org/heroes And please, for them, stay home and safe.
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William “Bill” Perilli, SA Cell: 609-635-7370 Joseph Perilli, SA Cell: 609-947-2435 h amilton $279,900 Renovated 3 bed, 2 bath with a loft in desirable Colonial Manor. Sun porch, updated gourmet kitchen, fresh paint throughout, engineered hardwood flooring, updated bathrooms, hardscaping out back.
Natalie Smires, SA Cell: 609-477-3168 robbinsville $799,999 4 bed, 2.5 bath home in sought after neighborhood of Arbor Walk. Kitchen with updated granite countertops, finished basement, private inground pool, large deck. Robbinsville schools. Kate Bonchev, SA Cell: 609-271-0120 robbinsville $749,900
Linda LeMay-Kelly, SA Cell: 609-651-3583 h amilton $342,000
Gorgeous 3800 plus sq ft. home in historic Chesterfield. 4 beds, 3.5 baths, custom built gourmet kitchen w/quartz counter tops, family room w/gas fireplace, 4 car detached garage. Deep lot backing to 100 plus acres of preserved farmland. Edward Smires, BROKER Cell: 609-638-2904 Chesterfield $749,900 Immaculate 3 bed ,2 bath cape with yard and 2 car detached garage. Bright living room with gas fireplace and ceiling fan. Hardwood flooring throughout under carpets. Clean, dry full basement.
20 Robbinsville Advance | September 2022 ©2020 Finance of America Mortgage LLC is licensed nationwide | | NMLS ID #1071 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org) | 300 Welsh Road, Building 5, Horsham, PA 19044 | (800) 355-5626 | AZ Mortgage Banker License #0910184 | Licensed by the Department of Business Oversight under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act | Georgia Residential Mortgage Licensee #15499 | Kansas Licensed Mortgage Company | Licensed by the N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance | Licensed Mortgage Banker -- NYS Banking Department | Rhode Island Licensed Lender | Massachusetts Lender/Broker License MC1071. For licensing information go to: www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. Personalized service & attention to detail. It’s what we do all day, every day. Call Finance of America Mortgage. (609) 689-8436 Frank Mancino Regional Vice President | Mortgage Advisor o:NMLS-133472 (609) 689 8436 FOAmortgagefmancino@financeofamerica.com.com/fmancino 3685 Quakerbridge Road | Hamilton, NJ 08619 FOAmortgage.com/fmancino ©2020 Finance of America Mortgage LLC is licensed nationwide | | NMLS ID #1071 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org) | 300 Welsh Road, Building 5, Horsham, PA 19044 | (800) 355-5626 | AZ Mortgage Banker License #0910184 | Licensed by the Department of Business Oversight under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act | Georgia Residential Mortgage Licensee #15499 | Kansas Licensed Mortgage Company | Licensed by the N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance | Licensed Mortgage Banker -- NYS Banking Department | Rhode Island Licensed Lender | Massachusetts Lender/Broker License MC1071. For licensing information go to: www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. Personalized service & attention to detail. It’s what we do all day, every day. Call Finance of America Mortgage. (609) 689-8436 Frank Mancino Regional Vice President | Mortgage Advisor NMLS-133472 (609) 689 8436 FOAmortgagefmancino@financeofamerica.com.com/fmancino 3685 Quakerbridge Road | Hamilton, NJ 08619 FOAmortgage.com/fmancino ©2020 Finance of America Mortgage LLC is licensed nationwide | | NMLS ID #1071 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org) | 300 Welsh Road, Building 5, Horsham, PA 19044 | (800) 355-5626 | AZ Mortgage Banker License #0910184 | Licensed by the Department of Business Oversight under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act | Georgia Residential Mortgage Licensee #15499 | Kansas Licensed Mortgage Company | Licensed by the N.J. Department of Banking and Insurance | Licensed Mortgage Banker -- NYS Banking Department | Rhode Island Licensed Lender | Massachusetts Lender/Broker License MC1071. For licensing information go to: www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. Personalized service & attention to detail. It’s what we do all day, every day. Call Finance of America Mortgage. (609) 689-8436 Frank Mancino Regional Vice President | Mortgage Advisor o:NMLS-133472 (609) 689 8436 FOAmortgagefmancino@financeofamerica.com.com/fmancino 3685 Quakerbridge Road | Hamilton, NJ 08619 FOAmortgage.com/fmancino “give it your all” 2330 Route 33, Suite 101, Robbinsville, NJ 08691 Office: 609-259-1414 375 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown NJ 08505 Office: 609-298-9888 smiresandassociates.com smires & associates would like to welcome our new agents Maureen Kelly Sales Associate Cell: 609-516-2110 Email: mkel319@aol.com Rosemary Gadsby Sales Associate Cell: 609-203-1097 Email: jacnroe@aol.com Impressive 6,000 sq. ft brick front colonial featuring 4 beds, 4.5 baths, recessed lighting, Brazilian cherry floors. Gourmet kitchen w/10 foot island. Inground Gunite pool w/waterfall and cabana. Prime location. Upper Freehold School District. Maria Polcari, SA Cell: 609-577-5595 Cream r idge $1,425,000 Fully upgraded, like new 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse in the highly desirable Gateway of Cranbury. Kate Bonchev, SA Cell: 609-271-0120 Cranbury $849,900 Beautiful 4 bed, 2 full bath ranch on 2.93 acre lot. Upgraded gourmet kitchen. Secluded backyard w/2 sheds & Bocce ball court. Oversized 2 car garage w/propane heat. Brand new hot water heater. Priced to Sell! Theresa Pica, SA Cell: 609-903-0899
Plumsted Call for P ri C e 2 bed, 2 bath Edgewater model in desirable Seaview Village. Private yard with views of Kettle Creek. Minutes to shopping and the beach. Great location in Brick Twp. Annie Parisi, SA Cell: 609-532-8693 b ri C k $274,900 Immaculate 4 bed, 2.5 bath center hall colonial w/tons of upgrades. Located on one of the largest lots in Town Center. Home offers; updated HVAC, newer oversized water tank, 200 amp electrical service, full basement, fenced backyard, spacious detached 2 car garage. Edward Smires, BROKER Cell: 609-638-2904
