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Expert Shares How to Be Productive While Working from Home As the coronavirus pandemic threatens public health and the U.S. economy, more people are working from home on a regular basis. The move follows social distancing guidelines as an attempt to slow the outbreak, but keeping scattered workforces connected and productive can be challenging for managers and employees.

“This is new terrain for all involved, but employees and their companies can come out of this stronger by learning how to work together even better while they’re physically apart,” says Jim Guilkey, author of M-Pact Learning: The New Competitive Advantage—What All Executives Need To Know.

“Optimally, working remotely can sharpen the skills you have and open new avenues of training that broaden skill-sets and increase results. But technology alone can’t smooth the transition to remote working, and both employees and business leaders must learn how to

implement new structures and some new or tweaked processes.”

Guilkey offers tips for both managers and associates to make working from home work out well for their companies.

For employees: Get started early. “When going to the office, you normally get up and out the door early,” Guilkey says. “At home, this is more difficult. Get up, take a shower, and get started.”

Create a dedicated work space. People who haven’t worked remotely may need to experiment with different approaches to find what setting works best for them.

“Just because you’re not going to the office doesn’t mean you can’t have an office. Dedicate a specific room or surface in your home to work,” Guilkey says. “You should associate your home office with your actual office. This creates the correct mindset for being productive.”

Structure your day like you would in the office. Workers need to adopt exceptional conscientiousness when it comes to dividing their day into intensive work, communications, personal time and family life,” Guilkey says.

“Have an agenda. Schedule meetings and project time and stay on schedule.”

For managers: Set expectations. “It is vital that employees know what is expected of them,” Guilkey says. “When will you be available? How long will it take to get back to someone?”

Create a cadence of communication. Without daily face-to-face interaction, there’s more importance on communication. “A rhythm of communication is vital – daily check-ins, weekly one-onones, weekly team meetings, etc. ” Guilkey says.

Take a video-first approach.

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Maintain company social bonds. One drawback of working remotely is the potential breaking of social bonds that are necessary for productive teamwork. “Video conferencing or a quick Google chat with a colleague is vital to keep relationships strong,” Guilkey says. “Employees miss face-toface banter and impromptu discussions in the physical office, so seeing faces on the screen daily is optimal for morale and a sense of normalcy.”

“Employees and employers can take this unprecedented time as a time to improve individually and as a company,” Guilkey says. “Working from home and working well together can go hand-in-hand when everyone is pulling even harder in the same direction.”

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A New Jersey Economic Development Authority grant program intended to help small businesses affected by COVID-19 received 26,000 grant applications, and was almost immediately oversubscribed.

The response shocked the NJEDA April 3, as businesses claimed the available $5 million almost as soon as it became available. The application remains open until Friday, April 10, though, and NJEDA encourages businesses who have not applied to still do so. Submitting an application will ensure that the applicant would be eligible if additional funds became available for this round of grant funding.

The program provides grants up to $5,000 to small businesses in retail, arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, food service, and other services—such as repair, maintenance, personal, and laundry services—to stabilize their operations and reduce the need for layoffs or furloughs.

The application for a $10 million small business loan program

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The NJEDA board approved the grants and other new programs March 26 with the intention of supporting businesses and workers facing economic hardship due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

The initiatives include a zerointerest loan program for midsize companies, support for privatesector lenders and Community Development Financial Institutions, funding for entrepreneurs, and a variety of resources providing technical support and marketplace information. NJEDA said the initiatives will support between 3,000 and 5,000 small and midsize enterprises and are meant to complement recently announced federal economic recovery initiatives.

The new NJEDA initiatives focus on businesses that have been hit hardest by the novel coronavirus outbreak: local small businesses, midsize businesses that have had to close or drastically reconfigure operations, and new businesses who were just getting on their feet before the crisis hit. The programs provide a suite of compatible offerings that address these businesses’ varied needs and include mechanisms to provide funding and assistance as quickly as possible.

Many of the resources are designed to be scalable with the addition of federal and philanthropic resources if they become available. Philanthropic partners interested in donating to support the NJEDA’s small business grant program can send email to donations@njeda.com.

The remaining initiatives include: A $10 million Small Business Emergency Assistance Loan Program that will provide working capital loans of up to $100,000 to businesses with less than $5 million in revenues. Loans made through the program will have

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A $10 million Community Development Finance Institution Emergency Loan Loss Reserve Fund to take a first loss position on CDFI loans that provide low interest working capital to micro businesses. This will allow CDFIs to withstand loan defaults due to the outbreak, which will allow them to provide more loans at lower interest rates to microbusinesses affected by the outbreak.

A $1.25 million CDFI Emergency Assistance Grant Program that will provide grants of up to $250,000 to CDFIs to scale operations or reduce interest rates for the duration of the outbreak.

A $5 million NJ Entrepreneur Support Program that will encourage continued capital flows to new companies, often in the innovation economy, and temporarily support a shaky market by providing 80 percent loan guarantees for working capital loans to entrepreneurs.

A $10 million Small Business Emergency Assistance Guarantee Program that will provide 50 percent guarantees on working capital loans and waive fees on loans made through institutions participating in the NJEDA’s existing Premier Lender or Premier CDFI programs.

A $150,000 Emergency Technical Assistance Program that will support technical assistance to New Jersey-based companies applying for assistance through the U.S. Small Business Administration. The organizations contracted will be paid based on SBA application submissions supported by the technical assistance they provide.

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What Area Hospitals Want You to Know Before You Donate As their staff provides the frontline defense against the novel coronavirus, area hospitals increasingly have been the recipients of goodwill gestures from members of the community.

From groups of friends to local restaurants, many have pitched in to thank healthcare workers as they work around the clock to fend off the COVID-19 pandemic.

But, for as thankful as they are for the gestures, each area hospital has rules and requests to ensure donations wind up in the correct hands and don’t inadvertently hinder workers’ ability to do their jobs.

Capital Health, with hospitals in Hopewell Township and in the City of Trenton, asks that anyone who wants to donate delivered food to their facilities should first call ahead so staff can distribute the food properly. All food inquiries should go through Capital Health’s foundation office.

Capital Health is also asking for restaurant gift cards so staff can enjoy at another time. The gift cards will go to an in-house committee, which is making up gift bags for healthcare workers. A number of local restaurants already have expressed interest in participating, including Wildflowers Inn Restaurant (Pennington), Sumo Sushi (Pennington), The Peasant Grill (Hopewell Boro), Tomatello’s Latin Cuisine (Hopewell Boro), Udo’s Bagels (Lawrence), Cugino’s Italian Market (Pennington), Entrata (Hopewell Boro) and Acacia Restaurant (Lawrence).

For either food or gift card dona-

tions, call (609) 303-4121 to speak with a staff member of Capital Health’s Development Office.

Email inquiries may be sent to donate@capitalhealth.org.

Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro accepts food donations, but requests that people email or call its foundation first to make arrangements. Donations should not be dropped off at the hospital campus or elsewhere unannounced.

The hospital’s foundation screens all donations and arranges how they will be delivered.

PMC also has a need for unused, unopened medical supplies or equipment. It will not accept handmade items, including handmade masks.

“The thought is much appreciated but we have no way to monitor the quality assurance of the products being made by community members,” a statement on the hospital’s website said.

To donate to PMC, contact the Princeton Medical Center Foundation via email at PMPH-foundation@PennMedicine.Upenn.edu or by phone (609) 252-8710.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton is accepting all donations. Anyone who would like to provide food donations should call Diane Grillo, the hospital’s vice president of health promotion at (609) 631-6875 or Kathie Potts, executive assistant, at (609) 584-6427.

RWJUH Hamilton also has appealed for donations of personal protective equipment, such as gloves and masks, as well as hand sanitizer and soap. For more information about how to help, go to the RWJ website.

St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton has published a flier online that includes information on how to donate personal protective equipment and money to the hospital. The flier also has information

on the specifications any homemade mask must meet in order to be accepted as a donation.

For more information on how to support healthcare workers across New Jersey, go to the New Jersey Hospital Association website.

U.S Chamber Creates Guide for Small Business Owners Every industry, business, and state is facing a financial impact, but small businesses are bearing the brunt of the disruption from COVID-19. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has created a guide to help small businesses, independent contractors, and gig economy workers prepare to file for a coronavirus relief loan under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This guide outlines the steps small businesses should take now and prepare to access much-needed funds to help keep their workers on the payroll during this disruptive period.

“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is working with state and local chambers across the country to provide businesses with the information they need to stay afloat and keep people employed during the pandemic,” said Suzanne Clark, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “This comprehensive guide ensures small business owners fully understand what aid is available to them and how to access those funds as quickly as possible. We remain committed to ensuring no family or business goes bankrupt due to financial hardships associated with the coronavirus.”

Access the Emergency Loan Small Business guide and checklist at www.uschamber.com.

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nesses, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has compiled an interactive map to show the aid available to them on a state-by-state basis. The interactive map displays aid available under the Small Business Paycheck Protection Program, created as part of the CARES Act, and how it could help the small businesses in each state.

Tax Deadline Pushed to July 15 in New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin issued a joint statement April 1 announcing they had reached an agreement to extend the deadline to file income taxes in New Jersey by three months, to Wednesday July 15.

“The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused hardships, financial strain, and disruptions for many New Jerseyans and New Jersey businesses,” the joint statement said. “As part of our response, we have reached agreement that the state income tax filing deadline and the corporation business tax filing deadline will be extended from April 15th to July 15th.

“Additionally, as part of the whole-of-government effort that is going into fighting COVID-19, we have agreed that the state fiscal year should be extended to September 30th . This will allow the Administration and the Legislature to focus fully on leading New Jersey out of this crisis, and to allow for a robust, comprehensive, and well-informed budget process later in the year.

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EWELR The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, signed into law last week by President Donald Trump, established a $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program. The government has said the program will provide relief to millions of small businesses so they can sustain their businesses and keep workers employed.

The legislation provides small business job retention loans intended to help employers cover 8 weeks of payroll as well as certain overhead expenses. The Treasury Department and the SBA rushed the program into operation April 3 hoping that businesses could go to participating SBA 7(a) lenders, banks and credit unions, apply for loans, and be approved on the same day.

The loan program will provide capital to businesses without collateral requirements, personal guarantees, or SBA fees, all with a 100% guarantee from SBA. All loan payments will be deferred for six months, and, the SBA will forgive the portion of the loan proceeds that are used to cover employers’ first eight weeks of payroll costs, rent, utilities, and mortgage interest from the origination date of the loan.

“Our goal is to position lenders as the single point-of-contact for small businesses: the application, loan processing, and disbursement of funds will all be administered at the community level,” U.S. Small Business Association administrator Jovita Carranza said in a media release. “Speed is the operative word; applications for the emergency capital can begin as early as this week, with lenders using their own systems and processes to

make these loans. We remain committed to supporting our nation’s more than 30 million small businesses and their employees, so that they can continue to be the fuel for our nation’s economic engine.”

All businesses, including 501(c) (3) nonprofits, veterans organizations, tribal concerns, sole proprietorships, self-employed individuals, and independent contractors, with 500 or fewer employees (or no greater than the number of employees set by the SBA as the size standard for certain industries), are eligible for the program.

“We want the businesses we know and places we shop to make it. And I think there needs to be more to protect those businesses.”

Applicants can request loans up to the maximum amount of $10 million. All loans under this program will have the following identical features: interest rate of 0.5%; maturity of 2 years; first payment deferred for six months; 100% guarantee by SBA; no collateral and no personal guarantees; and no borrower or lender fees payable to SBA. The new loan program will be available retroactive from Feb. 15, so the idea is that employers can rehire their recently laid-off employees through June 30 and use the loan to pay their salaries.

Since March 17, SBA has de-

clared all states and territories eligible for Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance, instituted a oneyear deferment on EIDL provided due to COVID-19, implemented automatic deferment of previous disaster loans for homeowners and businesses through 2020, and waived garnishments through 2020.

To help readers gain greater understanding of the SBA CARES loan programs, Community News spoke to Rachel Lilienthal Stark, a lawyer with Stark & Stark Attorneys at Law based in Lawrence.

Stark is a shareholder and member of the banking and financial services, business and corporate, intellectual property and nonprofit organization groups at Stark & Stark.

She concentrates her practice in the representation of start-up and emerging companies and nonprofit organizations on a variety of issues including corporate formation, financing, franchising, licensing, acquisitions, executive compensation, equity compensation plans, employment agreements, real estate and intellectual property law.

She also represents lenders in commercial loan transactions.

Stark spoke to U.S. 1 Newspaper by phone on April 6. This interview transcript has been edited for length and clarity.

U.S. 1: Would you say that small businesses were able to brace for the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, or did it blindside a lot of companies?

Rachel Stark: It really depended on the industry. Our clients who deal a lot in Asia were affected back in December, January. They were already feeling it and were kind of ready for what was going to

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happen here.

I think some of the other businesses would never have guessed that there would be such an intense economic effect to something like this.

U.S. 1: When you first learned the details of the SBA’s CARES Act loans, did you have any initial thoughts as to how it would help small businesses in our area?

RS: I think it’s a great program for businesses that are able to stay open partially during the shutdown.

For businesses that are truly closed down, and where their issues are more about paying their rent and expenses, I’m not sure how the Paycheck Protection Program really helps them.

The Paycheck Protection Program helps companies that may have laid off some or all of their workforce. They’re still open, say, they’re just not doing as well. They have customers, but those customers won’t be able to pay them on time ... it does give them some level of stability, which I think is really important.

If a company decided that they were able to bring somebody back they would get a forgiven loan for that person and they’re making money for that person. So that would be a very successful thing.

But say you own a gym or a movie theater, a business entirely based on public gathering, that has been forced to be closed. Having the Paycheck Protection Program is not going to help that company because all it gives them is a forgiven loan on people that can’t help them make money right now.

Those people are already on un-

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employment, so it wouldn’t make sense to get that kind of loan unless you’re able to capture some revenue from the work that person does.

But if there’s a way for a person who was laid off to be brought back to be revenue producing, then this program would definitely help give them eight weeks of forgiven payroll expenses. And it includes benefits and everything.

U.S. 1: One thing we are hearing is that business owners are unsure of whether it is a mistake to lay employees off in terms of the CARES program.

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U.S. 1: What is the first question your clients have been asking you as you advise them about the SBA CARES Act programs?

RS: The first question that most of my clients have who are not in the obviously affected industries, like restaurants or gyms, is, “If I’m not losing money, can I still apply?” So they are in a situation where they’re going to be doing worse than they would have been doing, but they’re not in the red.

And the answer to that question is yes, you can still apply.

And then the second question is, “How do I determine how much my loan amount is?” And that’s something that’s changed over the course of the (last) week, and the information is conflicting, so we’re not totally sure what the formula is.

The formula for determining your maximum loan amount is supposed to be 2.5 times your average monthly payroll for employees, up to $100,000. So if you have an employee who makes $150,000 a year, you only capture salary up to $100,000.

The question is, under what time period is that being applied? Is it the calendar year 2019, or some other time period? There is different information about this from the banks, and all that’s been changing kind of on a daily basis. We’re constantly sending out notices to our clients as we get word from the banks and the government.

You’re only allowed to apply for one loan. So it’s really important for the company to apply for the largest amount they can apply for.

At the same time, though technically the program goes from now until June 30, the available money will probably have run out before then because it is a first-come-firstserved process. So there’s a reason for businesses to rush to apply because they don’t want to wait until there’s no more money in the program.

U.S. 1: What are some things you are advising your clients to do to make sure they can take best advantage of the SBA CARES Act programs?

RS: If they haven’t already applied for the Paycheck Protection Program loan, they should do that, and it’s not too late. A lot of the big banks are just rolling out their programs. Employers should go to the bank they have a relationship with first, because the banks are so inundated that it would be hard to go in as new customers.

If they don’t have a bank they have a relationship with, they should contact their lawyer or their accountant to make sure that they are connected with a lender who can help them.

U.S. 1: You mentioned that the Payroll Protection Program is not going to really help businesses who have major costs to cover in addition to payroll. What options are there for companies like that?

RS: There’s a loan, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan, that you can get that’s not forgiven — well, up to $10,000 is forgiven.

Otherwise the options are negotiating with your landlord and your lender. Then it goes up the chain, where the landlord is negotiating with their lender. It becomes, not a government program, but a matter of what types of forbearances can be put in place.

Ultimately, all the different threads of the economy are being impacted, and we’re focused on employees, who are really important. But there are also really important aspects to this that are so challenging.

One of the things for landlords is that they’ve always relied on business interruption insurance. Let’s say there’s a fire and a shopping center burns down — there’s busi-

ness interruption insurance to cover that rent for a period of time.

But after the SARS epidemic, insurers put a provision in place that there’s an exclusion if the interruption is caused by a virus.

Business interruption insurance does not cover it.

So there have been some politicians claiming they want to make a change to that, and the insurers are saying insurance isn’t meant to cover a pandemic, it’s meant to cover individual situations. And if businesses could make a claim during a pandemic, the insurance companies would all be bankrupt. You can see how one thing leads to another.

The purpose of all these programs and all the thought behind it is to really protect what’s been successful, so that after this is over businesses can continue to be successful. What we don’t want to see after this period is over is for businesses that were there before this to not still be there.

We want the businesses we know and places we shop to make it. We don’t want all the landlords to lose their shopping centers. And I think there needs to be more to protect those businesses.

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Hopewell Distillery’s New Spirit A Sign of the Times Three years after he sold his first bottles of vodka and gin, Ray Disch found his Sourland Mountain Spirits distillery humming along.

The Hopewell Borough-based spirits-maker had just released its two-year bourbon whiskey to much fanfare in February and had another new product—a coffee liqueur—on the way. Disch had hired sales and marketing staff, and was seeing the business plan he conceived in 2014 start to bear fruit.

And then the novel coronavirus struck.

The distillery’s store behind Brick Farm Tavern remained open (and still is), as Sourland Mountain Spirits attempted to serve people interested in their products through deliveries and call-ahead pickup.

But the virus and the social distancing measures that came with it meant business began tapering off.

Consumers’ tastes shifted from small-batch, locally sourced craft spirits to cheaper products in large quantities.

“We were doing really, really well until March hit,” Disch said.

“We were ready to grow the business. And then we got crushed.”

But an email from a trade group clued Disch into an unlikely savior: hand sanitizer.

Turns out, distilleries like Sourland Mountain Spirits are uniquely positioned to meet the soaring demand for the alcohol-based hygiene product. SMS already possessed the license needed to obtain large quantities of neutral grain alcohol, the base ingredient in vodka, gin and hand sanitizer. The American Craft Spirits Association worked with federal and state agencies to receive approval for distilleries to switch their focus.

And the team at SMS, including Disch’s son Sage, has embraced the opportunity to join the national effort against COVID-19.

In fact, SMS has stopped production of spirits entirely, and has jumped full into making hand sanitizer for the moment.

Distilleries like Sourland Mountain Spirits are uniquely positioned to meet the soaring demand for hand sanitizer.

“Our team here, it would have been understandable if people said they wanted to stay at home,” Disch said. “We have 100% of our team working to produce this product, and I can tell you, each individual feels a little bit of satisfaction and a little bit of ‘I’m contributing to the greater good.’ And I’ve never seen that before. It’s like, at least you’re doing something. Your own little niche. Turn lemons into lemonade. When you’re sitting there watching the TV, you’re asking yourself, ‘What can I do? What can I do in my own little way?’”

Last week, the distillery made its first delivery of more than 2,000 bottles to Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, Homefront in Lawrence and the county’s COVID-19 testing site in the Quakerbridge Mall parking lot.

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The main reason for that is a shortage of the materials needed to produce hand sanitizer. The recipe itself is simple—neutral grain spirit, aloe and hydrogen peroxide— but the sudden shift in distilleries’ production nationwide means there isn’t enough neutral grain spirit or empty hand sanitizer bottles to go around.

SMS currently produces 8-ounce and 64-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer, and Disch has encouraged his clients to buy the larger size and then fill up existing smaller bottles with it. He also has advised hospitals to save any used hand sanitizer container it has.

Neutral grain spirit—essentially the highest proof of the Everclear grain alcohol available in stores— has proven even more scarce.

There are only four or five big producers of neutral grain spirit in the United States, and every distillery in the country has increased demand for the product. There are nearly 2,000 distilleries in the United States, and that number doesn’t include large corporations, such as Anheuser-Busch, that have tried to get in on the hand sanitizer market.

The huge demand has caused delays and backorders. Sourland Mountain Spirits receives a regular delivery of one 275-gallon tote of neutral grain spirit every two weeks. But its usual orders have

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“Everything’s backordered,” Disch said. “Deliveries are delayed. Some of the big boys are buying up a lot of the neutral grain spirit. Little guys have to find alternative solutions. We basically spent [last] week, starting on Monday, three of us working almost full time just to source neutral grain spirit.”

But craft distillers have banded together in order to help out each other. The Garden State Craft Distillers group has been sharing information and resources with all its members. Distilleries are directing potential customers to the craft distillery closest to them. For instance, a person in Princeton calling a distillery in Monmouth County would be referred to Sourland Mountain Spirits.

Each business is doing what it can to support its counterparts.

“It’s a small industry, but it’s an unified industry, and we’re all helping each other get through this,” Disch said. “People are not running all over the state trying to outdo each other or outbid each other.”

This wasn’t any clearer than when Disch received a phone call from a former colleague at Sourland Mountain Spirits. Now at another distillery, the man had obtained an entire tanker full of neutral grain spirit. He planned on allocating it out to individual distilleries, and wanted to know if Disch needed some. It wound up replacing the delayed delivery Sourland Mountain Spirits usually receives.

“It’s very cool to be part of a national movement of craft distillers that are really stepping up to the plate,” Sage Disch said. “A lot of people are taking a risk, even though it’s a calculated risk, of shifting production, supplies, time, energy and resources to something that’s totally new. It’s been really exciting and encouraging to see how many people want or are willing to take that risk, and to see the camaraderie of the people who are working together.”

In addition to Sourland Mountain Spirit, a number of other New Jersey distillers have begun producing hand sanitizer. Those include: Jersey Spirits Distillery Co. (Fairfield), Long Branch Distillery (Long Branch), Corgi Spirits (Jersey City), Asbury Park Distilling Co. (Asbury Park), Silk City Distillers (Clifton), All Points West Distillery (Newark), Milk Street Distillery (Branchville), Nauti Spirits Distillery (Cape May), Claremont Distillery (Fairfield), Island Beach Distillery (Forked River), Lazy Eye Distillery (Richland), Little Water Distillery (Atlantic City), Train Wreck Distillery (Mount Holly), Tree City Spirits (Kenilworth) and Independent Spirits Distillery (Woolwich).

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The Princeton Symphony Orchestra has launched At Home with the PSO, a new feature on the organization’s website.

Original free content being offered includes: “Play it Forward,” online weekly webcasts of PSO performances; “Cooking with the PSO,” featuring recipes by musicians; A virtual gallery of student artwork and writings; and PSO photo albums.

This week’s webcast is launched by special arrangement with PSO musicians with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, complete with video introduction and an accompanying pre-concert talk and program note.

The work was performed in Richardson Auditorium in Princeton by the PSO under the direction of Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov in February 2019, heralding Maestro Milanov’s 10th anniversary celebration with the orchestra.

“Normally, this music is only available live in the concert hall or through a one-time radio broadcast. Now, it can be enjoyed by all for an entire week. The PSO suggests listeners “play it forward” by sharing it with others in need of a lift,” states a news release.

Musicians are contributing their favorite recipes weekly to the “Cooking with the PSO” series.

This week’s recipe includes a video of Rossen Milanov introducing his recipe “Maple Soy Sauce Glazed Tofu,” a side dish to be paired with

fish and rice. A new recipe will be posted every Wednesday.

The PSO is also creating a fully interactive, virtual gallery experience to showcase creative works by area middle school students who participated in this season’s PSO BRAVO! Listen Up! Response Program.

The students’ visual art and writings were conceived in response to a performance of Saad Haddad’s Concerto for Clarinet, a PSO cocommission, performed by guest soloist Kinan Azmeh and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in January 2020. While the virtual gallery is under construction, visitors to the website can view the exhibit catalogue online.

“Those seeking an escape from the four walls of their home can look through the orchestra’s online collection of photo albums, which take one into the concert hall at Richardson Auditorium, up-close with guest artists, and out in the community,” the release says. “The orchestra plans to keep adding fresh content, giving patrons and the community reason to return again and again.”

Going Stir-crazy? Try a Daily Dose of Art The Hopewell Valley Arts Council’s “Daily Dose of Art” has attempted to bring some creativity and imagination into your home

with daily ideas for small art projects.

Since March 14, HV Arts Council has posted a daily project idea on their website, www.hvartscouncil.org, that people can make on their own, with what they have onhand at home. Each project requires everyday items and few supplies other than scissors, paper, glue, and markers or paint.

The Daily Dose of Art will continue until schools are able to reopen and can be found at www. hvartscouncil.org. HV Arts Council also encouraged at-home artists to follow @HVArtsCouncil on Facebook or Instagram to get Daily Dose projects right in their social media feed. Artists can also tag their creations with #HVArtsDailyDose to share them on social media or email info@hvartscouncil.org to share them directly with HV Arts Council.

Additional COVID-related projects and programs are being organized by the HV Arts Council.

Princeton Festival Cancels June Season The Princeton Festival announced April 7 that it will cancel all 22 performances in its June 2020 season, along with all lectures, workshops, and special events scheduled for April through June, due to the coronavirus epidemic.

Events canceled include the op-

At Home with the PSO: The Princeton Symphony Orchestra offers webcasts of performances, cooking videos and an interactive gallery on its website, all updated weekly. era La Traviata, the musical Into the Woods, the Latin jazz dance band Fleur Seule, a multimedia presentation, chamber music, and Baroque orchestral and choral programs. Current ticketholders will be offered options for redeeming, transferring, or donating the value of their purchases.

Festival officials say they are looking at the possibility of presenting a few performance events in the fall, assuming the crisis is past. The popular fund-raising Gala, originally scheduled for April, has already been moved to October. The annual Piano Competition and some musical performances might also be rescheduled.

“We appreciate the tremendous support from our patrons and donors who make it possible for the Festival to continue its mission to excite and inspire our community,” said Richard Tang Yuk, executive and artistic director. “We’re planning for a brilliant lineup of events next June, and a fall mini-season would help everyone transition from disappointment to renewal.”

For more information on the cancellation of the June season and on the festival in general, go online to www.princetonfestival.org or call 609-759-1979.

Area Libraries Go Virtual, Too If you’re looking for a respite from these trying times, local libraries say they are ready to provide some.

The Mercer County Library System’s buildings are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it continues to serve its patrons, seeking to keep them engaged with expanded free, online content.

Visitors to the MCLS website can access online magazines, eBooks, television shows and movies, comic books, audiobooks and music.

How-to videos for using the library’s’ virtual resources may be found on the MCLS YouTube channel, as well as computer classes taught by Keith Beagin, system technology trainer.

The Kids’ Page or the MCLS YouTube channel provide access to online story times in English and Spanish, crafts, music and science sessions, and activities presented by youth services librarians.

Content is being added daily to the library’s Facebook page, including Tuesday Trivia Night

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events, where people can tune in every Tuesday at 7 p.m. for trivia games, and Wednesdays at 8 p.m. for discussions of readily available short stories. A library card is not necessary to visit any of the library’s social media pages.

The always available Virtual Branch page of the library’s website and the blog that can be found on the main page of the library’s website have links to a wide variety of information for school work, personal research or just curiosity.

Reference questions are being answered remotely via the eReference service Ask a Librarian.

Don’t have an MCLS library card, but think you are eligible for one? Staff will issue temporary cards between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily, until the library reopens to the public, emailing an access barcode. For more information about this new and temporary service, click here.

Princeton Public Library is closed, but staff members are available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays by chat, by phone (314-635-0410) or via email to answer questions and help you connect with our digital resources.

The Hamilton Township Public Library is closed, but continues to provide access to online and digital content from its website. Material will not be collected, fines are suspended and holds will be held until after the library reopens.

Hopewell Public Library is closed with all April events canceled. No materials are due until the library reopens, fines will be waived and account expirations will be suspended until a week after the library reopens. The library has been active on Facebook.

Pennington Public Library is closed, but has actively been posting resources and content on its website and to its Facebook page.

The Trenton Free Public Library is closed but still offering access to services like Flipster, a digital magazine service. During the closure, checked out materials should be kept at home, with due dates extended and no overdue fines to be charged. The library has been active on Facebook.

McCarter Costume Shop Lends Skills to Fight Against COVID-19 For McCarter Theatre Center Costume Shop first hand Sarah Romagnoli, the fight against COVID-19 is personal.

Her sister, Dr. Anne V. Lee, had recently taken a contract working for the United States military in Louisville, Kentucky.

“She was among the first to say that clinics were going to run out of masks so I video-conferenced with her about what she thought the ideal mask would be,” Romagnoli said.

Romagnoli started developing the pattern for building masks around March 17. Lee wanted extra-large washable masks to fit over her medical mask and to wear to and from work. The pair also decided that a pocket would be useful to be able to insert used paper filters.

“She and others on staff love them and grateful to McCarter for giving me the time to make masks for the medical community,” Romagnoli said.

Starting this week, she will be building the masks from Halyard H600 Sterilization Wrap.

Working from home has taken on new meaning for the 10 members of McCarter Theatre Center’s Costume Shop. After the cancelation of the remainder of the season, McCarter artists find themselves with an abundance of time, which is now being used to create

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Here in Mercer County, McCarter staff connected with the Mercer Mask Project, a collection of local sewers making masks for healthcare professionals, first responders, and essential employees in the community.

In mid-March, the Centers for Disease Control stated that “in settings where facemasks are not available, health care professionals might use homemade masks for care of patients with COVID-19 as a last resort.”

“The Mercer Mask Project came together in order to fight against potential shortfalls in personal protection equipment,” says project co-founder Cindy Rosen of Robbinsville. “The masks made by Mercer Mask Project are made for people who fall through the cracks and may not have access to PPE, like first responders, home health care, and the homeless, and may potentially be used to extend the life of N95 masks. I thank everyone involved at McCarter Theatre Center for their help in this fight.”

Mercer Mask Project has delivered more than 500 masks to a variety of organizations in need including pharmacies, assisted living facilities, homeless shelters, rescue squads, first responders, and more.

Voices Chorale Shares Concerts Online With no end in sight for this forced time away from rehearsals, the members of VOICES Chorale NJ are sharing music from their previous concerts online to stay connected with their audiences, each other, and the sounds of choral music.

“Can We Sing the Darkness to Light” by Kyle Pederson, performed in December 2019, has lyrics which seem to address the situation faced by the world today. The video features VCNJ accompanist Akiko Hosaki on the piano, with music director Dr. David A. McConnell conducting.

This piece is available online at by visiting Voices’ website www. voiceschoralenj.org.

New Jersey Youth Symphony Moves Annual Fundraiser Online The New Jersey Youth Symphony faced an unprecedented dilemma in March: should it cancel its annual Playathon, the organization’s largest fundraising event each year?

Held at New Jersey’s largest outlet mall, the Mills at Jersey Gardens

in Elizabeth, the event typically draws thousands to the afternoon of free concerts. This year’s, scheduled for March 29, would be the 35th time the event had been held.

The Playathon supports performing arts education and raises money for scholarships and tuition assistance for one of New Jersey’s largest youth orchestra programs. The day of music-making brings together students from Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts’ New Jersey Youth Symphony, Paterson Music Project, and Performing Arts School to perform crowd-favorite selections from movies, Broadway and beyond, including The Sound of Music, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars, and Harry Potter.

The Playathon is the only event that brings together all NJYS students to perform as one orchestra.

The one-of-a-kind ensemble, featuring over 500 students in grades 3-12, historically takes the stage in Center Court after smaller pop-up stages around the mall feature performances by students from the three programs of the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts.

All of that seemed in jeopardy with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The annual fundraiser raises nearly $100,000 for the organization, and because tuition only covers 70% of the cost to operate the program, simply cancelling the event could prove catastrophic for the students and the organization.

As more and more educational activities moved online, the idea to hold a virtual Playathon quickly came to fruition. With less than two weeks to switch gears from producing a day-long concert event at the mall to an afternoon of performances on the video conferencing platform Zoom, NJYS managed to rally its community to come together despite social distancing.

The virtual Playathon, featuring student performers playing music they would have performed together as an orchestra, raffles, trivia contests, interviews with the NJYS conductors, a live auction to win the conductor’s baton and the chance to conduct the New Jersey Youth Symphony next season, and special performances by the NJYS Jazz faculty, proved to be a success.

With the help of WNYC’s Weekend Edition Host David Furst as event emcee and utilizing a text-todonate service, the virtual Playathon alone brought in over $11,000 towards the fundraising goal, the highest amount ever raised on the day of the event, and reached over 2,500 people via live stream on Facebook. Because of this, the Playathon initiative has now raised just over $70,000 and is just $30,000 away from its $100,000 goal.

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Life in the Fast Lane In a March 31 letter, Hamilton Area YMCA CEO Diana Zita appealed to members for support, revealing the organization laid off nearly all its employees after the COVID-19 pandemic caused revenues to disappear “in an instant.”

The Y closed its facility on March 15, as part of distancing protocols mandated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It cancelled all programming, including programs for those recovering from cancer, living with Parkinson’s or MS and those with disabilities. The closure and cancellations meant it could no longer reliably collect the membership and program fees that encompass its lifeblood.

As a result, the Hamilton Area YMCA laid off all 268 of its parttime staff and half of its full-time staff. Zita said the layoffs are temporary. The remaining 10 employees have taken a 10% pay cut.

“It was a heartbreaking decision,” Zita said. “These individuals are the backbone of our organization and they maintain deep, meaningful relationships with our members and our community.”

The Y has shifted to focus its attention to assisting the community in other ways, distributing food through the schools’ free and reduced lunch program, hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive March 27 and offering childcare for first responders.

It also has begun offering virtual programs for its members.

The Hamilton Area YMCA laid off all 268 of its part-time staff and half of its fulltime staff. The remaining 10 employees have take a 10% pay cut.

Zita asked members to consider donating to the Y, or at the very least continuing their membership payments. Information on how to help is posted on the Y’s website, www.hamiltonymca.org.

“We can’t do it alone,” she wrote. “Please. Stay with us.”

The Hamilton Area YMCA has been a mainstay in the Hamilton community for nearly 70 years. In 1951, the Hamilton Area YMCA started, using sites such as schools and churches to provide its programs. A temporary facility built in 1984 on Whitehorse-Mercerville Road became permanent in 1991.

The same building got a face lift and a new name in 2009, when it was dubbed the John K. Rafferty Branch.

The Hamilton Area YMCA also has a recreation and pool facility on Sawmill Road in the far southeastern corner of Hamilton Township.

It also runs a youth baseball league out of Sayen Park, which it shares with Nottingham Little League, as well overseeing the operation of the Miracle League of Mercer County, a baseball league for those with disabilities.

Nottingham Insurance Makes $10K Donation to Mobile Meals Nottingham Insurance Agency has earned a 2020 Make More Happen Award from Liberty Mutual and Safeco, which recognizes the business’ volunteer work with Mobile Meals of Hamilton.

The award includes a $10,000 donation to Mobile Meals of Hamilton, which home delivers hot meals to people who are home-

bound, chronically ill or handicapped.

Gregory Blair, partner of Nottingham Insurance, has served on the board of Mobile Meals of Hamilton for the last 10 years. He says that over this time, he saw the need for additional volunteers to deliver meals, which led him to recruit his colleagues to handle a route one day a week. During the holidays, Blair and his team also put together Mobile Meals care packages for clients in need.

Mobile Meals of Hamilton does not turn anyone away that needs a meal. They subsidize some $32,000 for meal costs that clients are unable to pay on an annual basis. The $10,000 is expected to be used in a restricted fund to offset this expense.

Throughout 2020, Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance will select a total of 34 independent agents nationwide for a Make More Happen Award donating up to $340,000 to the nonprofits they support.

Agencies became eligible for the award by submitting an application demonstrating their commitment to a specific nonprofit, along with photos of a project they worked on.

Nottingham Insurance is a fourth generation, family-owned independent insurance agency providing insurance and risk management services throughout New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. They are a 103-year-old brokerage firm and offer a broad range of insurance services including business insurance, employee benefits, personal insurance and financial planning.

Mobile Meals of Hamilton Township, organized in 1975, delivers meals to Hamilton residents whose physical, mental or social conditions require a home-delivered meal service.

Qualified individuals are homebound, chronically ill, handicapped or convalescing. Age or financial health is not a factor. There is no limit on length of service although it varies with each individual client.

The objective of Mobile Meals of Hamilton Township, Inc. is to aid in providing adequate nutrition for the elderly and handicapped. This service enables them to maintain health and independence in their home for a longer period of time.

Daily meal delivery also decreases the feeling of isolation often experienced by the homebound.

Hot afternoon meals are professionally planned and prepared by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton dietary staff.

Meals are delivered five days a week by a group of caring and dedicated volunteers.

Lawrence Company Fined After Employee Amputation BWay Corp.—doing business as Mauser Packaging Solutions—received a citation from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for workplace safety and health hazards after an employee suffered an amputation on Sept. 26, 2019, at its Lawrence Township facility.

The company faces $151,329 in penalties.

OSHA inspected the facility after being notified that an employee was cleaning a machine when the amputation occurred. The agency cited BWay Corp. for failing to use lockout/tagout procedures to protect employees from hazardous energy. OSHA cited the company for similar violations at multiple facilities between 2016 and 2019.

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Making a Difference : Workers from Nottingham Insurance Agency and Hamilton Mobile Meals celebrate the $10,000 donation to the organization.

days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s Area Director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

State to Receive $1.7B in Emergency Funding for Mass Transit More than $1.7 billion in emergency funding was awarded April 2 by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the State of New Jersey to help the public transit system weather the economic upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The funding, which requires no local matching cost-share, comes from the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act stimulus bill.

President Donald Trump signed the bill into law March 27.

The CARES Act directs the FTA to allocate funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus through the existing Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program.

The State of New Jersey will receive a total of nearly $1.76 billion.

OSHA inspected the Lawrence facility of BWay Corp. after being notified that an employee suffered an amputation while cleaning a machine.

The normal state-federal costshare is not applicable under the CARES Act for expenses incurred beginning Jan. 20, so no local match is required. By law, governors, through the state Department of Transportation, distribute FTA formula funds among recipients.

Operating expenses to maintain transit services as well as pay for administrative leave for transit per-

sonnel due to reduced operations during the emergency are eligible uses for the funding.

The CARES Act is Phase III of the federal response. Phase I, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, provided $8.3 billion for treatment and prevention measures. Phase II, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, provided paid sick leave, family medical leave, free testing, and expanded unemployment benefits among other provisions to help working Americans. The CARES Act is also providing direct financial assistance of $1,200 for individuals making under $75,000 per year, $150 billion to assist state and local governments, and $600 extra per week and an extension of unemployment benefits for four months.

Sub Shop Seeks Help Feeding Elderly, Those Sick with COVID-19 What started as one donation from a loyal customer has blossomed into a movement the owners of Classic Sub Shop in Hamilton hope will spread throughout Mercer County.

Classic Sub Shop co-owner Vincent Hunter received a call March 29 from a customer wanting to donate sandwiches to area hospitals.

Hunter had delivered meals the week prior to hospitals, first responders and a few pharmacies in the area, and seen many of those places had been overwhelmed with food donations. So, instead, the customer and Hunter brainstormed a way to help another group in-need: the elderly, sick and other people who could not leave home due to the risk posed by COVID-19.

Hunter announced the contactless delivery donation program on Classic Sub Shop’s Facebook page that evening, and by the next day, the post had almost 400 shares and 25,000 views.

“We were walking into the phone ringing off the hook with people just donating money and also requesting that their elderly neighbors or parents receive these meals,” Hunter said. “The response to start has been very impressive.”

So impressive, in fact, that it started to overwhelm his business.

He booked every delivery time slot last week, despite never offering delivery before March. Hunter has limited the drivers to himself and his two business partners: his

brother TJ Hunter and Dan Rolwood. The owners are doing the deliveries while their employees run the shop.

“It was complete chaos in our store [on Monday, March 30] because we’re trying to do our lunch while, almost on the fly, figure out how to do this,” Hunter said. “We didn’t know what to expect. We were kind of caught off guard and taken by surprise. But you know, it’s minimal compared to when we delivered to the hospital, seeing the scene there.”

While the owners have figured out a system now, Classic Sub Shop has had to limit deliveries to addresses within a 3-mile radius of their shop on Route 33 in Hamilton Square.

Still, the demand continues to be strong. Classic Sub Shop has received a $500 donation from 217 Church in Robbinsville to finance a whole additional week’s worth of deliveries, which are filling up already.

“We’ve been getting a lot of phone calls from people who are sometimes as far as 10 miles away, and we’re having to turn those types of people down,” Hunter said.

“We’re hoping other restaurants see it and kind of do similar programs to help as many people as possible.”

Hunter hasn’t heard yet from any other restaurants in the area asking to join the effort, but said he’d be happy to pass on what he has learned to another restaurant owner wanting to help out.

Classic Sub Shop is still open for takeout business, as well, and has arranged a system where customers call in their order, pay by phone and pick-up their food on a grab-and-go table set up outside the restaurant.

But Hunter said the new charitable arm of his restaurant has opened his eyes to what’s happening right in his own community. Just in the first day of donations, he received a call from an emergency room nurse who had contracted COVID-19. She was locked in her bedroom, away from others in the house, but worried about providing food to her family.

Another call came from a woman whose mom had to leave home to receive chemotherapy treatments and wanted to ensure her parents did not have to worry about finding something to eat after the stress of the day.

It’s stories like those that have motivated Hunter to try to expand the effort beyond just his restaurant.

“You don’t realize this stuff till you hear it,” Hunter said. “It just makes it that much more rewarding.”

For more information, call Classic Sub Shop at 609-631-0404 or go online to www.classicsubshop.com.

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rob Anthes I used to watch my dog, and wonder why he acted the way that he did. After three weeks of social distancing, I’m starting to understand.

I find myself acting a lot like my dog these days. I spend inordinate amounts of time staring out my front window, watching the people walk by. I go outside a few times a day to stretch my legs and sniff around.

Meals and walks are the highlight of my day.

And I’m excited to see people, but start to snarl when they get too close. Stay six feet away from me or else you don’t know what I might do.

I’m kidding (kinda). Mostly, I’ve been spending my “dog days of spring” putting together content for our eEditions of U.S. 1 and for our websites, www.communitynews.org and www.princetoninfo.com. A lot has changed since the beginning of March, but one thing hasn’t: all of us at U.S. 1 and its parent company, Community News Service, are still committed to providing accurate, timely news to our communities.

Clearly, this edition of U.S. 1 is unlike any before it. It’s also unlike anything any of us have ever produced.

Like it has all of you, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged us. Information is changing faster and coming more frequently than ever before. Our news operation has been working remotely as part of social distancing efforts. And we have had a front-row seat to see how this pandemic has affected the businesses and people who make this area what it is.

With our coronavirus coverage, our goal is not to alarm you, but to give you the information you need in order to stay safe, informed and connected. We want to keep things in context in order to help you make decisions.

We want to highlight the things going on in our community—good and bad—that might affect you during this extraordinary time.

The reporters who worked on this edition also have been working around the clock to produce dozens of online articles, approaching life in the Princeton region from every angle imaginable. Check out www.communitynews.org for up-to-the-minute news and community-fo-

cused features.

If you like your news delivered directly to you, then you might be interested in our newsletters, which are sent to your email inbox. You can subscribe to our daily update newsletter or our weekly U.S. 1 newsletters at tinyurl.com/us1newsletter.

Many of the items you see here are the result of community members letting us know what they’re seeing and doing as COVID-19 makes its presence felt in our area. We’ve always enjoyed having this kind of relationship with our readers, but we need your help more than ever.

Tell us what you’d like to know, what we should investigate and if we’re missing something.

Send your news tips to me, using the contact information at the end of this column.

More than ever we need community. It may seem like an odd thing to say when businesses have closed, events are being cancelled and people are shutting themselves in for extended periods of time. But sticking together as a community is the only way we survive this in one piece.

This is especially true for our small, familyowned businesses—including Community News Service—which rely on the community for their survival. So, please support them. Their fate is ours.

I leave you with one last thought. After speaking with my in-laws in Italy, including one aunt who works in a hospital in a hard-hit area in the country’s north, I implore everyone to take the threat this virus poses seriously.

Listen to the advice coming from medical and health professionals. They have taken an oath to protect your best interest. They have no stake in overselling or underplaying this pandemic.

Be well, and maybe I’ll see you on one of my walks around the block. Just don’t come too close.

Thanks for reading.

Rob Anthes is acting editor of U.S. 1 Newspaper. He can be reached at ranthes@communitynews.org, on Facebook at www.facebook. com/robanthes or on Twitter at www.twitter. com/robanthes.

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