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Trenton Water Works is working with Princeton Hydro to conduct enhanced water-quality monitoring at the 123-year-old Pennington Avenue Reservoir.Inservice since 1899, the reservoir holds approximately 100 million gallons of finished water. The engineering firm has been awarded a $27,000, threemonth emergency contract that requires Princeton Hydro to assist water-filtration plant personnel in conducting specialized testing and monitoring day-to-day water quality at the Pennington Avenue Reservoir.Founded in 1998, Princeton Hydro has significant expertise in natural and aquatic resource management and water resource engineering.

In 2019, Trenton Water Works developed a $405 million, six-year capital plan to undertake critical capital projects within its central pumping station, waterfiltration plant and distribution system, installing two-way communicating water meters, and decentralized finished water storage. These projects are designed to maintain high water quality and make the 163-year-old public water system more resilient.

Princeton Hydro relocated to Trenton from Ringoes in May to the Block-3 adaptive reuse rehabilitated portion of the Roebling Industrial Complex, which includes Roebling Lofts. They were the first recipient of the City’s Job Creation LoanPurchasedprogram.by the City of Trenton in 1859, Trenton Water Works is one of the oldest and largest publicly owned water systems in the United States.

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TWW supplies approximately 28 million gallons of water per day to a quartermillion consumers in a five-municipality service area comprised of Trenton, Ewing Township, parts of Hamilton Township, Lawrence Township, and Hopewell Township. TWW operates a 60-milliongallon water-filtration plant and waterdistribution system that consists of a 100-million-gallon reservoir, 683 miles of water mains, three pump stations, nearly 8,000 valves, 3,517 fire hydrants, and six interconnections between TWW and other water suppliers. TWW serves approximately 63,000 metered customers.

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“We’ve hired Princeton Hydro to provide expert consultation on recent outbreaks of small insects known as midges, which feed on algae, and to help mitigate future algae growth. There are occurrences in two parts of our water system: the reservoir and a home in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Ewing Township,” said Mark A. Lavenberg, director of the city’s Department of Water and Sewer, which operates Trenton Water Works. “We are looking forward to working with a company that has committed to Trenton as a place to do business, strengthening our city’s economy.”

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TWW’s capital plan is part of Mayor Reed Gusciora’s promise to reverse the neglect of the water utility in previous years and to modernize Trenton’s water treatment, distribution, storage, and technological capabilities.

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“To be on par with modern waterindustry standards, we’re advancing a comprehensive plan to take the reservoir offline and replace it with several decentralized storage tanks, starting with two 8-million-gallon tanks at a Prospect Street site in Trenton,” Lavenberg said.

The new Trenton-based nonprofit organization is designed to support the currently active Trenton Books at Home Program, an initiative that has provided free books for Trenton youth since 2006. Through Safkhet, the Books at Home program can now accept tax-deductible donations and apply for grants to support theInprogram.astatement announcing the organization, Eric Maywar, spokesman and owner of Classic Books in Trenton noted, “For over 16 years, Trenton kids have come down to Classics Bookstore to select books to keep. We also partner with teachers and literacy organizations throughout the city to provide books directly to their students as well as through literacy-based projects and events—giving out thousands of books a year. We do this because, as research shows, having access to books at home increases the level of education children will attain.”

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Book project gets nonprofit cover Trenton community members recently announced the establishment of the Safkhet Literacy Project.

The Pennington Avenue Reservoir is one of three open-air reservoirs in New Jersey. It is also one of the oldest parts of the water utility’s infrastructure. However, it is essentially a Class 4 dam that is prone to leaks and has become an outdated way of protecting and managing a multimillion-gallon water supply for a five-municipality service area, noted Lavenberg, a water industry veteran.

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From the art world: Artworks gets green-lit for transit art funding Artworks, a community nonprofit that promotes artistic diversity by foster ing creativity, learning, and appreciation of the arts through exhibitions, work shops, and other events is the recipient of a federal award as part of a fiscal year 2022 government funding bill.

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The funding for the Artwalk comes in addition to approximately $7 million in federal funding for nine other projects across New Jersey’s 12th District in the fiscal year 2022 omnibus. These projects range from youth development programs to infrastructure restoration.

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, whose district includes Trenton, secured $500,000 for Artworks for the Artwalk project for lighting and murals along a pedestrian and bicycle passage between the Trenton Transit Center and down town“AsTrenton.amember of the House Appropria tions Committee, I play an important role in deciding where and how the federal government spends its money. As the only appropriator from the New Jersey congressional delegation, I want to make sure that New Jerseyans’ tax dollars come right back to their home state,” said Watson Coleman in a media release.

Art All Day Set for September Art All Day returns on Saturday, Sep tember 17, with its annual afternoon of open artist studios, gallery exhibi tions, live art making, mural installations, and walking, biking, and other tours.

The Safkhet Literacy Project operates at Classic Books, 4 West Lafayette, Tren ton. For more information or to make a donation, email classicsusedbooks@ gmail.com.

From Left: Artworks Project Manager Jonathan Connors, Congresswoman Bonnie Waston Coleman, Artworks Artistic Director Addison Vincent Pfeiffer, Artworks Managing Director Craig Shofed, and Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora.

The citywide celebration that attracts thousands of visitors, hundreds of artists, and scores of venues runs from noon to 6 p.m.The event launched in 2012 is pro duced and coordinated by Artworks Trenton, the nonprofit arts center that

4  Trenton Downtowner September 2022 of Leadership Trenton; vice-chair, Raj Manimaran, director of community rela tions at the College of New Jersey and board president of I Am Trenton Com munity Foundation; secretary, Marga ret Griffin, former owner of Micawber Books; treasurer, Donna Maywar, as sistant director for equity compliance at Princeton University and co-owner of Classics Bookstore; Todd Evans, host of the Capital City Open Mic; Nia May war, mechanical engineering student at Olin College of Engineering; Noah May war, senior at Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville; and Laurice Reynolds, community organizer and “matriarch” of Classics Bookstore.

“The ArtWalk Project is a perfect exam ple of what can happen when a wonderful local institution working with the city and federal government applies its expertise to improve Trenton for both local resi dents and neighbors from the area who come to Trenton to work and enjoy the Capital City.”

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The Trenton Artists Workshop Associ ation (TAWA) and the Trenton Free Public Library will present the exhibition “Tawa Past Presidents” at the Trenton Free Public Library from September 2 to October 1. An opening reception is set for Friday, September 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. as part of the city’s First Fridays events. The library and exhibition are also one of the stops for Artworks Trenton’s an nual Art All Day event, set for September 17.“Tawa Past Presidents” features work by six former TAWA leaders; Elizabeth Aubrey, Robert Girandola, Aubrey Kauff man, Robert Lowe II, Dave Orban, and MaryElizabethYess.

houses galleries and studios and coordi nates the noted Art All Night event in the spring.ArtAll Day visitors simply go to Art works, located at 19 Everett Alley where it intersects with South Stockton Street, and pick up a map/program for a self- or coordinator-guided tour.

Artist and past TAWA president Mary Yess’ ‘Oxford Codex: Lares Industria IV.’

The day traditionally ends with a re ception at Artworks’ galleries from 6 to 8 p.m. featuring the Art All Day participat ing artist group show. Events are generally free, but some events or activities may include a small fee to defray costs. Artists’ works will be forForsale.more information or to link to a mobile site map, visit www.artworkstren ton.org.

Aubrey has been President since 2012. She is a Bordentown-based painter known in part for her works de picting abstract interpretations of nature, open space, and industrial sites. She has exhibited at the Prince Street Gallery in NYC, Muse Gallery in Philadelphia, El larslie, and The Center for Contempo rary Art, Bedminster. Her work is in pri vate collections and the Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission. Robert Girandola lives in Yardley, Pennsylvania, and was president from 2009 - 2011. He has exhibited at Ellarslie, Artists of Yardley, and the TAWA exhibit at the Prince Street Gallery. A Columbia University graduate, he is best known for his 2006 bronze of NYC Firefighters for 9/11.Aubrey J. Kauffman is a Mercer Coun ty-based photographer who focuses on urban landscape and man’s impact on the environment. He was president of TAWA from 1987 to 1996. His work is in cluded in the collections of NJ State Mu seum, Rider University, and Johnson and Johnson’s Corporate Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ. Kauffman lives in Ewing Robert Lowe was an active force with TAWA from 2005 to 2015. He is a Trenton based painter known in part for his works in watercolors and oils. He has exhibited throughout Bucks County and Greater Trenton Area and is a signature member of the Garden State Watercolor Society. His work is in private collections and the County of Mercer. David Orban, president from 1985 to 1987, is a Hamilton-based artist who works in oil on canvas or wood. He de scribes his work as “painterly realism”. He enjoys the juxtapositions of unusual objects and the dramatic effects of the atrical lighting to push the compositions even further into abstraction. His work can be found in the collections of Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission, Mercer County Community College, The College of NJ, and Brooklyn College. Mary Yess was the first elected TAWA president and served from 1979 to 1983. She is a Hamilton-based artist and works in oil/oil pastel/mixed media Her work focuses on “Old industrial buildings — from all over the U.S., but mostly along the Route 1 corridor near Trenton.” Her work is in numerous public and private collections, including Ellarslie/Trenton City Museum and the Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission.

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Theater McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton. 609-258-2787. www. mccarter.org.SarahRasmussen, who took over for Emily Mann as McCarter’s artistic director at the height of the COVID pandemic, finally has an opportunity to put her mark on a full season of drama at the award-winning regional theater. That season begins with “The Wolves,” a drama by Sarah de Lappe that premiered Off-Broadway in 2016 and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play follows nine young women on a competitive high school soccer team preparing for the national championships and tells a story of life, love, and loss through the lens of gossip shared by the teammates during their Saturday morning warm-ups. $45 to $60. September 17 through October 16. George Street Playhouse. 732-2467717.Newwww.gsponline.org.Brunswick’soldest theater kicks off its drama season with the directorial debut of its artistic associate Laiona Michelle. She directs “Her Portmanteau,” Mfoniso Udofia’s play about a Nigerian family in America centers around reconciliation, reinvention, and at its heart, the relationship between mothers and their daughters. The show was originally scheduled for January, 2022, but was postponed until the fall due to high COVID cases at the time. Performances take place in the Arthur Laurents Theater at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. $25 to $70. October 11 through 30. * Crossroads Theater, New Brunswick. 732-545-8100. www.crossroadstheatrecompany.org.CrossroadsTheater, which also holds its performances at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, has not announced any fall main stage perfor-

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Through September 11. The season continues as follows: “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” the story of a young woman from Kansas arriving in New York City in 1922 to rein vent herself. $25. September 16 through October 9. “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” the story of a low-born man seeking an earldom by eliminating the seven relatives who stand before him in the line of succession. $25. October 16 through 30.

$22. November 4 through 13. Kelsey’s final production before the holiday season is a holiday classic in itself. “It’s a Wonderful Life,” the story of a desperate businessman saved by an angel who shows him what life would be like without him, takes the stage just in time for Thanksgiving.

The theater company that is launching a new season in a new home in Borden town City gets started with “God of Car nage,” Yasmina Reza’s Tony and Olivier Award-winning comedy in which two sets of parents meet to discuss how to handle a playground altercation between their sons. Producing artistic director Peter Bisgaier directs. $28. October 7 to 23. Art Grounds For Sculpture, 126 Sculp tors Way, Hamilton. 609-586-0616. www. groundsforsculpture.org.Theinternationallyknown sculpture center is continuing two exhibitions this fall as well as prepping second install ment of a site-specific light installation.

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“Fragile: Earth,” featuring the work of the sixteen artists selected through The Color Network, also remains on view to showcase the works of artists representing a variety of social, cultural, geographical, and racial background and whose work serve as a catalyst for “trauma-informed art session, ESL/ Spanish workshops, urban gardening and professional development.”

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Then look for “Night Forms: Infinite Wave.” It is the second installment of 2021’s site specific art and light event by Ricardo Rivera and the Klip Collective. Once again, the project — opening on November 25 — uses the GFS artwork and landscape as the canvas for new tem poral art designs created in digital light and sound.

And the holidays come early with “A Christmas Story,” told through the eyes of 9-year-old Ralphie Parker who wants nothing more than a BB gun for Christ mas despite all adults’ warnings that “you’ll shoot your eye out.” $25. Novem ber 4 through 20. * * * Pegasus Theatre, St. Mary’s School, 45 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown, 609759-0045. www.pegasustheatrenj.org.

“Roberto Lugo: The Village Potter,” running through the remainder of 2022, offers visitors the opportunity to physi cally engage with – and even enter – the often-larger-than-life ceramic works by this contemporary master from Philadel phia whose ground changing works are part of the collections of the Philadelphia and Metropolitan museums of art.

Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. 609-924-8144. www. morven.org.Theregional and New Jersey cen tric exhibition venue continues with its current show “Ma Bell: The Mother of Invention in New Jersey.”

September 2022 | SIX095 original historical artifacts to the dis coveries, products, and fields of work that happened at the Bell Telephone labs in New Jersey from the 1920s to the mid-1980s.Coming up is former Lawrence Town ship Historian Dennis Waters’s guided walk through telecommunications his tory at Pole Farm, the historic site of Bell Telephone in Lawrence. * * * New Jersey State Museum. 205 West State Street, Trenton. 609-2926300.

Thewww.statemuseum.nj.gov.currentNewJerseyArts Annual, titled “Reemergence” also continues through April, 2023. Coordinated with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowship program, the exhibition fea tures 127 works by 95 New Jersey artists who coordinators say explore the ongo ing “pandemic, political, and ideological polarization, and a collective reckoning with systemic racism.” * * Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. 609-989-3632. www. ellarslie.org.The“Ellarslie Open,” the Trenton City Museum’s annual juried show, con tinues showing casing the works of 134 artists from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, through October 2. This year’s juror was Walter Wickiser of the Walter Wickiser Gallery in New York City. West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, west windsorarts.org.TrentonCommunity A-Team, the selftaught artists who began working at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, is mount ing of exhibition featuring the visionary art work of John Hayes, Carol Johnson, Deborah Kisela, Lisa Lewis, Ethel Mack, Frankie Mack, Herman “Shorty” Rose, Charles “Cha Cha” Smith, Demond Wil liams, and Emery Williams through October 29. Opening, September 11, 4 to 6 p.m. Free. Classical Music Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Uni versity, 609-258-2800. concerts.princ eton.edu.Princeton University Concerts’ 2022’23 season includes a full slate of classi cal concerts in addition to other musicrelated events. It starts with a conversation at the nexus of medicine and music with “Heal ing with Music: Clemency Burton-Hill.”

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Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is the fea tured soloist, and artistic director Ros sen Milanov conducts. $30 to $112. Sat urday, September 10, 8 p.m., and Sunday, September 11, 4 p.m. For the second concert of the season, exploding gestures and fleeting melo dies are found in contemporary com poser Jessie Montgomery’s “Starburst,” and Elina Vähälä makes her PSO debut performing Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto. Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” completes the program. Milanov con ducts. $30 to $112. Saturday, October 15, 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 16, 4 p.m. Princeton Pro Musica, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. www. princetonpromusica.org.Initsannouncementof its 43rd season, Princeton Pro Musica notes that Artistic Director Ryan James Brandau has pro grammed a season of deeply-cherished pieces that long ago fueled his passion for choral-orchestral music, along with newer additions to his repertoire that have kept that fire burning. That season starts this fall with Johannes Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem.” Ticket price TBA. Sunday, October 23, 4 p.m. McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton. 609-258-2787. www. mccarter.org.Theclassical offering among McCart er’s fall music programming is the Inter nationale Bachakademie of Stuttgart performing Bach’s Johannes Passion. $40 to $60. Wednesday, November 16, 7:30 p.m. Dance “Kaleidoscope,” American Reper tory Ballet’s season opener, includes a range of choreography styles, musical genres, and even a piece inspired by Sal vador Dali. New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, www.nbpac.org. $25 to $45. September 23 to 25. * Indigenous Enterprise’s production of “Indigenous Liberation” celebrates pow wow dancing and traditions across tribes and runs for one night only at , www. Friday, October Catholic Radio

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The musician, broadcaster, and writer is the host of a new series featuring peo ple for whom music has impacted their encounters with illness. Burton-Hill, who survived a massive brain aneurysm in early 2020, is the special guest in the first installment of the series. $20. Thurs day, September 29, 7:30 p.m. The concerts begin with a perfor mance featuring superstar Dutch vio linist Janine Jansen and Queen Elisa beth Competition laureate pianist Denis Kozhukhin. They perform violin sonatas from Schubert, Brahms, and Beethoven. $30 to $50. Thursday, October 13, 7:30 p.m.Prior to the concert, Princeton Gar den Theater offers a screening of “Fall ing for Stradivari,” a new documentary following Jansen’s journey with Sir Anto nio Pappano as they record an album on twelve of the world’s greatest Stradivari violins in just 10 days. $14. Tuesday, October 11, 7:30 p.m. Next up is the first concert in the “Per formances Up Close” series, in which the audience sits on stage. The concert features groundbreaking 24-year-old classical saxophonist Jess Gillam along with Thomas Weaver on piano. The hour-long concert includes works by Poulenc, Telemann, Piazzolla, and oth ers. $40. Wednesday, October 26, 6 and 9 p.m.Old favorites return to Richardson next, with the former ensemble-in-res idence Brentano String Quartet offer ing a program of Dvorak, Charles Ives, Princeton’s own Steven Mackey, and more. $30 to $50. Thursday, November 3, 7:30 p.m. A cello performance by Joshua Roman, making his Princeton University Concerts debut, is the second install ment of Clemency Burton-Hill’s series on healing with music. Her conversa tion with the cellist focuses on music’s role in recovery from long COVID. $40. Wednesday, November 9, 7:30 p.m. The current ensemble-in-residence, the Richardson Chamber Players, per forms mixed chamber works in a pro gram titled “Bohemian Cafe” including pieces by Gabriel Fauré, Louise Farrenc, and others. $20. Sunday, November 13, 3 p.m.Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Princeton debut with a pro gram that juxtaposes works by Mozart with ones by the composer’s contempo raries, including Haydn and Carl Philip Emanuel Bach. $30 to $50. Sunday, November 20, 3 p.m.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Uni versity, 609-497-0020. www.princeton symphony.org.Theorchestra has two concerts on its pre-holiday schedule. The season-opening program is head lined by “Fandango,” the 2021 work by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. Also on the program is the U.S. pre miere of Marcos Fernández’ homage to Leonard Bernstein, “America,” as well as works by Joaquín Turina, Ruperto Chapí, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

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This free seminar, which will include a continental breakfast, will feature presentations from Christopher Kemp, FTZ Board official in the International Trade Administration office of the U.S. Department of Commerce along with Mercer County representatives who will offer insight into the benefits and expectations of the FTZ.

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For more information or to register, please contact Mercer County Business Advocate, Darren Stewart (609) 989-6912 / darrenstewart@mercercounty.org.

Is your business importing products internationally and paying substantial duty fees? If so, you may be able to benefit from becoming a member of the Mercer County Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). The Mercer FTZ allows companies located within Mercer County to achieve duty deferral, reduction and/or elimination on products that they purchase overseas.

For more information or to register, please contact Mercer County Business Advocate, Darren Stewart (609) 989-6912 / darrenstewart@mercercounty.org.

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8  SIX09 | September 2022 Back to School Family Owned & Operated, Premier Indoor Turf Soccer Facility, Air Conditioned, and No Cancellations Bob Smith Soccer Academy Bob Smith Soccer Academy Robbinsville Fieldhouse. 609-468-7208. www.bobsmithsoccer.net. info@bobsmithsoccer.com See ad, page 12 P: 609.424.3192 • W: www.cnjballet.com 221 Broad St, Florence, NJ 08518 TO ENROLL TODAY FOR FALL! Ages 3 and up Beginning thru advanced! Boys and Girls! Ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary and acting! THE CENTRAL NJ Ballet Theatre The Central NJ Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker 2017! traditional holiday ballet for all ages! Villa Victoria Academy Theater, Ewing, NJ December 10th @ 2pm Carslake Community Center, Bordentown, NJ Sponsored by Bordentown Home for Funerals TO ENROLL TODAY FOR FALL! Ages 3 and up Beginning thru advanced! Boys and Girls! Ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary and acting! THE CENTRAL NJ Ballet Theatre P: 609.424.3192 • W: www.cnjballet.com The Central NJ Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker 2017! A traditional holiday ballet for all ages! December 8th @ 7pm Villa Victoria Academy Theater, Ewing, NJ Tickets $20 adults, $15 kids Carslake Community Center, Bordentown, NJ Sponsored by Bordentown Home for Funerals Group tickets available though Central NJ Now E N rolli N g for fall Class E s! Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Pointe, Hip Hop & Contemporary All Ages! All Levels! Call For Audition Info & Details Coming this December Lessons that provide a unique opportunity for musical growth are available to students of all ages and stages of advancement. For more information, visit: » Virtual and in-person private instruction » Summer music camps » Summer private lessons » Honors music program WestminsterConservatoryof Music RIDER.EDU/CONSERVATORY

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This season CNJBT will be offering classes from ages 2 /12 an up. Classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary and a musical theatre program! This year’s ballets will be the popular and traditional Nutcracker ballet in December and the comedic ballet, Coppelia in June. All students, regardless if they study ballet, are welcome to be a part of the shows. Siblings, too. CNJBT also plans on providing two fun Musical Theater shows in the fall and the spring sessions. “We try to offer something for everyone here at CNJBT! I love meeting and training young artist from all walks of life!” Cardenas says. For more information and to register please call the CNJBT at 609-424-3192 or thru the website cnjballet.com. See ad, page 8

Enroll now for the 2022-2023 school year Classes for 3 year olds and 4 year olds (Flexible Schedules) Competitive tuition rates - secure environment indoor gym - outdoor playground - qualiﬁed educators St. George Preschool Excellence in Early Education St. George Greek Orthodox Church 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619 www.stgeorgepreschool.org Call for more DirectorAngela(609)586-ABCDinformation:(2223)Gering

Create a premier space where dancers, performers and dreamers can soar even further. The Central New Jersey Ballet Theatre has done just that and is proud to continue to offer classes and programs at 221 Broad Street, Florence, NJ. Owner and Artistic Director Alisha Cardenas expresses the excitement that the space has created! “The 4,500 square foot space, in Florence, allows us to expand, social distance and improve our programs and still be local to our core community of Chesterfield, Hamilton, Hamilton Square, Trenton, Princeton, Bordentown, Yardville, and Columbus. We are in the heart of town and now have room for two full studios that can be opened into a state-of-the-art performance space. There will be something offered for everyone! Our new facility is dedicated to my late mother who was my inspiration, naming it the Christine Cardenas Center for Performing Arts Education. She encouraged so many artists, dancers and dreamers,” says Cardenas.“Weare particularly proud to have one of the area’s only professional quality sprung dance floors. For the summer intensive we bring in professional dancers from major companies that are based out of NYC and Philadelphia!”

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The Importance of Orthodontic Care for Your Children

Combating Childhood Oral Health Myths. When you start looking for a pediatric dentist in Hamilton, you want to find one that knows how intensive taking care of your child’s teeth should be. Taking a proactive approach to their dental health can help them avoid more involved procedures down the road — one of the most common myths that lead to your child’s teeth suffering in the long run.

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Common Myth #1: Childhood Teeth Will Straighten Out Over Time One such myth that leads to more complex orthodontic care down the line is that your child’s teeth will straighten out over time. Unfortunately, that is not the case. If their teeth start coming in crooked or off-center, they won’t naturally straighten themselves with time. The space for their teeth to come in doesn’t grow as they mature. If you leave these issues unattended, it could lead to more significant problems.

Many parents believes there is a specific age at which it’s appropriate to bring their children in for orthodontic care. The perceived minimum age for a child to receive orthodontic care is around 12-13 or right when they reach high school. However, getting your child such care earlier can help avoid getting braces and fixing issues before they worsen. In reality, the American Association of Orthodontists recommends that your children should get an orthodontic checkup no later than age seven. Once they hit that age, their mouth will have a nice balance between their baby and permanent teeth. This window of time allows for an accurate orthodontic evaluation to determine where preventative care is enough or if additional action is required.

Growing up makes for a constantly evolving experience for children. Every year they change and grow into the person they are destined to become, and that extends to their oral health. From the first baby tooth to their adult teeth coming in later in their lives, managing your child’s dental health presents unique challenges for parents. With those challenges come a few myths involving childhood tooth development that can impact how you treat your child’s dental health.

Common Myth #3: There Is a Right Age for Orthodontic Care

Ewing CYO Pre-School Announces Openings for September! 609-883-1560 or visit www.cyomercer.org • For children ages 2 ½ through 4 years of age • Newly renovated building with mint condition classrooms • Convenient Hours, 8:00am - 5:00pm • Free Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks • Child Care Connection and Mercer County vouchers accepted • Private subsidies available on a limited basis • Large playground, Beautiful suburban setting Located in the Ewing Township Hollowbrook Community Center at 320 Hollowbrook Drive

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Common Myth #2: Orthodontic Treatments Are Purely Cosmetic While most people associate orthodontic treatments with getting braces as a teenager, that procedure does much more than merely straighten teeth to help you look better. Getting your jaw and teeth back into proper alignment has a cascading effect on your oral health. It helps improve your biting, chewing, and even speaking ability.

Where Do Orthodontic Issues Come From? In most cases, a child’s orthodontic problems stem from their

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Ewing CYO Pre-School at Hollowbrook A fixture in the community Ewing CYO Pre-School located at the Hollowbrook Community Center, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, in Ewing Township, has been a fixture in the community since March 2008. We are a full-day, early childhood education and childcare program that has achieved a 3-Star Rating from Grow NJ Kids, New Jersey’s Quality Improvement Rating System. Our center offers full-time childcare and early childhood education on a year-round basis. Our primary goal is to provide an affordable childcare option to parents who either work full-time or are full-time students. We accept all childcare subsidy vouchers with Child Care Connection and offer scholarships on a limited basis to assist parents with their childcare expenses. In addition to these, we accept vouchers from BCAP, Burlington County’s childcare resource and referral agency and are also registered providers with the Early Learning Resource Center in Bucks County, PA, which enables us to provide subsidized childcare to families who live in Bucks County. Through collaborations with The College of New Jersey, the NJ League of Storytellers, Camp Fire NJ, and other community outreach efforts, we offer our children a variety of enrichment activities to enhance their educational experiences at our center. We also work with the Federal Foster Grandparents Program and Pathstone to provide inter-generational contact between our children and seniors in the community. Our program is part of Catholic Youth Organization of Mercer County, a public benefit community organiation whose mission is to enhance the lives of greater Mercer County youth and their families by providing affordable, quality educational and recreational services.

Finding a Child Orthodontic You Can Trust. Trusting your child’s teeth and their beautiful smile to a pediatric dentistry practice is something that every parent must come to grips with. Figuring out which childhood orthodontic makes the most sense for your child and their future dental visits becomes critically important. For parents and their children in Hamilton, Hamilton Dental Associates provides them with the experienced pediatric dentists they need to prioritize their oral health as they mature. pediatric dentistry

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September 2022 | SIX0911 genetics — these issues are inherited from their parents. Additionally, some problems can develop over time based on poor oral hygiene habits they learned from a young age. Some of these acquired oral health issues include: • Sucking Their Thumbs • Mouth Breathing • Abnormal Swallowing Patterns • Poor Dental Hygiene • Irregular Loss of Baby Teeth • Poor Nutritional Habits However, parents have reason to hope for viable remedies and solutions to most of these issues. You can remedy these acquired problems with the help of successful orthodontic care provided by an experienced pediatric dentist.

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Our hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. We serve breakfast, lucnh, and an afternoon snack to all children free of charge each and every day. For more information on our pre-school program or to find out how to register your child, please call us at 609-883-1560 or email dkirschenbaum@ cyomercer.org. page 10 School

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Presenting ‘Kaleidoscope’ September 23-25 at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center American Repertory Ballet (ARB) launches its 2022-2023 season with Kaleidoscope for four performances at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, September 23-25. An innovative program featuring never-before-seen work, Kaleidoscope includes a unique collaboration between choreographer Da’ Von Doane, formerly of Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New Jersey-based visual artist Grace Lynne Haynes, whose creations have graced the cover of The New Yorker magazine. A recent graduate of the Rutgers Art & Design MFA program, Haynes will be designing scenic elements and costumes for Doane’s new ballet, a partnership amplifying both artists’ creative talents. About the piece, Doane says, “This work excavates the interplay between states of mind and processing the nature of change.”

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At St. George Preschool, we believe that each child has an innate drive for exploring, discovering, communicating, and learning. Our purpose is to provide a safe, warm, and nurturing environment for children to develop this innate drive to the fullest, and become life-long learners. Our goal is to help each child develop his/her individual interests, creativity and potential at their own pace by providing a wide variety of fun and age-appropriate activities and materials. In addition to the developmental goals in the areas of math, language, science, cognitive skills, motor skills, etc., stipulated by the state, the school aims to promote learning skills for life. At the same time, we aim to enhance the child’s social, moral, cultural and spiritual growth through group interactions, uplifting stories, cultural events and gentle guidance. Since “a healthy mind is in a healthy body” as the Ancient Greeks said, we provide a huge indoors gym and a beautiful play ground with regular physical activities. We offer high quality academic English programs for Preschool (3 years and potty trained) and Pre-K (must be 4 years old by October 1 of school year). Early morning care, after care, and enrichment programs are also available. We are part of the Saint George Greek Orthodox Church and state licensed by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services. Our experienced staff has a passion building a foundation for a life-long love of learning. We are truly a family and we treat your children as such. For more information regarding our program, please visit our website. Saint George Preschool, 1200 Klockner Road, Hamilton. 609-5862223. Contact director Angela Gering at director@stgeorgepreschool.org.

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September 2022 | SIX0913 learn about a different art practice, and mend together two distinct voices. I have grown so much as a visual artist through this project. I’ve been able to see how visual art can intertwine with dance and take on a new form,” explains Haynes. “Working with ARB has allowed me to push my perception of how painting can function and enhance the space it inhabits”Alsocommissioned for the program will be a new work by ARB’s Ryoko Tanaka and pianist-composer Ian Howells, inspired by Salvador Dali’s painting titled Swans Reflecting Elephants. Tanaka, a beloved ARB Company dancer, made her choreographic debut with ARB last season, and Howells is a graduate of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University and Mercer County Community College, where he received degrees in Jazz Studies. He also accompanies classes at Princeton Ballet School, as well as Princeton, Rutgers and Rider University.“WhenI saw the Dali painting for the first time, it was fascinating to see how two completely different animals were reflecting each other in perfect symmetry. I found it incredibly unique and mysterious,” says Tanaka. “It inspired me to create a piece about two different types of reflections: selfreflection and literal reflection.” The program also features Claire Davison’s enchanting “Bewitched” set to Ella Fitzgerald’s iconic vocals. A dancer with American Ballet Theatre, Davison’s piece premiered at the Boulder Arts Outdoors Festival in 2021 and ARB performed the piece earlier this year as part of its Mask-erade Gala. Rounding out the performance will be a dazzling classical pas de deux, choreographed by Artistic Director Ethan Stiefel, set to music by Léo Delibes and showcasing the balletic bravura of ARB’sAudiencesartists.

About American Repertory Ballet. Led by Artistic Director Ethan Stiefel, American Repertory Ballet (ARB) is New Jersey’s preeminent ballet company, presenting classical repertory alongside new and existing contemporary work. ARB is a founding resident company of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center while also performing in major venues across New Jersey and beyond. Founded in 1954 as the Princeton Ballet Society, ARB has been designated a “Major Arts Institution” by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts consistently for the past two decades and has repeatedly been awarded a Citation of Excellence by the Council. The company has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and other major foundations and leaders in the field as a prominent force in the field of dance. Princeton Ballet School, ARB’s official school, attracts talent from around the world while providing opportunities for local students of all ages, such as through its award-winning DANCE POWER program. www.arballet.org.

can expect a multifaceted and engaging experience during ARB’s Kaleidoscope performances at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center for one weekend only: September 23-25. For tickets and more information, please visit arballet.org. Season tickets are now available! Buy tickets to all three American Repertory Ballet performances at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (Kaleidoscope, Giselle, and PREMIERE3) and receive 30 percent off. This offer only applies when purchasing all three performances in the same transaction. Subscribers also receive additional discounts and benefits. For season tickets, visit arballet.org/seasontickets.

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Founded in 1954 by Audrée Estey, Princeton Ballet School is one of the finest non-profit dance schools in the nation with live music for classes, renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and extensive performance opportunities.

Princeton Ballet School has more than 20 specialized faculty members, many of whom have attained graduate degrees in dance education and have won major teaching awards. These instructors have danced professionally with companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, English National Ballet, Cuban National Ballet, and American Repertory Ballet, among others, and are committed to sharing their expertise with PBS students in a nurturing and supportive environment.

Now Accepting Students for 2022-23 Princeton Ballet School (PBS), the official school of American Repertory Ballet, is now accepting students for the 2022/23 school year. PBS has three convenient studio locations in Cranbury, New Brunswick, and Princeton, New Jersey.

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The School’s multiple locations allow for convenient access to a range of classes. At the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), students train in the same studios used by professional dancers of American Repertory Ballet. The Cranbury studios are conveniently located on historic Main Street in Cranbury and is easily accessible from Mercer and Monmouth Counties.

— PBS parent Not sure which program or level is the best match? Take a free trial class! Call 609-921-7758 or email princetonballetschool@arballet.org with any questions. You can also visit arballet.org for more information.

Princeton Ballet School nurtures dancers of all levels, from beginner to advanced, preschool to adult, providing students the opportunity to develop their technique and artistry in a rewarding environment. With a strong focus on classical ballet, PBS also offers elective courses for upper level students such as contemporary, jazz, character, partnering, and flamenco. PBS has a “Hand in Hand” dance class for young children and their caregivers, and children can also take “Tap, Math & Music” to incorporate elements of tap dance, mathematics, and musical rhythms. Live music accompanies each class, enabling students to better understand the relationship between music and dance while helping them develop a sense of musicality. Children as young as age 3 learn the fundamentals of dance, develop spatial awareness, and have an outlet for creative expression.

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The Princeton studios are centrally located in Princeton Shopping Center with four studios and a dance library. All locations are wheelchair accessible.AtPrinceton Ballet School, students may have extensive performance opportunities, such as the opportunity to participate in The Nutcracker with American Repertory Ballet in major theaters across New Jersey. This professional production has been a beloved holiday tradition for decades, featuring an orchestra and choir at select venues. Students also may participate in Princeton Ballet School’s Spring Performance at the majestic Patriots Theater at Trenton’s War Memorial each year, in addition to several in-studio showings and community events.

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significant evidence has shown that it’s safe, effective and long-lasting. It has significantly reduced cervical cancer and other forms of cancer in both men and women. Who should get the HPV vaccine? Recommendations at first included only females but have expanded to anyone in appropriate age ranges regardless of gender. The vaccine should be given to preteen’s ages 11 to 12, can be started as early as 9 and is recommended through age 26. The ideal is to get doses into patients’ systems before they become sexually active. It’s also available for people ages 27 to 45 if their doctors think it would be beneficial. Should anyone be hesitant? You should avoid the HPV vaccine if you have an allergy to any of its components or had an adverse reaction to a previous dose. The best advice is to speak with your primary care provider and/or a gynecologist or pediatrician to know if you or your child is a candidate. In general, the vaccine is safe and most people can getToit.

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When thinking about back-toschool season, most people naturally think of academics. However, it’s just as important to focus on social and emotionalChildrenskills.ofall ages are still learning to manage their emotions and get along with others. As they learn these skills, behaviors that make academic learning more challenging for everyone else in the classroom may be seen. “Social and emotional skills are crucial to a child’s academic success, but they aren’t inherent,” said Carter Peters from KinderCare’s inclusion services team. “Teachers tell us again and again that starting the school year with a grasp on social emotional learning is just as important as knowing academic concepts. Children who are struggling to manage their emotions and transition into the classroom may not be able to focus on Consideracademics.”these three skills families can teach their children before school starts to help build friendships.

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Of the JKC campus, Preston 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.’

“Honestly, I think one of the reasons I started thinking about a presidency was that during the pandemic, as the chief academic officer [for RVCC], I had a huge role in pandemic management fig uring out how we were going to deliver instruction, try to keep people safe, com municate what we were doing, and train the faculty,” she says. “It’s interesting be cause everything everybody 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.”

Preston says that she learned some thing important in every one of the dif ferent positions 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 go ing to be the leader, I think it makes you a more compassionate and innovative leader in a lot of ways.” She was also selected to be an Ameri can Council on Education Fellow in 2004, where as “one of only two communitycollege administrators in her class,” she had an “eye-opening” experience. The program empowers participants to con sider future leadership roles like college president, another title that Preston had not initially envisioned for herself.

New MCCC president Deborah L. Preston brings to the job a particular interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Even though Saturday courses tend to attract adults or non-traditional students, she continues, the readiness was appreci ated, and she was “hooked” on commu nity colleges since.

Upon learning the history herself, Pres ton says she feels more empowered than ever to help give JKC “a clear purpose.”

“I truly believe that the JKC campus can and should be a really important part

Then, she began the search for job openings, “applying selectively” to re main 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 commu nity and the faculty,” she says, sensing that the institution cared. When 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 confidence to see what she could accomplish, as well as the ability to estab lish a new home in Mercer County. At Montgomery College, Preston met her husband, Dr. Ben Nicholson, the former math professor and department chair of mathematics, statistics, and data science for 21 years. When she started at RVCC, Nicholson stayed behind to con tinue teaching in Maryland. Now, after years of living in different states, Preston and her husband are get ting settled together in Lawrence Town ship, with Nicholson currently looking for new job opportunities. Preston says that she tried to find a property halfway between the James Kerney Campus in Trenton and the cam pus West Windsor, but ended up closer to Trenton, which matches her interest in that campus.

“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, aesthetic and programming improvements.Aheadofher first day, Preston says that she had conversations with many people who were entirely unaware of the Trenton campus’ existence, then assum ing that it must have been a recent addi tion to MCCC. But the school started in downtown Trenton. It first replaced Trenton Junior College on West State Street, was fol lowed by building on North Broad Street, later merging and acquiring its current name, as well as opening the West Wind sor location, around the 1960s to ’70s.

It was while teaching a writing class for college students who were almost the same age as she was that the 21-yearold Deborah Preston discovered not just her calling, but also plenty of use for her theaterAlthoughdegree.she had changed her career path from acting to academia, the valu able stage skills she learned helped to shape her perspective in numerous lead ership positions. Throughout more than 30 years of experience and service, Pres ton has studied the psychology of others’ motivations and frustrations as if prepar ing 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.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 start ing on July 1, Preston sat down with U.S. 1 to talk about her background and goals. Prior to accepting the MCCC position, Preston was the provost and vice presi dent of academic affairs at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg. She also acted as the chief academic officer throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. According to MCCC, Preston was in strumental in the Access2Success project at RVCC, which “addressed the equity gap for students of color, first-generation students and low-income 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 devel oping, managing and overseeing a range of initiatives in community colleges. 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.“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.” Preston started out with aspirations of becoming an actress and earned a bach elor’s degree in theater from Florida State University. Although she “acciden tally” finished in only three years, Pres ton 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 postgradu ate degree as a way of “buying 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 re quired an assistantship in teaching Eng lish composition. That was where she fell in love with teaching in front of a room of students who should have been, agewise, her peers. Preston then moved on to receive a doctoral degree — also in English, specifically dramatic literature — from Tulane University in New Or leans.Once finishing the “rapid succession” from her college career to professor, Preston returned to Georgia, figuring that it might be worthwhile to apply for a job at the local community college, she says. Preston had no intention of staying in that space, especially because of com mon misconceptions and grad school pressures, but she started as an adjunct. Her first challenge was a Saturday morning English 101 class, where, based on her previous experiences with student participation, she feared the worst. But as Preston led the diagnostic writ ing assignment, informing everyone that they needed to take out writing materials, what unfolded was the opposite of her ex pectations.Therewas no “moaning, groaning, digging through the backpacks, and the borrowing of the pens,” she says. Rather than letting the odd day and time of the class affect their enthusiasm, the stu dents picked up their pens to work — because they genuinely had a desire to learn how to write, Preston says.

As president, she realized she could combine her love of both teaching and connecting 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 RVCC.

“On a day-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 thus spent all of her higher education career in community colleges. So it was only natural that Preston end ed up wearing many hats in her 14 years at Georgia Perimeter College — now known as Perimeter College at Georgia State University — in Atlanta. She went from adjunct to tenured professor, then department chair and campus provost.

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New MCCC president Preston seeks to tap its JKC campus’ potential

they want and need, because otherwise, I don’t see us having that much impact. It’s got to be a partnership.” That camaraderie leads into the impor tance of an understanding environment.

Mercer County Community College West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Tren ton Road, West Windsor 08550. 609-5864800. Deborah Preston, president. www. mccc.edu.

Mercer County Community College has campuses in West Windsor and Trenton, and it’s Trenton’s JKC campus, pictured above, that especially excites Preston.

Mercer County Community College James Kerney Campus, 102 North Broad Street, Trenton 08608. www.mccc. edu/welcome_kerney.shtml

“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, say ing it “kills” her that some might avoid enrolling based on misinformation 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 in come under $80,000 to the MCCC Foun dation’s scholarship programs — tuition plus, urban JKC, and president’s comple tion fund — which address the different socioeconomic backgrounds of students.

Preston, acknowledging the JKC cam pus specifically, is thinking of other ways to shift MCCC’s approach to positively benefit, incorporate, and highlight the voices of surrounding communities.

Another issue could be the act of “put ting holds on student records for parking tickets,” because as the president asks rhetorically, “do I really want to not let the student come to college because they can’t afford their parking ticket?” “Like any institution, there’s so many things we do because we’ve always done them, and nobody’s really stopped to say, ‘but do we have to?’ That’s what I think is important about a policy audit,” she adds. Preston took on a similar task of re viewing and updating academic practices as the co-chair of Montgomery College’s steering committee, which developed the school’s first Academic Master Plan. “The other piece that I’m really pas sionate about in terms of DEI work is that for years, we left all the DEI and social justice work up to Student Affairs, so if students weren’t doing well, [they would say] ‘well, let’s get them a mentor, let’s give them better orientation.’” She continues: “But at the end of the day, the learning happens in the class room, and if the classrooms aren’t de signed with an equity and social justice lens — if you are teaching material in a way that alienates your students, or does not feel inclusive to your students — if you are not thinking about your content matter in ways that engage students and help them to see themselves in a particu lar class or discipline, then all the men tors in the world aren’t going to fix that. You’ve really got to put equal weight on what happens in the classroom and what happens out of the classroom.”

As a higher ed institution, I don’t want us to fall into the trap of always thinking we know“Webest.know some things, and that’s good, but we have to combine what we know with what the community says

Another issue that Preston wants to tackle is post-pandemic enrollment. Stu dents might be hesitant to return to col lege because of the current job market, where retail and restaurants may offer $20 an hour in what the president calls “a short-term solution” to the bigger prob lem.“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 work ing and going to college. But we’re going to do as much outreach to students as we can and make it as painless as possible to come to Prestonschool.”saysthat 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“Peopleline. think they can’t afford college, and that just breaks my heart, because you can absolutely afford to come to Mer cer. Even if you think you can’t afford to come to Mercer, we can help you afford to come to Mercer,” she says, with flex ible options for each student’s journey.

To continue this, Preston says she wishes to get acquainted with the diversi ty, equity and inclusion plans on campus, noting there is “awareness around what we can do to make sure we’re a safe and friendly and socially just college.” One of the elements she wants to maintain is having a “strategic coordination” of these resources.“Thefirst thing I’m going to look at is, ‘what is everything that’s going on, and is everybody really moving in the same di rection,’ because that’s the only way you get real change,” Preston says. 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 ac cordingly.“Amember shared what is called a ‘pol icy audit’ where you go through your pol icy 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 actu ally change the rate of book return — with or without the fine — and they just discourage people who can’t afford their fines from coming back to the library.”

“We’ve got to build relationships and talk to the community about what they need,” she says. “There’s a long, sad his tory of white liberals deciding what other groups need or should want, without re ally listening to what they need or want.

September 2022 | Trenton Downtowner9 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. In fact, I think we’re probably uniquely positioned to really bring about positive change working with other constituents in that community.”

“Ideally, you would want the college to be a place where everybody feels they belong, everybody feels valued, and ev erybody feels like they are either making a positive contribution, or they are get ting something positive out of their in teraction,” Preston says, expressing that inclusion and appreciation are important, but not unique to schools.

“We have to have that third layer, which is something positive is happen ing — either I’m making a contribution, or I’m getting something valuable from my interactions with the faculty,” she ex plains of the distinction.

As the end of summer means a return to school, Preston is happy to greet stu dents when the fall semester officially begins on September 6. Inspired by the enthusiasm of local officials, leaders, and other representatives who have given her a warm welcome, she reciprocates their feelings about embarking 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 becom ing part of the community. But with so many people keen to celebrate the op portunity for collaboration, Preston is not alone in having “a lot of optimism” for what’s to come.

The Father Center continues to grow its offerings. “About five and a half years ago, we decided to work with young boys in Trenton, looking at our mission from a prevention perspective,” Andrade-Mims said. The program is called Healthy Re lationships/Healthy Choices, and serves 15 ninth grade boys at the Trenton school district’s Ninth Grade Academy. “We fo cus on ninth grade,” Andrade-Mims said, “because we know it’s a troubling time forBoysboys.”in the program go through a long selection process. Two cohorts of boys have finished the program; one young man received a full scholarship to Har vard. Another young man who told pro gram recruiters that he really wanted to do something in computers is now at tending the Rochester Institute of Tech nology.There is one more piece from the history of the Union Industrial Home Andrade-Mims wants to revive, and that is conferences. This November 3, The Father Center will hold its first state-wide conference. The focus, of course, is on fatherhood. The Father Center, 1 West State Street. 609-695-3663 or www.thefa thercenter.org

Karen Andrade-Mims is the executive director of the Father Center.

The Father Center addresses needs with virtual programs that participants access through the center’s computer lab. Two programs — one to train fork lift drivers (NJ Forklift) and CDL license training — happen off site. The Father Center has an interesting history. In 1859, 18 Presbyterian women created an organization that would serve the needs of children whose parents could no longer take care of them, or chil dren whose parents had died. According to a 2012 news story, those women “representing a union of area churches came together to provide edu cational, vocational, and moral formation opportunities for young people strug gling to make their way in an increasingly industrial world.” And so they created the Union Industrial Home. A year later, the state legislature made the venture a state corporation, giving it the formal name: Union Industrial Home for Destitute Children of Trenton, New Jersey.The home was run by the 18 women, along with volunteers. But the legisla ture gave formal oversight to a “Board of Counselors consisting of six male members.” That first board included Trenton stalwarts John A. Roebling, the German-American engineer who de signed and built the Brooklyn Bridge; Stacy Potts, a journalist who became a lawyer, an assemblyman, and ultimately, a state Supreme Court justice; and James T. Sherman, who became the clerk of the Mercer County courts. Children either resided in the home run by the women, or, if a child was or phaned, that child would be placed in a private home. None of the children re mained at the Union Industrial Home (UIH) after the age of 12. Each year, the women hosted fundraising dinners where the children provided entertain ment.Additionally, UIH relied on donations from the community. One of the more re markable donations came from Charles G. Roebling, John A. Roebling’s son. On April 14, 1912, the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. On board was 31-year-old Washington A. Roebling II, the son of Charles Roebling. The young er Roebling died after making sure oth ers got into lifeboats. His father, Charles, made a $20,000 to the Union Industrial Home in memory of his son, a gift which would be about $500,000 today.

For years, the home ran as envisioned — a place for children who had no homes or family. But as the city of Trenton changed, so did the offerings at UIH. The home closed down in the 1960s, and later became a refuge for teen mothers and their babies. That program lasted until 2010. It was that program that captured the interest of Andrade-Mims who, when she joined the board, was working for Planned Parenthood. But other services offered by the Union Industrial Home focused on men, more specifically fathers. And that focus received a boost in the early 1990s when President Bill Clinton’s administration encouraged governors to reform the na tion’s welfare programs. In 1992 then New Jersey Gov. James Florio signed legislation that created the Family Development Program. The pro gram was designed “to break the cycle of poverty, by encouraging family stabil ity while instilling a sense of individual responsibility and dignity to all partici pants.” Operation Fatherhood was an outgrowth of FDP, a program designed to help men who owed child support. Op eration Fatherhood was overseen by the Union Industrial Home. A second pilot program, titled Parents Fair Share, was a federal program designed to get people off the welfare rolls, and UIH ran that pi lot program, too. By 2008, using the home for teen moth ers and their children began to drain the nonprofit’s bottom line, and only three young women and their offspring lived in the home. Andrade-Mims estimated the organization was losing about $200,000 a year. But during that time, Operation Fatherhood continued. In an effort to save what by then was called UIH Fam ily Partners, Andrade-Mims traveled to Washington to speak with a staff member at the Child Welfare League of America about the organization’s future. That staff member reminded Andrade-Mims that the Union Industrial Home had built a very successful program for fathers. That aha moment led to a new and focused mission for the organization all revolving aroundJonathanfatherhood.Ledlow was one of the early participants in Operation Fatherhood. On January 31, 1993, Ledlow testified before the National Governors’ Associa tion Committee on Human Resources in Washington, a committee chaired by Florio. Ledlow told those in attendance: “Operation Fatherhood has given me the incentive to be a productive and responsi ble human being.” It wasn’t easy. Ledlow told the governors’ committee when he arrived at Operation Fatherhood, he had no direction; he had a drug addiction. “Thanks to Operation Fatherhood,” Ledlow testified, “I am one less minor ity male that’s not incarcerated. I am one less minority male that is unemployed. And I am one more minority male that is taking care of all of his responsibilities. Without this program, I have absolutely no idea where I would be, or what I’d be doing right now.” Now, almost 30 years later, Ledlow has a master’s degree in clinical mental health and works as a therapist for StressCare of New Jersey. We spoke by phone. Ledlow was introduced to Operation Fatherhood by his sister-in-law, Marsha Gore, who at the time was the operations manager of the program. “She saved my life,” Ledlow said. He qualified for the program because he owed child support for his daughter. “At Operation Fatherhood, I was in troduced to my potential. They told me I could achieve when I was told for so long that I couldn’t do anything,” he said. Ledlow said the program also revealed another side of him as a person. “Opera tion Fatherhood showed me that there was a different me; one that people liked to see. It was different from the person who was drinking and smoking. It was another person I could become — one who was formidable, who was respectful and respected,” he said. Unfortunately, Ledlow said, the one key piece he needed from Operation Fatherhood in 1993 was counseling to help him overcome years of self-doubt and bad habits. Andrade-Mims said the organization now has the ability to refer people out for counseling. Staff can also make referrals for housing and other medical concerns.

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In 2008, Karen Andrade-Mims, then a longtime board member for New Jer sey’s oldest nonprofit, was asked to take the helm of the organization. She imagined she had been chosen as the next leader to steer the organization into theInstead,future. she was told by board mem bers that they wanted her to manage an orderly shutdown of programs, and ulti mately, to dissolve the nonprofit.

The Father Center: Helping dads reach their potential

The organization was called the Union Industrial Home for Destitute Children of New Jersey and had been in existence sinceAndrade-Mims1859. wasn’t ready to let the nearly 150-year-old organization fade away, especially under her leadership. In stead, with some guidance and thought, she led the transformation of the non profit by re-focusing its mission on help ing fathers — and by extension, their children — to live better lives.

And thus, after a rebranding, Trenton is now home to The Father Center.

The Father Center currently runs two programs: Operation Fatherhood, which started in 1993; and WorkFirst NJ, a pro gram The Father Center manages on be half of Mercer and Burlington counties. The men who land on the doorstep of The Father Center come for one of two reasons, and enter one of those two programs. Operation Fatherhood helps men who are behind in child support payments. Men entering the WorkFirst NJ program receive financial assistance from the state, funding which only lasts five years, so WorkFirst NJ helps them reach financial independence. In both cases, the men need to ulti mately find employment. What path they take to reaching that goal depends on the person.Some participants want to earn a high school diploma, Andrade-Mims said, and The Father Center can help them achieve that goal through a program at Mercer County Community College. Others want to go directly to work but need skills. Those men can participate in a program called Bridges to Success, which is a short-term credentialing program.

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