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For Sedona Orlow of Bordentown, kindness comes naturally. At only 9 years old, she shows a deep sense of empathy for those around her, especially those in need.

When Rachel Bennett, Sedona’s father’s girlfriend, started the Nursing Home Card Project, an initiative in which she sends cards to residents of nursing homes, Sedona was at her side, involved from the very beginning.

Bennett’s mother was only 53 when she had to move to a nursing home due to Alzheimer’s. “I know firsthand how difficult nursing homes are,” she says. “They’re very lonely.

People don’t realize.”

There is also, says Rachel, the loss of a sense of personal freedom. During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when visitors were temporarily barred from seeing their loved ones, Bennett felt she had to do something to improve the lives of the residents of nursing homes.

“People who are old, sick, dying, or have dementia— they live for those moments,” she says, referring to visiting See CARDS, Page 6

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Demolition is complete Handmade items like this counted cross-stitch piece by Shirley Fisher will be on sale at the Trinity at the southeastern corner of U.S. 130 and Farnsworth United Methodist Church’s 75th Annual Christmas Bazaar on Nov. 19 and 20.

Avenue in Bordentown Township, and ground was set to be broken late last month for two new buildings, including a 9,600-square-foot CVS Pharmacy, to be built on the site.

Not everyone is happy about the development. When the township planning board church members who makes the final site plan for be held this Nov. 19 and 20.

Annual fundraiser, Visitors will once again have the handmade items that are approved CVS last February, a number set for Nov. 19–20, the opportunity to peruse for sale. She estimates that of residents voiced opposition and purchase the handmade she spent more than a hun- to the proposal, on the basis supports church items, baked goods, home- dred hours making one item, that the busy corner could not ministry programs made candy, gently used a 12-by-18-inch counted cross- handle any increased traffic clothing and vegetable soup stitch item with the words, that a new store might create.

“Scatter Kindness” on it — The intersection is notorithat the bazaar is known for.

By Joe EmaNsKi Shirley Fisher is co-chair a message that she says is ous for its poorly timed traffic lights and lack of turning Trinity United Methodist of the bazaar committee with much needed in these times.

Funds raised through the lanes that routinely cause Church of Bordentown cele- her husband, Charles. She brated the 70th anniversary of says she knows many peo- bazaar support TUMC min- backups, especially during its annual Christmas Bazaar ple who look forward to the istry programs like Trinity’s peak commute times.

Table, which provides food But township officials say in 2015. In 2020, the church bazaar every year.

“People come in with their and meals for area families in agreements between Pomona should have been able to celebrate another milestone, but Christmas lists and say, ‘Let need, and Trinity’s Treasure, Development Group, which the global coronavirus pan- me see how much I can take which takes donated items is building the CVS, and the care of on my Christmas list,’” such as clothes, linens, toys, Department of Transportademic put a stop to that. kitchenware and jewelry and tion will lead to a new road So the 75th anniversary edi- Fisher says.

She is also one of the tion of the bazaar will finally See BAZAAR, Page 4 See CORNER, Page 8

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The family-friendly play Happily Ever Before by Tracy Wells will be presented on Saturday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Bordentown Performing Arts Center.

The play will be a production of the award-winning theatre students of Bordentown Regional High School.

Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door and online. Masks are required, and seating is assigned.

Featured in the cast are Bordentown Regional High School students Aidan Bramley, Sydnee Carr, Seren Dagli, Alana Demir, Victoria Danao, Candace Farrell, Defnenur Gumus, Lacey Haba, Jaida Hitt, Jehanne Hyman, Abby Joachim, Ryan Kaufman, Anna Madden, Olivia McGlone, Olivia Olaff, Adison Omolade, Kace Omolade, Mitchell Reames, Jo Russo, Genevieve Schenone, Jake Sfraga, Madelyn Suto and Emily Vaneekhoven.

The show is directed by seniors Nicole Schiariti and Naomi Pirani, with Stacie Morano serving as advisor and technical director.

The Bordentown Regional High School Theatre Club and Stage Crew are part of the International Thespian Society, an honor organization for stu-

pated in the 2021 Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat program on Halloween.

Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat is a statewide community service program for its member schools to collect canned and dry goods for local charities and food banks.

Students dressed in costumes to collect food donations during the local Trick or Treat activities on Halloween. Instead of candy, the students collected canned food and other pantry items. The donations went to St. Mary’s Food Pantry in Bordentown.

In 10 years of participation in the program, Troupe 6803 has collected over 30,000 pounds of donations.

Scouts erects new flagpole in Joe Lawrence Park Joe Ream, a Bordentown resident Left: Eagle Scout Joe Ream with his newly installed flagpole in Joseph Lawrence and a scout with Troop 13, installed a Park in Bordentown. Right: Ream (front) with scouts Kevin Britt, Nick Lazurick, Ryan new flagpole in Joseph Lawrence Park on Ward Avenue in the summer to Kaufman and Nick Cutrupi, who helped erect the flagpole. complete his Eagle Scout project.

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BAZAAR continued from Page 1 makes them available for discounted purchase on the first Saturday of every month. If a person should be unable to afford needed items, they are provided free of charge.

Also as part of the Trinity’s Table program, the church has a food pantry open to the public every Tuesday.

During the pandemic, that program has shifted into more of a delivery service, with members of the church volunteering to make the deliveries.

TUMC also participates along with other area churches in the Good Neighbors program, providing vouchers good at local hotels for those who have recently lost their house or are in transition between homes.

Though the church was closed to the public at times during the pandemic, TUMC ministries kept on providing services. In fact, says Pastor Richard Romero, during the pandemic, the services were needed more than ever.

“It’s been hard for everybody, the pandemic has hit everybody,” says Romero, who has been the pastor of the church for three years. “It’s very personal. We have made connections with families in need so we know how many members are in each household, so we give them food according to their need. With everything, we look at the needs of the household and we provide whatever people need.”

Romero says that like many other churches, attendance at Sunday services has decreased because of the pandemic. “There are still members of our church who are not coming for face-to-face services, but we have a good attendance every Sunday. We have organized our pews so people can keep distanced. We were making masks mandatory for several months, although in recent weeks we made it optional. Some people still wear masks if that is their preference, and that is

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He adds that while overall attendance may be down, the church has added some new members during the pandemic, which he finds encouraging.

“We have around 10 new people who didn’t come before the pandemic, and now they are coming,” he says.

“They are from very diverse backgrounds too, bringing more diversity to the congregation, which I like to see.”

The Trinity United Methodist Church 2021 Christmas Bazaar will be held Friday, Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. at the church, 339 Farnsworth Ave. in Bordentown City.

Lunch will be available from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday and will feature Trinity’s famous vegetable soup, as well as egg salad and BBQ beef sandwiches, desserts and beverages. On Saturday, there will be a snack bar from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring hot dogs and other goodies, with hoagies and sandwiches available from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Take out will be offered for all meals.

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CARDS continued from Page 1 hours, when they see their loved ones.

It is difficult to explain to someone with lessening cognitive function why no one is coming to visit.

Bennett remembers hanging cards all over her mother’s room, “trying to transport this unglamorous home into something that was beautiful and full of love. The staff would always comment on these cards. It cheered everyone up.”

In April 2021, Bennett started the project while living with her boyfriend, Rich Orlow, and Sedona. She asked Sedona if she wanted to help.

Sedona’s own great-aunt was in a nursing home at one point: “I remember how happy it would make her when I came to her nursing home, and she would always give me some beaded bracelets that she made. I also remember how happy it made the other residents to have visitors,” she says.

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is no particular method to the cardmaking; they ask only that the cards be filled with love and kindness.

People with dementia in particular benefit from tactile experiences, so gluing feathers, gemstones, and other items is a good idea. Although homemade is preferred, there is also nothing wrong with sending a store-bought card, if that’s what is accessible.

Due to HIPAA laws, card-senders do not have access to names of residents, so Bennett encourages the use of phrases like “Hello special person,” “special soul,” “dear friend.”

So far, the Nursing Home Card Project has corresponded with 13 nursing homes in the United States and one in the United Kingdom, after someone from London found the initiative’s Instagram. “We’re trying to find a nursing home in each part of the United States,” Bennett says.

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dents to get involved with the project.

In general, Bennett tries to choose nursing homes that may be underserved, in order to bring love and joy to those who need it most.

Her goal is to give a card to every resident at the nursing homes they sponsor.

The experience has been personally healing for Bennett, whose mother passed away in 2016. She refers to three virtues she has been working on, guided by her yoga teacher: sympathy, empathy and compassion. Sympathy, she says, is recognizing someone’s pain or sadness; empathy is feeling oneself in that person’s shoes; compassion means action.

The Nursing Home Card Project is Rachel and Sedona’s way of taking action.

“It feels so good to not feel helpless,” says Bennett. “When you watch someone be sick and be taken care of by other people because you don’t have the means, that is a very hard thing to even accept. It’s a horrible way to feel.”

Bennett says it’s easy for healthy people to take their freedom for granted, while residents of nursing homes have diminished personal autonomy. “They rely 100 percent on the kindness and the good grace of those around them. I can’t tell you how many people have no one.

There’s nothing in the room except a TV and medical equipment,” she says.

That’s why, she says, it is so important to send a card, no matter how small it may seem.

“I think we sometimes underestimate small acts of kindness. A little flame can become a big fire if we’re steady. We all need to be surrounded by beauty,” she says.

As for Sedona, she has been

delighted to help with the project and to brighten residents’ days with her creativity.

“It makes me feel good about myself because I can feel their happiness. I sometimes imagine them opening the cards and seeing a small smile appearing on their faces, making them feel loved,” she says.

“Sedona is the most empathetic, gentle, sweet girl and she feels the world very deeply,” Bennett says.

“We’re very proud of how kind she is.”

Sedona exudes kindness wherever she goes; the guidance counselor at her school asked Sedona to help a little girl in her class, knowing how empathetic she is to her classmates. A lover of animals, Sedona attended horse camp this past summer, and received the Best Hands award, indicating she was the most caring toward the horses.

Bennett says that she, Sedona, and Rich love the local community. They donate to St. Mary’s Church every year, and have been visiting Fernbrook Farms on Georgetown Road since Sedona was a baby.

Bennett says that she loves to visit T-Bone the cow, pet the other animals there and pick fresh fruits and vegetables with her father and Rachel.

Rich Orlow is an Emmy-nominated voice actor who has worked in theater, film and television. He grew up in the Philadelphia area. Rachel, an actor and yoga teacher, was born and raised in New Hampshire, and later moved to Glens Falls, New York before settling in Bordentown.

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Township administrator Michael Theokas says that Pomona has agreed to cede some of the land at the southeastern corner to the DOT, allowing it to widen the road. Widening the road at that corner would allow for a left-turn lane from Farnsworth Avenue onto Route 130 south, as well as a right-turn lane from Route 130 north onto Farnsworth Avenue.

Further planned improvements include the addition of timed left- and right-turn arrows for the new lanes, as well as improved safety protocols for pedestrians, including timed pedestrian crossing signals.

Of course, there is a catch: while construction is set to start soon on the CVS, DOT has not indicated that it will be ready to make its improvements to the corner any time soon.

“The frustration we have obviously is there’s very little the township can do — DOT is not necessarily on the same time schedule as everybody else,” Theokas says. “In a perfect world, DOT would be doing their work in conjunction with the construction of CVS. It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen at the same time right now. But suffice to say it’s going to happen — it’s just a matter of when.”

Steve Benowitz, the township’s mayor, says he has lived in Bordentown since 1969, and the corner of Farnsworth and Route 130 was a “failed intersection” even then.

“DOT operates in their own time frames,” Benowitz says. “But because CVS is donating this right of way to DOT, we have the opportunity in the very near future, probably in the next year, two years tops, to fix a failed intersection that’s been like that forever.”

Pomona’s plans for the corner site include the CVS and a second, onefloor retail or office building. There are also plans to make several other changes involving the McDonald’s restaurant that is just south of the intersection. Those changes will also be aimed at improving traffic flow.

The McDonald’s currently has two narrow access roads, one off Farnsworth and one coming from Route 130, that both contribute to traffic congestion. To help improve the situation, and to make room for the pharmacy, Pomona has also acquired the lot at 788 Farnsworth Ave. and demolished the boarded-up home on it.

Pomona has agreed to construct a new access road for the McDonald’s more than 100 feet farther east on Farnsworth than the current access

point. There are also plans to lengthen the McDonald’s drive-through and add a second drive-through lane to help with backups there.

Benowitz knows that some residents, in both the township and the city, are unhappy about the new CVS. But he says that he has also heard from many residents who welcome the new store.

“It’s like when Wawa came in little further up on Route 130 and everyone was saying, ‘Oh, the traffic.’ I can tell you right now, we haven’t had any accidents there. There haven’t been any problems. Aldi came in, Dunkin Donuts, they have caused no problems whatsoever,” he says. “CVS is not the kind of business that is going to add a significant amount of traffic.”

He also says he doesn’t believe that CVS will endanger existing pharmacies in the area, like Boyd’s in Bordentown City.

“I firmly believe that’s not true,” he says. “People who have supported Boyd’s Pharmacy, for instance, are going to continue to support it. CVS is going to pick up other sorts of business. Boyd’s will be fine and believe me, I want that to happen too. I would never do anything to try to hurt them, and I hope people understand that.” *** Back in 2018, the township secured a $2.1 million grant from the DOT for the construction of a new road off 130 that Theokas says would further ease congestion at the Farnsworth-Route 130 intersection.

The new road would be built between Dunn’s Mill Road and Rising Sun Road, near the Interstate 295 interchange. The new road would provide direct access from 295 to the Bordentown truck stops.

To reach the truck stops today from 295 south, a truck driver must use the jughandle at 130 South and Dunn’s Mill Road to make a U-turn onto 130 North.

Drivers then make a difficult right turn onto Farnsworth and take it to Route 206 South and on to the truck stops.

Once the connector road is complete, drivers using the jughandle would be able to cross 130 on Dunn’s Mill Road and continue east, then take the new road south to Rising Sun Road. Hedding Road currently connects the two roads, but is not rated for heavy truck traffic.

Theokas says the township has reached an agreement with the owner of the property where the road will be built, and the project should go out to bid soon. He expects that construction on that project will get underway early in 2022.

Planned improvements include timed left- and rightturn arrows and timed pedestrian crossing signals at the intersection.

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Thrifting: a pandemic-induced trend that’s here to stay

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There is a culture — not a subculture, but a full-blown culture — of people who shop for and buy gently used items. There are reasons that gently used items are in demand — most notably, affordability and style.

There are many options in this area for what is known as secondhand items. There are brick and mortar stores, flea markets and even online ways to buy previously loved items.

Thrifting can be an economical way for people to add to their wardrobe.

But there are other reasons that people thrift besides saving money. At its heart, thrifting equals shopping. So, if someone asks if you would you like to go thrifting, you may be headed for an adventure.

Thrifting became a necessity for many people during the pandemic, especially for those who lost their jobs temporarily or permanently because of the pandemic’s effect on the economy. But the popularity of resale shopping hasn’t died down at all in the year and a half since. In fact, thrifting is as popular as ever.

According to a study commissioned by the online resale platform ThredUp, the U.S. secondhand apparel market is valued at $36 billion today, and is forecast to reach $77 billion in five years. One in five Ameri-

Goodwill Stores, which sell secondhand items, have seen a dramatic increase in customers in the past few years, as have other area thrift stores.

cans will shop at a thrift store during a given year, about the same number who will shop at a major department store.

Thrifters look for clothing, antiques, housewares, art, seasonal items and even furniture. Many resale stores look very similar to retail stores today,

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and many thrift shoppers go without any specific agenda or shopping list. They may thrift regularly with no intention of specific items in mind.

Traditionally a lower cost option for clothing, both vintage and current, thrift shops are an easier and more organized way to shop secondhand than browsing yard sales or flea markets. Consumers look for unique, funky, seasonal, school clothes and outerwear. For some, thrifting is a necessity due to economics. For others, it is a fun way to hunt down the out of the ordinary.

Beth Jarvie is a proud thrifter from Hamilton. Growing up in the 80’s, she watched her older brother wear “cool” clothes that he got from thrift stores, and followed suit.

“My brother would wear work uniforms, with someone else’s name on them. He would wear bowling shirts, Boy Scout shirts, and gas station shirts that said: Ed, Tony or George on them. He thought that was really cool. So did I,” she says.

The gist of thrifting is at least two-

fold, Jarvie says. It’s an economical way to shop, and also a way to be able to dress outside of the normal fashions. “I still thrift, but surely have been in a position where I needed to.

Having a young family where the kids are constantly outgrow their clothes, thrift stores are a blessing,” she says.

“There is also now the awareness of conservation of resources, keeping your environmental footprint small and upcycling of durable goods.” Jarvie says.

According to the study commissioned by ThredUp, sustainability in clothing matters to consumers more than it ever has, with one in three consumers caring more about wearing sustainable apparel than before the pandemic. Younger shoppers are far more concerned with the environmental impact of clothing than their grandparents.

“There are young people who are environmentally aware, and wish to have clothing that are either vintage or outside the mainstream department store look. There are also people who need to thrift. They may not have the choice due to financial constraints, to shop at retail stores. I am aware and respectful of all the fellow customers in the thrift stores. Most thrift store patrons are not judgmental. They are aware that not all shop thrift by choice,” Jarvie says.

Jarvie who works in Princeton, shops in thrift stores in Hamilton, Princeton and Ewing. She also thrifts while traveling. “You will see different styles of clothing when in different areas. I just got an incredible dress to wear for a recent wedding. It is my style, looks vintage, fits like a glove and was only $24. It’s a great way to shop for something you may only wear once,” she says.

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By CaTHeRine BiaLkoWski The month of November is one of the most hectic times of the year: preparing for Thanksgiving, finalizing holiday plans and trips, and getting ready for the new year. It keeps most of us busier than ever, and time seems to fly. Here is a cornucopia of ideas for things to mark your November calendar, all local.

Attend a harvest dinner This time of year has its own unique menu filled with colorful foods from the harvest. Sit back and enjoy a delicious, autumnal meal prepared by professional chefs at a local harvest dinner.

On Sunday, Nov. 7, from 1 to 4 p.m., We Make: Autism at Work will host its second annual Harvest Fun-Raiser, a family-style meal and wine tasting fundraising event at the We Make facility at 109 Route 31 North in Pennington.

We Make is a workspace for individuals with autism that provides a safe environment for learning valuable skills. At We Make, employees “assemble and package small parts that will be used in vinyl fencing and railing products sold at leading home improvement stores,” according to the website, wemake. works.

“All funds go back to We Make programs,” says executive director Muhammad Siddiqu. In addition to the workspace, We Make offers a variety

of programs including yoga, art therapy and music therapy. Siddiqu calls the Harvest Fun-Raiser “a great day to learn about our mission and hear from our parents and supporters on how we serve the community in a unique, neverseen-before model.”

Last year the event was held virtually and sold out; it featured celebrity chef Kwame Onuwachi. This year’s goal is $70,000, and funds raised will go to facility expansion, expanding program offerings, staff infrastructure and hopefully, Siddiqu says, more We Make workspaces. Individual tickets are $75 and can be purchased at www.eventbrite. com/e/we-makes-2nd-annual-har vestfun-raiser-tickets-176714145767. * * * On Friday, Nov. 12, the Greater Philadelphia Y will host its 11th annual NJ Wine and Food Classic from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Westin Mount Laurel, 555 Fellowship Road, Mount Laurel Township. Proceeds for the event benefit the Greater Philadelphia Y Annual Campaign.

According to philaymca.org, “As a nonprofit, the Y uses these funds to support a wide breadth of community programs, and this year we are focused on Building Stronger Kids.” General tickets are $100 and can be purchased at www. philaymca.org/nj-food-wine#reserve. * * *

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FALL, continued from Page 2 The Farm Cooking School in Titusville, 67 Pleasant Valley Road, will host a Paired Wine Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 6 to 9 p.m. Chef Shelley Wiseman and sommelier Carol A. Berman will present “a multi-course menu paired with all organic or sustainably produced wines,” according to thefarmcookingschool.com, and the menu will include goat cheese quiche, seared salmon with French lentils and beurre blanc sauce, and more. Tickets are $115 and can be found at www.thefarmcookingschool.com/coming-up/2021/11/13/ paired-wine-dinner-holiday-pairings.

Whitesbog Preservation Trust, a historic farm and village in Brown Mills, will also host its Harvest Dinner on Nov. 13 from 5 to 8 p.m. Proceeds for the event, located at 120 West Whites Bog Road, will benefit the preservation and farm programs. The Italian harvest dinner, accompanied by live music, will

Clients at Pennington-based WeWork prepare t-shirts. feature mild Italian sausage with peppers and onions, hot roast beef in homemade gravy, rigatoni in vodka sauce and more. Tickets for non-members are $55 and can be purchased at www.eventbrite.com/e/har vest-dinner-to-benefit-

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Supporting local farmers is essential to their vitality and offers delicious local flavor as well as benefits to the environment. Why not purchase your turkey (and its trimmings) from a farm within the community this year?

At Double Brook Farm in Hopewell, says owner Robin McConaughy, they’ve been raising heritage turkeys since 2008.

“We started with a small flock of 50 birds and have grown our operation to almost 2,500 birds a year for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, plus year-round birds for the cafe at Brick Farm Market,” she says. “We sell exclusively at Brick Farm Market and a couple of wholesale vendors.” Brick Farm Market, also owned by the McConaughys, is located at 65 East Broad Street in Hopewell.

McConaughy and her husband, Jon, started Double Brook Farm in 2004.

In addition to the farm and the market, they also own and operate Red Barn Milk Co. “We raise turkeys, chickens, sheep, cattle, pigs and goats on pasture in approximately 800 acres in the Hopewell Valley.”

Double Brook Farm also sells “everything needed for a full Thanksgiving feast: sides, appetizers, breads, pies, cakes, cookies, cheese, charcuterie, gravy, cranberry sauce and grocery items such as sausage, bacon, butter, breadcrumbs and more,” says McConaughy.

Turkey orders will be available for pickup the Sunday through Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Be sure to order your turkey early, as demand has doubled over the last two years “and we will

likely sell out a little earlier than usual.”

Turkeys, sold fresh, can be purchased through the online order form at holiday.brickfarmmarket.com. * * * DiPaola Turkey Farm in Hamilton, which has been in business for 70 years, offers whole turkeys, ground turkey, ground breast, turkey London broil, turkey boneless thighs, and a variety of other meat options. Online orders for whole turkeys can be placed on their website, dipaolaturkeyfarm.com. * * * At Lee Turkey Farm in East Windsor, they’ve been raising turkeys for 80 years, 3,000 per year. According to their website, their turkeys are fed “a natural feed mix with a corn and soybean base that we make ourselves.” They also sell farmfresh fruits and vegetables. Visit leeturkeyfarm.com for more information. * * * At Griggstown Farm in Franklin Township, established in 1975, you can purchase a full Thanksgiving meal, including turkey, soups and gravies, pies and bread. Visit their website, griggstownfarm.com, for more information, or the store at 484 Bunker Hill Road.

Give back to the community

As Thanksgiving approaches, so does a reminder to be grateful for our blessings and perhaps a desire to give back and help those in need. Here are two opportunities to donate and/or volunteer locally.

This year, National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is from Nov. 13 through 21. Homefront, at 1880 Princeton Avenue in Lawrenceville, is offering a variety of ways to get involved and make a difference within the community. Events for the week include a tour of Sewing Space, a virtual “welcome to Homefront” orientation, a diaper resource center service opportunity, an expert panel discussion, a virtual lunch and learn with Homefront CEO Connie Mercer and COO Sarah Steward, and a Thanksgiving drive, which is collecting laundry baskets or boxes with lids filled with items such as canned vegetables and fruits, stuffing mix, mashed potatoes, dessert items and more. For those who want to donate monetarily, it costs $62 to sponsor a Thanksgiving basket and $136 to provide food for the week of Thanksgiving.

Suki Wasserman, Homefront’s community engagement coordinator, says, “This past year, because of wonderful support from the community, HomeFront has been able to meet the greatly increased level of need in our area. Over 560 individuals, a majority of them children, stayed in our emergency shelters or lived in the affordable and transitional housing we manage. Over 770,000 meals were provided to families through our food pantries, Family Campus, motel meal delivery or other programming.

HomeFront also continues to provide case management, education, job assistance, and children’s programs needed to help families break the cycle of poverty.”

Homefront accepts year-round donations of food, diapers, clothing, furniture and more, and offers other ways to volunteer. Visit homefrontnj.org for more information. * * * Mount Carmel Guild in Trenton, a food pantry that offers community support to the underserved in Mercer County, is also running a Thanksgiving food drive and requests items such as cranberry sauce, canned vegetables, evaporated milk, yams and grocery store gift cards, and turkeys are accepted as well. The dropoff location is at 73 North Clinton Avenue in Trenton, and drop-off hours vary.

“Thanksgiving is always a time when most people count their blessings and reflect on what they have to give,” says Rosemary Kimball, director of external affairs. “It is in the spirit of giving that our donors collect and package items for Thanksgiving.” The greatest need this year is turkeys. “In the past we have purchased an average of 400 turkeys to distribute to needy families, and this year there is a shortage of 10 to15 pound turkeys due to the pandemic,” says Kimball.

“We are hoping to be able to provide 650 families with Thanksgiving meals this year.”

For more information, please visit mtcarmelguild. org or call 609-392-5159, extension 100. Like Homefront, Mount Carmel Guild also offers year-round ways to volunteer and donate.

Hopewell Valley will host a 5k turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning at 424 Federal City Road in Pennington. Top overall male, female, turkey costume, and in each age group will receive a prize. Prices vary depending when tickets are purchased; more information can be found at raceroster.com/events/2021/51816/ hopewell-valley-turkey-trot-2021. * * * The 9th annual Mercer County Turkey Trot is a virtual event that will be held from Saturday through Sunday, Nov. 20 to 28. Participants may complete a 5k race or a one-mile fun walk; tickets are $30. For more information, visit mercercountyturkeytrot.com.

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After enjoying a hearty harvest dinner (or before the Thanksgiving meal), you can run off the calories at a local turkey trot.

Trinity Turkey Trot will take place on Thanksgiving Day at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street in Princeton.

It is a 5k, and all ages are welcome; there is also a virtual option. Tickets are $30; register at trinityturkeytrot.org. * * *

Rest up for the holidays at a bed and breakfast or hotel with local flair to experience the community in a different way.

The Inn at Glencairn, located in Lawrenceville, is a renovated 1736 Georgian manor that features a luxurious farm-to-table breakfast: innatglencairn.com. * * * The Peacock Inn, in Princeton, is a colonial-style mansion transformed into a boutique hotel that boasts

Double Brook Farm sells fresh turkeys, while Mount Carmel Guild distributes Thanksgiving food to those in need. an elegant afternoon tea in the garden: peacockinn. com. * * * The Ocean Park Inn in Ocean Grove is a quaint and cozy bed-and-breakfast right next to the ocean: theoceanparkinn.com.

Enjoy the fall colors Finally, intentionally enjoy the autumnal foliage with a scenic fall walk.

Although taking a stroll through your own neighborhood suffices, consider the Delaware River Scenic Byway for walking, biking, fishing, horseback riding and more. Spanning 11 towns from Frenchtown to Trenton, the byway is lined with nature, restaurants, shopping, and historic sites. Visit delawareriverscenicbyway.org for a map and more information.

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By Susan Van Dongen If owning and running the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market has been Joseph Kuzemka’s full-time job for a while, owning and running the new Out of Step Offbeat Boutique and General Store will now be his other full-time job.

Teaming up with his long-time life partner, Meaghan Callahan Singletary of the Trenton Downtown Association (TDA), Out of Step is a natural evolution from the TPRFM. The couple plans to take advantage of the relationships they’ve forged throughout the years with small businesses, artists, craftspeople, and makers from around the city of Trenton, the state of New Jersey, and even around the country, to offer all kinds of unusual wares, from handmade housewares, to repurposed art and custom clothes, to specialty foods.

While the pandemic did not close down the TPRFM, the quieter times gave Kuzemka space to re-evaluate his business model. But long before 2020, he and Singletary had sensed that TPRFM fans would relish a brick-andmortar store.

“We knew for a while that this (store) was probably something that was going to happen,” he says.

As of this interview, construction was ongoing at Out of Step, which will be housed in part of the old Amish Country Store within the Trenton Farmers Market in Lawrence. And while Kuzemka had originally hoped the “godate” would be October 29, material and inventory hold ups have pushed the opening to November 12.

“We’ve been in flux because construction took much longer than we anticipated, because of various material shortages,” he says. “(Meaghan and I) started working on the store in June and we did not wrap until late September. There wasn’t that much to do, but things were harder to get because of the pandemic.”

“We’re working with Chris Cirkus (market manager of the Trenton Farmers Market), and we’ve (divided the former Amish store) into two spaces of equal size,” he says. “We’ll take the back, and the other store will be just on the other side of us. Our hours will be standard Trenton Farmers Market hours, but we’re looking to expand on that for the holidays.”

For Out of Step, Kuzemka says he and Singletary are picking “the best of the best” from their numerous contacts at the TPRFM, from around the United States and into Canada.

“We also did a lot of research and found new artists and makers from all over the country,” he says, but notes, “there will be a very strong focus on locally made food, pre-packaged and

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Partners Meaghan Callahan Singletary and Joseph Kuzemka are opening Out of Step Offbeat Boutique and General Store, a bricks-and-mortar shop for the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, in the Trenton Farmers Market. Opening day is set for Friday, November 12. shelf-stable foods such as locally made sauces, jams and jellies, pickles, vegan mayo, jerky, coffee and tea, peanut butter -- things that complement the fact that we’re in a farmers market.”

Out of Step will also offer refillable home items, such as hand sanitizer and hand soap, bath and body products, housewares and home décor, cooking/ kitchen-related items, repurposed/ recycled art, select custom t-shirts and hoodies created by local artists, original artwork and sculpture by local and regional artists, vintage curios, handmade jewelry, and what Kuzemka calls “oddities and curious goods.”

A small portion of the store will be dedicated to both local and nationally recognized music, with a carefully curated selection of new and used vinyl records and cassettes, VHS tapes, and more.

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Out of Step will be Misfits guitarist Acey Slade, a coffee aficionado and longtime presence at the TPRFM who will offer up his Newark-based Cat Fight Coffee.

Kuzemka borrowed the name Out of Step from a song by Minor Threat, “the founding fathers of hardcore (punk),” Kuzemka says.

And yes, the brick-and-mortar store will have a similar vibe to the TPRFM. But like the flea market, Out of Step will be more than the concept of a “punk store,” which brings to mind a market selling only recordings, art, and clothing related to punk rock.

“Out of Step has the same feel as the flea market, and that’s what I love about it,” Kuzemka says. “Yes, there will still be punk rock related stuff being sold, but the thing about the flea market is that it’s become a haven for makers and artists and craftspersons. All these misfits found a home with us.”

“TPRFM started out with punk rock, but became something more,” he says.

“It’s much more on a global scale, with all these non-corporate businesses, things that deserve support.”

Kuzemka reflects that the flea market served as an incubator of sorts for thousands of small business from dozens of states by providing many home-based businesses with a retail outlet that regularly attracted thousands of eager shoppers per day.

Out of Step will give Kuzemka and Singletary a chance to work with some of the same do-it-yourselfers. They hope this new brick-and-mortar location will serve as an inspiration for even more creative types to, in turn, make the leap into creating their own brands and businesses.

“It can be done,” Kuzemka says. “The TPRFM and Out of Step are both concrete proof of that.”

Singletary has more than a decade of experience in high-end retail management and merchandising in major retail markets. Out of Step supports her belief in watching out for and nurturing selfstarters and small businesses.

“After leaving the retail industry many years ago, it’s exciting to come back to a project that has so much potential,” she says. “It’s important to prioritize small businesses, watch them grow their brand, and all the while offer something different, fresh, and fun to the Trenton Farmers Market.”

It’s a bold move to open a physical store in the online age, but Kuzemka and Singletary are confident Out of Step will have plenty of foot traffic. This will be the kind of place, much like the TPRFM, where browsing and shopping is a multi-sensory experience, a place to touch, feel and smell, to listen to music, see friends, and do some great people watching.

“We hear all the time, ‘can you have a flea market every weekend or month?’ and that’s not possible,” Kuzemka says.

“Instead of waiting for the flea market, here’s a location where you can shop five days of the week.” * * * Kuzemka is a founding member of Art All Night and helped get annual the event off the ground in 2007. He’s been running AAN since 2011.

In addition, he was the event runner for the Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series for a couple of years, saying, “Much of that was due to the TDA and my partnership with Meaghan, who is an employee there.”

TPRFM is Kuzemka’s best-known endeavor, though, successful enough for the Huffington Post to name it as one of the best flea markets in the United States in 2014.

The Trenton native, whose parents are both retired from the New Jersey

Network, says he is still attending Mercer County Community College, majoring in advertising design.

The current Hamilton resident deflects too much focus on himself, however, and notes “my partner Meaghan has dedicated just as much work to opening (Out of Step) as I have.

She’s a native Trentonian, a successful Black woman, and very involved in her community.”

The much-illustrated man (Kuzemka is known for his ink), who is in his mid40s, says he’d been visiting flea markets in Columbus and Englishtown since his youth, but first imagined Trenton’s own punk rock flea market when exploring such an event in Philadelphia.

“As I got older, there was a punk rock flea market in Philadelphia, and that inspired me,” Kuzemka says. “It disappeared though, and we started up (in Trenton) and became a phenomenon.

Now the Philadelphia flea market is up and running again.”

He absorbed the vibe at the Philadelphia flea market and realized that the Trenton area was primed to launch something similar, especially with the capital city’s location between New York and Philadelphia, crisscrossed by major transportation routes. The city was rife with original art, music, and craftspersons/makers, which would fold in perfectly with a multi-faceted, somewhat rebellious flea market.

He’d had quite a bit of experience in marketing and graphic design, and said to himself, “let’s do this, and do it just a

bit differently.”

Incidentally, the TPRFM is and will still be running and thriving. Although numerous events were cancelled, it never went away completely during the pandemic and recently moved from the Historic Roebling Wire Works to the Cure Arena.

Kuzemka is planning to expand the TPRFM even more.

“Next year, we’ll be adding pop culture guests, people who will sign autographs, take selfies etc., along with the food trucks,” he says. “We’re also be having live music, a live barber (on the premises), live tattooing, and more.”

Kuzemka and Singletary invested between $60,000 and $70,000 of their own funds to launch Out of Step. They feel they’ve invested their hearts as well.

“It’s just us putting our money into this, because we believe in this, we want to get if off the ground and make it grow,” Kuzemka says. “Meg and I are really looking forward to bringing something different to the Farmers Market, which is in the process of growing. We hope to inject some new life into it, be part of its transformation.”

Out of Step Offbeat Boutique and General Store opens Friday, November 12, at 9 a.m. Hours will be similar to those of the Trenton Farmers Market: Wednesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Located at the North End of the Trenton Farmers Market, 960 Spruce Street, Lawrence. www.outofstepnj.com.

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Minerva, who has owned and operated Marcello’s in Bordentown since 2004, has honored his hometown with his new restaurant, Slice of Brooklyn, which opened in Hamilton on Sept. 9 in the former location of Vito’s Pizza.

Slice of Brooklyn features woodfired pizza, house-made pasta and a variety of other familiar Italian-American specialties on the menu.

Minerva first learned how to make pizza in famed Brooklyn spots such as Pino’s Pizza, on Bath Avenue, and J&V Pizza on 18th Avenue.

As to what differentiates a Brooklyn pizza from a Trenton pizza, Minerva says the label has as much to do with him as it does with the pies.

“With Slice of Brooklyn, I’m saying that I’m from Brooklyn and I’m making a Brooklyn tomato pie,” Minerva says. “You could say I’m a big slice of Brooklyn.”

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Sidekicks support services enable individuals with disabilities to achieve goals, overcome daily obstacles, enhance social skills, and obtain greater independence.

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Founder and CEO, Nicholas (Niko) Antonellos has been a lifelong resident of Mercer County, where he currently resides with his wife and two children. “We look forward to the opportunity to make a difference in our community through personalized, consistent and comprehensive support services. The Sidekicks team’s

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“Too many people are in pain and unhappy with their quality of life. Yet they are unaware of new possibilities of treatment that can significantly reduce or eliminate severe, chronic pain.”

Dr. Alfieri and his colleagues at AllCure’s offices are on a mission to raise public awareness of the causes of pain and the growing range of non-surgical therapies available to treat them. His multidisciplinary approach spans pain management, laser therapy, physical therapy, chiropractic, and acupuncture.

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“By listening carefully to our patients describe their symptoms and medical history, we can

Brothers Anthony Alfieri, DC, left, and Victor Alfieri, DPT. create a treatment program that combines various therapies to optimum effect,” says Dr. Alfieri. “Many patients have endured pain for years, thinking that heavy medication and possible surgery were the only avenues open to them.”

But new treatments are emerging. The practice has invested in a new FDA-approved laser machine that has proved effective in treating back and neck pain and plantar fasciitis, conditions that are becoming more common with an aging population, intensive computer use, and rising obesity.

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Over the last 70 years, the Y has transformed from a small organization providing programming, summer camp and child care at sites including schools and churches to an organization of nearly 12,000 members (prepandemic). The organization has two facilities — the JKR Branch in the center of Hamilton and the Sawmill Branch in the more rural Yardville area of town – and, has expanded and adjusted its program offerings over the last seven decades to ensure that

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THRIFTING cont. from Page 10 moves fast, so don’t hesitate or you may lose out.

While thrift stores are very busy on weekends when many families shop together, weekdays still have traffic that may make retail stores envious.

Thrift stores offer senior citizen discounts, sale days and holiday specials just as retail stores do.

While a few are cash only, most accept credit and debit cards. Usually thrift store purchases are not returnable, so do make sure your items will fit you.

One of the thrift store facets that some may not be aware of is the charitable aspect. Goodwill Industries is a nonprofit that has a mission to provide job training, career services and education for people in need of employment. They have locations in all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries.

Other thrifts stores are affiliated with charities that are supportive of religious groups, schools or specific communities. Still others are For Profit organizations. All provide jobs in the community and offer goods to the public at a fraction of the retail prices.

“There are definitely more customers shopping in thrift stores since the pandemic. The sales have skyrocketed! They have nearly doubled.” says an assistant manager at Goodwill in Bordentown, who asked to be identified only as Amanda G. “There is a shift in stigma these day about thrift stores. There are also an addition to customers who cannot afford retail

Shreya Vemula, a newcomer to thrift-store shopping, at the Red, White and Blue Thrift store on Nottingham Way in Hamilton.

to trendy buyers shopping for better quality used merchandise and fashionable looks.”

She said the store sees many late teens and early twentysomethings looking for vintage and different looks that they cannot find in retail stores.

“We get young women buying men’s clothes, oversize clothes, vintage sweatshirts and bell bottoms,” she says.

She adds that she noticed that many people used the pandemic as a reason to clean out their closets — Goodwill has sen a huge increase in donations over the past few years.

Megan Drago is a longtime thrift patron who is one to shop with no expectations. She says she “lets the goods find me.”

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While she shops many thrift stores in the area, Capital Thrift in Lawrence is a current favorite. “It is new, organized, has good prices and is not crowded as some other thrift store are,” Drago says.

Drago acknowledges that thrifting is sometimes under the radar to certain parts of the population. She sees people shopping thrift stores with specific needs in mind.

“I see seamstresses buying clothes to use the fabrics to make other clothes. I see people shopping for vintage clothes to reuse buttons, zippers or epaulets. Halloween is always a more crowded time at thrift stores as people gather materials for costumes and parties,” she says.

“There are many virtually new items offered at thrift stores. Kids clothes that were grown out of before worn, impulse buys, clothes where people gained or lost weight, gifts, and clothes for special events never attended, can sometimes end up in the thrift stores with the tags still intact.”

Besides Halloween, school plays and holiday times, sports gear is always popular too. “Why pay a premium price for a jersey to wear to a Super Bowl party, when you may be able to buy one gently used?” Drago says. “Also, buy off season while thrifting. That is when the selection is good and prices are even better.”

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Gently used name brand clothes, shoes and accessories. Phone: (609) 285-2937. Web: platoscloset.com.

The Goodwill Store, 1632 North Olden Ave, Ewing Township. Sells numerous preowned goods including clothes, electronics, housewares and more. Ewing: Phone: (609) 3922865. Web: goodwill.org/shop.

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Salvation Army Family Store & Donation Center, Rt. 33, Hamilton Township. The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church selling a large variety of preowned items. Phone: (800) 728-7825. Web: salvationarmyusa.org.

Red White & Blue Thrift, 2055 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Township. Phone: (609) 586-1608. Clothing, shoes, accessories, household goods, furniture, kitchenware and more. Web: redwhiteandbluethriftstore.com/mercerville-nj.

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The Goodwill Store, 594 US-206, Bordentown Township. Sells numerous preowned goods including clothes, electronics, housewares and more. Phone: Phone: (609) 291-0099.

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Big E’s Thrift & Antiques, 69 Rt. 130, Bordentown Township. Clothes, trinkets, bags, shoes, jewelry and collectibles. Phone: (609) 433-0638. Web: Search Facebook for Big E’s Thrift.

Rise Thrift Store, 114 Rogers Ave., Hightstown. Clothing, electronice and other preowned items. Sells a variety of preowned goods. Run by the Rise nonprofit, which supports communities in Hightstown and East Windsor. Phone: (609) 448-2702.

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a high school senior from West Windsor. She has only been to thrift stores a few times, since being encouraged to join friends on a thrift outing.

“It’s very trendy and popular right now with my friends. Everyone is looking for something different. My favorite find was a T-shirt depicting the musical Wicked,” she says. “My second best was a corduroy jacket for the cooler weather.”

Thrifting is worthwhile, Vemula says. “There are fun clothes, at good prices and at the same time we are being eco-friendly and contesting

overconsumption. It’s a win-win!”

There are also online options for thrifting. Antonis Lliano who is a teacher in Hamilton by day, operates Thrftedandgfted, an online thrift store via eBay and Instagram. His online offerings lean heavily toward sports, music, movie and pop culture items.

The part-time endeavor sprung from his love of sports growing up in the area and his own collecting of sneakers and jerseys. Lliano, 25, can appreciate finding a special jersey or pair of shoes that may be vintage or in short supply. “Look good, feel good,

do good” is his motto.

“Our customers are 18-30 year olds, who of course begun mostly as my friends and family,” Lliano says. “Now we ship all over the country.”

Strong sellers are always sports jerseys and shoes. Nike is the gold standard, he says, followed by other wellknown brands such as L.L. Bean and Adidas.

Local sports items go quickly, Eagles, Giants and New York Knicks are all very popular, he says. The typical sale is $25 to $35.

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and furnishings was not invented by millennials or Gen Z. Popularized by young people in the Sixties, it was always the first option for some, and a cyclical choice for others as tough economic times have come and gone.

But now, as malls struggle to attract customers, thrift stores have overflowing parking lots.

“Thrifting is a cost-effective way to look good and feel good,” Lliano says. “When quarantine kept people indoors, they did a lot of online browsing and shopping. Sales really blossomed.”

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As the high school girls soccer campaign rolled into the final week of the regular season, Bordentown was sitting at an impressive 10-3-1 record overall and 9-0 in the Burlington County Scholastic League’s Patriot Division.

There were several reasons for the Scotties success, with the most obvious being the scoring exploits of Lexi Mazzella and Oshynn Cosom.

But there was more to it than that.

Through those first 14 games, Bordentown had allowed just 13 goals and posted six shutouts.

Senior goalies Rayna Hamden and Khushmit Sidhu get credit for the clean sheets, but they have been helped immensely by the defenders in front of them — junior Thalia Revy and senior Georgia Boberg at outside back, and the key to it all, junior Natalia Villenueva and senior Kaylee Blain at center back.

“I come from the old school, building that strong backbone right through the middle of the field,” coach

Dominic Castaldo said. “I’ve always done that. Right now that’s what we have. You figure between those two playing center back, Victoria Wheeler at center half and Lexi more through that center up top it gives us a really strong backbone we can build off of.”

And it all starts with Villenuva and Blain, who have formed a rock in the back through their cohesion.

“I think we just help each other out,” Villenueva said. “I think if one of us was missing it wouldn’t go well because our chemistry is just so good.”

The two are in their second season of playing together full-time, although both have taken different roads to their positions.

Blain started her career as a forward before moving to midfield. As a Scotties freshman she moved from outside mid to center mid, usually in a defensive role. Last year Kaylee went to center back, where she has found a home.

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Villanueva is more of a natural defender. Growing up in Willingboro, she played travel for Mount Laurel at age 7 before moving to Bordentown in fourth grade.

“They kind of stuck me in the back but it’s my best fit,” Natalia said. “Ever since I’ve gotten here I’ve played center back.”

Despite the fact Villenueva has more experience defending, Castaldo feels she can still learn some things from her partner.

“Kaylee, especially, can read the game really well,” the coach said.

“She’s been a second mentor, to a degree, to Natalia, as time has gone on with some aspects of that. They don’t have to say a lot to each other but they know exactly what they’re doing.

“They play off of each other really, really well and they’re able to read each other, almost as if they were one.

They set the tone defensively from that middle out.”

When Villenueva first arrived in high school, she admitted to having some growing pains.

“There’s some things I had to learn, especially playing older players as a freshman,” she said. “It was more difficult but it helped me grow. It helped me know how to read the game, talk more, just figure out people.”

Center backs Natalia Villanueva and Kaylee Blain have been key members of a solid defense that has seen Bordentown girls’ soccer get off to a strong start to the season. (Photo by Rich Fisher.)

She figured it out well enough to be because I’m not as fast as her, so with the fast strikers she goes down and able to assist Blain when necessary.

“She’s really fast,” Kaylee said. gets them.”

That’s not to say Blain lacks speed.

“On breakaways she covers for me

“Individually they’re both really quick,” Castaldo said.

And they both have the respect of their teammates.

“They basically lead by example,” the coach continued. “They’re not big talkers, they’re not big yellers.

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Personally I think I have the best defense in our division and a lot of teams that we’ve played I feel defensively we can hang with anybody.”

Villenueva won’t argue with that.

“Compared to the past years, this year the defense is really good,” she said. “I think just having another year together makes us better.”

It has certainly made the team better, as Bordentown has produced its first season with double-digit victories since going 11-7-1 in 2015.

“I kind of expected this, being that we were undefeated in our eighthgrade year,” Blain said. “Playing with the same people and against the same people you kind of expect it. But I am pretty impressed with how we’re doing.”

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The challenge of long COVID: rehabilitation and recovery are different for every patient Three words of gratitude and encouragement that capture the courage and compassion of health workers here and across America. To share your thanks or to support our Emergency Response Fund, visit rwjbh.org/heroes

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How can rehabilitation help? can help move patients toward a full The goal with medical managerecovery.

What are the most common chal- ment of COVID is to optimize function lenges people with long COVID and quality of life. That’s what we do in rehab—it’s truly our sole purpose. face? patients SeeThese our ads in can’t navigate life with- Depending on each patient’s situation, we work on walking, balout feeling SIX09 section exhausted. ance, strength and endurWe’re trying pgs 5 and 7 to get them ance. We also teach them back to baseline and then breathing exercises. We Almost two years after COVID-19 back to doing the physimeet them where they emerged, there’s still much that isn’t cal things they used to RWJ-104 Heroes Workabout Here_4.313x11.25_HAM.indd 1 1:21 PM are and work toward their do. Some do fine 4/17/20 in their fully understood the coronavirus. individual goals.

But it’s become clear that about 1 in 10 home but can’t exercise Why is it imporinfected people will go on to experience like they used to. But a tant for long COVID lingering health problems 12 or more lot of people with long patients to follow up COVID don’t understand weeks after first becoming ill. with their doctors?

This phenomenon, dubbed “long their symptoms or even It takes a whole team COVID,” can involve a combination of know there’s something to get people back to symptoms such as shortness of breath, they can do about them. where they need to be.

What can they expect cough, tiredness, headache, brain fog Our physical therapists and chest, joint or muscle pain, among in terms of recovery? work with physicians Everyone is individothers, according to the U.S. Centers for Randolph here to figure out what Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ual, and what to expect is else patients may need, “Long COVID doesn’t have one clas- very hard to pinpoint. We sic presentation—everyone is unique,” had one patient with COVID-19 hospi- whether that’s more rehab, a sleep says Pamela Randolph, PT, DPT, MBA, talized here for more than 70 days, so workup or nutritionists to help them FACHE, Director of Rehabilitation Ser- their weakness level was extreme. Oth- get their appetite back. Rehab is only vices at Robert Wood Johnson Univer- ers who haven’t been hospitalized have one cog in the whole wheel. People who sity Hospital Hamilton. “We modify fewer obstacles to recovery. Many long aren’t able to do what they expect after treatment plans to make them specific COVID patients continue having breath- having COVID should reach out to their ing difficulties, but rehab also touches physicians so we as a team can see what to each patient.”

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Tuesday, November 16

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A Matter of Balance. Also Nov. 18, 23, 30, Dec. 2, 7, 9 and 14. 10 a.m. to Noon. This 8 session, evidence-based program is designed to reduce the fear of falling and improve activity levels. Goals are set to make small changes to reduce fall risk, and exercise to increase strength and balance.

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Clara Barton: Perseverance dyed in the wool her students, ranging in ages four to seemed difficult to recover from, she 24, through discipline without force. In felt deeply depressed and alone. Far turn, her instruction methods melted from home, she realized that she had THE BEND IN THE RIVER some of the fears and anxieties that no choice but to return.

With a somber farewell, she tightly compromised her health.

She was more than a teacher where hugged her friends and boarded the Clara Barton was a remarkable individual, whose efforts were challenged students could approach for guidance. train for a future that seemed unceron the front lines every day fighting They considered her role as that of a tain. All she could do was to stare out the window and watch the landscape for acceptance, equality, and dignity caring big sister.

Acknowledging the limitations set as it rolled by. with courage and compassion.

When she arrived home at North Short in stature but tall in exuber- upon women in the teaching field, ance, she was the personification of the in 1850, Clara decided to further her Oxford, she had an unsettling queaclassically flawed super hero that wore studies by substituting the farming siness in her soul that she had never communities of Massachusetts for left. Everything looked familiar, and a wool shawl rather than a red cape. yet nothing appeared On a cold Christmas Day in 1821, enrollment at one of the the same. The death Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born few co-educational acadof her mother had as the angel that she was destined to emies in the country that shattered the housebecome. As the youngest of five sib- offered higher learning hold. Her aging father lings growing up on a farm in North for women: the presticouldn’t maintain the Oxford, Massachusetts, she was quiet gious Clinton Liberal farm as he was once able and reserved as her age gap among Institute in New York to do. The anxieties that State. them was separated by a decade. she tried to quell were Although much older In addition, her parents had an unstanow overwhelming. She ble relationship due to their unyielding than most of her contemfelt useless. clash of fiery wills. Although they were poraries, the 29-year-old Concerned about the strong advocates of abolitionism, they was driven by a “burnwell-being of their friend, differed vastly on issues like women’s ing anxiety” to become Mary and Charlie Norrights. In order to relieve the volatility the best person that she ton wrote to Clara that of the home situation, Clara, as she pre- could be. Her dedication fall, asking her to visit ferred to be called, immersed herself to her studies left limited Barton them in Hightstown. in school books, excelling in the aca- time for forging friendWithout hesitation, she demic fundamentals of writing, arith- ships but somehow she managed. One of these friends and accepted their invitation and boarded a metic, and geography.

Praised by family and teachers classmates was Mary Norton (1835- train with a positive sense of worth. It was the golden ticket needed to escape alike, she was compelled to follow in 1899) from Hightstown.

Raised in the doctrines of Univer- the smothering monotony of home. the difficult career path of becoming Located outside of town, the Nora scholar. Her unwavering devotion in salism, Mary’s brother, Charlie, also helping others was evident as far back attended the institute and appreciated ton’s “large, well-cultivated” farm as age 11when her brother David sus- Clara’s sense of humor. As friends, was comprised of 178 acres of fertained injuries caused by falling from they collectively shared their hopes tile soil suitable for growing barley, wheat, corn, soybeans, and oats. Fruit the rafters of a barn. Over the course and sorrows.

In July of 1851, their friendship was orchards were also present as were of the next two years, she tirelessly tested when Clara received the tragic sheep and dairy cows that grazed the nursed him back to health.

When she reached adulthood, Clara news that her mother had died. Worse fields. The home consisted of six chilembarked on a bold campaign to yet was the fact that she couldn’t dren and a housekeeper, although two expose children living in impoverished attend the funeral, since it had already children had moved away by the time communities to the value of education. taken place as well as the burial. that Clara was present.

Spiritually grounded, the couple of Despite the conditions of the schools in Financial burdens soon followed, forcRichard and Ellen Norton embraced which she taught, she worked mostly ing her to terminate her education.

Slipping into a dark void that her into their home with evening without wages, earning respect from gatherings around the piano, singing songs, telling stories, and indulging in parlor games. When they discovered that a vacancy was open at the nearby Cedarville School, they thought of Clara. She heartily accepted the offer on the pretext that Mary would serve as her assistant.

On Oct. 23, Clara returned to teaching. The small wooden schoolhouse reminded her of the poorly built facility in her home state. Its atmosphere was easy to overcome with the right help.

It was gaining the respect of students that presented a challenge to her.

She set firm rules at the outset and brought them into her confidence through kindness rather than pronouncing the judicial decree of a wooden switch. She rarely sat at her desk and preferred to engage with students on their level. She laughed with them. She played games with them.

She was inspirational.

Within the month, attendance in the Please like us on facebook! tiny schoolhouse swelled from thirtynine to sixty students as word of Clara

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and Mary’s reputation spread through the district. Despite the need for expanding the stagnant curriculum of spelling and arithmetic to include geography, natural science, and American history, Clara was concerned over the fact that the school was not free. Parents paid two dollars for each of their children to attend school with the proceeds supplementing the salary of the teacher.

This didn’t sit well with the native New Englander, where public education in Massachusetts had a cherished tradition of always being free. However, in order for her to maintain her job, she kept those concerns to herself.

As the New Year started, Clara was gripped by “cabin fever” and the need for independence from the Norton family. Her need for inclusion with family activities was wearing thin as routine.

She wanted privacy for writing letters and daily school preparation but was met with constant distractions as her presence was required on every family outing and church function.

Although she obliged, she was losing confidence in herself as heightened depression gripped her. If she tried to laugh at a joke or a humorous occurrence, it would be counterbalanced by weeps of despair. She felt her independence depleted by an autocratic family and a meaningful job that had no future as her term ended on April 20th. Furthermore, she dreaded the unpleasant task of billing families for sending their children to school.

Despite mixed feelings of her extent in Hightstown, Clara knew that it was time to leave another family and school behind. On May 25, the Norton family escorted her and her baggage to the train depot.

With her future in question for the second time, the only thing certain was that she had no intention of retreating home. Her friend, Charlie Norton, had accepted a teaching position in Bordentown the previous month and so, the prospects of finding a job in the bustling little town, 10 miles south of Hightstown, intrigued her.

The Norton family surmised that she would return for another visit sometime in the near future but they were wrong. Although Mary Norton and Clara Barton remained lifelong friends, it would be another 27 years before she would return.

In August 1878, Clara spent the week at Mary’s new home in town, talking about the past and her efforts to organize the American Red Cross. In relishing the summer breeze on Mary’s porch, she later wrote that it was “the last comfortable week I have known.”

This also rang true as she boarded the train for Bordentown in 1852. Little did she realize that her temporary residency in this river town would change the trajectory of her career and that of our nation forever.

Doug Kiovsky is the vice president of the Bordentown Historical Society.

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