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Famous railroad disaster story set to arrive in Bordentown By Dan Aubrey The tale of one New Jersey’s most legendary train accidents makes stop at Bordentown’s Old City Hall in the form of a new theatrical storytelling presentation developed through the Bordentown Historical Society. The third installment of the “Harrowing History” series, the presentation led by BHS member Kristi Kantorski arrives 123 years after the train known as the Nellie Bly collided with another train as it passed Bordentown on its way to New York City. That Feb. 21, 1901, calamity resulted in the deaths of 17 passengers. Others were mangled when cars slipped from the tracks and fire ripped through wooden cars. It also resulted in a nationally watched investigation that brought changes to the railroad industry. The Nellie Bly was a Pennsylvania Railroad express connecting New York and Atlantic City. Traveling at the then recordbreaking 60 miles per hour, the express was named after a newspaper reporter who came to fame for her own record-

breaking story — testing the time calculations of French writer Jules Verne’s popular and seemingly fantastic 1872 novel, “Around the World in 80 Days.” Sharing insights about the creation of the production in which costumed storytellers recreate those who lived and witnessed the accident, Kantorski connects “The Wreck” to her work on the first presentation of “Harrowing History.” That 2020 event, recounting six actual tales of murder, madness, and mystery in Bordentown, received a History Recognition Program award from the Burlington County Division of Parks. “I spent nearly a year every weekend in libraries compiling information and building the stories that would be revealed,” Kantorski says. “The result was fascinating stories of betrayal, greed, turn-of-the-century crime and punishment, and even a ghost story or two that had never seen the light of day in many cases.” She says that while it was looking through files that she discovered the mention of a “horrific train accident” that led to the creation of the current see NELLIE, Page 6

Bordentown basketball coach Bill Lloyd is looking for a big season from 5-foot-11 junior Maddie Wylie. (Photo by Rich Fisher.)

Junior Wylie ready to step up for Scotties’ basketball By rICH FISHer Bill Lloyd is making no secret about it. He wants Maddie Wylie to step up and be a dominant force for the Bordentown High girls’ basketball team. “We’re looking for more consistency out of her, especially defensively and rebounding,” the Scotties coach said prior to a preseason scrimmage with Allentown. “So that’s something she’s gonna work on and hope-

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fully lead us in that this year. “I told her she also needs to be a leading scorer in our league, she needs to be a leading rebounder in our league. That’s the challenge I gave to her. I think within our (Burlington County Patriot) Division she has the capability of doing that.” Is she ready to meet that challenge? “We’ll find out,” Lloyd said with a laugh. “Her and I talked a few times in the preseason and

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Wednesday, Jan. 3; 11:00 – 12:00 p.m.

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CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Wednesday, Jan. 3; 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Supportive discussion group for those caring for a loved one who is aging or has a chronic illness-shared experiences can be healing.

GRIEF & LOSS SUPPORT GROUP Thursdays, Jan. 4 and Jan 18; 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

If you have lost a loved one or been separated from your support system, you can find comfort and begin to cope better by interacting with others.

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Thursday, Jan. 4; 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

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CARING FOR LOVED ONES WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS

Monday, Jan. 8 and 22; 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Jan. 8: Ways to Manage Caregiver Stress Jan. 22: Importance of a Medical Living Will

ADULT CHILDREN CARING FOR PARENTS Monday, Jan. 8 and 22; 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Jan. 8: Balancing Caregiving, Family & Work

Jan. 22: Strategies for Keeping Your Loved Ones Engaged

SWEET SUCCESS SOCIETY: A DIABETES GROUP Monday, Jan. 8; 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5; 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

A group for anyone with diabetes or caring for one of the 37 million Americans living with diabetes. Learn and discuss healthy ways to manage diabetes alongside peers and Taryn Krietzman, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

LETTING GO OF CLUTTER Tuesday, Jan. 9; 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

This support group explores how our emotional ties to our “stuff” can create clutter and affect our mood.

DIZZINESS? VERTIGO? – UNDERSTANDING WHY MANY ADULTS DEVELOP DIZZINESS Wednesday, Jan. 10; 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Dizziness and imbalance are amongst the most common complaints in older people, and are a concern as it puts you at a higher risk of falling. Although the causes of dizziness in older people are multifactorial, peripheral vestibular dysfunction is one of the most frequent causes. Join Audiologist, Dr. Lorraine Sgarlato, Au.D.to understand more about the causes and treatments of dizziness.

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Monday, Jan. 15; 11:00 – 12:00 p.m.

Support group for people experiencing emotional eating. Peer support is key. We offer a safe space to connect with others who are going through similar experiences.

PREDIABETES CONNECT GROUP Tuesday, Jan. 16; 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Diagnosed with prediabetes? This group is for you to connect with others affected. Share and explore ways to improve lifestyle changes.

WHAT’S IN STORE IN 24 VISION BOARD WORKSHOP Tuesday. Jan. 16; 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Create a vision board for the year ahead of what you would like to manifest in 2024. Please bring scissors, all other materials will be provided.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION Wednesday, Jan. 17; 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Quieting your mind, even just for a short while can have profound effects on both your body and your mind. Come learn to lower the volume of your minds chatter. No experience necessary.

WHAT IS SEPSIS?

Thursday, Jan. 18; 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Learn about this life threatening response to infections with our Chairman Dept. of Emergency Services and a Medical Staff Officer, Lasanta S. Horana, MD, RWJUH Hamilton.

CRYSTAL BOWL SOUND BATH Monday, Jan. 22; 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Sound healing uses instruments like singing bowls, gongs, drums & chimes to create an atmosphere promoting deep rest, nervous system re-balancing, & emotional release. Participants sit or lay in a comfortable position while the practitioner takes you on a sound journey for mind, body & spirit. Bring a yoga mat, blanket, pillow to make yourself comfortable. Adriana Hansen, RYT200, SHA1. Fee: $15 per person.

CREATING HABITS THAT STICKA JOURNEY TO SELF-LOVE Tuesday, Jan. 23; 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

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Join Erin Bogdan, trauma-informed authenticity & confidence coach, for an interactive & engaging workshop to learn how to pour into you so that you can create a life of alignment, purpose, & impact.

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Wednesday, Jan. 17; 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

For those Certified in Reiki (at any level) to share the gift of Reiki with other practitioners. Give a session; get a session. Please bring a small sheet and pillow.

Wednesday, Jan. 17: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

TAKE HOME COLORECTAL SCREEN friends of people with Alzheimer’s. Monday, Jan. 15; 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. HEALTHRYTHMS® DRUM CIRCLE Learn about ways to keep your colon healthy and possibly prevent colorectal cancer. You will be given a test to do at home and mail back.

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Thursday, Jan. 25; 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Join a community of women as we discuss relevant topics and find purpose, meaning and community.

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Friday, Jan. 29; 11:00 – 12:00 p.m.

Don’t let the winter blues leave you out in the cold. Warm up and feel energized through body movements. Never miss a chance to dance! All ages welcome, no experience required.

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Wednesday, Jan. 31; 9:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Join the Red Cross as they host a blood drive to save lives. Donations made during this blood drive will automatically enter you in the Red Cross Super Bowl LVIII giveaway. The winner will receive a trip to SB LVIII for you & a guest. Prize includes travel, hotel, $1,000 gift card, pre-game activities & more! Scan the QR Code to schedule your appointment to make a life saving blood donation. *All programs require registration and are held at the RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd., Hamilton, NJ, unless otherwise noted.

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Wednesday, Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31; 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

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Thursday, Jan. 4 and 18; 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

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A new Jeopardy focused on Innovations in Medicine. Tables will compete as teams as we test your knowledge. Don’t panic, this will be fun and interactive and there will even be prizes along with lunch.

WINTER SAFETY TIPS WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY Tuesday, Jan. 23; Noon to 1:00 p.m.

A spill, a slip, a hospital trip. Learn the do’s and don’ts in wintry weather with physical therapist Chris Robinson, PT, DPT.

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Join us for a frank conversation led by Deep Trivedi, MD, Board-Certified in Urology with a special interest in multiple urologic areas including stone disease, benign prostate hyperplasia, erectile dysfunction/low T, incontinence, cancer and sexual/reproductive health. Men and Women are welcomed.

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Green Team meet-and-greet set for Jan. 15 The Bordentown City Environmental Commission plans to open the year 2024 with two sessions to involve the area residents in helping to make Bordentown an environmentally sustainable community. The first is a “Green Team Meet and Greet” set for January 15, 6 to 8 p.m. at Old City Hall, 13 Crosswicks St., Bordentown. Green Team volunteers contribute to sustainability efforts within the community and organize and participate in a variety of related projects, including the annual Green Fair. The January session is designed as an informal session where community members can meet GT and BCEC members, discuss mutual interests and concerns, hear about current projects, and learn how to initiate new ones. All residents are welcome to participate. The second is a presentation on backyard beekeeping, scheduled for Jan. 30, 7 p.m. at the Carslake Community Center, 207 Crosswicks St., Bordentown. The free presentation will be conducted by Yasmin Qazilbash, a vice president

mission, students from Doane Academy in Burlington City and Bordentown City Public Works staff. In 2019, the city received a $1,500 grant from the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions to purchase signage for Oliver Street Park and install a small entrance garden. Sruti Desai, a former member of the Environmental Commission, was instrumental in procuring and managing the grant early in the process. However delays due to the pandemic and other factors put the project on hold. This year, all the missing pieces came together to move the project over the finish line. Students from Doane Academy offered to help as part of a Day of Service, that included a morning in Bordentown City to assist and learn about local enviCommunity comes ronmental commission efforts. Eleven students were on hand to get the plants in together to beautify the ground, turning a non-descript park Oliver Street Park entrance into a welcoming feature. Oliver Street Park in Bordentown City Oliver Street Park is located adjareceived a facelift this fall thanks to the cent to the Abbott Marshlands. Brooke Bordentown City Environmental Com- McMinn, a Bordentown City resident

of the Central New Jersey Beekeeping Association and manager of the Bordentown Farmers Market. Qazilbash, who began beekeeping over two years ago, has experiences with keeping several hives, maintaining queens, retrieving swarms, and harvesting honey. The session also will provide attendees with information on startup materials, training, and costs. The Bordentown City Environmental Commission is an all-volunteer committee appointed by the governing body. The committee serves as an advisory board, provides education on a variety of topics, and undertakes projects that enhance the local environment. Web: bcec.cityofbordentown.com.

and member of the environmental commission, drafted a garden plan that highlights a variety of native plants that are aesthetically appealing and benefit the local ecosystem. Cathy Elliott-Shaw, who was appointed chair of the environmental commission in September, said she hopes the garden will serve as a model that inspires others to “go native” when selecting plants for their home gardens. Bordentown City Public Works staff prepared the planting bed and installed the park sign. “This is such a fantastic example of a true community partnership,” said Mayor Jennifer Sciortino. “From the volunteers on the Bordentown City Environmental Commission, to our hardworking Public Works crew, to the students of Doane Academy, I can’t thank everyone enough for coming together and lending their time and talent to build this lovely, little oasis. This is a great springboard as we look to continue beautifying this park in the year ahead.”

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NELLIE continued from Page 1 production. “Around the late 1800s and turn of the century, train accidents were sadly as common as car accidents today. It took more than a ‘fender bender’ to make headlines,” she notes. “So, when I pulled old newspaper records and came across over 100 articles alone, I knew this was more than a simple story and deserved its own spotlight.” Referring to the other train as a Bordentown local, similar to today’s Riverline, running along the sections of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, she says it and the Nellie Bly “ran head-first into each other, telescoping, causing a chain reaction where both tinders crashed into the passenger cars behind them, and were tossed into the canal some 15 feet below the tracks.” She then shares some of the details that made the event horrific. “The flames from the engines sparked the coal to ignite, setting the wooden passenger cars aflame. Only the rear cars survived without damage,” she says. “The suddenness of the crash caused people to be tossed, some through windows, others between the cars, and some were pinned in the burning wreckage. “Due to the remoteness of where it occurred, aid was far from instantaneous. Passengers struggled to save one another in the dark, with only the burning cars as light. Burnt and mangled bodies that could be pulled from the wreckage were laid out along the embankment. Seventeen were reported killed, with more than 50 injured. There were likely many more.” Kantorski says the accident made national headlines for months and “initial reporting of survivors and witnesses transformed into accounts of who was to blame. While we no longer have a coroner’s inquest to decide the cause of death in New Jersey, opting for a medical examiner, back then the coroner along with a jury decided where the fault lay.” And while the coroner’s inquest proceedings were reported in the newspapers, Kantorski notes, “The proceedings revealed that more than a few blunders were made, and poor judgment resulted in loss of life that could have been easily prevented.” She says those wanting to know where the fault lies will “have to wait for the show to find out all those juicy details.”

Harrowing History’s Kristi Kantorski and husband Tim Hollender in costume for a previous production of Harrowing History. *** While Kantorski demonstrates an expertise in Bordentown history and lives in Bordentown township, she is originally from Raritan, New Jersey and graduated from Stockton University with a degree in graphic design in 2000. Unlike her mother, a pharmaceutical quality analyst, and land surveyor father, she has worked in publishing and as a legal assistant. She and her husband, fellow BHS member and past president Tim Rollender, moved to Bordentown for workrelated reasons in 2015. Calling her interest in creating theatrical storytelling events an “odd story,” she says. “I have absolutely no experience in any form of theater, be it stage design or anything else. For me, I think it all started with a love of history and reading. I’ve always had a knack for history. Growing up, I was a sponge, soaking up all the information I could. I remember reading a 1000+ page book on the Civil War at the age of 12. Not exactly a fun activity for most 12-year-olds. Not surprising that I would join a historical society as an adult. To say I read a lot, according to my

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“Between Two Kingdoms,” Jaouad returns to PUC on the heels of a sold-out November 15 “Healing with Music” event with her husband, Grammy-winning musician and composer Jon Batiste, “The Beat Goes On: Healing from Cancer through Music.” The idea for the inaugural month’s “Impromptu Challenge” takes inspiration from that day, which doubled as a bone marrow donor drive on campus held in conjunction with Princeton’s Office of Community and Regional Affairs and the National Marrow Donor Program’s “Be The Match” donor registry. According to the Be the Match website, “ethnically diverse” patients diagnosed with blood cancers and disorders must navigate a longer, more challenging process to find unrelated donors for blood stem cells and marrow transplants due to lower donation rates—a barrier that is even greater for people of mixed ethnicities like Jaouad. Jaouad and Batiste’s tale of love, survival, and creativity was the subject of the biographical documentary “American Symphony,” which debuted on Netflix in late November and follows many of the ideas discussed at the couple’s November “Healing with Music” event. Director Matthew Heineman’s film captures how, just as Batiste is recognized with 11 Grammy nominations—five of which he would win—and an Oscar for co-writing the score for Pixar’s “Soul,” Jaouad’s cancer returns after being in remission for almost a decade. Batiste sits on the cusp of composing

and practicing for the biggest one-night orchestral performance of his life at Carnegie Hall as Jaouad encourages him to continue, resuming her fight against leukemia while undergoing another bone marrow transplant. Despite being in contrasting circumstances, the couple’s story depicts creativity as an expression of love and a cathartic, restorative force that ultimately strengthens their bond. It is fitting, then, that Jaouad issued the following prompt: “Write about a time when music served as a healing force in your life or in the lives of those around you.” To enter, participants must answer one of the three prompts by Friday, March 22, 2024, with separate categories for members of the general public and Princeton University students. All entries must be submitted in PDF or Word document format with no reference to the author’s identity in the titles for anonymous evaluation by a panel of judges, as the PUC website continued, “from across the Princeton University campus and town community.” Princeton University Concerts will feature all winners in online and print media publications, yet prize recipients who do not want to disclose their identities can be published anonymously. While there are no submission limits for virtually all writers, anyone who has previously won the “Creative Reactions” or “Audience Voices” prizes must wait two years before registering again. According to the PUC page for the challenge, which includes the submission portal, concerts.princeton.edu/impromptu-

The “Impromptu Challenge” winners will be announced at the ﬁnal “Healing with Music” event of the 23-24 season, “Anxiety, Depression, and Music,” described as “an intimate concert-conversation” featuring live performances by pianist Jonathan Biss, right, and excerpts from writer Adam Haslett’s 2016 novel, “Imagine Me Gone,” left and middle, on Wednesday, April 24, in the Richardson Auditorium’s Alexander Hall. Images, from left to right, courtesy of Annette Hornischer, PUC, and Benjamin Ealovega.

challenge, winners will receive the following prizes: an autographed concert poster signed by both Jaouad and Batiste; an original piece by Diana Weymar, founder of the Interwoven Stories project, featuring an embroidered excerpt from the submission; a copy of the Princeton University Press’ “Ways of Hearing: Reﬂections on Music in 26 Pieces” 2021 anthology; and more. For additional information or inquiries, contact the Princeton University Concerts office at 609-258-2800 or pucmail@princeton.edu. Future prompts will be directly related to topics raised in the final iterations of the 2023–24 “Healing with Music” series, such as the Sunday, March 3, “Dance for PD® (Parkinson’s Disease)” event, a Mark Morris Dance Group program that invites participants from local chapters of American Repertor y Ballet’s “Dance for Parkinson’s” initiatives to perform adapted choreography together in an onstage concert collaboration and panel discussion. (For more information, see the November 2023 Six09 cover story, “Dance for Parkinson’s at ARB Leads a Choreography of Change” by Rebekah Schroeder). Winners will also be announced at the last “Healing with Music” event of the season, “Anxiety, Depression, and Music,” featuring pianist Jonathan Biss and writer Adam Haslett on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richardson Auditorium’s Alexander Hall. The program is described as “an intimate concert-conversation” with live performances of piano works by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, excerpts from Haslett’s 2016 novel, “Imagine Me Gone,”

and a Q&A. Tickets are $25 for the general public, $10 for students, and free for Princeton University students through the Passport to the Performing Arts program. For more information, see the PUC website at concerts.princeton.edu/ events/23-24-jonathan-biss-adam-haslett. This event marks Biss’ return to the stage after appearing earlier in the month for PUC’s “Concert Classics” series alongside classical pianist and conductor Mitsuko Uchida on April 3. Biss and Uchida are the co-artistic directors of the Marlboro Music Festival, a retreat where participants of all experience levels come to classically train, collaborate, rehearse, and eventually perform chamber music works together live in concert. The duo’s debut show is already sold out, but the PUC website promises a “rare joint recital” focusing yet again on the work of Austrian composer Schubert, who was known for his “piano four hands” pieces where two musicians play one piano at the same time. According to his biography, Biss concluded a “decade-long project recording all of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas” before the third-generation professional musician— the son of violinist Miriam Fried and violist-violinist Paul Biss, as well as the grandson of cellist Raya Garbousova— ”took the rare step of publicly confronting a subject often considered taboo within the performing arts.” In his memoir “Unquiet: My Life with Beethoven,” published in 2021 as part of Audible’s Words + Music series, Biss “described his struggles with crippling

anxiety and the severe effects that a solitary performing career had on his mental health.” Through his poignant examination of life as a pianist and Beethoven interpreter, Biss, as the website continued, “gave voice to the ways in which Beethoven—and music, in general—helped him heal from his anxiety as much as he had contributed to it.” Haslett is a two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist with three fiction books to his name, as well as prior journalism experience covering culture and politics for papers like the New Yorker, Esquire, and more. According to his PUC bio, “Imagine Me Gone” was described by Pulitzer Prize judges as “’the quiet and compassionate saga of a family whose world is shaped by mental illness and the challenges and joys of caring for each other.’” “Drawing on his father’s suicide, Imagine Me Gone is the most personal book he has written—in his words, an attempt to ‘put the reader as far into the mind of someone with anxiety and depression as I can, and let them take from that what they will,’” the website continued.

*** Jaouad recorded her own response to the first “Impromptu Challenge” prompt on the Isolation Journals’ Substack page, theisolationjournals.substack.com, on December 3. But before answering, she reflected on the experience of watching “American Symphony” with over 150 staff from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she underwent cancer treatments,

as well as two of the nurses who had supported her when she was diagnosed “with leukemia at 22 and then again at 33.” “It was such a full-circle moment to watch this film with the people who had walked through the valley with me. Illness usually has a clear beginning: the onset of symptoms, the diagnosis, the first day of treatment. But so often, the end of things is harder to pinpoint. This feels especially true for me this second time around, given the fact that I will be in treatment indefinitely. Spending the evening with these compassionate and dedicated humans felt like a culmination—like the most acute phase, the scariest phase, had come to an end.” That same night was also when the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center announced its own partnership with Be the Match, titled “Join the Symphony,” which Jaouad explained as “a campaign to make the registry look like the orchestra in American Symphony—to reflect the beautifully diverse tapestry of these United States.” “When I decided to take part in this documentary, my hope was that it might help others who are also facing great uncertainty. But as someone who has had two bone marrow transplants, I’ve also made it part of my mission to help expand and diversify the bone marrow registry. Currently the registry is marked by huge racial disparities: whereas a white person has a 79% chance of finding a match, a Black person has only a 29% chance, and statistics for people of mixed ethnicity like me are even lower,” she continued. “My doctors did search the registry for a non-relative match this time, fearing that if my brother Adam was my donor again, I’d be more likely to relapse—but there wasn’t one. I’m fortunate that Adam was willing and able to donate again and that so far, the leukemia is at bay. But I’ve known too many people whose hope for a cure ended when they couldn’t find a match. And it’s with them in mind that I’m asking you to spread the word—to ask others to Join the Symphony.” According to Be the Match, anyone ages 18 to 40 can donate blood stem cells with just a swab of the cheek. To join, donate, or learn more about the initiative, see the website at bethematchfoundation.org/site/ SPageNavigator/JointheSymphony. Jaouad then leads into her essay, which references the Princeton University Concerts program and reinforces its mission of expression: “A few weeks ago, Jon and I had the honor of taking part in the “Healing through Music” concert series at my alma

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From IMPROMPTU, Page 5 mater, Princeton University. That night, we talked about the many ways art sustains us through the hardest things, and I shared a story about Jon writing lullabies for me during my second bone marrow transplant. I often think of what Jon said in his Grammy acceptance speech a couple of years ago—about the special power of a song to reach people at a point in their lives when they need it most. That’s what I wrote about, and what I’m inviting you to consider today.

Prompt 272. Lullabies The winter of 2022, I lived a more intense version of isolation than I’d ever experienced. I was undergoing my second bone marrow transplant to treat a relapse of leukemia, and the chemo I had done to prepare for it had obliterated my immune system, leaving me with literally zero white blood cells. In such a circumstance, being sequestered in a hospital bubble is a given. However, my transplant occurred during the covid omicron surge, so hospital restrictions were higher than normal and visitors were extremely limited. Not only could I not leave the eighth floor of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, but I also couldn’t see many of my beloveds. For a period of time, this included my husband Jon. He had work obligations,

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Jaouad and Batiste star in Matthew Heineman’s 2023 documentary, “American Symphony,” now streaming on Netflix. Image courtesy of Netflix. and he could not avoid being exposed to all kinds of pathogens—from covid to the common cold—that could have killed me. That he continued to work was a choice we’d made together months earlier, back when we learned my leukemia returned. We had many discussions about whether he would pull out of his obligations to be with me, and I had insisted he continue. He had worked tirelessly from the time he was a teenager to get to that point, and the idea that he would miss out on this big moment because of my relapse was com-

pletely unacceptable to me. Being apart was difficult for both of us, though in some ways, I believe it was even more difficult for Jon. He had to put on his professional face and move about the world when both his head and his heart wanted to be there at my bedside. But instead of wallowing in loneliness and despair, he came up with a creative solution. He connected a small keyboard to his computer, and he began composing lullabies and sending them to me. They were improvised, raw, and beautiful. (One of

them evolved to become “Butterfly,” one of my favorite songs on World Music Radio— which, no big deal, was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year.) Lullaby. It comes from the words “lull,” as in “to soothe,” and “by,” meaning “near.” Lullabies are often written in triple meter, which is a swaying or rocking rhythm that mimics what a baby feels in the womb as its mother moves. Jon’s melodies provided that sort of comfort, that sense of security. There was a week where I was in the most pain I’ve ever experienced, as close to the veil as I’ve ever been, suffering from three simultaneous infections—two in my bloodstream—and the whole time I played those gentle, mellifluous songs on loop, for hours and hours. Hospitals are noisy places, with the constant beeping of monitors, the wheezing of respirators, the blaring alarms on IV poles. Jon’s songs were a welcome counterpoint to that soundtrack. But more than that, Jon found solace in the making of those lullabies, and I found so much in listening to them. I could feel his tenderness, his love, and his support. He wasn’t physically there, but he was present with me.”

*** For more on Princeton University Concerts’ and the Isolation Journals’ “Impromptu Challenge,” see the contest page on the PUC website, concerts.princeton.edu/impromptu-challenge.

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Lenape legacy the focus of Michener Museum exhibition By Dan Aubrey The introductory panel to the exhibition “Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories” — currently on view at the Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania — states something remarkably important to the region. But it isn’t in the words. It is the image on which the text is written: an overhead view of the Abbott Marshlands at the estuary where the Crosswicks Creek meets the Delaware River. The land — part of Trenton, Hamilton, and Bordentown — is the site of what had been one of the largest Eastern settlements of Native American — as well as documentation of human activity there for 13,000 years. It is also roughly in the center of the land called Lenapehoking (Land of the Lenape). They are the indigenous people whose territory included all of what is known today as New Jersey, New York Bay and Hudson Valley, the eastern section of Pennsylvania, and northern sections of Delaware. They are also the people whose culture was disrupted and then suppressed to near the point of extinction by European

colonization, starting in the early 1600s. The exhibition’s reference to “Never Broken” argues that the culture has never disappeared and that the exhibition is a type of reaffirmation. And, indeed, viewers will encounter ancient Lenape designs, European and Colonial depictions of the Lenape people, and new works by contemporary Lenape artists — who combine both Lenape and European and American art traditions. The curators of what is being touted as the first exhibition of its kind are Joe Baker, participating artist and founder of the Lenape Center in Manhattan, and Laura Turner Igoe, the Michener Museum’s chief curator. Three other contemporary artists are participating: Ahchipaptunhe (Delaware Tribe of Indians and Cherokee), Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation and Cherokee), and Nathan Young (Delaware Tribe of Indians, Pawnee, and Kiowa) — Delaware also being the name for the Lenape and their connection to the Delaware River. As the curators note, the artists’ work “underscores the continuing legacy and evolution of Lenape visual expression and cross-cultural exchange, reasserts the agency of their Lenape ancestors,

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WYLIE continued from Page 1 ferred from Nottingham after her family moved from Hamilton to Bordentown. As a freshman with the Northstars, Wylie was a bright spot in a bleak situation. She averaged nine points and 10 rebounds per game while blocking 39 shots. While she got the enjoyment of playing with her older sister, it was not a great situation as Nottingham won just four games. In her first year with Bordentown, Wylie’s scoring dropped off to seven points per game. Her rebounding stats were unavailable but they also fell. “I’m not sure how much time she got at Nottingham, but we were rotating our bigs about every four minutes last year so that may have made a difference,” Lloyd said. “She kind of came out of nowhere and really helped us defensively, blocking shots. Before that I didn’t know much of anything about her until she showed up on our doorstep. The first day she came on the floor was my first introduction to Maddie Wylie.” The newcomer admitted it took time to blend in with new teammates that had played together for years prior to her arrival. But the overall experience was a great improvement. “I just had a lot more fun when I came to Bordentown,” she said. “The people

were better, I played better. The coaching was better. The coaching helped me fix a lot of things. The competition was 100 percent better.” Asked what Lloyd and the staff helped her with, Wiley didn’t leave much to the imagination. “Everything,” she said. “I’m not the best dribbler. I don’t really dribble, I’m under the basket so they can pass to me. I worked on my dribbling. I worked on my shot. He helped me with some moves that no one taught me my freshman year. I just always knew about going to the basket, that’s what I did. But Lloyd helped me do some moves so I could get around my defenders.” Wylie took what she learned and worked on it over the summer. “The number one thing I worked on was just doing moves to get around my defenders,” she said. “I didn’t have that last year. I’d just put it back up and it would get blocked or I didn’t make it because I didn’t have a move to get myself open. I was a one dimensional player.” The one thing that immediately jumped out in a good way to Lloyd, was Wylie’s 5-11 frame. She provides the Scotties with their first true big in a while, and her rebounding and shot blocking made an immediate impact. Now, the coach wants to see more offense.

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“The biggest thing this year is her scoring,” he said. “She didn’t score enough for us last year. I feel like between offensive putbacks and how we run our offense through her, that she should be averaging 14 to 16 this year. Stepping up, that’s the big goal for her this year. “She’s working on her moves, but the majority of her points will come off putbacks and layups. Which, in the girls’ game, if you can do that, you can score points.” While Lloyd is expecting a lot from his post player, he is also looking for help from the senior backcourt tandem of Lauren Scharko and Lillian Nucera, along with a bevy of sophomore guards. “I feel our season will go as Maddie and those sophomore guards go,” the coach said. “I think that initially we’ll have a halfcourt offense. As the sophomore guards progress, they want to push the ball. So if I can bring them along I’d love to play at a faster pace. Maddie can get up and down the floor. She can run, so that’s the goal, to be able to push the ball.” Wylie is certain that she can handle whatever comes along in the offense, but realizes his biggest responsibility will be to get those points underneath. “I feel pretty confident,” she said. “I need to work on finishing and I feel pretty confident with my shot. I’ve been working

on that. I hadn’t been doing it right but I’ve been working on it and feel a lot more comfortable with it. I just need to finish more, get it in the basket, focus on the basket and not who’s guarding me. My job is to make lay-ups.” Wylie has always been tall for her age, although when she started playing athletics softball was her main sport. But after a while “I quit softball because it was too much. I got more interested in basketball.” She did not start until fifth grade with Hamilton PAL, and then joined her middle school team when the Hamilton district began middle school leagues. She has learned a lot from her sister, Kamryn, and is learning even more with the Scotties. With Lloyd asking her to pace the offense, does he want her to be a team leader as well? “I never like to press that on a kid and say ‘I’m looking for leadership,’” he said. “I think that needs to be organic. I would love for her to take that role. We’ll see how that progresses. I have a couple seniors coming back and sometimes when you’re that junior with those seniors in front of you it’s tough. But we’ll see how it happens.” Whether she takes on a leadership role or not, Wylie will be a leading player in any success Bordentown enjoys. CARPET

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Here in Burlington County, we have an illustrious history. But it is undoubtedly our Revolutionary War history that sets us apart from other places. The people of Burlington County have always sent men and material off to war. But the American Revolution actually happened right here. While many of the stories have been largely ignored, there can be no doubt that what happened here during the revolution was consequential. If New Jersey is the crossroads of the American Revolution, then Northern Burlington County is truly at the intersection of that crossroads. In December 1776, the American army suffered a series of defeats in New York. Washington’s decimated army marched across New Jersey, and crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania, leaving the country open to pillage and plunder. The British army was content to go

into winter quarters and wait until spring before moving on to capture the rebel capital of Philadelphia. But that meant the British army would be occupying northern Burlington County, not simply ravaging the countryside before moving on. If the British were going to stay, they had to find a way to sustain themselves in a hostile country. Gen. William Howe was in charge of the army, and had some interesting thoughts on the disposition of his troops in New Jersey. In December he wrote back to London: “… the chain I own is rather too extensive, but trusting to the general submission of the country to the southward of this chain, and to the strength of the corps placed in the advanced posts, I conclude the troops will be in perfect security.” The general submission of the country to the south he was referring to was Burlington County. The reason he deemed the country submissive is because of the large Quaker population of Burlington County. While some Quakers took up arms against the British, many did not, and that is what

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Gen. William Howe. (Engraving by Henry Bryan Hall.) Gen. Howe was counting on. The second part of his quote is maybe more telling than the first part. The corps placed in the advanced posts were the dreaded Hessians. The Hessians were professional soldiers from Germany who were grizzled veterans of European conflicts. Along with them was the 42nd Scottish Regiment of Foot. They were commanded by Count Colonel Carl von Donop. Col. von Donop was a nobleman from Hesse-Cassel in central Germany. Before German unification in 1871, Germany was made up of individual kingdoms, and Hesse-Cassel was one of them. Col. von Donop was in over all command of the Hessian troops in the forward positions. On Dec. 14, he left Colonel Johaan Rall in charge of Trenton and moved his headquarters to Bordentown, where he hoped to find lodging for his army. Trenton was large enough for the 1,400 men under Rall, but Bordentown was not large enough for the 2,000 men under Donop. So, Donop’s men moved into the countryside and quartered themselves on the poor farms of Burlington County. In a letter to Col. von Donop from Gen. Howe, dated Dec. 13, Donop is ordered to take a census of all the farmers in the region. Gen. Howe states in his letter: “Any quantity of Salt provision or flour, exceeding what may be thought necessary for the use of a private family is to be considered as a Rebel Store, be seized for the Crown and issued to the Troops as a saving to the public.” Many people ask, where exactly were the Hessians in December 1776. The simple answer is: everywhere. A spy reporting to Col. Reed in Bristol states:

Col. Carl von Donop. (Painting by unknown artist.) “In Burlington County he found them scattered thro all the Farmers Houses, 8, 10, 12 & 15 in a House & rambling over the whole Country.” So, it would seem there were so many Hessians, in so many places, that it was truly an occupation of American farms and villages by a foreign army. Col. von Donop gives us an idea of what the conditions were like for his men in those cold days of December. He states in a letter to Gen. Grant: “As the houses here are built very poorly and as the greater part of the inhabitants have carried away their beds it will be necessary for the men to lie on straw beds upon the ground, otherwise they will perish with the cold.” The ensuing weeks would see a reversal of fortunes for both armies. After the battles of Petticoat Bridge and Iron Works Hill, the Hessians eventually evacuated northern Burlington County. However, the material remains generated by an occupying army are still out there. Many artifacts from that desperate time in history have been found, but much still remains. So, the next time you are doing work around the house or planting a backyard garden, keep an eye out for those historic treasures that make Burlington County a special place to live. Eric Orange is a historian for Burlington County Parks.

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