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Fuzy the new mayor as Benowitz resigns from township committee By JOe eMAnsKi Eugene Fuzy, who served as deputy mayor in Bordentown Township last year, was sworn in as mayor on Jan. 6, making Fuzy the first person other than Steve Benowitz to serve in that role since 2017. Committee member Aneka Miller was sworn in as deputy mayor at the committee’s annual reorganization meeting. Miller and committee member Bill Grayson also began three-year terms on the committee last month. Sen. Troy Singleton and Assemblyman Herb Conaway were on hand to administer the oaths of office. Fuzy and Miller stepped up as Benowitz stepped away from the township committee, citing health concerns. Kelly Lozito, a former member of the township’s planning board and environmental commission, was sworn in to take Benowitz’ place at the Jan. 22 committee meeting. Lozito was one of three candidates provided by the Bordentown Township Democratic Committee to succeed Benowitz. The others were Sonya Lopez and Roger Schneider. Lozito is expected to fill the
seat through the end of 2024. The seat will be up for a full three-year term in November’s elections. Fuzy has spent seven years on the committee, five years of which he served as deputy mayor to Benowitz, who was mayor the entire time. Fuzy told the Current that he had been serving on the environmental commission when Benowitz recruited him to run for a seat on the committee. “Steve is going to be missed, that is for sure,” Fuzy said. “Steve always had the township and its residents in the front of his mind all the time.” Fuzy also paid tribute to Benowitz in his Jan. 6 remarks. “Steve Benowitz left some big shoes to fill and will be missed. I wish him a speedy recovery. He was very big on two sentiments about us as local officials and the public. He would say we are the bridges to government, and we need to give transparency. I believe in both.” Benowitz, 78, is a retired school administrator who has lived in Bordentown since 1969. Benowitz served as a member of the township committee from 1979 to 1981 and from 2013 to see MAYOR, Page 4
Customers try out the pour-it-yourself beer taps at Bordentown Square Tap and Grill, which opened in December at the corner of Crosswicks Street and Farnsworth Avenue. (Facebook photo.)
Bordentown Square looks to tap into a cool new vibe By JOe eMAnsKi The owners of Bordentown City’s newest restaurant have clearly been taking notes on the latest and coolest trends in food and hospitality. Bordentown Square Tap and Grill, at the corner of Crosswicks Street and Farnsworth Avenue, has got it all: open spaces, brick walls, cement floors, exposed
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beams and ductwork, tin ceilings, Shaker-style furniture and a pendant-light-lit bar. The eclectic menu seamlessly blends high- and low-concept, American and international styles, comfort food and cheffed-up classics. And that’s before we even get to the wall of self-service craft beer taps. But at a restaurant that has oozed with cool since opening in late December, none of
those things is the coolest thing about B Square, as it has quickly become known. The coolest move owners Chad Whyte, Sam Jobanputra and Dan Byard have made so far was hiring two popular former B-town restaurateurs to be their co-general managers on launch. They would be Gian Belardo, formerly of The Vault Pizzeria, see sQuARe, Page 6
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