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Crosland looks to lead Pirates boys’ hoops to winning record BY JUSTIN FEIL

Quintis Crosland loves trying new tricks on his BMX bike. He’s mastered a 720 — two complete revolutions in the air — after hours of daily practice in the summer at West Windsor Community Park, where he also

skateboards. He’s also flying high in his final season on the High School South boys basketball team, a unique pairing of athletic interests. “It’s always weird when people open my trunk and see a skateboard and a basketball back there, and they’re like, ‘Those

don’t even go together,’” Crosland said. “It’s fun. It helps me take my mind off basketball and stress.” Crosland has found BMX and skateboarding a good getaway over the last five years, but puts his extreme sports on hold in the See CROSLAND, Page 6

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Dramatic changes in our built environment, like the construction of the new West Windsor Transit Village, can be potentially dangerous to vulnerable artistic work on the property. Two years ago, Plainsboro social worker Yvonne De Carolis noticed a chain link fence going up around three familiar sculptures that had stood for years in front of the Constitution Bank and Rush Holt’s former office on Washington Road. For her, this was a sign of their potential vulnerability, and she took action. Her first step was to contact the tax office to get the name and address of the property’s owner. With the business’s name in hand, she drove to a substantial building on Alexander Road, but alas she did not see the name on the directory, and the security guard was unable to identify the business. In the nick of time, Steve Goldin stepped out of the elevator, looked at the name, and said, “Yes, that’s my company, and I just sold the property to

Avalon Bay. If I had met you a week ago, I would have given you those sculptures.” Goldin called Avalon Bay for her, and De Carolis got a call from their representative the next day asking if she was “the sculpture lady”? When De Carolis identified herself as “the woman who would like to rescue these sculptures if they are going to be demolished,” he told her that his company had contacted the West Windsor Arts Council, which had rejected the sculptures for want of a place to install them. Then he said to De Carolis: “If you can remove these by end of the week, they are yours.” The Avalon Bay representative later got back to her with the name of the sculptor, Ellen Rebarber of Highland Park, who was happy that her work had found a good home. When De Carolis gave Rebarber a call to thank her and let her know her intentions for restoring the sculptures, “She was over the moon happy that I was rescuing these things,” recalls De Carolis. “She is an absolutely amazSee SCULPTURES, Page 4

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RWJUH Hamilton February Healthy Living / Community Education Programs Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study, KIDS IN THE KITCHEN - LOVE YOUR HEART FROM THE START whose findings represent a paradigm

emotional eating. We offer a safe space to connect with others who are going through similar experiences.

Healthy eating starts early! Empower kids with culinary skills and nutrition knowledge to become their healthiest selves! For children 5 years and older. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Taryn Krietzman, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. Fee: $5 per person

DINNER WITH A DOCTOR: DISPARITIES IN WOMEN’S HEART HEALTH

Thursday, Feb. 1; 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

SWEET SUCCESS SOCIETY: A DIABETES GROUP Monday, Feb. 5; 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12; 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 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.

WHAT’S IN THE BOX?

Tuesday, Feb. 6; 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

All things seasonal, all the time! Learn what wonderful fruits and vegetables are up to this time of year and how to make them shine! You can attend the in-person program at the center or watch from the comfort of your own home.

“RESILIENCE: THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS AND THE SCIENCE OF HOPE” FILM SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION Tuesday, Feb. 6; 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

How do early childhood experiences affect one’s health decades later? Join us for a screening and discussion of this documentary on the Adverse

shift in human understanding of the origins of physical, social, mental, and societal health and well-being. This ongoing series acknowledges our shared experiences during the pandemic and begins to rebuild connection with an emphasis on what heals. Panelists Dara Whalen, NP; Tracey Post, LCSW

BOOK ART: DISCOVERING THE INTERNAL LIGHT Tuesday, Feb. 6; 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Make a beautiful piece of art from a recycled book. Explore how we contend with the seasonal darkness of winter, developing our own internal light using inspirational poems and meaningful discussion of darkness transitioning to light. Rochelle Stern, The Expressive Librarian. Fee: $15, materials included.

Monday, Feb. 12; 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Introducing our “Monthly Health Focus” open to all and dedicated to helping you prevent and identify illness early, know your treatment options, and live your best life with the knowledge to do so. RWJ Barnabas Health believes we are Better Together and this month join Connie Moceri, MSN, RN, A-GNP-C, Director of Disease Management and Stroke Coordinator, RWJUH Hamilton, this informational session about heart disease.

WHAT’S EATING YOU?

Monday, Feb. 12; 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Support group for people experiencing

Friday, Feb. 16; 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

When in doubt, dance it out! Find your rhythm and ease the everyday stresses of life with movement. All ages welcome, no experience required.

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Over 60 million women in the US are living with some form of heart disease. Women and their symptoms are often undertreated when compared to men. Marie Bernardo, MD, FACC, RWJUH Hamilton, member of Hamilton Cardiology Associates, will teach you the facts, so you can help take steps to protect your health and seek proper treatment if you need it. Dinner provided.

Monday, Feb. 19; 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

BRAIN HEALTH-LEARN PROVEN WAYS TO KEEP YOUR BRAIN YOUNG

This natural phase in a woman’s life brings about significant physical and mental changes along with health risks such as heart disease, urinary tract infections and osteoporosis. We will discuss the role hormones play in our bodies as well as mindset and habit changes that need to be embraced for a smoother transition. Kathleen McDermott, MSN, RN Certified Menopause Wellness Coach.

Wednesday, Feb. 14; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. HEART MATTERS-PRIORITIZE With so much information out today on YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH brain health what methods really work? Wednesday, Feb. 7; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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Join Dr. Lorraine Sgarlato, Au.D. RWJUH Hamilton Balance & Hearing Center, to learn more about how to keep your brain young and turn back the clock on your aging brain.

SACRED BREATHWORK

Thursday, Feb. 15; 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Join Kim Huston, Reiki Master and Certified Breathwork facilitator is passionate about sharing this modality with anyone looking for true healing. Sacred Breathwork can help release negative patterns and fears that keep us stuck. Bring a yoga mat and blanket, Chairs will be available. Fee: $15

Do you have a question about diet and nutrition? Join a community Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for a 30-minute,1 on 1 Q&A session. Taryn Krietzman, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. Must preregister to schedule an appointment time.

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your restless mind and help your entire body to relax. Come experience what all the buzz is about. Beginners welcome. Patti McDougall, BSN, Integrative Therapies Nurse.

HEART & SOUL: SLIDE INTO BETTER HEALTH Thursday, Feb. 22; 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Join us for group Line Dancing, Live DJ, Zumba, Refreshments, Health Screenings, Ask-A-Cardiologist, Heart Health Resources. $5 per person (collected at the door)

SAMBA: DANCE & DRUM FUSION Tuesday, Feb. 27; 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

SAMBA dance fuses upbeat drumming with dance and concludes with their signature smoothie SAMBUCHA, leaving participants refreshed and rejuvenated after a hard workout. Brought to you by Avalon Rehab.

Monday, Feb. 19; 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

DON’T LET SHOULDER PAIN SLOW YOU DOWN Thursday, Feb. 29; 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

PREDIABETES CONNECT GROUP Tuesday, Feb. 20; 12:00 p.m. – 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.

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION FOR BEGINNERS

Wednesday, Feb. 21; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Meditation has been shown to quiet

Shoulder pain can affect up to 70% of people. Let Michael Duch, MD, RWJUH Hamilton, The Orthopedic & Spine Institute, guide you through the diagnosis and treatment of the different types of shoulder ailments. Dinner included. *All programs require registration and are held at the RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd., Hamilton, NJ, unless otherwise noted.

Better Health Programs/Complimentary Membership at 65+ Years Old TAI CHI CLASSES Thursday, Feb. 1, 15, & 29; 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

YOGA CLASSES

Tuesday, Feb. 6 & 20, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

MEDITATION CLASSES Tuesday; Feb. 6 & 20; 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

NEW - CHAIR YOGA Tuesday, Feb. 6 & 20; 12:00 p.m. -12:45 p.m.

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Krystal Loughlin, certified RYT, is introducing Chair Yoga to our Better Health Program. Using a chair for seated poses and also for balancing poses, this class is perfect for those who haven’t moved their bodies for a while, recovering from an injury or have mobility/balancing difficulties. A great place to start practicing yoga to help boost your flexibility, find inner peace, unwind and stretch. Many options are given to customize the practice for YOU!

A SENIOR SOCIAL GROUP

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 14, 21, & 28; 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Join our ongoing program and gather in a collaborative setting to exchange thoughts, feelings and experiences amongst peers. This is a safe-zone designed to be welcoming and understanding of all attendees while exploring this season of our lives. Please feel free to attend one or all.

YOUR HEART, BUILDING THIS MUSCLE ONE PUMP AT A TIME Tuesday, Feb. 13, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The heart is the most incredible muscle in the body, beating about 100,000 times to send 3,600 gallons of blood through 75,000 miles of blood vessels each day. Anthony Notaroberto, Personal Training Manager, RWJ Fitness & Wellness, will discuss how to improve cardio vascular function by building this important muscle.

D.A.S.H. TOWARD BETTER HEALTH

Thursday, Feb.29; 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 21; 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Delicious foods can also be nutritious! Join us this American Heart Month as we discuss Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (the D.A.S.H. diet) and learn how better food choices can encourage heart health. Enjoy a live cooking demo of a D.A.S.H. friendly dish by Taryn Krietzman, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

GROUNDS FOR SCULPTUREBEYOND THE LIMITS WORKSHOP

Wednesday, Feb. 28; 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.** **This date exclusive to 1st time participants. If you have never attended a Better Health program, the museum, sculpture garden and arboretum, is a perfect opportunity. and

If you have never attended a Better Health – program, this museum, sculpture garden and arboretum, is a perfect opportunity. When faced with finding tough solutions, we are often told to “think outside the box.” What if all you have to work with is what’s inside the box? Sharp thinking and breakthrough ideas are honed in this studio workshop. Teams collaborate on a themed sculpture using limited time, materials, and resources in a way that empowers innovation. Location: Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, NJ 08619

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SCULPTURES continued from Page 1 ing artist and the most warm, joyful, welcoming person. I adore being with her.” Needing a truck to move the sculptures, and fast, De Carolis called her beekeeper, Curtis Crowell, of Bountiful Bees of Broad Street, and together they accomplished the task under the deadline. De Carolis then set out to restore the three sculptures to Rebarber’s “original image.” It took her two months to repaint the badly rusted red sculpture, but she knew that she would need help with one of the sculptures, which had been seriously damaged in a car accident. She found Mike Benevenia, not only a sculptor but also a certified welder, via a query she had made at an Artworks event in Trenton. On warmish December day, De Carolis, Rebarber, and Benevenia met in front of De Carolis’s garage at 73 Grovers Mill Road and collaborated to breathe new life into the damaged piece. Its main ladderlike structure, sliced in two by the colliding car, had already been repaired, but a pile of smaller, some twisted, pieces remained to be reconnected; however, even with the help of two photographs “it was hard to figure out what went where,” Benevenia says. It was the first time that De Carolis, Rebarber, and Benevenia had all worked together, but they did so in an aesthetic

Sculptor and welder Mike Benevenia (left), Yvonne De Carolis and sculptor Ellen Rebarber work to reconstruct Rebarber’s 2005 work ‘Reaching Movement’ in front of De Carolis’ garage. synchronization, birthing a new sculpture, slightly different from the original. “We worked in such unison with each other,” De Carolis says. “When we knew we couldn’t totally get it to where it was, we were able to brainstorm together so quickly and fluidly that I could see the process of creativity.” Rebarber’s presence that afternoon

was important. “It was great to have her there — not to get it exactly like it was but to have her reconfigure her original idea,” Benevenia says. “When just Yvonne and I were trying to do it, we were both unsure where the boundary was, where we were doing too much of our own ideas. It was good to have the artist there to have the last say.”

For De Carolis the redemption of these artistic pieces meshes with the holistic vision through which she views her property ownership, her life, and her therapy work. For example, as she sees it, her land along the Millstone River is not hers, but a place of beauty that she hopes to leave to the public when she is gone, and she is working with Linda Meade of D&R Greenway on how to do that. For her, these acres, whose natural beauty she is always enhancing with artistic touches, demand that she respect their history and earlier inhabitants. “When I bought this house, I never felt like I owned it,” she says. “I felt like I was here for a reason. I’m not here to own this, but I’m here to do something; I wanted to preserve it.” When the overgrown woods at the back of her land prevented her from exploring the entire property, she cleared paths through the woods that are lined with layers of intertwined fallen branches. She decorates them with cairns of beautiful stones from the property and items that give meaning to different areas. Blue wind chimes pay homage to her dad, a jazz musician, who formed “The Indigos” jazz band at East Brunswick High School. “The trails are my art,” De Carolis says. “I tune myself with the trees, where they would like to take me. I don’t knock any-

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thing down, but I may remove anything invasive. I want to showcase the trees.” The trails, she adds, “became a mission to share it with people, not just me.” Not only does De Carolis’s vision for the land encompass future visitors to her property, but also demands that she engage with its human history, revealed to her by artifacts like farm machinery, stones, building foundations, and grapevines—as well as by some more unexpected signs of human habitation. She learned from a former occupant of her property that part of her current house was once a speakeasy, moved from its original setting near the Millstone River. De Carolis herself discovered a historic grave and later found a possible connection between that and the speakeasy. Noticing something white with an interesting shape near her garage, she investigated and found the fallen headstone of “Little Anna, daughter of Richard and Lucretia Crater, died Sep. 7, 1856, aged 1 year and 1 mos.” Later she learned that Little Anna’s father was a keeper of Jack, an alcoholic beverage — and she wondered whether that might in some way have connected to the speakeasy. Curious about possible Native American use of the land, De Carolis invited archeologist Michael Stewart, emeritus professor at Temple University, about a decade ago to bring his students to dig on the property. Although he was unable to make definitive claims about who had lived there, his team did find flakes of materials from the production and maintenance of stone tools as well as a fragment of a soapstone bowl, suggesting nomadic hunter gatherers in prehistoric times. De Carolis was born at Princeton Hospital, spent her earlier childhood in Hopewell, and then moved to East Brunswick, where she attended middle and high school. Her father, a Buffalo native, formed his own big band orchestra at age 13 and had planned a career as a musician. After losing his leg at age 18 during World War II, he switched to music therapy and music education. Her mother’s creativity leaned more toward designing inside spaces and creating affordable, yet smart outfits for her customers at Loehmann’s department store. The arts have always played a role in De Carolis’s life, starting as a youngster with needlepoint and drawing, then crafts, and finally to sculpture, which she pursued at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. But, she says, “I realized that as much as I loved the arts, I knew arts weren’t going to sustain me financially.” She decided on social work, inspired by two volunteer gigs, one doing art ther-

apy with Vietnam veterans and another working with coal-mining families. In her junior year she transferred to Newark State, now Kean University, where she did a double major in social work and fine arts and a minor in English, and she got teaching certification for both English and art education. After graduating, she spent nearly a decade doing counseling in private centers, eventually earning a master’s in social work in a one-year advanced standing program at Rutgers University. Subsequently, De Carolis held a variety of positions, as director of residence life at Westminster Choir College, as a psychotherapist for a family counseling service, and as a school counselor at Princeton Day School. But her work at Trenton High School — from 1992 to 1996 under a state grant to the Institute for the Family to provide family counseling to students and their families — stands out as reflecting the intertwining of values so important in her personal and work life. She brought to her student clients an approach she had developed with her therapy clients. “I consider what I do feng shui of the mind,” she explains, meaning that she works with her clients to create calm, support, and peace in their lives. She would encourage her students to pursue whatever they liked to do, often music, art, or poetry. “They wrote poems and stories, created drawings, and I was overwhelmed by the talent that was there that they didn’t even realize,” she says. “I helped them nurture that talent to give them pride and self-confidence to help them work on other issues in their lives.” ”My passion is for bringing beauty into the world and beauty into the lives of each individual, and for them to see in themselves the beauty that I see in them,” DeCarolis says. Today she has a private practice doing individual, couples, and family therapy. Ellen Rebarber grew up on a chicken farm in Piscataway. Her earliest efforts in sculpture were at age 5 or 6 when she used clay she dug out from the Raritan River’s banks to make little pots for her dog and cat. But art classes did not come until much later. After graduating from New Brunswick High School and, in 1953, Newark State Teachers College, she taught elementary school for three years in Highland Park, New Jersey, raised her kids, and then taught again for 32 more years. Her first art classes came about via a suggestion from her mother. One day her mom rang her doorbell and found a weeping daughter, completely frustrated by staying home with her sick children in the middle of winter. Her mother insisted that she sign up for a weekly class and offered to babysit for her grandchildren.

For a decade Rebarber studied at the Y in Highland Park with American painter and sculptor George Segal. “He taught me how to see,” she recalls. After she retired in 1998, Rebarber knew that she wanted to learn to make three-dimensional large sculpture. First, she audited a class at Middlesex County Community College, but after two years topped out and moved on to the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers. Rudolph Serra, her first teacher, taught her to use both wood and metal; the students would first create small models and he would push them to make the final version “really big.” And indeed that’s what Rebarber did: “I remember being on a 15-foot ladder, welding. That was the best time of my life.” It was in Serra’s class that she created the three sculptures that De Carolis saved; they were initially displayed in her front yard in Highland Park. One day the developer of a property in Princeton Junction rang her doorbell and said to her, “I like your sculptures — did your husband make them?” When she said they were hers, he asked how much she would sell them for. She consulted with Serra, who suggested a substantial price, and ended up quite satisfied to get nearly 90 percent of her asking price. Benevenia, a sculptor and certified

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work if I leak out for a layup, as compared to last year.” Crosland has faced a variety of increased attention from opposing teams as the top returner for WW-P South. Rival teams have used their top defenders on him, doubled him, or tried to faceguard him at times. WW-P North sent two and three guys his way when he tried to dribble in their second meeting of the year. That strategy limited Crosland to eight points, but he still ended up with five assists to go with a staggering 20 rebounds as the Pirates avenged an earlier loss to their district rival with a 58-48 win Jan. 3. “It felt weird at a high school level,” Crosland said. “Over the summer, I played on a bunch of different teams for AAU, and I experienced that already, being one of the main scorers and having to deal with a lot of the defensive pressure. I feel like it prepared me for what the season would be like.” Teams that haven’t given Crosland enough attention have paid as well. He has posted some monster double-doubles He had 25 points and 13 rebounds along with five blocks in a 70-65 win over Spotswood. He had another 17 points and 12 rebounds and five blocks in a 72-49 whitewashing of Steinert the next game. Then came his versatile game against WW-P North. What followed that was a 26-point, 24-rebound, seven-assist, six-steal masterpiece in a 66-60 win over Hightstown. Since the start of the season, Crosland has led a Pirates team that has grown every week. After losing their first four games, they won five of their next six behind his strong efforts. “It’s started pretty good,” Crosland said. “As a team, we didn’t start off the way we would have liked to, but we did come back

with four in a row, so that was pretty nice. I think I’m doing good, but I need to be more efficient every game. At this point, sometimes I’ll get in foul trouble too early or I won’t be mentally locked in.” Crosland has had to adjust to the change from a year ago when he was able to settle into a role surrounded by veteran players. He expected a difference from last season, and tried to prepare himself for the new feel of this year. “It’s a change in the environment,” Crosland said. “It feels different. The energy, a lot of people last year were all leaders and standing up, and this year I have to take on that role and make sure my energy is always up because they’re looking to me to set the example. Also, in games sometimes too, I have to understand they’re not used to things. I have to work with that too and make sure I do a little more than last year in games.” Crosland has learned to handle the greater pressures of being the top returning player and a leader this year. He has been challenged most in the team’s toughest moments, like its slow start and when it came up against bigger, more experienced squads. He tries to deal with the pressures of his increased role the same each game. “Whether we’re winning or losing, making sure I stay locked in and positive,” Crosland said. “They look at me for the energy or look at me when something happens to see how I react, and that influences a lot of what we do as a team. How I’m dealing with the pressure is just being optimistic no matter what.” The Pirates have been developing together. They overcame their slow start to put together a solid winning stretch, and that included a significant win over WW-P North after they lost the teams’ first meeting.

“It was kind of figuring out how we’re going to play to win games, putting all the different pieces, the new pieces together,” Gero said. “They played together in the summer, they played together in the fall, which helps, but there’s nothing to really test them like a full varsity schedule other than playing together. We needed to find our identity a little bit.” “It took us to win our first game to finally get that energy,” Crosland added. “Once we tapped into it and saw we could win a game and when everything comes together how good we could be, since then it hasn’t dropped off. “Maybe our last two games we slipped up due to injuries and stuff, but I feel like now we understand what we can do and everyone is coming together and stepping up to their roles.” Winning two out of three games in their Holiday Classic tournament and then putting together a pair of CVC wins helped. Crosland started to notice a change in the way that the Pirates were approaching games and playing, and he’s seen teammates absorb his advice and pointers. “The biggest two things were, one, we were trusting each other,” Crosland said. “In the beginning of the season there wasn’t that much team chemistry and there wasn’t a lot of ball movement to try to get people open shots. Once we started playing with each other more and understanding the roles, it got a lot better. Also playing without fear, that helped out. Before, some of our guys would be intimidated against some of the returning starters from other teams that were bigger and maybe stronger. I think that’s dropped off completely and we understand we can play with anybody in the league.” Crosland has been crucial to the inexperienced Pirates. He prepared for his larger role this season by playing on YOUR HOMETOWN AGENT YOUR HOMETOWN HOMETOWN AGENT AGENT two AAU teams over the summer. This YOUR YOUR HOMETOWN AGENT summer may still have some basketball YOUR YOUR HOMETOWN HOMETOWN AGENT AGENT preparation in it if he plays beyond WW-P South. He is open to playing basketball in college, though that would prove difficult at one of his top choices to study computer science — University of North Carolina. Insurance Counselor Insurance Counselor Crosland is sure that he’ll continue flying Insurance Counselor Counselor Insurance Insurance Counselor high whether it’s on a BMX bike, skateInsurance Counselor Insurance Insurance Counselor Insurance Counselor Counselor board, or on the basketball court like he has in his final season with the Pirates. “We only have four seniors this year, Q being the only one that starts,” Gero said. 1260 Route 33 South 1260 Route 33 South 1260 Route 33 South 1260 Route 33 South 1260 Route 33 South “He’s put in the spot where he’s trying to Hamilton, NJ 08690 Hamilton, NJ 08690 1260 Route 33 South Hamilton, NJ 08690 1260 Route 33 South 1260 Route 33 South 1260 Route 33 South carry over from last year, obviously have Hamilton, NJ Hamilton, NJ 08690 Ph: (609) 631-4286 Ph: (609) 631-4286 Hamilton, NJ08690 08690 Ph: (609) 631-4286 Hamilton, NJ 08690 Hamilton, NJ 08690 as much success as he can this year in Hamilton, NJ 08690 Ph: (609) 631-4286 (609) 337-2366 Ph:Cell: (609) 631-4286 Cell: (609) 337-2366 Ph: (609) 631-4286 Cell: (609) 337-2366 Ph: (609) 631-4286 his senior year, but he’s also really setting Ph: (609) 631-4286 Ph: (609) 631-4286 Cell: (609) 337-2366 Cell: (609) 337-2366 Cell: (609)337-2366 337-2366 Cell: (609) up the rest of our guys for next year and jwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com Cell: (609) 337-2366 Cell: (609) 337-2366 jwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com jwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com beyond. We start three juniors and a sophjwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com jwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com jwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com jwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ omore alongside of him. Really he’s done jwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ jwoloszyn@aaamidatlantic.com http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ Agent/jenniferwoloszyn http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ everything that I could of dreamed of and Agent/jenniferwoloszyn Agent/jenniferwoloszyn http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ Agent/jenniferwoloszyn http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ then some. He’s just been unbelievable.” http://midatlantic.aaa.com/ Agent/jenniferwoloszyn Agent/jenniferwoloszyn

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New Jersey Wine and Chocolate Trail Weekends The Garden State Wine Growers Association, a New Jersey-based coalition of over sixty wineries and vineyards, kicks off its two consecutive “Wine and Chocolate Trail Weekends” from February 9 to 11 and February 16 to 18 as a curated celebration for the tastebuds.

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“Wine & Chocolate Wine Trail Weekend,” Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winer y, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton. February 10, 11, 17, and 18, noon to 5 p.m. Free. (609) 924-2310 or terhuneorchards. com/winery. A special pairing includes a wine flight with selections from Terhune’s 18 total varieties, “single-origin artisan chocolates” from Pierre’s Chocolates in New Hope, and a souvenir Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery glass. Other chocolate baked goods will be available from Terhune’s onsite bakery. Outside fire pit, “cozy wine barn,” and live music from 1 to 4 p.m. “Wine and Chocolate Weekend,” Laurita Winer y, 85 Archertown Road, New Egypt. February 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, and 18, noon to 5 p.m. (609) 752-0200 or lauritawinery.com. Free admission. Tastings, chocolate vendors, and live music. “Wine and Bundt Cake Flight Night,” February 8, 7 to 9 p.m. The $35 per person fee includes a flight of four wines, either dry or sweet, paired with four “bundtini” handcrafted cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes in Princeton in chocolate chocolate chip, white chocolate raspberry, red velvet, and lemon. Register online.

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“Nature’s Duet,” Tulpehaking Nature Center Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton

Pictured are Beard’s “Serenity” (2023), upper left, and “Fragile Balance 1” (2019), lower right, as well as Johnson’s “Rain” (2023), upper right, and “Forest” (2023), lower left, all courtesy of the artists.

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Ewing artist Laura Beard and Princeton’s Abigail Johnson are showing their work in the Friends for the Abbott Marshlands’ first exhibition of 2024 at the Tulpehaking Nature Center in Hamilton, “Nature’s Duet,” on view through February 28, with an opening reception on Sunday, February 4, from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Her work has been previously shown at the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, the West Windsor Arts Council, the Arts Council of Princeton, Artworks Trenton, and more. Beard is a portrait artist specializing in photorealistic paintings of animals and nature. Beard, who has exhibited before at both the Arts Council of Princeton and Artworks Trenton, is also a member of the New Jersey Watercolor Society and the Garden State Watercolor Society. For more, see her website at laurabeardart. com. Last year, both exhibiting artists—Johnson for digital art and Beard for watercolor—won awards in the Ellarslie Open 40. All pieces on display are available for purchase at the closure of the exhibit, with a portion of the profits benefiting the Tulpehaking Nature Center and the FFAM. Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton. On view through February 28. Open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. 609-888-3218 or www.abbottmarshlands. org.

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“Reciting Women: Alia Bensliman & Khalilah Sabree,” Art@Bainbridge Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, Princeton “Reciting Women,” an exhibit featuring Alia Bensliman and Khalilah Sabree, opened at Princeton University’s Art@ Bainbridge gallery in late January and remains on view through March 31. A reception is set for Saturday, February 3 at 2 p.m., followed by a conversation with the artists on Thursday, February 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the Friend Center on Princeton campus. As stated in the online museum materials, the two artists “deliberately disrupt conventional divides between tradition and modernity and the sacred and the secular. As Muslim-American artists and educators deeply rooted in the Trenton community, their imagery grapples with human rights struggles and the challenges of cultural belonging.” “Bensliman’s images of Amazigh women focus on the Indigenous population of North Africa in richly patterned watercol-

Alia Bensliman and Khalilah Sabree share the “Reciting Women” exhibit at Princeton University’s Art@Bainbridge, on view through March 31 and with an opening reception on Saturday, February 3, at 2 p.m. and a subsequent conversation with the artists on Thursday, February 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the on-campus Friend Center at the intersection of William and Olden streets. Bensliman’s “Me, Myself, and I: Unfinished Conversation” (2023), left, and Sabree’s “Broken Promise” (2016–2017), right. Images courtesy of the artists.

ors informed by local artistic motifs, with her own triple portrait as an introspective counterpoint. Sabree’s painting suite turns a photograph taken during Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, into a medi-

tation on loss and the devastations of war. Seen together, the artists’ works testify to seemingly incompatible commitments: preserving cultural traditions that are under threat while forging visual vocabularies

that resonate with their own unfolding identities.” Bensliman’s “Me, Myself, and I: Unfinished Conversation” (2023) is a combination of watercolor, ink markers, charcoal, and colored pencil on archival paper. Sabree’s “Broken Promise” (2016–2017) is a graphite, oil paint stick, acrylic, acrylic printing ink, paper, oil paint, and photography piece on masonite from her ‘Destruction of a Culture’ series.

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From FEBRUARY, Page 6 According to Bensliman’s website, aliabenslimanart.com, the Robbinsville-based artist grew up in Tunisia, North Africa, which she called a place “at a crossroad of eastern and ancient art and cultures on one hand and western more contemporary art on the other. As a result, her work merges “east and west with a penchant for North African and Berber art.” On Sabree’s website, khalilahsabree.com, she describes her work as “about spiritual transformation and world issues,” yet “with a contemporary Islamic flavor,” drawing from her experiences as a Black Muslim woman. Both are arts educators, too, with Bensliman currently teaching at Artworks Trenton and the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, while Sabree is a former Lawrence Township teacher who also has a private studio at Artworks Trenton.

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a sense of community and fond memories of a time gone by,” Williams said in a quote from the exhibit page on the Artworks website, artworkstrenton.org/events/ freda-williams-a-retrospective. Her work, the materials continue, “depicts scenes of historical events, African American roots, beautiful landscapes, and vivid, abstract images that reflect both past and current periods and settings.” Other themes and motifs, according to the Artworks page, include “florals, political, African American history, Trenton historical sites, southern themes, landscapes, and cityscapes,” including her “To the Left” series. The majority of William’s collection is acrylic, but her favorite medium is oil, and she has experimented with both watercolor and mixed media. Williams’ winning painting in the 2021 Mercer County Senior Art Show, “Original People,” was awarded third place in the state competition, the New Jersey Senior Citizen Art Show. She formerly served on the Ewing Township Arts Commission, an appointed municipal body and nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the local creative community. Williams has also exhibited at the Lawrenceville and Ewing Public Libraries, West Windsor Arts, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, and more. For more on Williams, see her website at fredasartgallery.com. Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton. On view through March 16, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Opening reception Friday, February 2, 6 to 8 p.m. Free. artworkstrenton.org. ***

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McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center presents a variety of programming this month, including the following performances: “The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine,” Matthews Theater. Sunday, February 11, at 1 p.m. Tickets range from $60 to $90. Conductor Volodymyr Sirenko and soloist Volodymyr Vynnytsky on piano. The program includes “Berezovsky, The 1st Ukrainian Symphony,” in C major; “SaintSaens, Piano Concerto No. 2”; an intermission; and “Dvorak, Symphony No. 8.” Keep the music going with a post-concert conversation onstage, “Artists in Wartime,” featuring NSOU managing director Alexander Hornostai and Princeton University visiting research scholar of history Iuliia Skubytska. “Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic,” Matthews Theater. Thursday, February 8, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $25 to $65. Tap dancer, choregrapher, and dance educator Ayodele Casel developed “Chasing Magic” during the pandemic as “a celebratory display of artistic encounters and how, after a lost year, they remain right where you left them,” according to the McCarter Theater page for the event. Directed by Tor ya Beard, the show features special guest performances by seven-time Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Arturo O’Farrill, pianist Anibal César Cruz, vocalist Cr ystal Monee Hall, percussionist Keisel Jimenez, and tap artists Jared Alexander, Amanda Castro, Naomi Funaki, Quynn Johnson, Sean

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West Windsor Council slates thank voters Members of the two slates that ran for West Windsor Township Council in November have released statements they wish to be run in the News. Two incumbents and one challenger won election to three seats open seats on West Windsor Council on Nov. 7. Andrea Sue Mandel and Sonia Gawas won election to their second four-year terms and Daniel Weiss won election to his first term. Gawas, Mandel and former Councilman Michael Stevens all ran together on the “Community Leaders For West

Windsor” slate. Weiss was running on the “Your New Town Council” slate along with Benjamin Finkelstein and Stacey Joy Fox. Mandel was the top vote-getter with 2,783 (16.87%), followed by Gawas with 2,768 (16.78%) and Weiss with 2,759 (16.73%). Losing were Fox with 2,747 (16.66%), Finkelstein with 2,739 (16.61%) and Stevens with 2,696 (16.35%). The margin of victory between Weiss and Fox was slim—only .07 percentage points. ***

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We would like to thank the people of West Windsor for re-electing us to serve you on the Township Council. We are deeply humbled and honored by your support and are looking forward to continuing to work for you in our second term. Whether or not you voted for us in this election, we want you to know that our priority is the betterment of our beautiful town for all our people. When we work together, not as partisan Democrats, Republicans, or Independents, but as members of one community, we know that we can accomplish great things. Our community is one that has been built by our compassion toward each other, our commitment to decency, and our faith in our neighbors. During the past four years we have dedicated ourselves to controlling taxes, promoting pedestrian and traffic safety, controlling residential overdevelopment, promoting businesses, and improving our natural environment. We have always been available to the community and responsive to your concerns. You have put your trust in us to continue to pursue these priorities and we pledge to work hard to maintain that trust. We are sad to not have Mike Stevens on the Council in the next term but hope he will continue to provide us with his advice. We thank him for his service on Council and wish him well in all his ongoing community volunteer work. We congratulate Mr. Weiss on getting elected and look forward to working with him for the betterment of West Windsor. We look forward to continuing to serve all the people of West Windsor. Andrea Mandel Sonia Gawas Gawas and Mandel are members of West Windsor Township Council

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Weiss looking forward to serving on WW Council We are excited to announce that Dan Weiss has been elected to the West Windsor Township Council. It was an extraordinarily tight race: statistically a sixway tie with each candidate getting 16% of the votes. One half of one percentage point, or 87 votes, separated the six candidates on the non-partisan ballot.

While the combined slate of Weiss, Fox and Finkelstein received just two less votes than Mandel, Gawas and Stevens, with just under 27% of the eligible voters casting a ballot, the individual breakdown resulted in the re-election of Mandel and Gawas. The WFF slate would have won all three seats with just 45 more votes in their favor. We have been invigorated by the positivity of our campaign in West Windsor: so many neighbors stepped forward to assist the campaign team by donating their time, talents and dollars. We are also exceptionally grateful for the many wonderful organizations that endorsed and supported WFF. All that energy and commitment will be harnessed as we move forward to amplify civic participation for the future, to further help give voice and power to our constituency, and to reform our governance with higher voter turnout. We are thrilled that in this election cycle, again, New Jersey has shown itself to be a blue State. Here in West Windsor, residents voted to elect every Democrat listed on ballot Column A by an overwhelming margin of 72%. In Mercer County, races where party affiliation was present on the ballot, Democrats won every statewide, county and municipal race, including Hamilton, the largest township in Mercer County. NJ embraces the Democratic values that the WFF slate represented, and we will all continue to fight for them! Dan Weiss was be inaugurated as a member of the Township Council in January. He will bring a fresh perspective to the Council, and will work to prioritize our quality of life, preserve our environment, and combat the industrialization of our hometown. He will strive to achieve the slate’s platform with a commitment to making informed decisions with accountability and transparency for all residents of West Windsor. Thank you again West Windsor. And remember this is not a defeat— it’s progress. Together, let’s keep fighting, let’s stay engaged, and let’s remember that we’re on the right path! Benjamin Finkelstein Stacey Joy Fox Daniel Weiss Finkelstein, Fox and Weiss ran together on a slate for election to West Windsor Council, Weiss was elected to a four-year seat.

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West Windsor’s unoﬃcial ambassador to Europe PAUL LIGETI

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The Historical Society of West Windsor — a 100% volunteer nonprofit that preserves and promotes local history — explores the story of our town’s besttravelled building. With roots in our town, this diner is now an ocean away, serving an entirely different purpose in Paris. *** A stainless-steel diner stands just a few blocks from the river Seine in Paris, France. Wedged amid muchtaller buildings belonging to a French multimedia company, this small, sleek, 1930s-era diner seems out of place — and that’s because it is. Its original home was in the West Windsor communities of Penns Neck and Clarksville. Now sitting across the ocean, this slice of mid-century Americana is one of West Windsor’s most interesting icons — and undoubtedly its best-traveled one. This polished-steel, prefabricated art-deco style structure is a rare intact example of a “Silk City” diner

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The Clarksville Diner after it was relocated to Decorah, Iowa. manufactured by the Paterson Vehicle Company of Paterson, New Jersey. Its workmanship — including a mosaic tile floor, Formica countertops, woodgrain plastic, neon signs, and more

- demonstrate care in its construction and is archetypal of classic 1930s-era American roadside architecture. Diners as a whole evolved from older “lunch wagon” cars and were reminiscent

of railroad dining cars. Like trains, diners were often designed to be moved from place to place - and the Clarksville Diner was no exception. The Clarksville Diner was originally called the “Princeton Grill.” It was installed by John and Martha Will at the eastern corner of Route 1 and Washington Road (where the AT&T store is at the time of this writing in 2024) in 1939, replacing an older lunch wagon of the same name. A 1939 article lauded the interior: “Princeton Grill & Diner gives one the idea of rapid service. It is finished so as to be pleasing to the eye and stimulate the appetite. Its continuous service in good foods is a great aid to those who desire to get real food at popular prices and be on their way.” In 1951, James and Jane swift acquired the Princeton Grill and moved it 3.3 miles south along Route 1 to the historic West Windsor/Lawrence community of Clarksville. It was renamed the “Clarksville Diner” and replaced an older (c. 1920), smaller diner — again, of the same name — at the southeastern corner of the intersection of Quakerbridge Road and Route 1.

This was next to the “Princeton Cabins” (later the “Clarksville Motel”) — a series of roadside bungalows for travelers. There was also a gas station there. Business continued to grow throughout the 1950s for the Swifts — so much so that in 1961, they opened the larger “Colonial Diner” on the opposite side of Route 1. The Swift family ran both diners for many years to come. The Clarksville Diner deteriorated over the years and business suffered. It finally closed in 1986, and the complex took on the air of a ghost town. Around that time, the Quakerbridge Road overpass over Route 1 was constructed to replace the previous at-grade crossing. Despite the deceleration ramp connecting Route 1 northbound to Quakerbridge Road eastbound being redesigned to avoid destruction of the diner, it still cut off the Clarksville Diner further from the road. At some point, Terranomics — a Washington, D.C. based developer — purchased the property. The firm offered it to Lawrence Township for use as a concession stand on its athletic fields, then to Rider College, but both institutions rejected the offer. Instead, it was purchased by Gordon C. Tindall - a railroad worker with a lifelong love of diners. In 1988, Tindall relocated the diner 900 miles northwest to Decorah, Iowa, and

worked for the next four years to rebuild it as one of only a handful of authentic diners in the Midwest. The Tindalls opened it in 1992 with historically authentic furnishings and architecture. The following year, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. However, despite these efforts, the diner did not make good business and was sold to Canal+ — a French multimedia company. In 1998, and in line with the mobile nature of diners in general, the Clarksville Diner was shipped overseas to the headquarters of Canal+ in Paris and serves as a mixedpurpose space/studio. Its approximate address is 49 Quai du Point du Jour, Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris, about 200 feet from the river Seine. It remains West Windsor’s unofficial ambassador to Europe, an ocean away from its humble roadside Americana roots. We invite you to contact, support, or volunteer for the Historical Society and check out our new West Windsor history book. Visit westwindsorhistory.com to learn more. We are also on social media – search “@SchenckFarmstead” on Facebook and Instagram.

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SOLD OVER 20 Ellsworth Dr

SOLD OVER 121 Rabbit Hill Rd

Princeton Junction LISTED $925,000 SOLD $975,000

I listed & brought the buyer to this house.

Princeton Junction LISTED $749,000 SOLD $750,000

SOLD OVER 8 Ellsworth Dr

SOLD OVER 32 Pleasant Valley Way

West Windsor LISTED $1,150,000 SOLD $1,170,000

West Windsor LISTED $1,350,000 SOLD $1,500,000

SOLD OVER 338 Blanketflower Ln

SOLD OVER 51 Grande Blvd

I brought the buyer to this house.

Princeton Junction LISTED $585,000 SOLD $601,000

Princeton Junction LISTED $539,000 SOLD $575,000

I listed & brought the buyer to this house.

SOLD OVER 2 Chandler Ct

SOLD 4 Honeyflower Ln

Plainsboro LISTED $735,000 SOLD $800,000

SOLD OVER 3 Dunbar Dr

Princeton Junction LISTED $750,000 SOLD $800,000

SOLD FULL 8 Shelley Ct

Princeton Junction LISTED $1,225,000 SOLD $1,225,000

SOLD OVER 6 Caleb Ln

Princeton LISTED $750,000 SOLD $785,000

W E ST R SO D N I W RT E P X E

SOLD OVER 79 Danville Dr

Princeton Junction LISTED $1,450,000 SOLD $1,600,000

Princeton Junction LISTED $450,000 SOLD $445,000

SOLD OVER 8 Lake Shore Dr

Princeton Junction LISTED $749,000 SOLD $820,000

SOLD OVER 6 Maidenflower Ln

Princeton Junction LISTED $499,000 SOLD $520,000

SOLD 36 Orleans St

Princeton Junction LISTED $750,000 SOLD $750,000

SOLD 33 Hereford Dr

I brought the buyer to this house.

Princeton Junction LISTED $925,000 SOLD $915,000

SOLD FULL 8 Almond Ct

SOLD OVER 43 Lorrie Ln

I brought the buyer to this house.

Donna is truly amazing and she’s the kind of realtor you want working for you. If you are looking for someone who is highly skilled, professional, and will get the job done - you won’t need to look any further than Donna.

Princeton Junction LISTED $750,000 SOLD $875,000

I listed & brought the buyer to this house.

Donna is a terrific realtor. She is professional, caring and responsive. Her marketing and negotiating expertise sold our house quickly with numerous offers and she was a pleasure to work with throughout the selling process.

DONNALUCARELLI25@GMAIL.COM • WWW.DONNALUCARELLI.COM CALL DONNA FOR DETAILS. OFFICE: 609-987-8889. DIRECT/CELL: 609-903-9098. 100 CANAL POINTE BLVD. • SUITE 120 • PRINCETON, NJ 08540

12The News | Februar y 2024

All Stats taken from Brightmls 01/01/2023 - 01/24/2024.

West Windsor LISTED $1,400,000 SOLD $1,400,000

SUPERIOR MARKETING SUPERIOR NEGOTIATING DONNA LUCARELLI

SOLD OVER 5 Stuart Ln W