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There is a culture — not a subculture, but a full-blown culture — of people who shop for and buy gently used items.

There are reasons that gently used items are in demand — most notably, affordability and style.

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

Thrifting can be an economical way for people to add to their wardrobe. But there are other reasons that people thrift besides saving money. At its heart, thrifting equals shopping.

So, if someone asks if you would you like to go thrifting, you may be headed for an adventure.

Thrifting became a necessity for many people during the pandemic, especially for those who lost their jobs temporarily or permanently because of the pandemic’s effect on the economy.

But the popularity of resale shopping hasn’t died down at all in the year and a half since.

In fact, thrifting is as popular as ever.

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Bringing together community and charitability, military spouses are on a mission to globally inspire one million acts of kindness through a yearly event known as the GivingTuesdayMilitary campaign.

On Nov. 30, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, The Inspire Up Foundation challenges service members, families and veterans alike to give back, then post on social media channels under the hashtag #GivingTuesdayMilitary with their photographs or videos.

Small acts of kindness like buying a cup of coffee for a stranger or giving a hug to a friend are encouraged, all with the underlying purpose to promote positivity in any form, but there are big plans in store for Ewing Township.

Corrie Andreacchio, the local chapter ambassador of GivingTuesday Military, is a resident of West Trenton. Her husband is Army Sergeant First Class (SFC) Joseph “Joe” Andreacchio, of the 1-309 Training Support Battalion, 174th Infantry Brigade, which is based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

“Volunteering really is where my heart is,” she said. “It allows for us to bond, my husband and I and our daughter, around See GIvING, Page 4

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Moving to a new country can be challenging for students who don’t who don’t speak their new home’s native language.

The Mercer County Technical School District hopes to help these kids chart a path to success with the Newcomer Academy, a county-wide program that is the first of its kind in New Jersey.

Launched in September, the

facility at the Arthur R. Sypek Center in Pennington offers workforce-ready training and career technical education for high school students new to the United States.

They cater directly to English language learners and students with limited or interrupted formal education, aiming to help them adopt English as a second language.

Dr. James Fazzone is the interim superintendent for the

Newcomer Academy. He was principal of MCTS for two years before taking on his current position.

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GIvING continued from Page 1 his service in a way that we can actively participate.”

Andreacchio’s chapter is organizing a pajama drive for foster children in the New Jersey area, launching a fundraising effort in tandem with HomeFront, a state organization that works to eradicate homelessness. When she is not volunteering, Andreacchio is a full-time working professional with over 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry.

“My husband is in the United States Army Reserve, so he is not in the traditional active duty military, but what we ask of our reserve soldiers really is to be in two places at once, to wear that hat of the civilian side of life, but then also be able to quickly pivot into military service. So for what we’ve done as a family, we’ve really been able to make connections, both on the military and the civilian side, through his service,” she said, noting that giving back has helped her cope through darker times.

Andreacchio calls her daughter, Aurora Jade, their “answered prayer,” and volunteering was another way to help during personal challenges with fertility. During 2020, Joseph Andreacchio was mobilized, meaning he would be away for the whole year—this caused him to miss Aurora Jade’s life from one to two years. Then, the world changed because of the pandemic, making it even more difficult.

“I was able to lean into my volunteering, and be able to show her ways in which she can be connected to the military even when her dad is away,” she

Corrie and Joe Andreacchio are organizing a pajama drive for area foster children. said, referencing the ‘Daddy Doll,’ a toy with Joseph’s likeness on a doll. “I’ve done deployments without my daughter, and I did one deployment with my daughter. I can tell you that even though it has its own challenges, it was really the ultimate strength that I needed was to kind of watch her resilience develop.”

Her young child beside her, the hardships were fought as a unit.

“She kind of kept me going, more than I kept her going. It was one of the best experiences of my life, even though it was one of the most difficult times of our lives, and again, it’s one of the reasons why I want to give back in this way, during GivingTuesday Military, because there’s other families now that are going

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Families in every community are impacted by military separation, Andreacchio continued, whether it’s via training or deployments. This makes the work of GivingTuesday and Inspire Up even more essential to those struggling with being apart from their loved ones.

Joseph Andreacchio returned from a yearlong deployment in late 2020, making this upcoming outreach opportunity special to the family. GivingTuesday Military wants to motivate acts of kindness in a way that “builds a bridge between the military and civilian community,” making their efforts reach beyond the base.

A former participant of GivingTuesday Military herself, Andreacchio applied

to see if she could represent the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst community. During her own volunteer work at her husband’s base, she helped invite Afghan refugees onto the grounds, organizing drives with groups like Ewing Moms and Ewing Helping Hands to supply donations.

When she joined the team, Andreacchio approached HomeFront, and they prepared the initiative for the latter to receive brand new pajamas and hooded sweatshirts as part of GivingTuesday Military. The apparel was used as “our vehicle of kindness for this year’s campaign,” she said.

Andreacchio had donated to HomeFront in the past, and the organization welcomed the idea of accepting warm clothing for the approaching colder seasons.

“The need, they said, is extreme within the whole state of New Jersey, so these are the main areas where they think that we will make the greatest impact,” Andreacchio maintained.

GivingTuesday was established in 2012 with the goal “to make generosity go viral,” establishing a global network of participants and facilitators. The results of the fundraising go directly to entities like HomeFront or other groups chosen for the event.

In 2019, the Armed Forces Insurance highlighted military spouses of the year from each branch for their annual announcement.

The winners of the program wanted to locally unite under an initiative specifically with others like them in mind, and

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Recipients Jessica Manfre (Coast Guard), Stacy Bilodeau (Coast Guard), Maria Reed (Army) and Samantha Gomolka (National Guard) came together, evolving the preexisting nonprofit into a separate, specially tailored space for those in similar circumstances.

The inaugural GivingTuesdayMilitary campaign reached 2.5 million people, and the following year garnered over one million, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. The positive reception motivated the four spouses to form the Inspire Up Foundation.

“They have used that platform to create this inspiring way in which we can give back and volunteer with one another,” Andreacchio said. “[The foundation allowed] for the community to continue to build up those of us who find ourselves as military spouses, as well as just someone attached to the military community, to build up your self confidence, your self esteem. [On] some dark days during deployments, it’s nice to know there’s this organization that you can lean into,” she said.

According to their website, Inspire Up now has a network of over 4,000 volunteers, serves more than 1,468 communities, and made an impact in over 15 countries. This year, Inspire Up is partnering with the Armed Forces Financial Network, a group that helps the military community with accessing financial services.

“GivingTuesday Military is the perfect example of people working together to make a difference in the lives of others

and transform their communities. It’s inspiring to see military service members, veterans, and their families who already have committed so much to something bigger than themselves, lead the way to encourage one million acts of kindness,” Asha Curran, the Chief Executive Officer of GivingTuesday, said.

More details about GivingTuesday Military are available via their website, www.givingtuesdaymilitary.com. They can also be reached on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter by the handle @ GivingTuesdayMilitary.

There is an individual Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst GivingTuesday Military Facebook page to inspire ideas, too, and businesses interested in organizing donations or doing something within their shops to promote kindness can join the page as well.

For Andreacchio, the mission is personally important. From the point of view of a military spouse, she values the strength of a community that perseveres to service others.

“You never know what someone’s going through, so one smile can really change the course, not only of their day, but of their week, and of their month,” she said. “For me, personally, kindness is really allowing yourself to experience life through someone else’s eyes.”

“When someone needs a helping hand and they’re not really ready to ask for that, that smile can really be that hand, even if you don’t know them, you don’t know their name, and you may never cross paths again,” she reflected. “You can mean the world for someone.”

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ACADEMY cont. from Page 1 comer SLIFE Academy. “[Students from other countries] want to have the educational offerings that everyone have. But some hurdles they go through could be either through language, or culture, or that they were never really involved in formal education before,” Fazzone said, the academy designed for those with a background of incomplete, or minimal, schooling.

Through faculty coordination, the Sypek Center became the host for the program, MCTS involving attendees with their pre-existing technical experiences like culinary arts or science.

Originally, there were plans for a new, sprawling facility, but both funding and getting it ready in time did not seem like the perfect fit, Fazzone said.

They came up with the idea to host it through the MCTS district under the academy approach, a decision made over a series of monthly meetings.

MCTS worked with all of the Mercer County districts in search of prospective students, starting with 13, a “comprehensive yet humble” approach, Fazzone said. For the freshman year currently in progress, they are looking to accept 15 pupils in total, coming from areas like Trenton, Hamilton, and Hopewell.

“We’re extremely successful so far, so we have to make sure we have enough seats for everybody, too,” Fazzone said, saying that he thinks that the Newcomer Academy will only get better as time passes.

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According to Fazzone, they then receive a sampling of the career technical programs, with a high concentration on culinary and horticulture. The former will focus on microbiology in the kitchen, while the latter is about environmental science through gardening and turf management programs.

Additionally, MCTS is including STEM courses, such as a computerassisted drawing class, in their roster.

Once they explore their options, students can choose a concentration in one of the programs for a future career pathway.

On Sept. 28, a ribbon cutting ceremony was the start of welcoming the students into their new academic environment. Back in 2019, Hernández was approached to be involved because of her previous experience in starting a similar program at Newark public schools.

In her speech from that day, Hernández talked about the historical occasion, expanding on her 31 years of being an educator with a career-long mission to advocate for bilingual students. The matter was personal, especially given her personal background as the child of Cuban immigrants.

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“This is groundbreaking for bilingual and vocational school education, [and] the first time that they’re merging to create such an academy. These students with SLIFE, who otherwise wouldn’t be able to be fully educated and address their needs, would end up probably dropping out of school, so it is also a dropout prevention academy.”

“We have less than 1% of ELL represented across the state of New Jersey in our vocational schools,” Hernández said. “That’s why this is also very important.”

Another option available for those

entering the school is a five year program to let students spread their wings.

While formative assessments and customized learning arrangements help monitor the achievement levels of each individual, the key is to give them time for adjustment.

“We’re differentiating instruction based on their needs,” Fazzone explained of the ongoing process. “We want to help them in every way that we can, whether that’s language, instruction...making sure they have a skill, and any cultural things as well.”

This current group will be sophomores next year while the incoming freshmen start from the beginning, with the eventual seniors able to stay past the typical high school terms if deemed necessary for their development.

Scott Engle is the chef instructor at MCTS and has been working there for 23 years. There are currently seven classes actively running, covering cooking and preparation basics like knife skills. For the students from the Newcomer Academy and other freshmen, they will be getting their ServSafe® food handling certifications, which helps train them in maintaining standards and safety in the kitchen.

“We wanted to integrate them into the school, and get them an opportunity to look around and see what types of opportunities were here,” Engle said, his class a means of conveying to them “how that pathogenic growth works” when it applies to the culinary world.

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cleaning procedures. “We show them some things, then make a few products, maybe give them an idea of how fast something that isn’t good for you can spread through your food if you’re not cautious, but the result is something good.”

And often, tasty—the class made yogurt and Engle intended on showing them how to make yeast-raised donuts the following day. His desire is for those who choose that track to attend college or triumphantly embark on their careers, as MCTS has connections to restaurants, industries, and business partners.

Engle stated that at the completion of their schooling, students are fully prepared for acclimating to the workplace, although if they do choose to continue with higher education, their success rates excel past county averages for even just the regular culinary program.

This is expected to be replicated in the Newcomer Academy, showing the importance of what makes an employee, as well as chef, worth hiring.

“I would hope that along with the biology skills, [and] a little bit of culinary education that they’re exposed to, that they would develop those skills that make them valuable in the workplace,” Engle said. “You come in our course, you have value as a person, but as an employee, you’re kind of starting from scratch, so the idea is to build value in them so that when they go work, that the people that are in charge, the owners, or the chefs or whatever can see, that these students are gonna generate income, they’re gonna generate money

coming in, and they’re gonna be consistent, they’re gonna be there, they’re gonna be professional, and they’re looking to be taught, and that’s really what we hope for.”

In senior year, students can go to Mercer County College, with some able to get half or more of their associates degree completed by the time they graduate from high school. They earn credit through an extensive curriculum that starts with fundamental MCTS courses.

The horticulture and turf management program provides hands-on experience riding equipment, pruning trees, and making floral arrangements in participation with FFA, the Future Farmers of America organization.

“While this is a new program and we’re using all the modern technologies, career offerings, teaching and learning tactics, newcomer’s academies, I think, have been around since our founding fathers,” Fazzone said. He explained that when his parents came through Ellis Island from their Irish and Sicilian backgrounds, the same principles applied.

“There are language barriers that we all have and have had, at least if not us, our ancestors have,” he continued.

“We’re just making a version of that for students who are coming to this country now, and we want to offer them everything we possibly can so that they can achieve their highest levels of learning and achievement.”

Of the takeaways for the students, Fazzone kept it simple.

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THRIFT continued from Page 1 to reach $77 billion in five years. One in five Americans will shop at a thrift store during a given year, about the same number who will shop at a major department store.

Thrifters look for clothing, antiques, housewares, art, seasonal items and even furniture. Many resale stores look very similar to retail stores today, and many thrift shoppers go without any specific agenda or shopping list. They may thrift regularly with no intention of specific items in mind.

These are a few of the thrift stores in the area, including the Goodwill Store and Iris Thrifts and Gifts in Ewing. For more stores, see box on Page 9.

Traditionally a lower cost option for clothing, both vintage and current, thrift shops are an easier and more organized way to shop secondhand than browsing yard sales or flea markets.

Consumers look for unique, funky, seasonal, school clothes and outerwear.

For some, thrifting is a necessity due to economics. For others, it is a fun way to hunt down the out of the ordinary.

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

“My brother would wear work uniforms, with someone else’s name on them. He would wear bowling shirts, Boy Scout shirts, and gas station shirts that said: Ed, Tony or George on them.

He thought that was really cool. So did I,” she says.

The gist of thrifting is at least two-fold, Jarvie says. It’s an economical way to shop, and also a way to be able to dress outside of the normal fashions. “I still thrift, but surely have been in a position where I needed to. Having a young family where the kids are constantly outgrow their clothes, thrift stores are a blessing,” she says. “There is also now the awareness of conservation of resources, keeping your environmental footprint small and upcycling of durable goods.” Jarvie says.

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

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

Most thrift store patrons are not judgmental. They are aware that not all shop thrift by choice,” Jarvie says.

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ding. It is my style, looks vintage, fits like a glove and was only $24. It’s a great way to shop for something you may only wear once,” she says.

When asked their average amount spent per visit, many thrifters say less than $30 or sometimes nothing at all, if there is no merchandise found to their liking.

Thrifters I queried about their frequency of visits answered between once a week to once a month. The general consensus is that inventory moves fast, so don’t hesitate or you may lose out.

While thrift stores are very busy on weekends when many families shop together, weekdays still have traffic that may make retail stores envious. Thrift stores offer senior citizen discounts, sale days and holiday specials just as retail stores do.

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

One of the thrift store facets that some may not be aware of is the charitable aspect. Goodwill Industries is a nonprofit that has a mission to provide job training, career services and education for people

in need of employment. They have locations in all 50 states and a dozen foreign countries.

Other thrifts stores are affiliated with charities that are supportive of religious groups, schools or specific communities.

Still others are For Profit organizations.

All provide jobs in the community and offer goods to the public at a fraction of the retail prices.

“There are definitely more customers shopping in thrift stores since the pandemic. The sales have skyrocketed!

They have nearly doubled.” says an assistant manager at Goodwill in Bordentown, who asked to be identified only as Amanda G. “There is a shift in stigma these day about thrift stores. There are also an addition to customers who cannot afford retail to trendy buyers shopping for better quality used merchandise and fashionable looks.”

She said the store sees many late teens and early twentysomethings looking for vintage and different looks that they cannot find in retail stores. “We get young women buying men’s clothes, oversize clothes, vintage sweatshirts and bell bottoms,” she says.

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

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The Goodwill Store, 1632 North Olden Ave, Ewing Township. Sells numerous preowned goods including clothes, electronics, housewares and more. Ewing: Phone: (609) 392-2865.

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Iris Thrifts and Gifts, 2124 Spruce St., Ewing Township. Women’s fash- Princeton ion items, unique home decor, accesNearly New Shop, 234 Nassau sories and jewelry. Phone: (609) St. #1, Princeton. Fine used clothing.

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Princeton Consignment, 21 Lawrence Spring St., Princeton. Women’s and Capital Thrift NJ, 2783 Brunswick men’s clothing, jewelry and accesAve., Lawrence Township. Part of sories. Phone: (609) 924-0039. Web: Capital Health Auxiliary, fundraising princetonconsign.com.

Greene Street, 162 Nassau St, through the sale of numerous gently used goods. Phone: (609) 882-4717. Princeton. Men’s and women’s clothWeb: Search Facebook for Capital ing, shoes and accessories. Phone: (609) 924-1997. Web: greenestreetThrift NJ. Plato’s Closet, 2495 Brunswick stores.com.

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Gently used name brand clothes, Bordentown shoes and accessories. Phone: (609) The Goodwill Store, 594 US-206, 285-2937. Web: platoscloset.com.

Bordentown Township. Sells numerous preowned goods including Trenton clothes, electronics, housewares and Salvation Army Family Store & more. Phone: Phone: (609) 291-0099.

Donation Center, 436 Mulberry St. Web: goodwill.org/shop.

Big E’s Thrift & Antiques, 69 Rt. Trenton. Phone: (800) 728-7825. Web: 130, Bordentown Township. Clothes, salvationarmyusa.org.

V&V thrift store, 27 Butler St, trinkets, bags, shoes, jewelry and colTrenton. A variety of preowned items, lectibles. Phone: (609) 433-0638. Web: including clothing, electronics and Search Facebook for Big E’s Thrift. toys. Phone: (609) 341-7279. Web: Hightstown Search vandvthrift on Facebook.

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THRIFT continued from Page 9 She adds that she noticed that many people used the pandemic as a reason to clean out their closets — Goodwill has sen a huge increase in donations over the TAKING AWAY THE KEYS past few years.

Megan Drago is a longtime thrift DOESN’T TAKE AWAY THE RISKS… patron who is one to shop with no expecTAKING AWAY THE KEYS Over two-thirds of all deaths associated with underage tations. She says she “lets the goods find DOESN’T TAKE AWAY THE RISKS… me.” drinking are NOT on the roadways.

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AsOver a parent, youofcannot giveassociated alcohol towith your two-thirds all deaths underage It will not be there when you come back,” children’s friends under the age of 21 in any drinking are NOT on the roadways. – CDC she says. She estimates that inventory circumstance, even in your own home, even turns over every three weeks. with theiryou parent’s permission.

You also cannot As a parent, cannot give alcohol to your children’s friends under the age of 21 While she shops many thrift stores in in any circumstance, your ownunder home, even their parent’s knowingly alloweven a inperson 21,with other than permission.

You also cannot knowingly allow a person under 21, other than your ownthe child, area, Capital Thrift in Lawrence is a your own child, to be in your home or property if to be in your home or property if they are consuming or possess alcohol EDUCATE. ENGAGE. current favorite. “It is new, organized, they The are consuming orEMPOWER. possess alcohol legal consequences in New Jersey are fines The of up legal to $1,000 and has good prices and is not crowded as daysJersey in jail perare person served consequences in 180 New fines of up to www.mercercouncil.org some other thrift store are,” Drago says. $1,000 and 180 days in jail per person served Drago acknowledges that thrifting is HELP STOP UNDERAGE DRINKINGsometimes under the radar to certain BE THEIR PARENT, NOT THEIR BARTENDER. Join The Prevention Coalition of HELP STOP UNDERAGE DRINKINGparts of the population. She sees people Mercer BE THEIR PARENT, NOTCounty THEIR BARTENDER. shopping thrift stores with specific needs EDUCATE. ENGAGE. 2nd Wednesdays of the month,EMPOWER. 9-11AM in mind. www.mercercouncil.org “I see seamstresses buying clothes to facebook.com/PCoMC use the fabrics to make other clothes. I see people shopping for vintage clothes Join The Prevention Coalition of PreventionMercerCnty to reuse buttons, zippers or epaulets. HalMercer County EDUCATE. ENGAGE. EMPOWER. loween is always a more crowded time at 2nd Wednesdays of the month, 9-11AM thrift stores as people gather materials www.mercercouncil.org facebook.com/PCoMC for costumes and parties,” she says.

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

There are also online options for thrifting. Antonis Lliano who is a teacher in Hamilton by day, operates Thrftedandgfted, an online thrift store via eBay and Instagram.

His online offerings lean heavily toward sports, music, movie and pop culture items.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Thrifting is a cost-effective way to look good and feel good,” Lliano says.

“When quarantine kept people indoors, they did a lot of online browsing and shopping. Sales really blossomed.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

likely sell out a little earlier than usual.”

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

Give back to the community

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

bit differently.”

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

Kuzemka is planning to expand the TPRFM even more.

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

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

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

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

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2021 2005 Adopt-a-Survivor EHS VirtualProgram Open House • Thursday, November 18thare • 6:30pm Teacher of the Year Recipients Honored June November

Begins at Ewing High School

EWING SCHOOLS STARTING OFF STRONG!

Nearly sixty years since Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps, the now elderly survivors of the Holocaust are turning to a new generation to preserve their testimony about their wartime experiences for future generations.

Holocaust survivors are steadily dwindling in number. Many have made it their mission to educate the world that anti-Semitism and racism easily lead to murder, and to speak about the horrors they and their families suffered. With the passing of time, it has become urgent to find a new generation to continue the survivors’ mission and tell their stories after the survivors can no longer do so.

On April 12, the Adopt-a-Survivor (AAS) In early October, to thetheEwing took program was introduced TrentonSchools area at Ewing part the statewide Week of Respect.

Let’s take HighinSchool.

Six Holocaust survivors were adopted abyquick around district andThe get adopted a peek twelvetour Ewing Highthesophomores. about how each school celebrated! survivors—Moshe Gimlan, Vera Goodkin, Marion The students andCharles staff at Rojer Lore School the Lewin, Ruth Lubitz, and Jackhonored Zaifman— Week Respect from with daily themes.

On Monday, were of originally Germany, Czechoslovakia, students showed that "Respecting Myself is NO Poland and Belgium.

The AAS program sweatshirts pairs a survivor or SWEAT" by wearing and with sweatone suits. more students.

The students embark a joint journey Lore Lions wore gear from theironfavorite sports with the survivor to through discussions about life teams on Tuesday show that "It Takes TEAMbefore, during and after the Holocaust.

WORK to Respect Others", and on Participating Wednesday, students will be able to for represent survivor and they showed "Respect LOREtheSCHOOL" by tell the survivor’s accuracy and feeling in wearing blue andstory gold.with Thursday was "COMMUthe years to come. student makes NITY Unity Day", In soaddition, everyoneeach wore clothing or a commitment to tell thegroup survivor’s story in a public gear of a community or organization, and venue in the year 2045, a hundred years the on Friday, everyone showed "Respect forafter the ENliberation of Auschwitz.

VIRONMENT" by wearing green!

The twelve student adopters are Dave Angebranndt, Over on Ewingville Road, Antheil School Tyler Barnes, Annie Cook, Liz Dunham, Emily Everett, recognized the Week of Respect each day with Curtis Fornarotto, Vildana Hajric, announcement.

Devon Jones, an uplifting student morning Jen Meade,announcement Billy O’Callaghan, Sharma and Monday’s was Nikyta to show respect to Melysa Wilson. continued on page A2 yourself and always remember: you are amazing,

you are brave, and you matter! Tuesday’s enSafety couraging statement was Town to show TEAMWORK June 30 July 11 or someone by being an UPstander -for yourself JeanAntheil Conrad in need. OnContact: Wednesday, students wore school colors to show the importance 609-538-9800 x1302 of respecting their school.

Thursday, Antheil created forOn, application a “Mix it Up Day” to remind students and staff

that every single person is special and unique, who was sick or going through a tough time. YELand has the ability to make many wonderful con- LOW was the color for Thursday for “Respecting tributions to our world. Friday was the last day Self and Friendships” and the day also included a of the Week of Respect, and students wore green Mindfulness activity on self-acceptance and love. to signify showing respect for our environment.

Fisher students and staff ended the week wearing The Week of Respect highlight at Parkway the color RED for Respecting Everyone! was Thursday’s Day,Awards the stuEwing HighonSchool month The recipients ofCommunity the 2005 TeacherUnity of the Year were honored at a luncheon April 29th.kicked Jan Fay, off 2004 the Mercer County of dent body shirts local camps, October withAntheil; the Student of the Lore; Month program, Teacher of thewore Year, was a guestfrom speaker.

1st row (L to R):local Joan Zuckerman, Principal Sharon Solomon, Jan Fay, 2004 Mercer County of the Year; Inetta Emery,toPrincipal EHS; Superintendent Ray Broach. 2nd row:students Darrell sports team,Teacher or local organizations show Parkway; love, Danielle whichMiller, is designed to acknowledge the Jackson, Principal FMS; Donna Andreas, Antheil; Don Barnett, FMS; Betsy Turgeon, Parkway; Rodney Logan, Principal EHS. support and respect for the Ewing Community. that have excelled in academics and commu“It Ewing was really High something to see,” said Attend visiting nity relationships. This program highlights two Students Gorbachev Presentation Assistant Superintendent Dr. Ishibashi.

“Parkstudents from each grade that show leadership, Whitney Lewis, EHS Freshman way became a veritable collage of Ewing clubs, unity, pride, honesty, integrity, and respect. This On April 18, 2005 Ms. Chiavuzzo, Mrs. Walker of Perestroika. His policies reopened churches, teams and organizations. It truly gave everyone month’s honorees are listed below: and 30 Ewing High School freshmen joined several released political prisoners, and lifted bans on aMercer strongCounty sense ofhigh community and the feeling that previously • 9th Grade: James Gummel and school and college students, censored books. these students really care about their own neighEmily20th Gamboa Ordini of Perestroika was and politicians to hear a presentation given by The anniversary borhood.

Also, Mrs. Donato, Parkway School one• 10 Mikhail Gorbachev at the Sovereign Bank Arena. ofth Grade: the essential ofand Gorbachev’s Dariyonthemes Doggett Counselor also visited classes to do classroom Gorbachev was the last communist leader of the presentation. policy’s main goal was to Julianna The Medina lessons about respect and kindness students. th Soviet economic system more efficient.

Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991.with During his make • 11the Grade: Jacob Schwartz and At Fisher Middle School, on Monday students term he instituted various policies including his Perestroika involved the transfer of control from Eva Washington wore thepolicy color of BLUE to Take a Stand Against political Glasnost and economic policy the government to the business owners. This policy th Ryan Leary and • 12 Grade:continued Bullying and signed an Anti-Bullying Pledge. on page A2 Makayla McCloskey Each signed pledge was hung on the outside of all Due to budget restraints homeroom doors. Tuesday, select students helped “October gives us the opportunity to come toNOas Summer Schooland Programs write chalk messages outside on the sidewalks gether a school community work on being GoodNews will resume will be offered by that conveyed messages about Respecting the En- the best version of ourselves,” Dr.the Ishibashi addwith the September vironment and students wore the color GREEN. ed. “It is wonderful to see the school Ewing Public Schoolscommunity of the Observer Wednesday issue was wear PINK for Respecting Ill- demonstrate that there is a greater good we all during the Summer of 2005. nesses, and students wrote well wishes to someone should be working towards.”

Have a Happy Summer!!

Antheil Fire Safety Month 2021 Antheil Kindergarten kicked off Fire Safety Month 2021 with a visit from all three Ewing fire companies on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

Kindergarten students learned all about the fire trucks, important equipment that the firefighters use during fires and rescues, and other impor-

tant fire safety information. Kindergartners are always excited to meet our hometown heroes!

Thank you to Pennington Road Fire Company, Prospect Heights Fire Company and West Trenton Fire Company for taking the time to make the visit!

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The Ewing Public Schools EHS Girls Soccer Fight Against Breast Cancer

EWING HIGH SCHOOL VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE Thursday, November 18 th 6:30–8:00pm Welcome to the Class of 2026!

Join us for a virtual presentation on the opportunities available at Ewing High School. Learn about our academic program, athletic programs, clubs and activities. Principal presentation starts at 6:30pm, followed by breakout sessions.

Please visit our website www.ewing.k12.nj.us on the day of the event for links to the presentation.

Referendum Roundup

By SBA Dennis Nettleton

The last few months of Referendum ’18 have been difficult but rewarding. As we close in on November I’m happy to say that our Ewing High School Gymnasium Project is nearly finished, and the gyms will soon be turned over to the school community a full month ahead of their scheduled completion. The Fisher Middle School gym has been open for some time now and being enjoyed

by students. I would personally like to thank everyone at the high school who was inconvenienced and/or displaced during this time. In the end I hope the new and improved facilities will be well worth it.

Ongoing projects include roofing at various schools, district-wide electrical and HVAC renovations which will not be completed for some time and the Ewing High School Auditorium renovation which still has a few more months until completion. Once open and available, I encourage everyone to come to see these new facilities as often the photos do not do them justice. Please stay tuned for more updates in future publications.

Parkway: 8th Annual Camp Parkway

FMS Students Created Community Collages

On Friday, October 8th, Parkway Elementary School held the 8th annual Camp Parkway event for 5th grade students. Throughout the day the students participated in eight (8) different teambuilding activities, focused on cooperation, respect, positive communication, and citizenship.

The students also enjoyed a special lunch, a theme related movie, and a professional DJ.

In Fisher Middle School teacher Ms. Neisha John-Baptiste’s ELA class, 6th-8th grade students created community collages that represented “Ewing”. Each grade brainstormed a theme and found images that identified with their community. For sixth grade, the theme was "F" for Fisher Family, seventh grade's theme was "E" for Ewing, and eighth grade drew the Ewing Blue Devil. Enjoy the final collages:

During the Ewing High School Girls Soccer game on October 12th the EHS Girls soccer program showed their support in the fight against breast cancer. Prior to the start of the game, the girls presented the Cancer Support Communality of Greater Philadelphia with a donation from proceeds of their breast cancer shirt fundraiser.

The mission of this organization is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community. The EHS Girls Soccer community wanted to show their support of individuals impacted by Breast Cancer during the month of October and that they are "in this together" in their fight.

Ms. Tirrell’s Class Celebrate Patriot’s Day

For Patriot's Day, Ms. Tirrell's 2nd grade class learned about what is a “Patriot”. Together, the class determined that a Patriot is: • someone who keeps us safe • a hero • someone who is proud of our country • someone who protects our country Each student drew an illustration of how they will help at home, at school and in our community. A picture book was created with all of the students' drawings.

By a joint resolution approved December 18, 2001 (Public Law 107-89), Congress designated September 11th of each year as “Patriot Day,” and by Public Law 111-13 (April 21, 2009), Congress has requested the observance of September 11 as an annually recognized “National Day of Service and Remembrance.”

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The Ewing Public Schools Senior Spotlight: Meet Meara Hayes Ewing High School will host its Virtual Open House on Thursday, November 18th, what would you like future Ewing High School students to know about your high school? I would like them to know that while it all seems intimidating at first, Ewing High School is a place full of opportunities and growth for everyone no matter what your future may hold.

What has been your favorite class to date and why would you encourage another student to take that class? My favorite class to date was AP Language and Composition class because we really got into depth about the literature as to what stories it tells, the author’s perspective on it, and so much more. I just had a great time being able to do more than read an analysis text from the main story and feel it is something every student should have the chance to experience.

What advice can you give in regards to balancing academics, activities and out of school responsibilities when you are a high school student? My advice in regards to balancing everything you may face as a high school student is to plan out everything as much as you can and keep track of everything on lists. The more physically you can see something the better you are to remember it and do it on time.

What instrument do you play? I play a number of instruments, but most often I play the flute or piccolo for the concert band and piano for the jazz band and pit orchestra for the school musical.

What is an extra-curricular activity at Ewing High School should students not skip? I feel Student Council is an extracurricular activity that students should not skip because it allows them to learn and help make more decisions on what happens at the school as a student. Plus it is lots of fun to work with other students at different grade levels on things like pep rallies and school dances.

In which activities do you participate in school?

I participate in Student Council, Marching Band, National Honors Society, Cross Country, Wrestling, and Spring Track and Field.

FMS Students Skype A Scientist in London, England

What activities do you participate outside of school? I participate in Club Wrestling, Martial Arts (Jiu-Jitsu & Kickboxing) and Girl Scouts.

What awards or acknowledgements have you received in school and/or outside of school?

First off I was made the President of National Honors Society, have received a number of medals in Cross Country races, Jiu-Jitsu, and Wrestling tournaments, and was part of Team New Jersey for the Girls Freestyle Team that went to Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota.

What accomplishments are you most proud of? I am most proud of making Team New Jersey (Wrestling) this past year as it had been a goal of mine since freshman year of high school.

What is your favorite memory of high school to date? My favorite memory of high school to date is during my sophomore year when EHS hosted a small Girls Wrestling Tournament at the school and I won all of my matches that day.

Who is your favorite teacher and/or coach why?

I love and enjoy all of the teachers and coaches I have met in my high school career but my favorite is Mr. Dalessio. He was the first person to show me that I could do and be so much more than what I first thought and helped me be who I am today.

How do you define success? I define success as your ability to improve over time in order to achieve your goals but also to be able to look back and acknowledge/reward yourself for all the improvement you have made.

What are your plans after you graduate from Ewing High School? I plan to go to college to get a major in Exercise Science, minor in Music, and wrestle as part of a Women’s Freestyle team.

Fisher Middle School teacher Mr. Ambriz's 7th Grade Resource Math classes partnered up with Skype A Scientist, a nonprofit educational organization that enables scientists to video conference with students in classrooms. This gave the students the opportunity to get to know a real scientist, who was also a mathematician, and get the answers to their questions straight from the source.

Our two scientists, one male and one female, were from the Imperial College in London, England, and they shared how Math is used in their profession. The scientists explained how Science and Math are strongly connected as well as how our 7th grade Math is used for Covid, and how it is used in weather forecasts, computers, and nature.

Not All Superheroes Wear Capes!

On September 30th, the students and staff of Lore School wore yellow to honor and celebrate Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The American Childhood Cancer Organization encourages everyone to “Go Gold” during September in honor and memory of children with cancer. Lore Lions celebrated their own lion, Ke’yair, who has been battling cancer like a hero for years. Not all superheroes wear capes. Sometimes, they wear pajamas while attending school from a hospital bed while receiving medical treatment. On September 30th, we honored, celebrated, and recognized Ke’yair’s strength. We are Lore, hear our ROAR!

What is your favorite quote or book? My favorite book is Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief

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EHS Football Wins Division Title With a dominating and resounding 29-3 victory over a tough Northern Burlington squad, the Ewing High School football team clinched the West Jersey Football League Valley Division championship. The big win gave the Blue Devils an undefeated mark in division play, and as Good News went to press, set up in strong position for a state playoff spot.

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The Ewing Public Schools November 2021 Schedule in Ewing Schools Nov 2

SCHOOL CLOSED FOR STUDENTS – Staff Development Day

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Nov 6

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Nov 11

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Nov 19

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Nov 22

EARLY DISMISSAL – Kindergarten–8th Grade Parent Conferences (Day) Board of Education Meeting @ FMS - 7pm (Public Session 8pm)

Nov 23

EARLY DISMISSAL – Kindergarten–8th Grade Parent Conferences (Evening) Antheil/Lore/Parkway - NO PM Integrated Preschool

Nov 24

EARLY DISMISSAL – Kindergarten–12th Grade Antheil - Full Day Preschool EARLY DISMISSAL @ 1pm Antheil/Lore/Parkway - NO PM Integrated Preschool FMS - 1st Marking Period Report Cards (Genesis Parent Access) Antheil/Lore/Parkway - 1st Marking Period Report Cards (Genesis Parent Access)

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SCHOOL CLOSED – Happy Thanksgiving

Nov 26

SCHOOL CLOSED – Thanksgiving Break

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As we enter the holiday season, EPEF wishes to thank all those who help with our mission, including the students who benefit by participating in programs and initiatives we are able to financially support. Each of our board members is dedicated to working diligently to continue this work for the district’s students.

EPEF meets its goals through the caring contributions from corporate donors as well as individual personal donations.

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Playing center has become second nature for Allison

By Rich Fisher

When Adrienne Allison was informed that she would be moving from outside back to center back for the Notre Dame High girls’ soccer team this fall, she came pretty close to catching a tornado to Oz and approaching the Wizard for a batch of courage.

“I was actually petrified,” the senior from Ewing said. “I had always said my entire soccer career I would not play in the center because of how much pressure that is. Everything goes down the center. When they moved me to center back in preseason, I was like ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t do this position.’”

Ahhh, but she could. And well!

“Once she got the hang of it, it came second nature,” first-year Irish coach Lauren Diaz said. “When there are changes with a new coach, when there’s a new formation, they’re always a little timid. They’re afraid to make a mistake or do something wrong. Once we gave her that confidence, she’s been doing phenomenal.”

It took a while, especially since ND had switched from a three-back system to a flat-back four. But the fact Allison was teamed with fellow senior Ella Grace helped make things easier. The two run together on the Irish 4x400 relay team in spring track, and Graves helps calm Allison down prior to races.

“I get very nervous for things, extremely nervous before meets and she’s always been there for me,” Allison said. “That helps give us a really good chemistry on the field.

“I mean, it was hard the first couple games. Ella and I always have to have a mark so one of us has to be back. It was just tough adjusting to that but as time has gone on, we’ve played a lot of different teams that play a lot of different formations we were able to adjust.

It doesn’t get any easier. I’m still scared to play every game and make a mistake but I think I’ve gotten more confident in my playing ability.”

Good players turn negatives into positives, and Allison makes that fear work for her as it raises her adrenaline and unleashes an aggressive, hard-nosed and seemingly confident player. Anyone watching Allison play would never know it’s the same friendly girl who waits tables at Fedora Bistro Cafe in Lawrenceville.

“She definitely is very sweet off the field but will definitely step up big when she’s on the field,” Diaz said. “She’s our vocal leader in the back. She’s great with providing her teammates instruction to help them do well in different scenarios.”

Entering ND’s Oct. 25 MCT semifinal game with Pennington, neither Allison or Grace could be found on the stat sheet with either a goal or assist. But their work in front of Rutgers-bound goalie Olivia Bodmer could be seen in

the team stats, as the Irish had allowed just eight goals and produced eight shutouts in forging a 10-2-2 record.

Moving to center was yet another new stop in her journey all around the soccer field. When she played travel for the Ewing Overdrive, Allison was a midfielder “always running up and down the wings.” She eventually moved to NLSA, which put her at outside back.

On the Notre Dame freshman team “I was a striker, I don’t even know how that happened.” During her sophomore year on the JV team, coach Lorenzo Chia switched Allison to outside back, and that’s where she played for varsity as a junior. She credited Chia for teaching her a lot about defending.

“I was kind of honored to be able to play so many different positions,” Allison said. “But I definitely love playing defense. I think I”m good back there, I can read the ball pretty well.”

There were, however, some changes that were necessary. Allison no longer had the freedom to roam the field.

“I think it definitely was staying back,” she said of the biggest adjustment. “As a midfielder you’re always running up and down the sidelines. So when I was moved to outside back, it was hard for me to stay back there and keep that one position. It definitely took me some time to focus on adjusting to when I should be going up and when I should be staying back. But it seemed to work there.”

Allison feels that vision and instincts are both crucial in being able to defend.

“You have to be able to anticipate the ball when people are coming right down the center of the field,” she said. “You have to know which steps they’re going to take. Because if you get beat all you have is the goalkeeper behind you. But you also have to be able to see the field, you have to see everything in front of you and direct everyone else because you’re basically their eyes.”

Allison’s smarts are not just reserved for the pitch. With a GPA of 94.5 (equivalent to a 4.0), she is a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society. She made the tough decision to stop playing travel soccer for NLSA after her junior year because she began taking honors and advanced placement courses, which took up much of her time along with her waitressing job.

Allison is waiting to hear back from Boston University, which is her top college choice, and has also applied to Florida, George Washington, Ohio State and Miami. She is going back and forth on a career path. Some days she wants to be a physician’s assistant, other days she wants to actually be a doctor. Fortunately, she has some time to figure that out.

“It may depend on where I go to school,” she said.

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I strained my lower back muscle recently. I wish I could say I was doing something really athletic, like perfecting a balance beam routine, or doing cartwheels, or putting on a pair of socks. But I wasn’t. I told my doctor I was picking up something from the floor, but that’s a lie too. I was actually washing my hair in our kitchen sink.

Yep. I confess. I was running late and didn’t have time to shower, so that’s what I did. As I reached for my conditioner, zzzzzipppp , I felt the pull in my lower back. And then flames of pain shot down my legs and all across my back.

I finished my hair and when I straightened up to wrap my head in a towel, I knew I was in trouble.

First off, I let out a scream that had both dogs skidding down the hall and my husband George yelling, “What’s the matter?” I couldn’t even answer him. He came running into the kitchen and saw me bent over from the waist, my towel on the floor, my hair dripping all over the place.

Somehow, I got dressed, letting out little muffled screams the whole time.

I shuffled to my desk, and slowly lowered myself into my chair, still emitting odd squeaks of pain. I may have used a few swear words, too. I can’t remember.

Try to get in and out of a wheeled desk chair on a tiled floor when one’s back is sore. To do it, I had to grasp my desk with one hand and posi-

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tion the chair just so. Then I lowered myself into it, grunting loudly.

Getting out was a bigger deal.

I planted my feet on the ground, grabbed onto the armrests, and raised myself up slowly. The chair started to roll across the floor away from me. So I’m bent over, holding onto the armrests and trying to stop the chair’s forward momentum. I was also providing a soundtrack that goes a little like this: “HOLY crap, ouch, $#%&, kill me now.” I finally got the chair to stop rolling and was able to pry my hands from the armrests.

Another monumental task when one’s lower back is in flames is trying to use the facilities. Getting on is not too terrible but getting off? Not so good. By the time I accomplished that feat, I was drenched in sweat and my legs were shaking.

The dogs were hiding. I guess I must have been screaming again.

I had a lot of suggestions to ease the pain. One person said for me to lie face down on the floor and have George massage my back. My question to that was, “And how do we plan on getting me OFF the floor?”

Someone else said chiropractor. That would be great, except I couldn’t even get into a car to get to the chiropractor office. Ice, heat, Advil, a shot of whiskey, a hot bath were some more suggestions.

My back pain continued for several days. I began to add random shrieks to my repertoire of swearing anytime I moved. Even turning my head was painful. I looked it up. There are 40 muscles in the back. They control, like, almost every part of one’s body. During this period of back pain, I swear I sprouted 40 additional muscles, all on fire. Therefore, when I reached for something, or turned a certain way, I soon developed the habit of screeching. I also did a lot of heavy breathing and not the good kind, if you get my drift.

Some good things did come out of my having a sore back and walking bent over like I was looking for spare change on the ground. I noticed that our hardwood floors were looking a bit dull. I also noticed that I needed a pedicure.

The doctor sent out a muscle relaxer. The first time I took it, within an hour, I could not have spelled my name correctly. It relaxed my muscles, all right.

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been located along the road.

A comment on the Columbia School post mentioned that a farm pond had been located near where Parkside Avenue currently bends to meet Pennington Road, and that it was a popular ice skating location in the late 19th and early 20th century. It was likely a favored spot to stop on the walk home in the winter.

By 1871, the Columbia School was one of six school Ewing districts listed in the State of New Jersey Annual Schools Report, the six being Scudder’s Falls, Birmingham, Ewingville, Columbia, Brookville and Jacob’s Creek.

I was able to access additional information in the State’s 1878 annual schools report: In 1878, there were only five school districts in Ewing, with the Jacob’s Creek school district no longer listed.

The Columbia School district had 111 children between the ages of 5 and 18. Eighty were enrolled in the public school, and 43 of them attended school for less than four months per year. Twenty-five of them attended school for anywhere from 6 - 10 months per year; the average attendance was 35 pupils. In that year, one male teacher, and no female teachers, were employed. The average monthly salary was $52. The school was judged to be in “very good” condition, and valued at $1200.

But by the early 1900’s, the population was growing rapidly, and the old one- and two-room schoolhouses were becoming outmoded. Next month we will continue to look at early schools in Ewing through the lens of the Columbia School.

Have a Ewing history question you would like researched? Contact Helen at ewingthenandnow@gmail.com

Earlier this year, there was a brief question related to Ewing history posed on a Ewing social media group page which immediately intrigued me, and prompted me to do some research.

The question was, “Where was the Columbia School located?”

The person posing the question had a poetry book which had belonged to a relative, in which there was a handwritten inscription dated 1883, and referencing the book as a prize given to the student at the “Columbia School, Ewing, NJ.” I was unfamiliar with Ewing’s Columbia Schoolhouse, as were most of the people commenting on the post. I had no idea where it had been located.

It turns out to be one of the earliest schools established in the township; in fact, if the references I found to its being built in 1825 are in fact accurate, it predates being established in Ewing Township, and was instead established in Trenton Township, which is what Ewing was known as in 1825. It was not until 1834 that Trenton Township became known as Ewing Township.

It remains to be confirmed as to whether the schoolhouse was known as “Columbia” that early, or exactly when it was given that name. “Columbia” of course is the informal name of the female personification of the United States, and was commonly used in the 18th and 19th centuries.

It became the title of a patriotic song (“Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean”) more than a decade after 1825, which enjoyed much popularity in the middle of the 19th century, so perhaps the school was dubbed “Columbia” at a Helen Kull is an adviser to the Ewing later date.

Township Historic Preservation Society.

On a 1849 Mercer County map, the school is merely marked as “SH” for “schoolhouse” on the map. [The map shows three other SH’s in Ewing - marking the Scudder Falls Schoolhouse, the Birmingham Schoolhouse, and the Ewingville Schoolhouse.] An Fully Insured 1882 map of Ewing, and a 1918 map of Free Estimates Ewing, also show a school located at the same spot.

In any case, the Columbia Schoolhouse was built on the “Trenton, Pennington and Hopewell Road”, otherwise known to us as Pennington Road or Route 31, in 1824. Maps locate it at a point north of what is now Weber Avenue, but on the southbound side of Pennington Road. This would locate it today as being at the corner of Pennington Road and Parkside Avenue.

However, into the early 1900s or so, Parkside Avenue, coming up from the river, ended at Parkway Avenue (then known as Scotch Road!). There would All Home Repairs have been no “corner” with PenningAnd Renovations ton Road, as Parkside did not extend that far. The schoolhouse would have

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Ewing Recreation November 2021 The Ewing Township Holiday Tree Lighting, presented by Mayor Bert Steinmann will take place on Sunday, November 28th at ESCC starting at 4:00pm with arts & crafts, face painting, balloon man. Santa will be arriving by firetruck at 5pm to light the tree! Enjoy music, singing carols, free pictures with Santa, refreshments and more.

Ewing Recreation Basketball League (ERBL) is now taking registration for the 2021-22 season. Register online at CommunityPass.net. The league is open to boys and girls in grades K – 12. It is mandatory for all new players to provide proof of grade, school and residency. The league will have the following divisions this season, Instructional is co-ed for grades K – 1 is held on Thursday evenings at Antheil School. Boy’s leagues are grades 2-3, 4–5, 6–8; Girl’s leagues are grades 3 – 5 and 6 – 8. Player evaluations will be held for all new players and players moving up to a new division. Everyone makes a team. Registration deadline is November 1st. Games are played on Saturdays at Fisher, and Antheil.

Check out the league website at www. leaguelineup.com/erbl for additional information.

Ewing United Indoor Soccer program will be held at the Ewing Senior & Community Center (ESCC), 999 Lower Ferry Road will start in midJanuary. Registration deadline is Friday, December 31. Grades K – 1 is instructional and will run from 12:00am – 1:00pm. The older divisions will play games on Sundays. The leagues are co-ed. The divisions are grouped by grades 2- 3, 4-5, middle school. To get more information or to register go online at ewingunited.com.

The Ewing Recreation Wrestling program starts November 16th with practices at Fisher New Gym on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings for children in grades K-8.

Matches are held on Saturdays. No experience is necessary. Register online at Communitypass.net.

Ewing Recreation has a chess club that meets on Tuesday evenings from 6pm – 10pm for adults on at ESCC. Two Banchoff Park Tennis/Pickleball Courts will have beginners and intermediate players meeting to play on Mondays and Wednesdays starting at 3pm. Intermediate and advanced players are meeting to play on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All levels of players are encouraged to attend.

Mahjong Open Play will meet on Thursday evenings at ESCC from 7pm – 9pm.

Adult Co-Ed Volleyball is held on Wednesday nights at Antheil School from 7:00pm – 9:30pm. This program is informal and is for all levels of players.

Ewing 7 v 7 Adult Soccer will be coordinating a competitive league on Thursdays starting in December. See the league website for registration information, www.7v7soccer.com.

ESCC gym and weight room are open daily. Hours are Monday – Thursday 6:00am – 9:00pm, Fridays 6:00am – 5pm, Saturdays 9:00am – 5:00pm, and Sundays 6:00am – 1:00pm. Seniors can also workout between 9:00am – 12:00pm for free.

The ESCC and Hollowbrook Community Center, 320 Hollowbrook Drive have rooms available for rent for small groups to large parties. Kitchen facilities are available. The Gym at ESCC is also available for rentals and community events. For more information please call the Recreation Office.

For Hollowbrook call 883-1199.

For more information on these or any other programs you can contact the Recreation Office at (609) 8831776 x 2, online at www.ewingnj.org/ communityaffairs. The Recreation Office is located at ESCC and is open Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 9:00pm; Fridays 8:30am – 5:00pm, Saturdays 9:00am – 5:00pm.

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20Ewing Observer | November 2021