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School board passes preliminary budget with no tax increase Transfer of surplus from 2020-21 toward debt service would offset 1.75% increase to general fund

By Joe EmanSKi

Last month, the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education approved the preliminary budget for the 2021-22 school year by a margin of 7–2.

The board is required to submit the preliminary budget to Mercer County for review. A public hearing on the county-approved budget is scheduled for April 26 (via Zoom), after which the board is expected to vote on the final budget proposal.

This budget is significant because it will not increase in the local tax levy for the upcoming school year. That is despite the fact that the district’s general fund will grow by 1.75% from 2020-21, from $77,175,998 last year to $78,526,578 this year.

The district was able to maintain the total local tax levy at its current level of $82,168,163 by applying some of the current year’s budget surplus toward its debt service.

By paying down some of the district’s debt in advance, the board will be able to decrease next year’s debt burden by the same amount that the general fund will go up.

Although the district is proposing a flat tax rate for 202122, residents of Hopewell Township and Hopewell Borough will still see a slight rise in their school tax levy for next year. That has to do with the way the county calculates each municipality’s tax burden, however, and not in this case because of any decision made by the school district.

The Hopewell Express spoke with Thomas Smith, Hopewell Valley superintendent of schools, a week after the passage of the preliminary budget. In our discussion we touched on a number of issues pertaining to the budget, the district, Covid-19, and other related topics.

The Q&A has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Hopewell Express: Let’s take a minute to talk about the current school year and the unprecedented challenges that the district has faced during the pandemic. What are some things that the district got right?

Thomas Smith: I think our screening protocols and really setting up our programs, I think we got that right. The schedule the way it was set up, the way it was rolled out, I think we’ve done well. Our ability to share information with the community, sharing each case and being transparent with our practices and protocols, that all seemed to work out.

And our teachers have been phenomenal. They’ve been really creative and inventive See BUDGET, Page 8

Hopewell Valley Central High School students (clockwise from upper left) Caleb Briggs, Gretchen Cyriacus, Elliot Block and Sachi Siyal in the fall productions of “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Students performed their roles alone at home, and then a complete play was edited together and shared on Bulldog TV.

The show must go on Students, teachers of the performing arts find creative ways to be creative

By Joe EmanSKi

For students of the theater, the play’s the thing.

Performers have long seen the stage as that place where they go to work, to entertain, and to embody their passion for artistic creation.

It’s true that the coronavirus pandemic has taken

stages away from performers over the past 12 months.

But creators gotta create, and students and staff at Hopewell Valley Central High School have risen to the challenge of making art in a time when people could not gather indoors or in groups.

Like performers around the world, they have embraced new ideas and new technologies that make it possible to go “on stage” again — even if their stages are virtual ones.

In November, for instance, Central High School found a way to produce not one but two versions of Oscar Wilde’s

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play The Importance of Being Earnest.

Two separate casts of students donned period costumes provided by the school and, working at home and, often, alone, recorded their performances. The recordings were then edited together by local theater professional Damian Bartolacci and broadcast online (where they can still be viewed on the Bulldog TV YouTube channel).

The students are hard at work now rehearsing for their spring production of a musical See THEATER, Page 6

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The Hopewell Township Police Department has plans to hold its Youth Police Academy from Monday, Aug. 16 through Friday, Aug. 20.

The academy is open to any Hopewell Valley resident completing the 7th or 8th grade this year. Class times are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Graduation will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20 at the Hopewell Township Municipal Building.

The classroom curriculum will include such topics as: Criminal Law, Arrest Search and Seizure, Criminal Investigation, Traffic Stops/Motor Vehicle Law, Physical Fitness Training, The Court System, Juvenile Law, Crime Prevention, Evidence Collection, and Patrol Practices. There will be demonstrations on the Use of Police Equipment, Radar and Drug Identification.

Application forms for the Youth Police Academy are available for pickup at the Timberlane Middle School Main Office, the Hopewell Township Police Department or on the Hopewell Township website, hopewelltwp.org.

All applications must be completed and returned to the Hopewell Township Police Department no later than 4

p.m. on June 18. The class will be limited to twenty students.

Covid-19 protocols will be in place, including mandatory mask usage, social distancing and sanitizing, during the Youth Police Academy. If it becomes necessary to cancel the academy as a result of COVID-19, prospective participants will be notified.

Questions regarding the Youth Police Academy should be directed to Sgt. Louis Vastola at (609) 737-3100, Ext. 5320.

Arts Council on tap for next Brown Bag Lunch Many in the Hopewell Valley remember the colorful oxen that stampeded through Hopewell Valley as part of the Hopewell Valley Arts Council’s community arts program.

And many remember the HVAC’s ArtSpires program from last year in which area artists turned diseased and falled ash trees into works of art.

Now there is an opportunity to learn what the Hopewell Valley Arts Council is planning for this year. The Older Adult Ministry Committee of the Pennington Presbyterian Church is hosting another program in their Brown

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Bag Lunch Program series.

The group will gather on Zoom at 12:45 p.m. on Friday, April 23, with the program beginning promptly at 1.

All are welcome. The speaker will be Carol Lipson, executive director of the Arts Council.

To register and receive the Zoom link, please call the church, call (609) 737-1221x10.

Come Outside and Play returning in 2021

The Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance is excited to announce Hopewell Valley Come Outside & Play, an annual initiative of the Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance, is once again scheduled to take place this year, from Thursday, June 10 through Saturday, June 12.

Last year’s event was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Organizations in the Hopewell Valley are invited to join in this year to provide outdoor activities as part of the community’s effort to get more adults and children outdoors and in nature over those dates.

Anyone interested in providing a program or activity during this year’s Hopewell Valley Come Outside and Play event can complete the participation form by April 20. See the website hvalliance.org for more information.

D&R Greenway announces new board leadership Peter J. Dawson of Pennington, owner of Leigh Visual Imaging Solutions, takes the reins as the new chair of the Board of Trustees of the D&R Greenway Land Trust as the organizastion celebrates its 315th property preserved since its founding in 1989.

Dawson has been involved with D&R Greenway since the year 2000, joining the Board of Trustees in 2013.

“We have all heard the expression, ‘Land: they’re not making it anymore’... which is why it is so important

to work strategically to preserve acres critical to the protection of the overall environment, emphasizing clean water and, of course, establishing greenways,” Dawson said in a media release.

Dawson takes over from co-chairs Wendy Kvalheim of Princeton and Christopher DeGrezia of Montgomery, who completed their terms after a collective 18 years of volunteer service and leadership. Kristen S. Appelget, director of community and regional affairs for Princeton University, also completed her term on the board of trustees and will continue her service on the land trust’s Community Conservation Committee.

Get your Thistle on at Sourland Mountain Happy Hour

Up-and-coming New Jersey singersongwriter Jake Thistle is set to be the star attraction for the Sourland Conservancy’s Sourland Mountain Happy Hour on Thursday, April 1 at 6 p.m.

Thistle, from Paramus, has performed with world-famous artists at major music events in Europe and across the US (including a special private performance at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall). American Songwriter Magazine says: “Thistle’s music oozes an authenticity and depth that should make modern fold legends like Jason Isbell and Jeff Tweedy smile. His vocals, delivered with sincerity and just the right amount of rasp, recall early Jackson Browne, John Hiatt, Steve Forbert and Tom Petty.”

Sourland Mountain Happy Hours will be held via Zoom from 6 to 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month, April 1 through June 3. Also scheduled to perform are As Is Jazz featuring Alan and Stacey Schulman on May 6, and James Popik and the Supernova Band on June 3. Danny Coleman of See NEWS, Page 4

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state agency, and Cleave, co-owner of Flagship Insurance Agency in Pennington, have been involved in the Honorary Commander Program at JB MDL for several years. The purpose of the Honorary Commander Program is to increase public awareness of the installation’s mission and to foster a supportive relationship between military commanders and civic leaders.

New council to The goal is to educate civilian volunteers on provide military the various missions of support services each service branch and to encourage commuTwo Mercer County nication between instalresidents with ties to lation commanders and the Armed Forces have surrounding towns. founded the Mercer Gilmore, of The GilmCounty Military Action ore Firm LLC, serves as Council, a nonprofit secretary of the organizaorganization dedicated tion, while Lauer serves to supporting the seras treasurer.Lauer is a vice members and the partner in Five Points mission of Joint Base Financial in Hamilton.

McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Aside from hosting as well as active-duty Cleave fundraisers and plans to personnel, reservists, hold networking events guardsmen, veterans and their respective families living in so local business leaders can meet base commanders and procurement agents. local towns.

Regina Arcuri of Robbinsville and The organization also plans to encourWilliam “Bill” Cleave of Penning- age local businesses to tap into the talton, both honorary commanders at JB ent on base and offer transitioning serMDL, created this nonprofit organiza- vice members an opportunity to use tion in January. Completing the exec- their skills in the civilian workplace.

More information about MCMAC is utive board are Alan Gilmore, an attorney from Pennington, and David online at mcmilitaryactioncouncil.org.

A. Lauer of Hamilton. The council launched its website in March.

HoVal schools honor Arcuri, chairwoman of MCMAC, encourages Mercer County area busi- Governor’s Award winners ness owners, local government offiThe Hopewell Valley Regional cials and residents to join the organi- School District has revealed its 2020zation. “We need a military support 21 Governor’s Educators of the Year. organization here in Mercer County Betsy Finnegan is the Governor’s not only to support the service mem- Educator of the Year at Bear Tavern bers and the mission of the base, but Elementary School. Finnegan teaches also to inform local businesses that third grade. they can tap into a highly skilled and Vikki Obst, a technology teacher, responsible workforce,” she said in a was the winner of the award at media release.

Hopewell Elementary School, while Arcuri has been active in other mili- Khara Levy received the award at tary support organizations based in Stony Brook Elementary School.

Ocean and Burlington counties for Levy teaches third grade. years. She says that many military famiToll Gate Grammar School’s 2020lies live and work here in Mercer strug- 21 Governor’s Educator of the Year is gle silently to fit into their adopted (and integrated preschool teacher Ashton often temporary) comSands. Sands is also the munities. “These families high school cheerleadwould benefit from a miliing coach. tary support organization Tammy Pegrem, a located close to home,” math teacher, received she said. the award at TimberCleave, vice chairman land Middle School, of the organization, noted while visual arts teacher that his father served Carolyn McGrath in the U.S. Navy during earned the honor at World War II, including Hopewell Valley Central the D-Day invasion at High School.

Omaha Beach, and then Also honored with in the reserves during Governor’s Support the Korean War. His parProfessionals of the ents, he said, taught him Year were Melina GuaGilmore to honor the sacrifices of rino, a paraprofessional the men and women in in the autism program uniform and their families. “Helping to at Bear Tavern Elementary School; establish this organization is my way of Stanley “Ken” Bialota, a tradesperpaying it forward,” he said. son/carpenter who has been with the Both Arcuri, who retired last year as district for 26 years; and Jason Bowa deputy director of New Jersey Lot- ers, also a member of the maintetery after more than 30 years with the nance department.

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Tickets are available now: $10/person (all ages). Organizers say the proceeds will benefit the musicians and the Sourland Conservancy. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit sourland.org.

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THEATER continued from Page 1 been worse, as it was at Ewing High version of Little Women, the novel by School, where the spring production Louisa May Alcott. of Suessical never opened.

If all goes according to plan, they Elliot Block, now a junior at CHS, will indeed take to the stage of the was in the cast of Cinderella. He says Performing Arts Center to deliver that students tried to put a positive this performance — which will give spin on seeing last year’s show shut seniors that one last chance to grace down. the actual stage before “I’d say that I didn’t graduation. take it that hard because, The school has I’m a big basketball fan deemed it safe for the and I saw the NBA shut students to share the down. I saw what was stage for Little Women, happening in the world. with some restrictions It hurt that we didn’t get in keeping with Covid-19 to do our shows, and I protocols as they stand definitely felt really bad today. Students will still for the seniors, but I’m have to wear masks, really thankful that at which will make singing least we got to get a couall but impossible and ple shows in,” he says. necessitate prerecording Block is part of the of all musical numbers. cast of Little Women this But the students will spring, and also had a Rochon get to perform much starring role in one of of their roles on stage the productions of Earand together, a luxury they have not nest in the fall. enjoyed for more than a year.

“It was something that I’ve never Although the students are able to done before, so I really didn’t know assemble on stage, it will still be too how it would all come together,” he early to allow large crowds to gather says. “Even though the final product in the PAC to watch a live perfor- was different, the results were very mance. So Little Women, like Earnest, similar to what would happen in a norwill be recorded and broadcast online. mal play. We still got to see the final “It might not be what it normally production and all the work that we looks like,” says Katie Rochon, theater put into it.” teacher and director of CHS’ theater Block says that having to make Earproductions. “But it’s less about the nest in a novel way ended up exposing final product and more about the pro- students to aspects of theater produccess. They’re still getting the process, tion that they would not normally get even if the final product turns out to to experience. be something different from what we “I went to a friend’s house and would normally produce.” filmed a scene with them outside, and Rochon says that if you can say one when I was helping my friend film thing about theater people, it’s that their scenes, I got to see what it’s like they are creative. The to be behind the campandemic has just meant era and do the lighting creating new ways to and things like that,” he create. says. “To then be able to Ultimately, she says. see our production put theater folks are the together by our amazing ‘Show will go on’ people. editor, it was great to see “We don’t have a box. that even in our homes We’re always thinking we could still make great outside of it. It’s obviart, and it was amazing.” ously not the ideal way One frustration for of doing it, but we’re theater folks is that still doing the things we there have not been should do,” she says. clear guidelines set out “We’re still learning by the state in terms of Shakespeare, the stuwhat is and is not OK. Herbert dents are still showing “Sports have these growth. They’re learnvery explicit guidelines ing the things they’re supposed to from the state they’re telling them learn.” how to do this and how to do that, but HoVal was getting set to put on its in terms of theater, every single school spring production of Cinderella last is coming up with best for them,” she March when the coronavirus crisis says. “There’s people doing things turned into a pandemic. Students completely over zoom, people doing got one weekend of performances in things outside. There are schools before the governor ordered the state doing things for audiences.” into lockdown. The final weekend, like *** all in-person schooling, was canceled.

Students at Central High School “It was heartbreaking for the stu- have adapted to the challenges predents and for us because we love them sented by Covid, and so have students so much,” Rochon says. “We chose to at schools all around the world, includtake the perspective that we were for- ing alumni of the performing arts tunate because our show got to hap- program. pen at all.”

Caroline Herbert is one alum who She points out that it could have has been going through many of the

Caroline Herbert performing in “New Voices 2019: Learn Your Lessons Well” at Paper Mill Playhouse Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory in Millburn. same things at the next level. The 2019 CHS graduate is a first-year student at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where she is studying musical theater.

She says that almost all of her classes this semester have been online, although all of her dance and movement classes have been held in person.

“It’s a very small number of us, we all wear our masks and everything, but it’s really nice in this pandemic era to have the ability to be in a studio and be performing next to people, even if we can’t get close to them,” she says.

First-year students in the Boston Conservatory program usually take ensemble singing classes — which is one discipline that is very difficult to re-create in a virtual setting. But the conservatory has given students a specialized app called RLS Coach, which enables the instructor to patch together multiple students’ streams and play back a coherent group performance.

“It’s super refreshing to be able to have that experience after going a year without being able to sing in an ensemble with people,” Herbert says.

Dance classes feel a little closer to normal, Herbert says, although dancing with masks on took some getting used to. Acting classes remain mostly remote, however.

“I’d say it’s been interesting,” Herbert says of her experience. “Difficult, but a really eye opening experience. Because while in certain senses it feels like we’re limited, because we are, in other senses it feels like the pandemic has given us an opportunity to open our eyes and be more creative than we have ever been before. It’s been good and bad for sure.” *** Rochon and many Hopewell Valley theater students are part of the International Thespian Society, which Rochon describes as a “national honor society for theater.” Rochon is a member of the high school adult board of

the New Jersey Thespians, and Block is a state Thespian officer, or STO, part of the student board.

In a normal year, Thespians get together for both state and international festivals. Last June, the internationals were held virtually via Zoom, and in January, the state festival was also held online.

At the state festival, students participated in the Thespys, a variety of events including monologues, musical solo, acting duos, improv pairs, and musical theater group.

CHS student Sophia Parsons was selected for the “Best of the Festival” showcase for her contrasting monologue, and eight students participated in the first ever all-state musical, Songs for a New World, directed by Rochon.

Again for that production, the students were recorded independently and then edited together into one performance by Bartolacci.

“Songs for a New World is about people coming to a place of crisis and moving through it and feeling empowered so it was very much a show for these times,” Rochon says. “Some of the lyrcs are ‘Hear my song, it will help you believe in tomorrow.’” it was a really beautiful and amazing experience.”

Parsons and eight other CHS students — Alayna Domboski, Jack Creegan, Molly Higgins, Payton Tharp, David LaRaus, Elliot Block, Caleb Briggs and Olivia Levin — earned “superior” ratings at the state festival, and will be allowed to participate in the international festival in June. Again this year that festival will be virtual.

“We’re very lucky to be in Hopewell, in a district that really supports the arts and was really supportive in helping us figure out how to do this,” Rochon says. “We did a fall play, a lot of places didn’t. I love these kids and this community and I feel very lucky all the time to be a part of this.”

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BUDGET continued from Page 1 in working with our students. And it really helped us, the e-learning days we did a few years ago when there were snow days and we had students do school remotely. I think that really helped us pivot this year. Students already knew the drill.

HE: Anything that you think could have gone better?

TS: I think we could have done better on a couple things. One I think was sports, and that wasn’t necessarily our fault, but the lack of information coming from the state was frustrating.

Although we did a good job, we were always waiting to hear what the governor was going to say and how we were going to have to pivot.

The biggest takeaway from the pandemic I think is there are some kids who are really thriving through this. I think we have to acknowledge that the flexibility of remote and hybrid learning has really played well with some kids. And we have seem some other real positives, like with parent teacher conferences being done virtually this year. Parents have said that was great and really convenient and we may continue to do that going forward.

HE: A lot of residents are interested in understanding how such unusual circumstances have impacted district spending. Are there areas where spending has fallen below budget in 2020-21?

TS: Yes, especially with our benefits package. We have moved to self insurance in our health care and that

has been huge for us. In some years that’s a $16 million annual cost, and some years it’s been a double-digit increase in the budget, and for the last two years it’s been zero because of our move to self insurance.

Transportation is another big one.

We’re still running a lot of our typical runs getting kids to and from school, just with fewer kids. But we’re not making athletic runs, we’re not doing trips and tours and taking kids to

glass dividers, all of those things were unintended expenditures.

HE: The preliminary budget for 2021-22 comes with no increase in the tax levy from the prior year. When you were working with the board on this budget, what factored into your decision not to increase the burden for taxpayers?

TS: We didn’t need to. We’re very concerned about the impacts on our taxpayers. We recognize that over 80%

‘There were those who felt we should retain our spending authority going into next year, because there’s a lot of uncertainty, and if we don’t need those monies, we can reduce the budget next year.’

Model United Nations and things like that. So there’s been a huge savings in transportation, and also in heating and cooling, because we haven’t rented out our buildings all school year.

There’s been a loss of revenue, but we’re also not heating and cooling all our buildings until 11 o’clock at night.

HE: What about areas where you have had to go overbudget, were there many unanticipated costs this year?

TS: To keep our class sizes low (during the pandemic), we added additional staff, that was an unanticipated cost. Personal protective equipment, air filters, air purifiers, plexi-

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of our budget is funded by local taxes.

If we can avoid a tax increase, we’re going to take it and make sure our residents know that at the same time that we’re trying maintain the excellence in our schools. Because one of our biggest budget burdens (health-care benefits) came in at zero, we were able to strike a budget with a tax levy of zero.

HE: You are proposing to use some capital reserve funds to service some debt ahead of schedule as a means of keeping the tax levy unchanged. Can you briefly explain how this works and why it is possible for the district to do this?

TS: The debt service is like our mortgage. Because we do have some savings from this year because of Covid and the impact that it had, that gave us the ability to pay down that mortgage this year. And next year we have the debt service from the Timberlane renovation falling off. So we anticipate two years of savings for the community.

HE: A budget that you’re happy with, that does not increase to the tax levy, sounds like a win for taxpayers and the district if it can be done. One might have expected the board’s vote

to be unanimous but two board members voted against it (Debra O’Reilly and Andrea Driver). What did they tell you, or what do you think they wanted to see in the budget that wasn’t there?

TS: Part of that is there’s a feeling that we should reduce spending on the general fund side. It’s really about looking at two years, three years out.

Some folks thought we should reduce the general fund spending, take the savings now and increase the budget next year using banked cap if we need to.

There were others who felt we should retain our spending authority going into next year, because there’s a lot of uncertainty, and then if we don’t need those monies, we can reduce the budget next year.

But exceeding 2 percent, using that banked cap is absolutely a lightning rod in this community, and something we only want to do if it’s an absolute necessity.

HE: Can you talk about some areas where the district has been able to trim costs from the budget this year?

TS: It’s more than in the past year.

We’ve been cutting costs in some areas for years. As our enrollment goes down,* we’ve been reducing staff. We’ve tried to do it through attrition. As someone retires, we just don’t replace that position, rather than letting people go.

We’ve also done that with admininstrators. We’ve reduced our number of administrators in the past few years.

Going forward, the savings for health insurance can’t be overstated.

It’s just huge for us. And we’ve moved toward virtualization, moved toward a Google platform all of our storage.

Our email is stored through Google (in the cloud).

We used to have rooms and rooms of servers that had to be replaced every so often, we’ve moved away from that.

HE: There was a meeting in March between the school board, the administration and local municipal leaders.

In that meeting, council and committee members asked the district to con-

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We don’t want anyone to have to suffer because of changes due to Covid.

We’d like to do it in person, but we recognize there’s going to have to be a remote component. We have to recognize that some people are not ready to come back yet.

HE: The CDC has recently said that in schools it is safe to reduce the standard social distance between people from six feet to three feet. Presumably, you set up the budget for 2021-22 expecting the social distance guideline to be six feet. Will this have an impact on the budget and your plans for next year?

TS: We put in about 20 teachers to keep our class sizes low this year. We

‘We were asked if we could get the tax levy lower by using surplus from this year in the budget, but then you’re going back to the bad habit of using surplus to balance the budget.’ discuss that. But then you’re going back to that bad habit that we broke of using of surplus to balance the budget.

We’re still using it, just not as much as we were.

Say we would have had to make $3 million in cuts to get everybody to go down below zero in terms of their tax levy. Making that reduction would have a detrimental effect on our future ability to spend, or it would mean eliminating programs or services, neither of which we wanted to do.

We’re trying to maintain excellence in our schools and make our cuts where we can.

HE: At one of your recent meetings you introduced an additional $344,000 to the budget under “regular instruction” to adjust for an unanticipated injection of state aid. The district has said this will be put aside for learning loss remediation due to Covid. Can you talk about the district’s plans for remediation and summer classes?

When will you know you have to do it and how will it be implemented?

TS: There’s two things there. We got additional state aid, but we also got Covid funding from the federal government. Covid funding is specifically earmarked for one-time costs — HVAC upgrades, putting in things like mental health programming, getting schools reopened and also remediation and acceleration.

We’re applying those monies toward our summer programming and bringing in mental health supports for students and staff, and also doing some HVAC upgrades. Although we did a lot of them through our last referendum, we still want to improve our systems.

HE: How will learning loss remediation, exactly?

TS: We are finalizing it now. We want to roll it out in April, K through

don’t expect those teachers to come back, so the answer is yes. We expect there to be some change, but we’re not going to have the same number of staff as we had this year.

HE: Even though the school district has proposed a budget with no increase to the local tax levy, taxpayers in the township and in Hopewell Borough will nonetheless see their taxes rise for reasons that are beyond the district’s control. Can you explain why that is?

TS: What it comes down to is, they have fewer people paying taxes this year than last year. We have to ask for X number of dollars from the township and this year that number doesn’t change for us. But they have had a big decrease because BristolMyers Squibb left, and with them out of the equation, that number has to be picked up and spread out over all the residents.

In Pennington, they have actually added ratables in the past year, so their tax levy is staying at zero, or actually even going down a little.

HE: Is there anything else you wanted to say about the budget process?

TS: We are trying to be very good stewards of the taxpayers’ monies. We want to make sure we are providing our students and our residents with a great educational experience. We know many folks have moved into this area because of the school district, and we want to make sure that we are keeping up and continuing our programs and our successes.

I live in New Jersey, I understand the tax structure and that’s something we don’t control. But we try to make the best decisions we can while providing the best programming for our kids.

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Did the board consider the option of using surplus to actually reduce the tax levy in 2021-22?

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In the past, we painted ourselves into a corner with these low budgets when our costs were increasing. So there came that day of reckoning a couple years ago when we had to dig ourselves out of a hole.

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Capital Health Welcomes New Neurology Specialists to Capital Institute for Neurosciences

“When patients require expert care for complex neurological conditions such as stroke, aneurysms, and brain and spine trauma, they look to our Capital Institute for Neurosciences,” said Dr. Dustin Rochestie, director of Neurology and Neurocritical Care. “Drs. Patel, Kiviat, Kananeh, and Patel add additional depth and experience to our team, so patients can be confident they’re receiving the most advanced neuroscience care in the region.”

Capital Health Regional Medical Center includes one of the largest dedicated Neuro ICUs in the state to care for the most complex neuroscience patients. DR. MOHAMMED KANANEH is one of the hospital’s fellowship trained neuro critical care physicians who provide intensive care for patients with life threatening conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain or spine injury, brain aneurysms, and other serious neurological disorders.

He was fellowship trained in neurocritical care at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He completed his neurology residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, where he also completed his internal medicine internship.

DR. PRATIT PATEL joined the team to treat patients requiring endovascular intervention and diagnostics for cerebrovascular conditions like brain aneurysm, stroke, carotid and intracranial stenosis, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), arteriovenous fistula, and subdural hematoma. He is board certified in vascular neurology, neurology and neurosonology (ultrasonic imaging of the brain and other neural structures). Dr. Patel uses minimally invasive neuroendovascular techniques to treat patients accessing the brain’s vascular system using a catheter through the groin area or wrist. After completing his neurology residency at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dr. Patel was fellowship trained in vascular neurology at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and later completed additional fellowship training in endovascular surgical neuroradiology at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey.

Capital Institute for Neurosciences also offers care in the outpatient setting. Neurologist DR. MITEN PATEL, who recently joined the Institute’s Pennington-based practice, is board certified in neurology and fellowship trained in neuromuscular medicine. He received his medical degree at University College London in London, England. He went on to complete further graduate studies at University of Cambridge and conducted research at the Sanger Institute, which culminated in an MPhil degree.

Dr. Patel completed his neurology residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, New York, where he also completed his fellowship training in neuromuscular medicine, with an emphasis on electromyography (EMG). EMG is used to detect neuromuscular abnormalities by measuring electrical activity and muscle response to a nerve’s stimulation of the muscle.

DR. DAVID KIVIAT received his medical degree from the University of Florida, where he also completed his neurology training.

He has treated patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings and has managed care in the neuro ICU, stroke unit, and inpatient neurology service. Dr. Kiviat works with the Capital Health team as a part of its neurohospitalist service, treating patients with a wide range of neurologic disorders and emergencies. Dr. Kiviat is also experienced in neuroradiology, routine and long-term electroencephalograms (EEG) studies, and lumbar punctures.

Capital Institute for Neurosciences provides the most advanced neuroscience care and treatments for conditions such as stroke, aneurysms, vascular malformations, carotid artery disease, cerebrovascular disorders, brain tumors, brain and spine trauma, and complex spine care. Surgical services include neuroendovascular surgery, neurovascular surgery, microsurgery, brain tumor and skull base surgery, as well as advanced spine surgery. Capital Health’s Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center also operates a Mobile Stroke Unit, the first unit of its kind to go live in New Jersey and the Delaware Valley.

Capital Health recently welcomed Dr. Pratit Patel, Dr. Mohammed Kananeh, Dr. David Kiviat and Dr. Miten Patel to its Capital Institute for Neurosciences. The new providers include fellowship trained and board certified specialists who join the Institute in providing the most advanced neuroscience care and treatments to patients in central New Jersey and Lower Bucks County in Pennsylvania.

To learn more, visit capitalneuro.org.

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Capital Health Introduces NEW ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE Capital Health, a regional leader in providing progressive, quality patient care, is now using a new electronic health record (EHR) across its two hospitals’ acute care areas to better serve the community and its patients. The EHR from global health care technology company Cerner Corporation supports doctors, nurses and staff to document and access critical patient information to make treatment decisions, ensure safety and improve the health care experience.

"During this challenging time, we are proud to offer our patients an improved health care experience through the launch of our new EHR,” said Gene Grochala, chief information officer, Capital Health. “Despite the challenges of COVID-19, our staff came together to successfully launch this new technology as part of our commitment to the health and well-being of our patients. We look forward to showing the community the benefits of this new system in simplifying and streamlining our ability to provide highquality health care services.”

The new Cerner EHR will support Capital Health clinicians to efficiently document and access patient information all in one location. Having the most up-to-date patient information at their fingertips supports clinicians in making the most appropriate and informed data-driven decisions. It also means patients who receive care at both Capital Health hospitals may not have to fill out as much paperwork because their critical health data will be able to follow them between locations.

"Setting up a new EHR during a global pandemic is not a simple task, and Capital Health overcame immense challenges to complete the project for the benefit of its patients and clinicians,” said Brian Kincade, senior director and general manager, Cerner. “We were able to successfully move a large portion of the design and build activity to a virtual environment, due to social distancing and travel restrictions, without skipping a beat. Capital Health’s dedication to getting the new system up and running, while also providing life-saving care amid COVID-19, is a testament to its commitment to the community.”

Patients will also have access to their health records through Cerner’s secure online patient portal. Once enrolled, patients can securely exchange messages with their care team, view health information and records, settle balances and view upcoming appointments. Through greater access to their own information, Capital Health is empowering patients to take a more active role in their care to support health and well-being.

Capital Health is the Central New Jersey/Lower Bucks County region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advanced technology. Comprised of two hospitals (Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton, NJ and Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell), an outpatient facility in Hamilton, NJ, and various primary and specialty care practices across the region, Capital Health is a dynamic health care provider accredited by DNV GL – health care and a four-time Magnet®-recognized health system for nursing excellence.

For more information, visit capitalhealth.org.

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SIGN UP FOR CAPITAL HEALTH’S HOSPITAL PATIENT PORTAL CAPITAL HEALTH’S FREE ONLINE HOSPITAL PATIENT PORTAL GIVES YOU ACCESS TO YOUR HEALTH SUMMARY if you were admitted to one of our hospitals or visited one of our Emergency Departments on or after July 15, 2015. Outpatient diagnostic test results and laboratory results are available from July 1, 2016. Additional features to help you better manage your health will become available at a later time.

Our portals are available to patients 18 years of age or older.

Parents or guardians of patients under the age of 18 who wish to have access to their child’s medical records are asked to call our Health Information Management Department at 609.303.4085 (Hopewell) or 609.394.4460 (Regional Medical Center).

PREVIOUS PORTAL SIGN UP:

(for visits from July 15, 2015 – February 5, 2021) • Visit capitalhealth.org/myportal.

Click on the link for the Capital Health Hospital Patient Portal July 15, 2015 – February 5, 2021.

• Use your personal (not work) email.

You should receive a confirmation email once you have registered for the new patient portal.

• You must have an email address in order to register for the portal.

NEW PORTAL SIGN UP: (for visits from February 6, 2021 – present) • Visit capitalhealth.org/myportal.

Click on the link for the Capital Health Hospital Patient Portal February 6, 2021 – present.

• Use your personal (not work) email.

You should receive a confirmation email once you have registered for the new patient portal.

• You must have an email address in order to register for the portal.

Capital Health Specialty Practices – Bordentown is located on the second floor at 100 K Johnson Blvd N, Suite 201, Bordentown, New Jersey 08505.

CAPITAL HEALTH OPENS NEW MULTISPECIALTY CARE OFFICE IN BORDENTOWN Expanding access to specialty health care service for residents in Burlington County, Capital Health recently opened its new Specialty Practices – Bordentown location at 100 K Johnson Blvd N, Suite 201, Bordentown, New Jersey 08505 (on the northbound side of Route 130, across from the Team 85 Fitness & Wellness Center). The new office shares a building that is also home to Capital Health Primary Care – Bordentown and Rothman Orthopaedics.

“Thanks to the continued growth of Capital Health Medical Group, access to expert health care in Burlington County is more convenient than ever,” said Al Maghazehe, president and CEO of Capital Health. “When our neighbors who live or work in Burlington County need specialized care for more complex conditions, our new Specialty Practices – Bordentown location brings highly trained clinicians under the same roof as our Primary Care – Bordentown team to streamline their care and address a wider range of health care needs.”

The providers at Capital Health Specialty Practices – Bordentown are part of Capital Health Medical Group, a network of more than 400 physicians and providers who offer carefully coordinated primary and specialty care. All Medical Group offices use a shared electronic medical records system, which allows providers to access medical records on secure network, making it convenient for patients to continue their care across our network of primary and specialty care providers. Patients can also manage their health easier using our Capital Health Medical Group patient portal, which allows them to conveniently access information about any of their office visits online.

For more information about Capital Health Specialty Practices – Bordentown, visit capitalhealth.org/specialtybordentown.

Capital Health – Behavioral Health Specialists clinicians, including DR. CHRISTI WESTON, DR. ARVIND BHASKER, DR. KRISTINA MCGUIRE, and licensed clinical social worker VICTORIA PENACARDINALLI, provide compassionate psychiatric care, counseling services, and advanced treatment (such as transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression) in a warm, calming environment. To learn more, visit capitalhealth.org/behavioralhealth or call 609.689.5725 to schedule an appointment.

Capital Health – Endocrinology Specialists includes DRS. SHERI GILLIS-FUNDERBURK, ERIKA VILLANUEVA, JOANNA TOLIN, SUNIL THOMAS, and NAZISH AHMAD, who provide care for people living with diabetes, thyroid disorders, metabolic bone diseases (such as osteoporosis), and other problems involving the endocrine (or gland) system. To learn more, visit capitalendocrinology.org or call 609.303.4300 to schedule an appointment.

Capital Health – Gastroenterology Specialists includes fellowship trained gastroenterologists DRS. MARK SAXENA, WASEEM BUTT, and MICHAEL ITIDIARE, as well as nurse practitioner LISA COSTELLO, all of whom specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of general diseases of the digestive system for adult patients. Visit capitalgastro.org to learn more or schedule an appointment by calling 609.528.8884.

Capital Health – Pediatric Gastroenterology Specialists, led by fellowship trained pediatric gastroenterologist DR. SABEENA FARHATH, provides patient-focused care with compassion for treating gastrointestinal illnesses in infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Visit capitalhealth.org/pediatricgi to learn more or schedule an appointment by calling 609.528.8894.

Capital Health – Rheumatology Specialists includes fellowship trained rheumatologists DRS. WILLIAM TORELLI, RISHI PATEL, and LEIGH SEGAL, who specialize in the care and treatment of conditions that affect the joints, muscles, bones, and immune system. For more information, visit capitalrheumatology.org or call 609.303.4360 to schedule an appointment.

Capital Health – Pediatric Orthopedics features DR. MEGAN GRESH, a board certified and fellowship trained pediatric orthopedic surgeon who is dedicated solely to diagnosing, treating, and managing musculoskeletal conditions in children. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call 609.537.6000.

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Capital Health Earns

NATIONAL HONOR FOR EXCELLENCE in Treating Pancreatic Cancer The National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) recently recognized Capital Health Cancer Center as an NPF Center for treating pancreatic cancer. After a rigorous audit, Capital Health earned this designation by demonstrating a focus on the multidisciplinary treatment of pancreatic cancer—treating the whole patient—with a goal of achieving the best possible outcomes and an improved quality of life.

To earn recognition as an NPF Center, Capital Health met comprehensive standards developed by a task force of pancreatic cancer experts and patient advocates. The criteria include having expert physicians in specialties such as gastroenterology, pancreas surgery, and interventional radiology, along with more patient-focused programs such as pain management, behavioral health, and more.

“Being named an NPF Center for the treatment of pancreatic cancer is a great honor for Capital Health, but it is even better news for patients who need our services,” said DR. CATALDO DORIA, medical director of Capital Health Cancer Center and a hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeon. “This designation is a result of the great work done by teams across disciplines at our Cancer Center every day and reaffirms Capital Health’s commitment to providing innovative, world-class care that is close to home for patients in Central New Jersey and surrounding regions.”

Capital Health Cancer Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell, is the area’s most advanced provider of cancer treatment delivered by some of the most experienced medical experts, led by medical director Dr. Cataldo Doria.

At the Center, a team of physicians from related fields such as medical oncology, radiation oncology, gynecological oncology, neurosurgery, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, interventional GI and pulmonology, radiology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, colorectal surgery, thoracic surgery and other specialties collaborate and provide patients with a network of physicians trained in the most complex oncology issues.

KNOW THE RISK OF PANCREATIC CANCER Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading causes of cancerrelated deaths in the US, with more than 48,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Though the exact cause of pancreatic cancer are not yet well understood, research studies have identified certain risk factors that may increase the likelihood that an individual will develop the disease.

For more information, visit capitalhealth.org/cancer.

OBESE people have a 20% increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer compared to people who are of normal weight

DIET high in red and processed meats is thought to increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer

SMOKING is associated with 20 – 30% of all pancreatic cancer cases

PANCREATIC CANCER RISK FACTORS

FAMILY HISTORY: 2 – 3 times increased risk if a first-degree relative (parent, sibling or child), is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

PANCREATITIS: Chronic or hereditary

Slightly more MEN are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer than women

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AGE: Most people diagnosed are greater than 60 years of age

LONG-STANDING, (over 5 years) diabetes

Soap box derby, concerts and more on tap this summer coming to the Hopewell Valley. The event is fun for the whole family even With warmer weather on the hori- though there is only one seat in the zon, the Hopewell Township Recre- car.

Children ages 7 to 19 can regisation Department’s goal this spring and summer is to bring our commu- ter, and no experience is necessary. nity together with the refreshment Come out to cheer on our young raceof the mind, body, and spirit through car drivers at the Hopewell Township Municipal Complex. play.

In the summer of 2020, we introRecreation creates happiness and builds structure, empowerment, and duced Movies in the Park with great friendships, which we all need and success. For 2021 we will be expandcrave in these challenging times. The ing our family nights to also include Recreation Department has included Concerts in the Park. Keep your many new programs, camps and Wednesday evenings in July and events this year, so there is something August open and be sure to register for all of our residents to participate for these exciting events, held at Woolin, whether you are 3 or 93 or any- sey Park.

Hopewell Recreation has seven where in between. brand new summer proThe Hopewell Recregrams, which include ation Department, along Pre-K Camp offerings with Senior Services, as well as half day Rec will be celebrating Older Camp in the Park for Americans Month this children in upcomMay by hosting outdoor, ing grades 1-6. We are in person, entertainment happy to offer our teen at Woolsey Park for our artists Nature Sketch senior citizen populaCamp, so they can contion. On May 5, we are tinue to explore their art looking forward to a conpotential throughout the cert featuring the instrusummer months. mental and vocal talents Our well known and of students from our ever popular sport area schools. camps are returning, so On May 20, internaPoveromo be sure to register early. tional magician extraorAll camps will be held dinaire Will Fern will perform his magic show that will outside and locations vary. Details amaze you and leave you wanting regarding camps and registration information is available on the Recremore.

We are also offering our adult and ation website. There is a camp or prosenior population opportunities to par- gram for every child to enjoy and benticipate this spring in some wonderful efit from with Hopewell Recreation.

All Hopewell Township Recreation local trips and walking tours through the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed programs and events are open to Institute and historic Hopewell Bor- Hopewell Township residents as well ough! Be sure to register in a timely as our neighboring communities. We manner, since they are popular and fill will follow the most up-to-date CDC and New Jersey Department of Health up quickly.

The Recreation Department is hop- guidelines to ensure the safety of all ing to bring back our popular commu- participants.

We are very excited to celebrate nity trips this fall, so stay tuned.

Families can join us on Saturday, 2021 with promises of better things to May 15, at Woolsey Park, for some come as we stay patient and positive fresh air and “good ol’ fashioned” in the days ahead. Regardless of what fun, from noon to 2 p.m., as Hopewell this year has in store for us, Hopewell Township Recreation celebrates “Kids Recreation will be here for you and to Park Day!” This is a national event your family’s recreational needs.

Remember, we are “Hopewell to celebrate outdoor play while connecting kids and families with their Strong,” and there is no doubt that we will shine as the sun clears, the clouds local parks.

The Hopewell Valley Arts Council part, and we live our lives eclipsing will be joining us, offering a craft proj- where we were yesterday.

Please call our office at (609) 737ect for children ages 5 through 12.

Later that same day, we will be part- 3753 with any questions and visit recnering with Hopewell Valley Base- reation.hopewelltwp.org to sign up for ball and Softball Association to host Recreation Email Blasts so you can be the MLB Pitch, Hit, and Run event. the first to know about the fabulous This free event will take place at the events and activities rolling out of the Municipal Athletic Complex. All boys Hopewell Recreation Department.

Karin Poveromo is the Hopewell and girls ages 7-14 are encouraged to Township director of recreation. This come out and participate.

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Mercer County Sustainability Coalition Greening Together 2021

CELEBRATE EARTH WEEK 2021 WITH US! Visit www.mercersustainabilitycoalition.org/greening-together-2021/ for more details on these events and more!

Learn more about sustainability! You are invited to join the Mercer County Sustainability Coalition for community events. All the events are FREE, but please register on our website. If participating in an outdoor event, please wear a mask and take a picture to share with us. Connect on social media with #GreeningTogether to help show your love for our streams, parks, and open spaces!

Starting in mid-April, celebrate with stream cleanups done in partnership with The Watershed Institute. They are planned throughout the region in person or on your own. Check www.thewatershed.org for more details.

All day Saturday, April 24: Help beautify Lawrence Hopewell Trail Extension by volunteering to help the Mercer County Park Commission install over 2,600 native trees and shrubs in Rosedale Park. Check for additional planting and volunteer dates on our website.

Saturday, April 24 12pm-3pm: Check out A Sustainable Landscaping Mini-Expo at Princeton Shopping Center hosted by Sustainable Princeton.

Pick up free “Greening To-Go Kits” at Terhune Orchards in Lawrence or in Hopewell at their 3 parks. This FREE bag will have resources on how to become a more sustainable household, a plantable gift, and family activities.

Sunday, April 25 3pm-6pm: Join a virtual C-Change Conversation on energy conservation and CO2 reduction, hosted by Sustainable Lawrence.

Monday, April 7pm: Find ways to become a zero-waste with the Hopewell Valley Green Team and West Windsor Green Team.

Tuesday, April 27 7pm: Join a panel discussion on Clean Transportation in the Capital City hosted by Trenton’s Green Team. Learn about the EV car share initiative, bike projects, and other transit-oriented development plans.

April 28 is Water Wednesday! Learn why Mercer County is experiencing more flooding and what that means for our water quality. Attend a program hosted by the Friends of Colonial Lake and The Watershed Institute.

Thursday, April 29: Explore Green Infrastructure Resources with us. Kory Kreiseder, the Stormwater Specialist at The Watershed Institute, will talk about how we can use trees, plants and soil to capture and clean the polluted stormwater runoff.

Friday, April 30: Join an Arbor Day tree planting celebration in your town.

Check back for presentations on native tree identification, tree health, and confronting tree-damaging lanterflies. And don’t miss out on the Rider University Eco-Reps who will host an Ultimate Green Trivia Kahoot!

Check with your local Green team of Mercer County to see what other great Earth Week events are being planned.

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Inaugural Hopewell Valley Green Week to kick off on April 17 LISA WOLFF NATURE IN THE VALLEY

April 22 is Earth Day. As environmental issues have captured the public’s attention, local environmental groups have planned separate activities to celebrate the day. This year the Hopewell Valley school district seeks to unite the entire community around common goals of environmental justice and sustainability by announcing the inaugural Hopewell Valley Green Week from April 18 to 24, with a special preview day on April 17.

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tors, teachers, school board members, parents, students and representatives from the Hopewell Valley Green Team and FoHVOS. In addition, the district has released a brand-new Environmental Stewardship Statement: “The Hopewell Valley Regional School District is dedicated to being a responsible steward of the environment, both within our buildings and beyond our classrooms. We are committed to using our resources responsibly; mobilizing our students, staff and the wider community, by providing them with the knowledge and skills to envision and create an environmentally just and sustainable future.”

The statement also includes a commitment to environmental citizenship which seeks to “educate, innovate, engage, and advocate.” Green Week is a natural outgrowth of this movement.

The flagship events are two community film screenings: “The Sacrifice Zone” and Microplastic Madness. Both are followed by panel discussions featuring local conservation experts.

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Green Week includes classroom activities at every school. Students will be introduced to an environmental problem at the beginning of the week and tasked with helping to solve this problem by participating in a challenge. At the conclusion of the week, students will reflect on how the challenge impacted their week.

In addition, after school Green Teams will host Zoom events to help educate the community about Green issues.

Activities also include Scavenger Hunts, Kahoots, and other engaging community events throughout the week. Students will lead presentations on sustainable fashion and biomimicry. There are also evening eco bedtime stories and community book dis-

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cussions. Exciting community events take place every evening of the week.

A sampling is shown here: Clean Communities Clean Up Day. April 17, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 301 Wash-Crossing Road.

Registration required to help clean up Hopewell Valley and your favorite nonprofit gets paid $8/hr for your time and you get a cool T-shirt! Sponsor: FoHVOS and Hopewell Township.

Force of Nature Hike Series.

April 17, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Woosamonsa Ridge.

Registration required to join RomYoga and FoHVOS on a forest bathing hike and meditation at the new Woosamonsa Ridge Preserve.

Sponsor: FoHVOS and RomYoga.

“The Sacrifice Zone”: film and panel discussion. April 18, 3 to 5 p.m. Zoom link.

Watch a half hour film that highlights efforts to break the cycle of poor communities of color serving as dumping grounds for our consumer society, followed by an expert panel discussion.

Food Systems and Climate Change. April 19, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Zoom link.

Dr. Xenia Morin, Associate Professor, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health shares how our food systems are connected to climate change. Sponsor: Rutgers Pollinator Friendly Home Landscapes. April 19, 8 to 9 p.m. Zoom link.

Alex Rivera discusses how adaptable plants that have outsized benefit to pollinators can be incorporated in your landscapes to support wildlife.

Sponsor: MC Parks Commission.

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.

April 20, 5 to 6 p.m. Zoom link.

Mary Ann Boyer, Rebecca Boden and Samantha Friborg discuss 10 ways to reduce your carbon footprint.

Sponsor: Boyer Sudduth Environmental Consultants.

Recycling Won’t Save Us. April 20, 7 to 8 p.m. Zoom link.

Carolyn McGrath and Nick Johnson discuss about how to do a home waste audit and move towards zero waste.

Sponsor: HVRSD. Hopewell Valley Dark Skies.

April 21, 8 to 9 p.m. Zoom link. Registration required.

Dr. Rex Parker, astrophotographer, discusses issues of light pollution to both humans and migrating birds.

Sponsor: Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space.

Microplastic Madness: film and panel discussion. April 22, 3 to 5 p.m. Zoom link.

A film about a 5th graders from Brooklyn sparking youth-led action for a plastic free future with schools as hubs for change. Incudes an expert panel discussion.

Bird Migration. April 22, 7 to 8 p.m. Zoom link. Registration required. $5 suggested.

Tyler Christensen discusses his experiences researching migratory birds and threats they face. Sponsor: Sourland Conservancy.

Outdoor Equity Alliance EcoTrivia Night. April 22, 8 to 9 p.m.

Zoom link. $10 team registration required. Proceeds to the Outdoor Equity Alliance.

OEA Founders Aaron Watson and Lisa Wolff introduce famous Trivia night host Mr. Lewy.

Creating a Backyard Victor y Garden. April 23, 4 to 5 p.m. Zoom

HoVal forager-farmer turns weeds into an ecobusiness Tama Matsuoka Wong is a forager, weed eater, meadow doctor, lawyer and mother of three. She has written several books including a James Beard award nominated cookbook Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer’s Market.

Now Wong’s company, Meadows & More, has partnered with Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space to sell Wild Cedar firestarters to the public, with the goal of raising enough revenue to maintain her farm assessment.

The firestarters will be sold at Pennington Quality Market. When PQM owner Mike Rothwell heard Wong’s story, he knew immediately wanted to help.

“As a local business, PQM has always focused on giving back to the community. We have been a longtime supporter of FoHVOS, and when they told us about Tama, we knew that the Hopewell Valley community would want to get behind this effort to help a local farmer and we were happy to distribute their Wild Cedar Firestarters.”

After graduating from Harvard Law School and spending more than 25 years as a financial services lawyer in Tokyo, New York and Hong Kong, she returned with her family to New Jersey and rediscovered her passion for the natural world. In 2007, she was named Steward of the Year by the New Jersey Forest Service.

At present, she is a tenant farmer for the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open link. Registration Required.

Anthony Bracco discusses growing food in your own garden, with time for Q&A. Sponsor: Pennington Public Library. *** The culmination of Green Week takes place on Saturday, April 24, when participation choices will be endless. FoHVOS stewardship director Mike Van Clef partners with HVRSD’s own Mark Manning on 2.5 hour guided nature hike exploring the flora and fauna and ecology of the Hopewell Valley.

If that’s too long, local celeb Hopewell Valley Naked Running Man leads a 1-hour hike through a local FoHVOS Preserve.

Hikes not your thing? Plant trees in Rosedale Park with the Mercer County Park Commission. Or join a stream cleanup with The Watershed Institute.

The Hopewell Valley Green Team invites children and families to a Scavenger Hunt using a Bingo Card highlighting items around the park. They will also be handing out Live Green Hopewell Valley! Kits containing recycling, home waste audits, saving food, anti-idling information.

After completing April 24 in-person events, everyone is invited back for the Green Week finale known as the Green

Tama Matsuoka Wong of Meadows & More harvests Juniper to make Wild Cedar firestarters. end restaurants in New York City.

Space in Hopewell Township.

When the pandemic hit, restaurants Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Wong farmed and foraged at the Mar- shut down, and Wong lost her cusshall’s Corner Preserve (formerly tomers overnight. Adding to her misknown as Thompson Preserve).

Employing sustainable practices, she harvested and sold unique organic plants as specialty ingredients to highWeek Forum, which aims to have community-based conversation that explore solutions to deal with environmental challenges in Hopewell Valley.

The forum is set to begin with a series of short talks delivered by elementary, middle, and high school students as well as Hopewell Valley alumni working in environmental fields. A diverse panel of speakers will follow and address different conservation topics in food, social justice, climate, legislation, waste, biodiversity, and/or sustainable living. This panel discussion will be followed by solution-oriented breakout sessions.

Green Week will conclude at the end of this event.

Carolyn McGrath, a teacher on the Green Week planning committee, shared: “We hope that the connections, conversations, and learning that take place during Green Week will deepen our commitment to working together towards environmentally just and sustainable solutions, and provide opportunities for continued dialogue and sustained action.”

For the complete schedule and more information visit bitly.com/ hvgreenweek.

Lisa Wolff is the executive director of Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space.

Email: lwolff@fohvos.org.

fortune was the risk of not meeting the minimum income requirements to qualify for farm assessment on the property.

Wong notified FoHVOS stewardship director Mike Van Clef of her tenuous position, and together they sought out solutions to avoid “losing the farm.” As they walked the land, Van Clef noted that the wild cedar (juniper) trees needed to be removed in order to maintain and properly preserve the meadow.

“Removing the underappreciated, weedy, local tree helps restore the land.” Wong said. “I never like to waste anything, so I researched ways to repurpose the juniper. When I found out that Native Americans revered our local juniper trees for its ‘hot flame,’ I knew I was onto something.”

Wong began experimenting and found if she lightly kiln-dried the wood, they became highly flammable and less smoky, resulting in the perfect firestarter. Simply toss the entire bundle in the fireplace or pit, add wood and light.

Wild Cedar Firestarters are $5/ each or 3 for $12. Profits will go to FoHVOS. Unlike other firestarters, they contain no wax or chemicals. Just locally harvested, kiln dried juniper wrapped in natural paper.

Web: fohvos.org. –LW

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Mercer County Park Commission keeping ‘Eyes on Eagles’ email or social media. Images can be The Mercer County Park Commis- 9. Masks and social distancing are emailed to parksinfo@mercercounty. sion announces the third year of “Eyes required. Space is limited and pre-regorg with the photographer’s name, or on Eagles” programming to celebrate istration is required. shared through social media by tagthe four pairs of bald eagles that nest Virtual panel discussions will offer ging or mentioning the Mercer County in Mercer County, including two pairs an even closer look at life in the nest Park Commission on Facebook, Twitthat are nesting in county parks. on April 29 and June 3 at 7 p.m. The ter and Instagram. If posting pictures The Park Commission, Conserve Park Commission will air up-to-date of eagles in Mercer County parks, Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey video footage of the nest featurtag the Park Commission and use the and the Wildlife Center Friends are ing two important stages in eaglet hashtag #capitalcountyeagles. partnering to host in-person and vir- development.

CWF is a private, nonprofit organitual eagle viewing programs throughRegistration is required for these zation dedicated to the protection and out the spring. free public programs. Those interpreservation of New Jersey’s endanIn-person public nest viewing pro- ested can register at mercercountypgrams will be held at the West Picnic arks.org/#!/activities/eyes-eagles.

Nesting bald eagles return to the gered and threatened wildlife and Area at Mercer County Park. NaturalThe Park Commission’s two recent capital county. (Photo by Kevin their habitats. Wildlife Center Friends is a supportive partner of the Mercer ists and guides will be on hand to help eagle nests provide wildlife enthusi- Buynie.)

County Wildlife Center, a facility of the the public safely view bald eagles with asts with a rare opportunity to view Mercer County Park Commission. spotting scopes for a closer look. eagles in nature, but for the safety of To learn more about bald eagle pro“Eyes on Eagles” in-person nest the eagles, all viewing will be done remain on marked trails at all times Local and regional wildlife photog- gramming opportunities, visit mercerviewings will be held on the sec- from a distance. Bald eagles and many Community News Service - Hamilton/Ewing/Hopewell Crossword - 4/21 countyparks.org or conservewildliraphers are encouraged to share their ond Sunday and fourth Friday of the bird species are sensitive during their month, from 1 to 3 p.m., through May nesting season. Park patrons must images of the breeding eagles through fenj.org.

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