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Stephanie Gold and Eric Sims started Locked Down Designs to provide free masks to frontline pandemic workers, but the eﬀort was so successful, they have turned it into a business.

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Like most of the world, Stephanie Gold watched the unforgiving nature of frontline employment unfold as the coronavirus pandemic raged on. Unlike most of us, though, she decided to act. The severity of the situation hit her once Hopewell Valley

schools closed. Gold, 43, has two children, a sixth-grader and a ninth-grader, in the district. She and boyfriend-turnedbusiness partner Eric Sims got to work. They started designing and making facemasks, which they then donated to essential workers. Eventually, they were successful enough to turn the endeavor into a new company: Locked Down Designs. “We wanted to keep busy and give to the frontline workers, and it snowballed from there,” she said in an email. The pair has been productive—together, they’ve made over 4,000 masks and sold over

2,000. They stock about 175 different fabrics and styles at one time. The Locked Down Designs store features 15 categories, from fantasy and tie-dye to USA and back to school. “Our focus from the beginning has been making a premium mask that not just performs great, but is also comfortable to wear, that makes a statement and that will hold up wash after wash,” Gold wrote on the shop’s website. “After all, you don’t wear the same underwear every day, so why would you wear the same face mask every day?” See LOCKED, Page 8

When the coronavirus pandemic started earlier this year, Will Titus got to work. He started small—delivering groceries to elderly or immunocompromised neighbors here and there. As things started to pick up, though, he decided that he could be doing more. So he rounded up a few of his friends and started Hopewell Helpers in early June. “I saw how providing that help was valuable to these individuals and allowed them to remain safe,” he said in an e-mail. “One day, I thought, ‘What if we could provide this service to more people?’ And so, Hopewell Helpers was born, offering much, much more than grocery delivery to a much greater number of clients.” Hopewell Helpers worked with 30 residents in its first 10 days. That number has grown to over 200 as of mid-August. Titus and his team of local students—all Central High School students or alumni— travel around the Hopewell Valley helping vulnerable residents with different tasks, mostly yard work and manual labor, though they are willing to assist with just about anything. “We’ve done tons of weeding,

we’ve dug holes, we’ve helped move things around the house and assemble things and countless other similar odd jobs,” he said. “We’ve helped with cleaning and tech support, childcare, grocery delivery, pet sitting and just about any odd job in between.” There are no set prices. Hopewell Helpers offers all services using a “pay-whatyou-want” low-cost or no-cost model, something Titus knew he wanted to do right off the bat. He needed to make sure that he could assist anyone who needed help. “It makes our services accessible and affordable to all members of our community,” Titus said. “It allows those who can pay a little more to do so and those who are able to pay less or nothing to still receive the help they need. It differentiates us from other businesses and organizations and allows us to work for a wide variety of clients.” Those clients number in the hundreds, and Titus hopes to see that number increase—he wants the Hopewell Helpers model to work year-round, not just seasonally. “It’s been a great learning experience from the entrepreneurial side of things, and it has provided myself and other Helpers with new perspectives and experiences that come from helping others out,” Titus said. And now, as the school year approaches, the organization is expanding its offerings to include tutoring. Volunteers See HELPERS, Page 7

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I am pleased to announce that I will stand for re-election to the Hopewell Valley Regional School District Board of Education this fall. It has been my privilege to represent Hopewell Township on the board for the past nine years. While we have made significant strides in curriculum, instructional practices and services, technology, cocurricular offerings, equity and socialemotional learning during my time on the board, much remains to be done. In the past two years, we have welcomed five new members to the board. This next election will add at least two brand new members. A Board of Education should balance new ideas with institutional history and knowledge. Complex issues such as the workings of a $90 million budget come with a substantial learning curve for even the most capable. My experience will be vital to our board going forward. If I am re-elected, I will be the only Hopewell Township member that has served for a full term on the board. I am in my second year of service as vice president. My experience in helping the district during difficult times in the past will prove useful in the challenging year we are now beginning. I pledge my continued service to the students, parents and residents of Hopewell Valley as a member of the Board of Education. You can contact me at adamsawicki@hvrsd.org.

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Components of the annual Hopewell Harvest Fair will be offered virtually this fall, the event’s board of trustees has announced. Although due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Harvest Fair cannot be held this year, live music and many of the fair’s traditional contests will be offered through the HHF website and Facebook page. On Saturday, Sept. 26, music will be broadcast via Facebook Live on the Hopewell Harvest Fair Facebook Page. Community members are encouraged to watch these performances live. Musical performances will also be recorded and can be watched at a later date. In addition, members of the Hopewell Valley community from near and far will be able to submit original work via the HHF website for any of the following contests: Photography, Kids’ Art; Kids’ Lego, Find Freddy Takes Out the Trash, and Doggy Dress-Up. Submissions will be judged and winners will be announced on Sept. 26 on the HHF website and via social media. Winners will receive digital certificates. The HHF Board will also run a

poetry exhibition. Submissions of poetry will not be judged. The poetry exhibition will also be published on the website. Specific guidelines for the contests and the poetry exhibition are available online at hopewellharvestfair.org. Digital contest submissions will be accepted on the website beginning on Sept. 5. The deadline for all submissions is Sept. 19 at 11:59 p.m. Organizers say that proceeds from the event support a community grant program, which has donated more than $200,000 to local nonprofit organizations over the past 26 years.

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AROUND TOWN cont. from Page 4 Road, marked by a signature preserve Land Trust, Friends of Hopewell Val- sign. D&R Greenway created and ley Open Space and the Township of installed the sign and accompanying Hopewell conserved what has been kiosk, with its descriptive trail map. This land is named for a Lenape vildescribed as “a forested paradise.” A wide range of cooperation saved lage once located on adjacent land. the Jay and Amy Regan land in 2018. The Nature Conservancy and NJ Patty Cronheim new Green Acres Program, as well as Mercer County’s Open Space Fund, ini- campaigns director for tially provided preservation funding conservation group for Woosamonsa Ridge, D&R Greenway’s 300th preserved property. New Jersey League of Conservation Woosamonsa’s longest trail loop Voters has named Hopewell Valley provides about an hour and a half — resident Patty Cronheim the organieach direction — of nature. The short- zation’s new campaigns director. New est may be completed in less than an Jersey LCV is the statewide political hour. The pathways wind voice for the environthrough the bucolic ment, advocating for Jacobs Creek Valenvironmental policy ley. Arrival at the high and holding elected offipoint on the ridge delivcials accountable. ers spectacular views, Through her posiuntil now more or less tion as campaigns direcreserved for the birds. tor, Cronheim will be The property is codeveloping, overseeing owned and managed by and leading New Jersey D&R Greenway Land LCV and the New Jersey Trust and Friends of LCV Education Fund’s Hopewell Valley Open environmental camSpace, in partnership paign plans, including with the Township of stormwater utility and Hopewell. Volunteers clean energy campaigns. Cronheim of the two nonprofits, She will work to bring composing the NJ Trails together stakeholders Association, have built new paths and to ensure an equitable transition to improved historically used trails that renewable energy that protects the now await the public. health and safety of all New Jerseyans. Hopewell Township provided the Cronheim’s community organizing new parking area on Woosamonsa and volunteer activities are numerous.

She leads Hopewell Township Citizens Against the PennEast Pipeline, and serves on the Climate Advisory Committee for the NJ Sustainable Business Council, and works with the Mothers Out Front Health Impacts Advisory Committee. She also is a board member of The Watershed Institute. Prior to joining New Jersey LCV, the Hopewell resident worked as the outreach coordinator at ReThink Energy NJ, where she helped foster the transition to renewable energy to reduce the use of fossil fuels. She organized communities statewide to improve their health and safety by opposing fossil fuel projects, such as the PennEast Pipeline and the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project. Cronheim holds a bachelor’s degree in film and television from New York University and a master of science in nutrition and applied physiology from Columbia University. New Jersey League of Conservation Voters is a no-partisan organization whose mission is to elect environmental champions, hold public officials accountable, and support laws that protect the environment and improve the quality of people’s lives.

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HELPERS continued from Page 1 can help with individualized tutoring, college essays and applications, writing support, summer packet help and more. Lessons and instructions can be completed in-person or virtually. Hopewell Helpers started with a team of four and quickly grew to almost 30 volunteers. The group is still accepting new volunteers, especially recent graduates and those who will be able to continue working in the fall. There are two requirements: volunteers must be able to provide their own transportation, and they must be at least 16 years old. Prospective Helpers should send an e-mail to hvhelpers@gmail.com. Titus graduated from HVCHS in 2019 and currently attends Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He works as an EMT at home in Pennington, and he is currently studying for his Firefighter I certification. Giving back to his hometown has been a rewarding experience, Titus said, and he and his colleagues hope to bring in even more volunteers. “All of our team members went to Hopewell Valley Central High School, and many of us have been in the area since we were very young,” he said. “It’s a very special opportunity to be able to give back to a community that has given Continued from previous page choose-your-own-route, cycling, running and/or hiking event. The Sourland Spectacular will be held September 5-13 on Sourland region roads and public hiking trails. Cycling routes will be released soon. Sourland Conservancy trustees Joanna Fiori and Jim Andrews, are co-chairing this year’s event. “We want to keep everyone’s health and safety front and center, which is why we have modified the event to allow riders, runners, and hikers to participate safely following CDC guidelines,” says Fiori. “We will be marking the routes, providing cue sheets and GPS files, a water fill station, and portapotties.” Andrews says because many people are experiencing economic hardship, and the Sourland Conservancy is offering reduced services for this year’s event, the organization is not setting a fixed registration fee. Participants are asked to pay what

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LOCKED continued from Page 1 The Philadelphia-based Sims does the sewing, and Gold, a five-year Pennington resident, helps with production. They share marketing and selling duties. Both have owned businesses in the past—Gold a baby boutique, and Sims an online store. So starting up Locked Down Designs was a bit of a natural progression. Masks are made to CDC specifications, Gold said. Each comes with either a double layer of tight-knit cotton or a cotton exterior shell and interior lining with a pocket for a five-layer polypropylene and activated carbon removable filter. Masks start at $19.99. “Each mask includes a filter, unlike other sellers who expect you to source your own filter, which is not an easy task these days,” Gold said. Their wide array of offerings nabbed them a couple of news spots, too. Gold’s friend, Barbara Majeski, plugged Locked Down Designs on Good Day

New York. A producer saw the bit and invited Gold and Sims to appear on The Today Show. It was “exciting and nerve-wracking,” Gold said. “What we never imagined was the response that we received from those first few batches of masks,” Gold said on her website. “People couldn’t seem to get enough of them, and we kept getting message after message asking us to offer them for purchase.” It was also a well-deserved mini break for the pair, who often work 18-hour days to keep up with demand—demand that has grown as they have added gloves, hand sanitizer, scrub caps, disposable masks and custom masks to their offerings, as well as continuing to donate to frontline workers. But it is a labor of love for Gold and Sims, and that’s the best part, she said. “We can be creative and work as a team,” Gold said. “We are helping people and keeping busy during this Examples of some Locked Down pandemic.” Designs masks.

Trio forms school board slate Three local residents have filed the required documents to qualify for the November School Board Election Ballot. Lifelong Hopewell Valley resident Andrea Driver lives with her husband and two daughters, one an HVRSD graduate, and one a rising junior. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s Degree from Rider and is a New Jersey certified teacher, principal and supervisor. Ross Gordon is a 7th-grade social studies teacher in Willingboro. He has a degree from Rutgers and a master’s from Kean University. He lives in Titusville with his wife and two pre-schoolers. Anita Williams Galiano is a graduate of University of Iowa, with a degree in communication and organizational design. She is the COO and

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Deer control essential to ecological health of Hopewell Valley LISA WOLFF

and money to be very productive. forest canopy, but above the forest Visit fohvos.org to learn more about floor is called “understory.” For a forNATURE IN THE VALLEY deer management options. In the est to be healthy, it needs a healthy meantime, if you are a private landunderstory. owner, consider the following options Unfortunately, without fencing to to help control the deer population in September marks the beginning of keep deer away, it is almost impossiour area. fall — my favorite season. The slight ble to grow new trees in our forests. Native plant gardening. Garden chill in the air arrives as the leaves Native shrubs, small trees and wildto protect native plants to replace start to color. While the status of stu- flowers have declined by nearly 80%. those eaten by deer. According to dents returning to school remains In the past, native plants accounted for Audubon.org, “Because native plants uncertain, Mother Nature’s routine is over 95% of all plant cover and now the are adapted to local environmental balance has shifted to invasive species unphased by the pandemic. conditions, they require far less water, An unfortunate truth is that deer making up over 50% of plant cover. saving time, money, and perhaps the With the increase in deer over share my fondness for autumn. Living most valuable natural resource, water. in Hopewell Valley means you’ll often the last 50 years, native plants have In addition to providing vital habitat see deer, and the risk for deer-vehicle declined, and invasive plants have for birds, many other species of wildcollisions run highest during mating increased. life benefits as well.” The Princeton Council has had an season, which runs from late October Education. Learn about deer aggressive deer management plan for Peek-a-boo, I see you. (Photo by Kate to mid-December. impacts and management of deer While deer are beautiful creatures years, and Pennington Borough Coun- Dunham.) overabundance. Research manageto observe, their overabundance has a cil expects to take similar action. ment hunting options for your prop“It’s a shame it’s come to this but very detrimental ecological impact to erty. Contact FoHVOS to check for the deer population in Pennington has which there is no simple solution. Finally, a dense population of deer safety zones and receive contact inforDeer naturally thrive in our Garden to be reduced. So many people spend State of New Jersey, where they can hours upon hours make their gardens contributes overall to more cases of mation of safe and effective hunters. Advocacy. Work with your local heartily feed on our delicious plants, and landscape look beautiful, only Lyme disease, since infected ticks use municipality to support local and stateflowers, and forest understory. Other to wake up the next morning to see deer as their host. We’ve made perfect habitat for deer wide deer management efforts. than humans, they have very few everything eaten by a herd of deer,” Support organizations, such as predators. Our Valley is home to 105 said Charles Marciante, a Penning- with forest edges, farm fields and deer per square mile. This is over 10 ton Borough councilman. “By thin- homes that protect deer from hunters FoHVOS that engage in deer mantimes the recommendation of 10 per ning the herds that graze in town, we’ll and feeds them a diet much more copi- agement, and programs that encourhave a better chance of controlling the ous and nutritious than a native forest. age venison donation efforts, like the square mile, for herd balance. Further, hunting has not been tremen- New Jersey-based Hunters Helping “Deer overpopulation in Hopewell destruction they cause.” the Hungry, that have provided over 2 The landscape planting losses are dously effective. Township is an environmental disasForty percent of Hopewell Valley million meals by subsidizing hunters ter. More so even than the public difficult to control because many deer health risk from car accidents,” shares repellants are ineffective. Hungry lacks hunting access. When hunting to donate venison to local food banks. All of us have created the deer overCourtney Peters-Manning, Hopewell deer have begun consuming plants does occur, it is often “trophy hunting” Township Committee member and previously deemed deer resistant. The rather than “management hunting.” population problem in how we live and liaison to the Environmental Com- outlook for agricultural losses is even Trophy hunters kill mature male deer utilize the land. It is our hope that all mittee. “They decimate our beautiful worse. According to Rutgers Univer- or bucks with large antlers, which stakeholders will do their share. sity. New Jersey growers reported 70% does not help with population control, forests.” Service - Hamilton/Ewing/Hopewell Crossword 9/20 and some studies indicate it may actulosses from wildlife were Her assessment is accurate. Community The of their cropNews Lisa Wolﬀ is -the executive director of ally result in increased populations. layer of trees that grow beneath the due to deer. Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space. Management hunting requires time Email: lwolﬀ@fohvos.org.

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