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Handbell composer rings Sue’s Blues
What’s in a name?
The names of Hamilton Township schools have varied, and often interesting, origins
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Handbell music composer Susan Nelson is a rock star in Estonia. In that country near the Baltic Sea, hundreds of people come out for handbell choirs. But they also get together in substantial crowds for all kinds of other music, as well as performing and literary arts, even poetry readings. That’s the power of the arts in Estonia, and Nelson got swept up in that love when she befriended the Campanelli Handbell Ensemble and its leader, Inna Lai, who embraced Nelson and her work. “Estonian commitment to and love for music is amazing, in fact they like to say they sang themselves free from Soviet occupation,” Nelson says, adding, “Music is mandatory in education, there are statues of poets, writers, musicians, visual artists everywhere, it’s a very creative and artistic country.” The Hamilton resident was invited to Estonia in October, 2013, by Lai, to attend an “author’s concert,” consisting entirely of her works. The composer knew her music was being performed in the Baltic country, but was quite surprised when Lai reached out via e-mail and described the all-Nelson program, which would be titled “Sue’s Blues.” See HANDBELL, Page 16
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Hamilton has welcomed two new bakeries in the past year featuring a wide variety of desserts. Left: fruit pastries from KK Sweets. Right: a cake with macarons from Lilla Vanilla.
Their courage New bakeries bring and compassion sweet treats to us Hamilton inspire all. By AleXa D’Aiello
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with other chefs at selling items and is written almost in Working One morning, a message chalk appeared At 5 a.m., K.K. Sweets is guaranteed to be sold out by the bakery allows them all to in front of an RWJBarnabas Health facility. The words already bustling with action the end of each day. This treat bounce ideas off one another couldn’t have been simpler,crepe or more stirring, andsoul come up with different of caramelized for the day … but not because consists or more batter,accurate. madagascar vanilla desserts that keep customers of customers.
Baker-owner Kelsey Krieg beans, and a sweet taste of coming back. As far as where their ideas is making fresh pastries so rum inside. Most other bakbut K.K. take them, they try to stick the residents of Hamilton eries don’t offer this “Heroes with what’s in season when can have treats that are never Sweets does! work here.” Aside from this delicious it comes to fruits and typical reused from the day before. K.K. Sweets first opened in French dessert, the rest of favorites around certain times their menu sets the bar just of year. September 2020, and despiteThree words of gratitude and encouragement that For Mother’s Day coming time delays, has been doing as high. Anywhere from cincourage and compassion of health namontherolls to crumb cake, up, K.K. Sweets is planning better than expected withcapture workers across are America. share mini your cakes decothese here otherand desserts all toTo offer their new business. or to support our Emergencyrated Response withFund, their own elegant big-sellers she explains. Their daily menu consiststhanks “We try to switch up our designs as well as fresh flowof many choices that are fitvisit rwjbh.org/heroes for anyone with a sweet tooth. flavors so we never have anySee SWEETS, Page 14
It’s Shakespeare who has Juliet telling Romeo: What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. I thought about Juliet’s words after a lively discussion at the March school board meeting about the names of the schools in our district. And of course, a school by any name is still a school, but where did all the building names come from? Let’s start at the beginning. The Hamilton Township Board of Education had its very first meeting on July 13, 1894. Here’s a description of the number of students who attended district schools according to the census of 1898. Hamilton had 981 schoolaged children. Of those, 517 were formally enrolled in the township school system. Twenty-five children attended private schools. The remaining 339 didn’t attend schools. Local historian Tom Glover has noted that at that time, Hamilton was a large farming community, and many chilSee SCHOOLS, Page 18
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Hamilton’s ‘Great Dine Out’ coming May 17–24 The first ever “Hamilton’s Great Dine Out” is scheduled to be held from May 17-24. The event, which is a collaboration among the Hamilton Township Department of Community and Economic Development, SHOP Hamilton, the Hamilton Partnership, and the Hamilton Township Economic Development Advisory Commission (HTEDAC), was created to support Hamilton’s dining scene after a difficult year. Restaurants were hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic. Hamilton Township is home to over 200 eating establishments, including bakeries, coffee shops, pizzerias, delis and restaurants offering cuisines to suit many tastes. Many of Hamilton’s restaurants are small businesses owned and operated by Hamiltonians. From May 17 through May 24, diners are encouraged to dine in or take out from one of our many restaurants and post their meals on social media with the hashtag #HamiltonDineOut. Hamilton Township restaurants are encouraged to pick their favorite signature dishes and fan-favorites to share with diners during the weeklong event. Guests will be able to enjoy Hamilton’s local eateries and support
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Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin, with scissors, cuts the ribbon on April 14, 2021 for the grand opening of Rothman Orthopaedic Institute’s new office on Whitehorse Mercerville Road. Also pictured (from left to right) are Dr. Nicolette J. Leone, Dr. John R. Schnell, Dr. Arjun Saxena, Dr. Faith A. Schick, Dr. Daniel Fletcher, Dr. William Gomez, Dr. David Kaye, Dr. Christopher M. Aland, Councilman Charles Whalen and Alex Hammond. organization is my way of paying it forward,” he said. Both Arcuri, who retired last year as a deputy director of New Jersey Lottery after more than 30 years with the 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. The goal is to educate civilian volunteers on the various missions of each service branch and to encourage communication between installation commanders and surrounding towns. Gilmore, of The Gilmore Firm LLC, serves as secretary of the organization, while Lauer serves as treasurer.Lauer is a partner in Five Points Financial in Hamilton. Aside from hosting fundraisers and plans to hold networking events so local business leaders can meet base commanders and procurement agents. The organization also plans to encourage local businesses to tap into the talent on base and offer transitioning service members an opportunity to use their skills in the civilian workplace. More information about MCMAC is online at mcmilitaryactioncouncil.org.
Rothman Orthopaedic opens new Hamilton location Rothman Orthopaedic Institute held a grand opening ceremony and ribbon cutting on April 14. Hamilton Township Mayor Jeff Martin, Councilman Chuddy Whalen, Councilman Rick Tighe, County Commissioner John Cimino, Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo and other township officials were present. “It is so wonderful to see Rothman Orthopaedic Institute expand to their brand new location here is Hamilton. We are thrilled they have decided to continue to invest in our township,
bringing their top notch services to our residents,” Martin said. The new space at 1079 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, in the space formerly occupied by Kmart, replaces the former Rothman Orthopaedics location in Mercerville. Rothman Orthopaedic offers a variety of onsite services for patients including physical therapy, hand therapy and occupational therapy; onsite X-ray at the time of appointment; 21 exam rooms; and onsite orthotic and bracing services. In addition, this location also has an Urgent Care for immediate orthopaedic medical attention without an appointment. Prior to Merging with Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Trenton Orthopaedic Group was a part of the Hamilton community for nearly 50 years. In addition, they have been covering athletics at all 3 of the Hamilton High Schools: Steinert, Hamilton West and Nottingham as well as Trenton Catholic Academy (formally McCorristin Catholic High School) since 1988. In 1976, Trenton Orthopaedic Group moved from Trenton to their its first Hamilton location at 1675 Whitehorse Mercerville Road. In 1999, Trenton Orthopaedic Group moved to 1225 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, across from the Hamilton Police Station, where it had been until now. To learn more about Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, go to rothmanortho.com or facebook.com/ RothmanOrtho.
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Community Forum A not-so picturesque senior year By Liam Simonelli
It’s been more than a year since the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic entered our lives. Within weeks, it stormed our hospitals, closed our schools and turned our lives completely upside down. Now, with the vaccine being distributed to millions in New Jersey, there is light at the end of this tunnel. But reaching this glimmer of light has most certainly come with an emotional toll. I was a Hamilton High School West senior in the 2019-2020 school year. When we entered the new decade, I found that there was an extremely fierce spirit contained within my grade. You could feel the excitement in the classrooms. You could easily pick up on the ceaseless energy in our pencil strokes. The most prominent was the look of sheer joy consumed in our faces. We felt motivated, overwhelmed, and desperately excited for what appeared to be a vast world of great opportunity standing before us. By the time the month of March rolled in, all was just the same. It was the picture of contentment with an underlying tone of restlessness. All of my classes were working immensely hard. We were the embodiment of a picturesque, ideal, carefree yet so careful senior year. It all seemed so perfect, there we were, sailing into the sunset of a closing school career. So very ready to close this chapter in our lives as we
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prepared for a new one. And indeed, we certainly had a new one coming. Then, on the evening of March 12, 2020, the Hamilton Township School District announced that the following day would be a half session day for all schools. On top of this, the schools would suspend physical class for two weeks and go to complete remote learning. The reason? The national news of a newly found Coronavirus in our country. The following day, my grade was consumed by the same type of energy I mentioned before. Only there was a newly arrived, uninvited guest in our sunny senior year picture. That guest was pure confusion. I admit that for myself personally, I took the following two weeks as a sort of vacation. My schoolwork was light, and I found myself more in the sun than in the books. After all, we were on the premise that we would be out for only two weeks. No more, no less. Afterward, this virus would have passed like a looming cloud and the halls would once again be filled with voices and loud laughter. Spring was just rolling around the corner, and I suppose that all-too-embracing sun was clouding our judgment. By the time April had arrived, the situation immediately seemed much more grave. The township school quarantine had been extended to April 20, but by now, almost every public and private site in the state was shut down. Hospital rates were spiking and businesses were boarding up. We as students, along with the rest
of the community, were forced to stay in the comfort of our homes to avoid infection. My classes were still all virtual and at that point, no contact anywhere near the school was allowed. An update on the uninvited guest I mentioned earlier: he was here to stay. But now, fear and desperation accompanied confusion. Yes, like so many we were drenched in a fear of the virus. But that could not measure to the fear of something unspeakable. It was in the air of our online meetings and extremely prominent in our minds. That, by a cruel twist of fate, we might miss out on one of the greatest times in our lives. Furthermore, our walks of senior pride and confidence through the halls would not happen. We might never hear the sound of that final bell that reaches into our souls and gives us a wink of confident dismissal. Despite this uneasy reckoning, there was still hope in our hearts. We still clung to that rope of light that fed into our hope of a waning quarantine. It continued to dangle and it swerved with bitter instability. We held on as tight as we could, for as long as we could. Then on May 4 2020, that rope snapped. In the afternoon, Hamilton Township along with the state of New Jersey received the news. Public school learning was to be completely remote for the rest of the school year. And while I had seen it coming for the past three weeks, I was devastated. I spent the rest of the day in a complete daze, with tears streaming down my suntanned face. Upon returning to my virtual English class the next day, I was overwhelmed by the immediate atmosphere. Before our teacher even spoke a word, the tension and sorrow was overflowing. Our faces screamed of a shattering, demoralizing reality that had toppled over us. Barely a word was spoken. Consolation was simply not possible for my class. The following month, school concluded and grades were finalized.
In the beginning of quarantine, our grades vastly dropped. But for the majority of my peers, grades were considerably high by the time school came to a close. And as far as a physical graduation for the seniors? It seemed impossible. We wrote it off along with our prom, our school musical and our end-of-theyear class parties. Remarkably, a date was soon announced! It was to be held at the Trenton Thunder’s baseball stadium on July 29. We were in near shock and exhilarated. This was the one event I wanted above them all, and it was happening. July 29 comes. It’s as hot a day as ever. Seniors aligned behind the stadium in great anticipation. We were still completely disillusioned by the entire experience. A few awkward elbow bumps later, and we were on. I can swear to this day that all of our hearts skipped a beat when the administrators began assembling us into lines. We walked defiantly across that field. Hearing the screams and clapping of the socially distanced crowd, everyone held in their tears. The ceremony went in a flash. It was a moment in time gone all too quickly. A moment that we all desperately clung onto for as long as we could. The ceremony ended, we embraced our loved ones, and closed this chapter as we drove from the stadium. I am currently attending Mercer County Community College in a completely remote classroom setting. I’m majoring in communications in hopes of becoming a journalist. I’m working hard, taking up new hobbies, and writing endlessly. I, like so many others, am taking things day-by-day and minute-by-minute, as we wait for this pandemic to come to a close. But to me, it seems more evident than ever that a feeling of closure is still far in the future.
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Susan Nelson, right, with Marvin Rosen and Inna Lai in the WPRB studios for an episode of “Classical Discoveries.” HANDBELL continued from Page 1 The ongoing friendship with Lai led to more international collaborations, and handbells and hands reached back across the sea, when the Campanelli group and Lai came to central New Jersey in 2017, for “Sue’s Blues Too.” “Campanelli’s U.S. tour was a great success,” says Nelson. “This grass roots, independent venture was managed by the Estonian Outreach Committee of Hamilton, consisting of four members: Bill Simon, Nancy Scanlan, my sister Cecilia Gilligo, and me.” The Campanelli choir performed at the New York Estonia House in New York City, Our Lady of Sorrows Church, in Hamilton Township, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Beachwood, and the Washington Crossing Visitor Center in Pennsylvania. She notes that “Sue’s Blues Too” was different in that half of the program was devoted to Estonian music and composers, in addition to her work. “Why bring 17 musicians all the way from Estonia without introducing audiences to their wonderfully creative music?” Nelson says. “Miraculously we didn’t lose our shirts, and every cent of funds raised and proceeds from the concerts went to Campanelli to cover their expenses,” she says. The volunteer group handled everything — fundraising, hotels, homestay lodging, bus transportation, car rentals, booking venues and getting backers, programs, advertising, press releases, bulk mailings, securing equipment, bells, performers, and other details. Nelson’s son Jonathan assisted with driving and errands. “We even fit in a weekend trip to Niagara Falls,” Nelson says. “It was a wild ride, but we’ve all said we would do it again in a minute.” Two years later, in 2019, Nelson would return to Estonia for “Sue’s Blues 3.” Her career in composing, conduct-
ing, and performing with handbell choirs began more than 30 years ago, when Nelson was director of music and organist at the now shuttered Advent Lutheran Church in Trenton. To mark its 100th anniversary, the church purchased a two-octave set of handbells. They turned to Nelson for instruction, which she was pleased to do. “I said, ‘Sure, but send me to school.’ So I took Saturday seminars at Westminster (with Katsumi Kodama) and learned everything I needed to know about how to start a bell choir. This was a no-brainer: I saw the opportunity and took it.” Nelson was especially drawn toward handbells because of their lovely tonalities and almost angelic ambiance. “Handbell choirs and music for the choirs are a whole universe in themselves,” she says. “Handbells just have this aura. They’re not only beautiful to listen to, they’re visually beautiful as well.” Nelson recently retired after more than 20 years working in cataloging at Westminster Choir College’s Talbott Library. With the goal of pursuing composition full time, she also left her position as organist and director of music at St. Mark Church in Bristol, Pennsylvania, one of a string of directorships she has had throughout four decades. Nelson has played piano, organ, harpsichord, handbells, recorder, guitar, flute, and the Renaissance doublereed instrument the crumhorn for more than 40 years. Growing up in Ewing among a musical family, she was originally a pianist. Her dad and mom — a maintenance worker and legal secretary — insisted on private lessons. “My parents grew up during the Depression, and their parents couldn’t afford to give them music lessons,” Nelson says. “So they made sure to give each of their children a musical
education.” Nelson earned her BA in music theory and composition from Rutgers University in 1979. She went back to school while in her 50s and in 2014 graduated summa cum laude with a master’s of music degree from the University of Valley Forge, PA. The “Sue’s Blues” concert served as her graduate composition recital for the university, supported by a 200page thesis, “A Ringing Evolution: An International Graduate Composition Recital.” Naming Johann Sebastian Bach as her strongest influence (“I’ve loved him since I was about 10,” she says) Nelson focused on composition, which tickled her love of solving problems and putting things together. “Composition is like a puzzle, and I love puzzles and crosswords,” she says. “I love to figure how things ‘tick,’ how to make things work, and that ties in with crosswords and whatnot.” Nelson’s first original work was published in 1991, a piece she had written for a friend who had died. Titled “Appalachian Air,” it was dedicated to the memory of Timothy Gorman, who was director of music at the First United Methodist Church of Bristol, PA. The budding composer had such affectionate feelings for the work, she almost didn’t submit it. “I’m shy about sending stuff out, but I saw an ad calling for submissions, so I did it,” Nelson says. “I wrote it up as neatly as possible, gathered up my courage, and popped it in the mail, and I just about fell over when I got the contract. That first time was very, very hard, though. I felt like I was putting one of my children in the mail.” Currently, her compositions are in print with 22 major publishers. Nelson’s works have been performed, recorded, and broadcast on six continents, and featured in festivals around the world, including in Scotland, Hong Kong, and of course Estonia, where her biggest “fan base” exists. Nelson’s arrangement of the “Brian Boru March” was used for an Estonian TV commercial, her “Trumpet Voluntary” was the processional for the opening ceremonies of Estonia’s Independence Day celebration in 2017, and she continues to be the Campanelli ensemble’s personal composer. She is also an innovative teacher, and as a clinician has taught composition, orchestration, music theory, and various handbell technique classes for more than 30 years. Nelson is the author of the innovative “KidzRing” series of books for children studying handbells. She likes to say she’s pushing the envelope in her compositions, always
looking for creative ways to enhance handbell literature, arranging for unusual instrumental collaborations, and writing in a wide variety of styles. Unfortunately, concerts and tours came to a halt early last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic put life on hold, not just the performing arts. Nelson hasn’t slacked, though, and has kept working and collaborating as best as possible. “I had just finished a commission in February, 2020, when COVID exploded, and since no one is practicing — handbell or vocal choirs — I still haven’t heard the piece,” she says. “It was interesting because the woman who commissioned me plays Native American flute, so it was a fascinating piece to write.” Nelson has also been figuring out ways her compositions and arrangements can be enjoyed and played while socially distancing. For large-scale handbell works, playing together is not feasible, so most compositions of this kind are not selling right now. Nelson says what groups need and what is really working for social distancing are pieces for just a few “ringers” with proper separation, or music that can be shared virtually. An excellent example is her arrangement of the traditional round, “Dona Nobis Pacem” (Give us Peace). “It’s an easy arrangement of ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’ with a lot of options,” she says. “It’s playable as a handbell solo or for more ringers, or for a ‘C’ instrument, etc., plus an MP3 of the guitar accompaniment is included so they don’t even need an accompanist.” “I’ve published this (and other works) out of my own company,” she adds. “People can just download a PDF, there are no shipping fees, and it’s not expensive at all. This way, people can have new work while there’s no money coming in.” “I’ve been re-vamping my website so I’ll be able to get more (works) out there, but also, with things at a standstill, I’ve been giving (compositions) away,” Nelson says. “Think of Estonia: It’s so expensive for another country to get a piece of music. I continue to produce music, but if I’d like to hear if something works, I’ll give it away.” This way the ensemble can rehearse, perform, and record Nelson’s music, stream it or create a CD, which the group can share with or send to her. “You always get something back when you give a piece of music away,” she says. Susan Nelson on the web: susantnelson.com
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A newspaper clipping from 1936 that mentions Leona Kisthardt, the namesake of Kisthardt Elementary School.
DeCou school. DeCou was originally located on South Broad and Dewey Avenue and was named to honor Martha DeCou. Mrs. DeCou had donated the land behind the school for use as a playground. That school was torn down in 1964 and many students moved to what is now Kisthardt. Some went to McGalliard. (The Dawn Vol. 1 #8 August 1936, NJ Works Project Administration) According to Ms. Kisthardt’s obituary, she retired on April 1, 1954 after working as head nurse for the district for 35 years. She began her career working for Bethlehem Steel. Sadly, she died a little over three weeks after retirement due to a long illness. She is buried in Greenwood cemetery. As referenced earlier, many of the district’s buildings are named after people who were either employees of the district, or school board members. Morgan school was named after See SCHOOLS, Page 20
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SCHOOLS continued from Page 18 William B. Morgan who was a school board member from 1952-1957. Mr. Morgan ended his board service as Vice-president of the board. Alexander school gets its name from James W. Alexander, who was the Supervising Principal of Township Schools from 1916-1939. The role of supervising principal is now akin to being the Superintendent. According to a story about the school’s 50th anniversary, Alexander Elementary School opened in 1963-64. He was known for traveling by trolley car to visit the schools. Alexander served the district for 23-years. He died at the age of 93. The name of Robinson school comes from William A. Robinson who was the Secretary to the Board of Education. As secretary to the board, Mr. Robinson would be required to keep minutes of meetings. This role today is performed by Ms. Katie Attwood who is the Business Administrator and the Board Secretary. A 2013 Community News story noted both Alexander and Robinson opened their doors to students in 1962. Mr. Robinson is among these gentlemen standing in front of Greenwood school. McGalliard School was named for Edward and William McGalliard. Edward McGalliard led a district committee assigned to examine the need for a new high school. Here’s a story written by a Hamilton High student on Nov. 26, 1930: in the “Hamilton Flash,” Hamilton High School newspaper About four years ago the Hamilton Township Board of Education started a discussion as to the need of a high school in Hamilton Township, because at that time Trenton High School was so small it was all they could do to accommodate their own pupils. Part time started and the tuition rate rose. It was rumored that Hamilton Township would have to take care of its own pupils, thus the Board of Education got busy. A committee was appointed to make a survey and report back to the Board. The committee consisted of G. A. Yewell, of Yardville, Chairman; Edward McGalliard, of White Horse, and Morris Blackford, of Yardville Heights. The committee recommended in 1928 that a high school be built in Hamilton Township. The Board took a vote after several discussions and public meetings to put the matter up to the vote of the people. This was held a few months later in Rowan School in White City. The vote was in favor of the building. This settled the proposition as far as the Board was concerned, and a building committee was formed consisting of Edward McGalliard, Morris Blackford, and William Wolfinger. The committee was instructed to find the cost of a high school building suitable to seat from 900 to 1,200 pupils. Several plans were drawn and submitted to the committee, and in turn a final plan of 40 rooms was adopted. About this time a discussion started through the township that Hamilton
A 1918 newspaper clipping about a new school in Bromley Park.
could not afford to maintain their high school. This propaganda started more or less from the city of Trenton, and was saturated through the township. The board started another round of meetings to find whether they were right or wrong to go on. Here a survey committee, consisting of Joseph Arnold, Superintendent of Mercer County Schools; William A. Robinson, Secretary of the Board of Education, and James W. Alexander, Supervisor of Township Schools. These men finally reported favorably and recommended that the Board of Education should still go ahead with the high school. Construction was started March 1, 1929, and finished Sept. 1, 1930. Here’s another fun story about a McGalliard family member. Nov. 12, 1930, “Bygone Days” The McGalliard family has lived in this area for 150 years of continuous residence in Mercer County. Over 125 of which have been spent in Hamilton Township. One of the members of the family is a familiar visitor to the Chambersburg section, and is known by one and all as “Uncle Dave.” His ability as a farmer was evidenced by the regular weekly trips in his market wagon through the Chambersburg section of Trenton. A basket of eating apples carried under the front seat added to his popularity with the children. “Uncle Dave” McGalliard obtained his education by attending night school once a week in nearby Allentown. He rode on horseback to and from school, which was a six mile journey over rough back country roads from Windsor. Later, he spent the winter months teaching school in the one room school at Edinburgh. (Republished-Trenton Times, October 11, 2020) The George E. Wilson school on East Park Ave. opened in 1977, and replaced two older schools in the district-- the Rowan school and the Willey school; and George Elmer Wilson was principal of both schools, at the same time, until his death. Trying to figure out how he came to lead two buildings at once isn’t clear. According to a newspaper account, in 1897, the community wanted a school in the Broad Street Park area,
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Discovering American cuisine Writer takes readers on cross-country food journey in book By Sam Sciarrotta
David Page has a long history of going places. The writer and producer has followed jobs to Wichita, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix and Chicago. As a news producer for NBC, he bounced between London and Frankfurt, Budapest and Berlin, Africa and the Middle East. His travels eventually led him back to the States, where he formed his own production company and did work for Al Roker on the Food Network—but he’d soon be back on the road. Page pitched and created Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, the Guy Fieri road trip-style food reality show. Now, though, the Long Beach Island resident is following a new path. Page’s book, Food Americana, is out this month. It covers his crosscountry journey to find out what dishes and recipes make up the Amer-
ican menu—what we eat as a country and why we eat it. Six09 editor Sam Sciarrotta talked to Page about his career, food and the perfect Jersey tomato. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Six09: What is “Food Americana “to you? What is American cuisine? David Page: Well, as I say in the book, American cuisine is a bit of many other cultures’ or countries’ cuisines modified to our palates or preferences and melded together. Six09: That also kind of sounds like an accurate description of just New Jersey, too. I think the intersection of food and New Jersey culture is pretty powerful. DP: It is, although day-to-day cuisine in New Jersey actually goes in many cases far beyond what I’m defining as American cuisine. New Jersey eaters, in many cases, I think are more adventurous and are open to cuisines from other countries that have not yet been accepted as a day-to-day part of ours. I refer specifically, for example, to the Ironbound area of Newark, where the Portugese food is terrific,
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food from Peru. Those remain in the minds of most Americans, I think, still “other,” as opposed to sushi or Chinese food or something along those lines, that are so common all across the country that they’re now thought of as American. Six09: Have you always been interested in food on this level? It seems to be kind of a central theme of your career. DP: I didn’t get into food in this way until NBC sent me to Europe. I worked in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and began to realize the national and especially regional differences in food based on tradition and societal makeup and, of course, the availability of specific ingredients. It was there, as I was trying to understand a number of other cultures, that I realized that the gateway to those other cultures is the food. I had some amusing experiences, such as, on my first trip to Vienna, I asked the support staff there to take me where they like to go and eat. And they took me to a Texas ribs joint. Six09: Why were you in Europe to begin with? DP: I’ve been a journalist in one form or another since I was 15 or 16. I started working on the radio when I was in high school. I followed jobs around the country—went from radio to television in Wichita, Kansas, worked in a number of local television stations in Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, and eventually got picked up by NBC and placed in their Chicago bureau as a producer. After a couple of years there, they sent me to Europe, first to London and then, at my request, I moved to Frankfurt. The London bureau was awfully big and, frankly, one plane flight too far from the action. In Frankfurt, which was a smaller bureau, it was easier to get things done. We could
call New York and say “We’re on the way” before London could get someone to Heathrow to get to us to get to where we were going. I worked in Frankfurt for quite awhile, and then I moved to Budapest in advance of what were clearly going to be the impending communist revolutions. I covered the Hungarian revolution and the collapse of the government of Czechoslovakia. Then, I moved back to the states and became a show producer on the weekend Today Show. I ended up as the senior investigative producer of 20/20 over at ABC, and then as a line producer at GMA. While I was there in the lifestyle arena of Good Morning America, I ended up putting a number of food segments on the air, including segments with Emeril (Lagasse). I enjoyed it very much. When I ended up leaving network television and forming my own production company to try to make a buck or two, on the one hand, I had taken a great new step. On the other hand, I was technically unemployed. So, I called Al Roker who had actually worked for me when I ran the weekend Today Show. He had a production company, so I called and asked if he needed any freelance work. I ended up doing work for him for the Food Network and later began to pitch them directly for projects of my own. Six09: Is that how you ended up with Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives? DP: At first, I got absolutely nowhere. It was a festival of rejection, until one day, I’m on the phone with a development executive who was kind enough to take my calls but kept saying “No.” She said to me, “Don’t you have anything else on diners?” I had done a documentary on diner history for Al, and I said, “Sure, I’m developing this show called Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” She said, “We have a development meeting on Tuesday. Get me a writeup by Monday.” The problem was I was not developing a show called Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. I had just pulled that phrase out of whatever part of my anatomy. I spent the next few days working feverishly, pitched the show, and they picked up a one-hour special, I think to keep Guy Fieri’s face on the air while they tried to figure out what to do with him in primetime. He had won their Food Network Star competition. They wanted to try to make something of him. They had a couple of very big names working on proposals for a primetime vehicle for him. Much to their surprise, when those proposals came in, they didn’t like them. The specials had done well, and they decided to take a chance
Poached black cod with Jiu Nian Lee’s spring asparagus is served at the Eight Tables restaurant, which is featured in the “Made in America—Our Love Affair with Chinese Food” chapter of Food Americana. (Photo by Robert Birnbach.)
on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as a series, although they told me in the first couple of weeks when the first couple of episodes scored very well, they did confide in me, “This thing’s not going to have legs. There just aren’t that many restaurants.” Six09: Did you ever imagine that it would explode the way that it did? DP: I had no idea. I had been trying for quite awhile to land a show of my own. At that point, the initial feeling of success was just getting something bought and put on the air. I did not expect it to become the national phenomenon it did, although, at the risk of sounding egotistical, I had a deep belief in doing the show in a certain way, a way that held to my editorial standards, the same ones that I used when I was running investigations on 20/20. I had a certain vision for how to cut it, how to put it together, how to make it look. The fact that it became such a big hit in retrospect, some of it is lightning in a bottle. Some of it is that Guy is an incredible television character. But I’m very delighted to see that the show that became hit was the show that I put together according to a certain vision. Six09: It does seem that the show and Food Americana kind of share some common themes. Did the show help you segue into writing? Did you take anything from the show with you while you were writing the book? DP: Yes—a continually growing appreciation for the role that real food plays in America, and the role it plays, especially brought out doing this pandemic, in bringing us together. It’s been more than a year now, and I think people are yearning to sit across a table with each other and just talk. More than anything, I think I was pleasantly surprised by the nature of people who put their all into independently owned restaurants. That community has just been massively hit by lack of business, and many, many independent restaurants have gone out of business.
Six09: Tell me a little bit about the intersection of food and pop culture. Why do you think people are so fascinated with shows like Triple D, things like your book, firing off hot takes about food? What allows that to really grab people? DP: The invention of the smartphone. We all have cameras. There has been a “foodie culture” for sometime, not a word I like, but there’s been a core group of people who use food to make them part of the cool crowd. “I understand the difference between this dish and that.” as we spend more of our lives talking to people online, it makes perfect sense to start posting our pictures. As for interest in it on television, clearly, that was the creation of the celebrity chef because, at its heart, TV is about hanging out with people you want to hang out with. Food is a constant in our lives. We have to eat. We have to interact with food. I think it’s a topic that has continual legs. Six09: What was the research process for Food Americana? Were you inter viewing people? I’m sure you tried a lot of amazing dishes. DP: First, I read more than 200 books. That number is not a joke. I read some cover-to-cover. Others I used as references for specific points. I talked to a remarkable number of people, and it started with food historians and academics, because I really wanted to understand the structure behind each food and how each food developed to the place it is today without making it a boring history lesson. To make sure it wasn’t a history lesson, I sought out people vibrantly involved in where food stands today and told the stories through them as much as possible. Six09: Did you travel? DP: I did some traveling—one big trip, especially, to San Francisco, where I was able to meet Cecilia Chiang, probably the most influential voice in Chinese cooking in America over the last century, in her home just months before she passed away. She was 100. See AMERICANA, Page 6
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Buffalo Chicken Wing Festival, took place before COVID broke out. Once COVID was here, big events were over. Six09: Did you have any favorite inter views, recipes that you discovered or interactions with people throughout this process? DP: Sure. To mention one or two is to slight all the others, but meeting Cecilia Chiang was a pretty remarkable thing. I walked into her apartment, high up in a building in Pacific Heights in San Francisco with a glorious view out the window. This 100-year-old woman, put together like a fashion model, greets me wearing pearls. I had messed up the interview time, so she didn’t realize I was coming on this day, and she had a lunch ahead of her that had been scheduled, and yet, she graciously invited me in, and we talked for quite awhile. She went into the other room and came back with a manila envelope and pulled out an original menu from her restaurant, The Mandarin, show-
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I also went to pizza school out there. I went to a $1,000 Chinese dinner which, thankfully, we had been invited to by the owner of the restaurant, Eight Tables, which is an example of the developments in Chinese food in America right now. What he does is a sort of hybrid of the tastes and flavors of China reworked into incredible new dishes. It’s phenomenal. I went to an oyster farm on the Delaware Bay. I went to the 2019 Memphis in May barbecue competition, which many in the barbecue world consider the Super Bowl, to shadow a team that had won the previous year and was trying to repeat—the folks from The Shed down in Mississippi. If you want to find out if they won, you can buy the book. In many other places, I used freelance journalists to experience things that I could not get to, such as going out on a lobster boat or visiting a sushi restaurant in an Oklahoma gas station. I was lucky that most of the big events, like Memphis in May and the
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The pulled pork sandwich from The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint, which David Page says is the best he’s ever had. (Photo courtesy of The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint.)
a little butter. By the way, people flip scallops. You shouldn’t flip scallops. They’re small enough that once you’ve gotten enough heat to caramelize a crust on one side, take them out of the pan. They’ll continue cooking on their own. One of the things I hope people get a sense of from the book is that the best food is the food of a place. When I go somewhere, I want to eat what they produce, that they have been cooking for years. We have great food on LBI. Tuna, monkfish, terrific crab. Locality has become a buzzword of food trendiness, but it isn’t trendiness, in my view, if you’re smart enough to eat what’s best where it came from. For example, most people eat tomatoes that have been genetically modified to be perfectly round so they can fit into uniform packing containers. I prefer an ugly, misshapen Jersey tomato, which came out of the ground not that far from me and which I will put up against any of the best tomatoes from Italy. A good Jersey tomato, which is only available around a certain time of year, is a remarkable experience. Six09: That’s exactly why my mom and stepdad grow their own. DP: You get a good Jersey tomato, some fresh mozzarella, olive oil, basil, and you’ve got a caprese to kill for. It’s just a wonderful thing. I was in Iraq for NBC before the first Gulf War, and not a lot of people wanted to go in. The hours were long, the work was very difficult, the conditions were terrible. By the time the government kicked me out, I was fried. I asked the Rome bureau to book me back to Frankfurt with a layover in Rome, specifically at the Hassler Hotel. It was the kind of place that was used to odd requests. I asked the bureau to tell them that I hadn’t had a fresh vegetable in weeks, and that after I checked in, could they please deliver a caprese to my room. Nanoseconds after checking in, there’s a rap on the door. Room service comes in with a massive silver tray. He puts it down and takes off an equally massive cover, and there must be 30 pieces of caprese. I said to myself, “I’ll never eat all of this.” And guess what, I did. There was tomato glop dripping down my chin, but I felt like I was back in the world.
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Tipple and Rose brings tea time to Pennington By Joe Emanski
Pennington got a welcome and unexpected jolt last summer when Doria Roberts and Calavino Donati popped up with The Pig + the Pit, a new restaurant offering a unique mix of southern and vegan cuisine. The response was so strong at times that they sometimes had to take the phone off the hook — or more accurately, disable the online ordering form — to keep up with the high demand. The Pig + the Pit was the first business that the couple opened after they moved from Atlanta to New Jersey at the end of 2019. This year they have introduced a second, and this time it’s a concept that they brought with them. Tipple and Rose Tea Parlor and Some of the many varieties of tea on display and available for purchase Apothecary, at 12 N. Main St., opened at Tipple and Rose Tea Parlor and Apothecary. in February, just a few doors down from The Pig + the Pit. In Atlanta, Tipple and Rose became the country for traditional English-style day when she can recreate the tea parlor experience for customers in the new known for its selection of whole and afternoon tea service. Because of the ongoing coronavirus space. loose leaf teas and its scones and macarUntil that day, Tipple and Rose is ons, as well as for its tea-brewing acces- pandemic, Tipple and Rose isn’t seating sories, honey, candles, bath and body customers for afternoon tea. However, it offering take-out as well as tea-service products and more. It also gained rec- does have just about everything else it catering. For special occasions, like ognition from Travel and Leisure maga- had become known for in Atlanta — and Mothers Day, the store will have gift zine in 2018 as one of the best places in Roberts says she looks forward to the boxes and other specials.
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Everything available in the shop skews toward the artisanal and the small-batch. Roberts makes the scones herself. Honey comes from Zach and Zoe Sweet Bee Farm in Hunterdon County or Savannah Bee Company in Savannah, Georgia. Candles come from Yo Soy Candle of Portland, Oregon and Wax Apothecary of Idyllwild, California, among other purveyors. There are handmade kitchen towels from The Coin Laundry in Bozeman, Montana and room sprays from Commonwealth Provisions of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Also popular has been their selection of nonalcoholic gins and whiskeys. Roberts sees herself as a curator, filling the store with boutique items that she likes that make homes homier or that would make great gifts. But the heart of the business remains the teas, of which they are some 140 kinds available for purchase. There are black teas, green teas, white teas, oolong teas, herbal teas, fruit teas, chai — basically any kind of tea one could want. Each tea on the shelves is accompanied by an ingredient list with tasting notes, and customers are welcome to take a whiff of any that they think might be to their liking.
anybody was going to come. I thought I’d be sitting in the corner, drinking tea and writing in my journal. But we ended up getting really busy, really fast.” Afternoon tea service — often (improperly) referred to as high tea by Americans — turned out to be just what Atlanta was looking for. As is traditional, Tipple and Rose’s afternoon tea would be served with three courses on a tiered platter. One tier for savories and sandwiches, one for scones and one for sweets, including macarons. “I have to say it was a lot of fun, just a nice afternoon,” Roberts says. “You could come in and have a quiet lunch in an elegant space. That’s what we wanted, to create something a little different, but still affordable and accessible.” By 2018, the tea parlor was successful enough to gain national recognition from Travel and Leisure Magazine as an afternoon tea destination. But in December 2019, after Roberts’ mother had suffered a heart attack and a stroke, RobCandles and teapots on display at erts and Donati closed all their Atlanta restaurants and moved north to be Tipple and Rose. nearer to her. Only once Roberts’ mother was sufGreg Powers The store also sells a variety of tea- ficiently recovered did Roberts and pots, tea presses, infusers and other Donati start looking for a place in the HIC#13VH10598000 HIC#13VH06880500 supplies designed to help make the per- area suitable for starting their restauCOMPLETED STONEsays FIREPLACE rant group back up OUTDOOR again. Roberts fect cup of tea. Occupancy is limited toRECENTLY 10 customers because of the pandemic, that after they took a look at the culiand masks are also required, but Rob- nary landscape in the area, they decided erts says it is possible to smell the teas that Tipple and Rose would be the easithrough any but the most heavy-duty of est concept to transition from Atlanta to New Jersey. 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Loaves, sandwiches and more at Bread Boutique By Joe Emanski
Princeton’s carbohydrate-indulging population welcomed Eclair Café when it opened on Witherspoon Street in July 2019. Not a year later, the French-inspired bakery-bistro was gone, a casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic. Owner-operator couple Marie-Mathilde Laplanche and Ron Suzuki shuttered both their Princeton and Main Street Pennington locations after the pandemic began, never to reopen. Both locations are once again occupied: the Pennington store is now The Pig and the Pit barbecue (see story, page 8), and since February the Witherspoon Street location has been the home of Bread Boutique, the latest venture from the steadily growing Genesis Hospitality Group suite of restaurants, bakeries and cafés. Hamilton-based Genesis is the force behind Bread Boutique, Chez Alice in Palmer Square, the Perch at Peacock Inn, Proof Pizza on Nassau Street, DiBartolo Bakery in Collingswood, and more. Genesis is also the owner of the building at 41 Witherspoon Street vacated by Eclair Café. But Eben Copple, culinary director of Genesis, says that after Eclair Café closed, the group decided to make use of the storefront rather than lease it out again. Genesis operates a central commissary in Hamilton where baked goods are made every day for all their restaurants, under the watchful eye of lead baker Ernesto Gonzalez, formerly of Eataly in New York.
Bread Boutique on Witherspoon Street in Princeton offers 12 to 15 different loaves of bread and eight types of rolls each day. “Ernesto is very talented. He makes great bread. We knew we could handle more production than we could produce for the restaurants. Eclair Café left due to Covid, so we found the space empty, and thought it would be the right size for us to put together a retail front,” Copple says. Bread Boutique sells a variety of bread loaves and rolls, including regular baguettes, seeded baguettes, sourdough bread, focaccia, multigrain and more. “Every day, we probably have 12 to 15 varieties of whole loaves of bread
and eight varieties of rolls,” Copple says. “It changes as the week goes on, but there’s a pretty steady core of products that we have regularly.” The café rotates in other breads like zucchini bread, challah and babka, seasonally or on weekends. Also regularly on offer are their viennoisseries like croissants, pain au chocolat, and cheese danish, which Copple says have been very popular. Bread Boutique also does a brisk sandwich business. The shop has 10 to 12 different sandwiches available for purchase
every day, including breakfast sandwiches like pork roll, egg and cheese on a croissant ($7). Other sandwiches on offer include roast beef and cheddar on baguette ($9), cured meats and mozzarella on focaccia ($10), pastrami on rye ($10) and egg salad on brioche ($7). Soups, egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad are also available by the half pint and pint. Witherspoon Street has become quite the destination for carb loaders in the past decade. Terra Momo Bread Company (formerly Witherspoon Bread Company), House of Cupcakes and Olive’s of Princeton already offered a wide variety of baked goods and have loyal followings. But Copple says business has been steady, especially on weekends, and he says more than 40% of customers return. “It’s humbling to see,” he says. “We had an idea for something that we liked and it’s really great to see people enjoying what we’re putting out there.” Copple says this may be just the start of something as far as both Bread Boutique and Genesis’ baking operations go. “I was a chef for many years in the area, and there aren’t really any local bread wholesalers selling high quality artisan bread any more,” he says. “That’s something that we’re really looking into, because we have the capacity to do it.” Bread Boutique, 41 Witherspoon St., Princeton NJ 08540. Web: bread-boutique.com. Phone: (609) 423-2096. Open Saturday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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SCHOOLS continued from Page 21 There are three schools in Hamilton which carry two names. Langtree school takes its name from the surrounding housing development; however there is also memorial naming of the school for Joseph Pirozzi. Langtree has a brief history of the naming on its website: Joseph Pirozzi came to the Township of Hamilton in 1952 and purchased The Philip S. May farm on Klockner Road and White-Horse Hamilton Square Road. He began construction of what is now Langtree Estates just prior to his passing away in November, 1956. The project was then taken over by his sons, Jack and Neil, and 475 homes have been constructed to date. His widow, Mrs. Florence Pirozzi, generously donated the 14.5 acres on which Langtree School is built. Hamilton High West is actually Hamilton West-Watson High School. Watson comes from Edward “Pop” Watson, who was the West attendance officer, but back-in-the-day was called a truant officer in the district. The school has amassed an extensive collection of articles about the school’s history. And Steinert is named Hamilton High School East — Joseph Steinert Memorial. This information is from the obituary for Mr. Steinert’s grandson, Harry, who died in 2018 at the age of 93. Mr. Steinert’s grandfather was honored by Hamilton when the Joseph S. Steinert High School East, now known as Nottingham High
School, was built on land he donated to ensure additional education opportunities for the children of Hamilton Township. Author’s note: I can’t sign off without a few thank-yous. Tom Glover’s sites have so many fascinating articles and stories which helped piece this story together. Tom’s love of history and his dedication to saving Hamilton history for future researchers is a lasting gift. Research librarian Mary Lopez of the Hamilton Free Public Library tracked down Lt. Wilson and Nurse Kisthardt’s obituaries. Librarian Jim Snow of the main branch of the Mercer County Public Library found Clovia Hackett Wilson’s obituary. Hamilton parent Lisa Schulz introduced me to the amazing genealogical archives curated by the Mormon Church. Grice Middle School Principal David Innocenzi fueled my curiosity and kicked off what he called “the quest.” Hamilton West vice principal Chuck Zalescik sent the plaque photos and enough reading to last the rest of the year. And the district’s retiring Human Resources manager, Dawn Charles, has a future as a Hamilton Township Schools archivist.
Dr. Sue Ferrara began her career in broadcast journalism, and for a time, worked as an ABC News researcher. A member of the Hamilton Township School board, Dr. Ferrara shared this information at the April school board meetings. Email: sferrara@htsdnj. org.
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You could look at the stat line for hours and not believe it, figuring if you maybe you squinted, or stared long enough, the numbers would eventually change into something more believable. But they don’t, because they’re real. Astoundingly real. As in, 36 hits in 81 at-bats for a .444 average; five doubles, 22 runs scored, an eye-popping 12 home runs and an equally eye-popping 51 RBIs in 29 games. From a sophomore. Meet Steinert’s Bella Truelove, who strikes true fear in pitchers. “I only pitched to her a few times,” said Nottingham hurler Becca Bocock, a fellow HGSA alumnus. “I was hurt when we played Steinert, but from what I’ve seen, it’s not fun.” And her statistics were not believable. “Her sophomore year was not even real,” Spartans coach Jenn Melker said. “For a sophomore, that was absolutely ridiculous.” Even the player herself was a bit startled by her success. “I was pretty shocked what the numbers were,” Truelove said. “They were pretty high.” Pretty high? That’s like saying the North Pole is pretty chilly. Truelove is now a senior, and it boggles the mind to think what her career numbers might be had she not missed last year due to Covid shutdowns. But the centerfielder/first baseman is glad to have a senior season to play. In fact, when further interrogated about her sophomore campaign, Bella’s answer dealt with looking ahead rather than to the past. “I’m just excited for this year and what it has to bring,” Truelove said. “We have a pretty solid offensive lineup this year and I think we’re very consistent. I think we’re pretty solid this year.” Steinert is usually solid. In Bella’s first two seasons, the Spartans went a combined 52-8, winning the Group III and Tournament of Champions titles her freshman year, and claiming the Mercer County Tournament championship her sophomore season. Truelove saw limited time in 9th grade until the post-season, when then-coach Jean Ruppert decided to throw her into the fire. And it was the freshman providing the heat. In the first inning of the TOC semifinals, Truelove blasted a three-run homer to lift Steinert to a 3-2 win over favored top-seed St. John Vianney. “She had limited at-bats that year but when she got the opportunity
Georgian Court-bound Steinert senior Bella Truelove hit 12 home runs as a sophomore. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) she did stuff with it,” said Melker, an assistant that season. “Think about the pressure of the TOC. That’s not something that happens often to a player. We get there in 2018 and as a freshman she capitalizes and hits a huge home run. That’s an outstanding thing. I don’t think people can understand what kind of pressure was on her at that time and for her to capitalize on that was unbelievable.” It was certainly memorable, as Trulove said “Being put in as a freshman and not having many chances, to do that was something I’ll never forget.” The following season, in three MCT wins Truelove collected a home run and six RBIs, and in the championship game drove in the game’s lone run in a 1-0 win over eventual Group IV champion Hightstown. Needless to say, area softball fans are anxious to see what Bella’s senior season holds. And she knows it. “I feel like people are expecting a lot from me this year which makes for a lot of pressure,” Truelove said. “But I can handle it.” That’s because she loves it. A softballer since age 4, Truelove started in the HGSA T-ball league and played for the Robbinsville Little League team that reached the World Series when she was 12. That’s when she first learned about athletic tension. “It was interesting,” Truelove said. “There was a lot of pressure on you, especially with cameras all around you.” But she dealt and learned from it. Truelove played with the Hamilton
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Becca Bocock and Lexi Scourtas grew up 1,100 miles from each other as kids and will be playing college softball just 25 miles from each other in Pennsylvania. In between, they met as sophomores at Nottingham, bonded throughout high school and are looking to enjoy a final season together as senior teammates. Then it is off to their respective Division III programs, with Bocock playing at Immaculata and Scourtas at Penn State Brandywine. It’s actually a pretty neat little story. “My first two months at Nottingham were a little rocky, and then I found Becca,” said Scourtas, who came to Hamilton from Palm Harbor, Fla., the summer before her sophomore year. “We had winter workouts in December. Right away I felt I was part of the team already. Becca was welcoming, they were all welcoming.” Bocock remembers it well. “The first day we had hitting at HGSA in the winter, I introduced myself to her and we were talking,” Bocock said. “No one really knew who she was. Now she’s become more of a leader. I’m so glad she came to Nottingham.” Both girls started as sophomores in 2019. Scourtas, a shortstop/catcher, batted .305 with seven RBIs, three
Nottingham High senior Becca Bocock (front row, second from left) makes official her commitment to attend and play softball at Immaculata University. Pictured are (front row) father Bob Bocock, Becca Bocock, mother Kelly Bocock, brother Ryan Sarno, and (back row) friend Lexi Scourtas, head softball coach Danelle Wilson,guidance counselor Gina Carter, athletic director Jon Adams and friend Michaela Weber. (Photo by Wes Kirkpatrick.) doubles, nine walks, 19 runs and 13 stolen bases. As a starting pitcher, Bocock went 10-11 over her first two seasons with 87 strikeouts in 107.2 innings. Offensively over that time she hit .324 with 11 RBI, three doubles, eight runs and 11 RBIs. Both lost a year due to Covid shutdowns, and Nottingham had its first six games this season wiped out due to
Covid-related incidents. The Stars did not play their first game until May 3. “It’s a little tough, but I’m hoping we’ll come back strong and make the most of our season,” Bocock said. Scourtas took the silver-lining approach, saying “I was really sad when we got the news, but now I feel like maybe it’s a break for the girls who were hurt.”
In the old days, losing their junior season would have been brutal for softball players trying to get recruited by colleges. But that method has long been replaced by showcase tournaments and travel ball, which is where both were found. Scourtas began softball at age 8 in a state where the sport is played 11 months out of the year between travel and high school. While starting at Dunedin High as a freshman and playing travel for the Clearwater Bullets, she drew interest from Rutgers and Princeton. Since most of the attention was coming from the Northeast, her mom, dad, two brothers and sister relocated to New Jersey so she could adapt to playing in the less-than-ideal weather conditions up here. “My dad and my mom have been my number one fans since I started,” she said. Along with playing for Nottingham, Scourtas started travel with the South Jersey Mystics, moved to the Central Jersey A’s and then joined Bocock on the Hamilton Hurricanes. Her mission to play Division I softball softended when scholarship money was not forthcoming, so she leaned on the advice of a friend at Penn State Brandywine. “I was talking to one of my old teammates and she told me what school she was going to,” Scourtas said. “I looked into it and I realized how great
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Alexus Scourtas (front row, second from left) has committed to attend and play softball at Penn State University Brandywine. Pictured are (front row) brother Dante Dyson, Lexi Scourtas, brother Angelus Dyson, sister Kayleigh Dyson, and (back row) head softball coach Danelle Wilson, father Joe Dyson, mother Michelle Dyson, guidance counselor Jon Schwartz, and athletic director Jon Adams. (Photo by Wes Kirkpatrick.)
the campus was and how great everything else was about the school. When I met the coach, he was really nice and when I had my first visit it caught my eye right away and I loved that school. “It felt amazing to finally decide. I was really nervous that all these deadlines were coming up and I was scared I might not get into a school. I always had the mindset I’m gonna play in college.” As it turns out, her good buddy’s campus will not be far away. Both are in the Philadelphia suburbs. Bocock was being courted by former Steinert standout Amber Dietrich — who coached her in HGSA — to check out Cabrini, which is where Dietrich starred. Becca was leaning that way until an adviser from Immaculata visited Nottingham and made a big impression. “I got a good feeling about it,” Bocock said. “I only had two schools on my list. I was about to commit to Cabrini, I went Immaculata and met the coach who is unbelievably nice. Right when I stepped on campus it was breathtaking. I’m so excited to be part of this family and spending the next four years studying and playing softball there.” Much like Scourtas, it was the culmination of a lifelong goal. “Ever since I was little I wanted to play college softball,” she said. “I never knew where I wanted to go, I just knew that I needed to be playing softball because I knew that I wanted to play as long as I could. It’s a dream come true, honestly.” While Scourtas is a relative newcomer in town, Bocock is as Hamilton as it gets. Her mom, the former Kelly Inman, pitched for Steinert, and her dad, Bob, was a township resident who went to McCorristin. The two met while working at what once was Yardville Bank. Becca started in HGSA at age five and never left, learning how to pitch from the legendary Jerry Herrera. After Herrera passed away in February, 2019, she continued with his son, Jerry Jr., while still paying tribute to Jerry Sr. “I actually wrote my college essay about him,” she said. “I constantly think about how proud of me he would be. On
my signing day, I brought his prayer card because he really means so much to me. I also keep it in my bat bag. I credit all my pitching to coach Jerry.” She also has another influential coach in Bob, who invades her thoughts as she serves as an HGSA mentor and coach. “When I was little I had a (HGSA) mentor I always looked up to, so now I mentor the rec team and also coach the 8U team,” Bocock said. “It’s so nice to give back to the girls and be that role model for them. I really enjoy it. It’s definitely something I want do when I’m older —- give back to HGSA. I’ve met my best friends through there. I totally credit HGSA for everything. “My dad has been my coach my entire life. Now when I coach, I see him in me. I say the same exact things. Sometimes I’ll be coaching third base and I’ll say something and think, ‘Wow, I sound just like my dad.’ I’m proud of that honestly.” In looking back on it, Bocock was the perfect person for Scourtas to initially befriend on the Northstars. “I am so glad I found her. I like hanging out with people, and Becca is so fun to hang out with,” Lexi said. “I really appreciate what she did because she helped me so much. In looking back at sophomore year to now, I just can’t believe I am where I am right now. After Becca, it was Erin (DeWispelaere) that helped me out too, because I didn’t hang out with anybody. It was fine, I was a new kid, it was a new environment. I knew it was gonna happen.” Bocock is happy she played a big part in making it happen, especially considering how their relationship has blossomed. “She’s such a good friend, a good teammate,” Bocock said. “She always has my back, whenever we’re down or something bad happens she’s always there, always very talkative on the field. She’s just a very good teammate and a very good friend.” And the saga of their friendship makes for a nice little tale as it looks to continue in the shadows of Philadelphia over the next four years.
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Ask The Doctor Videonystagmography (VNG) is a series of painless tests that measure eye RWJ-104 Heroes Work Here_4.313x11.25_HAM.indd 1 movements while the patient wears a pair of video goggles. The test provides information on how the three systems of balance (eyes, ears, brain) work together to control your balance. If one of these systems is damaged, it can cause a multitude of symptoms including, dizziness, vertigo, imbalance and headaches. Lorraine Sgarlato, AuD, an audiologist at RWJUH Hamilton, answers some questions about VNG technology to treat imbalance and head trauma. I often feel off-balance when walking or getting up from a sitting position. I am afraid I am going to fall. Are there exercises I can do that would help? If you have not discussed your loss of balance with your physician, I recommend you do so. Your physician may refer you for a VNG test to deter-
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Rooftop evacuation needed for victims of Grand Avenue fire BOB SHERMAN, JR. FIrELINE
Hamilton Township Fire Division responded to 535 incidents in March. Included in the calls were nine building fires, 16 cooking fires, one chimney fire, one fuel burner fire, two passenger vehicle fires, one transport vehicle fire, two brush fires, five grass fires, six rubbish fires, one other type fire, two overpressure incidents with no fire, one vehicle explosion, and 38 assists to EMS crews. There were eight Covid-19 responses, 164 EMS calls, 29 motor vehicle accidents with injuries, three motor vehicle/pedestrian accidents, three motor vehicle accidents with no injuries, two lock-ins, one rescue/ extrication assignment, four extrication of victims from motor vehicle accidents, one rescue/EMS standby, 26 gas leaks, two power lines down, 14 hazardous conditions with no fire, seven mutual aid cover assignments, one animal rescue, 15 service calls, 101 good intent calls, 67 false alarm or false calls, one severe weather assignment and one special type incident. As of the end of February, Hamilton Fire Division has responded to 1489 incidents. March 9: Squad 12, Engine 14,
Hamilton Township Fire Division Station 12 C Platoon: Captain Josue Garcia, firefighters Michael Hodnicki, Jon Wiesemann and Ray Krajcsovics pose with Hamilton’s Res1cue. (Photo by Bob Sherman Jr.) Squad 16, Truck 17 and B/C 10 (Sharpley) were dispatched for a reported basement fire on Quakerbridge Rd. Squad 12, under the direction of Capt. Garcia, arrived on location with a one-story, wood-frame single family and nothing showing at this time. Squad 12 officer noticed smoke in side-A division one. Squad 12 Crew stretched a 1-3/4”
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hand-line to locate, confine and extinguishe any visible fire in the basement. Establishing command, B/C 10 requested an “All Hands” assignment dispatching T13 as the additional ladder. Squad 12 officer reported smoke showing in division one. Squad 12 and truck 17 crews advanced to the basement and found good amount of smoke. Truck 17 crew located the seat of the fire and opened up. Squad 12 crew extinguished all visible and hidden fire. A Hamilton Township inspector and public service arrived on location and overhaul was completed, The house was metered and turned over to the homeowner. All units were released by command. No injuries reported. Cause under investigation by Hamilton fire marshal’s office. March 9: Engine 18, Squad 16, Engine 15, Truck 13 and D/C 10 (Kraemer) responded to Concord Avenue for a dwelling fire. Engine 18 under the direction of Capt. Conti arrived on location to find a 1-1/2 story wood-framed single-family dwelling with fire showing from Side C.
Engine 18 stretched and charged an 1-3/4” hand line to the C/D-side of the dwelling and began extinguishing the exterior fire. Deputy Chief 10 arrived on location and established Concord Command, transmitting the “All Hands” and requesting an additional engine company to the scene. Engine 14 was detailed. Squad 16 and Truck 13 arrived on location. Squad 16 Driver secured a water supply to Engine 18. Squad 16 stretched a 2nd 1-3/4” hand line into Division 1 of the dwelling. Truck 13 personnel performed primary searches and assisted the engine companies with overhauling the soffit, allowing the companies to extinguish the remaining fire. No injuries reported. Command requested FM 10 and the Hamilton Township Construction Official to the scene. FM 10 arrived on location and was advised of fire conditions on arrival and operations performed. FM 10 conducted the investigation. March 15: Engine 15, Squad 16, Engine 18, Squad 12, T13 D/C 10 (Retalis) dispatched to Lamberton road for a building fire. Report from Central was roofers on the roof with a fire. D/C 10 arrived and established command. I met with the building occupants, who stated that there were roofers working on the roof. The building was evacuated. Squad 16 was first due engine and established their own water supply. T13 arrived and put the stick to the roof. There was smoke coming from the eaves on side A. Crews began pulling the soffit to find the fire. Crews made their way inside and found light smoke. Many inspection holes were made in the ceiling to find the fire. Crews inside found only light smoke in the ceiling area, but no fire. I upgraded the assignment with an additional ladder and engine. Crews continued to search for the source of the fire. T17 arrived and set up on side B. E18 established a water supply and set up on side B also. T13 found the
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source of the fire to be an area on the rear of the roof where roofers had been working. The roof was opened, and the fire was exposed. The fire was extinguished with the one handline. Electric was shut off at the panels. The building inspector and fire investigator were called. The fire was confirmed to be extinguished and crews began picking up. The investigations were complete, and units returned. March 15: Engine 15, Squad 16, Truck 13, RIT 12 and D/C 10 (Kraemer) responded to the area of Samuel Street and Grand Avenue for a reported dwelling fire. No specific address given at the time of dispatch. En route, responding companies were advised by Mercer County Central of victims on the roof, Hamilton Police on scene reported heavy fire conditions. DC 10 transmitted the “All Hands” and requested an additional engine and truck company to the scene. Battalion Chief 10, Engine 18 and Truck 17 were assigned. Truck 13 under the direction of Capt. Snedeker arrived on location to find dwelling with heavy fire from second floor, occupants visible on the roof Side A. Truck 13 Driver and Outside Vent quickly accessed the victim and removed him via portable ladder. Squad 16 and D/C 10 arrived on location. DC 10 established Grand Avenue Command. Command reported a 2-1/2 story ordinary framed, semi-detached, single family dwelling, heavy fire conditions on second and third floors of the main fire building. Command also reported a heavy smoke condition from third floor of attached house. Companies reported several large holes in the hallway floor as well as burned out steps to third floor. Battalion 10, Engine 18 and Truck 17 reported heavy heat on second floor with heavy fire on third floor with a partial collapse of the masonry wall separating the properties. Command advised all companies to evacuate the main fire building and the Exposure for Defensive Opera-
tions. Command performed a PAR of all companies operating on the fireground — all personnel accounted for. Command requested an additional Engine and Truck company. Command also requested a Rehab Unit and Canteen to the scene. No injuries reported, cause under investigation by Hamilton fire marshal’s office, Hamilton police as well as Mercer County Prosecutor’s office. March 20: Squad 16, Engine 15, Truck 17, RIT 12 and D/C 10 (Kraemer) responded to Burholme Drive for a dryer fire. Squad 16 and Deputy 10 arrived on location to find a 1-1/2 story wood-framed single-family dwelling with smoke showing from Side A. D/C 10 established command and transmitted the “All Hands assignment. D/C 10 requested the 1st Alarm Assignment to the scene, Engine 19, Squad 40 and Truck 13 were assigned. Squad 16 under the direction of Capt. Ryan reported a fire in the laundry room, adjacent to the garage. Squad 16 stretched an 1-3/4” handline and extinguished the fire. Truck 17 arrived on location, performed Primary and Secondary Searches of the fire floor — searches negative, occupants out of the residence on our arrival. Truck 13 assisted Truck 17 with checking for fire extension, no fire extension. Command placed the fire under control. Truck 17 performed positive pressure ventilation, removing all trapped smoke from the residence. FM 10 was assigned for the fire investigation. Hamilton Township construction official, PSE&G arrived at the scene. Gas and electric were isolated to the laundry room. Command recalled all companies, residents relocated for the evening. No injuries reported. March 21: Squad 12, Engine 14, Engine 18, Truck 17 and B/C 10 (Sharpley) were dispatched to Klockner Road for a fire alarm. Squad 12 under the direction of Capt. Balog arrived and residents reported smoke
and an odor of something burning on the 2nd floor. After gaining access to second floor, Squad 12 reported smoke on second floor. B/C Sharpley requested an “All Hands” assignment and requested an extra engine and truck be dispatched. Source of smoke was a burned up pot on stove, with no extension. Occupant was transported to hospital for evaluation. March 25: D/C 10 (Kraemer), Engine 15 and Squad 16 were dispatched to the rear of 127 U.S. 206 for a reported vehicle explosion. D/C Kraemer arrived on location and reported mechanical contractor’s vehicle had exploded. D/C Kraemer requested fire marshal’s office as well as Hamilton Police. Driver of vehicle was transported by a local medical transport company prior to fire departments notification, which was delayed. Once scene was deemed safe, scene was released investigating agencies. March 28: Squad 12, Truck 17 and B/C 10 (Greene) were dispatched to Lawrence Township a reported fire in a house building. Upon arrival, B/C Greene was advised by neighbors that they saw fire from the roof of the townhouse across the street. Further investigation found the owner had placed combustible materials inside the fireplace. Materials caused a chimney fire. Fire was extinguished. No injuries reported. March 28: Engine 18, Squad 12, Squad 16, Truck 17 and B/C 10 (Sul-
livan) were dispatched to Chambord Court for a house fire with possible entrapment. While enroute, B/C Sullivan was advised that Hamilton Police were on location with smoke showing. B/C Sullivan requested an “All Hands” assignment and balance of First alarm. Engine 14, Engine 15, Truck 13 and SS18 were dispatched. Upon arrival, Engine 18 under the direction of Capt. Snyder reported a 2-story woodframe multifamily residential dwelling in the middle of the row had moderate to heavy smoke. Engine 18 stretched a handline through the open front door to the seat of the fire which was determined to be in the second-floor master bedroom. Companies were able to contain fire to dwelling of origin and all searches were negative. Cause in under investigation by Hamilton fire marshal’s office and Hamilton Police. No injuries reported. March 30: Engine 14, Squad 16, Truck 13 and D/C 10 (Retalis) were dispatched to 1700 block of Nottingham Way for a motor vehicle with victims trapped. Engine 14 under the direction of Capt. Creo reported a two-vehicle accident with one person entrapped. D/C 10 requested an additional rescue by dispatcher due to the severity of the accident. The cause is under investigation Hamilton Police.
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Michael Franz is a Hamilton videographer. He makes historical videos of local and regional events and venues. Some of the videos feature local spots such as the Trenton Speedway, Duck Island, White City and the New Jersey Turnpike. Franz also creates videos from his regional travels in a series called Destination Anywhere. For a trip back in time or around the area, search for his channel, The Mickey Shuffle, on YouTube. What got you started making videos? I’ve always had a passion for video going back to when I was a kid. A few years back, I decided to start making videos about local history because that subject always fascinated me. Four years later and I’m still making videos. Have you always been a histor y and myster y scholar? I’ve been a history nut since I was a little kid. Originally, I was fascinated with sports history, but eventually that evolved into U.S. history then World history. I always found myself really interested in weird history too, like odd stories or events.
Franz at work on site at Ringing Rocks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. How are your videos received by Mercer County residents? The feedback has been quite positive. My favorite comments are when people say, “I lived here my whole life and had no idea about this.” I’m a very nostalgic person and I know a lot of other people are too. How much work is it to research, write and produce the videos?
I used to get a video out about every three weeks. Since our son was born six months ago, that has pretty much stretched the schedule out longer as I don’t have as much time to work on the projects. Where do the ideas come from? I read books or old newspaper articles and I stumble upon the ideas. Occasionally, I have gotten ideas from
viewers or family members. My criteria for a video is pretty simple, it has to be not well known, there has to be something to shoot video-wise and there has to be some historic element to it. Which videos get the most reactions or feedback? The most feedback comes from the videos about places that aren’t there anymore. Places that people have a strong memory or bond with. Another one of my favorite parts is when someone will comment about their memory or a certain place and then a bunch of other people start sharing their memories too. When did you begin using a drone to film? A passion of mine since I was a kid was aerial pictures. I absolutely love seeing an aerial shot, especially of something that you always saw from the ground like your neighborhood or something like that. I like to see the whole park, the whole area. I need to really grasp the size of the place being explored. The drone adds that excellent perspective to help me see everything. What is your Dream Project? I think one day I would like to make a full-length documentary of one of these little-known types of stories, preferably a sports subject. The 30 for 30 series on ESPN has always been one of my favorites.
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I’m in love with The Prisoner (or, my life as a cult member) PETER DABBENE COMPLEX SIMPLICITY
Don’t worry, this is not a sordid story of jailhouse romance. Nor is it a tale of pen pals—one imprisoned, one hybristophilic—conducting a ribald epistolary affair with the distant hope of one day enjoying a conjugal visit (now banned in all but four states, by the way). This column is about a TV show, and it’s not like Oz, Orange Is the New Black, or anything else from the past 50 years. The Prisoner is a 17-episode series that first aired in 1967, created by, starring, and partly written and directed by Patrick McGoohan. In 1967, McGoohan was the star of a popular spy show called Danger Man (retitled Secret Agent when it aired in America). He was the highest-paid actor in the U.K., handsome and wellregarded with a voice and delivery that begs imitation, along with a classic 1960s male-lead running style that rivals William Shatner’s for best of that era. (The 1940s may have been the golden age for unconvincing portrayals of driving, with actors’ hands and steering wheels in constant motion regardless of terrain, but the 1960s is tops in my book for exaggerated, unintentionally comedic running.)
Having had his fill of Danger Man, McGoohan “resigned” from the show. Asked to star in something else, he presented the idea for The Prisoner. The opening sequence of The Prisoner lays out the basic concept: a secret agent resigns, but before he can enjoy his freedom, he’s drugged and kidnapped, waking up in a strange, isolated village (called the Village, conveniently enough). Here, people are referred to by number, not by name. The Village is run by a rotating cast of Number Twos, and McGoohan’s character is dubbed Number Six, though he refuses to accept the designation. Many episodes revolve around Number Six’s attempts to escape from the Village, but two questions loom over the proceedings. The various Number Twos demand of Number Six, “Why did you resign?” while Number Six seeks the identity of the true master of the Village: “Who is Number One?” Television spy shows were a dime a dozen during those prime days of the Cold War: The Saint, The Avengers, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., even comedies like I Spy and Get Smart. But aside from combining surreal sci-fi, westerns, bedtime stories, and other influences into its plots, The Prisoner was clearly trying to be much more
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than just a spy show. Its central conflict, more universal than any political intrigue, shows a man fighting to preserve his individuality and freedom in the face of societal oppressors. The Prisoner is often described as a cult show, meaning it has a relatively small but passionate following. (With the single-mindedness of most inhabitants of the Village, one could make the argument that it’s a show about a cult.) It has everything you’d want from a cult show—cue Bill Hader’s “Stefon” character from Saturday Night Live—great music, accents, plot twists, lava lamps, deadly weather balloons, disagreements about viewing order, competing interpretations of symbolism, distinctive exteriors (the resort village of Portmeirion, in Wales), trippy interiors, “soundtrack dissonance,” a made-up sport, cool fonts, and an actor having a nervous breakdown on set. The show is also rife with memorable quotes, chief among them the innocuous-until-it’ssinister favorite farewell of Villagers: “Be seeing you!” Number Six displays clever wit, along with a steady, mild irritation that can relax to amused tolerance for Villagers he likes, or ramp up to outright rage for those he doesn’t. One episode doesn’t feature McGoohan at all, but everything evens out when he pulls double duty in another, playing Number Six and his identical impostor. The show’s final episode, and the reaction to it, is legendary—McGoohan had to leave London because of the uproar
from viewers who got answers other than the ones they expected. The parallels between McGoohan’s life and the events of the series are striking, and give the show an even greater resonance. Aside from his “resignation” from a successful and lucrative TV series, McGoohan also resisted familiar show business pressures. Happily married, he refused to kiss any of his female costars onscreen: an example of admirable marital loyalty, or perhaps just an indication that in the McGoohan household, the answer to the question, “Who is Number One?” had better be “Mrs. McGoohan”—or else. He also avoided the use of guns onscreen, saying that heroic characters shouldn’t use excessive violence. His objections to violence and promiscuity led him to turn down the role of Simon Templar on The Saint, and James Bond—twice. Still, there’s no shortage of fisticuffs or pugilistic prowess in The Prisoner, and guns play a major role in the show’s bizarre and wonderful final episode. Neither the man, nor the show, is easy to figure out. McGoohan had a long career after The Prisoner, and was even offered the role of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, though he turned it down for health reasons. It’s safe to say his unwillingness to compromise came at a cost, if only a financial one. But that’s what The Prisoner is all about—standing one’s ground in the face of threats, temptations, and inflatable assassins named Rover.
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I first heard of The Prisoner through a 1994 TV special showcasing the history of science fiction on television. At one point, host Leonard Nimoy introduced “two of the most innovative programs ever created.” The first was The Twilight Zone (my other favorite show), and the second was The Prisoner. Apparently, spoiler warnings didn’t exist in 1994, so I wouldn’t recommend seeking out this particular clip on YouTube. But that five-minute summary was enough to set my twenty-one year old self on a quest to track down The Prisoner. Before DVDs, that meant an elaborate progression of trades of audio and video rock concert bootlegs, but eventually I snagged VHS copies of the series and watched them, alone. If you’re a member of a cult, it’s beholden upon you to suck others into—I mean, expand the membership of—that cult. When I’d finished the series, I recommended it to a couple of friends and saw it again with them. Later, when I moved to an apartment as a graduate student, the three of us introduced my roommate to the show. One night, as we watched The Prisoner, a student from the apartment next door came by to borrow some milk. Having seen the series twice already, I left my friends staring at the screen and spent some time talking to that neighbor—who later became my wife. I told my kids that story recently, as I prepared them to watch The Prisoner for the first time—not that you
can ever really prepare someone. “If not for this show,” I said, “you might not exist at all.” How’s that for a strong lead-in? A couple of weeks later, over a perfect birthday weekend, we viewed the final episodes while eating takeout Indian food. For over twenty years, I’ve had a Prisoner magnet on my refrigerator and a framed map of the Village on my office wall. My wife and I even attended a Halloween party as Number Two and Number Six, respectively. But for the last month or so, in the wake of a rekindled passion, I’ve upped my fanboy game, watching Prisoner documentaries on YouTube, browsing the Portmeirion Village online gift shop, and driving around with a surprisingly large and diverse assortment of Prisoner-inspired songs booming through the speakers. Give The Prisoner a binge and visit the Village for a while. Maybe you’ll fall in love, like I did—with the show... or with your neighbor from next door. Be seeing you! Peter Dabbene’s website is peterdabbene.com, and his previous Hamilton Post columns can be read at communitynews.org. His latest work, “Ken Sollop, Agent of C.H.A.N.G.E.!” can be viewed at twinenterprises. com/the_fear_of_monkeys. His book Complex Simplicity collects the first 101 editions of this column, along with essays and material published elsewhere. It is now available at Amazon.com or Lulu.com for $25 (print) or $4.99 (ebook).
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