Hamilton Post
MARCH 2020
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Staff rescues West student
A tragedy was avoided at Hamilton High School West when the school’s faculty and staff leapt into action to save a senior who collapsed suddenly in cardiac arrest. Since the event on Jan. 10, Liam Simonelli, 17, has been welcomed back to school by his student peers, faculty and staff. “Liam had no symptoms, he had no history, he wasn’t doing drugs, he just literally collapsed out of the blue,” said Tara Simonelli, Liam’s mother. “There was nothing to predict that. And had Hamilton High West not had the AEDs and had the properly trained people I wouldn’t be talking to you now.” Just as he did everyday for school, Simonelli attended his second period AP Art Studio course, where he sat quietly at his desk and worked on an assignment. When what felt like a fainting spell swept over him, he at first thought nothing of it. During the morning period, around 9:15 a.m., Jayme Canavera, Simonelli’s art teacher, was startled by a loud thud. A student next to Simonelli told her that Liam had fallen off his chair and wasn’t sure if he was alright. See SIMONELLI, Page 12
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By RoB Anthes If a developer has his way, the Shoppes at Hamilton will cease to exist just shy of its 11th birthday. Metrix Real Estate Services is looking to raze the site and build a 170,000-sqaure-foot warehouse in place of the long-beleaguered shopping plaza along Route 130 North. The project is pending La’Keisha Sutton has returned home to Mercer County to open a youth club on Whitehead Road in township approval. If the plan is approved by HamHamilton that focuses on sports, media production and business. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.) ilton Township, the only remnants of the Shoppes at Hamilton will be two pad sites at the front of the property, currently occupied by Berkshire Bank and Hamilton Tap and Grill. The bank and A native of Prospect Village game, you have the longest restaurant will both continue to Basketball star in Trenton, Sutton is the CEO autograph line and you actu- operate despite the changes to La’Keisha Sutton of the Fan Favorite Club, which ally talk to the fans. They love to the development. Princeton-based Metrix Real officially opened its doors on watch you play.” makes her hoops And the Fan Favorite name Estate Services purchased Whitehead Road in Hamilton home in Hamilton the center in September 2019, in November 2019, a hub for stuck. Sutton’s decision to name her becoming the third entity to youth development with specialties in basketball, media pro- brand Fan Favorite, contrary to own the property. Metrix manBy AUstin BolanD-FerGUson what many would think, came aging partner Michael Nachamduction and business. The “Fan Favorite” name from the want to dissociate the kin said the location attracted To most, La’Keisha “Swish” him—particularly for a wareSutton is known as being part of came from the nickname that nickname with just her. “After a while, I got a little house—because it offered easy the global phenomenon known was given to Sutton during her freshman year at the University tired of Fan Favorite being my access to Interstate 195, oppoas the Harlem Globetrotters. nickname, I didn’t really want site a Fedex distribution facility And that makes sense con- of South Carolina. That season, the Gamecocks it to be about me,” Sutton saib and down Route 130 from the sidering she is one of the first women to play for the famed had lost a lot of games, and d. “It’s a mentality. When you United States Postal Service Sutton was ready to transfer think Fan Favorite, you should processing facility. basketball team. The property is zoned indusBut for those living in Mer- to Princeton University. Nikki think of leadership, confidence, cer County, Sutton is much McCray, who was an assistant commitment to excellence, not trial already, which means in more than a Globetrotter, with coach at the time, told Sutton, being afraid and most impor- theory there are few barriers for the developer to transform her impact evident across her “You can’t leave, you’re the fan tantly, being yourself.” favorite! If you look after the community. See SUTTON, Page 14 See SHOPPES, Page 16
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Welcome, sure signs of spring ROB ANTHES FROM THE EDITOR
March is one of my favorite months. Even after a historically mild winter like the one we’ve had this year, there’s still something invigorating about standing outside to fill your lungs with fresh air, soak up some sunbeams and listen to the birds sing. You can feel the earth starting to stir from its slumber. Of course, March is notoriously fickle—“In like a lion, out like a lamb”— so I hope I haven’t jinxed us with visions of balmy weather. (Or else I’ll be ducking snowballs wherever I go.) But I feel certain we’re in for brighter days since the signs of spring are everywhere already. There are the longer sunlight hours and baseball spring training, but you don’t need to look to the heavens or to Florida to see we’re ready to shake off winter’s dust. There are plenty of signs right here in Hamilton. One sure indicator is the talented performers from the township’s three public high schools taking the stage for their annual musicals. Steinert kicked things off this year with Newsies Feb. 27–29. Nottingham follows March 5–7 with Catch
Me If You Can. Hamilton West rounds it out with Mamma Mia! March 12–14. The musicals are an annual tradition, and a labor of love for those who spend hundreds of hours each winter perfecting their shows. More information can be found about the musicals on the school district website at hamilton.k12.nj.us. Another sign dear to my Irish heart is a schedule packed full of events to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The feast of Ireland’s patron saint—March 17— falls on a Tuesday this year, but there are plenty of ways to mark the occasion all month long in Mercer County, and in Hamilton in particular. Check out Page 22 to see the whole list of events, plus a brief tip of the cap to two Hamiltonians who will be honored during this year’s parade. Those are just two examples, but in a town so large, there must be more. So, tell me: What’s your favorite part of spring in Hamilton? Send me a note at the email address below, and maybe I’ll share a few in the next issue of the Hamilton Post. Thanks, as always, for reading.
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Grice Middle School named state school of character Grice Middle School in Hamilton Township last month was one of 81 schools to be designated as a State School of Character for 2020 by character.org, a national advocate for character in schools, families, sports teams and the workplace. Each year, character.org certifies schools and districts at the state level that demonstrate a focus on character development which has a positive effect on academic achievement, student behavior and school climate. Schools
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Hamilton High West senior Liam Simonelli (center) stands with art teacher Jayme Canavera and school nurse Kathleen Raney in the art room at the school Feb. 20, 2020. Simonelli is wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes after they were injured while he was in a medically induced coma following a cardiac episode during school Jan. 10. Staff at Hamilton West—including Canavera and Raney—acted quickly during the incident, saving the student’s life. (Staff photo by Nicole Viviano.) gery to have a pacemaker/defibrillator placed in his chest in case of a similar situation occurring again. Staff and students were equally eager to see Simonelli’s return to school, which came on Monday, Feb. 3. Canavera said that when Simonelli came into her class for the first time since the incident, he tried to sneak in without anyone noticing. His peers didn’t let him get away that easily, as he received many cards and sentiments, including a “Welcome Back Liam” banner in his English class. Simonelli expressed that he had some jitters coming back to school after what happened but has fallen back into the rhythm of things now. Although he doesn’t recall much from the day he collapsed, Simonelli made sure to seek out his rescuers. “I had the opportunity to talk with Officer Carvale and Nurse Raney and… mostly out of everything I wanted to express my gratitude because they saved my life, simply put,” Simonelli said. “It was incredible. It still is to me to think about it. It’s a bit bizarre to look at them and then think, ‘Without them I wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t be standing, looking at them.’” Out of all the times and places where this could have happened, Simonelli happened to collapse in his favorite class, Canavera’s AP Art Studio course. “There are so many other things that could have gone terribly wrong, so we’re thankful that it happened to us, where it did, where we could at least try to help,” Canavera said. The high school senior takes three art classes and strives to go into art education post-graduation. He’s involved in a school program called Tomorrow’s Teachers which acts a class and instructs students on what a teaching profession is like. Although Simonelli’s passion for art and drive to become a teacher haven’t changed, his experience has caused him to reflect on his future.
“My thinking on teaching has been a little bit different, because before this happened I thought a lot about the obstacles of teaching and what I’ll encounter throughout my career but I never thought of something like a medical emergency like this happening,” Simonelli said. Fortunately, his lifestyle won’t be greatly affected either. He was instructed by the hospital to avoid strenuous activity for a few months and to stay away from heavy machinery because of its possible effects on his pacemaker. Although the cause of Simonelli’s heart problem is still a mystery, everyone is happy to see him back at school full-time. This freak occurrence has shown the high school and the Simonellis how important it is to have professionals trained in CPR and AED use. Raney explained that nurses are required to get recertified in CPR every two years. Carvale is trained and recertified in CPR and AED use annually. Those classified as first responders at the school are required to have this training, Smith said. The school’s administrators and athletic team supervisors are also trained in these lifesaving techniques. HHW is set up well with eight AED devices on the school property currently. The school intends to order more AEDs as well. “This is such a crazy thing that happened and for Nurse Raney and Officer Carvale to be on it instantly and saving his life and keeping him from having any neurological damage it’s just phenomenal,” Tara Simonelli said. According to Smith, Hamilton Township School superintendent Scott Rocco intends to implement a plan to have all staff trained in CPR and first aid in the next five years. “Mine is an incredibly fortunate and obviously lucky story,” Simonelli said. “I can only hope that it inspires more people to learn CPR, practice AEDs, schools especially, just to raise awareness.”
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SUTTON continued from Page 1 That Fan Favorite mentality was taught to Sutton through the coaches and mentors that she had growing up, starting with her high school coach at Trenton Catholic Academy, Khaliq Lewis El. Sutton would watch him play and coach growing up, which gave her the inspiration to play from the time she was shooting around after going to church. “I have his picture up as soon as you walk into the place,” Sutton said. “If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be playing basketball.” Sutton’s other mentor, legendary South Carolina coach Dawn Staley, reinforced a lot of values that Sutton took to heart. “I played exactly like her, her being from Philly and me in Trenton. We were similar in size, too. She had the biggest heart. She taught me leadership, communication and fellowship.” Following a star four-year college career, Sutton decided to play internationally. From 2013 until 2016, Sutton played basketball all over the world— Taiwan, Finland, Ecuador, Germany, Bulgaria—living out her dream. While overseas, Sutton saw the true impact of her attitude on everyone she met there, with a few individuals making permanent changes in tribute to her demeanor. “There are four people in the world that have my name and my logo and my brand tattooed on them,” Sutton said. “I met a fan from Bulgaria on a Monday, he came back Wednesday with the tat-
Ayden Deleon, Kaela Reed, Max Galczynska, Jeff Allen, Zavier Hobbs, Jose Valverde, Natalia Spotwood-Randall, La’Keisha Sutton, Cobly Austin, Andrea Garcia, Domenic Raymond, Isaac Trakah and Heaven Spotwood hang out a the Fan Favorite Club Feb. 19, 2020. Domenic Raymond, a Hamilton resident, just won the first Fan Favorite Member of the Month award for his work ethic, commitment to learning and being coachable. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.) too. He was just a fan in Bulgaria. When I asked why he did that, he said, ‘You helped me feel seen.’ I’ve kept that with me. Everybody that I meet, I want them to feel important, to use their voice and to let them know that they have a contribution to make.” In 2016, Sutton was given the chance to re-sign with any of the teams she played with in the past but chose instead
to put her professional playing career on halt and came home to New Jersey. “In college, I fractured my back and I tore my knee twice,” Sutton said. “I understood what life without basketball looked like. Eventually, the ethics of the owners overseas weren’t the best, and character is really important to me, so I turned down the money.” Over the next two years, Sutton spent
her time entrenched in the community. She participated in a lot of celebrity basketball games and youth camps in different cities. Sutton had the inspiration to make her presence local to Mercer County after the murder of her cousin, Ciony Kirkman, in 2016. Kirkman’s death created a moment of clarity for Sutton. “That was an ‘a-ha’ moment for me where I was so used to traveling and talking to everyone else’s communities that I hadn’t been doing it here,” Sutton said. “That’s when I started going through local schools and seeing that there was a need for positivity and someone that was going to be encouraging.” Sutton has long done just this as a guest coach for the girls’ basketball program at St. Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church in Hamilton. In many ways, the gig at St. Raphael’s has helped launch all that Sutton has today. “They’ve been my biggest fans and my biggest support system since I’ve left college,” Sutton said. Sutton also has reconnected with her alma maters in Mercer County, coaching at Trenton Catholic Academy in Hamilton and at Stuart Country Day School in Princeton. She also has leveraged her position with the Globetrotters to help her hometown. Baden Sports, which makes the famed red, white and blue Globetrotter basketballs, donated hundreds of balls across the country. Sutton made sure 50 of them went home to Trenton, at the West Ward Recreation center.
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SHOPPES continued from Page 1 the shopping plaza into a 170,000-squarefoot, multi-tenant distribution center. For comparison, that’s the size of three football fields or half the size of the Fedex facility across Route 130. However, township officials said there are still some aspects of the plan that need to be addressed before it can go before either the planning or zoning board. No time frame has been set yet for when it might reach a public agenda. Still, the project marches on. Metrix updated its website in January to say that “a retail to industrial and retail transformation” is “coming soon” to the Shoppes at Hamilton. Multiple sources with knowledge of the project said the new landlord contacted businesses in the plaza shortly after purchasing it, notifying them that they would have to find new homes in 2020. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to discuss the project publicly. Nachamkin contradicted this, saying many of the tenants had left or were planning to leave before he purchased the center. Metrix assisted business owners in finding new locations, and the first wave of businesses began to relocate in January. Just four suites remained occupied as of midFebruary: Color Me Mine, Forever Hart Fit, The Little Gym and Julie Nachamkin Artist Studio—a recent addition to the center operated by the wife of the developer. Sources said the retail spaces will be completely vacant by the start of May. Tenants at the Shoppes at Hamilton also included Chico’s, Children’s Place, Clark’s, Loft, New York & Company, Rack Room Shoes, Sleep Number and White House Black Market. Rumors had swirled for months about the fate of the complex, with the scheme to transform the Shoppes at Hamilton into warehouse being the worst-kept secret in town since it was first hatched in October 2019. But, until now, neither the developer nor the municipal government had offered definitive confirmation that the redevelopment was more than just rumors. The Hamilton Post had worked since mid-October 2019 to find an official source confirm or deny the Shoppes at Hamilton rumors on the record. Stoltz Management, the longtime owner of the plaza, did not return multiple calls for comment. Broker CBRE, which still is
The Shoppes at Hamilton on Route 130 North sits nearly vacant Feb. 17, 2020 (at left), with most of the tenants having left the center earlier this year. The mass exodus is the first step in a plan by a developer to convert the property into a 170,000-squarefoot warehouse. At right, a sign at The Children’s Place informs visitors of the store’s closure. (Staff photos by Rob Anthes.) listed as the leasing agent on the Shoppes’ website, also did not return multiple messages. Two commercial real estate firms, when contacted by the Hamilton Post in Fall 2019, could not find any record that a sale of the property had been completed. Former Hamilton Township economic development director Marty Flynn told the Hamilton Post he didn’t even know the center had been sold until a November 2019 meeting with a tenant of the Shoppes at Hamilton. Flynn said it was there he learned that most of the businesses would be moving out of the center and into new locations in the coming months. Flynn said, at the time, that most of the demand in Hamilton and other municipalities is for warehouse space. “The market is dictating warehousing,” Flynn said in early November 2019. “It’s a good, clean rateable, and we’re glad to have it.” Flynn added that only one person who knows what’s truly going on at the Shoppes at Hamilton: Nachamkin, the new owner. The Hamilton Post spoke with Nachamkin Feb. 12, nearly four months after first attempting to contact him. The developer has a similar project in Lawrence Township, where construction began on spec last year of a 340,000-square-foot warehouse just off Interstate 295 on Princess Road. The Lawrence warehouse project was
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approved unanimously by that township’s planning board in December 2018. The warehouse now is clearly visible near Exit 68 of I-295, after construction crews raised the structure’s large grey exterior walls in February. And so begins the next chapter of the Shoppes at Hamilton’s history, which has been full of struggle from the start. Ground broke on the facility in early November 2007, one of several photo ops then-Mayor Glen Gilmore made in the week prior to the 2007 mayoral election. Gilmore ultimately lost that race to Republican John Bencivengo. The Shoppes at Hamilton opened 18 months later, in May 2009. The plaza had issues immediately, particularly due to a lack of direct access from Route 130 South. Customers on Route 130 South had to take a miles-long detour through Yardville and onto the highway’s northbound side simply to access the center. As a result, the Shoppes at Hamilton lost tenants quickly, including Italian restaurant Bensi, Nathan’s Hot Dogs and two Asian restaurants in the first couple of years. Other original tenants, like fast casual restaurant Bok Bok Fresh, never opened at all. Business owners, including former Nathan’s franchisee Tom Park, had repeatedly asked the township and the center’s developer at the time, Stanbery,
for a traffic light, saying it would improve the Shoppes at Hamilton’s fortunes. Stoltz Management acquired the center from Stanbery for $9.75 million in March 2012, and agreed to foot the bill to install a temporary traffic light. A temporary traffic light was installed eight months later, in late November 2012. That light was made permanent and a jughandle installed on Route 130 South in 2017, part of a deal made by FedEx in order to build a 340,000-square-foot warehouse distribution facility directly across the highway from the Shoppes at Hamilton. The jughandle and traffic light allows access to the shopping center and the FedEx warehouse from either side of Route 130. But it did not visibly improve business for the tenants of the Shoppes at Hamilton. Should Metrix’s plan proceed, the junction would now serve as the main access point for trucks to the warehouses on both sides of the highway. The Shoppes at Hamilton property, located at 537-557 Route 130 in Hamilton, was last assessed for $8.75 million, according to public records. It has a tax payment of $315,111.68 annually.
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Habitat expands roots in Hamilton with new retail store By Nicole Viviano The retail branch operation of Habitat for Humanity, ReStore, has opened its doors in Hamilton bringing with it more than just the opportunity to purchase discounted home and building supplies. Multiple affordable housing projects have begun to take shape around Hamilton, homes that have been supported by Habitat volunteers and funded by proceeds from the ReStore. The mission of Habitat for Humanity, a global nonprofit organization that helps low to moderate-income families build and secure homes, is one carried out by the new Hamilton ReStore, located in Independence Plaza. The Hamilton location, which opened on Jan. 17, is the second ReStore opened by the local Habitat branch, bringing Habitat’s opportunities and assistance further north than its Route 38 store in Maple Shade. The ReStore holds select inventory including appliances, furniture, home décor, glass and mirrors, electronics, lighting flooring, bath and plumbing supplies, cabinets, countertops, doors, outdoor home supplies and tools. The new location is fully stocked thanks to an off-site warehouse location that houses any overflow and corporate donations from organizations such as Wayfair and La-Z-Boy Inc. The stores cycle their donations accordingly through the warehouse depending on
Lisa Wooten, a staff member at Habitat for Humanity’s new ReStore in Independence Plaza, arranges furniture on the showroom floor. (Staff photo by Nicole Viviano.) what needs replenishing. Proceeds from both ReStores are pooled and distributed to support the affordable housing projects in Mercer and Burlington counties. With a new influx of shoppers, donors and volunteers at Hamilton, the growing resources should allow Habitat to help more low to moderate-income families
in the area. Two local projects supported by ReStore income can be seen on Parkinson Avenue in Hamilton. The projects began in late 2018, and both are about halfway done, with framing complete and roofs intact. The next step is siding. The projects take longer than commercial construction because they are built
entirely by volunteers. The homes already have families assigned to them. Annie Fox, the resource development director for Habitat’s local branch, said the families may not pay in a regular sense, but they do contribute “sweat equity.” By volunteering on their own homes, others’ homes and at the ReStore, the families pay for the work done by Habitat. Fox said, in Mercer County, Habitat has four projects in Hightstown, two in Princeton and one in Ewing Township, as well as a new one in Hamilton, on Genesee Street. “I think having the Habitat for Humanity ReStore here in Hamilton is not only good for our residents here to be able to provide high quality furniture products at a much lower, discounted rate, but also to be able to help a nonprofit that takes the money generated from the store and reinvest it back in Hamilton’s community by the different home building projects they have going on in Hamilton not only now but in the future,” Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin said. “So it’s really a win-win for Hamilton and its residents.” At the core of Habitat’s retail and housing initiatives is the volunteers who carry out the labor by working at the ReStore to building homes. These opportunities to help are now readily available to Hamilton residents. The necessity of the volunteering portion of the ReStore is one facet that allows for homes to be erected and fami-
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awareness for the Habitat program and how we serve the community still. It all worked out kind of seamlessly.” The newly assumed areas that came with Millstone Basin Habitat also comes with four new home construction projects that are in progress on South Academy Road in Hightstown. Applications for two of the homes, that are near completion, are now open. Last year, Habitat jumped into the Hamilton area with both feet. In addition to the homes on Parkinson Avenue, the organization chose Hamilton for the location of its first ever Habitat for Humanity Rock the Block event. More than 100 volunteers came out in May 2019 to support and help others with their housing and critical safety needs, that otherwise couldn’t be done. The force that volunteered and gave back to their community at the event showed how vital the Habitat volunteer process is and how willing Hamilton was ready to help. This year’s Rock the Block will be hosted in Palmyra, located in Burlington County, on April 25. “I just want to applaud Habitat for all they’ve done here in the Hamilton community,” Martin said. “They only recently came up to Hamilton through different mergers of different chapters of Habitat, but they’ve jumped in with both feet and got to work right away and we hope to be successful partners together with them now and into the future on other projects as well.” The Hamilton ReStore is open Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., as well as on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aside from shopping and volunteering at their 2465 S. Broad Street location, patrons can donate supplies and funds to the store’s cause. The ReStore offers a free pick-up service for larger donations, such as furniture and appliances. The new location of the ReStore is located in Independence Plaza, 2465 S. Broad St. in Hamilton. For more information, go online to habitatbcgtp.org/restore.
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Program gives autistic students skills for life after school By Brianna Colantoni A Steinert High School freshman picks up the phone, and dials a local bagel shop. “Hi, I’m calling from Steinert High School to place our bagel order,” the student says. While this interaction might seem simple, a phone call like this is a sign of growth and a cause for celebration for the students in the Community Based Instruction class. CBI is part of the district’s Life Skills Program, where students on the autism spectrum up to age 21 can learn skills they’ll need for jobs after high school. The Community Based Instruction class meets for the entire school year, once a week, for an hour or two every week. As part of their curriculum, the Joseph Delany (left) and Gina Filo (right) are students in Steinert’s Community students are taken to locations where Based Instruction class, which teaches students on the Autism spectrum basic skills they can work firsthand with the life like making phone calls, counting money and following written instructions. skills they learned. They might go to the laundromat and learn how to do laundry. The money generated from selling Or they might call a local business to interact with other people. Being able to interact socially with others is a skill that the bagels goes toward supplies for the place an order. Community Based Instruction program. Kimberly Schaffer has taught in the people with autism often struggle with. This year, the freshmen CBI classes Caesar’s donates the bagels. autism program in the Hamilton school Once all the orders are taken, a studistrict for 16 years, and has run the Life at Steinert have partnered with Caesar’s Skills program at Steinert for the last Bagels and Deli on Flock Road. Students dent will call Caesar’s Bagels. Schaffer three. She teaches mostly 9th and 10th take bagel orders from teachers while at has made a reference sheet as a guide graders, but usually has a class or two of school, marking down what was ordered for the students. They place a tally mark and taking payment. The students also next to the bagel a teacher has requested 12th graders, as well. The first skill students learn, as fresh- have to calculate if a teacher needs so they can read what bagels are needed when informing Caesar. Eventually, she men, is how to make phone calls and change and how much.
hopes the kids won’t be dependent on the sheet and be able to carry on a conversation with little or no assistance. She said Caesar’s owner Sezer Ates has made the students feel comfortable working with him. “I feel like Sezer really knows what autism is,” Schaffer said. “He really wanted the kids to call and the kids to be involved, and that’s the whole point of this.” On Friday morning, the bagels are picked up, and brought to Steinert. Once there, the students wrap the teacher’s order forms with their purchase and deliver the bagels to the teachers. As the students progress, they learn new skills and are given more challenging tasks. Students in the upper grades should know basic skills, and progress to what they’ll need to hold a job, with even more hands-on experience. Eventually they’ll work in real-world environments. Postgraduate students have worked at Barnes & Noble, Panera, Five Below, the Hamilton Free Public Library and Walgreens. The objective of the CBI program is for the kids to gain valuable knowledge for the future. They will make mistakes at times, but those involved with the students know to be very patient in order to help the students to learn for next time. “They learn slower and differently,” Schaffer said. “Just seeing them learn— even if it’s at a slower rate than the average person—is my favorite part of the position.”
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Volunteers set ‘pawsitive’ example for shelter cats about 15 cats in each of their their firstround groups. By focusing on the scared and unresponsive cats, they were able to help felines that were huddled in corners to come out and comfortably engage with people. “Seeing the change that it made in the personality, when you have a cat that is withdrawn, scared, aggressive, frightened, all of that and seeing the change being made, it was very rewarding for all of the volunteers to see the positive results in that kind of a program,” Martin says. “So that was the reward for us. To see the change in the cats and eventually see them getting adopted.” Martin says that if these cats didn’t go through the program, then some might not have been adopted. Martin’s says one of her favorite cases involved a very aggressive cat named Dolly Parton. Coming to EASEL from a kill shelter, the cat had an attitude. She would swat and try to bite people. Through the Cat Pawsitive training, Hamilton resident Lois Martin receives a high-five from a cat at the EASEL Animal Dolly Parton started to come around and Rescue League shelter in Ewing. ended up transforming into a wonderful pet. Since then, she has been adopted trainers to go over the Cat Pawsitive pro- ing progress on each cat. This includes and has proven to be one of the best cats cess. She diligently managed the com- behavioral journals, a cat’s background the owner has had, Martin says. Georgia Arvanitis, vice president of munication and updates between EASEL, information, how long it has been at the the EASEL board, says that a major benshelter, and if it got adopted. GreaterGood.org and the JGP. Martin stated that in the first group efit of the program is assisting staff and EASEL was selected to partake in the CPP program partly due to its thorough for both the Cat Pawsitive and later CPP volunteers in building good connections and timely submissions and logs. An programs, all the participating cats were with the animals. “It helps them feel positive about the important part of the training was track- eventually adopted. Both programs had
By Nicole Viviano For the past two years EASEL Animal Rescue League—a no kill shelter in Ewing—has been implementing a new feline behavior training program which has helped it successfully adopt out cats that would have otherwise been looked over. The Cat Pawsitive training initiative started by The Jackson Galaxy Project, was founded by TV star Jackson Galaxy from his hit Animal Planet show My Cat From Hell. The project started in 2014 along with greatergood.org, a public nonprofit, and was created with the understanding that animal shelters are often an overwhelming environment, especially for already frightened animals. Lois Martin, a retired teacher from Crockett Middle School in Hamilton, took an active leadership role in EASEL’s involvement with the Cat Pawsitive program. Martin has lived in Hamilton for more than 30 years, and got involved with EASEL five years ago. Upon retirement, she started reaching out around town to see what feline volunteer opportunities they had. Having five cats of her own, she knew that she wanted to help at EASEL. Martin took on the role of team lead for both rounds of Cat Pawsitive training. She put her organizational skills to work, by forming meetings with the groups of
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animals because they understand that they’re helping to reduce the stress,” she says. “From the animals’ perspective, it reinforces good behavior.” EASEL continues to further its mission to decrease the number of euthanized animals in the county with Cat Pawsitive and Cat Pawsitive Pro, which is an advanced version of the program for cats who need a more comprehensive approach. The initiative has successfully transformed cats that come to the shelter into confident, adoptable pets, thanks to the dedicated staff and volunteers that have gone through training. Arvanitis, a Ewing resident of more than 20 years, got involved with EASEL in 2008 as a volunteer, joined the board in 2011 and became vice president in 2015. She says she has watched the Cat Pawsitive and CPP programs help shy, scared and aggressive cats grow into happy, healthy pets. “The most important thing is how much it connects the volunteers and staff with the cats and then the cats with potential adopters,” Arvanitis says. “It really has made a very big difference. The impact here is all about getting pets into a good home. This project is one of the best ways I’ve seen to help us do that.” The shelter first joined the Cat Pawsitive program in fall 2018 after being selected from a pool of applicants through a GreaterGood.org grant. EASEL then involved its staff and volunteers in the provided training. The program is a series of webinars that instruct new trainers on how to use
sitting in front of a computer all day. Last year she decided she needed a change. She took non-credit courses in Mercer County Community College’s continuing education veterinary assistant program. Now she’s a veterinary technician working part-time at EASEL and parttime at another shelter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. During CPP training, Briegel would go in a couple times a week to work with cats. It’s been over a year since her that training, and she says that the things she learned have helped tremendously with her veterinary duties at the shelter. Before, the cats would scurry away from her because they remembered she was part of the shelter’s medical personnel. Now the little tips and tricks she learned help keep the cats more relaxed when she is treating them. The overall benefit, she says, was bringing shy cats out of their shells and to the front of the cage for adopters to see. The training for CPP required multiple trainers to work with multiple cats, which allowed her to be exposed to a myriad of feline personalities. “Instead of just going in and petting and playing, you played with a purpose,” Briegel says. Before when volunteers would come in to socialize the cats, there wasn’t much more than that. Now the socializing process has a productive side, she says. Briegel says she has seen the cats in Cat Pawsitive become superstars. The team effort and structured program were two reasons why it worked so well for EASEL, Briegel says.
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community endeavors,” says Tony. “I recognize that our success is due to this community,” he continues. “Which is why I make an effort to hire employees that live locally and utilize the local businesses, like getting our cars fixed in Hamilton, whatever we can do in that regard.” But there’s more: Hamilton’s Prior & Nami Business Systems is not only the area’s gold standard for printers, computers and other business equipment, it is a company rich in Trenton area history. Back in 1910, Tom and his brother Walter Prior founded the Prior Typewriter Company on State Street in Trenton. As the company flourished, it was recognized as the Tony Nami is celebrating his 25th year as owner of the 110-year-old Prior & Nami oldest and one of most successful Royal Typewriter dealers in the Business Systems on Hamilton Avenue in Hamilton Township. nation. In 1914 the company’s quota was to sell 4 typewriters HSM, FP, Lexmark, Canon, Sharp sized businesses, but we do have a month and by 1957 they were and Konica Minolta), laser jet and a showroom and the local residents selling over 100 typewriters per wide-format printers, networks, sometimes bring in computers for month in the Mercer County copiers, shredders, along with repairs and upgrades, which we are Region. inter-active Digital display screens happy to do.” Furthermore, Prior & 1980: Enter Tony Nami. and the telepresence Robot. Tony Nami’s proximity to the state capitol Starting out as an employee at notes, “Our strength is business means that the company provides the company, Tony learned the to business, for small to mediuman array of services to government business from the inside-out, offices as well. eventually becoming a partner It’s also important that Prior & in 1990. In 1995, when the Prior Nami gives back to the community brothers retired, Tony bought whenever they can: whiteboards the business and made it his and standup desks donated to the own, moving the business to his Hamilton Township School District; hometown of Hamilton two years “Tech Night” demonstrations for later. “It’s a win-win for us,” says Crockett Middle School; and Tony. “As a lifetime Hamilton supporting local nonprofits, charity resident, I love being here.” events, and more. “Sometimes it’s Prior & Nami Business Systems nothing big, but we do as much as is located at 1666 Hamilton Ave. in we can, reaching out to help lots of Hamilton. Phone: (609) 584-5252.
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Wilfing breaks 33-year-old record while fighting flu By Rich Fisher In listening to Steven Wilfing describe his breaststroke swim in the Mercer County Championship preliminaries, it’s hard not to wince. He showed up at West Windsor-Plainsboro North on that Friday, Feb. 7, fighting the flu and bronchitis, and struggled to attend school for a half day just so he could be eligible to race. “He was sick as a dog,” coach Brian Emerson said. He was also determined. “My first 50 I went out pretty good and I was keeping up with everybody and was right even with them,” Wilfing said. “Then the second 50 came, and I turned and pushed off the wall; and as soon as I let go of my air, that was the most pain I’d ever felt in the pool. It was awful; I could barely keep my stroke rate going. It was really awful.” So, he must have done pretty horrible in the race, huh? Well, actually, maybe he should race sick more often. When Wilfing climbed from the pool, the Nottingham High junior emerged with a sixth-place finish, good enough to qualify for Saturday’s A cut. Even more astoundingly, his time of 1:10.83 smashed the Northstars’ 33-year-old
Nottingham High junior Steven Wilfing updates the Northstars’ swimming program’s record board to include his new 100 butterfly mark. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) record of 1:12.50, set in 1987 by Kelly Wilson. It was a mark that had been around longer than not only Wilfing, but his 28-year-old coach.
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He is certain, however, that swimming “He destroyed me. I don’t really train in the fly too often, and I got beat by a will remain part of his life and it’s easy to kid I swim club with (Steven Kim). I’m see why. Although the breast is his main not making an excuse there, he just out- event and freestyle sprints are his second favorite, he has the ability to swim them all. touched me.” “When I found out I was taking this Every other meet, however, Wilfing was perfect in individual races and also job, about two weeks before the season had success in the 200 free and medley started, I was talking to the previous coach relays with Zack Miller, Chris Filipowicz (Steve DiGiacomo) about lineups,” Emerson said. “I said ‘What do I do about this and Dustin Tyler. Wilfing kid? I never met “Internally he’s an athlete him.’ He said, ‘He’s our that makes a coach’s job ace in the hole. Anywhere easier,” Emerson said. “He you need a hole to be filled wants to be there every day, he’s the guy and it’s pretty he wants to be coached, he much guaranteed.’” wants to help others. He’s Wilfing didn’t make it to intelligent, he’s respectful, the introductory meeting he’s got a good heart and when Emerson took over, he’s easy to root for.” and the first time the two Wilfing’s aquatics career met was at Nottingham’s started at age 6 when he initial dryland workout. used to swim in the ocean “We were doing some at the Jersey shore. The core, doing some rundaughter of his mom’s ning,” the coach said. friend noticed how much “Here was a kid I’d never he enjoyed the water and Wilfing seen at the school before, recommended Wilfing he’s pushing six feet, he’s join the Hamilton Aquatics got a nice build and he was just cruising Club, and he has been there ever since. His first year at Nottingham provided past the other kids in every workout we Wilfing with a huge highlight in the did. That was my first understanding of Northstars meet with Hamilton. Swim- what kind of athlete he was.” Emerson got a greater understanding ming anchor for the 400 relay team, he inherited a half-lap deficit when he dove as the season wore on and Wilfing conin. Wilfing overcame the leader as Not- tinued to excel. He wants to go after the tingham won the relay and won the meet 200 IM record next year, and if he can make a state cut in the breast that would by one point. also “be something cool to swim at, but “That was a thrill for sure,” he said. Baseball was also in the picture, and Wil- it’s not a big priority of mine.” Just what is the priority? fing did both through his freshman year. “I’ve never really been too crazy about He gave it up last season but, as an assistant on new coach Charlie Iacono’s staff, Emer- what place I come in,” he said. “As long as I have a good time and it’s a good son is hoping he makes a return. “We’re trying to get him to join back,” swim, that’s what I worry about.” His main worry this year was toppling the coach said. “He’s a great catcher so we hope to get him back there. Just in that 33-year-old record. “Some people say hard work pays off, general he’s such a hard working kid you want on any team. Anything he puts some people say you get out of it what his mind to it’s almost an easy get once you put in,” Emerson said. “I don’t want to box Steven into some cliché but there’s he’s focused on it. “ As of mid-February Wilfing was torn a reason this kid broke a record that’s about whether to return or not. He sat been held for 33 years. It’s one of those out last year to focus on swimming things you could see coming. His drive and commitment was unlike anything I’d nationals for HAC. “It really hurt me not playing,” Wilf- ever seen at the high school level. He was ing said. “I’ve been playing baseball lon- doing 5 a.m. strength training sessions ger than swimming. Baseball is in my three times a week, and 30-plus hours of blood, it’s something I’ve always done. I pool time. He was on a mission.” Mission accomplished—despite the love it, but I don’t know. I’m contemplatflu and bronchitis. ing coming back, I’m just not sure.”
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West wrestling follows senior Bennett’s example By Rich Fisher If Hamilton West wrestling coach Matt Minder is a good judge of character, then the United States Air Force is in great shape for the coming years. Hornets’ 170-pounder, Ryan Bennett, is headed for the wild blue yonder after graduation and Minder feels he will spread his wings in the military as well as he did on the mat. “I wish I had 14 of him, he’s fantastic,” the coach said. “You don’t get too many of him. He’s the kind of person you meet in your life where you know that, no matter what they do, they’re gonna do right and they’re gonna be successful because you see what they put into the things they care about. It’s good to have kids like him around.” Unfortunately for the Hornets, Bennett won’t be around after this year but Minder hopes the example he set will stick with the younger wrestlers. “The best ability for a wrestler is availability,” the coach said. “Ryan Bennett has not missed a single practice in high school. He’s been there every single day. He sets the tone, he’s a vocal leader but he really sets the example by what’s supposed to be done. “He’s not gonna ream somebody out, scream at other guys. He can yell at kids about what they need to hear but he’s not overbearing. He sets the tone at practice, he works hard every day. He got sick in the middle of the season but
he was there working.” Showing what a strong effort can do, the senior entered the Feb. 21 district tournament at 26-2 with 13 pins wrestling predominantly at 170 and sometimes at 182. He opened the season by winning the Pine Barrens Tournament for the first time and, in early February, won his first Mercer County Tournament title. His lone losses were in a dual meet with Allentown and in the Hunterdon Central Tournament quarterfinals. Bennett has made up for a lot of lost time after re-learning the sport of wrestling as a freshman. He competed in the Hamilton PAL program in third grade but quit after he sprained a growth plate during a tournament at Rider. “I didn’t want to get hurt again,” Bennett said. “But as I got older, I realized I wanted to wrestle again. I started back as a freshman just for fun and I realized I didn’t like losing, so I started to take it seriously. I wanted to do a sport and it was between track and wrestling, and I didn’t want to do track.” That made the choice easy, but that first year back was basically like a first year all over again as Bennett retained little from his early days. “It was a hard climb,” he said. “It was kind of like learning it all over again. I forgot my stance, forgot everything. It took a long time to get where I’m at now.” The road back started in July prior to his freshman year.
Hamilton West wrestler Ryan Bennett entered the district tournament with a 26-2 record this year, with 13 pins. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) “I wrestled at All Heart Academy with Danny Flounders so I had the basics down,” Bennett said. “My (Hamilton) team wasn’t too experienced that year. I was decently strong against my teammates but once I got out on the mat I realized I needed to do a lot more.” Bennett showed improvement his sophomore year and, despite his larger frame, opted to wrestle at 145 pounds as a junior.
It was a struggle. “My original plan was to go at 152,” he said. “I was healthy there. Then I decided to go to 145, I wasn’t healthy there. I cut a lot of weight last year, it wasn’t fun. I just felt that’s where I would wrestle my best at, and it turned out I was wrong.” Minder wasn’t thrilled with the idea but trusted Bennett enough not to stand in his way. As it turned out, concentrating on cutting weight distracted from concentrating on wrestling; plus he got gassed quicker. “I definitely got way more fatigued or tired faster in the match,” Bennett said. “It’s hard only having an hour or two before a match or tournament to get all my fuel in. The body is like a car, it needs its fuel. And the biggest reason I didn’t cut weight this year was so I could just focus on wrestling. “This is my natural weight, I felt good at it. I just wanted to come in as healthy as possible and wrestle at my best. I think I’m doing that.” Once again, Minder did not argue. “He probably walks around at 168, 169 and he said he feels healthy so I said, ‘Let’s roll with it,’” the coach said. “It’s making some difference. The thing about Ryan is I don’t question his work ethic, I don’t question his drive. He’s a wrestler I know I can trust. He’s not going to just stay at a weight because he doesn’t want to work harder. He said he felt comfortable there and strong there and I didn’t doubt it. He’s wrestled well there all year.”
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It started in August, when Bennett started going to Elite Wrestling in Jackson. That helped lift his level of wrestling and he also continues to go to All Heart with his brother. Bennett’s improvement was seen on opening day when he won the Pinelands Tournament after finishing seventh, third and second his first three years. “That kind of shot my confidence right through the roof,” Bennett said. “It kind of puts you at the next level.” That became apparent when he claimed the MCT title, erasing several years of frustration. As an unseeded freshman he lost two quick matches. As a sophomore he won a match but, riddled by the flu, dropped the next two, and last year he wrestled back for fifth place. Bennett was also hoping to get through districts for the first time after finishing fourth last year. He was actually beating the No. 1 seed before fatigue set in and he got pinned. In assessing his abilities, Bennett feels he is weaker on his feet and enjoys being
in the referee’s position on top or bottom. “I feel strong enough and fast enough to get out from bottom and strong enough to hold someone down too,” he said. “I feel my technique on top is a lot better than in neutral.” Minder, however, feels he is effective from all angles. “He floats,” the coach said. “I don’t think he has a particular weakness anywhere. He’s good on his feet, good on bottom, he’s heavy on top. He’s smooth; he doesn’t put himself in bad positions.” Bennett will be putting himself in a position to defend the country in a few months. He is already sworn into the USAF and is waiting to see where he will be stationed. “I have a couple family members in the military,” he said. “My brother’s a marine, my best friend’s a soldier in the army. I just realized to get a head start in life this would honestly be the best way.” Asked if he had ever flown a plane before, Bennett laughed. “No,” he said. “But I’ve been on one.”
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Surprise starter Fitzpatrick sures up goal for Irish By Rich Fisher Mike Fitzpatrick saw a little bit of time for the Notre Dame High ice hockey team last year, and planned on seeing a little bit more this year. Until it suddenly became apparent that he would see all the time. Heading into the Feb. 18 Mercer County Tournament semifinals, Fitzpatrick had played every minute of every game in goal for the 10-8-2 Irish. He had some clunkers and there were times he sparkled, but he has gotten better late in the season, having allowed one goal in the three games prior to the MCT semis. That could bode well as the Irish prepare for the state tournament in March. “He stepped into a tough role this year and when he’s dialed in we have a good chance to win,” coach Mike McVey said. “He’s getting better with his experience. We rely on him. If he’s ready to go we’ve got a good chance to play with anybody.” The Hamilton resident played for the Nottingham-Hamilton co-op team before transferring to ND last year. He had to sit out the mandatory 30 days and got three starts while playing in parts of two other games. Fitzpatrick appeared to be in line for about the same workload this year until ND’s incumbent starter decided not to come out for the team. Suddenly, Fitz was it.
“He played some solid games last year,” McVey said. “We kind of knew a little after the start of the season he was gonna be the guy this year. So that was good and bad. It’s a lot of responsibility. You need to be the number one guy. You need to be present every night. There are no games off. It showed a few times, but he’s also done some really good things and done what we’ve needed him to do. He’s won some big games in there.” Obviously, Fitzpatrick loved the sudden fact that he would be getting all the playing time he wanted. He also had some slight anxiety about it. “I felt pressure knowing I was the only goalie,” he said. “That meant if I were to get sick then there’s no one else to take my spot, so I had to play it safe a lot. But the excitement was there because I got to start every game.” Notre Dame won its first five with Fitzpatrick in net but then had a rough stretch of 0-5-2. That was followed by five wins in eight games, including the goalie’s second and third shutouts of the season. Considering the role Fitzpatrick was thrust into, his coach feels he has handled it well. “I think it’s a learning thing to kind of go from ‘All right, I’m the back-up, I’ve got a guy who’s gonna start over me,’ and then at the beginning of the season you find out ‘Woah, I’m the guy,’” McVey said. “We’ve got some really good play-
Mike Fitzpatrick has played every minute in goal for the Notre Dame ice hockey team this season. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) ers here and high expectations for the season so he’s done well to absorb that and continue to grow.” Fitzpatrick agreed that he spent the season sharpening his knowledge of the position. “It has definitely been a learning year for me but it’s been a lot better than last
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year because I only had a few games,” he said. “This year I’ve learned some things. I got better in tracking; I’ve gotten better at keeping my legs down in the butterfly and in my movement across the crease.” Fitzpatrick began playing hockey as a forward but, after one year, decided to play goalie. “It seemed like a lot more fun,” he said. “I always need to be in the action. If any sport was going too slow I didn’t like it. With goalie it always seemed fast paced and moving, which I enjoyed.” Fitzpatrick started club with the Mercer Chiefs before moving to the Lawrence Flames, the Jaguars and the Princeton Tigers. He opted out of club upon reaching high school, figuring academics and varsity hockey were enough to try and handle. In his one year with Nottingham, Fitzpatrick shared time with fellow freshman David Thompson, who has since gone on to be one of the Colonial Valley Conference’s top goalies. In that sense, things worked out well for Fitzpatrick as playing time might have been tough with the Northstars this year. Instead, he and Thompson were both regulars and gave Hamilton Township three standout goalies as Steinert junior Trevor Malik is also a top-tier net minder. Now that he has the job, there are some things Fitzpatrick needs to work on.
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“For me, it’s his focus,” McVey said. “He’s a pretty laid back, funny kid. He’s just always laughing and stuff. He needs to focus. A lot of the ones he’s let by are because he’s not fully engaged. “You can’t take a shift off. You can’t take a second off when you’re playing some of these teams; when you’re playing Hun, Princeton, St. Joe’s. These teams are solid. They can beat you in a second and you’re down by one or two goals.” The coach feels that mindset has to start before the puck is ever dropped. “It’s about his routine coming into the game, his effort level in practice,” McVey said. “You’re not going through the motions anymore. You’re not just showing up. The team is relying on you and I think he’s absorbed that pretty well.” Fitzpatrick feels it’s fairly obvious when he is concentrating, and when he isn’t. “Everyone knows when I’m focused; from just watching my games you can tell if I’m focused and I’m doing really good,” he said. “But other games you can tell when I’m not focused.”
He has decreased those “other games” as the season goes along, saying he puts in his earplugs, listens to music and blocks out every thought but stopping the puck prior to a game. One thing he does not focus on is feeling bad after letting up a goal. “When I get scored on I just think of what I did wrong and what I could do to avoid it if that same scenario happens again,” Fitzpatrick said. “I think about what I can do to make the save.” It is a quality that McVey admires. “He keeps a very level head; he doesn’t take it too hard,” the coach said. “I know there’s some he’d love to have back and then he’ll turn around and make a great one and I’ll be like ‘How did he save that?’ He does not let it get to him. That’s a huge thing, especially in some of these bigger games. A couple big saves can change the momentum and hockey is all about momentum.” And Fitzpatrick is all about hockey, which is what made his unexpected workload so enjoyable this year.
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’Stars seniors Luckie, Truban spark ice hockey resurgence By Rich Fisher Two of the top seniors on the revitalized Nottingham-Hamilton West co-op ice hockey team are moving on to play college athletics. Interestingly enough, neither will play men’s hockey. Connor Luckie is headed to Rowan College at Burlington County for baseball, while Kathryn Truban is bound for Division III Adrian College in Michigan to play for its nationally ranked women’s hockey team. Different directions for sure, but the two came together to provide a memorable season for Nottingham. Luckie, now focused on his final year as West catcher, capped a stellar four years by finishing among the CVC scoring leaders with 22 goals and 11 assists this season. For his career he finished with 42 goals and 31 assists, and his intimidating physical presence may have been more impressive than his scoring. “You can count on one hand the number of times I’ve seen Connor get knocked over,” first-year coach John Patterson said. “Guys try and check him to take him off the puck and they’re the ones that end upside down. He is just an absolute truck out there.” As opposed to smooth-skating Truban, whose slick passing led to 16 assists this year along with 3 goals. The Nottingham senior played just two years for the team, as club hockey took up
Nottingham High School seniors Connor Luckie (left) and Kathryn Truban led the Northstars ice hockey team to a resurgent 7-11-1 record this season, after the team went 1-46 the previous three seasons. (Photos by Rich Fisher.) much of her time. “Pound for pound Kathryn Truban is probably the best player in Mercer County,” claimed Patterson, who coached Truban on two previous club teams. “She’s going to play at Adrian
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College, I know earlier in the season they were ranked fifth in D III. How many guys in the CVC are going to play DIII men’s hockey? “You’ll have some play juniors and some play club hockey. There are some
fantastic male players, but you’ve got a girl that’s running out there at 120 pounds against dudes literally twice her weight. She goes into the corners with absolutely no fear, she’s as smart as you can be with the puck. I have no doubts ever about her ability to see the game and orchestrate the game.” Nottingham orchestrated its way to a 7-11-1 record and first Mercer County Tournament win since the merger in 20122013. In the Northstars MCT quarterfinal, they trailed six-time defending champion Hun by only 2-1 entering the third period before wearing down. Nottingham was 1-46 its previous three seasons. Much of the success had to do with standout junior goalie David Thompson. But with Truban available on a regular basis and playing on the same line with Luckie, it added another dimension to the offense. “She brings everything to us,” Luckie said. “She didn’t start playing until last year but she’s made a huge impact on this team by just having another hockey mind out there that actually knows the game of hockey. We have a lot of chemistry based off the fact we’ve been playing hockey our whole lives.” Luckie is well known for his baseball prowess and is considered one of Mercer County’s top defensive catchers. Folks are somewhat startled to discover he has played hockey since age 6. Luckie played club with the Mercer Chiefs, but gave it up entering his
freshman year to focus on baseball. He decided last year to attend RCBC and soon after, his hockey/baseball teammates Kiefer Goss and Nick Diaz decided to follow. “I love the game of hockey but from the competitive aspect I like baseball more, so hockey is just fun for me,” Luckie said. “I don’t look at it as competitive anymore, I just like playing here.” Watching Luckie play, it sure looks competitive. He is a whirling dervish on the ice with skills to go along with his physical presence, and was a Northstar captain along with Trevor Bolton. “He leads us in scoring, he leads us in terms of attitude on ice,” Patterson said. “He sets the standard. You almost literally can’t pull him off the ice. He wants to get out there and compete every single shift and every second. Honestly, I feel he would play every second of the game if I didn’t take him out and force him to take time off. He’s just a kid who loves to come out and play the game. He’s our offense. Everything runs through him.” Except when he is running through opponents. “It messes with their minds when I’m just bodying them off the puck,” said Luckie, who stands over 6-feet with a thick build. “They don’t want to come near me, I just throw my body all around. Why not?” Why not indeed. Truban loves seeing him out there. “He puts his effort out every night to score goals,” she said. “He does everything he can. There’s nothing more you can ask from him. He’s very passionate.”
Luckie and his teammates used that passion to protect Truban last year. Truban is one of several girls playing in the CVC, and her bodyguards liked looking out for her. “Absolutely,” Luckie said. “Last year we got in a huge brawl because of it. She asked us to stop fighting this year, she wants to defend herself. She doesn’t want us getting suspended. But if someone runs after her, they got a target on their back.” And while that attitude may seem chivalrous, the Northstars were being more than just gallant. They were also protecting one of their key players. Truban’s older brothers, Alex and Peyton, were both strong players for Nottingham and she would go watch them and want to be like them. Sort of. “I guess you could say that,” she said. “But in my own way.” Which way is that? “Be better than them,” Truban said with a grin. She will be the first of the siblings to play in college, as Adrian was ranked No. 10 in NCAA Division III with a 17-3-1 record as of Feb. 12. College hockey has long been a Truban goal. “I really loved the campus,” she said. “It’s a very small campus, you get a good education. I like to know my professors. They treat the players very well. They have seven hockey teams (counting club) at the college; everyone is together.” Truban began playing at age 5 for Lawrence and moved to the Princeton
Tiger Lilies, the Rockets and her current team, the Junior Flyers. Patterson coached her at Lawrence and Princeton. “When you see players like that you just know this is a kid that’s going to play at the next level,” Patterson said. “She had poise and leadership. Anyone with older siblings always has those battles at home. Her brothers were good players but she’s the one taking it to the next level and I’m so proud of her.” Obviously, playing with the boys brought Truban into a different environment. The speed and physicality is more intense after competing against girls her own size in club. “It’s faster, you gotta worry about who’s coming after you,” she said. “I definitely have to keep my head up more.” As a growing legion of girls play on high school boys’ teams, Truban explained why she decided to take that risk knowing how much size she gives up. She wanted the challenge. “Hockey’s not like any other sport,” she said. “You’re constantly skating,
you need a lot of stamina. You gotta be able to skate and stick handle. It’s not like soccer where you just kick a ball. It’s more skills and you have to be more aware of everything. It’s very fast. It’s a lot of everything combined.” Those are the same things that keep Luckie glued to the game. He hopes playing baseball at RCBC will propel him to a four-year college, where he would think about playing club hockey if it were offered. Patterson would love to see how much better Luckie would have been had he stayed with club. “Connor is still a tremendous hockey player,” the coach said. “If he kept playing Tier One hockey, the sky would be the limit for that kid.” As it is, Truban will fly into the hockey skies while Luckie tries to soar on the diamond. For one memorable year, however, they combined as a force to be reckoned with in helping a program rise from the ashes.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, March 1
Disney’s Frozen Jr., Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Princesses Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle come to life. 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Four Centuries of African American Soldiers, Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barracks Street, Trenton, 609-396-1776. barracks. org. Day-long presentations and demonstrations by reenactors and living historians. 11 a.m.
Monday, March 2
PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Anxiety disorder discussion group meeting 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 3
Mindfulness Meditation, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 350 Whitehorse Avenue, Hamilton, 609-585-7087. Beginner and experienced meditators welcome. 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 4
Quizzoholics Trivia, Chickies & Petes, 183 Route 130, Bordentown, 609-298-9182. chickiesandpetes.com. Hosted by Matt Sorrentino. 9 p.m.
Thursday, March 5
Notary Public Registration/Renewal, Mercer County Connection, Hamilton Square Shopping Center, 957 Route 33, Hamilton, 609-890-9800. Register or renew notary ap-
plications on site. 3 p.m. Kids in the Kitchen: Good for You, But Tasty, Too!, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609584-5900. Hands-on cooking class for picky eaters ages 6 and older accompanied by adults. $4. Register. 6:30 p.m. Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Camp Olden Civil War Round Table, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Drive, Hamilton. Meeting and talk by Roger Arthur. 6:50 p.m.
Friday, March 6
Teaching Disco Square Dancing to Our Elders, PassageTheatre Company, 16 East Hanover Street, Trenton, 609-392-0766. passagetheatre.org. Three teens come together to create an awesome presentation for school. For ages 10 and older. $5-$10. 11 a.m. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. njstatehousetours.org. Tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act. See artwork incorporated into the capitol complex including stained glass, tilework, paintings, and sculptures. Reservations required. 1:30 p.m. Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-9310149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Grateful Dead Tribute Concert, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Reock &
Roll explores the first 10 years of the iconic band’s studio recordings. 8 p.m. Wines of Burgundy, Rat’s Restaurant, 16 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. ratsrestaurant.com. Wine tasting and small plate hors d’oeuvres. $15. 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 7
The Grateful Dead Tribute Concert, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Reock & Roll explores the first 10 years of the iconic band’s studio recordings. 8 p.m. Genealogy Workshop, NJDAR, General David Forman-Penelope Hart Chapter, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton. 1 p.m. Open House, Yardville CYO, 453 Yardville-Allentown Road, Yardville. cyomercer.org. Information about summer programs including day camps, teen travel camp and CIT program. Noon. to 2 p.m. Camp Open House, Hamilton YMCA, Sawmill Branch, 185 Sawmill Road, Hamilton. hamiltonymca.org. 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Dos and Don’ts of Downsizing, Re/Max Tri County, 2275 Route 33, Suite 308, Hamilton Square, 609-281-5218. Tips on decluttering, preparing a home for sale, the local real estate market and mortgages. Register. 9 a.m.
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MONDAy, MARCH 9
PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Anxiety disorder discussion group meeting 7 p.m.
TUESDAy, MARCH 10
Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. Through March 29. 7:30 p.m. SafePassages, Mapleshade Square, 445 Whitehors Avenue, Suite 204B, Hamilton, 609-631-7884. safepassages.xyz. Eightweek grief session. 7 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 350 Whitehorse Avenue, Hamilton, 609-585-7087. Beginner and experienced meditators welcome. 6:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAy, MARCH 11
Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 7:30 p.m. Eat Right, Bite by Bite, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Culinary nutrition and mindful eating. $10. 10:30 a.m. Private Reiki Session, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Non-invasive, hands-on healing program. $40-$80. Register. 5 p.m. Quizzoholics Trivia, Chickies & Petes, 183 Route 130, Bordentown, 609-298-9182. chickiesandpetes.com. Hosted by Matt Sorrentino. 9 p.m.
THURSDAy, MARCH 12
Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 7:30 p.m. Charlie Zahm, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. “A St. Patrick’s Day Concert: The Music of Ireland and Scotland.” Free. 7 p.m. Substitute Employee Job Fair, HamiltonTownship School District, Administration Building, 90 Park Avenue, Hamilton, 609-
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FRIDAy, MARCH 13
33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. Through March 22. 8 p.m. Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 8 p.m. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. njstatehousetours.org. Tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act. See artwork incorporated into the capitol complex including stained glass, tilework, paintings, and sculptures. Reservations required. 1:30 p.m. Milos, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The classical guitarist play works by Bach, The Beatles, and everything in between. 8 p.m. Tim Hoh, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Performance. Register. 10:30 a.m. Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton. bmandwbooks.com. $25. 10 a.m.
SATURDAy, MARCH 14
Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. 33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 8 p.m. Capital Philharmonic Orchestra, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, 215-893-1999. capitalphilharmonic.org. Performing works by Mozart, Vivaldi, and Tchaikovsky. $30-$65. 7:30 p.m. Vince Lardear, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton.com. $15, $10 drink minimum. 3:30 p.m. The Hot Sardines, McCarter Theatre, 91 Uni-
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versity Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Classic jazz. 8 p.m. Mercer GreenFest, Rider University Student Recreation Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence. sustainablelawrence.org. “Clean and Healthy Water.” Free. 11 a.m. St. Patrick’s Day Party, Joshua Harr Shane Foundation, Mercer Oaks Golf Course, 725 Village Road West, West Windsor. joshuaharrshane.org. Cocktail party, four-course dinner, auction, DJ. $95. 7 p.m. Science on Saturdays, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 100 Stellarator Road, Princeton, 609-243-2121. pppl.gov. Talk by Arvind Narayanan, associate professor of computer science at Princeton. 9:30 a.m. Winter Tree Identification Workshop, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton, 609-888-3218. Free. Register. 1 p.m.
SUNDAy, MARCH 15
33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the
mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 2 p.m. The Hot Sardines, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Classic jazz. 3 p.m.
MONDAy, MARCH 16
PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Anxiety disorder discussion group meeting 7 p.m. Baby Rock ‘n Rhyme, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Songs, rhymes and story for ages 1-2 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.
TUESDAy, MARCH 17
Private Reiki Session, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Non-invasive, hands-on healing program. $40-$80. Register. 2 p.m.
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Weight Loss: Medical and Surgical Options, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-5845900. Register. 6 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 350 Whitehorse Avenue, Hamilton, 609-585-7087. Beginner and experienced meditators welcome. 6:30 p.m. Storytime, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Story, rhymes, songs and craft for ages 3 1/2-5 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m. Hamilton Township Philatelic Society, Hamilton Township Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.Way, Hamilton, 609-5814060. Meeting and presentation on “The Border BetweenTwo Irelands.” 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, March 18
Toddler Time, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Story, rhymes and songs for ages 2-3 1/2 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. For The Love of Reading Book Club, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Discussion on “Educated” by Tara Westover. 6 p.m.
Thursday, March 19
Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 7:30 p.m. The New Jim Crow—10 Years Later, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 801 West State Street, Trenton, 609-882-0563. endnewjimcrownj.org. Conference. 6:30 p.m. How to Break Up with Your Cell Phone and Why You Might Want To, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Practical tips for unplugging. Register. 6:30 p.m. Preventing Drug Use in Youth, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Information for families. Register. 6:30 p.m. Toddler Time, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Story, rhymes and songs for ages 2-3 1/2 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Friday, March 20
33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 8 p.m. Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 8 p.m. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609847-3150. njstatehousetours.org. Tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act. See artwork incorporated into the capitol complex including stained glass, tilework, paintings, and sculptures. Reservations required. 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 21
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Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. 33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 8 p.m. Chicken Dance, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical about Marge and Lola, two barnyard chickens on a mission to win the barnyard talent contest. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. 100% Handcrafted, Robbinsville High School, 155 Robbinsville Edinburg Road, Robbinsville. Juried arts and crafts fair featuring area artisans. Fundraiser for the perfoming arts and instrumental music booster clubs. 10 a.m.
Sunday, March 22
33 Variations, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc. org. A music scholar facing her own health and relationship problems delves into the mystery of why Beethoven spent four years of his life writing 33 variations of an uninspired waltz. 2 p.m. Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m.
Monday, March 23
Karaoke, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. facebook.com/trentonsocial. Hosted by Sweets. 9 p.m. PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Anxiety disorder discussion group meeting 7 p.m. Baby Rock ‘n Rhyme, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Songs, rhymes and story for ages 1-2 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.
Tuesday, March 24
Healthy Outlooks for Older Adults, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Information on the safety, risks and misuse of pain medications and healthy alternatives. Register. 1:30 p.m. Letting Go of Fear, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Register. 6:30 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 350 Whitehorse Avenue, Hamilton, 609-585-7087. Beginner and experienced meditators welcome. 6:30 p.m. Storytime, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Story, rhymes, songs and craft for ages 3 1/2-5 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, March 25
Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 7:30 p.m. Toddler Time, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Story, rhymes and songs for ages
2-3 1/2 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, March 26
Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 7:30 p.m. Comedy Night, Rat’s Restaurant, 16 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. ratsrestaurant. com. Featuring Helene Angley. $30. 8:30 p.m. Ask the Diabetes Team, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Q&A on controlling diabetes and pre-diabetes. Register. 10 a.m. Toddler Time, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Story, rhymes and songs for ages 2-3 1/2 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Friday, March 27
Parade, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. The epic true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jewish factory manager accused of an unthinkable crime. Through April 5. 8 p.m. Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 8 p.m. State House Artwork Tour, New Jersey Statehouse, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. njstatehousetours.org. Tour of art incorporated into the capitol
complex, a 40th anniversary celebration of the Public Buildings Arts Inclusion Act Register. 1:30 p.m. Designer Handbag Bingo, RobertWood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, RWJ Fitness& Wellness, 3100 Quabridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. rwjbh.org/ hamiltonbingo. Fundraiser for patients and programs. $25. 7 p.m. Kids’ MusicRound, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Music program for ages 5 and younger accompanied by adults. Register. 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, March 28
Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Parade, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. The epic true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jewish factory manager accused of an unthinkable crime. 8 p.m. Get On Down!, Trenton Circus Squad, Roebling Wire Works Building, 675 South Clinton Avenue, Trenton. trentoncircussquad. org. Fundraiser featuring Squad performers, DJ Finesse and a live band. $30-$50. 6 p.m. Manufacturing a Revolution: Trenton, Winter of 1778, Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton, 609-396-1776. barracks.org. Demonstrations by artisans and tradesmen. 10 a.m.
nity College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. The epic true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jewish factory manager accused of an unthinkable crime. 2 p.m. Sleuth, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. A suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse that parodies the Agatha Christie thriller. 2 p.m. Improvisational Quilting, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Avenue, Trenton, 609-989-3632. ellarslie.org. Workshop led by Mada Coles-Galloway and Juandamaire Gikandi. Register. 1:30 p.m. Manufacturing a Revolution: Trenton, Winter of 1778, Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton, 609-396-1776. barracks.org. Demonstrations by artisans and tradesmen. 10 a.m.
Monday, March 30
PUSH Support Group, St. Mark United Methodist Church, 465 Paxton Avenue, Hamilton, 609-213-1585. Anxiety disorder discussion group meeting 7 p.m. Baby Rock ‘n Rhyme, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A.
Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Songs, rhymes and story for ages 1-2 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.
Tuesday, March 31
The Peking Acrobats, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Plate spinning, bowl balancing, pole climbing, cycling, juggling, and more. 7:30 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation, St. Mark Lutheran Church, 350 Whitehorse Avenue, Hamilton, 609-585-7087. Beginner and experienced meditators welcome. 6:30 p.m. Storytime, Hamilton Township Free Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton, 609-581-4060. hamiltonnjpl.org. Story, rhymes, songs and craft for ages 3 1/2-5 accompanied by adults. Register. 9:30 a.m.
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Emergency Medical Service incidents, four motor vehicle accidents with injuries, three motor vehicle accidents with no injuries, two extrications of victims from motor vehicle accidents, one building collapse, four good intent calls and seven false alarms or false calls. On Jan. 18, Engine 15, Engine 16, Engine 19, Truck 13 and Duty Chief 13 Steven Kraemer were sent to South Clinton Avenue and Redwood Avenue for a reported vehicle into a building. Engine 15 under the direction of Capt. Bernard Crammer III arrived to report a vehicle into a porch. Chief 13 arrived and command was transferred. Companies searched the house for occupants, but none were found. Building Inspector requested as companies secured the utilities. Once the vehicle was removed, companies were released. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 6–White Horse Fire Company responded to 141 incidents in January. Included were seven fires, 67 Emergency Medical Service incidents, two motor vehicle accidents with injuries, three motor vehicle accidents with no injuries, two extrications of victims from motor vehicle accidents, one water rescue, nine gas leaks, two hazardous conditions with no fire, four service calls, 28 good intent calls and 16 false alarms or false calls. On Jan. 27, Engine 16, Engine 15, Engine 18, Truck 13 and Duty Chief 12, Deputy Chief Patrick Sullivan were sent to Arena Drive for an appliance fire. E16 under the direction of Capt. Michael Balog arrived and reported smoke on the interior. Crews found a fire in the bottom of the stove. The fire was extinguished, and the appliance was removed to the exterior. No injuries reported. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 7–Nottingham Fire Company responded to 116 incidents during January. Included were six fires, 35 Emergency Medical Service incidents, six motor vehicle accidents with injuries, one lock-in, nine gas leaks, six hazardous conditions with no fire, three service calls, 20 good intent calls, 29 false alarm and false calls and one other type incident. On Jan. 29, Truck 17, Squad 12, Engine 16, and Duty Chief 12 Christopher Tozzi were dispatched to Whitehall Road for a fire in the wall. Companies arrived to find a melted electrical outlet. Crews secured the power and checked for fire extension, but none was found. Hamilton Township Fire District No. 8–Colonial Fire Company responded to 78 incidents in January. Included were eight fires, 35 Emergency Medical Service incidents, four motor vehicle accidents with injuries, three lock-ins, one removal of victim from stalled elevator, four gas leaks, two hazardous conditions with no fire, five mutual aid cover assignments, 10 good intent calls and six false alarm or false calls. On Jan. 21, Engine 18, Engine 14, Squad 12, Engine 16, Truck 13 and the Duty Chief 16 Richard Kraemer were dispatched to Norway Avenue for a vehicle fire with exposure. E18 and C16 arrived on scene to find a passenger vehicle with a fire in the engine compartment at the rear of the vehicle and
leaves on fire. The fire was advancing toward a motorhome. E18’s crew with Capt. Lamar Hicks stretched a handline and extinguished the fire under the motorhome, with no extension to motorhome and no damage. The fire was extinguished in the passenger vehicle. E14 and T13 crew assisted with checking for extension. FM17 Scott McCormick was requested for an investigation. Hamilton Township Fire District No.9–Groveville Fire Company responded to 109 incidents in January. They include seven fire calls, 41 Emergency Medical Service incidents, one motor vehicle accident with injuries, two motor vehicle accidents with no injuries, one motor vehicle/pedestrian accident, four extrications of victims from motor vehicle accidents, five gas leaks with no fire, three hazardous conditions with no fire, three service calls, 26 good intent calls and 16 false alarm or false calls. Recently hired as firefighters were Justin Parker and Michael Warren, a transfer from Florence Township. Chief 19 Mark Antozzeski retired Feb. 1. Capt. Arron Heller was promoted to chief at the swearing in ceremony held at St. Vincent’s Church on Feb. 2. Also, Christian Balog was promoted to captain. On Jan. 15, Engine 19, Engine 16, Truck 13 and Duty Chief 19 Mark Antozzeski were sent to Old York Road and Tattletown Road for a vehicle into a ditch. Engine 19, under the direction of Capt. John Smisloff, arrived to find a van into a ditch. Crews removed the windshield and extracted the driver. Scene was released to Hamilton Police. Mercer County Fire Marshal’s Office investigated one fire in January. On Jan. 18, Station 46 responded to a call on Abbington Drive, Twin Rivers Apartments at a 2-story, wood frame, 8-unit multiple family dwelling. It was a 3-alarm fire. Fire originated on the first floor in the bathroom, extended to second floor units resulting in major damage throughout. The cause was determined to be accidental, the result of an electrical malfunction in the bathroom exhaust fan. Investigated by 1st Assistant Fire Marshal K. Brink, FM 901. Mercer County Youth Fire Setter Prevention & Inter vention Program– As an outreach effort, Youth Fire Setter Program personnel will offer to attend functions such as parent night at Family Services Organization, Back to School nights at schools, and PTO/PTA meetings to create additional awareness and familiarize attendees with the program. For the calendar year 2019, a total of 15 children were referred into the program (Trenton–8, Ewing–3, Princeton–2, East Windsor–1, Youth Shelter–1). Mercer County Fire Safety for Older Adults (FSOA) Program–The council continues to develop a program to partner with Meals on Wheels of Greater Mercer County to reach homebound residents with the Fire Safety for Older Adults educational message.
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12 questions with Dallas Piotrowski THOMAS KELLY FIGHT IN THE MUSEUM
I spoke with with Dallas Piotrowski at her lovely home that is filled with artwork, hers and others, in the Langtree section of Hamilton. I have known and admired her paintings for their precision and colors. Her subject matter is nature and how it integrates with humans in the world. Dallas’ work is well known in the area and beyond. You paint many scenes about nature and wildlife. Why does this subject interest you so much? I am a wild person! By that I mean I am a person in love with the wildness of nature. I grew up always being outside, here in Hamilton and the wild side of Lawrenceville. I have always loved flowers, plants and animals in their natural state. I love it! What is your process? I use photo references that I take myself. Then I take bits and pieces of these and form a larger composition. I will sometimes start in the foreground with an animal and sometimes start in the background with vegetation. After the drawing is composed, I paint. Who influenced you artistically? One of my memorable teachers was the artist Elizabeth Ruggles from Bucks County. She taught me about idea making, how to use references, all about
Hamilton artist Dallas Piotrowski focuses on nature and how it integrates with humans in the world, such as above in her work “Birth of Blues.” paint, brushes and canvas, and of course how to paint. I also studied with Nelson Shanks who was a big influence, as is my friend Mel Leipzig. How long will you work on a piece until you are happy? Oh! I take forever! I can take up to six months to work on a painting. I work on
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the larger side, and I only work on one piece at a time. What media do you use, and why? I use acrylic paint on canvas or board. I used to use oil paints, but I was struggling to get crisp edges on a floral painting a long time ago. I switched to acrylics; got the edges I needed and never went back to oils. You were a curator at Chapin School Galler y in Lawrence. Do you think we need more curated galler y spaces here in Hamilton? Yes, definitely! I know they do some shows at the Hamilton Library but that is not enough for a town the size of Hamilton. What fight/struggle do you have regarding your art? Space to work is my fight! I have a large painting room, but I am a book per-
son. I have many bookshelves and books in my house. Maybe I have too many! Do you teach or act as a mentor? I mentor my granddaughter. She is 13 and draws constantly. She was recognized as a natural talent by a Walt Disney representative and is currently composing a coloring book for Disney. I think my influence has inspired her for sure. Locally, where do you like to eat and hang out? I love to eat at Rat’s Restaurant at the Grounds for Sculpture. I did a series of five lotus paintings inspired by the lotus blooming near the restaurant. They are magical! We also enjoy Rossi’s on Whitehorse Avenue. What one attribute should all artists have? Artists need to have a love and appreciation for all the arts. I grew up with not a lot of money but a lot of siblings and love. For us to take a white paper and some tempera paint and make bright, boldly colored landscapes was magical. I still find that today. Taking a blank canvas and what becomes of it when you are done, magic! What is your dream project? I would love to do a very large complex painting that makes an environmental statement. The painting would show animals and plants and speak of their importance. I just need a generous benefactor! What is on the horizon? What are you looking forward to? I am working on a series about climate change affecting our environment. I think our government and private sector should act to make changes for the better. I have a ton of ideas and will make some large paintings on the subject. I will also continue to exhibit in shows around this area. Thomas Kelly is a Hamilton-based artist and member of the Hamilton Arts Council. His work can be found at thomaskellyart.com.
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Neil Peart: inspiration, influence, mirror, echo PETER DABBENE COMPLEX SIMPLICITY
A number of aging rock stars have died in the past few years, including big names like David Bowie and Prince. But the recent death of a less famous figure in rock made much more of an impression on me. Neil Peart—the last name sounds like the word “ear”, with a “p” at the beginning and a “t” at the end—died in early January, after a battle with brain cancer. For 45 years, Peart was the drummer for the band Rush, and in that time, he developed a reputation as one of the best drummers in rock. If you’re a drummer, you’re probably already aware of his technical prowess and creativity on an instrument that many people consider boring. I’m not a drummer, but I’ve witnessed enough frenetic air-drumming in the audience at Rush concerts to understand the esteem in which the man’s abilities were held by other drummers, ex-drummers, and wished-they-were drummers. Listening to Rush back in my late teen years was, in large part, my introduction to musicians who tried to do more than play a steady 4/4 beat over a four minute song. Peart didn’t just play drums in the band, however—he was also the primary lyricist. Though I didn’t realize it at the time, even more influential to me than his musical efforts was the idea of a songwriter who tried to do more with his lyrics than write a catchy chorus. (Some critics might say he never quite got around to mastering the catchy chorus, though I would disagree.) I’ve always drawn a distinction between poetry and song lyrics, despite what some fans of Bob Dylan, for example, might insist. But there’s something to the rhyming, compression of ideas, and wordplay in songwriting that strikes
some of the same chords. The songwriters in a few other rock bands—Van Der Graaf Generator, Marillion, and Discipline, to name three—have stood out slightly more for me in terms of eloquence, but Peart is right up there, never lacking in lyrical ambition or ability. He’s also a special case for me because over the years, he’s been an inspiration, an influence, a mirror, and an echo to my own interests in reading and writing. In those formative years when young men tend to listen to anything but their parents, I suppose I saw Peart as a kind of role model. His lyrics on early Rush albums fed my love of fantasy and science fiction with long story-songs influenced by writers like Samuel Taylor Coleridge, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Ayn Rand. The 1981 song “Red Barchetta,” a song that seems especially relevant today with the impending arrival of selfdriving cars, was inspired by a short story in Road & Track magazine. These efforts served as instructive examples of how exposure to someone else’s work could inspire original, creative art. Elements of real-life science permeated the lyrics of songs like “Cygnus X-1” (named for the first verified black hole), while “Natural Science” advanced the idea that “Science, like Nature/ Must also be tamed.” Whether influenced or mirrored, I’ve subscribed to science magazines since my late teens, and always try to catch NOVA on PBS. Peart’s lyrics were pointers that led in all directions for curious minds: to movies, books, even philosophies. After seeing somewhere that the book Atlas Shrugged was a big influence on Peart, I was motivated to read that mountain of a book, and, like a lot of comfortably raised young men, I, too, was inspired by it. Over the years, I grew less comfortable with the polarizing “objectivist” philosophy of the book, and, somewhat recently, saw a quote from Peart in a
2012 Rolling Stone interview saying that he’d more or less come to the same conclusion some time ago. In the 1980s, Rush hit it big with several songs that are still staples of radio airplay. In “Freewill,” Peart echoed my own burgeoning doubts regarding the inconsistencies and ultimate bleakness of certain spiritual-leaning philosophies, at a time when few public figures ventured into such topics. In 1991, Peart wrote “Roll the Bones,” which contains some of my favorite lines on the human condition, humorous and utterly succinct: “Why are we here?/Because we’re here”; and “Why does it happen? Because it happens.” With its exploration of luck as a factor in good fortune, it’s a song I’d love to play to every person who looks down on others because of his or her own “self-made” success. Peart couldn’t have predicted it, but fate would deal him a losing hand in 1997, when his 19-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident; his wife died of cancer the following year. Those events prompted an extended, 55,000 mile motorcycle journey throughout North America and marked the beginning of his career as an author of travel-based memoirs. With Kevin J. Anderson, he wrote a novel and graphic novel to accompany Rush’s 2012 return to sci-fi, the triumphant and unrepentantly progressive Clockwork Angels, their final album as well as their first and only true concept album. The idea of writing in a variety of forms and genres always appealed to me, and I’ve made my own attempts at several. Mirror, echo, influence, inspiration? Maybe all of the above. As a model for behavior, it helped that Peart’s personality and outlook seemed to match my own. In many ways, Peart was the opposite of a rock star. He had a sense of humor—Canadian humor, similar to British humor, only nicer—that fil-
tered into everything he did. But he was also soft-spoken, highly protective of his privacy, and preferred reading a book to partying. He fought through setbacks with quiet determination and never stopped trying to improve his drumming, or his writing. Though he and his bandmates eventually became rich, Rush always had a hardworking, middle-class appeal—if your car had to break down in the parking lot of a music venue, you’d want it to be at a Rush concert, since there were always plenty of mechanics in the audience, wearing work t-shirts with Rush-themed jackets over them, or vice versa. Peart’s writing style, one that could challenge without alienating, was never a conscious model for this column, but it’s a description I’d be quite happy with today. It’s only in the last decade or so that Rush has been embraced by the rock and roll establishment, notably Rolling Stone magazine, which for years seemed to pretend the band didn’t exist. In 2013, Rush was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But for a long time, being a Rush fan was like being part of a secret society (albeit a very large one)—a group of people who knew just what they had, even if the rest of the world didn’t. I thought it would be appropriate to end a column saluting Peart’s life with a quote from his own lyrics, and it’s a testament to the quality of his output that there were many contenders to choose from. In the end, I went with a few simple lines from the band’s most famous song, “Tom Sawyer,” changed here to the past tense for elegiac purposes: “No, his mind was not for rent/ To any god or government/ Always hopeful, yet discontent [..] Exit the warrior...” Peter Dabbene is a Hamilton-based writer. His website is peterdabbene.com. His books can be purchased at amazon.com.
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Give the library the care it deserves SAM SCIARROTTA SHE SAID, SHE SAID
When I think back about some of my most vivid memories from childhood, I think about libraries. I remember learning about the Dewey Decimal System and exploring the card catalog at the Alexander Elementary School library, visiting a few times a month and browsing for books about baseball, fantasy and mythology. I also remember taking a field trip from Alexander all the way to the Hamilton Free Public Library, where we all got our first library cards. I must have been wearing something New York Yankees-related, because a very sweet, very helpful children’s librarian directed me right to the sports section, where I picked up a copy of Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man, an illustrated biography of the Iron Horse by David A. Adler and Terry Widener. I think, subconsciously, it was the intuitive nature of that librarian (and the many others at the Hamilton Library) that made me fall in love with that old building. So many summers were spent walking through the stacks in the children’s room, and then graduating to the upstairs fiction section when I outgrew kids’ and middle grade books. The year I discovered The Lord of the Rings, I
wanted to expand my Tolkien horizons beyond Middle-earth, and thanks to the library, I picked up his rendering of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I got really into Stephen King in eighth grade, and I pretty much lived at the library that summer. I would bolt right up to his shelf every time I visited. The library still has the same copy of It that I checked out that summer, and revisiting it still gives me the willies—I loved (and still do love) that book, but it scared the hell out of me then. When we lost power after Hurricane Sandy, I went to the library and sat on the floor with my laptop so I could work (and check out a book, too). It’s just always been a source of safety and comfort for me, and part of that has to do with the fact that it’s gone almost entirely unchanged since my first-ever visit probably 20 years ago. Part of me, though, wishes it could get a little update. Libraries are community hubs, and the Hamilton Library is no different. It’s home to a book club for adults, children’s groups (like weekly storytimes) and other events,
like a Saint Patrick’s Day presentation of Irish music by musician and storyteller Charlie Zahm set for March 12. Patrons can visit the library for everything from internet access and tax assistance to museum passes and meeting spaces. As it says on the library’s website, “We take our role as a central meeting place in the township quite seriously.” I just wish the township took it seriously, too. The library’s most recent budget is available on its website (hamiltonnjpl.org), and it seems to be stretched pretty thin. Almost 80 percent of the $3.4 million receives goes toward personnel expenses alone. There’s not a ton left over for things like capital improvements, technology upgrades, collection development and more, all of which any library could use. The Hamilton Library is a community gathering space. It’s a place for residents to practice intellectual freedom, to expand their horizons, to access free services that they may not have been able to access otherwise. It encourages lifelong learning and a commitment to
The Hamilton Library is a 47-year-old building that manages to serve at the center of the community.
universal access. It’s an invaluable community service. Hamilton is a massive township, and the library manages to serve every part of it. Obviously, budgets are complex, but it would be great to see the township (or corporations/local businesses looking to make a donation) to invest a little more into a facility that has given so much to its residents, even if that investment means a little bump in taxes. We need to think about where our priorities lie. The Hamilton Library is a 47-year-old building. It’s been decades since its last renovation. And yet, it still manages to serve at the center of the Hamilton community—if you walk into the library at any time during its open hours, it’s likely to be busy. I think that’s a testament to its value to us as residents. Libraries all over the country are suffering and even closing their doors due to budgetary demands and constraints. Others, though, are thriving due to roomier budgets, grants, donations and other community contributions. The Hamilton library is just as important as any other government service. It has been a community hub for nearly 50 years. It’s up to us to make sure that continues into the next 50 and beyond.
Sam Sciarrotta is a senior editor at the Hamilton Post and a native of Hamilton Township. Email her at ssciarrotta@ communitynews.org.
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