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Teaming up for charity LHS DECA Club co-presidents lead effort to raise funds for grieving kids By JUstin Feil Jenna Cahill and Nicole Seeburger make a good team. The Lawrence High School seniors were captains for their field hockey team in the fall, and throughout the school year they have been co-presidents of the school’s largest club, its chapter of Distributive Education Clubs of America. Each year, DECA supports a state community service project that gives students valuable experience in working on a project to benefit the community. This year’s project challenged
DECA chapters to raise money and awareness for Good Grief, a non-profit organization that helps grieving children after the loss of a family member or loved one by providing comfort, support and education. “In years past, they’ve chosen other organizations like Bucks for Books,” Cahill said. “There’s also a national community service project. DECA wants to focus on the other aspects besides just business and wants to get a wholesome student that can be involved in the community and also learn about business.” DECA is a worldwide program that allows students to explore marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high school. This year, Lawrence has its largest chapter ever (almost 200 members) and
the largest chapter of any Mercer County school. LHS students first must be enrolled in a business class to be able to join DECA, and its members come from a variety of backgrounds. Seeburger said that in addition to its charitable work, the club also competes at the regional, state and international levels in business competitions. The teams are given scenarios and they are tasked with exercising their critical thinking and communication skills with people in the industry. The purpose is to help give them real life experience in the business world. “I actually had no aspirations for business going into high school,” Cahill said. “I had no clue what I wanted to do. I got put into sports marketing. It See DECA, Page 8
Women celebrate 100 years of voting By Michele AlPerin
Lawrence High School’s Zach Roldan brings down West WindsorPlainsboro High School South’s Alex Yu, winning the match in 1:15. The Cardinals defeated WW-P South by a score of 78-6 at LHS on Jan. 15, 2020. For more wrestling coverage, turn to Page 18. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.)
In early morning hours of Feb. 10, 1920, New Jersey became the 29th state to vote for ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. The struggle of the suffragists, who had fought so hard, ended with the amendment’s successful ratification on Aug. 18, 1920. On Feb. 14, 1920, during the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the expectation of their ultimate success prompted Carrie Chapman Catt to found the League of Women Voters; its role would be to prepare the 20 million new women voters to carry out their new responsibilities and
use their new power to shape public policy. The Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society will join with the Lawrence League of Women Voters on Sunday, Feb. 9 to host a program marking 100 years since Lillian Feickert, president of the N.J. Woman Suffrage Association, packed the New Jersey Assembly chambers to witness the 34-24 roll call vote in favor of ratification. The program will feature Carol Simon Levin, a professional storyteller and independent historian, who will portray Feickert as she shares stories of New Jersey’s fight for women’s suffrage: for example, about Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s staging of tax and voting protests;
about Alice Paul’s push for a federal amendment; and Florence Spearing Randolph’s bringing black women into the movement. The free program will take place at 2 p.m. at the Ewing Presbyterian Church’s education building at 100 Scotch Road. For more information, contact (609) 883-2455 or info@ethps.org. “When we heard it was the centennial of women’s suffrage, we thought we should tell the story of the women and men who fought so hard for women’s right to vote,” said Mary Anne Midura, vice president of the Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society’s board of trustees. The Society was looking to fill the program slot on the second See SUFFRAGE, Page 6
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SUFFRAGE continued from Page 1 Sunday of February for its monthly history programs, and they found the perfect person for through the N.J. Public Scholars program. “We decided on Carol Simon Levin because she is a storyteller and a re-enactor. What better way to tell the story of suffragettes than through the persona of a suffragette,” Midrua said, adding that attendees, if they like, should wear the colors of the suffrage movement: white, purple and gold. Because 2020 was the centennial of the League of Women Voters’ founding, the Society contacted the Lawrence chapter of the League. Midura said, “We thought it would be a great way to perhaps get women and men thinking about what their grandmothers and great-grandmothers went through, to get moms to talk to their daughters about the right to vote and teachers to do something in their classes for their children in this election year. It’s another way to make history come alive to people.” At the same time, Lawrence resident Nicole Plett, co-president of the Lawrence chapter of the League of Women Voters, and her colleagues had been thinking for years about the upcoming 2020 anniversary of the League’s founding. As they scrambled to figure out how a small League like theirs, with 95 members and limited resources, could commemorate that anniversary, they welcomed the opportunity to team up with the Society for their program, Plett said. The Lawrence chapter of the League is also planning a program as part of a nation-
wide League day of action called “Women became educators and advocates leading Power the Vote,” that will be celebrated in women into civic engagement.” This story over 750 communities across the country she tells in the second case. “In doing the cases, I wanted to appeal on Friday, Feb. 14. League members will gather at noon to young people who don’t know the hison the steps of the Trenton Free Pub- tory and inspire them to find out more, lic Library, Plett said, “with some his- and I wanted to honor the history of it,” toric placards and our historic “votes for Maak said. A case is something easy for women” sashes, and we are going to thank both young and old to understand. “It is a our foremothers for this incredible hard snippet; it doesn’t overwhelm them.” Her inspiration for this project was an work and sacrifice that they made to get artifact she found on an women the vote.” internet auction site: a The Trenton library is pledge card from 1922, concurrently hosting a when Maude Wood Park related exhibit in two large was the first president of cases put together by Lawthe national League. The rence League member text on the card begins, Ellen Maak on women’s “A pledge for consciensuffrage in New Jersey and tious citizens. Believing in on the League. The exhibit government by the people, runs through Friday, for the people, I will do my Feb. 28, and in March will best to …”; then it lists move to the Lawrenceville six items ranging from Library to commemorate “inform myself about pubwomen’s history month. lic questions” to “regard Maak, a former nurse, my citizenship as a public decided to honor the douLevin trust.” ble anniversary of the 19th The suffrage moveAmendment and the founding of the League by create an exhibit, hav- ment, Maak said, had two streams: “It ing done so in the past for different causes had certain people who rallied, had disin schools and libraries. “I have found that cussions and forums, and talked to poliI can really tell a story with a display case,” ticians, trying to further the cause with education and awareness. … As that was she said. One case tells the story of the 72-year going slowly, it had a more aggressive fight of the woman’s suffrage movement movement that … started civil disobedito get the 19th amendment passed. With ence, threw rocks through windows, lit its passage, Maak said, “you had a bunch mailboxes on fire; poured acid on public of new voters who didn’t know how this mailboxes.” Realizing that politicians were not listenworked. The League was born, and we
ing, they did even more to bring attention attention to their cause: they picketed the White House and got arrested, and then went on hunger strikes in jail and sometimes were force fed. “Some were very sick, and some lost their lives.” Representing this more activist trend in one case is a replica of lapel pins with a jailroom door and heart-shaped lock, worn by suffragists who had been imprisoned. Her exhibit also includes the words of a letter Lucy Stone wrote to tax a collector, where she said she was being “taxed without representation,” and since she couldn’t vote, she wasn’t going to pay taxes. In the case about the League, a representative artifact is an old galvanized ballot box from Texas paired with a picture of a women showing women how to use a ballot box. *** Plett said she was moved to become active in the League by its mission. “It was a post-9-11 realization that no matter how much I personally tried to have my values reflected on a national level that in fact all politics is local and that the effective action begins at the community level” When she got started in 2002, the thenpresident asked her to get involved with promoting affordable housing in New Jersey. “I got really hooked on action— we’re so close to Trenton that our league can go and attend hearings and give testimony,” Plett said. The League is nonpartisan. League members, Plett said, “are from every, all, and no party—Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated. The League is policy driven, and we never support an individ-
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ual political party or an individual political candidate.” But, she adds, “our members may do so in all the other parts of their lives.” To develop a position on a policy issue, chapters first study an issue, then have to reach a consensus. “If another political party happens to adopt that policy, that is as it may be,” Plett explains. The League was instrumental in ending the death penalty in New Jersey, and nationally it has been actively filing briefs in every state to protect access to ballot, opposing voter IDs and every barrier to enfranchisement. “Everyone who is a citizen should be allowed to vote,” Plett said. A recent success of the League in New Jersey was passage of the bill that, after a 20-year fight, restored the right to vote to people on probation and parole. “We believe strongly that for people who have been incarcerated, participation in the vote is a very good way to reenter their communities and become become politically engaged and active members.” The League also supported a bill, later pulled, that would have permitted currently incarcerated people to vote. Explaining their rational, Plett said, “Those people pay taxes, have children attending public school, have families living in their home communities, and have legitimate interests in legislative matters. We hope moving forward eventually a major of people will see the wisdom of that.” Regarding reproductive rights for women, her chapter defends Roe vs. Wade and defends women having final decision-making over their own bodies. The Lawrence chapter organizes candidate forums every year, as they did in fall 2019 for the Lawrence municipal council and its board of education, and they have just implemented Facebook streaming. It also supplies trained moderators (of which Plett is one) for other League forums. “A moderator never moderates in the town where they are going to vote, so they are truly nonpartisan,” Plett said. The League’s members also include men and range from students to retirees. Although historically there were leagues in every municipality in Central New Jersey, but now the Lawrence league now also covers Trenton, Ewing, and Hamilton. On the other hand, the League has gained many members since the 2016 election, because, Plett said, “many members of the public who had gotten a bit complacent about democracy and maybe didn’t really understand how it works, are very keen to reengage with the very essence of a fair and transparent democracy, which is what the League promotes.” Plett was raised in the Cotswolds in England. Her mother was an artist, and her father was a scientist. The family came to America in 1966 when Plett was a teen because her father was taking a position at the Salk Institute for Biologi-
cal Studies. She went to high school in La Jolla, CA, and started college at UCLA. She and her now-husband, Jay Plett, left California when President Richard Nixon invaded Cambodia and the National Guard shot and killed protesting students at Kent State University. They moved to New Mexico where they married and raised their son and daughter. At the University of New Mexico Plett finished a bachelor’s and master’s degree in art history, with a focus on the history of photography. She worked as a freelance journalist, mostly covering dance, which she had been doing her whole life, and art. After 20 years in New Mexico her husband got a job at Princeton University as a computer systems manager, and they moved to Lawrence because they were looking for good public high schools for their children. She freelanced for the New York Times New Jersey section until they stopped using freelancers, but by then she was already working for US1 Newspaper as its arts and entertainment editor. (US 1 is a sister paper to the Lawrence Gazette). Plett left US 1 to become the assistant to the program manager for the Program in Women’s Study under women’s historian Christine Stansell. Then she moved to the Rutgers University Libraries, where she managed an innovative archival project for women artists; WAAND (Women Artists Archives National Directory). Her last jb, part time was for a land use nonprofit in Trenton. Maak grew up in Lawrence Township, graduating from Lawrence High School. Her grandmother, born in 1918, was head of a human resources department in big manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania. Her great aunt and her husband started a beer and beverage company in their garage, which grew into one of largest beer and beverage distributors in Pennsylvania. Maak said, “I heard about voting all the time: my grandmother was picked on for being a Democrat. Voting was very important to me: I took my kids with me in strollers when I voted. I found the League as an adult, and you don’t ‘get picked on’ for an opinion because we include everybody.” Maak raised her family in Monmouth County and moved back to Lawrence once her children grew up. She worked as a registered nurse for 23 years at St. Peter’s University Hospital and has volunteered in the healthcare area, for example, advocating in high schools for kids to have knowledge of their bodies But, Maak, said, “The League is where my heart is. We were lucky enough to be born in the USA. A lot of other countries wish they had the system we had: the system was set up for the people to drive the democracy and we need to remember that.”
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Lawrence placed seventh at this year’s regional competition on Jan. 3 and is preparing to enter the state competition in March. The international conference and competition is held at the end of April in Nashville, Tennessee. Seeburger said that they have a written summary of what they did for the Good Grief project that chronicles the fundraisers they conducted and how they promoted them. That will be sent to judges at the state conference. “If we pass that, we can go to internationals,” she said. “Also Jenna and I are partners in the normal competition that everyone in DECA competes in. We are in a hospitality and services team competition. We made it to states and we also have a chance to make it to nationals through there.” Cahill and Seeburger also qualified for the international competition that was held in Orlando, Florida, last year and placed Top 20 in the hospitality division. This year, they are entering again on top of stepping in to be co-presidents of DECA. “I like being in a leadership role,” Seeburger said. “Jenna and I work well together, and it’s fun to be able to put together all the different fun events and get all the people from different grade levels together. We really enjoy it and having the younger kids look up to us. They ask us questions and we get to help them prepare for their own competitions, which is really fun.” Cahill is in her fourth year in DECA. She is also in the school’s Operation Smile club, which raises money and
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Jenna Cahill (left) and Nicole Seeburger, co-presidents of the Lawrence High School DECA Club, at last year’s conference. awareness for children with cleft palate and cleft lip. Funds raised go toward corrective surgeries, and students can also serve on mission trips to support surgery candidates. She is also in Lawrence’s peer leader organization that helps freshmen and new students acclimate to high school. “Growing up, my mom and I did a lot of community service projects together,” Cahill said. “She didn’t have to make me, because I just liked helping people. It’s something that makes me feel so much better, even better than getting money. It’s a feeling that I’ve helped someone else that really needs it.Once I heard about DECA and this opportunity, I definitely wanted to do it.” Seeburger, too, is in the school’s peer leader organization. Outside of school, she is working toward her Gold Award for Girl Scouts. She joined DECA in her second year of high school. “I started taking a marketing class my sophomore year,” Seeburger said. “I primarily took that class because I wanted to be a part of DECA, because it’s the biggest club in our school. I’d heard a lot about how much fun people have in it, and in general, I’m a very communicative person. I thought it was something I’d be good at and interested in. Once I was a part of it, I loved it and stuck with it and got really involved.” Taking on the leadership role has given both another level of commitment to DECA. They like being organizers for the club. “We have officer meetings and in those meetings we plan the activities we’d like to do, the group activities with DECA,” Cahill said. “Since we are such a large chapter we like to help plan events to bring people of all grade levels together. We did a movie night. We just did DECA LHS Idol, which the officers helped to host and run the concession
stands. Officers are the ones helping to plan the events for the chapter and helping run them as well.” Both girls are realizing the benefits of their time in DECA in their final year before they head to college. Seeburger is planning to teach elementary education. “So not business,” Seeburger said, “but the things you learn in DECA, I’m taking those away, like the interviewing tips and all those things.” Cahill feels well prepared for her future after being in DECA throughout high school. She has found an interest that emerged through the club. “I want to go to college and I want to go into marketing with a fashion minor, so I’ll go into fashion marketing,” Cahill said. “I’m interested in clothing and the whole aspect of the fashion industry.” Their time spent in DECA has played an important part of their high school years. Cahill and Seeburger will leave big shoes to fill next year. “They’ve really stepped up this year as being role models and leaders,” said Lawrence DECA advisor Diane Schneck. “We have a lot of young kids in there, so these two have definitely been a role model for them to show them what hard work and determination can get you. They took over this project as seniors, because they wanted to raise awareness for a very good group and provide something back to the community.” Schneck added that she’s proud of Cahill and Seeburger and what they accomplished. “They’re very organized,” she said. “They’re very personable. I put them on stage at the LHS Idol with no script and asked them to be my MC’s for two-and-a-half hours, and they did a great job. I always throw my seniors in and say, ‘let’s see how you do.’ They did great.”
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Nerwinski talks about the state of Lawrence in 2020 Presently, Lidl and L.A. Fitness are full have their business plan. They’re workthrottle in establishing their businesses ing at their own pace, and they’re just taking a little bit longer than I guess peoLawrence Gazette editor Bill Sanser- at the center. Their professionals have submitted ple want. vino sat down with township municipal I don’t know where all the questions manager Kevin Nerwinski on Jan. 17 to plans to the township, and they have talk about the state of the township as it been approved. Very shortly, the resi- are coming from in terms of it not really dents will finally see progress. Lidl, happening. I guess it’s just because it is enters a new decade. Nerwinski answered questions about L.A.Fitness, AutoZone and a soon to be taking a while, and people need to see what residents can expect to see happen- announced big-name business at the to believe. From my perspective, Lidl ing during 2020 in a number of issues, center signal a very good start to its professionals have been in here (the municipal building) mulincluding the budget, township initia- revitalization. tiple times. LA Fitness LG: There’s some tives and development in town. Below is appeared before the planpeople who have said an edited version of that interview. ning board that I sat on on social media that *** when we approved their Lawrence Gazette: Can you give us they have doubts LA plan. So it’s just that it’s an update about what’s happening at Fitness and Lidl are them working through really coming. Can the Lawrence Shopping Center? the process at their own Kevin Nerwinski: Well, the revital- you explain why these pace. ization of the shopping center has been things sometimes take But we’re getting than people a very big issue among the residents of longer close to both. I think Lidl Lawrence Township. Many who grew would like? is going to start their KN: I try to engage our up here remember the center’s heyday inside work within the where you basically got everything and residents on Facebook, next couple of weeks. because a lot of the times anything you needed at the center. Also, the shopping cenWith J.J. Operating Inc., the center I think people think that ter’s exterior renovais finally owned, after years and years this is the only Lidl store Nerwinski tions had halted at that of neglect, by an entity that is commit- that’s going up in the location (Lidl), because ted to its revitalization. It is a company country, or in the world. with more than 50 years of experience This is an international food store. LA they didn’t know what was going to be acquiring failing retail centers, bringing Fitness as well. We’re not on our time there. Now that they know what’s going to be there, the facade is going to start them back and, most importantly, keep- frame or the residents’ time frame. Obviously the residents want a food to happen sooner rather than later. I ing them. This is a very good situation for our store in there as soon as possible, but think that’s going to give people a lot of town. We all now know how inconve- that doesn’t translate into anything confidence. LG: You mentioned that there is nient it is to not have a food store located that the municipal government can do at the easily accessible shopping center. to make it happen. Lidl and LA Fitness a potential big name business coming? Can you give us a hint? KN: The scuttlebut out there—and it CALL didn’t start from me—is that Starbucks is going to come and take over the bank building, which is a perfect location. FOR LOCATIONS, DATES & TIMES What’s good about the shopping center is that there’s a lot of parking. It’s not going to disrupt anyone’s quality of life. So this one, if it does happen, I think will be just perfect. LG: Along with LA Fitness and Lidl, it’s the type of business that will draw people into the center. That’s a good thing. KN: When LA Fitness went before the planning board, I think they said that there are going to be about 1,300 The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefit is for working vehicles daily rotating in and out over (full or part time) families or individuals based on your the course of the day. Maybe even more. income. To get EITC and other tax credits you MUST So that’s great. People will go there, FILE a 2019 Tax Return. Social Security cards or ITINS and then go food shopping, and then maybe they’ll have Starbucks. photo IDs are required. Must make less than $65,000 to Eventually all those little spaces that qualify for free taxes. EITC does not count as income for TANF, Food Stamps, are currently unoccupied in the center, SSI, Medicaid or public housing. I think will start to fill up. Small businesses really need to have a comfort level that they’re going to get enough walk by traffic, and I think that will ultimately happen. We are so fortunate that this particular company took over the Lawrence Shopping Center. Over the years it’s been managed by companies that wound up in foreclosure or that just kept it going, whatever it is. There was no proactive effort to make it better. These guys never sell their properties. They’re a company that acquires retail spaces, makes them better, makes them profitable and keeps them. That’s a great partner to have in the commu-
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nity, for sure. LG: Let’s take a look at the other side of the highway. What is the status of the Colonial Lake property? KN: We are finally nearing completing the transaction for acquiring the land abutting the lake from Sheft Associates Inc. The subdivision of the Sheft Property has been approved, and we are now waiting for NJDOT approval. Once received, we will be in a position to close on the property. At that point, that’s when the fun begins with the planning of its improvements, so it becomes an even more appealing destination for our residents to enjoy. LG: What kind of process are you looking at for the property improvements? KN: What we did by acquiring this particular piece of land was to basically stop it from being developed by a motel or a hotel chain, and that’s great. The residents really spoke out. I was very much a proponent of acquiring this piece of property to preserve the lake. It’s a lot of money, and to me—and our elected officials are on board with this— it would not be a prudent investment if we were to just buy the land and leave it exactly as it is. It’s an opportunity, once we acquire this property, to tap into other grant monies to improve it. We’re looking at things like putting a trail all the way around the lake and putting a pedestrian walk over the lake. That way people can walk the trail without having to go on Route 1 to get over to the other side. Maybe other things that will generally make it more of a passive park with picnic tables. A place to go and enjoy nature. Once we close title, which I hope is going to happen within the next two months, we’ll start the planning process and probably have community conversations about what we intend to do. There’s not going to be any disruption of land. There’s not going to be any building there. It’s going to be very much preserving its natural character and hopefully improving it so more people use it. LG: You announced last year that the township had gotten a grant to clean up the old Pit Stop site in Eldridge Park. What’s the status there, and what is going to happen this year? KN: After more than a two-year process, the township is now waiting for the funds ($239,524) from the Hazardous Site Remediation Fund of the NJDEP to hit our account so we can contract with the remediation company that will be authorized to tear down the structure on the site and further study the contamination of the soil underneath it. As you may know, the township does not own this site. It is owned by a nonoperating LLC with a deceased principal member, and is subject to more than $1 million dollars in liens and judgments, which attached from the prior remediation work done on the site by the NJDEP. Our plan, if all goes well, is to get the site remediated, discharge the liens
against the property, and acquire ownership of the property. The grant monies we obtained are conditioned on the fact that once it is remediated, it will be used as a passive park area. We expect to receive the funds from the state any day now. Once I receive a firm date on the demolition of the structure, I will be sure to let the community know. Improving this site has been a priority of the mayor and council, and having grown up in this community it certainly has become a passion project for me. LG: Do you have you know of anything else that might be coming down the pike for the Eldridge Park area? KN: I have my eye on Eldridge Park itself. I would like to figure out ways to improve it. It’s a little gem back there. We recently connected it to power. Previously the neighbors were having movies in the park at night, but they had to use a long extension cord from someone’s house for power. We got PSE&G to install a panel in there. I think we’re going to be looking for opportunities to make the park better for people. What that is, I don’t really know at this point in time, but I want to generally to improve it. Maybe put bathrooms in there? LG: I know it’s still kind of early in the year. What can you tell us about the 2020 budget so far? KN: The budget process actually started this past October when department heads were asked to prepare and submit their budgets to our chief financial officer. This next council meeting, the mayor and council will be presented with a recommended budget for their review. Over the next couple of months, the department heads will appear before council at our public meetings and discuss their budget requests and answer any questions the elected officials may have. Our budget process is very transparent. If any resident has an interest in the municipal operations and its finances, these next several months would be optimal for them to attend our meetings. LG: Are there any items on either the revenue side or the expense side that you think will have an impact on the budget? KN: This is the third budget that Peter Kiriakatis, who is the CFO, and I are preparing. With this year’s budget, we are very much satisfied with the level of employees that we have—the personnel. We think we can deliver the services that residents expect with the amount of employees that we have now, and we’re not looking to add anybody else at this point in time. We’ve got no significant cost factors that will show a significant raise in taxes. LG: So no major increases in insurance, or pensions or anything like that? KN: Every year before we even take a look at the budget, we know there’s about $800,000 in costs that we can’t control. Salary increases that are negotiated in contracts. Costs of garbage collection and and all that stuff. That’s without blinking an eye.
Construction crews demolish the former furniture store building at Lawrence Shopping Center on Jan. 23, 2020 to make way for the planned LA Fitness. (Staff photo by Bill Sanservino.) So then we try to figure out how to reduce those costs, or other things we might want to do. This is going to be a quiet year. I think we’re just like, “Let’s take a break, take a breath. We’ve done some things over the last couple of years. Let’s see where we are now before we start planning anything dramatic in the future.” LG: Over the past few months a number of solar panels have sprung up at the municipal site. Can you talk about the project? KN: The solar project is 95% complete. We are waiting for final hook-ups. Our elected officials are very much proponents of all things sustainable, and have directed me to look out for and seize upon sustainable opportunities for our community. It also very symbolically shows the town’s commitment to sustainability. In addition to this program, we have received grant funding for the installation of two electric car charging stations at the municipal building—one for public use and one for municipal operations, and for the purchase of an electric vehicle. We do plan to purchase one electric car—maybe two—as a pilot program to see how they perform. The electric vehicle we are purchasing will be used by our tax assessor’s office. LG: How did the solar project come about and how was it funded? KN: It didn’t cost us any money at all. It was funded by the solar panel people, for lack of a better word, and it went up, I think, within 45 days. We’re always trying to look for ways to be fiscally responsible. The solar panels at our municipal building and those installed on the roof of our public will take care of 85% of our energy costs for the municipal building and the police building. That building, with all the police department’s electronics and communications equipment, uses a huge amount of energy. It’s pretty significant. It’s going to be a savings of probably $40,000—conservative estimate—a year. LG: Sounds like a pretty good deal. KN: Yeah, it’s significantly less than what we’re paying now. We were initially
concerned about the project changing the character of our campus here, but I think, as in anything, we’ll get used to it. LG: A portion of the town is serviced by Trenton Water Works, which has had a number of water quality issues in recent years. How do you feel about how they’ve responded? KN: TWW continues to be a very serious concern of all of us who rely upon its water for our daily lives. From my position as the municipal manager, having access to timely and substantive first hand information, I am very confident
that the utility is improving significantly. It is hiring the right professionals to operate the facility, and its five-year plan involves a substantial commitment to capital improvement, which includes replacing water lines in our community as well as major facility upgrades. LG: There’s been some talk about having an advisor y body made up of members from towns ser viced by TWW. Do you think that’s a good idea? KN: I can tell you that myself and the mayor have a direct line to the mayor of Trenton and a direct line to the facilities chief operator. I know the outside water users— which is Hamilton, Hopewell, Ewing and us—are not being denied information. This is a utility that is wholly owned by the city of Trenton. Maybe this is a controversial opinion, but I don’t think that a board such as that would really have any real meaningful impact other than what we’re doing already. The state of New Jersey is already monitoring them. There’s a court order in place that they have to follow. Would it make residents feel better if this board was in place? I guess maybe it would, but for me, from the inside seeing what I see, TWW is getting better. I think 90% of the vacancies that they were required to fill in that facility have been filled. They have good leadership in place. There’s a strong commitment for capital improvements both at the facility and in water line replacement. See NERWINSKI, Page 12
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NERWINSKI continued from Page 11 Everything is going the right way. I’m still up in the air in terms of whether or not a board is the way to go. LG: I guess if it the need becomes apparent some day in the future, it could be addressed at that time. KN: It’s an interesting legal question, because this is a utility that’s owned by the city of Trenton. So in the end, it’s their council members that get to decide on funding issues. We could have some kind of board that comes up with all these great ideas about what we want, but it doesn’t matter, because they have the ultimate decision. I think we are being heard in terms of the issues that we want to pursue, and we know the state is involved and always responsive to our concerns. The legislature just passed a law requiring better contact, which has been a problem in the past. There were boil water advisories that did not get to our residents quickly enough. And it’s not because of anything that the township is doing. We are reliant on TWW for the information. Now they’re being required to report it within an hour, and I think that’s going to help people. I think they’re on the right track and hopefully in a year or two, we won’t even think about water any more. LG: Are there any significant road or capital improvements happening in the township this year? KN: We are waiting to see what TWW’s plans are for the water line replacement work in town before we plan any major road work. We do not
A number of solar power arrays have been constructed at the Lawrence Township Municipal site. They will provide the complex with about 85 percent of its energy needs. (Staff photo by Bill Sanservino.) want to get into a situation where we replace roads and then shortly thereafter they are torn up due to the water line replacement work. The most significant project we will be working on in 2020 is the Brunswick Pike streetscape that involves the roadway (Business Route 1) between the Brunswick Circle and the roundabout at Whitehead Road. It will be the culmination of years of work and planning. The road is currently owned by the state, but in a few months it will be turned over to the
township to own and maintain. We will be having some public meetings to discuss the proposed streetscape designs in the very near future. It is our goal to make this area more pedestrian friendly and appealing. To slow the traffic down in the area and to generally improve this section of town. LG: I was looking on the township’s website and noticed that there’s a home improvement where the township will fund projects in certain instances. Can you explain how it works? KN: This has been a long-standing program in our township. It provides lowand moderate-income families the opportunity to have their home undergo significant improvements. It really is a great program that has a lot of participation. It’s funded under our affordable housing program. Some of the projects that I’ve seen include roofs, major systems, kitchen remodels, porch remodels. Things that improve the structure itself to make it more habitable. LG: So developers who build in the township pay into an affordable housing trust fund? KN: Exactly, and there’s a portion of the trust fund that is designated for rehab, as required by the state. For example, there’s going to be a development that’s going up off of Princeton Pike, in back the Lenox building. There’s going to be like 300 or so (residential) units that are going to go up there. A portion— 20% of them—are going to be affordable housing. So that would be another influx of money to the affordable housing trust fund where we’re able to do more things. LG: Both you and the township are pretty good at communicating with residents online, through the township website, social media and your blog. You recently started a new initiative—Senior Connect—to help inform residents who aren’t online. Can you explain how it works? KN: We had our first “soft” opening to this program this past week. Over the course of my 2.5 years as the municipal manager, it became clear to me that those residents who are not using the
internet are missing out on a lot of great information regarding all things Lawrence Township. Elderly residents are the ones most likely to call my office with a question, or concern and an opinion, but they don’t have the information that is readily available online. Because of this, it became important to our elected officials and myself to do more to reach the “greatest generation.” What we came up with is basically putting in print what is being posted on the internet. Not all of the postings, but those of high interest and importance, and maybe humor (everyone needs to laugh). So if there is anyone not using the internet who has interest to become informed, they have the ability to do so by coming to the senior center or the municipal building to review our bimonthly “packets.” We will also have a link to the “packets” on our website with the hope that those residents who have a senior family, friend or neighbor that they know would be interested in the information, can print it out and deliver it to them. A community effort is required to keep all informed. Sitting in our home and waiting for information to come through the door is not a plan that will be very effective in this day and age, but we can certainly do what we can to provide some assistance. LG: Do residents need an appointment to come in and look at the packets? KN: No, they’re just going to be available. It’s almost like a library situation. Also, we really want to use this to help promote the senior center. A lot of seniors don’t go there for any reason. There will be five or six packets available for people to go and sit and review. We don’t want to get into a situation where we are obligated to mail stuff out to a whole bunch of people who never look at it. We want the people who are truly interested to come out. People have to be a little proactive to try and get the information, and I think this is like a way of meeting someone who’s not on the web more than haIf way, and saying here’s what’s going on with us in print. We have had a couple of residents reach out to me who want to help. So we’re going to probably have a group of volunteers who will go out and deliver every few weeks to senior citizens who are infirm or unable to get out for whatever reason. I’ve had so many conversations with senior citizens who care about the community and they’re upset about something. Then I tell them what’s on the website or what was posted and then they’re like, “Oh.” And they’re completely satisfied. So the information is out there, we’ve just got to get it to them. I think it’s just another way to connect with people and provide information, because information is everything. You know what I mean? You can have an opinion, but if you have an opinion based upon no information, then it’s not really an opinion at all.
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LAWRENCE OB/GYN ASSOCIATES JOINS CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP Regional OB/GYN Practice Adds to Growing Team of Women’s Health Specialists Beginning February 1, 2020, Lawrence OB/GYN Associates, a comprehensive women’s health practice with locations in Mercer, Burlington, and Bucks counties, will officially join Capital Health Medical Group’s growing network of specialty care providers. The practice name will change to Capital Health – Lawrence OB/GYN Associates, but it will continue to be the same trusted provider of obstetric and gynecologic care that has served women in the region for more than 30 years. The team of board certified physicians, nurse practitioners, and certified midwives that will be part of the new Capital Health – Lawrence OB/GYN Associates includes DRS. KIRA PRZYBYLKO, STEVEN SUSSMAN, DANIEL SMALL, AUDREY TASHJIAN, WILLIAM STANELL, KAREN LEEDOM, SAPNA BALWANI, PAUL LOEB, and GWEN GRANT; nurse practitioner JANET BUDZYNSKI; and certified midwives LEANNE MICCIO, CHRISTINE BEAGHLEY, KITAN ELLERSON, CELINA HICKSON, ELIZABETH SANDIFER and LYNN SHINN. Their offices will continue to be located at 123 Franklin Corner Road, Suite 214, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648; 1401 WhitehorseMercerville Road, Suite 212, Hamilton, NJ 08619; 909 Floral Vale Boulevard, Yardley, PA 19067; and 163 Route 130, Bordentown, NJ 08505. “With the addition of Capital Health - Lawrence OB/GYN Associates, as well as our recent acquisition of Capital Health – Women’s Specialists of Bucks County, our goal is to make access to women’s health services in our region more
convenient than ever,” said Al Maghazehe, president and CEO of Capital Health. “More importantly, the expertise they add to Capital Health Medical Group will provide care through every stage of a woman’s life, from adolescence, through child-bearing years, and beyond.” “Capital Health has an incredible reputation in our community when it comes to providing the highest level women’s services—from being the only Regional Perinatal Center, including Level III neonatal intensive care for the most at-risk deliveries, to offering robotic-assisted surgery using the da Vinci surgical system,” said Dr. Kira Przybylko, lead physician at Capital Health – Lawrence OB/GYN Associates. “While Lawrence OB/GYN has been providing services at Capital Health for quite some time, it’s exciting to officially join other physicians in the Capital Health Medical Group to be able to connect our patients with the growing number of women’s health services available here in their community.” Capital Health – Lawrence OB/GYN Associates provides a full range of services for women, including annual health exams, prenatal care, genetic screening, open and minimally invasive/robotic-assisted surgery (using the da Vinci surgical system), and minor surgical services. The office accepts most insurances. Call 609.896.1400 to schedule an appointment or visit capitalhealth.org/lawrenceobgyn to learn more.
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Urologist Specializing in Minimally Invasive, Robotic-Assisted Procedures Joins Capital Health DR. ERIC MAYER, a board certified urologist specializing in minimally invasive urologic procedures using the da Vinci surgical system, has joined Capital Health as director of Urologic Robotic Surgery. With experience in treating all forms of urologic conditions, including kidney stones, urinary tract infections, overactive bladder, incontinence, sexual dysfunction and men’s health issues like erectile dysfunction and low testosterone, Dr. Mayer specializes in robotic-assisted surgery for bladder, prostate and kidney cancers. Dr. Mayer joins Dr. Brad Rogers at Capital Health – Urology Specialists, located at Two Capital Way, Suite 407, Pennington, NJ 08534. They also see patients at Capital Health’s multispecialty office at 1050 Stony Hill Road, Yardley, PA 19067, “As the first surgeon in Pennsylvania to perform a roboticassisted laparoscopic prostatectomy using the da Vinci surgical system, Dr. Mayer is an important addition to our team,” said Dr. Rogers, director of Urology at Capital Health. “The expertise he brings is good news for patients in our region who need advanced surgical treatment for cancerous and non-cancerous urologic conditions.”
“In recent months, Capital Health has welcomed a number of surgical specialists who are highly trained in minimally invasive, robotic-assisted techniques,” said Dr. Mayer. “I am delighted to offer those services to urology patients at Capital Health and join an organization that is so committed toward advancing care through state-of-the-art technology, while providing a personalized approach to each of our patients.” Before joining Capital Health, Dr. Mayer was chief of Urology and Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery at St. Luke’s Center for Urology, part of St. Luke’s University Health Network, in Bethlehem, PA. He received his medical degree from UMDNJRobert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, where he also completed his urology residency. Capital Health – Urology Specialists, part of Capital Health Medical Group, works with primary care physicians and other specialists to provide residents throughout Mercer, Bucks, and Burlington counties with advanced urologic care in a compassionate and relaxed setting, including state-of-the-art imaging, diagnostics, and treatment options. To make an appointment with Dr. Mayer or Dr. Rogers, call 609.303.4460 or visit capitalhealth.org/urology to learn more.
Better Outcomes for Bladder Cancer Patients with New Technology at Capital Health Bladder cancer is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the US and is the fourth most common cancer found in men. Because early detection can lead to significantly better outcomes, Capital Health now offers Blue Light Cystoscopy (BLC) with Cysview, a breakthrough technology that improves bladder cancer detection so doctors can remove more cancerous tumors than previously possible with standard cystoscopy. “Capital Health is one of only two hospitals in New Jersey to offer this procedure and the first to offer it to patients in central and southern New Jersey,” said DR. BRAD ROGERS, a board certified urologist and director of Urology at Capital Health. “In addition to giving us the ability to diagnose bladder cancer earlier than standard cystoscopy, BLC with Cysview also reduces the likelihood of recurrence.” When bladder cancer is suspected, doctors use a long thin tube equipped with a lens and a light (cystoscope) to perform a visual inspection of the lining of the patient’s bladder wall. During standard cystoscopy, a white light illuminates the bladder lining, enabling the surgeon to view suspicious areas. However, not all lesions or cancers may be visible under the white light. With a BLC procedure, highly trained physicians like Dr. Rogers 14Lawrence Gazette | Health Headlines by Capital Health
begin by introducing an agent called Cysview (hexaminolevulinate HCl) into the bladder. Next, viewing the bladder lining using a cystoscope equipped with a blue light, cancer cells appear hot pink while the surrounding tissue remains blue, making it much easier to identify smaller tumors and lesions that might not be visible with standard cystoscopy. Traditional cystoscopy BLC with Cysview “With significantly improved tumor detection, we’re able to provide treatment earlier and achieve improved outcomes,” said Dr. Rogers. “BLC with Cysview is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for surgery and for follow-up cystoscopies as well, so it can be used for ongoing surveillance.” Dr. Rogers and his team at Capital Health – Urology Specialists work with primary care physicians and other specialists to provide residents throughout Mercer, Bucks, and Burlington counties with advanced urologic care in a compassionate and relaxed setting, including state-of-the-art imaging, diagnostics, and treatment options. His office is located at Two Capital Way, Suite 407, Pennington NJ 08534. He also sees patients at Capital Health’s multi-specialty office at 1050 Stony Hill Road, Yardley, PA 19067. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Rogers, call 609.303.4460 or visit capitalhealth.org/urology to learn more.
NEW PULMONARY REHABILITATION PROGRAM is a Breath of Fresh Air for Those With Chronic Lung Disease Participants attend education sessions twice each week, before or after their exercise session, and meet with a registered dietitian to address any individual needs. The overall duration of the program varies according to each individual’s needs and goals. Loved ones are also encouraged to participate to provide additional support to program participants. Most insurance carriers cover the cost of this program, but some providers may require a copay or limit coverage to a certain number of visits. Anyone considering the program should check with his or her insurance provider regarding coverage for pulmonary rehabilitation.
For people in the Mercer/Bucks County region living with lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, chronic bronchitis and pulmonary fibrosis, Capital Health recently launched its new Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. Located in the Wellness Center at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, the program provides a comprehensive outpatient exercise and education program to help patients reduce and control the symptoms and complications related to lung disease and improve their quality of life. “Collaboration is the key to the program’s success, and participants see the benefits of this approach right from the start,” said DR. DIANA KOLMAN, director of the new Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Capital Health and director of the Interventional Pulmonary Program. “After getting a physician referral for the program, patients undergo pulmonary function tests and interview with our staff before working closely with our team of physicians, registered nurses, exercise physiologists, and registered respiratory therapists. Together, our team and your referring physician develop a customized, carefully coordinated program that helps strengthen breathing muscles and enhance daily living. Meeting every third Tuesday of the month Patients with severe emphysema may also participate in the program to determine if they are candidates for non-surgical Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell treatment.” Maternal Child Health Conference Room
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Ginocchio fights through injury to help lead LHS swimming By Rich Fisher Kalina Ginocchio has long been known for a happy-go-lucky, bubbly personality that gives the impression that all is well in her world. It shows exactly how tough she is. Ginocchio is happy and does enjoy life. But her smile is masking some real misery that she manages to battle through in order to compete effectively for the Lawrence High School swim team. “I had shoulder injuries that have held me back the past few years,” the senior said. “But I’m still in the pool, kicking and working hard. The injury doesn’t let me practice that much because after a while it can be painful, but you gotta push through it a little. I have to continue to make myself go faster so I can do better in meets.” She has done well as one of the top swimmers on a young but talented Cardinals team, excelling in dual meets in the 50 and 100 and also helping the medley relay and 200 free relay teams. There are times, however, where she truly struggles to keep grinding away. “There’s definitely been nights where I get home and I’m like, ‘I don’t want to do this anymore, I don’t know why I’m pushing myself. The pain’s not worth it,’” Ginocchio said. “Then I go back the next day and I see my team, and we’re having a good time and I say, ‘OK, well that’s why.’” Former LHS standout Hillary Hargraves-Dix is now in her second year as the Cardinals head coach, and she was known Ginocchio since she was a little girl and Hargraves-Dix was lifeguard/district manager at the Ben Franklin Swim Club where Kalina swam. The two have built a strong relationship, and the coach can’t overstate how impressed she is by the swimmer’s grit. “She pushes through a lot and is very good at knowing her limits and balancing practice with icing and resting,” HargravesDix said. “I’m really proud and I continue to be impressed by her work ethic. “Sometimes she’ll spend a lot of the practice just kicking to give her arms a break. That can be redundant and boring while she’s watching the rest of her team complete a whole complicated set of different things and she’s just kicking, kicking, kicking. You would never know if she was annoyed or irritated by it or bored. She just keeps working. That’s what she needs to do to keep herself in shape and prepare for meets.” Although Ginocchio, by her own admission, won’t have good enough times to qualify for the state meet in her final year of competitive swimming, she did finish ninth in the 50 free at last year’s Mercer County meet and hopes to reach the final 12 again this year as an individual and with her relay teams. She also racks up numerous dual meet points with her high finishes in the 50 and 100, which has helped the Cardinals regain their perch as CVC Valley Divi-
Kalina Ginocchio is one of the top swimmers on the Cardinals team. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) sion champs. Lawrence won the division her freshman year and as of mid-January, was 7-2 and only needed to beat an undermanned Robbinsville team to regain the crown this season. LHS also looked to be in a good position to reach the states as a team after making them in Ginocchio’s first two seasons. The Cards have been sparked by eight freshmen on their small-but-strong 15-girl roster. Ginocchio and fellow captain Emma Byrne are the lone seniors and junior Kelly Kaelblein is also a captain. “They’re great,” Ginocchio said of the freshmen. “They’re really sweet, we all get along really well, which is good. They definitely push me to go faster with how fast they all are.” It was around her own freshman year that Ginocchio permanently committed to swimming. Her mom started Kalina and sister Ava Marie, at Ben Franklin when she was 4-years-old. It was a smooth beginning. “My mom told me I was comfortable in the pool,” Ginocchio said. “I wasn’t crying, I didn’t freak out.” A few years later she joined the BF swim team, which competes in the Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association. By then, Hargraves-Dix had befriended the youngster. “She was like she is now, always smiling, very happy, friendly; her and her sister would always hang around the pool,” the coach said. “She was a hard worker back then too and she’s continued those patterns. She was always someone who made showing up at pool for work enjoyable. She made you laugh and was just a cute kid.” Although she was not competing in a high-profile club, which sometimes causes swimmers to burn out, Ginocchio still felt she needed a break from the sport around seventh grade. While Ava Marie— a huge influence on Ginocchio who now
swims for Ithaca—was loving it, little sister was not. She was focused on dancing at the time. “I came back in eighth grade and swam with Pennington Aquatics,” she said. “Taking a break gave me more time to think about things. I started to realize I wanted to do a different sport and do both swim and dance. I did both of them up until my sophomore year.” By then, she had committed to swimming and given up dance, although it was not the sport she embraced as much as what surrounded it. “I was enjoying it more because I had my friends doing it, and I found the team aspect more enjoyable,” she said. “I never enjoyed the actual sport but when I had my team with me, I liked that.” Hargraves-Dix is so familiar with that mindset, that she used it to get into Penn State University by writing her college application essay on the subject. “Swimming is such a love-hate sport,” she said. “Most people don’t enjoy getting in the pool in the middle of winter, having wet hair; it dries out your skin. For a while I thought I wasn’t going to swim in high school because I was also involved in cheerleading. “I didn’t want to go back to it but there’s always something about it for swimmers
that they can’t get anywhere else. Kalina definitely enjoys the races and the competitiveness and the team camaraderie.” Upon returning to the pool, her events remained the same as she has sprinted all her life. “She kind of shines in 50 and the 100, she doesn’t stray from that,” HargravesDix said. “She’s a very solid person I can rely on in those events to swim well and score points. It’s nice to have swimmers you can put in different places, but it’s also nice to have someone show up and do what you need them to do in the same events.” And she has the secret formula to shortdistance success down pat. “Definitely the kick,” Ginocchio said. “You’ve gotta have a good kick to match your arms. I know my kick helps me a lot when I’m sprinting. And definitely your turns. You need a fast turn to keep up with everyone else, especially in the 50.” While Ginocchio has enjoyed her time as a competitive swimmer, she said she is “closing this chapter of my life,” after graduation as she looks to attend a school in the south. One thing is certain. She made the right move coming back to the sport. “These last four years,” she said, “I definitely wouldn’t change anything.”
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Connor Verga breaking records on the mat By Rich Fisher Not everybody is happy with Connor Verga’s assault on the Lawrence High wrestling record book. “There’s a lot of angry old guys out there,” Cardinal coach Chris Lynne said with a laugh, “who are going, ‘There goes my record!’” Then again, there are a lot of happy young guys—namely, Verga’s teammates—who appreciate what the senior has done for their revitalized team. Verga’s junior year was a clinic in dominance on the mat as he wrestled at 170 and 182 pounds. He went 33-6 and set a school single-season record with 27 pins and also set the LHS standard with 16 sub-minute pins in a season. This year he continues to add to his Cardinal mark of 32 sub-minute pins in a career. Entering a Jan. 15 dual meet with West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Verga was 9-1 this season with all nine wins being via first-period pins (four by sub-minute). He had 59 career pins, which were five short of tying the school record of 64. Asked if he gets a big charge out of planting a guy in under a minute, Verga laughed and said, “Not any more, it happens a lot. I just try to do the most I can for my team, and pinning does that.” His efforts helped Lawrence to yet another school record last year—most wins in a season with 23.
Wrestler Connor Verga has his eyes set on breaking Lawrence High School’s career record for pins. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) “Our team has been phenomenal over the past few years,” Verga said. “We’ve had seniors graduate and freshmen are filling the varsity spots and doing well there. We see that and it motivates the older guys to do better.” Verga’s motivation comes from sev-
eral sources, including goals that have yet to be reached. The two main things missing from his resume are a Mercer County Tournament championship and a trip to the states. He finished second last year in counties, and in his first regional match thought he had his opponent pinned but the call was never made, which led to the dismissal of that official for the remainder of the tournament. Verga ended up being pinned in the third period. “I feel I could have made the states last year if that didn’t happen,” he said. “This year I hope I can win counties and make the states. Last year made me angry, and fired me up for this year.” Connor is the third Verga to wrestle for Lynne, who also utilizes their father, Jeff, as an assistant coach. “His brothers (Jake, Zach) were district place-winners, they were comparable to him, but not like what he’s doing now,” Lynne said. “They’re all the same though. All great kids, hard workers. You never have to tell them anything.” Verga began wrestling at age 6 in the Robbinsville Youth League, and quickly realized there was no other sport for him. “I don’t remember much of it, but I do remember that’s where I really started to love the sport and got into it. I’ve been wrestling basically year-round ever since,” he said. “I quit football my freshman year because I decided year-round wrestling would help me the most.”
Verga described himself as the Cardinals sacrificial lamb as a freshman, as he usually went against the opponent’s better wrestlers in strategic moves to best utilize Lawrence’s top guys. He went 8-6 that year as five of his losses were by pins while wrestling anywhere from 160 to 182 pounds. Connor became a regular as a sophomore and finished .500 in dual meets while wrestling at 182 and 195. Years of work finally paid off last year as he exploded into one of the Colonial Valley Conference’s top grapplers. “He’s very tough on his feet, that’s his main position,” Lynne said after Verga won by pin against Hopewell Jan. 8. “He can wrestle anywhere but he’s good on his feet. Most guys pin from the top position, he pins from his feet. Kind of like (teammate) Jake Dallarda, he’s a thrower. Connor is the same way. “That kid tonight wanted no part of Connor. He would run away from that as much as he could. And Connor was just patient. He’s eventually gonna get his man. But now he has other takedowns in his arsenal, he’s not just a one-trick pony where he’ll use the same move every time. He’d still get it but everyone knew what was coming. Now he can hit other moves and he’s much more efficient this year.” That patience Lynne spoke of was apparent during the Hopewell match, as Verga was happy to wear his opponent
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Ricardo Cruz (left) wrestles at 195 lbs. against West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South’s Franco Valentine at Lawrence High School on Jan. 15, 2020. LHS won the match 78-6, and Cruz pinned Valentine in 3:36. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.) down in methodical fashion. “I use a big move a lot of the times,” he said. “But tonight it was just something where I control his head and made it so I was bearing down on his head, making him tired and when I felt my opening I attacked right away. I didn’t hesitate; I went right for it and put him right on his back.” It’s all part of the new Verga strategy. “Last year he would have tried to rush everything to get the pin,” Lynne said. “This year he’s patient, he’s looking for the proper time to hit his move and it’s paying off.” In his quest for a state berth, Verga understands that the tougher the competition gets, the longer he will have to wrestle. There won’t be those firstperiod pins he’s so used to. “In practice I make sure that I wrestle six minutes every time,” he said. “I put my all into it as long as coach has us live,
and my partner (Dallarda) puts his all into it.” Looking beyond this season, Verga plans on wrestling in college at either Rider or The College of New Jersey, depending on how much he focuses on wrestling or his academic goal of being a lawyer. “I either want to be a criminal lawyer or maybe a patent lawyer,” he said. “I’ve been interested in law since I could remember. My parents were very into (TV shows) NCIS and CSI. They always had it on, and I got really interested. I took the junior law class at my school and got voted as a lawyer in that and defended my case there. I feel that my ability to argue my point with another person is a very good skill I have.” He’s pretty good at arguing his point on the mat as well, much to the chagrin of some former record holders at Lawrence High.
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Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Cabaret, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. When American writer Cliff Bradshaw arrives at Berlin’s Kit Kat Club looking for inspiration, he falls for its star performer, Sally Bowles. However, their decadent lifestyle is soon threatened by the Nazis’ impending rise to power. 8 p.m. Independence String Ensemble, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. $20. 2 p.m. Debra Devi, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. Decorative Frames, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Craft program. Register. 10 a.m. Andy Borowitz, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Author of the satirical “Borowitz Report” presents “Make America Not Embarassing Again ... Again.” 8 p.m. Green Fair and Film Event, Lawrence High School Green Action Team, Lawrence High School, 2525 Princeton Pike, Lawrence. Screening of “The Biggest Little Farm” documentary, break-out discussion group, activities for children. 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, February 2
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sor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. When American writer Cliff Bradshaw arrives at Berlin’s Kit Kat Club looking for inspiration, he falls for its star performer, Sally Bowles. However, their decadent lifestyle is soon threatened by the Nazis’ impending rise to power. 2 p.m. Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 2 p.m. Luiz Simas, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 2 p.m. Bill O’Neal & Andy Koontz, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-9242310. terhuneorchards.com. Winery Sunday music series. Noon.
Monday, February 3
Friends of the Lawrence Library, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Meeting. 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 4
Advances in Pain Management, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center Community Education, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609584-5900. Information on available treatments. Register. 6 p.m. Read and Explore: Animal Tracks, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Story and make a bird feeder. $10. Register. 10 a.m. Current Events Discussion Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Register. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 5
Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 Uni-
versity Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Yamato Drummers of Japan, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. Troupe of drummers uses Odaiko drums, Taiko drums, and more. 7:30 p.m. Active Aging Fitness: Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Register. 3 p.m. Button Treasures from the Sea, New Jersey State Button Society, Mercer County Chapter, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence. Meeting and discussion on buttons made from shells. 7 p.m.
Thursday, February 6
Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 7:30 p.m. Genese, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. In English and French with English subtitles. Register. 6 p.m.
Friday, February 7
Cabaret, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. When American writer Cliff Bradshaw arrives at Berlin’s Kit Kat Club looking for inspiration, he falls for its star performer, Sally Bowles. However, their decadent lifestyle is soon threatened by the Nazis’ impending rise to power. 8 p.m. Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 Uni-
versity Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 8 p.m. Riverview Consort Early Music, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. Posture & Dance Exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Simple exercise to improve posture, increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m. Drum Circle: Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Register. 4:30 p.m. Off the Page, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl. org. Read a play aloud around a table. Register. 7 p.m.
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Sunday, February 9
Cabaret, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. When American writer Cliff Bradshaw arrives at Berlin’s Kit Kat Club looking for inspiration, he falls for its star performer, Sally Bowles. However, their decadent lifestyle is soon threatened by the Nazis’ impending rise to power. 2 p.m. Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. 2 p.m. Pianist Charl Louw, Greater Princeton Steinway Society, Jacobs Music, 2540 Route 1, Lawrence, 609-434-0222. steinwaysocietyprinceton.or. Works by Beethoven and Bach. $20. 3 p.m. Corinne Mammana, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 2 p.m. Larry Tritel, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil
Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Winery Sunday music series. Noon. Reclaiming Our Voice: New Jersey’s Central Role in the Fight for Woman’s Suffrage, Ewing Township Historical Society and Lawrence League of Women Voters, Ewing Township Presbyterian Church, 100 Scotch Road, Ewing. Historical presentation by Carol Simon Levin. Free. 2 p.m.
Monday, February 10
Southside With You, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Showing of the PG-13 rated docudrama. Register. 2 p.m.
Tuesday, February 11
Gregory Porter, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Baritone performs a mix of jazz, soul, and gospel. 7:30 p.m. Women and Heart Disease, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center Community Education, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609584-5900. Discussion on signs, symptoms, risk factors and treatment options. Register. 6 p.m.
Wednesday, February 12
Yuja Wang, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. The pianist and Carnegie Hall Artist-inResidence performs. 7:30 p.m. Murad/Zinger Duo, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 7 p.m. Let’s Get Spicy, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center Community Education, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Culinary nutrition demonstration and cooking class. Register. 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 13
CookTalk: Chocolate Truffles, Lawrence Li-
brary, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Program led by chef Karen Ambrose. Register. 11 a.m. Kids in the Kitchen: Sweet Heart Snacks, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center Community Education, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Healthy hands-on cooking class for ages 6 and older accompanied by adults. $5. Register. 6:30 p.m. Poetry Circle, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl. org. Discussion on Philip Larkin. Register. 7 p.m.
Friday, February 14
Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Neil Simon classic about a man in the throes of a midlife crisis who borrows his mother’s apartment for a series of afternoon encounters. Through February 23. 8 p.m. Claire Chase, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. The flautist presents a musical drama for solo flute featuring live electronics and an ensemble of community musicians. 8 p.m. Edna’s Kim, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. 1867sanctuary.org. $5-$20. 8 p.m. Posture & Dance Exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Simple exercise to improve posture, increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m. Drum Circle: Winter Series, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Register. 4:30 p.m.
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Romeo and Juliet, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The National Ballet Theatre of Odessa performs the classic dance piece. 3 p.m. Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Neil Simon classic about a man in the throes of a midlife crisis who borrows his mother’s apartment for a series of afternoon encounters. 2 p.m. Russian Renaissance, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The quartet of traditional Russian folk instrumentalists performs works by Bach, Ellington, Tchaikovsky, and more. 3 p.m. Max’d Out, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 2 p.m. Brooke DiCaro, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Winery Sunday music series. Noon. Wine & Chocolate Wine Trail Weekend, Ter-
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Tuesday, February 18
Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center Community Education, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Information on risk factors, disease stages, treatments and available resources. Register. 1:30 p.m. Ask the Sleep Doctor, RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center Community Education, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Informal lecture and Q&A. Register. 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Fur, Feathers, Fluff: Keeping Warm in Winter, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Read and Explore program offers two stories and a craft. $10. Register. 10 a.m. Movie & TV Discussion Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Informal discussion. Register. 7 p.m.
Wednesday, February 19
Fiction Writers’ Workshop, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Discussion on “Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussion on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew” by Ursula Le Guin. Register. 10 a.m. TAACC Poetry Cafe, 1867 Sanctuary Arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. Free. 6 p.m.
Thursday, February 20
Lewis Black, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. “It Gets Better Every Day.” $60-$85. 7:30 p.m. Using Online Polish Archives for Genealogical Research, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Talk
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FrIday, February 21
Last of the red Hot Lovers, Kelsey theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Neil Simon classic about a man in the throes of a midlife crisis who borrows his mother’s apartment for a series of afternoon encounters. 8 p.m. alex Otey trio, 1867 Sanctuary arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m. Mummenschanz, McCarter theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The “Musicians on Silence” present “You and Me.” 7:30 p.m. Posture & dance exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Simple exercise to improve posture, increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 22
Last of the red Hot Lovers, Kelsey theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Neil Simon classic about a man in the throes of a midlife crisis who borrows his mother’s apartment for a series of afternoon encounters. 8 p.m. brothers on broadway, Patriots theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, 215-893-1999. capitalphilharmonic.org. A tribute to Broadway’s African American leading men featuring Keith Spencer and the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey. $30$65. 7:30 p.m. Mara Levine and Gathering time, 1867 Sanctuary arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. $5-$20. 8 p.m. Fur, Feathers, Fluff: Keeping Warm in Winter, terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Read and Explore program featuring stories and a craft. $10. Register. 10 a.m.
SuNday, February 23
Last of the red Hot Lovers, Kelsey theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Neil Simon classic about a man in the throes of a midlife crisis who borrows his mother’s apartment for a series of afternoon encounters. 2 p.m. Jerry Steele, terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Winery Sunday music series. Noon. Larry Gough, Tritel 1867 Sanctuary PJ Parker and Sean arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $5-$20. 2 p.m.
MONday, February 24
Hate the Weight Loss Cycle? Love yourself and Lose!, rWJ Fitness & Wellness Center Community Education, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Motivational tips and weight-loss advice. Register. 6 p.m. Morning book Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Discussion on “1984” by George Orwell. Register. 10 a.m. Off the Page, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl. org. Read a play aloud around a table. Register. 7 p.m.
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art for a Cure, Lawrenceville Home Improvement, 2821 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609882-6709. Silent art auction to benefit the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. 6 p.m. discover your Character Strengths, rWJ Fitness & Wellness Center Community education, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton, 609-584-5900. Register. 6:30 p.m. the Life and Legacy of Jack Sherrod, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Black History Month presentation by historian Alvin Corbett. Register. 7 p.m.
FrIday, February 28
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. 7 p.m. Joey alexander trio, McCarter theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. With guest Edmar Castaneda. $25-$60. 8 p.m. Open Mic Night, 1867 Sanctuary arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 7 p.m. Posture & dance exercises, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-8838294. mcl.org. Simple exercise to improve posture, increase flexibility. Register. 3:30 p.m. bucket book Club, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609-883-8294. mcl.org. Discussion on “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Register. 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 29
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. Shane barker, 1867 Sanctuary arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 2 p.m. andrew t. Miles and evan Miklosey, 1867 Sanctuary arts and Culture Center, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. $20. 8 p.m. Isaac Mizrahi, McCarter theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. “Movie Stars and Supermodels!” $25$40. 8 p.m. Slavery to Now through Music, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Black History Month program featuring African drumming, spiritual hymns, church choir music, blues/jazz and rap. Register. 2 p.m.
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