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Bike drive nets over 60 cycles for Boys and Girls Club

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By SAM SciArrOTTA

Vivenne Halm felt a little stuck at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. So she ventured out on two wheels.

Halm, a Robbinsville High School senior, kicked off the summer by teaching her 12-year-old sister how to ride a bike.

“One day, she finally got up the courage to do it,” Halm said. “I took her outside and started the process.”

It was love at first ride.

“It was incredible to see someone who was once so timid about learning become so fulfilled with the freedom of riding a bike,” Halm said.

Watching her sister’s experience inspired her to pass that freedom onto other kids.

Last month, she hosted a bike drive for the Boys & Girls Club of Mercer County Bike Exchange and collected 64 cycles for the organization.

The Bike Exchange sells used, repaired and refurbished bicycles out of a Ewing storefront. Its aim is to promote “biking for transportation and pleasure among lowincome families.”

Proceeds from all sales go directly to the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence and Trenton. The Bike Exchange has See HALM, Page 6

Despite having seven District 12 titles, Robbinsville Little League never won the 12-year-old tournament—until this year. Pictured are (front) Ben Landry, Danny Raftery, (center)Jack Landry, Gavin Hopkins, Johnny Fowler, Jack Pintimalli, Gavin Yablonowitz, Anthony Aldarelli, (back) coach Joe Hopkins, Alex Giordano, coach Joe Pintimalli, Jax Kaber, coach JC Landry, Nate Manning, coach Keith Bunnell, Will Raftery, Tyler Bunnell and coach Jack Fowler. (Photo

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In an atmosphere rife with misinformation and political divisiveness, confusing messages have spawned concerns about mail-in voting—a process that has proven safe and secure in the several states where it is now the norm.

The western states of Utah, Arizona, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii and Colorado have for years conducted their elections entirely or mostly by mail-in ballot. New Jersey will join them for this year, after Gov. Phil Murphy issued Executive Order No. 177, mandating all active registered New Jersey voters receive a mailin ballot with prepaid return postage for the Nov. 3 general election. In Mercer County, ballots began to be mailed to voters in the last week of September.

This switch has not sat well with some, and disinformation about the process and safety of vote-at-home elections started to spread as a result. One piece of disinformation—one that could land voters in jail—came from President Donald Trump, who suggested to North Carolina citizens Sept. 2 that they vote twice, once by mail and once at the polls, to test the See VOTE, Page 8

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Your vote counts SAM SCIARROTTA FROM THE EDITOR

chisement laws, why bother?

Consider this, though: Kentucky voters elected state attorney general Daniel Cameron, and they have a chance to vote him out when his term is up. This is why voting at the municipal, county and state level, as well as in congressional races, can have a greater impact on your everyday life than electing a president.

Closer to home, longtime congressman Chris Smith is up for reelection this year. He hasn’t hosted a town hall since 1993 and rarely spends meaningful time in his district, which includes Robbinsville. Don’t like that? You can change it. Our representative has aligned with President Donald Trump, and could face a closer race than he’s used to this year. After all, he lost in municipalities like Hamilton two years ago, which was previously unthinkable. Races that seem to have clear-cut winners or that run longtime incumbents aren’t always as cut-and-dry as they seem. Smith might not lose to Stephanie Schmid, but a close race would still send a message.

Voting might feel unimportant, but it’s not. It’s how change happens, even if at a glacial pace. Especially at the local level. Ultimately, we get to decide who advocates for us, and that’s not something we should take for granted.

There are times when voting feels futile. Sometimes it can feel like dumping out a bottle of water on a forest fire, or like a faceoff between an Imperial star destroyer and a single x-wing.

The problems with our government at all levels often feel too massive to deal with. I think one of those times is now.

Millions across the country have spent the last 100 or so days demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, who was killed by three police officers— Myles Cosgrove, Brett Hankinson and Jonathan Mattingly—in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment March 13.

When the grand jury indictment was laid down Sept. 23, Hankinson was the only officer charged, and his charges had little to do with Taylor— he was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that entered a neighboring apartment.

How could voting possibly solve any of this? Sometimes I feel like participating in a system that props up its most powerful and oppresses its most vulnerable is pointless. When our neighbors are being shot in their homes by those meant to protect all of us, or when resi- Contact SAM SCIARROTTA: ssciarrotta@ dents of this country are denied their communitynews.org, (609) 396-1511, ext. right to vote due to draconian disenfran- 121, facebook.com/samsciarrotta1

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Voting for the Nov. 3, 2020 general election will be markedly different than voting the traditional way of entering a voting booth and pressing the buttons next to your preferred candidates.

However, under COVID-19, using a mail-in ballot is the preferred choice in New Jersey. Voters in Mercer County will start to receive their mail-in ballots the week of Sept. 28, 2020. The Mercer County Clerk will mail every registered voter a mail-in ballot. The ballot can be returned via the United States Post Office, dropping in one of the secure ballot drop boxes located throughout the county, at your polling location and—as we get closer to the election—by hand delivering to the Mercer County Board of Elections.

If you wish to vote in person, a notice will be sent to your attention as to your polling location. In accordance with Executive Order No. 177, voting in person can occur in two-ways: (1) voting booth only if you qualify as a disabled voter; (2) you will be provided a paper ballot to complete.

To ensure the counting of your mailin ballot, please follow these rules to help in processing your ballot.

Register to vote: You have until Oct. 13 to register to vote. The Superintendent of Elections is the office to contact to address any registration issues.

Do not remove the certificate: Your mail-in ballot will come with one outer envelope, one inner envelope, and the ballot. Once you complete your ballot, it is to be placed inside the envelope that has a detachable flap. Do not detach that flap. Then insert the entire inner envelope in the pre-paid postage envelope that will allow for delivery to the Mercer County Board of Elections.

Complete and sign the certificate: The Mercer County Board of Elections will remove your signed certificate once we can match your signature. Your ballot is then placed with other ballots, so your vote will remain anonymous.

The certificate is saved and archived.

Certification signature:

If you registered to vote and think your signature has changed over time, please update your signature on file. You can download a voter registration application from the New Jersey Division of Elections website and check “Signature Update” at the top of the application.

If your signature does not match, you will receive a letter from the Mercer County Board of Elections, providing you with the opportunity to correct or cure your signature. Please complete and return this letter under the time frame permitted.

Completing your ballot: Please use blue or black ink only and follow the directions for filling-in the circle. A ballot is read by a computer scanner that tabulates votes, and it will not read red ink or pencil.

Counting your ballot: When your ballot is received and vetted, it will be placed with the ballots to be counted. The ballot will be separated from the inner envelope and placed in the group of ballots to be scanned. The ballots will be grouped by municipality. The ballot will be processed and read by a computer scanner. The scanning is supervised by the Mercer County Board of Elections and an outside vendor. The scanning system is a secure and private system.

Do not miss the deadline: If you plan on mailing your ballot, please make sure your ballot is postmarked no later than Nov. 3, 2020. If you decide to place your ballot in a secured ballot drop box or deliver in person, it must be placed in the drop box no later than 8 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2020.

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Senior Center activities expanded The Robbinsville Senior Center’s multipurpose room and adjoining bathrooms are now open on a limited basis.

Organizations using the multi-purpose room will be required to complete a COVID-19 waiver and agree to abide by all rules and regulations promulgated by the township and the State of New Jersey regarding indoor activities during the declared State of Emergency and Public Health Emergency. As part of the order, a sanitization fee of $75 per use must be paid by each organization for each separate use of the multi-purpose room. The fee will be used to cover the Township’s costs to clean and sanitize the room after each use.

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At the Bike Exchange, located in Capital Plaza on North Olden Avenue

in Ewing Township, volunteers repair and refurbish the used bicycles and then sell them to the public at modest prices, with proceeds going to afterschool and other children’s programs at the Boys & Girls Club of Mercer County. They have sold thousands of bikes and donated over $1 million to the Boys & Girls Club.

For information about the Rotary Club Bike Drive, visit rhrotary.org or facebook.com/RobbinsvilleHamiltonRotary. To find out how to donate or buy a bike at the Bike Exchange, visit bgcmercer.org/bgc-bike-exchange.

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The Robbinsville Township Fire Department, Mayor Dave Fried, Chief Daniel Schaffener and Robbinsville Township administration released a statement thanking Rep. Chris Smith for assistance and support during the application process.

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HALM continued from Page 1 raised over $1 million for the organization since it was founded.

Halm decided to work with the Bike Exchange because she had experience with the Boys & Girls Club.

Her father was a trustee, and she had attended events and fundraisers for the organization in the past.

Not long after her lessons with her sister, Halm got to work. She contacted community members, local businesses, township administration and the Boys & Girls Club to work out details like where and when the drive could be held. She researched other bike drives—since this was her first time hosting one—and got the word out.

“I reached out all over social media to share the flyer,” she said. “I posted it on my own social media. The township posted it. I sent it to all of my coaches and friends. It really was a group effort.”

Halm set up shop on Aug. 1 under a tent in the municipal building parking lot. She collected 64 bikes in all, plus a few scooters, helmets and other equipment.

“Kids grow out of bikes so quickly, so a lot of people have older bikes in their garages.”

The Bike Exchange sends a U-Haul truck to each collection site on the day of a drive, so the truck was on-hand in Robbinsville. Halm said there was another collection in West Windsor that same day, so the plan was to pick up bikes from both drives with the

Robbinsville resident Vivienne Halm filled a U-Haul truck with 64 bikes at a fundraiser she hosted this summer. same truck.

“Because of how many bikes we collected, they weren’t able to go back to West Windsor,” Halm said. “I did hear back from the Bike Exchange, and they said it was incredible to see the full truck. They weren’t expecting that many bikes.”

Halm was surprised, too. Given the pandemic, she wasn’t sure what to expect.

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Halm said she always rides her bike everywhere, even after getting her driver’s license. She rides around Robbinsville, down the shore with her friends, and anywhere else she’s able to bring her bike. Sharing that with her sister became a go-to summer activity.

“Once I taught my sister, it became more of a family effort, especially during COVID,” she said. “Being able to ride bikes together as a family made it even more special. It’s part of our routine now.”

Halm added that she hopes to make the bike drive part of her routine, too. She’s going away to college next year, but she hopes she and her family can make the drive an annual tradition.

“It’s an incredible organization,” she said. “I love everything they’ve been able to do. It was nice to give back after everything Robbinsville has given to me.”

The Bike Exchange takes used bikes in any condition. Donations are accepted on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

The Bike Exchange is located at the Capitol Plaza Shopping Center, 1500 North Olden Ave., Ewing. To volunteer, host your own bike drive or for more information, visit bgcmercer.org/ bgc-bike-exchange.

coming together, especially during COVID,” she said. “It makes everything so much more difficult. It’s in the middle of quarantine, so it was really incredible to see everyone come together to help this effort, especially during the craziest time we’ve ever experienced. Everyone was really excited.”

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VOTE continued from Page 1 security of the system. Anyone who follows the president’s suggestion would be committing voter fraud, a third-degree crime that could lead to a felony conviction.

Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes, in a September 18 email, called Trump’s suggestion “absurd.”

In the same email, Hughes offered reassurances about the safety of voting by mail.

“Don’t be distracted by baseless claims that seek to undermine the voting process,” he wrote. “Studies have shown that voting fraud in the United States is extremely rare, and states where voting now is done almost entirely by mail are said to report very little fraud.”

In fact, New Jersey compares signatures on mail-in ballots to those on file in the Statewide Voter Registration System. The Board of Elections also has processes in place to flag ballots for voters who are not registered, have passed away or do not live in the county or state.

“So we can set those aside for investigation and if need be rejection,” Board of Elections chairman Anthony Francioso, a Republican, wrote in an email.

Mercer County clerk Paula Sollami Covello, who is responsible for issuing vote-by-mail ballots in the county, said there has never been an incidence of fraud in Mercer County involving voteby-mail. In fact, the number of voters who wish to permanently vote by mail has grown “markedly” in recent years, Sollami Covello said.

Voting fraud is exceedingly rare in the United States, whether for mailin ballots or otherwise. Conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, which maintains a database of fraudulent voting incidences, found 204 cases of fraudulent use of absentee ballots among the 250 million votes cast by-mail ballot nationally. Of these, 143 resulted in criminal convictions.

Overall, there were 1,200 cases of voter fraud, or 0.000006 percent of total votes cast. It equals about one case per state every six or seven years. According to the database, New Jersey has seen 16 instances of voter fraud since 2003, with nine criminal convictions.

Another piece of disinformation used to denigrate voting by mail comes again from the president, who claimed in April that if the United States switched to all-mail voting “you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” In an Aug. 26 article in “Science” magazine, Warren Cornwall reported on two independent studies that refute this claim. The studies found no statistically significant difference in voting levels by Democrats versus Republicans in states that had switched to mail-in ballots.

National Vote At Home Institute national policy director Audrey Kline works with election officials to optimize administrative processes and laws for both mail and in-person voting. She’s noticed a cultural divide between the eastern and western United States, where mail-in ballots have been far more common than in

the East, more so than a partisan one when it comes to mail-in ballots.

“We have some very staunch Republican supporters,” Kline said.

“A lot of them are the election officials themselves; they are public servants; they are doing the Lord’s work; and they’re just trying to make it easier for people to vote.”

She cited in particular Kim Wyman, a Republican and Washington’s Secretary of State as someone who “loves preaching the mail ballot gospel.” *** If voting by mail feels overwhelming, be reassured that all you have to do is complete the ballot by carefully following instructions and then choosing one of several ways to ensure its arrival at the Board of Elections.

Below is a guide to voting in Mercer County in the Nov. 3 election, where we explain the process, as well as providing details on how to register or update your registration and how to check online to ensure your ballot has arrived.

Who can vote?

To vote, you must be a U.S. citizen, 18 years old on election day, and a resident of Mercer County for 30 days before the election. New Jersey citizens on parole and probation may register and vote in all elections, although currently incarcerated individuals may not.

Make sure you are registered Voters in the Nov. 3 election must

be registered by October 13, 2020.

Active, registered voters began receiving mail-in ballots the week of Sept. 28.

But what if you are not an active voter? “Inactive voters”—those for whom official election mail was returned to election officials or those who have not voted in two consecutive federal elections—are still considered registered. If you do not receive a ballot, contact the Mercer County Clerk’s office at vote@mercercounty. org or by phone at (609) 989-6465.

Alternatively, complete a provisional (paper) ballot at your polling place on Election Day. To register to vote (or to submit a name change, an address change, a signature update, or a change in political party affiliation or non-affiliation), you must either complete a paper voter registration application and return it to the Superintendent of Elections, 640 S. Broad Street, PO Box 8068, Trenton, NJ 08650, or register online at voter.svrs.nj.gov/register, where you can click on “Register to Vote!” to access both of these options.

Sollami Covello is also advising residents to update or verify their voter registration information with a current physical address. If a voter will be away between late September and Election Day, please apply to vote by mail ahead of time, noting the special temporary mailing address required.

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carefully and on time Along with your mail-in ballot, you will also find an outer envelope with prepaid postage that will allow delivery to the Mercer County Board of Elections and an inner envelope with a detachable flap (do not detach this flap but be sure to sign it; election officials will detach it later as part of the secure counting process). After you complete your ballot and sign the flap, you will place your completed ballot inside the envelope that has the flap; the last step will be to insert the entire inner envelope inside the outer envelope.

Make sure to use only blue or black ink when filling in the circles by the candidates of your choice—because the computer scanner that reads the ballots and tabulates the votes will only read blue or black ink; it does not read red ink or pencil.

Submit your ballot or vote in-person After completing your ballot, you have four options for submitting it: (1) Mail it via the U.S. Postal Service; check mail pick-up times on the post-office box where you submit your ballot, which must be postmarked by Election Day, Nov. 3, to be counted; however, the ballot will be counted as long as it is received by Nov. 10.

(2) Drop it in a secured drop box (monitored 24/7 by camera) by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 at one of 15 Mercer County locations. A complete list of drop box locations appears at the end of this article.

Given recent issues in the news about the U.S. Postal Service, Kline says, “Drop boxes are a really important option because it gives people a little bit of an extra option but also they get that confidence level a little higher.”

(3) Hand-deliver your ballot to the Mercer County Board of Elections at 640 South Broad Street in Trenton.

This option will not be available initially, but Francioso said the board will accept in-person drop offs at their office closer to Election Day. (4) Hand-deliver your ballot at your polling place on Election Day. The Board of Elections will mail residents the location of their polling place via postcard at least one week prior to the election; each municipality will have at least one polling place open on Election Day. If none of these four options do not work for you, you may go to your polling place on Nov. 3 and complete a provisional (paper) ballet between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Provisional ballots will be checked against the records of mail-in ballots to ensure that people do not vote twice.

Ewing councilwoman Jennifer Keyes-Maloney said there is a need for matching signatures—both because of potential fraud but also because double voting may be unintended.

“My father had Alzheimer’s,” she said. “I could see him filling out voteby-mail and then he knows he needs to vote on Election Day and goes to

[his polling place],” she said.

If you’re voting in person, check to make sure where your polling place will be; there will be fewer polling places this election, Keyes-Maloney says, both because the election is mostly by-mail and because poll workers, who are often seniors, have been harder to come during the pandemic.

If you have a documented audio or visual impairment, voting machines will be available as an accommodation under the The Americans With Disabilities Act.

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What if your signature has changed over time?

Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello recommends that New Jersey voters make sure the signature they registered with looks the same as the one they use today. Noting in particular elderly people, those with Parkinson’s disease or even people who registered at age 18 and are now 35, Sollami Covello says, “We suggest that people update their signatures with the office of registration of the Board of Elections.”

If you are concerned that your signature has changed over time, you need to update your signature on file by submitting a voter registration application and checking “signature update” on top of the application.

If your ballot signature does not appear to match the one on file, the Board of Elections will inform you of this by mail and give you a chance to correct your signature—but you must complete and return their letter within the permitted time frame.

Track your ballot online via the Public Access system If you are worried that somehow your ballot might get lost either in the postal system or in a drop box, you can ascertain online whether your ballot has arrived where it belongs. But this requires a little advanced preparation.

Before you can register for the Public Access, where you can check to ensure that your ballot has been received and recorded, you will need your Voter ID number if you registered before 2005 or you will need either your driver’s license number or social security number if you registered after 2005.

To get your Voter ID number, contact Catherine DiCostanzo at (609) 989-6750 or cdicostanzo@mercercounty.org.

To actually register for the Public Access system, go to voter.svrs. nj.gov/auth/sign-up, where you will need to provide your name, date of birth, as well as the ID number appropriate for you. The system will also allow you to see your election history, mail-in ballot history, and provisional ballot history, as well as information about your polling place, upcoming election dates, voting district information, and county election officials.

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Counting the votes

The Board of Elections and an outside vendor supervise the scanning of ballots, according to Francioso. The board asserts that “the scanning system is a secure and private system.”

First, the Board of Elections ensures that your signature on the flap of the inner envelope matches the signature contained within the Statewide Voter Registration System.

Only then is the flap detached, saved and archived, and your vetted ballot is placed with other ballots, grouped by municipality. This ensures that your vote will remain anonymous.

The mail-in voting process still has the potential for problems, although New Jersey has taken steps to avert these.

Princeton University computer science professor Andrew Appel, an election security expert, has explored the vote-bymail process and what might go wrong in three posts on the Freedom to Tinker website, hosted by Princeton University’s Center for Technology Policy.

New Jersey, which is facing its first general election using largely vote-bymail ballots, has had to adjust its laws, Appel writes, to allow processing of the envelopes in the weeks before Nov. 3.

This is critically important to ensure that all ballots are counted safely and on-time. States facing large numbers of mail-in ballots, Appel writes, “can’t process all the ballot envelopes on November 3rd—it’s just too labor intensive.”

This early processing of ballots allows some ballot problems to be fixed; for example, if the signature on the envelope flap does not match the signature on file, the voter can be contacted and allowed to fix the ballot.

At a time when postal service has been unusually slow, New Jersey will be counting mail-in ballots that arrive by Nov. 10, as long as they are postmarked by Nov. 3. States that do not accept ballots that arrive after Election Day—even if they are postmarked by Election Day—“may disenfranchise many voters,” Appel writes. On the other hand, he adds, states

like New Jersey that do count ballots as long as they arrive before a preset date may face a different type of problem if the late-arriving ballots shift the election to a different candidate.

These are issues states will have to work through, as Kline suggests that mail-in voting may be the way of the future.

“There’s been steady growth [in vote-by-mail] for about 20 years,” she said. “And then you’re seeing, especially this year, exponential growth, and it’s really incredible to see what we were expecting for 2020 versus what’s actually happening.”

In West Coast states, which have used mail-in ballots more, Kline says, “People like it. It is seen as a convenient option. It’s seen as good government.”

Once a state shifts to 60-70% usage of mail-in ballots, it becomes more effective to proactively mail ballots to all voters, Kline said. Both Montana, where any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot, and Arizona, where any registered voter may make a onetime request to get a ballot by mail for all future elections, reached this level of mail-in voting before the pandemic.

Voting by mail is also “very costeffective,” Kline says, noting that Colorado saved $6 per vote when it switched over to a full vote-at-home model.

In Nevada, election law states that any registered voter may request an absentee ballot for a particular election or may ask to receive an absentee ballot for all elections at which they are eligible to vote. Kline said she spoke with a member of the League of Women Voters in Nevada after the state had done a mostly vote-by-mail election for the first time.

“Little hiccups here and there because everybody’s learning how to do it in their own state, where every state has quirks, and people are just doing it for the first time,” she said. “But generally, they’re doing really well.”

New Jersey has been trending toward a mostly vote-by-mail election the past few years, even without the pandemic.

New Jersey voters can get a ballot for

any reason and can be put on the voteby-mail list permanently. But the state isn’t at the 60-70% participation level that experts like Kline look for yet.

“We were really, really excited to see New Jersey take the full step and just say, ‘You know what? We think that we have enough information, we have secure enough processes that we are going to proactively mail ballots to everyone. And then create other options to handle any issues that come up from that,’” Kline said in June, before New Jersey’s primary.

Whereas New Jersey’s process is straightforward—all active, registered voters get a mail-in ballot—the state of Georgia complicated matters for its primary in the spring by putting in an extra and, Kline says, “unnecessary” step by mailing everyone an absentee ballot request rather than the ballot itself. The result was not only greater expense, but, she continues, “there’s a lot of data challenges, there’s a lot of staff time, there’s a lot of overhead.

It’s also just kind of a messy process.”

To further guard against fraud, Kline’s organization is recommending risk-limiting audits for the state, statistical audits that were piloted in New Jersey in several county-level elections in 2019. The audits were piloted as one measure to force New Jersey to abandon its decades-old, paperless touchscreen voting machines in exchange for a voting process that included a more-secure method of voting and a paper trail. Election security experts, like Appel, have been raising the alarm about New Jersey’s voting machines for 15 years now, and urging the state to move to a process that produces a paper trail and can be audited.

Thought it isn’t what anyone envisioned when the year started, the state’s vote-by-mail 2020 general election does just that: produces results with an auditable paper trail.

“Vote-by-mail is very secure,” Kline said. “We have the most data for places like Colorado, Oregon, and Washington that have been doing it for a long time. Oregon in particular has many,

many years of data, and [fraud] is just deeply, exceedingly rare. I heard somebody say from the Brennan Center … that you’re more likely to get struck by lightning than to commit voting fraud.”

List of ballot drop boxes for Mercer County East Windsor Police Station, 80 One Mile Road, East Windsor Ewing Municipal Building, 2 Jake Garzio Drive, Ewing, in front of the building, to open Oct. 5.

Hamilton Golf Center, 5 Justice Samuel A. Alito Way, Hamilton Hamilton Municipal Building, 2090 Greenwood Ave., Hamilton, to open Oct. 5.

Nottingham Fire House, 200 Mercer St., Hamilton Square, to open Oct. 5.

Hightstown Fire House #1, 140 N. Main St., Hightstown, to open Oct. 5.

Hopewell Township Administration Building, 201 Washington Crossing – Pennington Road, Titusville (at the intersection of Scotch Road).

Lawrence Township Municipal Building, 2207 Lawrenceville Road (Rt. 206), Lawrence (North Side-Right Side of Municipal Building), to open Oct. 5.

Princeton Municipal Building, 400 Witherspoon St., Princeton Robbinsville Municipal Building, 2298 Route 33, Robbinsville (in back parking lot), to open Oct. 5.

Mercer County Courthouse Annex, 209 S. Broad St., Trenton (in front of County Clerk’s Office).

Trenton City Hall, 319 E State St., Trenton (in back, near Municipal Clerk’s Office), to open Oct. 5.

Henry J. Austin Center, 321 N. Warren St., Trenton (corner of Tucker), to open Oct. 5.

Trenton Central High School, 400 Chambers St., Trenton (across from McDonald’s), open Oct. 5.

West Windsor Municipal Building, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor (between Municipal Building and Senior Center), to open Oct. 5.

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CAPITAL HEALTH BECOMES REGION’S

FIRST CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN ROBOTIC SURGERY Capital Health confirms its role as a nationally recognized health care leader with world-class expertise and advanced technology.

In August, Capital Health Medical Center- Hopewell was designated a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery”by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). The Center of Excellence accreditation distinguishes Capital Health as having met rigorous, internationally recognized standards in providing the safest, highest quality of care and surgical capabilities.

“Capital Health’s designation as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery affirms our commitment of providing patients along the Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York corridor with access to the most advanced medical technologies, expert physicians, and world-class, patient care close to home,” said DR. CATALDO DORIA, medical director of the Capital Health Cancer Center and physician director of the Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery.

Robotic-assisted surgery — sometimes referred to as highprecision surgery — may be an option to traditional surgery.

Considered minimally invasive, robotic-assisted surgery is known for its many benefits including smaller incisions, lower risk of infection, less pain, and faster recoveries. It can be used to as a treatment for many cancers, including colon, gynecologic, head and neck, liver, lung, prostate, and pancreatic cancers.

Under the direction of Dr. Doria, expertise within the hospital’s robotic surgery program has grown dramatically. In 2019, Capital Health’s surgeons performed more than 550 robotic surgery

cases, making it the leading hospital in the country for single robot cases. The surgical team has also expanded to include surgeons with highly specialized expertise including: … ASHLEE GODSHALK RUGGLES, MD, colorectal surgeon … ERIC MAYER, MD, director, Urologic Robotic Surgery, Capital Health – Urology Specialists … JOYCE VARUGHESE, MD, FACOG, medical director, Gynecologic Oncology … AFRICA F. WALLACE, MD, director, Thoracic Surgery As part of Capital Health’s commitment to provide the highest level of quality care and expertise, it recently invested in a dual console for its da Vinci® surgical platform to provide for a wider range of surgeries and its growing roster of surgeons with minimally invasive surgical experience. The dual console also enables a second surgeon to assist in surgeries and serves as a conduit for future surgical training.

To learn more Capital Health’s Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery, please visit capitalhealth.org.

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CAPITAL HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP ADDS THREE FELLOWSHIP TRAINED RHEUMATOLOGISTS TO SPECIALTY PRACTICE Capital Health Medical Group recently welcomed DRS. WILLIAM TORELLI, SEHRIS KHAWAJA, and RISHI PATEL, fellowship trained rheumatologists, to its Capital Health – Rheumatology Specialists practice. With this expansion, Capital Health continues to meet an important need for diagnosing and treating autoimmune conditions and diseases that affect the joints, muscles and bones that cause pain, swelling, stiffness, and deformity.

William Torelli, DO

The new providers join Dr. Sajina Prabhakaran in the medical office building at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, located at Two Capital Way, Suite 550, Pennington, New Jersey 08534. New offices will also open soon in Newtown, Pennsylvania and Bordentown, New Jersey.

“Rheumatology is a very complex area of specialization, and we’re pleased to have Dr. Khawaja, Dr. Patel and Dr. Torelli join our team,” said Dr. Joshua Eisenberg, chief medical officer of the Capital Health Medical Group. “Their training and experience add great depth to the services that are available at Capital Health – Rheumatology Specialists, and we’re pleased to offer the residents of our community a growing team of specialists to accurately diagnose these complicated conditions and develop personalized treatment plans that are carefully coordinated with referring physicians.”

DR. TORELLI received his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed his internal medicine residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. He was fellowship trained in rheumatology, including training in musculoskeletal ultrasound, at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Torelli is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Osteopathic Association.

DR. PATEL received his medical degree at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed his internal medicine residency at Cooper University Hospital/Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, New Jersey. He completed his rheumatology fellowship at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center, part of Northwell Health/Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University in Great Neck, New York.

Fluent in English and Gujarati (and conversant in Hindi and Spanish), Dr. Patel is a member of the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians.

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Rishi Patel, MD

Sehris Khawaja, DO

DR. KHAWAJA received her medical degree at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She was fellowship trained in rheumatology at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., during which time she also provided care for patients at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Khawaja is a member of the American College of Rheumatology, American College of Physicians, and the Association of Women in Rheumatology.

Appointments with Dr. William Torelli, Dr. Sehris Khawaja, and Dr. Rishi Patel can be scheduled by calling 609.303.4360. For more information, visit capitalrheumatology.org.

The team at Capital Health – Rheumatology Specialists treats conditions that include (but are not limited to) rheumatoid arthritis, gout, pseudogout, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, psoriatic arthritis, enteropathic arthritis, lupus, Sjogren’s syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease, vasculitis, and scleroderma. With cutting-edge testing and imaging technology conveniently available under one roof at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, the rheumatology team provides diagnoses and care plans tailored to each patient, which can include medication such as steroids, disease modifying agents, or biologics (genetically-engineered from human genes).

Other treatment options may include therapeutic ultrasound-guided joint aspirations and injections offered on an outpatient basis to help relieve pain and pressure. Through prescriptions and careful monitoring, the team at Capital Health – Rheumatology Specialists works with patients to reduce immune responsiveness, control the symptoms of their disease, and help prevent potential long-term complications.

Capital Health – Rheumatology Specialists is part of the larger Capital Health Medical Group, an extensive network of care with more than 400 primary and specialty care providers across three counties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

For more information, visit capitalmedicalgroup.org.

Capital Health Earns

NATIONAL LGBTQ HEALTH CARE EQUALITY LEADER DESIGNATION Capital Health has earned designation as an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) 2020 survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. HEI is the national LGBTQ benchmarking tool that evaluates health care facilities’ policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) patients, visitors and employees. To earn this designation, Capital Health received an overall survey score of 100.

“Capital Health’s designation as an LGBTQ Health Care Equality Leader affirms our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the care we deliver to our patients,

our relationship with the communities we serve and the support we provide for our employees,” said DR. ERIC I. SCHWARTZ, vice president of Community Health and Transformation and executive director of Capital Health’s Institute for Urban Care.

“We believe our diversity is our strength, and programs like our Pride Initiative help ensure that we provide a safe and inclusive environment for everyone, including our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees, patients and visitors.”

Every year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation recognizes the health care facilities that participate in the HEI survey for their dedication and commitment to LGBTQ inclusion. Of the 765 health care facilities that participated in the 2020 survey, Capital Health was one of 495 to earn top honors as an LGBTQ Health Care

Keeping It Real With VIRTUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR EXPECTING PARENTS In the best of times, preparing for the birth of a child can be a time of joy and anxiety. In the midst of a pandemic, the experience may seem overwhelming. To safely provide guidance and instruction during these uncertain times, Capital Health now offers virtual childbirth and parenting education programs on the popular Zoom platform.

“Capital Health is an established health care leader with a long history of helping families get off to healthy starts in Mercer, Burlington, and Bucks counties,” said Meredith Coronato, coordinator of Capital Health’s Childbirth and Parent Education Program. “The health and well-being of our community is always our top priority, so we’re taking our childbirth and parent education programs online in response to the COVID-19 crisis to make sure expecting parents safely get the information they need to keep their growing families on the road to good health.”

Capital Health’s Childbirth and Parent Education Program offers a range of classes to help prepare expecting mothers and partners to be the best parents possible by teaching them about the process of birth, how to care for their infants, and how to access sources of support following the birth of their babies. Classes are taught by experienced, certified childbirth educators and board certified lactation consultants using the remote Zoom format.

For a complete listing of program offerings, or to register for a class, visit capitalhealth.org/childbirth.

Equality Leader designation. Capital Health upholds a model of equality and respect for the LGBTQ community by providing a welcoming environment for LGBTQ clients, consumers, patients and staff; offering training opportunities to all employees to better serve the LGBTQ community; and implementing the Pride Initiative to demonstrate its commitment to inclusion to the community at large.

To learn more about Capital Health’s commitment to providing equitable health care to all patients regardless of sexual orientation, gender, race or religion, visit capitalhealth.org/pride.

UPCOMING VIRTUAL CHILDBIRTH AND PARENTING EDUCATION PROGRAMS BABY CARE BASICS VIRTUAL CLASS October 13, 2020 at 6 p.m.

November 10, 2020 at 6 p.m.

November 24, 2020 at 6 p.m.

December 8, 2020 at 6 p.m.

December 22, 2020 at 6 p.m.

Taught by an experienced, certified childbirth and parent educator, this class helps prepare first-time expectant parents to care for their newborn.

ASK THE LACTATION CONSULTANT AND CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR Second Thursday of the Month at 2 p.m.

An opportunity for expectant parents to ask any questions they have about their upcoming birth experience at Capital Health.

UNDERSTANDING BIRTH ONE-DAY CONDENSED PREPARED VIRTUAL CHILDBIRTH CLASS October 10, 2020 at 9 a.m.

October 24, 2020 at 9 a.m.

November 7, 2020 at 9 a.m.

November 21, 2020 at 9 a.m.

December 5, 2020 at 9 a.m.

December 19, 2020 at 9 a.m.

Class is taught by an experienced, certified childbirth educator, this is an intensive day to prepare the expectant woman and her labor support person for the birth experience.

VIRTUAL NEW PARENT SUPPORT GROUP Mondays at 1 p.m.

The free support group for new parents with babies under one year old is facilitated by a board certified lactation consultant from Capital Health’s Lactation Center.

VIRTUAL PREPARED CHILDBIRTH 4-WEEK SERIES Beginning October 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

Beginning November 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

Beginning December 2, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

Taught by an experienced, certified childbirth educator, this series consists of four weekly two-hour classes to prepare the expectant woman and her support person for the labor and birth experience.

UNDERSTANDING BREASTFEEDING VIRTUAL CLASS October 19, 2020 at 6 p.m.

November 2, 2020 at 6 p.m.

November 16, 2020 at 6 p.m.

November 30, 2020 at 6 p.m.

December 7, 2020 at 6 p.m.

Taught by a board certified lactation consultant from Capital Health’s Lactation Center, this class is taken before the birth of the baby.

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Capital Health – Behavioral Health Specialists is now scheduling appointments in Bordentown (1 Third Street), but will eventually move to the new, state-of-the-art Capital Health – Bordentown facility (pictured above). Appointments are also available in Hamilton.

NEW OFFICE IN BORDENTOWN FOR CAPITAL HEALTH

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS Capital Health – Behavioral Health Specialists, part of Capital Health Medical Group, is now scheduling appointments at a new office location at 1 Third Street, Bordentown, New Jersey 08505 (just off Park Street). Current and new patients can now see DRS. CHRISTI WESTON and ARVIND BHASKER, as well as licensed clinical social workers KRISTIN CARDONA-COCCIA and CHELSEA HOAGLAND, at the new secondary location. The phone number is 609.689.5725 and office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“During these unprecedented times, many people are facing a variety of mental health challenges,” said Dr. Christi Weston, medical director of Capital Health – Behavioral Health Specialists.

“We’re happy to expand our presence in Burlington County and make access to this important area of specialization more convenient to those who need it most in that part of Capital Health’s service area.”

As part of Capital Health’s expansion into Burlington County, construction of its multi-specialty Capital Health – Bordentown facility is nearing completion. Capital Health – Behavioral Health Specialists will eventually relocate to this new, state-of-the art building, which is currently home to Capital Health Primary Care – Bordentown and specialists from Rothman Orthopaedic Institute.

According to the National Institutes for Health, more than 44 million adults in the United States are living with a mental health issue, yet less than half of them receive treatment. Addressing the need for behavioral health services in our community, the team at Capital Health Behavioral Health Specialists provides compassionate psychiatric care and counseling services in a warm, calming environment. The team of highly skilled psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and advanced practice clinicians use innovative treatment modalities to help people overcome obstacles and lead healthier, happier lives. They diagnose and treat a broad range of behavioral health conditions and offer a variety of psychotherapy groups that provide safe, comfortable and non-judgmental spaces to help people connect with others who share similar struggles and together learn skills to improve their lives.

To schedule an appointment with a Capital Health – Behavioral Health Specialists provider at their Hamilton or Bordentown locations, call 609.689.5725 or visit capitalhealth.org/behavioralhealth for more information.

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Therapy for Adults Experiencing Depression SHIFT: Group Thursdays | 2 p.m. | Location: Zoom Meetings* Facilitator: Kristen Cardona – Coccia *You will receive Zoom meeting details after registration is complete.

SHIFT will teach you new, healthier ways of thinking, feeling and behaving while you gain new perspectives on how to manage your depression.

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ELECTION 2020

Four candidates up for three seats on Board of Education Four candidates—Sharon DeVito, Maxine Fox, Scott Veisz and Richard Young—are running for three threeyear terms on the Robbinsville Board of Education. DeVito, Veisz and Young are all incumbents, and Fox previously served on the board from 2005-2009.

DeVito, 67, has lived in Robbinsville since 1986. She has served on the school board since 2008. Over the last several years, she has worked with Assemblyman Dan Benson on legislation to provide deaf students in New Jersey with communication access and, recently, on a bill that would allow school districts to raise the surplus percentage to cover pandemic funding needs. She also volunteers as an advocate for children with special needs during the IEP process.

Fox, 55, has lived in Robbinsville for 29 years. She previously served on the school board from 2005-2009. She attended the Bronx High School of Science and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in science from Rutgers University. She also has a K-12 science teaching certification. She works as a scientific writer for a major pharmaceutical company and owns Canine Services LLC, which provides certified professional dog training to Robbinsville residents and their dogs. Fox is a member of a

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therapy dog team that supports Robbinsville Public Schools students. She has also served on the board of Quilts for Comfort and has been active in clubs and teams at Robbinsville High school.

Veisz, 52, has lived in Robbinsville since 1999. He has been a member of the school board since 2018. He attended Edison High School and graduated from Montclair State University, where he studied mathematics. He also has a master’s degree in the management of technology. Veisz currently works in risk management.

He has volunteered, coached and managed at Robbinsville Little League for 14 years, serving as vice president

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of softball, a player agent and on the field and grounds committee. He also served on the Robbinsville Township Recreation Committee for three years.

Young, 54, has lived in Robbinsville for 17 years. He has served two terms on the board of education. He grew up in Hamilton Township and earned a degree from The College of New Jersey. He currently works as a corporate spokesman for Verizon. Young is an active volunteer at St. Gregory the Great Church and has served on the Robbinsville Planning Board and Economic Advisory Committee. He has also coached, managed and volunteered for Robbinsville’s little league, basketball,

Young football and wrestling organizations.

The Robbinsville Advance sent each candidate a questionnaire about their campaigns and the state of the school district. Their responses follow. *** Why should voters elect you to the school board?

DeVito: My focus is the academic, social, and emotional needs of our students. I’m old enough that I have lived through the district growing from 430 students in the 80s to over 3,200 students present day, and building two schools with numerous expansions over the years. I’ve started the converSee ELECTION, Page 16

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ELECTION continued from Page 15 sation on providing the opportunity to prepare our non college bound students for post secondary education.

That’s my goal for the next three years.

Fox: Education is the foundation of our society and it should give EVERY child the best experience possible for future success. Our tax dollars need to be spent wisely, with as much going into the classroom as possible. I think we need ethical leadership, which has unfortunately been lacking with a certain member of the Board. Unfortunately, these multiple instances of ethical infractions have been documented and the wrong-doing have been a distraction for the Robbinsville Schools.

These issues challenge our District’s ability from fulfilling its mission in providing the best possible education to students. They have cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.

That’s reducing the amount of money that’s able to be spent in the classroom.

Veisz: My service to the Robbinsville

community has always been anchored on preparing each child for growth and development in a way that is fair, balanced, and fun for all children, and I mean all children so that everyone benefits and is satisfied with the experience. I believe in providing an honest ethical approach that is entirely focused on what’s best for our children, no matter where they are on their development journey. Performing to achieve these goals in a fiscal responsible and sustainable way is also important to ensure we have stability in our schools and growth for years to come. I continue to challenge the administration and the board to be collaborative and innovative so we can bring the best experience to our kids.

Young: Since I first ran for the board of education, I’ve had one constant goal: to ensure that ALL of our students are encouraged and respected, treated fairly and are given the best opportunities to learn, grow and succeed as vibrant members of our local and global communities. No child in our community should

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be denied the opportunity to be the best that they can be. In addition, we need to ensure our district and board is transparent, effectively communicates, and operates ethically in everything that is done.

We need to do all of this while ensuring that we’re adding assets and programs in the classroom—including initiatives that will ensure our students are offered the best opportunities to succeed.

The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor earlier this year sparked important conversations about racial injustice, including in Robbinsville. Current and former Robbinsville Public Schools students came forward with allegations of racism in the district. Do you believe racial injustice is an issue in town? If so, what can the district do to dispel it? If not, what would you say to those who say it is a problem?

DeVito: I don’t believe this question can be answered in 125 words or less.

We’ve been focused on opening our schools the past several months. This issue requires a much deeper dive, rather than just one or two evening events.

Once we have our schools settled, and I use that term loosely, this issue needs to be a priority for the BOE and administration to develop a clearly delineated process for all voices to be heard.

Fox: I am actively involved in diversity and inclusion initiatives in my corporate role. As a person of the Jewish faith, I have experienced anti-semitism many times and know what that feels like first hand, both as a child and as an adult.

This injustice can and does happen any-

where, and no place is immune. Our school district needs to insure, through policy and curriculum, to address and prevent any social injustices of all kinds (racism, sexism, anti-semitism, etc.) effectively and promptly.

Veisz: Robbinsville is not unlike any other community, we are not perfect, and so I believe there are instances of injustices of varying levels when they do occur. There should be no tolerance for any of these instances and as a current board member I have listened carefully to current and former students, parents and we are doing all we can to advocate for curriculum and policy changes so that any and all injustices are acted on quickly and removed from our environment. Fairness, safety and inclusion of all students is vital to my work.

Young: There were eye-opening discussions involving race and intolerance as a result of the wrongful deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others. Over the past few years, our District has made great strides in addressing equity, the impact of racism, increasing mutual understanding and the perceptions and realities of racial differences in our schools. Clearly, there is more to be done. I and our board have directed our leadership team to address these critical issues. We need honest and open discussions about these issues with students, staff and families—with a goal of addressing and finding workable solutions that will benefit all of our students and our community.

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to COVID-19? Is there anything you would change or do differently?

DeVito: I believe our district has done an excellent job in preparing for the opening of school and providing education to our students in spite of the ever changing directives from the governor’s office. The safety protocols in place in our buildings are compliant with the guidelines. Virtual instruction can not replicate the benefits of in person instruction. The current situation is a huge improvement over the spring experience. We have seen much flexibility on the part of the administration to adjust as issues arise. The plans to open Pond and RHS are in place. Our BOE, administration and staff are dedicated to providing the best possible safe and healthy learning environment for our students despite the current circumstances. As issues arise they will be addressed. No plan is perfect nor final.

Fox: Our district is doing more than other districts, but we need to do more.

I appreciate the collective efforts of the district’s teachers and staff, but we need to find ways of improving the experience. For those who want it, the children should be given the opportunity to get back to in-person learning for their educational and mental well-being. Virtual learning is no substitute and this is having a profound effect on the children with learning and other disabilities. I believe that the district is trying to be flexible and address the ever-changing directives from the state, which has been a challenge. I would continue to strongly advocate for opening the schools as an option for all students while ensuring a safe learning environment.

Veisz: As a current board member, I have witnessed a tremendous and tireless effort to provide the necessary safety procedures for all students, teachers, and staff so that multiple return to school scenarios for our children and staff are possible, i.e., fullreturn, hybrid and remote. We need to keep doing more as we work within federal, state and local laws so that we can provide an in-person education that all children need in order to optimize their learning experiences and to provide the best mental and social atmosphere for maximizing our children’s development and daily experiences.

Young: The pandemic brought incredible challenges to our society, our families and our schools. No one ever planned for the reality of what happened in March of 2020. I’m very thankful for the efforts put forth by our district and staff who worked enormously hard to provide a meaningful educational experience to our students. As a parent, more needed to be done. The magnitude of what happened and how schools responded was almost unthinkable. So far, this year, the fully remote and hybrid options are much better than the experience last spring, but we must strive to do even more. I have been strongly encouraging the superintendent to open schools—for those who want to attend in-person—as quickly as possible.

Some students badly need the in-person experience, particularly those who are involved in special education programs.

Around the state and nation, the system

largely failed that segment of students in the spring. That cannot and must not happen again.

What do you think is the issue most important to Robbinsville voters? How do you plan to address it?

DeVito: There is not one issue that is more important than the others in this current situation. How do we meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of our students in a safe and healthy learning environment, while at the same time think about the financial impact on our taxpayers. Our curriculum is controlled by many unfunded mandates and guidelines. state aid is a huge unknown.

The state determines the taxpayers fair share contribution to the school tax.

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GAZONAS continued from Page 1 being told he would never play at Hartwick by its head coach.

The uplifting saga was finally chronicled in print this past spring with the release of Gazonas’ book: “That Little Son of a B**ch!” A Soccer Journey from Tears and Humiliation to National Champions and Hermann Trophy Winner.

“There were several reasons why I wrote it,” said Gazonas, who grew up in the Hamilton Township leagues and has lived in Robbinsville for the past 25 years. “It’s to tell individuals like me who are told ‘You’re not good enough.

You’re too small, you’re too slow, you just don’t have it,’ that you don’t have to accept that. You don’t have to let a coach define you as a player. I also wrote it because I want my (seven) grandchildren to understand the value of hard work, focus, discipline. Attributes everybody needs.

“If I can inspire kids to believe in themselves, and that you need that mental strength when the coach tells you you’re not good enough, then hopefully that gives them incentive to work even harder.”

His final words in the book, which was written without a ghostwriter, were “If you are able to feel what I was going through, then I will consider this book a success.”

According to at least one of his children, it was a success.

“One of my (four) daughters called me and said ‘Dad, I couldn’t put the book down, I wanted to know if you

would make the varsity or not,’” Gazonas said with a laugh. “I wanted to write it the same way I would talk. I wanted people to feel that pressure and I’m sure there were people saying ‘Yeah I went through that; that coach who hated me or wouldn’t let me play.’”

Gazonas played with and for some of Mercer County’s greatest soccer legends, including the late Glenn “Mooch” Myernick, who took Gazonas under his wing at Hartwick, Bobby Smith, Kevin Welsh, Denny Kinnevy, Tim Murphy, Paul and Ernie Tessein and the late Charlie “Ping Pong” Farrauto, whose tireless private sessions with Gazonas shaped his talents. Those men made Mercer one of the nation’s soccer hotbeds in the 1960s and 70s.

There are also accounts of the Trenton Extension’s memorable wars with the Trenton Italians and other club teams in the state.

“I haven’t met one person who has read the book who hasn’t loved it,” said Rider coach Charlie Inverso, a former Notre Dame High goalie who played against Gazonas in high school. Inverso actually coined the book’s title.

“I told him ‘Billy, you’re the nicest guy in the world off the field, but on the field you were a real p--ck!”

Inverso said. “Why don’t you call the book ‘That Small (SOB).’”

“Charlie said I always played with a chip on my shoulder, and I liked that idea for a title,” said Gazonas, who

Robbinsville resident Billy Gazonas had a collegiate soccer career that went from tears to triumph after he was awarded the Hermann Trophy, given to the country’s top college soccer player, in 1977. He recently wrote and published a book chronicling his journey. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) eventually changed “small” to “little” on the advice of a friend.

Gazonas’ career started in the Hamilton Little Bigger League and

moved on to Hamilton Post 313, which he helped to a State Cup title.

He would also train with Ping Pong at Nottingham Junior High (now the high school) and take part in the legendar y Nottingham pick-up games.

“I learned so much playing against the older guys there,” Gazonas said.

“They were always willing to help out a younger player.”

During St. Anthony’s championship year, the Iron Mikes tied Steinert, which was the only blemish in the 1973 Spartans 22-0-1 state title run. Steinert’s leading scorer was Art Napolitano, who would be Gazonas’ teammate the next four years at Hartwick.

But while Napolitano was recruited as a high school All-American, Gazonas had to try and walk-on to the Hawks. He had been told outright by head coach Timo Liekoski that he should transfer since he wasn’t good enough to play at Hartwick.

Liekoski eventually said The Greek could stay on varsity and never play, or be a regular on the JV. Gazonas had one goal—win a national championship with the varsity at the nation’s top program.

He was confident of making an impact but the opening-night embarrassment at Montclair staggered Gazonas. While the rest of the team went out to celebrate, Billy disappeared on campus for what would become a career-long routine—a secret practice by himself.

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“That was my thing,” he said.

“When you’re alone, you don’t have to share the ball. You can touch the ball 1,000 times to work on things. There’s no shortcut.”

After two games, several circumstances prompted the freshman to march into Liekoski’s office after practice and insist he should not only be playing, but starting.

“My heart was pounding in that shower,” Gazonas recalled. “But when I got out the door, I kind of felt almost mad. Here’s a guy, the best coach in the country, telling you you’re not good enough. We’d just gotten blown out (by Penn State) and now I’m gonna tell him I should be starting.”

Gazonas was a midfielder but Liekoski asked him if he could defend and mark Connecticut standout Tim Hunter all over the field in the next game.

Billy said, yes, so Timo said yes.

“I was in shock but I didn’t want to show it,” Gazonas said. “I didn’t know Timmy Hunter or if I could mark him.

But what was I gonna say, no? I had nothing to lose.”

Gazonas shut down Hunter, and a career was under way. There were a few bumps in the road and Billy was constantly proving himself to Timo over the next two years. He continued to start and when Liekoski left for the North American Soccer League, Gazonas was on the search committee for a new coach. They chose Jim Lennox, who moved Billy to his natural position of central midfield.

Hartwick reached the NCAA Final Four his junior year, and won it all the next season. As captain, Gazonas had the honor of hoisting the trophy, which is the photo that adorns the book cover.

The book only featured Gazonas’ four years at Hartwick. He listed his awards and accomplishments at the

end, but never wrote about winning the 1977 Hermann Trophy as college soccer’s top player; or Soccer Monthly Magazine’s College Player of the Year award. Nor did he talk about a professional career which he admits “wasn’t all that great.”

“For me, the story is about my first game in the back of the bus in tears, totally humiliated, to winning the national championship in the last game,” Gazonas said.

His elation he felt over winning the Hermann was more for his dad, who sold The Trentonian at his sweet shop in Trenton.

“George O’Gorman wrote the story on the back page, and I was just thinking about how proud he was showing people that back page when they came in and bought the paper,” Gazonas said. “Obviously I’m super proud that I won the Hermann Trophy but that pales in comparison to winning the championship with my teammates. Winning was why I played sports.”

After a brief professional coaching career, Billy and his brother Andrew opened Michele Lorie Cheesecakes in Trenton. After 21 years of success, they left the business and a year later, a restless Gazonas pondered the book. He started in 2012 and wrote off and on for seven years before the project came to fruition.

While there were numerous subjects broached, what came across more than anything was Billy’s passion and desire for soccer, which he often played from sunrise to sunset.

“That’s what I wanted to do,” he said. “I loved it. I loved working on my game; it’s so fulfilling. The better you get, the more you want to practice.

The more you practice, the better you get.”

He got so good, in fact, he proved that naysayers wrong.

‘The better you get, the more you want to practice. The more you practice, the better you get.’

–Billy Gazonas

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Robbinsville baseball 12s capture first district title The Robbinsville Little League made history last month, and rest assured no one can ever call it a fluke.

Entering this summer, RLL had won seven District 12 titles, but never the coveted 12-year-old crown. That, of course, is the biggest of them all since, on a normal year, it is the first step to the Little League World Series in Williamsport.

Unfortunately, there is no Williamsport this year, but thanks to hard work by all involved, there were district, sectional and state tournaments. And Robbinsville finally laid claims to that elusive 12-year-old title with an utterly dominating performance at Sunnybrae Little League’s Ed Nevius Field.

There were no lucky bounces, fluky hits or questionable calls to make the opposing teams wonder “what if.”

Robbinsville won every game convincingly.

In winning four straight, RLL outscored its opponents 28-1 and did not allow that run until a fielder’s choice with two outs in the final inning of the championship game.

When it was suggested to lights-out pitcher Tyler Bunnell that the run was no big deal, he shook his head.

“Yes it was,” he said.

And that spoke volumes about how intensely the team competed. Yet, at

the same time, it didn’t feel pressure thanks to a philosophy from past and present coaches.

“This really is a tribute to the teams and managers that came before us,” said manager Joe Hopkins, whose team began Section 3 play on Sep. 18.

The team lost to Clark, 2-1, in eight innings.

“Sometimes we overlap each other with our teams and coaching and we

learn from each other. Everything we put together here is a result of the last three or four years of coaching experience with these guys.”

He then provided an example.

“Last year’s squad was a very good squad, they came up a little short,” Hopkins said. “Their coaches were fantastic coaches but were even better people with the kids. It was a different approach and it taught me—someone

who had been coaching districts since 2013 – that there was a different way to go about reaching kids then just ‘drill, drill, drill.’

“Let the kids have fun. It doesn’t have to be over-complicated. It can be as simple as ‘We’re gonna do the same thing every day and watch the kids get better with the things that we preached.’ Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent.”

And this team will remain permanently in the record books as the first of its kind to accomplish what it did.

Alex Giordano, the other half of Robbinsville’s 1-2 hammer on the pitcher’s mound, was low key about the win.

“I knew we’d win it one year,” he said. “We had four years to do it.”

This may have been the most unlikely of years, however, as the team consisted of seven 12-year-olds, four 11-year-olds and two 10-year-olds.

“That didn’t matter,” Giordano said of the youth. “We still thought we could win it. But I thought it would be a little more of a battle.”

Robbinsville never trailed throughout the tournament, which started with a 5-0 win over Bordentown in which Bunnell allowed three hits and struck out 10 in five innings. Giordano excelled in the outfield, fanned two batters in one inning of relief and had an RBI single, while Gavin Hopkins

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Catcher Gavin Hopkins (foreground) was all smiles after the RLL 12-year-old baseball team captured its first District 12 title. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) had two hits and an RBI and Johnny Fowler had two RBI. Next up was a longball clinic by Bunnell, who had a double, two massive home runs and three RBI in a 5-0 victory over West Windsor. Hopkins added two hits, Jack Pintimalli had two RBI and Giordano tossed a twohitter with five strikeouts.

That set up a huge game with Sunnybrae in the winner’s bracket final.

The home team defeated RLL twice in the 10-year-old tournament, including the championship game (Robbinsville did not have an 11-year-old team last year).

“I remember that game,” Bunnell said. “It just motivated me more.”

It was an extremely important game. The winner would get two days off and would have two chances to win one game for the championship. The loser would have to win three straight games.

Due to the pitch counts in Little League, managers played a chess game in order to bring hurlers back with fewer days rest. Two of the district’s top pitchers toed the mound as Bunnell started against Josh Klena.

Klena allowed two hits and struck out nine in three innings and Bunnell allowed no hits and fanned seven over 3-2/3 frames. Both were removed in order to be eligible for Saturday. But Robbinsville had a huge advantage in relievers as Giordano allowed one hit and fanned five in 2-1/3 innings, while RLL struck for four runs in the fifth inning. Fowler had a two-run double, Hopkins an RBI single and Jax Kaber (2 hits) scored on a wild pitch.

“That was a very important win,” Bunnell said. “We may not have had any pitchers if we lost that game.”

Hopkins called it “A special moment.”

“I’ve coached district baseball and softball for eight different teams over the years,” he said. “We’ve put together a script every year for every

team and almost immediately we have to go off script. Those two pitchers kept us on script and the kids made big plays. We kept pitch counts down. Sometimes you do have to roll the dice. We rolled a little bit and it worked out.”

It sure did. Robbinsville received two days off and had Bunnell and Giordano available to throw on Saturday and Sunday (in the event they lost on Saturday).

By the time Lawrence had courageously battled out of the loser’s bracket with four straight wins, it had no pitching left and Robbinsville took full advantage with a 14-1, four-inning victory.

Giordano had a single, double, homer, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored, Bunnell had 2 hits and 2 RBI, Pintamalli was 4-for-4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs, Ben Landry had 2 hits and 3 RBI and Will Raftery blasted a 3-run homer.

“I speak on behalf of the coaches and players that they’re honored to be the first ones to take home a 12-yearold district banner,” Hopkins said. “It’s certainly special. The kids worked hard. It was a crazy year, we had a lot of different distractions going on and this actually brought some normalcy back to the kids and our families.

There are no words, really.”

What Hopkins lacked in words, he made up for in arms.

“Tyler is a phenomenal pitcher, he’s got pinpoint accuracy with both of his fastball and his off-speed pitches,” Hopkins said. “When you’re able to

do that and I can go inside then outside up and away and I know he’s gonna hit his spots, it makes it a lot of fun to call a game. It’s really special.

“And then you have Alex Giordano, who’s not a number two pitcher. I’ve definitely got two number ones.”

Rounding out the roster were Gavin Yablonowitz, Danny Rafter y, Jack Landr y, Nate Manning and Anthony Aldarelli, whose sister Ava also won a district title when the RLL softball team beat favored Bordentown twice in a condensed district tournament.

Giordano felt the team had been gradually building to its success.

“Yeah we could see it,” he said. “We knew the 10s and 11s would do well.

They had to play their hardest just to be with us, so we knew they were good.”

“We managed our pitching well,” Bunnell added. “Everyone was always available for every game, and we were consistent with our bats.”

Hopkins felt it was a group effort from the entire league.

“We have to thank this team, these parents, these coaches,” the manager said. “We thank District 12 for pulling this together, and Sunnybrae for being a class organization and having a fantastic venue for this and to our own league for supporting us. It’s not easy when you’re balancing district practices and still playing a regular season. Normally we have the regular season then go on to all stars.”

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More people than ever before are working and going to school at home.

With decreased daily mobility and makeshift workspaces, it is important to protect your spine to keep your whole body healthy. Marc J. Levine, MD, Director, Orthopedic Spine Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton answers your questions.

How can sitting for long periods of time affect the back?

The seated position places a significant amount of pressure on your low back discs. Having an ergonomic appropriate workstation is just as important at home as it is at your office. Take note of what works at home and consider incorporating it to your office at work.

What can be done to create a healthy workspace?

The arrangement of your chair and your computer monitor is essential to creating a healthy workspace at home. A proper chair with lumbar support can help minimize backaches and allows your feet to sit comfortably on the ground, contributing to better posture as you sit and work. Proper positioning of a com-

puter monitor can help maintain your neck in a neutral position and avoid neck pain. Ideally, you want to keep your eyes straight ahead, which may require raising your screen or lowering your chair. The proper use of eyeglasses and contact lens can also help with posture.

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In the world of work, being able to multitask can be a good skill. However, holding a child on your lap while working may not be optimal for the health of your spine. If you or your child is sitting in the same spot for long periods of time, consider changing positions to avoid cramping in any one position. It is also important to eat healthy and hydrate; when the day is over walk away from that desk and exercise.

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HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE NERVE DAMAGE? Peripheral neuropathy is the consequence of damage to your peripheral nerves. There are over 100 different kinds of peripheral nerve disorders or neuropathies - some are the result of a disease like diabetes, while others can be triggered by a viral infection. Still others are the result of an injury or compression on the nerves. No matter where the problems begin, it is imperative nerve disorders are resolved as soon as possible to prevent permanent damage. Many People suffer with pain for years, not realizing that their symptoms may be due to Peripheral Neuropathy. Symptoms start gradually, then get worse, including numbness, burning or tingling sensations and sharp, electrical-like a pain. Treatment options have been limited to a small assortment of pain medications, which can lead to further issues. Ignoring the problem or masking the symptoms has never been a viable solution. If you suffer from any of the aforementioned symptoms, we can help.

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smires & associates would like to welcome our new agent

“give it your all” 2330 Route 33, Suite 101, 375 Farnsworth Ave., Robbinsville, NJ 08691 Bordentown NJ 08505 Office: 609-259-1414 Office: 609-298-9888 smiresandassociates.com

Christine Adler Sales Associate Cell: 609-410-1591 Email: cadler29@hotmail.com

Millstone

$689,000

Maria Polcari, SA Cell: 609-577-5595 Elegant 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath home in Millstone! Gourmet kitchen, first floor office, conservatory, finished basement, expansive patio and decking, backs to woods! Fantastic development!

haMilton

$550,000

$249,900

Denise Fattori, SA Cell: 609-273-4224 Gorgeous Custom Built Colonial situated on just under 4 acres. Updated kitchen & baths, full basement, 2 car garage, picturesque lot, quiet location but convenient to Routes 130 & 206. Must see!

Justin Reed, CO-OWNER, SA Cell: 609-433-3623 Spotless all brick, 3 bed, 2 full bath ranch home. Hardwood floors throughout, family room with gas fireplace, formal living & dining room. Park like yard. Must see!

$2,000/Month

Linda LeMay-Kelly, SA Cell: 609-651-3583 Great space for small business in Hamilton, can be configured for many uses. Right off major road with visibility. 700 sq ft main floor office space and 1200 sq ft lower level, utilities included.

$314,900

Linda LeMay-Kelly, SA Cell: 609-651-3583 Stunning…totally renovated home in desirable Bordentown!

Turn Key Condition, 5 bedroom 2 full baths, 3 car garage for home business! Large Lot. Close to major transportation for commuting.

haMilton

Edward Smires, BROKER Cell: 609-638-2904 Charming 3 bedroom Cape w/hardwood floors throughout the 1st & 2nd floor. Beautiful expanded gourmet kitchen. Den/ sunroom addition. Fenced in backyard.

haMilton

haMilton $319,500

bordentown

Nicole D’Andrea, SA Cell: 609-477-8194 Stunning 4 bedroom, 2 full, 2 half bathroom Colonial located on a quiet cul-de-sac. Hardwood flooring throughout. Master bedroom with 3 walk in closets. Fully finished basement with bar & half bath. Fenced in backyard w/above ground pool. Must See!

haMilton

Chesterfield $599,000

$334,500

Dewey Nami, SA Cell: 609-977-4213 Rolling acres split level home in excellent shape. Updated kitchen and bath’s, finished basement, family room. All located on an oversized corner lot.

haMilton

$379,900

Joan Sander, SA Cell: 609-571-7934 Custom built 4 bed, 2 1/2 bath colonial home. Finished basement, upgraded high efficiency HVAC & hot water heater. Fenced in yard w/patio. Attached one car garage with loft for additional storage.

ewing

Terry Parliaros, SA Cell: 609-610-2252 Welcome to 18 Malaga, meticulously kept for over 40 years.

This 3 BR, 3BA Ranch is nestled in the Shabakunk hills neighborhood of Ewing. Formal living room, dining room, wet bar, double sided fireplace. Won’t last long!

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haMilton

$384,900

Edward Smires, BROKER Cell: 609-638-2904 Largest model in Traditions with second floor. 3 beds, 3 baths, Custom fireplace, Sunroom & sliders to patio, Oversized 2 car garage. Club house & pool just a short walk away!

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3685 Quakerbridge Road | Hamilton, NJ 08619

$1,075,000

Kate Bonchev, SA Cell: 609-271-0120 Stunning 7 bed, 4.5 bath colonial located on a 2 acre lot.

Gourmet kitchen w/top of the line Thermador stainless steel appliances. Wood burning fireplace in FR. 3 car attached garage. Must See!

Personalized service & attention to detail.

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$349,900

robbinsville

$750,000

Edward Smires, BROKER Cell: 609-638-2904 Stunning!! 4 Beds, 3.5 bath colonial. Full Basement w/ game room, Den w/fireplace, custom built bar & full bath. Deck w/ floor to ceiling stone gas fireplace & TV. Gunite pool w/waterfall & sun deck.

MerCerville $2,000/Mo

Donna Fera, SA Cell: 609-658-3593 Mercerville home has 2 bedrooms on main level, 3rd bedroom upstairs & an additional room that could be a 4th bedroom, dressing room, and/or office. 2 full baths, All new carpet throughout, Eat in kitchen, Fenced in yard with shed.

allentown

$699,900

Edward Smires, BROKER Cell: 609-638-2904 This spectacular 4,600 sq ft stately home is the talk of the town! 4 beds, 3 full baths, in-ground pool, detached garage w/ parking for up to 20 cars. Picturesque view of the lake. Have to see to appreciate all this beautiful home has to offer!

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Theresa Pica, SA Cell: 609-903-0899 Coming Soon! Pristine home in desirable Washington Leas community. Fairmount model boasts 4 B/R, 2.5 BA, Gourmet kitchen, 2 car garage & finished basement. MANY UPGRADES & IMPROVEMENTS TO SEE!

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