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Sophomore James Sannella has been invited to participate in the new season of American Ninja Warrior, which will air on NBC this summer. Typically only adults are allowed to compete on the show, but last year they began inviting teens they believed could be competitive. According to Sannella, getting onto the show was his main focus after winning his age division in the National Ninja League World Championship on June 28 last year. Sannella began training for American Ninja Warrior, also known as Obstacle Course Racing, in the fall of 2018 and immediately qualified for the National Ninja League World Championships in Hartford Connecticut, held in February 2019. He has qualified for each world championship since then, getting fourth place for his age division in 2020 at Greensboro, North Carolina, and most recently grabbing first-place for his age division in 2021 in Lawrence Township. The date for Sannella’s appearance has yet to be announced. American Ninja Warrior features some of the most See AROUND TOWN, Page 3

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on municipalities over the past two years, and Robbinsville Township is no exception. Local quality of life, supply chain issues, public safety, revenues and expenditures, Allie Neumann is one of six seniors who led the RHS girls’ basketball team to a winning record and township operations this season. It was the first time in program history that the team posted three straight winning are all areas that have been affected by the pandemic. seasons. For more on Neumann and the team, turn to Page 19. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) The Advance recently sat down with Mayor Dave Fried to talk about these issues and a number of other things going on in Robbinsville Township as One morning, a message written in chalk appeared we enter the new year. in front of an RWJBarnabas Health facility. The words Below is the first part of a couldn’t have beenQ&A simpler, or on more stirring, based the soul interview or more accurate. with Fried. It has been edited binsville High School that initiative between both the for length and clarity. The By BiLL SanserVino second part will run in next could be used for all of those town and the school.” issue. Betze said the district month’s Extra room for gym classes, activities. “Heroes The project would be build administration and school indoor sports tournaments work here.” * * * Robbinsville Advance: and even dance competitions by the township and located board are in favor of the projcould be coming to town in on land owned by the school ect. “We’re all for it here at my The New York Times district, Mayor David Fried level,” Betze Three said. “The board recently ran an article talkthe near future. words of gratitude and encouragement that Robbinsville Township and and Superintendent Brian has not seen final drawings, ing about the town (“Robthe courage and compassion of health but we have capture spoken with the binsville, N.J.: A diverse the Robbinsville Public School Betze told The Advance. workers and community across America. To center share your at the of “I’m fairly confident that finance committee andhere they’re District are close to an agreethanks or to supportitour Emergency ResponsetalkFund, all”), and basically ment for the construction of we’re going to be able to do all for it as well.” The township originally ing about what the coman almost 20,000-square-foot this,” Fried said. “I’m really visithad rwjbh.org/heroes recreation center next to Rob- excited about it. It’s a great See REC CENTER, Page 4 See FRIED, Page 11

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tin, who signed and supported a letter to Congress asking to extend the USDA waiver authority to schools and community organizations so they can maintain their flexibility in offering federal child nutrition programs such as summer and after-school meals to ensure vulnerable children can continue to access meals and snacks. “The Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger appreciates Congress’ ongoing efforts to help the millions of children who rely on federal child nutrition programs as a daily source of nutrition,” said a township news release. “At the start of the pandemic, Congress provided the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the authority to issue nationwide child nutrition waivers to ensure that children would continue to have access to healthy meals despite COVID19 related disruptions and safety precautions.” According to the news release: “Child nutrition programs play a critical role in helping kids learn, stay healthy, and thrive. Again, we urge Congress to act now by extending USDA’s waiver authority so that schools and community organizations have ample time to ensure that no child struggles to find their next meal.”

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REC CENTER cont. from Page 4 allow some serious opportunities for us to do tournaments.” He added: “Tournaments have become quite large, so having multiple schools to be able to do a large tournament is something that everybody envisions. And believe it or not, dance tournaments have become really, really popular.” “The high school is usually always full, so having another facility to do large dance or cheer type activities would be something else that we could do,” he said. “You’d be surprised at how these tournaments in all different venues are becoming more and more

popular.” The mayor said the building can also be used by the township for recreation camps during the summer. In order for the project to proceed, school and municipal officials still need to work out final details and then the agreement would go before the Board of Education and Township Council for approval. Betze said details to be ironed out include questions like responsibility for maintenance of the building, who will pay for the utilities, insurance and other similar logistic questions. “Once we’re both satisfied with that, we can move ahead with the project.”

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From my perspective, it’s all about FRIED continued from Page 1 munity has to offer. What are your training. We want to hire the best peothoughts about the article and the ple. We want to provide the best equipment and most importantly, we want township overall? Dave Fried: I’d say the thing that to provide the best training. It’s still I’m most proud about is certainly the shocking to me to this day. Robbinsville is one of the few towns diversity and the feeling that our residents have a great place to live. It’s a that has a training facility that allows great community. People are always police officers to go through advanced willing to come out and help one training. It allows real scenarios to be another. It’s an interesting sense of recorded while they’re going through community that we have. I think the the scenarios and, for their superiors, be able to give them feedback. article kind of touched on that. You’re not only to be training the The town has really tried hard to run Robbinsville like a business, and different scenarios, but they can then I feel that we’ve really accomplished see how they did, and the instructors that starting with the municipal build- can escalate and de-escalate the situaing and making it very customer tion based on what the officers did. At accessible and easy to do business the end we play it all back for the officers. They can see what with us. they did right and what We have done a very they did wrong. good job on holding the To me, the most line on taxes. We have important thing that done a very, very good every one of us should job of increasing propbe doing in policing is erty values and for me, I making sure that people look at property values, are trained really well very much like if I were so that we have good running my business. outcomes. I look at the share Sending people out in price. Then I look at, the street ill equipped how I return shareholder and ill trained and then value to our residents, hoping that we’re going creating a desirable to have good outcomes place to live. Increasing Fried is a fool’s errand. Unfortheir property values is tunately, some elected sort of the number one thing that I can do since most people’s officials out there are not speaking home is the biggest investment that with that voice and not educating the they’ve ever made. As long as we’re community that, “Hey, if we want to doing that, I feel like I’m doing my job. have good outcomes, we’ve got to have good training.” Community policing and Robbinsville was the first to put cameras on cars, the first to put campublic safety eras on police officers for a number of DF: We’re one of the safest places reasons. You want to protect the police to live, and I believe that’s not by acci- officers and also protect the public. dent. We worked really hard on com- Then those of us who are in civilian command can go back and look at munity policing. The sort of noise out there of polic- what really happened, and it allows me ing right now has been difficult. It’s to see whether that is or isn’t the way very difficult to be a police officer in that we want our officers to be reprethis day and age. I think the police senting themselves in our town. I think that’s one of the most imporofficers are feeling the pressure more than ever before. That sentiment tant things that we’ve done that’s very of defunding the police is tough for different than what you’re hearing, but the police officers to deal with and, it’s also why we have one of the better frankly, I think it’s completely wrong. and safer communities to live in. We No organization on Earth has ever don’t seem to hear a heck of a lot of done better by being defunded. See FRIED, Page 12

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FRIED continued from Page 11 complaints about policing in Robbinsville Township. RA: This year there was a change in the leadership in the police department (Michael Polaski was promoted to chief to replace retiring Chief Chris Nitti). I’ve noticed that over the years that the township has chosen a chief from within. Do you think it’s important to maintain a certain type of continuity or philosophy? DF: I think it is important, but I also think it’s a testament to how well we’ve been able to bring people through the ranks. I have not felt like I needed to go outside. Doing the interviews (for the new chief) I really felt like I had three lieutenants that all could have done the job. I was really proud of the folks that we have, and it goes back to our training. We start early with our officers and, as we bring people through the ranks, and we continue to encourage training. The police chief that just retired (Nitti) actually went through the FBI Academy, which is, very difficult thing to do. We’re constantly encouraging our people to be well-trained and we’ve got another one of our lieutenants who’s trying to get into the FBI Academy as we speak. So, we really do have a very deep pool of talent and that has allowed us not to go outside. If I felt like that wasn’t happening,

I certainly wouldn’t hesitate to have gone outside. I really consider ourselves very lucky, but it wasn’t by accident. This was a long-haul process. We probably have the highest starting salary for police officers in the area, so that allows us to pick, from a very large talent pool. It begins with hiring the best people and paying them fairly, and then follows up with training and continues on to the process. That’s really been our philosophy. And I really think Mike’s going to do a fantastic job and we really been able to transition from the last two chiefs without any real hiccups. RA: Can you tell me a little more about the training facility? DF: I will tell you, we had some real detractors when we first started talking about it. We brought our pastors (from within the community) through the program. We wanted them to be able to kind of speak to it. And we had had some serious police detractors who went through the program and they ended up shocked. They really came out raving fans after seeing and going through it themselves. They thought they were going to go in and basically see a shooting range. They were surprised at how interactive it was. How difficult it was. How we were able to show them the mistakes that they made. See FRIED, Page 14

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St. Patrick’s Day Party Joshua Harr Shane Foundation, Mercer Oaks Golf Course, 725 Village Road West, West Windsor. Saturday, March 12, 7 to 11 p.m. The Joshua Harr Shane Foundation invites guests to their St. Patrick’s Day party in a fundraiser consisting of lively music, an open bar, and a fourcourse dinner. Named in honor of Judith Harr Shane’s son, Joshua, who wanted to become a doctor before his passing, the nonprofit supports families in care of those with disabilities or illness. The organization pays for “anything not covered by insurance that the foundation deems necessary,” as Shane explained, with the money going directly to the source whether to cover doctor’s visits, experimental treatment, or even to dedicate spaces in medical facilities. Joshua Harr Shane Foundation has opened three rooms at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton — the Joshua Harr Shane Stroke Gym and Joshua Harr Shane Patient Rehabilitation Room for Physical Therapy in 2016, as well as the PET/CT Suite at the Cancer Center of New Jersey located within RWJ hospital — with plans in place to redo the eight patient evaluation suites at the Cancer Institute. At the party, the dinner options start with courses like salad and pasta, while the choices for the main meal are between filet mignon, chicken, and fish. Dessert rounds out the night, as well as different auctions, 50-50 rafﬂes, and giveaways. “If you attend this party, it is not [like a] typical foundation, you will think you’re at a family or friend’s affair,” Judith Harr Shane said. “We normally have over 200 people for this event, and it sells out immediately.” Tickets cost $100. More information: joshuaharrshane.org.

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for those advanced students there are master classes in acting. Register online at www.tomatopatch. org, payment plans available. Tomato Patch Visual and Performing Arts Workshops, held annually on the West Windsor campus of Mercer County Community College, is one of the longest-

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of teaching professional artists. A few weeks can last a lifetime — as graduates of Tomato Patch over the years have proven. Many Tomato Patchers are now professional artists and have appeared on Broadway or have decided to teach the arts as they were taught in Tomato Patch. Many have gone

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Counselors in Training (CIT) is $60 and is only open to Ewing residents. Additional fees for early and late hours. Multi-child discounts are available. Financial assistance is available.

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Ewing Recreation Department Summer Day Camp - 2022 Now is the ideal time to make your children’s summer camp plans. The Ewing Recreation Department offers a summer day camp program for students entering kindergarten through 7th grade, plus counselor in training programs for 8th and 9th graders. Camps run from June 27 through August 26. Registration is open at communitypass.net. Register and pay by April 11

and save 5 percent. Programs are open to residents and nonresidents of Ewing. Daily Covid protocols and cleaning procedures will be followed. There will be limited fields trips and no Teen Travel program. All camp activities, except field trips will take place at the Ewing Senior & Community Center (the former JCC) at 999 Lower Ferry Road. With indoor and outdoor facilities on site weather is not a problem! The camp has a full-time nurse and Red Cross certified lifeguards. The Camp Health Director is onsite daily and is first, CPR and AED

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certified. Camp days include swimming twice a day (lessons in the mornings and free swim in the afternoons), arts and crafts, nature, cooking, special events, entertainers, theme days, athletics, dance and drama. Campers have the option of bringing lunch or purchasing lunch from the snack bar. The Counselor in Training program is open to Ewing residents entering 8th and 9th grades. These junior counselors work with the younger campers and rotate age groups. CITs also have group meetings led by senior staff to discuss their experiences and grow as individuals and as a group. Camp hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Early hours (from 7:30 a.m.) and late hours (to 6 p.m.) are available for an additional fee. To ensure a camper’s spot in camp, registration and fees are due by June 5 for weeks 1 - 4, July 1 for weeks 5 – 8 and August 1 for weeks 9 & 10. Registration fees include all activities. Weekly rates are $265 for Ewing

Residents, and $365 for nonresidents. Counselors in Training (CIT) is $60 and is only open to Ewing residents. Additional fees for early and late hours. Multi-child discounts are available. Financial assistance is available. Recreation Department hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday and the phone number is 609-883-1776. Any questions email Nancy at npappano@ ewingnj.org. Ewing Recreation 609-883-1776 See ad, page 8.

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Boys and Girls! Ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop, contemporary and acting!

LEARN HOW TO SING, ACT AND The Central NJ Ballet Theatre presents DANCE AND BE The IN Nutcracker A FUN 2017! SHOW! A traditional holiday ballet for all ages!

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ENROLL TODAY Ages 6 and up! No experience required! Sibling Discount! FOR FALL! December 8th @ 7pm Villa Victoria Academy Theater, Ewing, NJ Tickets $20 adults, $15 kids

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Boys and Girls! Ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, hip hop, A Special Community Show! contemporary and acting! December 10th @ 2pm

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Carslake Community Center, Bordentown, NJ Sponsored by Bordentown Home for Funerals

Group tickets available though Central NJ The Central NJ Ballet Theatre presents Ballet Theatre or Donations at the door! The Nutcracker 2017! Proceeds of the 50/50 will go towards "Fill Father Matthew's Truck" food donation A traditional holiday ballet for all ages!

December 8th @ 7pm Villa Victoria Academy Theater, Ewing, NJ MASTER TEACHERS! AUGUST Tickets $20 adults,1-19 $15 kids

SUMMER INTENSIVE Week 1: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Week 2: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Week 3: 9:00 am to 2:00pm Ages 9 and up! Intermediate to Advanced. Ballet, Contemporary, Pointe, and more.

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December 10th @ 2pm Ages 6 and up! Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Musical Theatre, Arts & Crafts & more. Carslake Community Center, Bordentown, NJ Sponsored by Bordentown Home for Funerals Sibling Discount! Call Today! tickets available though Central NJ P:Group 609.424.3192 • W: www.cnjballet.com • 221 Broad St, Florence, NJ 08518 Ballet Theatre or Donations at the door!

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Hamilton YMCA Where Kids Can Enjoy a Summer of Fun At Y camp, kids can enjoy a summer full of fun, friends and new adventures while they develop skills, confidence and a greater sense of purpose. With 50 acres of outdoor space, the largest pool in Mercer County, fun activities ranging from Sports to STEM, energetic staff and daily special events the Sawmill Day Camp is the ideal environment for campers to find their spark, find their sense of wonder, find their adventure, find their friends and FIND THEIR FUN 2022! • Find Their Spark. Y camp is a place where kids can develop skills, confidence and new friendships. While camp is a summer rite of passage for kids to play outdoors and learn to swim, they are unknowingly rewarded with personal development skills by participating in their favorite activities and by trying activities they have never tried before. In general, they will leave camp with a stronger sense of identity and a better idea of what they love, which may help them in the classroom, in their relationships and to choose a

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career path in the future. • Find Their Sense of Wonder. Kids get to discover all the wonders of the outdoors while making friends and forming memories that will last a lifetime. A recent UK study commissioned by the National Trust found that children spend 50 percent less

time playing outside that their parents did. Kids say they aren’t interested, they lack access and are uncomfortable outside (bugs, heat, etc.). Indoors, they’re growing more and more attached to a digital existence and further detached from the natural world. Camp provides kids the perfect

opportunity to see what they’ve been missing in the great outdoors. • Find Their Adventure. Summer is a time for kids to explore new things and expand the limits of their imagination. At Y summer day camp, every day is a new adventure! Creativity can’t be stifled at camp because campers don’t have to worry about getting a failing grade. By limiting this kind of restriction, kids can let their creativity flow. • Find Their Friends and Fun. At Y day camp, your kids will make new friends and have tons of fun as they explore new adventures each day. Camp is a social center away from home and school where kids learn to work with each other and adult mentors, build relationships and manage conflict. Children look at camp as a fun way to spend the summer in the sun and splashing in the pool, but parents understand that camp allows kids to reap many life benefits that will follow them through their lives long after the sun has set on their summer camp days. We have worked hard to plan an exciting summer full of arts and crafts, music, sing-a-longs, science lab and dance to soccer, basketball, gaga, volleyball,

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swimming, fun special events and so much more! Our Coordinators are college graduates who are working professionals in the fields of education and child development. And, our counselors are second to none, having had extensive training to welcome your children for the summer. For more information, visit hamiltonymca.org/camp. Hamilton Area YMCA Sawmill Branch 185 Sawmill Road, Hamilton 08620. 609-581-9622. www.hamiltonymca.org See ad, page 18.

RSM-Princeton now has a new location! We are now located at 231 Clarksville Road, West Windsor! Recently featured in NPR and the Atlantic magazine as one of the key players in the “Math Revolution,” and ranked one of the best schools in the world by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, RSM helps children of all levels build a solid math foundation and develop their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Sign up for a FREE math evaluation today! Website: www.russianschool.com/ princeton Summer school provides a great opportunity for students to learn and advance without the typical pressures of the academic year. RSM offers a variety of courses through its summer enrichment program — for those students looking to get a head start on the academic year, or for those looking for an additional challenge in math. Our summer schedule is designed for students of all levels, from Kindergarten to Algebra 2 and High School Geometry. Course offerings include: - Math for Grades 1 - 6: These courses hone students’ analytical skills and enhance their

number sense by introducing them to abstract concepts. - Preparation for High School Math: Our courses in Algebra and Geometry will build up prerequisite skills and front-load the key concepts of High School Math. - Contest Level Math: Students are introduced to non-straightforward problemsopening them to the intrigue of math in the world. Students are also prepared for various national and international math competitions.

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Too much screen time over the past decade and its residual effects on young people have been exacerbated by the pandemic response of “educating by isolating.” Relegated to their bedrooms, basements, kitchens, and college dorms, most socially distanced students were FORCED to stare at their screens from March 2020 until May/June 2021. This extended time of keeping students from physically interacting with peers and teachers has resulted in a mental health crisis we will be feeling for a very long time. After 15 months of semi-seclusion, missed social opportunities, and frayed friendships, young people were acting out: antisocial behaviors, fights, emotional breakdowns, defiance, anxiety, and depression. Summer camps, however, offered an oasis of sorts — a reset, an antidote, a socialemotional vaccine. Campers, staff, and even school teachers had a magical and energizing experience being outside, socializing, playing,

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benefit analysis and are flooding American Camp Association accredited camps with registrations like never before. The pandemic has suddenly made summer camp as important as it should be. So if you’re interested in camp for your kids this summer, don’t delay — because many of the best camps out there have already started waiting lists! Andy Pritikin is the owner/director of Liberty Lake Day Camp in Mansﬁeld Township, NJ, and

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Mercer County Community College’s Camp College Register now! Camp College’s summer camp program is located on the campus of Mercer County Community College in West Windsor. Camp will begin June 21 with in-person camp activities for children ages 6 to 16. A sampling of Specialty Camp courses being offered this summer include: ANIMAL LOVERS Love animals? Love to paint and create different types of art projects? Then this is for you! We’ll be creating a ton of different projects with the overall theme of a love of animals. Our projects will include canvas, ceramics, mosaic, and more, with lots of painting. DAY IN COURT- MOCK TRIAL Play the roles of judge, defendant, plaintiff, witness, lawyer, bailiff, or juror in several mock trials. Learn how to make opening and closing statements, how to phrase ticipate in a final mock trial based objections, and how to question witon actual events. nesses. Pull all your skills together at the end of the week as you par-

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Jersey alongside a knowledgeable instructor. This action-packed and educational week will include the following adventures and hands-on activities: • Deep sea fishing • Tubing down the Delaware River • Hunting for fossils at Ramanessin Park • Hike and survey Sandy Hook and cool down with an ocean swim • Proper fire building and pocketknife use and safety • Assembling a wilderness survival kit from household items FISHING CAMP Discover fishing in our state’s lakes, streams, ponds, and a piece of the Atlantic Ocean. Learn successful techniques and clever tricks that will help you catch the big ones! Set off on a different adventure and location each day. Depending upon the weather, your camper will visit different destinations each day and experience a saltwater boat excursion. JUNIOR NATURALIST Learn how birds and beasts catch their prey! Flow through the food chain and discover how animals and insects adapt to life on our planet. Explore how a change

in the wind, water, and temperature affects all of Earth’s inhabitants. Build wooden birdhouses, dissect owl pellets, and learn how animals navigate the world using scent trails. Campers will also build a bug house to observe critters and identify animals by making plaster animal tracks. POTTERY PAINTING, CANVAS & MOSAIC Join our first ever creative camp aimed at painting pottery, canvas, and making a mosaic. Paint pottery on the first day of camp and learn fun painting techniques. We will be painting masterpieces on canvas in varying sizes using a different technique for each project, including mixed media projects. Create a Mosaic Mirror and a beach inspired vase. Learn to grout your mosaic pieces yourself. And don’t forget Counselor-inTraining, Acting, Music, Culinary, Academic Prep, and so much more! Space is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment! Camp College Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor 08550. 609-570-3311. www.mccc.edu/campcollege See ad, page 12.

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YMCA Camp Mason Camp Counts Here at Camp Mason, we say Camp Counts because for 120 years, we have welcomed campers to be a part of our caring, inclusive community where they are valued and can grow physically, emotionally, intellectually, morally and socially. We strive for excellence, relevance and innovation so that all our campers are empowered and improve their well-being. We believe that every child deserves the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve and we want children to know YMCA Camp Mason is a safe place for them to experience their journey. Our proven programs and caring, trained counselors engage and encourage young people and deliver meaningful and memorable experiences that keep families coming back year after year after year. We could go on and on about the benefits of YMCA Camp Mason, but our campers say it best! “I made so many new friends and now I know I can do anything!” – 14 year old girl Our schedule allows campers to try new things and improve their

skills while developing confidence, gaining a sense of independence, having fun and making lifelong friends. We hear from so many campers that their camp friends bring out the very best in them. “I come to camp for all of the great activities.” – 13 year old boy We offer archery, swimming, boating, arts and crafts, drama, music, a climbing tower, zipline, dance, digital photography and movie making, basketball and court sports, a skate boarding park, mountain

biking, hiking, aerial silks and countless other activities. Campers can even sign up for FREE off-site trips to explore our fantastic natural surroundings. There is something for everyone! “Camp Mason is my home away from home!” – 10 year old boy Campers stay in comfortable cabins with each cabin determined by age and with two counselors, ensuring there is always a caring, watchful eye on your child. Our staff, from around the US and the

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world, are professional, trained and prepared to mentor campers throughout their stay. By treating each child with dignity, we teach and live our values of caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, integrity and inclusion throughout the camp day. “At camp I can be myself.” – 8 year old girl 98 percent of our camper parents report that their child felt a sense of belonging at camp, and 93% of parents indicated that their child’s self-image improved as a result of attending YMCA Camp Mason. By connecting youth with positive adult role models and encouraging the development of independence and strong values, your child will thrive at camp. If you are ready for your child to thrive, develop a positive sense of self and have THE BEST SUMMER EVER, please go to our website at www.campmason.org, call 908362-8217 or email information@ campmason.org for more information or to register. YMCA Camp Mason

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West WindsorPlainbsoro Soccer Association A chance for kids to develop soccer skills Parents of soccer enthusiasts aged 7 to 14 need to mark their calendars now for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Soccer Association (WWPSA) week-long summer soccer camps available throughout the summer beginning July 11, 2022. Experienced soccer coaches will drill boys and girls in the skills necessary to improve their soccer play. This is a chance to have skilled trainers work with you on soccer. Our goal in the club to develop soccer skills for players at all skill levels. We have a great coaching staff for our summer camps who provide instruction with a goal of increasing skills through a variety of teaching techniques. It is an opportunity for camp participants to improve their skills — their technical and tactical soccer skills — through a variety of exercises,” said Brent Nielsen, who oversees the program for WWPSA. Full day camps run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a break mid-day for lunch and an option to swim at the community pool. Half-day camps run from 9 a.m. to noon. “All of our activities and games are structured

for learning and fun,” Nielsen said. “Campers will play a game at the end of each day to solidify skills learned and engage in friendly competition.” Campers learn and reinforce fundamental soccer skills of dribbling and mastery of the soccer ball with emphasis on agility, passing, receiving, and turning. Later in the week more advanced skills of attacking play, scoring, defensive moves, and preventing scoring are emphasized. The importance of teamwork is emphasized along with core exercises and personal fitness. WWSPA’s goal is to provide youth and adults the opportunity to play instructional and competitive soccer at the highest level commensurate with their ability, potential, and interest. In that light, WWPSA offers spring and fall soccer programs for pre-K through 12th grade students. Information about spring and fall programs can be found on the WWPSA website, adding additional opportunities for local youth.

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RA: The township recently made a deal with Hightstown for a new police and court facility that you’re going to be constructing. Can you tell me about the project and why it’s advantageous to the town? DF: So this is maybe the first time in Mercer County that two towns are actually going to share a police and court. We’re excited about it. Absolutely will save money by building one building versus two. We’ve (Robbinsville and Hightstown) been sharing space together for years, so we know that it’s going to work. Obviously our court building is at the end of its life. We are in the finishing touches of putting the building project plan together. Right now, because the supply chain is so broken, we’re looking at poten-

tially an expansion of about 30% of cost. We may be patient until that supply chain sort of smooth itself out. I don’t really want to spend 30% more of our taxpayers money than we need to. I believe there’s going to be a number of grants coming down the pike, and certainly we want to be in a position to be able to take advantage of those grants when they become available. Our strategy right now is to be ready to go as soon as the supply chain settles down and we understand what grants are available. If I had to guess, maybe spring of next year we will actually start construction. RA: Can you explain how the deal works? DF: They’ll be renting the facility from. They’ll sign a lease under which both of us will pay for the building. We’ll share the cost of construction of the building and then share ongoing costs as well. I believe the split is 62% to Robbinsville and 38% to Hightstown.

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The pandemic’s impacts on Robbinsville RA: You mentioned supply chain issues caused by the pandemic. We’re now going into our third year of dealing with COVID. What are some of the impacts on the town? Can you point out some of the things you thought Robbinsville did particularly well in managing the situation. DF: The pandemic was obviously very challenging. I think one of the things that we did well was that we were prepared beforehand and we were buying PPE before anyone else. At some point, little Robbinsville was supplying a good chunk of Mercer County, the hospitals and other towns with PPE. We’re also in a position to be able to also hand out PPE to our residents, which is something that not every other community was able to do. I think we also tried to keep a sense of balance and do some things interesting with our videos and chocolate deliveries and the pizza parties—just trying to be a little bit different and keep people spirits up. It was hard. I mean, it was a very difficult time. We set up a testing facility, and we put it in town center. Some people really appreciated the fact that we did it, and there were people who live nearby and worked nearby who were terrified that we were doing it. It was a definite balance. But it was the right

thing to do. We have to be able to take care of our own and be in a position to be responsible. Something we were responsible for, and unfortunately we weren’t able to meet it, was my real goal to make sure that we got through pandemic without losing any of our residents. Certainly my condolences go out to those that we lost. I feel like everything that we did helped minimize the loss of life and protected our residences the best that we could, and we were very aggressive on that front. RA: Looking at the upcoming budget year, what do you foresee? Has COVID affected it? Are there other factors or other increased expenses going on? What do you wrestling with as you go into the budget this year? DF: My goal is to always try. I go into every budget meeting trying to hold the line on taxes. That’s something everyone knows I’m going to work towards. This year it’s extremely challenging. Our costs have gone up dramatically. Even just talking to a some of our staff earlier

today, the cost of ink is up 400% for our printing, for what we do in engineering and construction. So everything that we’re touching right now is more expensive, which is going to make it more challenging to hold the line on taxes, but we’re certainly going to try. We’ve been very fortunate and blessed to continue to bring in great commercial opportunities, and they’re good commercial tenants and that continues to be strong, so that helps us, but this will be one of our more challenging budget years that we’ve had in a long time. But I’m going to do everything I can to try and maintain the budget as best as we possibly can. RA: I think, when people talk about or read about the inflation of that’s going on, they don’t realize that it doesn’t it doesn’t only affect your wallet and your family’s expenses, but it also affects govermental expenses too. So it’s going to hit people in that area as well, in terms of school and municipal residential taxes. DF: And also being prepared. I will tell you that if the pandemic taught us

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one thing, it was that we were woefully unprepared in terms of having supplies, in terms of having PPE, in terms of having things on hand. I mean, I think every single one of us was caught flat-footed. That’s one thing that, from our township’s perspective, will never happen again. We will continue to maintain a large supply of PPE, and we will be ready. RA: Has the township seen any money out of infrastructure bill that was passed at the federal level last year? DF: Yeah. We did get some money and some of the things that we’re investing in is making sure that we’re prepared for next time. We purchased a large amount of PPE and we’re purchasing some for it so we can be ready. We’re also trying to really start thinking through some of our infrastructure. Making sure that we’re covered in areas that, in my mind, keep me up at night. One is making sure that if power ever went off that our residents should be taken care of, and how we would be able to handle a lengthy power outage. A second thing that keeps me up at night is ransomware—making sure that the town is protected and that we have really good security and that doesn’t happen. So it’s another investment that we’re making to make sure that we can maintain services and we don’t we don’t wind up having that happen to us.

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Roti Plus a big addition to area cuisine scene By Joe Emanski

When Ramesh Hayban went to open a Trinidadian restaurant, Hot on D Spot, in Hamilton 12 years ago, he turned to his nephew, Shazard “Todd” Mohammed, to help with some of the contracting work. The experience building out a restaurant and, later, helping to run it, proved useful for Mohammed when he decided to start a Caribbean restaurant of his own: Roti Plus, which will be open for a year next month on South Olden Avenue, near the intersection of Cedar Lane. Hot on D Spot has been very much a family-run operation since its inception, and Roti Plus is no different. OwnMohammed owns and operates this restaurant with his wife, Veera, mother Vidiah, and his father-in-law, Vishnu Jadoo. Mohammed and many members of his extended family have moved to the Mercer County area from Trinidad over the past three decades, and Roti Plus, like Hot on D Spot before it, features a variety of authentic Trinidadian specialties, including paratha, curry chicken, bake and shark, callaloo, and of course, rotis. Trinidad and Tobago is an island nation just off the coast of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea. Mohammed moved with his family to Mercer County in 2000 from San Juan, a town just to the east of the capital, Port of Spain. Today he and Veera live in Ewing. Their daughter Neera, a recent graduate of Duke University, is in her first year of medical school in New York, while son Javid is a freshman engineering student at the New Jersey

Vishnu Jadoo, Samantha Rancharan, Vidiah Mohammed, Veera Mohammed and Shazard Mohammed of Roti Plus restaurant in Hamilton. Institute of Technology. Both children attended Ewing High School. Trinidad is known as a crossroads of Indian, African and Caribbean culture, and that is especially evident in its cuisine, which features a variety of curry dishes — including chicken, shrimp, goat, duck and potato — as well as the roti, a crepe-like flatbread that calls to mind Indian naan. “What I tell people is that most of the food is originates from India with a Creole twist, an African twist,” Mohammed says. “And there are also Spanish and French influences in our spices, even in our curry. What sets

us apart from Jamaican curry is, in Jamaica they use the curry as a seasoning, as a spice. In Trinidad, we fry the curry down and then add the meat to the curry.” All the dishes at Roti Plus are made in house, and all of the recipes are family recipes, many of them belonging to Mohammed’s mother and father-in-law. The recipe for the roti skin comes from Vidiah. “My mother-in-law and her sisters, that’s really a recipe they’ve perfected over time,” Veera said. Rotis are stuffed with pureed split peas (dhalpuri) or potato (aloo) and can also be stuffed with entrees like curry chicken, before being wrapped up in the flatbread. “You eat it like a big burrito,” Veera says. Another roti dish and Trinidadian specialty is paratha, also known as buss up shut. “This one’s really buttery, flaky it

pulls apart very easily. It can be eaten with any of our stews and curries as well,” she says. The buss up shut recipe is also Vidiah’s, as are many of the other baked items on the Roti Plus menu, like their salmon pie, aloo pie and Jamaican beef patty. Roti Plus also has a number of dessert pastries on the menu, including currant rolls and coconut rolls, which also depend upon Vidiah’s recipes. On weekends, Mohammed cooks up a variety of specials, including the bake and shark ($12.99), traditionally made with fried flatbread, lettuce, tomato cole slaw and shark meat. (Less exotic bake-and dishes, including bake and chicken and bake and salmon, are available all week.) Other weekend specials include whole red snapper (stewed or fried, $18.99) as well as a traditional Trinidadian Sunday dinner of macaroni pie, callaloo, stewed chicken and rice

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Left: Callaloo, the national dish of Trinidad and Tobago. Above: a dhalpuri roti stuffed with chicken and potatoes.

($14.99). Callaloo, the national dish of Trinidad and Tobago, is a vegetable dish, a stewed or steamed comfort food that can be different depending on where one is in the Caribbean. In some countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, it may be made with taro (known in Trinidad as dasheen) or water spinach, neither of which is always readily available in the United States. The Roti Plus version of callaloo is made with spinach. “Callaloo is a poor man’s food. When it first started out, it was like everything you can find goes in one pot,” Veera says. “Each family probably puts a little more of something or a little less of something else. It’s no one person’s recipe.” The pandemic has of course made things more challenging than they might otherwise have been, especially in terms of in-house dining. But Mohammed says take-out business has been steady since opening, and he

has noticed that more and more customers are asking if Roti Plus would consider offering DoorDash or Grubhub service. Veera notes that while Mercer County has a sizable Trinbagonian population to support the restaurant, she has also been pleasantly surprised to see a wide variety of customers come through the doors, not all of whom may be familiar with the cuisine before stopping in for the first time. “We have such a diversity of people from Hamilton and the surrounding areas who are willing to try the food, and after they come once they come back,” she says. “It’s nice to see that we have that kind of support from the people of the community.” Roti Plus, 1147 S. Olden Ave., Hamilton NJ 08610. Open Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Web: rotipluscr.com. Phone: (609) 981-7171.

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Neumann a key figure in girls’ basketball ‘six pack’ By Rich Fisher

After her freshman season with the Robbinsville High basketball team, it was amazing Allie Neumann ever made it to her sophomore year. With numerous girls transferring or quitting the team; the Ravens were left with one experienced player and a slew of ninth-graders trying to navigate the varsity wars. “It was brutal,” Neumann said. “A lot of times we had five freshmen on the floor at once and we were going against 18-year-olds that were D-3 commits.” So, what kept them coming back? “We kind of embraced the challenge,” Neumann said. “We just knew that what they had is what we would be chasing when we were juniors and seniors.” They hung in and after that 6-17 season it was well worth the effort, as they never had a losing season again. The Ravens entered their March 1 state tournament game against South Plainfield at 13-9, which marks the first time in program history that Robbinsville posted three straight winning seasons. They also beat Steinert for their

first Mercer County Tournament win since 2017, but lost to Notre Dame in the quarterfinals. In discussing the six freshmen from 2018-19 who made it through to this year, coach Joe Washington said, “Allie, Vanessa Sabol, Kailey Pacifico, Becky Blitz, Emily Reagan and Giana Bonfanti have all been extremely dedicated to what we’ve done here and bought into the process of what we do, and their families have as well. Hopefully we’re able to sustain the success they’ve built.” One of the key figures in that senior six-pack is Neumann, who leads the Ravens in scoring (14.1 points per game), 3-pointers (50) and free throws made (51). She is second to junior Kara Keating in steals with 48 and third in assists with 29. It marks the third straight season Neumann has led the team in scoring after averaging 13.7 last year and 9.8 per game as a sophomore. Entering

states she had 865 career points (for a 10.9 average), 119 assists, 160 steals and 132 3-pointers. “She’s been a very consistent player from the minute she walked in the gym,” Washington said. “Most of the games she was definitely going to be the focus of other teams and it didn’t matter. She’s still been able to provide us with a spark offensively and carry us through some games even.” It’s a lot of the same at the other end of the court. “On the defensive end she sets the tone for us as far as toughness goes,” Washington continued. “We’re an undersized team most of the time and we just played tough defense, it starts with her being able to pressure the ball. I’m just extremely impressed. She’s the reason we’ve been able to accomplish some of the things we have this year.” Neumann was not surprised by her bump in scoring this year, figuring it would have been a disappointment if

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she had not gotten better. “I definitely expected growth from junior year because I did a lot of work in the summer,” she said. “I improved my shot a lot so I was definitely expecting to score more this year.” Despite the extra defensive attention she receives, Robbinsville ran some plays that got her open on the perimeter, and Neumann also has the ability to get open at a spot she likes on the floor just through the normal flow of the offense. Interestingly enough, she was not born a shooter. “Not always,” Neumann said. “Sophomore year I had a lot of mostly layups and transition scoring. I developed my shot the summer after sophomore year, and junior year it started to get going.” What happened? Did she consult with a shooting guru? Hardly. “I just started shooting and they just started going in,” Neumann said. “There wasn’t any rhyme or reason to it.” Neumann began playing rec basketball in fourth grade, with Sabol’s father serving as her coach. She played AAU with the Mavericks for a few seasons See NEUMANN, Page 20

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NEUMANN continued from Page 19 but “it was nothing super serious.” Neumann also played for the RHS soccer team, but that sport has been overtaken by hoops. “Growing up soccer was definitely my main sport,” she said. “I played a lot of travel. I just found out I really loved basketball more so I started dedicating more time toward that.” Which turned out to be a good thing for Washington and his team, since she became such an integral force for the Ravens over the years. In looking at her stats, shooting 3-pointers is just part of Neumann’s arsenal. “On the nights where her shot’s not going down she’s able to get to the paint and try to get to the foul line, where she can still be a productive part of the offense,” Washington said. The coach slightly disagreed with Neumann about her perimeter shooting, feeling she had a nice shot from the start. From there, she became a complete player. “She was able to build on some of those other skills,” he said. “She can get to the basket, working on some different finishes that she’s able to accomplish now. She’s not always a vocal leader but she’s constantly doing the right thing and constantly working hard and I think that rubs off on a lot of the other girls that are her age and the younger girls too. She sets the tone of a game for us.” In assessing her own game, Neumann feels defense is where she truly excels. “I’m able to shut down a lot of the other teams’ better players,” she said. “One of our strengths has been holding teams to under 40 points this season, that’s been able to keep us in games even if we’re not scoring as much as we could on the offensive end.” Indeed, the Ravens held 14 foes to 40 points or less and were 13-3 in those games. Keating and Neumann helped provide numerous transition buckets with their steals.

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For make them specific to each patient.” more information, go to rwjbh.org/ Dr. Randolph explains more about hamilton. long COVID and how rehabilitation can help move patients toward a full Thursday, March 3 Introduction to Soul Collage. 1 to 4 p.m. Soul recovery. Collage is a method for unlocking the wisWhat are the most common dom of your creative, intuitive self. No archallenges people with long tistic ability necessary. Amy Rhett, certified COVID face? Soul Collage® Facilitator. $20, includes all These patients can’t navigate life supplies. without feeling exhausted. We’re trying get them back to baseline and Tuesday, March 8 then back to doing the physical things Kids in the Kitchen. 5 to 6:30 p.m. A Toast to National Nutrition Month – Get into the latthey used to do. Some do fine in their est food craze from sweet almond butter home but can’t exercise like they to savory avocado. Cook up some fun, and used to. But a lot of people with long sample healthy foods in new ways! For chilCOVID don’t understand their sympdren ages five and older with parent/caretoms or even know there’s something giver. Register early; limited class size. $5 they can do about them. per child/ $5 per parent/caregiver for inWhat can they expect in terms person attendance. of recover y? Everyone is individual, and what Wednesday, March 9 to expect is very hard to pinpoint. We National Registered Dietitians Day. A Virtual Program. 11 a.m. to Noon. Join Taryn Krihad one patient with COVID-19 hosetzman, RDN as she shares her passion, pitalized here for more than 70 days, dedication, and incredible foodie knowlso their weakness level was extreme. edge expanding to some of Americas MiOthers who haven’t been hospitalchelin Star restaurants! ized have fewer obstacles to recovery. Many long COVID patients con- Thursday, March 10 WRRC2 tinue having breathing difficulties, What’s Causing My GI Distress? 6 to 7:30 p.m. Symptoms of gastrointestinal conditions but rehab also touches on aspects of can include bloating, abdominal pain, direcovery such as nutrition, sleep and arrhea/constipation, and nausea. Howstress. ever, the causes are varied. Could it be IBS, How can rehabilitation help? To listen to the all-new 107.7 The Bronc Retro Crohn’s Disease, Celiac Disease or someThe goal with medical managething else? Dr. Shivaprasad Marulendra click WRRC2 online at 1077TheBronc.com or ment of COVID is to optimize function and quality of life. That’s what we do Tuesday, March 15 download WRRC2 in Google Play and the in rehab—it’s truly our sole purpose. “How Did That Happen?” An Investigative Apple App store. 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Director of Public Safety is one of the hats I wear for Robbinsville, but no one will ever confuse me with Miller Huggins—manager of the fabled 1927 New York Yankees featuring the likes of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri. Yet, I often feel like the luckiest man on the face of the earth when I look at the impressive depth up and down our Robbinsville Township Police Department roster. Last week, along with Administrator Joy Tozzi and with the blessing of Township Council, we were proud to announce the promotions of Adrian Markowski and Tom Egan from sergeant to lieutenant, and Det. Wayne Haugh to sergeant. These moves come on the heels of former Lt. Michael Polaski replacing Chris Nitti as our chief. I can’t tell you how reassuring it is to know, even after these well-earned promotions, that we can look down the RTPD bench and see even more qualified candidates behind those men inching closer to leadership roles. I sleep even better at night knowing Kathy O’Connor, with more than 30 years experienced and the longest serving member of our department, along with our other dispatchers, are on the job for our residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Policing is hard. We’ve tried to convey that message to the very best of our ability whenever we’re given the opportunity. I’ve said it at least 100 times: Imagine calling 911 and no one answered the phone, or came to your aid? Robbinsville, in my opinion, is among the best trained and most equipped police forces in Mercer County—if not the state. That is because we make the investment, time and again, to make Dave Fried is the mayor of Robbinsville. sure they maximize the only indoor He has lived in the township for 30 years training facility in New Jersey teach- and served as mayor for 16 years.

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