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The Social Profit Center at Mill One welcomed a new tenant at the end of May when Inspired Threads moved into the renovated 125-year-old former factory on North Johnston Avenue in Hamilton.

The move represents the next step for Inspired Threads, the nonprofit cofounded four years ago by Susan Colacello and Jeanene Leppert with the goal of creating employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Inspired Threads also has the mission of raising awareness of the sometimes overwhelming obstacles that people with disabilities face in the job market.

Inspired Threads has a small and growing workforce of people who design and make blankets and other products out of reclaimed fabrics.

The organization works with people from a number of area communities, including designer Margo Lee of West Windsor.

Many of the fabrics are donated from regional fashion design houses through another nonprofit, Brooklynbased FabScrap. FabScrap founder Jessica Schreiber is on the Inspired Threads board.

What sets the staff apart at Inspired Threads is that the See INSPIRED, Page 4

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West Windsor Arts Council director Aylin Green at the organization’s new facility, Whole World Arts, inside the MarketFair mall.

WWAC gets a new arts spot Arts Council opens additional location in former Bobby’s Burger Palace space

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Whole World Arts, located in the MarketFair space formerly operated by Bobby’s Burger Palace, is the West Windsor Arts Council’s new exhibition space, gallery, shop and a studio for workshops and classes.

“Because of our long-

standing relationship with MarketFair, the folks there approached me about West Windsor Arts taking a space,” says WWAC director Alyin Green, referring to past art and music ventures at the Route 1 shopping center managed by Madison Marquette.

Green says the property owners “have created other, similar partnerships with arts groups at other shopping centers around the country, specifically in Bee Cave, Texas, to actively engage the community. They offered us a one-year lease in which we pay utilities

and a percentage of revenues generated at that location. It was an exciting proposition that the West Windsor Arts board and I could not pass up.

“Before COVID we had been constrained for space.

Additionally, we saw this as an opportunity to more fully explore the concept of harnessing the arts to create a positive impact on our community and beyond.”

Green credits an NRG Energy grant for providing the project “with key start-up funding” to employ artists to See WWAC, Page 8

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Marijuana might be legal in New Jersey, but residents of most area municipalities will have to travel to another town if they want to buy some.

Only four communities in Mercer County—Ewing, Lawrence, Pennington and Trenton—are set to allow the retail sale of cannabis within their borders. Also on that list is Bordentown City in Burlington County.

Meanwhile, Bordentown Township, East Windsor, Hamilton, Hightstown, Borough, Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township, Princeton, Robbinsville and West Windsor and Plainsboro have either passed, or are in the process of passing, measures that ban the retail sale of the drug.

A law approved earlier this year by the state Legislature and Gov. Phil Murphy mandates that municipalities must vote to opt-out of allowing businesses to operate under six newly-created licenses by Aug. 21.

The licenses that businesses can seek in connection with the recreational cannabis market are: Class 1—Cannabis cultivator (growing cannabis); Class 2—Cannabis manufacSee CANNABIS, Page 6

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A full slate of events at West Windsor Farmer’s Market The West Windsor Community Farmer’s Market is all about the food!

Each and every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Thanksgiving, 17 farms and 19 artisan food producers, along with a knife sharpener gather at the Vaughn Lot at the Princeton Junction train station to celebrate why local food matters.

Located one mile from Route 1, with a new entrance from 877 Alexander Road, and spaced out across the Vaughn Lot to make everyone feel safe and comfortable, find everything from Jersey Fresh produce, artisan cheese and dairy products, beer, wine and spirits, ghee, curries, jams, mushrooms, add sustainably caught seafood.

There’s also grass-fed and pastured meats and poultry, farm fresh eggs, honey, teas, coffee, locally grown oats, fresh pasta and sauces, vegan chocolates, prepared soups, salads, and broth, alpaca fiber wear, savory and sweet crepes, baked goods (gluten-free as well), and locally grown flowers. Stop by for live music, community groups, and good cheer.

Voted as New Jersey’s favorite farmers market for nearly 10 years, market manager, Chris Cirkus says, “It’s Jersey Fresh season at the farmers market.

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August 7. Community Groups: Yes, We CAN! Volunteers; West Windsor Bicycle & Pedestrian Alliance; West Windsor Historical Society. Music: Magnolias.

August 14. Sponsor of the Day: Penn Medicine Princeton Health. Community Group: Mercer County Master Gardeners plus Spotted Lanternfly Information.

Music: Bill O’Neal August 21. Community Groups: Yes, We CAN! Volunteers; West Windsor Bicycle & Pedestrian Alliance. Music: DBB Jazz.

August 28. Music: Jackalopes September 4. Community Groups: Yes, We CAN! Volunteers; West Windsor Bicycle & Pedestrian Alliance; West Windsor Historical Society. Music: Ragtime Relics.

Sept. 11. Sponsor of the Day: Vijay Aluwalia/Edward Jones. Community Chris Cirkus, market manager of the West Windsor Community Farmer’s Market, Group: Lightning Lacrosse Music: Delta which is open every Saturday at the Vaughn Drive lot at the Princeton Junction Noir. train station through Thanksgiving.

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INSPIRED continued from Page 1 designers are all people with disabilities. Colacello and Leppert wanted to create jobs, but they also wanted to show the way forward for other organizations that want to create truly inclusive workplaces.

When they go to work for Inspired Threads, designers get all the training they need to be able to sort through and select fabric and to be able to sew and serge products using the donated scraps the organization receives.

By creating customized job descriptions that maximize the designers’ strengths, and by setting them up in a supportive, barrier-free work environment, Inspired Threads is achieving its mission of successful, fair employment for all.

“We want to show that people with intellectual disabilities and other different abilities have really strong skills and talents, and if given the opportunity, they can make huge contributions,” Colacello says. *** The Social Profit Center is the brainchild of community development organization Isles, Inc. It is a facility where “social impact” businesses and nonprofits can share space and services.

Inspired Threads joins Isles and several other enterprises already in the space, including Literacy New Jersey, Princeton Baby Lab and Front Row Seat Productions, a music recording studio. The move comes at a time

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when businesses and organizations are just starting to return to the office environment after the long Covid-19 pandemic.

Until recently, Inspired Threads has been run out of Leppert’s home in Skillman. That also became unworkable during the pandemic, so the designers have spent much of the past year working at home.

Statistics show that Covid-19 disproportionately affects people with disabilities, or with genetic disorders such as Down syndrome. So Inspired Threads has been extremely cautious when it comes to exposing staff members to potential risk factors related to the coronavirus.

Since the move into Mill One, many of the designers have been spending at least a few hours a week in Inspired Threads’ 1,000 square feet of space in the new facility. There is a common kitchen area as well as conference rooms that Inspired Threads shares with other tenants.

“We don’t have a lot of employees, but now our designers are part of a real community,” Colacello says.

“Every day when they come to work, they’re meeting people in the kitchen, in the break room. It’s expanded our ability to offer community integration and inclusion.”

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syndrome, and who today is a member of the Inspired Threads staff. Leppert still works full-time at Special Olympics, in addition to her work with Inspired Threads.

The two women found that they had a common interest beyond Special Olympics.

“We talked and we decided that we wanted to build a nonprofit that really could look at what it takes to have meaningful inclusion in the workplace, and share that with other people,” Colacello says. “We both care about the environment too, so we had this two-pronged mission, where we could create different things that people with disabilities could make that would have this other message of not putting everything in the landfill.”

Colacello notes that while many employers have adopted Diversity, Equality and Inclusion policies in recent years, research shows that few of these DEI policies include language for people with intellectual disabilities.

“There’s just a complete lack of opportunities for jobs and for training,” Colacello says. “People with intellectual disabilities want the same opportunities that everyone else wants — instead of someone saying, ‘This is the only job we have for you.’”

Margo Lee, 33, is one of Inspired Threads’ designers. Lee had worked at Gold’s Gym in East Windsor for 12 years, until the pandemic closed all fitness centers, leaving her out of work.

A friend who knew both Lee and Leppert suggested Leppert contact

West Windsor resident Margo Lee with a blanket she designed for Inspired Threads.

Lee and offer her a job at Inspired Threads. Lee started working there last year, and says now that even though gyms are reopening and Covid-19 is receding as a threat, she would rather stay and work at Inspired Threads.

Lee, a graduate of West WindsorPlainsboro schools, makes blankets and other things like purses, fanny packs and wine bottle holders.

“I really like working for the company,” Lee says. “I feel like home there because Jeanene and Susan

make it feel warm and cozy there.”

Colacello says that when she asks the designers what they love about working at Inspired Threads, they say that it is because they get to be artistic.

“They get to do things they love, and they’re things that make people happy. A lot of times, people just work to make money. But all human beings want to feel that they have purpose, and that’s a big part of what we’re doing,” Colacello says. “We look at our designers and the ways they want

to contribute, and build their jobs and experiences around that.”

In addition to her work with Inspired Threads, Colocello works as an inclusion consultant.

“I’ve worked a lot with schools on how to create inclusive learning environments,” she says. “I’ve learned personally the challenges that my son faced, and that I faced having my son as part of the community. I’ve really been able to leverage all of that knowledge and some of that pain to build partnerships and also to see both sides.”

She says with Inspired Threads, she and Leppert seek to look at the whole ecosystem around their employees and to support and manage that ecosystem. Their needs are complex, she says, and they live in a system that requires support.

From a parent’s perspective, she says, it is wonderful when you can see your child, as an adult with an intellectual disability, doing something that they can enjoy and that they are good at.

“We are pushing as hard as we can in our tiny little place,” Colacello says.

“But our blankets are beautiful, and what I’d like to say is that we’re bringing back craftsmanship. We’re training people to be artisans and making it so people can find their niche in life.

All of our designers who are drawn to work with us are extremely creative people. They’re artists, and they’re learning regular job skills too.”

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CANNABIS continued from Page 1 turer (preparing and packaging); Class 3—Cannabis wholesaler (selling to other wholesalers and retailers); Class 4—Cannabis distributor (selling between cultivators/establishments); Class 5—Cannabis retailer (selling to retail customers); and Class 6—Cannabis delivery from retailers to retail customers) If a municipality does not specifically prohibit each class of license by the Aug. 21 deadline, they will automatically be allowed in the municipality for five years. The state law does allow towns that are currently banning the drug to allow cannabis sales at a later date.

Also under the law, towns can’t stop the use of cannabis or cannabis products within the municipalities or the delivery of recreational marijuana from outside of town.

Officials in most towns banning marijuana have cited the Aug. 21 deadline and uncertainty about how the state will implement legalization as reasons for passing the bans.

“Our residents are in support of (the new cannabis legalization legislation), but I know they are also in support of this town, and they don’t want us to make any rash decisions when it comes to this very vague law the way that it reads,” said Robbinsville Township Council President Mike Cipriano.

Officials in other towns echoed Cipriano’s sentiment.

“We are not banning anything. We are taking a pause,” said Hopewell

Mayor Paul Anzano in a statement.

“In passing this ordinance we are saying we are reviewing our master plan right now, which will flow to a review of the zoning ordinance, and we will make a determination about which of the six categories we may or may not want in the borough and how much of them.”

Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin said the town is banning all retail sales, but will allow certain “cannabusiness” operations in town.

“Hamiltonians voted overwhelmingly last year to approve adult-use cannabis,” said “As we take our first steps in listening to their voices, we do so cautiously by banning retail locations and limiting other types of licenses to a maximum of two and to only certain zones that would be away from our schools, parks, churches and homes.”

Hamilton is also banning the use of marijuana on any public property, including parks.

The township is opting to allow two Class 1 cultivation businesses, which will be limited to industrial, manufacturing, or research and development zones. They would be prohibited from locating within 1,000 feet of a school, and 500 feet of either a childcare center, residential zone, house of worship or public park.

Princeton decided to ban all cannabis businesses after appointing a task force to study the question of legalization. Princeton Councilwoman Eve Niedergang, who served as chair

the Cannabis Task Force, said the group was unable to fully research the issue and recommended the town ban cannabis for now to allow for further exploration. She said that the task force hopes to craft a limited optin ordinance in the near future that would allow some retail sales in town.

Towns allowing retail marijuana businesses have all limited such establishments to certain zones.

For example, Pennington Borough would only allow cannabis retailers, cannabis delivery services and medical cannabis dispensaries to locate in the town’s business highway zone and the office business zone.

Lawrence Township municipal manager Kevin Nerwinski said that a number of cannabis businesses have expressed interest in locating in town and officials there are willing to allow them in certain areas.

“We want to situate these businesses (most notably, cannabis retailers) in zones as far away from residential areas as possible to preserve the quality of life of our residents,” he said.

The town is limiting cannabis retailers and delivery businesses to the Regional Commercial and Highway Commercial zones. Those areas include Quakerbridge Mall and Route 1 between Franklin Corner and Quakerbridge roads.

Ewing township is taking a similar approach. “Now that the recreational part has passed, I’ve had three developers already saying, ‘Hey we want to

come into town,’ and we’re looking at it,” said Mayor Bert Steinmann. “We took the same approach with this that we did with tattoo parlors (limiting them to certain commercial areas in town). We’re zoning in such a way that they’re not on top of one another and that they’re limited to the number that can be in town.”

Last November voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana, with 2,737,682 (67.08%) voting in favor and 1,343,610 (32.92%) voting against. In Mercer County, the vote was 119,390 (71%) to 48,171 (29%) in favor of legalization.

After the referendum, Gov. Murphy signed a package of laws that established rules and regulations for the state’s legal cannabis business.

The package includes three separate bills. One established a new legalization system, and the other two overhauled the state’s massive drug control regulations.

The governor also appointed the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, which has been meeting since April to establish specific guidelines regulating new dispensaries and grow facilities.

The CRC must establish rules and regulations governing the personaluse cannabis industry by Aug. 21.

Once the initial rules are established, they will be effective for up to one year. At that point, the CRC must readopt, amend or adopt more permanent regulations for the industry.

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That includes commissioning a mural from two regional artists who provide a glimpse into the creative energy of the region and the merging of artistic trends between Princeton and Trenton.

While street muralists Jonathan Conner (aka Lank) and Liz Amaral have been in a personal relationship, this is one of the few times that the two have partnered professionally to create a work.

During the painting of the Whole World Arts Mural, the two Trentonbased artists spoke individually about their work.

“I do a lot of different things,” says Lank about his work over the past decade. “Mostly murals, public arts projects, are most of it.”

Interested in street art beyond the wall surface, he adds, “I’m also doing a master’s program in anthropology (at Monmouth University) with the idea of studying public art and its impact and best practices to find out ways to improve the city — because that’s what I care about. I’d like to see the projects have an actual impact rather than just beautification but getting people involved in the city and space. We have a lot of un-activated spaces, abandoned buildings that need some upkeep.”

Asked to elaborate on approaches, Lank says, “There are a couple of different models. There’s what you call an open wall model, free space for people to express themselves creatively with-

out formality. There is a mural festival project, where you can set up a large amount of time for something that’s a pop-up and other organizations that can participate and inform people about the services,” such as HomeFront. “There are programs, but you have to meet people on the street.”

Lank says his own personal case study of getting involved with public art is through the S.A.G.E. Coalition.

He calls it a “real grassroots creation.

It started out as art for art’s sake and grew into something different.” That includes engaging downtown community members in actively addressing neighborhood blight through art and providing services for the poor at its gallery at 419 East Hanover Street in Trenton. (The project’s momentum was disrupted when the gallery needed to be closed for renovations.)

Although a professional illustrator for Monmouth University and a painter, Lank says, “I prefer the outside of the gallery versus the inside of the gallery.

I like spaces and shows, but I think you have more reach and impact in the environment. Also the unique space that you’re working with guides the way you’re going to paint and how to solve it.

Every space is like a puzzle of the logistics and how you use the space. And I like to work big, and outside provides the opportunity to do that.”

He says his interest in public art was lit by street writer and artist Leon Rainbow. “Leon and I went to Mercer (County College) together in 1999 and 2000. I bumped into him at Art All

Night in around 2007. He invited me to check out the Jersey Fresh Jam (the annual hip hop festival Rainbow coordinates). That was my first exposure. I met (noted Trenton-born street writer and artist) Will Kasso and we started painting together.

“I had been doing illustration — I had two young kids at the time — so I wasn’t doing art. That got me on to painting on a regular basis. I was always a designer; I had art jobs.

“I was working for Whole Foods Market — every store had a chalk board artist, and it was really great for letter practice and fun to illustrate things. But at the end of the day I wasn’t going home and getting the paints out. Getting involved with Jersey Fresh and the graffiti scene got me back into making art.”

Born in Trenton, Lank grew up in Hamilton and attended Steinert High School.

The son of a state worker father, who also sang in the Boheme Opera chorus, and a home economics middle school teacher whom he calls “crafty,” Lank says his interest in drawing and illustrating came because it “was my easy gift. I’d draw my mom a picture as a gift for Mother’s Day or a birthday.”

He says his path to illustration came from a high school program that had students take classes in Mercer County College’s illustration and design program.

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Reflecting on Mercer’s importance to his career — and later teaching there for a decade — Lank mentions his interaction with MCCC professor and nationally known artist Mel Leipzig. “Mel was a big part of my artistic life, and why I wanted to teach. As amazing as he is as a painter, he’s just as amazing advocating for people creating art. It’s never about how good you are at painting, it’s about you painting.”

Assessing the current state of the art on creating street art, Lank says, “The challenge with public art is funding.

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It may be easy to get support but not funding. Everyone wants to do a project, but when you start talking about the budget, it changes.

“The actual execution of (murals) is pretty labor intensive as well as intellectually taxing. Far too often people see your artistic ability as a gift or skills; it’s still a lot of work to come up with concepts and execution. That’s the kind of the big challenge. And with public art, it’s maintaining your own artistic voice. “ He says his interest in researching public art is to explore how an artist “can do work that is artistically impactful and enriching an environment and serves the public. To make the place more inviting and help people care about their community.”

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just art. It is a different way of thinking that can benefit anyone in whatever they’re doing.”

Taking a break from painting, Amaral talks about the creation of the mural designed to welcome visitors to the café-turned-gallery. “They wanted a tropical plant kind of vibe. They showed us pictures from a Pinterest folder, and it’s something we had to put together.”

About her approach to creating art, she says, “I do abstract expressionism, contemporary abstract expressionism.

Most of my art has a lot of line work, and I involve shapes. A lot of it is done intuitively unless, I’m doing a commission. With my line work I just let it flow in wherever it wants to go.”

Thematically, she says “most of my work is spirituality based” and deals with traditional images that reflect spiritual grow, such as Buddha and chakras points.

“I’ve always been going towards that route,” she says, adding that she also works in the healing arts as a reiki practitioner.

She adds that there was also a spiritual element in her family. Her father was a Boston-born Catholic priest in the Philippines when he met her Filipino mother, a nun. They eventually found work in New Jersey — he as a state corrections officer and she as a state taxation office employee — and settled in Ewing. Amaral mainly attended school there but because of a rebellious time eventually graduated from Hamilton Township.

Raised Catholic, Amaral says she follows a different spirituality that involves meditation, daily appreciation, and a belief that “everything is connected.”

She says that she always painted, did well in art classes at school, and was interested in the graffiti art her older brother was doing. But she didn’t pursue an art career, electing to study skincare at the Rizzieri School for health and wellness and worked as an aesthetician in Lambertville and Princeton.

She also picked up work at restaurants and found herself connecting with art.

Amaral says it was around 2000 when she took a job at Trenton Social and began meeting the group of artists who were working together and creating a movement that included the SAGE Coalition beautification projects and the Jersey Fresh Jam. Yet, she adds, her spark to become an artist came from one involved with another group in the area, sculptors moving to the region to work at the Johnson Atelier, when Hopewell-based Rory Mahon stopped into the café one night and the two struck up a casual conversation.

“He asked if I was an artist, and I said I used to be. I said I had stopped painting for some time because I had a block. He said to find a place in my room and leave the paints out and the canvas up and do a little every day until you feel you can do the painting.

“It was serendipitous that we met.

He got me to set up my paint stuff and a few weeks later I ran into Will Kasso.

He was doing live portraits during the

week, and I sat for him. That’s how we started our friendship. I painted a portrait of Bob Marley that he liked. We exchange paintings.”

She says she began learning by interacting with Kasso, whom she calls her first mentor. She also points to learning art approaches and techniques through her involvement with the Hive, which grew out of the Trenton Atelier, working with Leon Rainbow, and being active with other artists on various projects.

“Working at a bar in the Trenton community at that time you met a lot of artists and made a lot of connections and got pretty much involved with everything going on around town,” she says.

While still picking up healing art work and some substitute teaching, she has been creating murals for Trenton business like the One Up, One Down coffee shop and Championship Bar, selling works on her website, creating custom painted skateboards, and recently had a work accepted in the Trenton Transit Center arts project.

Then this autumn she will be an artist in residence for a school mural project in Vermont, where Kasso now coordinates community and educational institution-sponsored mural projects.

Summing up her involvement with art, Amaral says she wants to be an inspiration to people who say they always wanted to be an artist. People forget that you don’t have to be serious all the time you should just play more.

Art flows better when you just play with it.”

Focusing back on the Whole World Art mural, she says she was the lead artist and that Lank supported the work by “adding some of his expertise and fine tuning and adding more layers of flowers and foliage.” And that even though she and Lank have known Green through her own involvement with Trenton’s AbOminOg Intl. Arts Collective and Sage Coalition projects, Amaral says, “I’m super happy that they thought of us. It’s way nice.”

Green says that the new mural using Amaral’s themes “is a reminder of the tenacious power as well as the vulnerability of the natural environment. We will take inspiration from it as we build programs that create a vision for a more just, equitable, and sustainable world. I firmly believe that the work we do on the local level has a ripple effect that will lead to the creation of the world we want to see, and I’m so excited to start this new journey with the staff, artists, and friends we have met along the way.”

Whole World Arts, 3535 Route 1, West Windsor. westwindsorarts.org.

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Vacation travel is back to prepandemic levels for some types of travel and destinations. Mexico is the first country to fully recover with others close behind. All this means that passport renewals are at a record high. The US State Department has a backlog of around 2 million passports.

With travel being at a pause for the last year, most of us tucked our passports away and forgot about them. Now when we need them, they may have expired or be on the cusp of expiration.

My public service announcement is to please check your passport expiration date and your family’s passport expiration date.

Passports for adults over 16 generally are good for 10 years, while those for children need to be renewed every 5 years. I have heard from families that booked travel and didn’t check their kid’s passports because they assumed it was the same expiration as theirs. In the past you could expedite it and get it back within 2 weeks. In today’s environment it can take 12+ weeks for an expedited passport and longer for a regular renewal.

In addition, different countries have different rules for how soon your passport can expire in relation to the dates of travel.

For some countries it can be as much as six months – and some airlines will enforce the 6 months rule across the board for all international travel. In essence this means your passport is good for 9.5 years vs 10 years.

With the length of time it is taking for renewals (website currently says 18 weeks – though it could be as long as 24 weeks), it is recommended you renew in advance of when your passport will expire.

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Pretty in purple Lavender farms delight the senses

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The peak season of lavender at area lavender farms proves that farm fresh means more than vegetables and fruits.

Lavender is a southern European transplant to the United States.

Although it appears in several varieties, their purple-hued flowers provide a treat for the eye, nose, and, through oils and mixture, the skin and taste buds.

Getting immersed into the world of lavender is easy and easily done by a short day trip or a quick drop in at one of the regional farms.

And with the season fading over the next few weeks, it’s time to get moving.

Peace Valley Farm in Bucks County provides a pleasant summer day trip.

Located just outside Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and across from Peace Valley Park and Galena Lake, the 50-mile journey from the Princeton/Trenton region can either be a pleasant ramble through winding back roads or faster paced highway jaunt that can include stops at New Hope, Peddler’s Village and downtown Doylestown.

An item on the Visit Bucks County website, Peace Valley Farm was established around 20 years ago but underwent a renovation in 2019 in order to control water and support the cultivation of a plant that still yearns for home.

Several acres at most, the small farm provides quick access to the 3,000-flower field where visitors wander freely and take photos—like the French-speaking photographer arranging young girls in 19thcentury dresses to stand amidst the flower rows or, presumably, a young father taking a photo of his wife holding their child.

Tree shaded areas with benches around the square-like field provide the opportunity for visitors to rest. Seats are also provided around the barn-like structure that features a lavender drying station where cuttings hang on racks and an antique machine for processing flowers for oils.

The building also houses a shop that sells lotions, oils, scent satchels and lavender-flavored drinks. And since the farm depends on the shop’s income for support, admission, tours and parking are free.

Summer hours are Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Shopping online is also available.

Peace Valley Farm, 801 New Galena Rd., Doylestown. (215) 249-8462 orpeacevalleylavender.com.

Closer to home are the following farms currently offering weekend visits.

Princeton Lavender Farm on Lawrence Road — aka Route 206 — was started in 2016 and has blossomed into a farm that includes a barn for ponies, alpacas, and goats. There is also an apiary, events, and a farm stand that sells lavender plants, products, and honey. They also have special events throughout the year.

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Hidden Springs Lavender/Alpaca Farm is also open just on weekends.

The circa 2008 farm features 15 types of lavender plants and, obviously, animals.

The large, traditional-looking farm also produces a variety of lavender products ranging from oils to wreaths sold in its shop. The farm is also available for weddings and photography sessions.

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Schools would invite us in to talk about mental health and signs of suicide. We have dogs at all of our programs, from kindgarten all the way through college age. Some of the programs are tough.

It’s tough to talk about significant mental health issues. It’s tough to talk about signs of suicide.

Six09: What is it about dogs that helps make those conversations easier?

Baker: It’s just this magic that happens, this human-canine bond that exists. Dogs just make us feel good. I’ve been in schools where the students have said, “I need to go down to the nurse’s office to get my allergy medicine so I can pet the dog.” We sometimes go to schools for finals week. I was at a school where we had six dogs there. One girl came around to me and I asked her what test she had today. She said “I don’t have any finals today. I’m just here to pet the dogs.” It’s just amazing. When a school has a wellness fair and we’re invited in, they tell us that we’re the most popular workshop. There are so many kids who want to come to the therapy dog sessions.

We’ve just rolled out a new program for elementary students, and it’s all about dogs. It’s called Miki and Friends Go to School: Exploring Our Emotions through the Eyes of Dogs. I wear two hats: mental health advocate and dog trainer.

I find very often the hats overlap. What I discovered was that the more I studied dog behavior, I saw the similarities between human behavior. That’s what this book is all about. It’s about dogs and how they respond to certain things, how they have emotional responses, different choices that they make—the same thing that human children can do.

It doesn’t put the spotlight on the child.

We’re not talking about you, we’re talking about the dog. Afterwards, they get to meet the dogs. It’s been very, very well received. It’s a fairly new program because of COVID. Every place that we’ve been, it’s been very, very well received. One teacher told us it was the highlight of their year. I was very, very honored.

Six09: Can you tell me a little bit about why it’s so important to reach out and erase the mental health stigma?

Baker: That is so important. That’s our message. The statistics are really staggering. One in five of all of our young people struggle with some sort of mental health disorder, and less than 33% of those actually reach out and receive treatment. What I can’t stress enough is that 70 to 90% of all mental health disorders are treatable. It’s like any other significant illness, though.

The younger they are that we can educate them, the more likely that we won’t have people with substance abuse disorders and overdoses and suicides.

My son, we saw signs in him when he was six. We didn’t ignore it. We talked to his pediatrician. He saw a therapist.

It wasn’t ignored. I don’t want anyone to think that my story has to be their story. Kenny had a very significant illness. He was in that 10% of very difficult to treat illnesses. We also lost his grandmother to suicide, and that’s another

Miki, the original Attitudes in Reverse therapy dog. thing we have to talk about—the genetic component of these illnesses that lead to suicide. If we have suicide or depression or alcoholism in our family, we need to be very aware and watch the things that might show in our children so that we can identify these illnesses and help them get support at an early age. The earlier we treat, the more likely the success of that treatment. That’s the story. Kenny’s story is a sad one, but it’s a story that I believe helps to inspire those who are struggling to get help. Kenny said goodbye to all his friends the day before he died.

He talked to them on the phone. He left voicemail messages, email messages.

He said goodbye to everybody. But it wasn’t until after he died that at least a dozen young people said, “You know Mrs. Baker, I had a really bad feeling.

I didn’t want to say anything because I didn’t want to get Kenny in trouble.

I didn’t want to get him mad at me.”

So it’s important for all of us as a community to understand what the signs and symptoms are, let our friends know that we care, we’re concerned, and if they’re struggling, we’re here to help them find help. I don’t ever want a young person to feel like they have to take this on by themselves. We want to talk a lot about those safe, trusted adults who are there and who will listen to help keep them connected to the right resources.

These brain illnesses are evil, ugly illnesses that lie to us. They lie and they tell us that we don’t deserve help. That’s why very often these young people who are struggling who die by suicide, they never, ever reach out and ask for help because their brains are telling them they don’t deserve help. Their brains are telling them that their family, their friends, the world would be better off without them. That’s why, as a community, we have this responsibility to be there for each other, to listen with compassion and empathy and kindness, and to help our friends get help. We want to get people treatment early so they can be successful and happy in life.

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Caruso Physical Therapy and Nutrition is pleased to announce the addition of our new Halotherapy salt room. Salt therapy is a natural therapy that has been practiced since the 18th century. It involves dispersing fine salt particles into the air that are then inhaled by the client as they proceed to rest and relax.

When the salt enters the body anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties provide several healing benefits that can help to relieve congestion, snoring, and inflammation.

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Hamilton Area YMCA Serving the Hamilton Community for 70 Years The Hamilton Area YMCA was born of a need to serve children and families in the community and 70 years on, they’re still doing that — and so much more. Led by their history-making female CEO, Diana Zita, the inclusive organization accomplishes its mission through programs that nurture the potential of young people, improve individual health and well-being, and provide opportunities to give back to the community and support our neighbors.

Over the last 70 years the Y has transformed from a small organization providing programming, summer camp, and child care at sites including schools and churches to an organization of nearly 12,000 members (prepandemic). The organization has two facilities — the JKR Branch in the center of Hamilton and the Sawmill Branch in the more rural Yardville area of town — and has expanded and adjusted its program offerings over the last seven decades to ensure that they consistently serve the everchanging needs of the community.

Some of the programs the Hamilton Area YMCA offers are timeless, the things that our community will always need, such as: • Child Care • Swim Lessons • Summer Camp • Group Exercise Classes • Wellness Center • Youth Sports In recent years, the Hamilton Area YMCA has expanded to ensure that they reach every

member of the community. This led to the creation of programs that address friends and neighbors with specific health or developmental needs: • Diverse Abilities programming for children and adults • Healthy Living programs for those living with chronic illness These programs demonstrate The Y’s commitment to ensuring the impact of their mission of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility is felt throughout all parts of Central New Jersey.

Heading into its 70th year the Hamilton Area YMCA faced its most daunting transformation to date with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite the pandemic dramatically impacting the organization and forcing their doors closed, their service to the community never ended. The Y mobilized child care for first-responders and essential workers, hosted blood drives to combat the critically low blood supplies at local hospitals, and held food drives to stem the increase in food insecurity. Many of these services borne of the pandemic are continuing in addition to the Y’s regular programming now that the Y is returning to a more “normal” level of service.

As a non-profit organization, the Hamilton Area YMCA relies on the support of the community to do its mission work. The Y enjoys partnerships with a variety of local businesses, corporations, and foundations and raises funds through their annual giving campaign and special events held throughout the year.

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PYCC has reached out to and worked with many local organizations that include the Girl Scouts, SAVE Animal Shelter, Princeton Friends of Open Space, the Princeton High School Counselors, Trenton teen moms, and so many others.

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The Dental Difference The Practice for Scared and Anxious Patients Mercer County now has an award-winning general dental practice catering to the scared and anxious dental patient!

Dr. Kevin Mosmen, owner of The Dental Difference of Brick, New Jersey, has opened a satellite office in Hamilton, New Jersey, in the Lexington Square business complex — directly across from 7-Eleven and Hamilton Bagel & Grill on Route 33.

With more than 23 years of impressive cosmetic dentistry, sedation dentistry, and complex implant dentistry experience, Dr. Mosmen has built an incredible reputation for himself and his office. Being specialty permitted in SEDATION DENTISTRY, the office can provide you with the safe administration of oral and intravenous conscious sedation.

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Dr. Alfieri and his colleagues at AllCure’s offices are on a mission to raise public awareness of the causes of pain and the growing range of non-surgical therapies available to treat them. His multidisciplinary approach spans pain management, laser therapy, physical therapy, chiropractic, and acupuncture.

Within these categories are numerous non-invasive solutions that address every part of the body and are administered by a professional team of medical doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and physical therapists. This expert team collaborates to find the most effective treatments to provide long-lasting relief from pain.

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Brothers Anthony Alfieri, DC, left, and Victor Alfieri, DPT. patients describe their symptoms and medical history, we can create a treatment program that combines various therapies to optimum effect,” says Dr. Alfieri.

“Many patients have endured pain for years, thinking that heavy medication and possible surgery were the only avenues open to them.”

But new treatments are emerging.

The practice has invested in a new FDA-approved laser machine that has proved effective in treating back

and neck pain and plantar fasciitis, conditions that are becoming more common with an aging population, intensive computer use, and rising obesity.

With two highly trained acupuncturists on staff, this ancient therapy is now used to treat a vast range of conditions. Acupuncture can alleviate joint and back pain and migraines but has uses for conditions that may not be actually painful but cause discomfort, impact function and quality of life,

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and can lead to other problems.

These include allergies, anxiety, depression, and difficulties in quitting smoking.

Pregnant women can get relief from side effects such as morning sickness, swollen ankles, and back pain. Acupuncture also helps treat infertility, menopause, and menstrual cramps.

Unfortunately, Medicare and some other insurance plans do not cover acupuncture. “We make every effort to provide affordable acupuncture treatments,” says Dr. Alfieri.

A large percentage of the practice includes patients suffering from peripheral neuropathy, usually manifested by stabbing pain and/ or numbness in the hands and feet. This has many causes, from diabetes to infection or a traumatic injury. “There is no cure for this, but there are treatments that can significantly reduce pain, including laser treatments,” says Dr. Alfieri.

Cannabidiol (CBD) oil has shown promise as a pain reliever without the dangers of addiction posed by opioids. AllCure uses a pure form of Cannabidiol (CBD) oil that has proved effective.

“We want our patients to know that today, they have options,” Dr. Alfieri asserts. “A total cessation of pain may not be possible, but we can often bring pain levels down to a point where the patient’s mobility and quality of life is vastly improved.”

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Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy is a method of injection treatment designed to stimulate healing.

Various irritant solutions are injected into the ligaments, tendons, and joints to encourage repair of damaged tissue. Hackett describes prolotherapy as strengthening “the weld of disabled ligaments and tendons to bone by stimulating the production of new bone and fibrous tissue cells...”

Radiofrequency. It is a revolutionary technology which incapacitates the conduction

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Radiofrequency ablation of the median branch sensory nerve “turns off” a small nerve, which conducts pain. It is used for effective treatment of pain with long-lasting results. The outcomes are amazing: years of pain relief, lowering or eliminating the need for pain medications. Skin tightening, non-surgical face-lift, and smoothing of the skin surface have proven to be effective in the treatment of acne scares and sun damaged skin as well as cellulite and excessive fatty tissue.

Fall prevention and balance disorders treatment. More than 90 million Americans have experienced a balance disorder.

Thirty percent of people over age 65 will fall each year. That number increases to 50 percent for people over the age of 85. Falls account for more than half of accidental deaths among the elderly. Thirty percent of falls in the over 65 population result in hip fractures.

Thirty percent whose hip fracture results in surgery don’t survive the first year.

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Center for Neuro-Oncology Leads New Brain Tumor Guidelines Paper and Advances Participation in Immunotherapy Trials for Glioblastoma Patients Capital Health’s Center for Neuro-Oncology, part of Capital Institute for Neurosciences and the Capital Health Cancer Center, continues to demonstrate nationally the program’s leadership and commitment to clinical excellence. Recently, the center’s neurosurgical director, DR. NAVID REDJAL, led publication of guidelines for the treatment of brain tumors, in addition to announcing the participation of Capital Health in two new immunotherapy trials for glioblastoma patients.

“Our commitment to our patients is to provide exceptional care with treatment plans specifically developed to meet each individual patient’s needs,” said Dr. Navid Redjal, director, Neurosurgical Oncology. “To offer this, we have to stay at the forefront of new options, and provide leadership in the broader medical community on what we offer patients with brain tumors.

This allows us to consider what will best meet the needs of our patients, and be involved in taking care to the next level.”

Dr. Redjal, who runs the program’s multi-disciplinary Brain Tumor Clinic, as well as the program’s weekly brain tumor board where patients’ care plans are all reviewed by a multi-disciplinary team of experts, was lead author on a recently published paper discussing updated evidence-based guidelines for treating brain tumors in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology.

The paper, which includes co-authors from Massachusetts General Hospital, Case Western, Mount Sinai, and Emory, was part of his work with the Joint Section on Tumors of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).

Capital Health also recently added two new immunotherapy trials, being run by the National Cancer Institute as part of its clinical trial research program. Both trials involve immunotherapy drugs ipilimumab and nivulomab in treating glioblastoma.

Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses the immune system to help fight diseases, such as cancer. New approaches using immunotherapy are being tested to see how it works as part of different treatment plans. Glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive cancer that is very difficult to treat.

“Immunotherapy has shown itself to be effective in treating many cancers. Glioblastoma, however has not responded to traditional immunotherapy approaches because it is what is referred to as a “cold” tumor. Unlike “hot” tumors, cold tumors are not recognized by, and do not provoke a response by, the immune system,” said Dr. Neel Gandhi, medical director, Hematologic and Oncologic Diseases, and a principal co-investigator of one of the immunotherapy trials. “In a cancer like glioblastoma, new research is focusing on turning this "cold" tumor "hot,” to then stimulate the immune system to respond and attack the tumor. This can be tested by combining immunotherapy with surgery and radiation therapy. The hope is that future immunotherapy protocols will be successful in treating glioblastoma using this approach."

The Center for Neuro-Oncology participates in and develops numerous research studies and clinical trials. The goal is to help provide greater understanding, develop new methods to detect and diagnose those diseases, and focus on innovative treatments that are not broadly available to patients.

Clinical trials offer patients some of the very latest in care while giving physicians and researchers the opportunity to study the safety and effectiveness of new treatments. Participation is voluntary.

Our experienced neuro-oncology team carefully reviews study criteria, potential benefits, risks, and other considerations with eligible patients for enrollment into a clinical study. Once enrolled, our clinical research staff carefully monitors patients throughout the research trial and is available to answer questions.

Over the last decade, Capital Health and its Institute for Neurosciences have been trusted providers of advanced neuroscience care for patients in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Some of the most complicated patients we treat are those who are diagnosed with brain tumors. For those patients, access to advanced care must be coupled with access to clinical trials and supportive services.

Learn more about our Center for Neuro-Oncology at capitalneuro.org

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NEW LOCATION, EXPANDED TEAM AND HOURS FOR

Capital Health Primary Care – Lawrenceville Capital Health Primary Care – Lawrenceville, part of Capital Health Medical Group and a trusted provider of primary care in eastern Mercer County, moved to a new office at The Atrium, located at 133 Franklin Corner Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.

The office was previously located in the office building next to its new location.

Although the office is in a new location, patients will receive care from the same trusted providers, including DR. DIANA BUSH, DR. MICHAEL DASH, and PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT JACQUELINE RITTER. DR. KHURRAM ZUBAIR and DR. SRIVANI RACHAKONDA, formerly of Capital Health Primary Care – Brunswick Avenue, have joined as well. They are available for appointments and video visits to provide check-ups, sick visits and preventive care from infants to older adults (including women’s health). The office’s phone number remains the same.

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have learned more than ever before that finding a trusted primary care provider to manage your day-to-day medical needs is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your loved ones,” said Dr. Khurram Zubair, lead physician at Capital Health Primary Care – Lawrenceville. “Our experienced, board certified team is dedicated to providing the safest, highest quality care here in Mercer County, and our move to a larger space and expansion of services and hours further shows our commitment to improving the health and well-being of our neighbors.”

In addition to office visits, all of the providers at Capital Health Primary Care – Lawrenceville offer video visit appointments using secure connections on their computers or mobile devices for routine follow-up appointments or questions about medications.

They also provide easy access to experienced specialists and surgeons when necessary and the most advanced care in the region at nearby Capital Health hospitals when it is needed most – virtually everything patients need to keep them on the path to better health.

Board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Khurram Zubair provides care for adult patients. He has been affiliated with Capital Health for more than 20 years, including completing his internal medicine residency at Capital Health Regional Medical Center.

Prior to joining Capital Health Primary Care – Lawrenceville, he was part of the team at Capital Health Primary Care – Brunswick Avenue and in private practice since 1997. Dr. Zubair continues to serve as a faculty member of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Capital Health.

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Dr. Diana Bush is board certified in family medicine and provides care for children ages infant and older, as well as adults, including women’s health. She earned her medical degree at University of Medicine and Dentistry – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey and completed her family medicine residency at Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Michael Dash received his medical degree from Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon. Board certified in internal medicine, he provides care for adult patients. He completed his internship at Rutgers Medical School Affiliated Hospitals (Middlesex General Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey) and the Medical Center at Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey (now Penn Medicine Princeton Health).

Board certified in family medicine, Dr. Srivani Rachakonda is experienced in providing care for children ages 12 and older, as well as adults, including women’s health. She received her medical degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey and completed her family medicine residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pinnacle Lititz in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Physician assistant Jacqueline Ritter is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She received her Master of Science in Physician Assistant degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Piscataway, New Jersey. She is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and is a FMCSA-certified medical examiner for DOT physical examinations.

All Capital Health Medical Group offices use a shared electronic medical records system, which allows providers to access medical records on a secure network, making it convenient for patients to continue their care across our network of primary and specialty care providers. Patients can also manage their health easily while using our Capital Health Medical Group patient portal, which allows them to conveniently access information about any of their office visits online.

Office hours at Capital Health Primary Care – Lawrenceville are Monday, Tuesday and Friday (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Wednesday and Thursday (8 a.m. to 7 p.m.). To make an appointment at the new office, call 609.815.7270 or visit capitalhealth.org/lawrenceville for more information.

New Post-Acute Care Program from Capital Health Medical Group For anyone who receives care in a hospital, life after discharge can be full of challenges. Depending on the age of the patient and the intensity of care he or she receives, the care path after a hospital stay can lead in a number of different directions, including short-term facilities, long-term care or home. To help bridge the gap from acute care to the varied levels of care outside the hospital, Capital Health has launched a new PostAcute Care Program that is part of Capital Health Medical Group.

“The prospect of navigating health care after being discharged from the hospital can be daunting for patients and their loved ones,” said DR. JACQUELINE GETTYS, medical director of Capital Health’s Post-Acute Care Program. “I’m excited to lead the new program that aims to improve communication and coordination of care as patients transition out of the hospital so we can achieve the best possible outcomes when they get to their next level of care. While seniors are the most common patient population to be served by the program, our services are available to any patient who receives care at Capital Health.”

Acute care is defined as short-term, immediate medical care that is typically for serious illness or traumatic injury. With a focus on recuperation, rehabilitation, and symptom management, Capital Health’s Post-Acute Care Program starts working to address a patient’s post-discharge needs by providing a complete assessment upon admission to Capital Health Regional Medical Center or Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell so that goals for each patient are set from the start. To gain a better understanding of each patient’s needs, Dr. Gettys

attends hospital rounds with the Transitional Care team, working with nurses, hospitalists, therapists, social workers, and case managers—virtually everyone involved in a patient’s care—to develop a personalized discharge care plan.

Outside Capital Health hospitals, Dr. Gettys has established partnerships with short- and long-term care facilities in the region to ensure the best possible services are available for the next part of the patient’s health care journey after he or she is discharged.

Dr. Gettys, formerly of Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing, is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine.

She received her medical degree at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire and completed her residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, New York. She has been a fellow of the American College of Physicians since 2000.

Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing welcomes board certified Dr. Sylvia Bolock DR. SYLVIA BOLOCK, board certified in family medicine, is now seeing patients at Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing, a growing primary care practice in Mercer County. Fluent in English and Spanish, Dr. Bolock has more than 20 years of experience in providing care for adolescents (ages 16 and older), adults, and seniors. Patients who wish to schedule appointments for regular check-ups and follow-up visits to prevent illness or handle everyday medical needs can now schedule appointments with Dr. Bolock at Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing, located at 1230 Parkway Avenue, Suite 203, Ewing, NJ 08628.

“It is an honor to join the Capital Health team in the effort to improve the health and well-being of community members in the greater Mercer, Bucks, and Burlington county region,” said Dr. Bolock. “I look forward to meeting new patients, learning about their health and wellness goals, and serving as a dedicated member of their health care team.”

Dr. Bolock earned her medical degree from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey.

She completed her family medicine residency at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, St. Luke’s Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Before joining Capital Health, Dr. Bolock served as a family practice physician at Geisinger Medical Group for more than 20 years.

Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing consists of a highly skilled team of board certified physicians, including Dr. Carolyn Gaulker, Dr. Robert Hogan, Dr. Paul Pierrot, Dr. Tara VanHise, and Dr. Eric Williams, in addition to Dr. Sylvia Bolock, who are committed to supporting patients as they embark on the path to better health.

As part of Capital Health Medical Group, a network of more than 500 physicians and other clinicians who offer primary and specialty care, Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing offers easy access to experienced specialists and the most advanced care in the region at nearby Capital Health hospitals.

If you would like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Bolock or another experienced physician on the Capital Health Primary Care – Ewing team, call 609.883.5454 or visit capitalhealth.org/ewing.

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Capital Health Earns

NATIONAL HONOR FOR EXCELLENCE in Treating Pancreatic Cancer The National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) recently recognized Capital Health Cancer Center as an NPF Center for treating pancreatic cancer. After a rigorous audit, Capital Health earned this designation by demonstrating a focus on the multidisciplinary treatment of pancreatic cancer—treating the whole patient—with a goal of achieving the best possible outcomes and an improved quality of life.

To earn recognition as an NPF Center, Capital Health met comprehensive standards developed by a task force of pancreatic cancer experts and patient advocates. The criteria includes having expert physicians in specialties such as gastroenterology, pancreas surgery, and interventional radiology, along with more patient-focused programs such as a pain management, behavioral health, and more.

“Being named an NPF Center for the treatment of pancreatic cancer is a great honor for Capital Health, but it is even better news for patients who need our services,” said DR. CATALDO DORIA, medical director of Capital Health Cancer Center and a hepato-pancreato-biliary surgeon. “This designation is a result of the great work done by teams across disciplines at our Cancer Center every day and reaffirms Capital Health’s commitment to providing innovative, worldclass care that is close to home for patients in Central New Jersey and surrounding regions.”

Capital Health Cancer Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell, is the area’s most advanced provider of cancer treatment delivered by some of the most experienced medical experts, led by medical director Dr. Cataldo Doria.

At the Center, a team of physicians from related fields such as medical oncology, radiation oncology, gynecological oncology, neurosurgery, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, interventional GI and pulmonology, radiology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, colorectal surgery, thoracic surgery and other specialties collaborate and provide patients with a network of physicians trained in the most complex oncology issues.

KNOW THE RISK OF PANCREATIC CANCER Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancerrelated deaths in the US, with more than 48,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Though the exact cause of pancreatic cancer are not yet well understood, research studies have identified certain risk factors that may increase the likelihood that an individual will develop the disease.

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OBESE people have a 20% increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer compared to people who are of normal weight

DIET high in red and processed meats is thought to increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer

SMOKING is associated with 20 – 30% of all pancreatic cancer cases

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FAMILY HISTORY: 2 – 3 times increased risk if a first-degree relative (parent, sibling or child), is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

PANCREATITIS: Chronic or hereditary

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A West Windsor & Plainsboro murder mystery (Part II)

By Bill Sanservino

Fabian Nicieza, legendary comic book writer and co-creator of the character Deadpool, released his first novel in June.

The book, Suburban Dicks, was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons and is set in West Windsor and Plainsboro (Nicieze is a West Windsor resident and has also lived in Plainsboro).

Suburban Dicks tells the story of would-be FBI profiler Andrea Stern and disgraced journalist Kenny Lee. The two join to investigate a murder that occurs at the Valero gas station on Route 571 and wind up stumbling across a decades-old conspiracy.

I sat down with Nicieza in June, shortly before the book was published to talk to him about his new novel and his life in the world of comic books.

The first half of our interview was published in The News last month, and concludes below. It has been edited for both space and clarity. A full version of the interview can be found on this newspaper’s website at communitynews.org. *** WWP News: You mentioned that there’s a difference between how people have treated your book as opposed to being a comic book writer. As a fan myself, I have found that non-fans have been pretty dismissive of comic books.

Fabian Nicieza: It’s a lot better today than it was 40 years ago when I broke in.

Back in ’85, it was still, “Pow! Zam! Bok! — comics aren’t just for kids anymore.”

The medium has expanded its genre approach and its storytelling approach to adults in a way that’s far more accepted.

The success of the (superhero) movies totally changes the perception of who you are, in terms of being a creative person. I noticed that just with the book alone because, saying, “the co-creator of Deadpool” 10 years ago wouldn’t have meant much to anyone outside of our industry.

Saying you are the co-creator of Deadpool now, for the most part, even a 55-year-old editor in a publishing company who doesn’t read comics may have seen the movie—or at least knows of the movie—and has seen the licensing material everywhere.

It’s been a very slow turn of the wheel, but in my experience the wheel has absolutely turned.

Back at Marvel, we used to call people who didn’t read comic books “civilians.” There are still many “civilians” who have not really been exposed to comics and don’t read comics.

Me and my brother read comics, because that’s how we learned how to read and write English when we were little kids, and we always drew, so we just kept reading comics.

It wasn’t the be-all and end-all of my existence, but it was an important part of the maturation of my imagination and my interests in creative storytelling.

But none of my friends ever read them growing up, and none of my

West Windsor resident Fabian Nicieza (blue shirt) with cosplayers at Dragon Con in Atlanta. friends read comics, so I still feel like I exist in a very stigmatized world. Even though the world is far more inviting to us. To “our kind, our people.”

It’s funny, because I feel like the nerds won. I really do. I started reading comics when I was five years old, and I’m turning 60 this year. So, in one way, shape, or form I’ve been involved and engaged in this for 55 years of my life.

But, what I throw back at people when we have these discussions is, “what the hell, did we win?”

We didn’t win nothing. I ain’t making the Marvel movie money, am I? No, I don’t think I am. It is good, but unfortunately, nerd culture by its very definition has a really, really hard time being among the accepted. And as a result, they now have their own fractured infighting among their culture for what is acceptable behavior within accepted behavior. It’s a fascinating dynamic.

WWP: Talking briefly about “Deadpool.” What were your feelings about that actually becoming a very successful movie? I know you did get some credit in the end scroll for the movie. You and your co-creator.

FN: It was not an overnight thing.

The movie finally getting made and being released was a very different kind of a creature to wrestle than the character’s rising popularity.

The character’s rising popularity happened several years before that as a result of social media and the internet really fomenting and propagating, this trickster, kooky, insane character and your ability to have fun with him.

Cosplay videos really played a big part of that on YouTube, and the (Deadpool) video game played a really big part of that with middle school kids. I know from anecdotal, personal and professional analysis reasons that the build was happening well before the movie.

The first movie was excellently done.

They did a super job. It was the perfect story for that character. Just a loser underdog idiot character who has a low-budget, R-rated, slightly cheesy

and cheakily made movie by superhero movie standards.

I knew... that it was going to be a success, I just didn’t know how much of a success it was gonna be. The two movies combined made, like $1.3 or something billion.

WWP: I understand that you have in some way written most of the Marvel characters or maybe all of the Marvel characters since like the late 1960s, and quite a few from DC as well. Is that accurate?

FN: I was never one to do a good job of measuring that or keeping track of that stuff. To this day, I don’t know how many comics I’ve written, I don’t know how many comics I’ve sold.

I just have real rough estimates in my brain from what other people have told me. I knew though, when I did a little bit of a look at it, that around 2015 I had written pretty much every major Marvel character that appeared through the 60s except Thor and Black Panther.

And then I got to do two custom comics for Marvel within a year span— one of which was Thor and Hulk, and another one was Black Panthers. So I knocked those two off the table.

I’ve also written every major DC superhero character in a five-year window, where I had a contract to write just for them. I think that’s because I worked on a weekly book called Trinity that had a lot of characters in it, so I ended up having to write a lot of characters that way.

Plus I’ve done some custom comics for DC that included the Justice League and things like that. I’ve gotten to write Superman in an issue of Action Comics and in an issue of Superman. I’ve gotten to write Batman, in an issue of Batman and an issue of Detective Comics.

Dick Grayson has been my favorite comic character since I was a kid. I’ve gotten to write Dick Grayson as Robin and I’ve gotten to write him as Nightwing. I also got to write him as Batman when he was Batman for a little while.

As a writer coming through the industry in the ’80s, our goal was to get

a monthly assignment and be on that monthly assignment forever. If we were told we’d only be getting a hundred issues of a book, we’d feel we were getting gypped. Nowadays it’s really hard to get longevity on a series.

I could write Dick Grayson for a hundred issues without batting an eye. I could write Tim Drake, who was the second Robin, without batting an eye.

I got to write them two times for about 24 issues total, but I actually had notes ready to take me all the way through 75, at least.

But writers don’t work that way now, and I wouldn’t now, either, at my advanced age and declining brain power.

If you had asked me this 25 years ago, I’d probably have a different answer than I do now, because I was still in the thick of the discovery of it. The feeling of it being something raw or new.

But now I just kind of place it on a shelf like a trophy. It feels good, but how many times do we look at the trophies that we have on the shelf? We got to remember to dust the trophies that we have on the shelf.

I just feel like it’s a part and parcel of the whole of my career. Talking about it means less to me than when a fan at a convention comes up to me and says, “I read this when I was 10, and this comic meant so much to me.”

That means more to me, because I have those same feelings about the comics I read, when I meet those creators.

The last convention I did right before the pandemic closed us down was in Mexico City, and I was having lunch with a writer-artist named Jim Starlin, who is the co-creator of Thanos and Gamora and a whole bunch of characters.

I grew up reading his books, and I’ve known him for years now. We’ve interacted on and off at conventions for years, and we’ve had meals together, but I was having lunch with him during the convention, and I looked across the table and just thought to myself for one second, “I’m freaking having lunch with Jim Starlin.”

If you told me when I was 12 years old that I’d be having lunch with Jim Starlin, my brain would have popped like a zit.

So I try to maintain a healthy perspective. Very early in my career, somebody waited in line for two hours for an autograph at San Diego Comic-Con. It was a mass signing and there was a huge line.

One guy came up to me and he had no comics to sign. I looked up, I go, “you have nothing to sign.”

He goes, “No, I just wanted to tell you that you suck,” and I’m like, “dude, how long did you wait?”

He’s like “90 minutes” and another guy goes, “an hour and 45 minutes,” and I go “you waited an hour and 45 minutes to tell me I suck?”

He goes “ yup.” And I go, “was it worth it?” He goes,“Yup.” I go, “have a good day” and a bunch of people hanging around the table are like “ohhh, ohh!” and I was like “No! How is he See NICIEZA, Page 16

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NICIEZA continued from Page 15 gonna know I suck unless he bought the book?” and if he bought the book then he already put money in my pocket. So what do I care, you know?

So you have to have a healthy perspective on that kind of stuff or you’re gonna drive yourself crazy thinking you’re more than you really are or thinking you’re less than you really are.

I’ve had people break down and cry on my shoulder, because they have social issues that Deadpool has helped them work their way through, or they read a story when they were younger.

That’s not the experience that every reader is going to be bringing to the table, so you have got to balance all of that out, and then try to stay in the middle. If you go one way or the other, you’re going to derail, and I know lots of friends who derailed, because they think they’re a lot more than they are, or they think they’re a lot less than they are.

WWP: Let’s talk about the book.

Can you give me a summary of what the story of the book is?

FN: What the story is and what the story is about are two slightly different things, I hope. The story is about two people who should be far more than they are getting an opportunity to be.

Andrea Stern, who is 34 years old, should have been an FBI profiler. She is currently pregnant with her fifth child.

The first child is the reason she was not an FBI profiler.

Kenny Lee is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who happened to have won that Pulitzer Prize when he was just getting out of college.

He is working for a weekly suburban newspaper and thinks that that’s not what he should be. He’s wrong in all the ways you could be wrong, because he doesn’t do what he should be doing to be who he should be.

They had been high school friends, because she used to date his brother, and he was always head over heels for her in a childish sort of way.

The two of them come together to solve the murder of a gas station attendant in West Windsor, and the murder of the gas station attendant ends up being caused as the result of a secret that’s being hidden about a 50-year-old crime.

That crime also implicates members of the police department and members of the township administration who have been hiding a generational secret.

The people who are actually doing the hiding had nothing to do with the original crime, they inherited the secret, so they’re continuing to hide it.

As a result of their journey towards uncovering the old crime while trying to solve the present-day murder.

We explore aspects of suburbia that we all tend to acknowledge exists, but do so in a very, very timid and quiet manner—not the least of which is white fear of change and cultural demographic changes that are occurring in many suburban areas.

Certainly here in the tri-state area, but elsewhere in the country as well.

So what the book is about is white fear of change. What the story is are two

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people trying to reclaim their lives and thinking that solving these murders will do that, which isn’t really the case. But it’s the brass ring they’re trying to reach and go for.

WWP: It’s interesting that you chose West Windsor-Plainsboro as the setting for the story, because WW-P is different from any other community that I cover or have covered in the central Jersey area.

I’ve seen the transition from the late ’80s to what it is now, which is one of the most diverse communities in the area. And I have personally experienced the white fear of change. Why did you choose to set it in West Windsor and Plainsboro other than the fact that you’ve lived in the area for so many years?

FN: In all honesty, that was the main impetus for doing so originally, because it was the community that I lived in, I understood it at least on a tactile level.

I knew where places were, and I knew where things were happening.

That allowed me to structure a story where I could manipulate the movement of characters. I knew where the soccer fields are, because I coached on the soccer fields. I know where to get a bagel, because I go to get a bagel at the Bagel Hole. I know what the train whistle is like, because I know what that train whistle is like. And I understand what the sludge and grind of the commute into the city is like, because I’ve done it.

So at the original time that I set this, it was because it’s what I knew combined with the fact that it had a natural impetus for my frustration, which was the gun club story that we talked about earlier.

What happens and in some ways, the best thing about the amount of time it took me to write the book is that in that time, 20 years, I watched that change continue to happen here, and I lived through that change, both in West Windsor and in Plainsboro.

I drove the soccer van that had seven kids in it—you have not smelled horror until you’ve been in a soccer van after a game when they all took their cleats off at the same time—and that soccer van had my daughter, Pakistani, Indian, African American and Hispanic kids.

There were seven kids, all from different cultural backgrounds in one van going to and from a soccer game, you know, and that was out of a 15 player roster.

I distinctly remember, I would be a fly on the wall. I would just listen to all of them yapping, and I would just try to pick stuff up from them as they were talking—and I don’t mean cool teen lingo, because you just sound pathetic when you try to use it in your writing.

I mean, their attitudes, their thoughts, what they were hearing, what they

were seeing. Discussing a teacher at school who picked on the Indian kids, and I’m just listening like, “Oh, that’s interesting.”

None of it in the book came out of any one situation, one instance, or one person. I just kind of absorbed all of it, combined with my own immigrant experience.

I didn’t even think about that while I was writing the book, but as I was talking about the book. When my editor originally was interested in buying it, he had a bunch of questions for me to try to understand where it was coming from, because before they’re going to commit to purchasing something, they want to get an idea of who the author is and what they’re thinking.

It started to make me realize that I’ve had these foundational elements of being “the other” in my DNA since I was a little kid.

Now I can pass as comfortably Caucasian in the United States, but my last name is funny, and it was funny back then especially.

I can only imagine how when I was younger my friend’s parents would see my last name and it would make their heads spin.

I know that I wasn’t invited to birthday parties for the kids who lived in the houses on the other side of Ernston Road (in Sayreville), because I lived in the apartments on my side of Ernston Road.

And I remember the look on store associates’ or clerks’ faces when my parents would speak to them with heavy accents and that look on their faces.

That hasn’t changed. It’s still the same.

It doesn’t change the almost genetic fear we have as a people of assimilation.

Too much of our entire societal structure is predicated on one race of people believing they’re better than everyone else. And that’s just an absolute truth.

It doesn’t mean it’s an individual truth, but it is a systemic truth to our civilization, and within that systemic whole there are countless individuals who don’t think that.

There are countless individuals in my book who don’t think that, but there are also individuals who do think that way, because those individuals exist.

I’m not a mathematician, so I’m not going to apportion whether it’s a greater percentage than, or a less percentage than of us versus them. I’m not even gonna think that way. All I’m going to try to do is absorb some human truths and regurgitate them in a hopefully, bluntly entertaining and sarcastic manner, because that’s what I try to do.

As a result of having written a book and talking about the book, I’ve gone back and looked at other aspects of my own work in the past, and realized that I’ve always had this natural leaning towards writing about “The Underdogs”

‘I wrote X-Men for three years, and it was the number one selling book Marvel had.

It was selling 700,000 copies a month at that time.’

assimilating together.

I had a 53-issue run on a book called New Warriors. It was my foundational Marvel superhero comic. The success of that book against the tide of what everyone thought it was going to be, made my career.

By issue 50 of that book, we did a cover that showed all the characters that were currently available as potential New Warriors members, and the amount of diversity on that cover in comparison to the average Marvel comic book at that time is striking.

There were African-American faces and Hispanic faces and Asian faces, and that wasn’t the norm back then.

I was in my early 30s when I was doing that, and I don’t even think it was a conscious choice. I just understood that, for me, it’s also a very cheap out. And I admit that. If you’re writing to diversity, you’re not writing for the sake of appeasing someone else, you’re writing to make your own life easier, in many ways, because that automatically creates character dynamics, interaction, conflict, drama.

Just because of the differences between the characters and their backgrounds, you can draw more out of them in almost any given situation.

So I always thought of it as the cheap way out— the easy way out for me.

Nowadays, everyone says if you’re doing that, you’re doing it to appease the reader, the audience. For 30 years, I’ve always been thinking it was just the opposite. It was just me trying to simplify my own life and make it easier for me as a writer.

Allow the characters to generate the conflicts themselves without me having to figure out where it might come from.

And I wrote the book to basically the same extent. The Kenny Lee character was originally Caucasian because it was originally more of a template for me. But we changed him to be Asian-American, because it made a lot more sense. Both for the place the character lived in, and the kind of character he needed to be.

It did not really change any of his dialogue at all. He’s still the same character that he always was, but it changed some of his ability to interact with other characters in a more interesting way, and it really changed the strength of the dynamic within his own family relationships.

He has a bit of a cliche tiger mom, and his mom is not a cliche in terms of academic achievement. She’s a tiger mom in terms of success and perceptual success.

As a result of his failures all through his 20s, it creates a much better dynamic between him and his mother, because he’s the failed son now and that’s great because that’s exactly what he needs to hit his head against the wall even harder.

I already had a lot of diversity within the context of where the characters were interacting with each other in the world they were interacting in, which is here, West Windsor and Plainsboro. But it allowed me to create more dynamic interaction between the characters and what they were going through in the book.

WWP: You mentioned a TV deal.

What can you tell me about that?

FN: Yeah, the book was optioned for TV development already. The question is when that starts happening, if it starts happening.

You never know, but let’s say it does, the questions will be: Are they able to properly display that diversity while combining it with the slightly excessive, almost farcical aspects of it?

Sometimes it’s easier to get away with that in prose than it is to do when you’re seeing people on screen, and I’m curious to see what they end up doing with that, when they get to it, if they get to it.

WWP: Yeah. The fine line is that I think you do an excellent job of getting the sarcasm across of the situation, and not actually believing that this is the message that you’re trying to put out there.

FN: I went on the West Windsor Peeps (Facebook group) and drew a group of about six or so readers for the book. I did it specifically to gauge the cultural presentation in the book. I wanted their feedback before so that I would have their responses in my pocket, should the publisher have any questions about it.

I sent them a cover letter with the manuscript, and I said, “When you’re reading this, be aware that there are some things in it that might offend you, but the goal is not to offend you. The goal is to offend everyone. So if you read it with the idea that it is an equal opportunity offender, my request to you is that you tell me that I am successfully offending everyone equally. Then I’m fine.

But if I’m offending too heavily in one direction or another, then I’m missing my mark.

Every one of them came back— I think it was four Indians and two or three Chinese—and every one of them said, “You did what you said you wanted to do. You made fun of everybody.”

The second book, thematically, is not about diversity or anything like that.

The theme is all about marriage. So, my goal is to offend every married couple on the planet. Not just any one married couple in particular.

WWP: I think that’s a pretty common theme especially among married people.

FN: An interesting thing for me is that I came up with this whole book idea when I was in my early 30s. Me and all my friends were all in the same kinda time period where we’re all having gotten recently married or just getting married, and all of us starting to have our first kid.

So I find it interesting for me, as a writer, that I am writing 25 years— almost 30 years—removed from what I was. So these characters are all going through things that in one way or another, that I went through.

Even the Kenny stuff—the extreme failure on his part and his insecurities about them was honestly really born of me being in my early 30s writing for Marvel Comics, writing the number one comic book in the industry, and making more money than I ever thought I would make at that time.

Fabian Nicieza at the La Mole Comic Convention in Mexico City.

And I thought to myself, what the hell do I do next? I’m 33 years old. This is what I wanted to do since I was a kid, and I’ve already done it. So, I had an absolute deep-rooted sense of insecurity about what I would ever be able to do to top it.

It took me a little while to get through the idea that you’re not topping anything, you’re just doing the next job.

You’re doing the next creative assignment that gives you a chance to tell a story that entertains somebody.

But at that time, when I first started, it was the “what the hell do I do next?” So with Kenny you get a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at 22 years old, and then he gets fired for cheating and lying in his stories. What do you do next?

WWP: The successful comic book that you just mentioned, which one was that?

FN: I wrote X-Men for three years and it was the number one selling book Marvel had. It was selling 700,000 copies a month at that time. At one point, the combined total of the books I was writing for Marvel through 93 through 94 I think averaged like 1.9 million copies sold a month.

WWP: Now that you’ve finally written your book, what are your feelings about that accomplishment? And not only that, but that it’s been well received.

FN: I’ve gotten through the phase of feeling really proud as far as the selfaccomplishment is concerned. I got through that already because of the amount of time that it’s been.

Seeing it as a real thing. It’s interesting, it didn’t do as much for me as it would have, I think, if it came out eight months ago or so.

I’m proud of having done it and more so now at the age that I am, but a part of me always says, “you idiot why couldn’t you have done this 10 years ago. Think how much more you would have enjoyed it or profited from it.”

There’s that part of me fighting the sense of satisfaction that I did it and

that it’s getting good reviews. It’s really weird to ask me that, because I don’t believe any of them are real. I don’t think they’re true because I’ve existed an entire writing life, being lauded for my excellent mediocrity. I have attained a level of mediocrity in my field. That is almost unparalleled among my peers and I’ve been really overall, pretty comfortable with that.

I have never been nominated for an award in comics. To the point where, if I were nominated today, I would seriously question the judgment of those nominating me.

I have seen too many things of mine reviewed, good and bad. It’s nice, it’s good, it helps promotion and publicity. It looks better on a little social media card if you got a good review than if you put out a social media card that says “1 star, this book sucks.”

But for me personally it doesn’t do that much that’s going to make me any different tomorrow. I asked my kids to please call me Kirkus-starred-reviewDad now, but other than that subtle little change, everything’s been normal.

I’m just waiting for the bad reviews to come in. The good reviews, maybe the anomaly to the whole thing. The bad reviews might start coming when the book comes out. Wait till New York Times savages me or something like that.”

I try to always use anger and frustration and insecurity as my fuel, my driving forces. I tend to take a onestar review over five five-star reviews, because that one star review is the per-

son I want to convince to look at the next one.

Because of the nature of the work I do, because of the monthly cyclical nature of the publication of comic books, we never had the luxury of looking in the rearview mirror too much.

I grew up in that grind, and it’s not that different from newspaper work.

Yesterday’s story. Yes, you have to make sure that you got it right. You have to vet it make sure you didn’t made a mistake, you are already working on, not only tomorrow’s story, but next week’s story, and next month’s story, right?

I’m the same way. I’m almost not worried about what my editor thinks about book two anymore because I gotta worry about writing book three. Even with that long lead time, it’s how I’m trying to keep it going.

My vested interest, as much mentally as financially, is to have a book three, four and five, because I’ve enjoyed this quite a lot. The second book was so much more fun to write and easier to write than the first book was. I feel like I learned how to ride the bike. To me, that’s the impetus. I want to keep riding that bike.

WWP: One final question. What do you think your reaction would have been if someone were to tell you when you were young about the things you would accomplish in your life?

FN: I think 15-year-old me would have said two things: That’s really cool, and the hell happened to my hair?

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Grovers Mill – A legacy of history 1700s-era building, at 474 Cranbuy Road, marks the traditional home of the Bergen family. And several others at the heart of the community date to the same century.

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Each month, the Historical Society of West Windsor—a nonprofit dedicated to documenting, preserving, and publicizing the history of our town—publishes a column covering the area’s surprisingly rich heritage.

This month, we’ll keep with our theme of exploring West Windsor’s oldest neighborhoods by covering Grovers Mill.

The mill

Origins

Grovers Mill, centered around the intersection of 1700s-era Clarksville and Cranbury roads, is a centuries-old hamlet historically tied to its namesake mill that was once powered by the flow of Bear Brook.

We currently don’t know when the community was settled. Longtime— but uncorroborated—legend posits that the Van Nest family bought much of the area from an indigenous Lëni Lënape woman named “Idah” in the 1600s. However, a more certain date is 1737, when Nicholas Stevens purchased about 1,000 acres for 206 pounds from David Lyell Jr.— son of one of West Windsor’s earliest landowners.

Grovers Mill as it appeared in centuries past. Featured are the mill on the left and the millwright’s house in the center, overlooking the pond.

The same year, other land purchases by families such as the Schencks, Covenhovens, Voorhees, and Bergens led to the establishment of the West Windsor communities of Dutch Neck and Penns Neck. And the community of Edinburg may have begun coalescing around the same point. See the articles from the past few months for more on these communities.

Regardless of when, exactly, Grovers Mill was settled, two of its oldest families were indeed the Van Nests and Bergens, who established expansive farms stretching across the landscape.

The Van Nest’s traditional estate at 429 Clarksville Road—dubbed “Ladyfaire”—possibly dates to between the late 1600s and mid-1700s. Another

The mill itself was likely built in the mid-1700s, possibly concurrent to the damming of the Bear Brook that may have created the adjacent pond. It was one of the first mills constructed in present-day West Windsor—possibly as far back as 1759. Daniel Wosley was its first known operator and Mahlon Wright bought it in the 1760s. In 1771, Wright advertised the mill in a newspaper, providing an early property description: “This is to give public notice that there is to be exposed to sale … a Grist mill, with two water-wheels, two pair of stones, and bolts by water; it is situated on a very pleasant stream called Upper Barebrook (sic) … also a tract of land, nearly adjoining the same, containing 174 acres, with a dwelling-house, kitchen and barn, and a young orchard of near two hundred trees.”

The buyer was Jacob Bergen, and the area soon became known as Bergen’s Mill—reinforced by its acquisition by George Bergen a few years later. However, in 1775, another ded

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called the building “Message Mill.”

The American Revolution was then underway. According to legend, some locals were forced to feed Hessian and British soldiers camped nearby.

The mill—and thus the community — assumed several other names over the decades. During ownership by Richard Thomas in the early 1800s, it was “Bear Mill.”

Upon its sale to Gottlieb Schwenger in 1837, it was “Schwenger’s Mill.”

Finally, in 1868, Joseph H. Grover bought the property, and the community eventually took on the name “Grovers Mill.”

Joseph’s son Walter inherited the property in the early 1900s. He lived at 175 Cranbury Road—traditionally the millwright’s house, perhaps dating to the mid-1700s. In 1929, the mill and five adjacent houses passed to Charles L. Dey. It then handled work for numerous local farmers as a “full roller mill” operated by eight employees, using water and electric power alternately to grind grain.

Dey formed the “Grovers Mill Company” with William T. Denison. In the 1930s, Dey sold his share of the business to Denison, who operated the feed mill with his son, William Jr., for the next few decades. In 1955, William Jr. opened a lawnmower repair shop in the red barn across the street, later bought by the Kemp family who also sold mowers, hardware, paint and garden supplies.

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That building is now offices and apartments but retains the words “Grovers Mill” emblazoned on its side.

In 1974, Jay and Robert Schwartz bought the mill from William Denison and renovated it as living quarters and an office/studio for their graphic arts company.

It has since exchanged hands several more times and was recently renovated and converted into apartments.

While the old wooden water wheel is long gone, the building itself remains, one our town’s oldest and most iconic structures.

Community hife

The mill pond was a favorite haunt for locals. A 1939 description reads: “The pond and its surrounding fields are restful and beautiful. Geese and ducks drift on its surface. An occasional snowy heron or long-legged crane wades along its shallows. Bass, pike, perch, sunfish, catfish, and eels make it a delight for the fisherman.

Nearby is a profusion of wildflowers in spring and summer.

Groves of trees, mostly maple and buttonwood, are alive with birds. Rabbits, coons, possums, skunks, pheasants and an occasional fox or deer tempt the hunter.” It was this setting that reputedly attracted prominent figures like Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson—both said to be friends of Walter S. Grover—to habitually visit the area.

Grovers Mill had no, school,

church, general store, or post office, so residents traveled to nearby hamlets for daily needs. This was partially aided by the establishment of the “Trenton-New Brunswick Railroad” trolley line, which ran from 1902-1937 and had a stop in Grovers Mill. Its course ran along the present-day Trolley Line Trail—a pedestrian/bicycle path along the PSE&G power lines running through town.

Alien invasion

The reason that Grovers Mill is still known across the nation is undoubtedly Orson Welles’ October 30, 1938, radio reenactment of H. G. Welles’ “War of the Worlds.” Starting at 8 PM and continuing for about an hour, this broadcast’s realism was said to have created nationwide panic.

However, this hysteria was grossly exaggerated by newspapers—who were competing with radio—and, in fact, only a small fraction of the nation actually listened to the broadcast. Still, its legacy on West Windsor is undeniable. Welles named Grovers Mill as the landing spot for the alien invaders, thrusting it into the national spotlight.

A water tower that a local reputedly shot at during the hysteria (thinking it an alien) still stands behind the millwright’s house.

Some locals allegedly fled in panic or formed alien-hunting brigades. But others simply looked out their windows, saw no aliens, and went back to eating dinner.

Regardless of the truth of the various local and nationwide stories surrounding the broadcast, it remains one of West Windsor’s claims to fame.

In 1988, a large plaque was installed in the middle of Van Nest Park to commemorate the broadcast’s 50th anniversary.

Grovers Mill today

From the 1950s onward, Grovers Mill experienced the same population growth and suburbanization as the rest of West Windsor. Bolfmar avenue was developed just next to the millwright’s house. In 1962, Van Nest Park was established after the Van Nest family donated the land.

Several years later, ground was broken for the “Old Mill Farms” neighborhood across the street. Throughout the 20th century, the old farmland increasingly gave way to houses. Now, the intersection of Cranbury and Clarksville Roads is mainly traversed by cars and buses instead of horse and foot travel. However, the heart of the community retains several of its original buildings, evoking centuries of community history.

To contact, join, or donate to the Historical Society and explore more West Windsor history, visit westwindsorhistory.com. We are also on social media—search “Historical Society of West Windsor” on Facebook and “@ SchenckFarmstead” on Instagram.

Email us at westwindsorhistory@ gmail.com.

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