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By JuliA MARnin To Joe Martinez, training for American Ninja Warrior for six months was no different from how he approached starting his fresh food delivery service, Healthy Meals Supreme, this past year. While getting in shape for the rigorous competition, all while living with diabetes, was a feat the Plainsboro resident set for himself for his 60th birthday. Martinez, who is now 61, says training for his goal made him in the best shape of his life in 2017, with a body fat of 6 percent. He says that “luckily,” he was not selected for the intense competition, however he had a lot of fun in hitting his personal challenge. Martinez says he approaches everything he does like a to-do list. “I usually have a to do list with 7 to 10 things on it for the day, and I start with the highest priority and just keep going till I accomplish what I set out for, whether it’s competition training or Healthy Meals Supreme,” he says. His vision for the business was of a food service delivering healthy but tasty and affordable food. The non-frozen meals, ordered through healthymealssupreme.com, are See MEALS, Page 10
Running Back James Rush looks to elude defenders during WW-P’s 28-21 loss at Hamilton West on Sept. 21, 2019. For more football coverage, turn to Page 23.
Walk among the stalks Local corn mazes let people get lost in fall fun By lOis leVine Summer has faded fast from the rearview mirror, and with it comes fall and all its predictable signs: Pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks, the crunch of dried brown leaves under our feet, and...corn mazes? Yes, corn mazes! One of the most popular fam-
ily events of the season, a corn maze is simply a series of pathways cut through a corn field. Unlike a labyrinth, which only has one, non-branching path, and only one entry and exit point, there is more than one way to find the exit out of a maze. Here in New Jersey there are several farms that create corn mazes as a fall activity for the public: A. Casola Farms in Holmdel, Etsch Farms in Monroe and K & S Farms in East Windsor. Terhune Orchards in Lawrence has a seasonal corn maze as well.
But one of the most wellknown and well-visited corn mazes in Mercer County is at Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell. “Mazes are historical,” said farm director Pete Watson, who has been with Howell for 35 years. “The earliest mazes were found on the tombs of Byzantine pyramids, and they were also built into the knaves of churches. The Hampton Court Maze in England was created in the 1600s. For a very long time, See MAZE, Page 8
Two slates of three candidates each are running in the Nov. 5 election for West Windsor Council. The election is non-partisan. Incumbent council president Alison Miller and running mates Yan Mei Wang and ShinYi Lin are running as part of the Progressive Vision for West Windsor slate. They are up agauinst Andrea Sue Mandel, Sonia Gawas and Michael Stevens, who are part of the Community Leaders for West Windsor slate. Miller is the only current member of council running this year. Council members Ayesha Hamilton and Yingchao “YZ” Zhang, whose terms end on Dec. 31, both opted not to run for reelection to their four-year terms. You’re seeing this coverage a bit sooner than you have in the past. The News has traditionally published its election stories in mid-October and November, issues, closer to Election Day. Due, in part, to our new publication schedule (see note on Page 5), we are running our West Windsor Council election coverage in this issue. We will be posting our school board election story in midOctober on wwpinfo.com, and printing it in the Nov. 1 issue of the paper. Coverage of the West Windsor election begins on Page 12.
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