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’Tis the season— for piping Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums is gearing up for its busy time of year

Lead issues persist, but utility officials say things are improving

By SuSan Van Dongen Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums had a little time off over the winter holidays, but its members are shaking the dust off their kilts and preparing for the busy Saint Patrick’s Day season.

The GTPD will perform at a number of area venues and events starting at teh beginning of March and continuing for the next nine months.

A recent frigid night visit to the GTPD at the Carslake Community Center in Bordentown, where the group has been practicing every Thursday for 15 years, opens the door to the behind the scenes of a group usually on public display.

“We started out rehearsing at a school in Springfield Township, but we really needed a larger space. So we started looking around for a rental hall,” says Ewing resident Patricia Downey, GTPD president.

“Bordentown is a somewhat central location for most of our members so we decided to call it ‘home,” she said.

The extreme cold wreaked havoc on the intonation of the bagpipes, and delayed the arrival of whoever had the key to the equipment room where See BAGPIPES, Page 18

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After Jack Ball (center) retired as manager of the Trenton Farmers Market, Chris Cirkus (far right) took the reins. Picture are Trenton Farmers Market board treasurer Jim VanHandel of Cedar ville Farms, vice president Kevin Gsell of Russo’s Fruit and Vegetable Farm, Ball, president Gar y Mount of Terhune Orchards and Cirkus.

End of an era at farmers market New manager takes over Trenton Farmers Market after long-time market runners retire

By Scott Morgan If you walk around the Trenton Farmers Market these days, there’s still a pretty good chance you’ll bump into Jack Ball. So much of a chance, in fact, that a lot of people who do run into him there don’t realize

he’s not the guy running the show anymore.

It’s an easy mistake to make.

Any regular customer under 40 has never known another person at the helm. And Ball was only the third person to be the market’s manager since it put those iconic red letters on the roof of its Spruce Street home in 1948. Plus, given that he still putters around the market and has been helping new manager Chris Cirkus settle in (see story on Page 12), people are still seeing his face among the straw-

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berries and greens and tables of merchandise.

But Ball is as much a shopper as anyone else now. He stepped away in January after 39 years running the place with his wife, Marcia. And, as might be expected, he’s not entirely sure what to do with his time.

“It’s been my life for 39 years,” he said. “Am I going to miss it? Sure.”

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The results are in, and they’re not what Trenton Water Works customers had hoped.

For the third time in the last four testing periods, TWW has violated the federal action level for lead. More than 11 percent of samples taken by TWW in the second half of 2018 had elevated lead levels. The highest sample, from a home on West Paul Avenue in Trenton, was 1,430 parts per billion—nearly 100 times the federal limit.

TWW officials, for their part, say they continue to take steps needed to correct the problem.

TWW assistant director Kristin Epstein said TWW has fasttracked the installation of a system intended to prevent lead in corroding pipes and fixtures from leaching into water. Epstein said she expects the system to be online for 80 percent of TWW’s service area, including the entire suburban portion, this spring.

To prove they’re working in good faith, TWW officials pointed to data released by the City of Trenton last month that shows the amount of potentially dangerous disinfectant byproducts in the water has decreased See WATER, Page 8

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Route 29/I-295 interchange to close until summer A portion of the I-295/Route 29 Interchange near the Scudder Falls Bridge will be closed and detoured for 18 weeks beginning today.

The closure is part of the Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement project, and the Exit 76 detour will likely last until the summer, according to a statement from the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Beginning Monday, Feb. 18, the Delaware River Joint Bridge Toll Commission, which owns the bridge and is managing the replacement project, will be closing and detouring the following Exit 76 ramps: I-295 eastbound/southbound exit ramp to Route 29 northbound, the first exit in New Jersey driving in from Pennsylvania.

I-295 northbound exit ramp to Route 29 southbound, the last exit in New Jersey.

Route 29 southbound and northbound entry ramps to I-295 northbound/westbound, going into Pennsylvania.

The Scudder Falls Bridge, I-295 and Route 29 will all remain open to through traffic, as the ramp closure will only impact drivers who use the Exit 76 interchanges.

However, officials did warn that other areas — specifically the interchanges at

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Rider offering discounted tuition for Ewing School employees Ewing Public School employees can now receive a 20 percent tuition discount to attend Rider University through a new partnership between the two organizations.

The tuition reduction is available for all undergraduate and part-time graduate on-campus and online programs. Rider offers more than 70 undergraduate programs and over 40 graduate programs.

Ewing Public Schools host Rider student teachers in grades K-12. The schools’ employees have also participated in professional workshops held at Rider such as the National Writing Project and various STEM-related offerings through several grant partnerships.

For more information about the partnership, visit rider.edu/admissions/university-par tnerships/ ewing-public-schools.

Main river deck construction along the Scudder Falls Bridge (Photo courtesy of scudderfallsbridge.com) Taylorsville Road in Pennsylvania and Scotch Road in New Jersey — may see an increase in traffic during rush hour due to the detours.

Officials said the closure is needed to allow for construction of a roundabout on the upstream side of the I-295/Route 29 interchange.

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How do holidays impact the garbage collection schedule?

In every edition of the Ewing Observer, Mayor Bert Steinmann answers questions by our readers. This month, the Observer posed questions to the mayor that residents have mentioned to us.

What is the protocol for when our recycle or garbage collection day falls on a holiday?

When your trash pickup is scheduled for a holiday, the trash will be picked up the following day. When the recycling is scheduled for a holiday it will be picked up the following Saturday. The holiday schedule can be found on our website, ewingnj.org.

It’s the time of year when residents start cleaning up their yards. What’s the procedure for yard debris gathered during spring cleaning? Should people be leaving their brush and leaves at the curb for pickup?

We will be picking up brush and spring cleaning starting in mid-April.

This can be placed at the curb similarly to what we do in the fall season.

Small sticks and branches can be placed in the recycling bags that will be picked up the day after your regular trash pickup.

If you don’t have a vehicle that can bring the branches over to the drop off facility, it may have to wait until we

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Important Information About Lead in Your Drinking Water Trenton Water Works (TWW) found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes/buildings.

Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and children 6 years and younger. Please read this notice closely to see what you can do to reduce lead in your drinking water.

Health Effects of Lead Lead can cause serious health problems if too much enters your body from drinking water or other sources.

It can cause damage to the brain and kidneys and can interfere with the production of red blood cells that carry oxygen to all parts of your body. The greatest risk of lead exposure is to infants, young children, and pregnant women. Scientists have linked the effects of lead on the brain with lowered IQ in children. Adults with kidney problems and high blood pressure can be affected by low levels of lead more than healthy adults.

Lead is stored in the bones and it can be released later in life. During pregnancy, the child receives lead from the mother’s bones, which may affect brain development.

Sources of Lead in Drinking Water Lead is a common metal found in the environment.

Drinking water is one possible source of lead exposure.

EPA estimates that 10 to 20% of a person’s potential exposure to lead may come from drinking water. Infants who consume mostly formula mixed with lead-containing water can receive 40 to 60% of their exposure to lead from drinking water.

In Trenton, lead was commonly used in water service lines until 1960 and for indoor plumbing solder until 1986 when it was banned. Brass faucets, fittings, and valves, including those advertised as “lead-free,” may also contribute to lead in drinking water. The law up until 2014 allowed brass fixtures, such as faucets, with up to 8% lead to be labeled as “lead free.” Current standards for “lead free” fixtures allow for no more than 0.25% of lead content.

The Delaware River is the water supply source for TWW’s Filtration Plant. When treated water leaves TWW’s Filtration Plant, it is lead free. The water mains in the street that transport water from the Filtration Plant are made mostly of iron and steel and do not add any lead to the drinking water. In TWW’s service area, galvanized steel pipe lined with lead was commonly used until 1960 for water service lines which transport the water from the street to homes and buildings. When water is in contact with these pipes, lead solder or plumbing fixtures that contain lead for several hours, the lead may enter the drinking water. Homes built before 1986 are more likely to have lead pipes or lead solder than newer homes.

The lead from a home’s individual service line or plumbing a ffects only the tap water inside that home since water travels only one way in home plumbing.

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STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO LEAD IN YOUR WATER 1. Run your water to flush out lead. Run water for 1 to 3 minutes to flush lead from interior plumbing or until it becomes cold or reaches a steady temperature before using it for drinking or cooking, if it hasn’t been used for several hours. Also, regularly remove and clean your aerators.

2. Use cold water for cooking and preparing baby formula. Do not cook with or drink water from the hot water tap; lead dissolves more easily into hot water.

Do not use water from the hot water tap to make baby formula.

3. Do not boil water to remove lead. Boiling water will not reduce lead.

4. Look for alternative sources or treatment of water.

You may want to consider purchasing bottled water or a water filter. Read the package to be sure the filter is approved to reduce lead or contact NSF International at 800-NSF-8010 or nsf.org for information on performance standards for water filters. Be sure to maintain and replace a filter device in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions to protect water quality.

5. Test your water for lead. Please contact the Trenton Water Works at 609-989-3055 or by email at twwleadprogram@trentonnj.org to find out how to get your water tested for lead at a local laboratory.

6. Get your child’s blood tested. Contact your local health department or healthcare provider to find out how you can get your child tested for lead if you are concerned about exposure.

7. Identify and replace your water service line, plumbing with lead solder or plumbing fixtures containing lead. > Find out how to check your water service line material at twwleadprogram.com/check-your-line > Purchase EPA-approved lead check swabs to determine if you have lead solder or brass fittings with high lead content. For more information, visit twwleadprogram.com > Visit www.nsf.org to learn more about lead-containing plumbing fixtures

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During the monitoring period of July 2018 to December 2018, TWW conducted routine water sample testing for lead. Lead levels at customers’ taps in the distribution system exceeded the Lead Action Level of 15 parts per billion (ppb) for the 90th percentile based on samples of water in homes with lead service lines and/or copper piping with lead solder. Water from 11 out of 105 homes sampled contained lead above the action level. All of these homes have known sources of lead.

TWW continues its efforts to upgrade the water treatment process and water distribution system to meet the State and Federal drinking water regulations and to make the drinking water less corrosive.

TWW is taking immediate and long-term measures to minimize lead levels throughout the service area which includes Trenton, and parts of Hamilton, Ewing, Hopewell and Lawrence. Specifically, TWW is currently: > Replacing lead service lines from the water main to the curb for those who have previously replaced the homeowner’s side to copper. > Undertaking a Lead Service Line Replacement Program to prioritize the replacement of approximately 2,600 lead services by mid-2020 including the portion of the service line from the curb to meter, owned by the homeowner. The remaining lead services will be replaced in later phases of the program. Visit www.twwleadprogram.com to learn more about this program. > Expediting the construction of a temporary corrosion control treatment (CCT) system which will add zinc orthophosphate to the water system. The addition of zinc orthophosphate will help minimize the process of lead leaching into the water from the service pipes and lead solder. The temporary CCT system will treat water that reaches the majority of TWW customers in the short term until a long term plan for corrosion control treatment for 100% of the water system is implemented. > Regularly flushing and cleaning the water distribution system. > Holding public meetings throughout the service area to answer TWW customer questions.

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WATER continued from Page 1 significantly since the summer and now is well below state limits. Half of the DEP violations TWW has received since September 2018 have been due to excessive disinfectant byproducts. The other half have been because of lead.

But, for TWW’s 225,000 customers in Ewing, Hamilton, Hopewell Township, Lawrence and Trenton, the bureaucratic reality is that violations, notices and countermeasures often come too late. TWW, for example, will not directly inform customers until March that water from the system had elevated levels of lead four months earlier. And customers won’t know until August whether they’re consuming water now that the state considers at standard. This is not an issue with TWW, but merely how water quality reporting and enforcement works in the United States.

In the case of lead, this kind of delay can cause problems because doctors, researchers and even government agencies agree that there is no safe level of lead for human consumption. Lead is a neurotoxin, and the human body cannot process it. Instead, it is absorbed by teeth, bones and body tissue.

Lower levels of exposure, like those in water, cause no obvious symptoms but can affect children’s brain development and can cause anemia, hypertension, renal impairment and immunotoxicity. Pregnant women, in particular, need to be careful, as lead stored in their bodies can be released into their system during pregnancy, causing harm to the child. The effects of lead are believed to be irreversible.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has set a long-term goal of having no lead in the water, but has given water systems leeway in the meantime by allowing them to distribute slightly impure water. It sets up discrepancies like the federal Centers for Disease Control recommending a lead limit of 5 parts per billion while the EPA—which is responsible for actually setting the guidelines—enforces a limit three times as high.

The EPA, in a statement, said its lead action level of 15 ppb was set “based on EPA’s evaluation of the levels of lead that could be reliably attained through corrosion control treatment in water systems serving homes with lead service lines and plumbing materials.” Water becomes contaminated with lead primarily through contact with lead pipes or lead solder, either in the distribution system or inside a home.

Even with the more lax standards, water utilities across New Jersey—from Newark to Hackensack to Trenton— have grappled with lead issues in recent years. Due to its most recent struggles, TWW now has five DEP violations already in 2019. It is the worst start to a year in TWW’s history. In the last 26 months, TWW has received 29 DEP violations.

Ewing Township business administrator Jim McManimon, in a Feb. 20 interview, worried that the steady flow of official violation notices to residents have had the effect of either scaring people unnecessarily or making them so jaded that they just toss TWW correspondence aside.

“The people here, they don’t know who to get angry at,” McManimon said. “They don’t know who to believe.”

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TWW officials said they recognize the public’s desire for more communication, especially in non-bureaucratic language.

Since Reed Gusciora took office as mayor of Trenton in July 2018, his administration has made an effort to improve communication and transparency, TWW spokesman Michael Walker said.

Walker said the utility notifies the mayors and health officers of affected suburban towns, as well as the property managers of state office buildings, whenever a violation occurs. TWW also submits a monthly report to each of the suburban municipalities. Walker said TWW relies on suburban officials to help get word out about what’s going on with the water system.

“We are in constant contact with our stakeholders,” Walker said.

But some suburban officials claim TWW still had not notified them of the most recent lead violation weeks after TWW learned of it, and said they hadn’t known about the exceedance until a reporter contacted them for comment.

“They made a promise last year to have better communication, and so far they’ve been pretty prompt,” said Jeff Plunkett, Hamilton Township’s director of health and recreation. “But I don’t recall anything about lead.”

Plunkett said on Feb. 20 the last communication he had with the utility was a Feb. 4 email from Walker alerting towns to a violation DEP issued in early January for failing to resolve a disinfectant byproduct issue.

Hopewell Township health officer Robert English also said he had not been contacted by TWW or DEP regarding the most recent lead levels. Lead is less of a concern in Hopewell because there are no lead service lines in Hopewell Township. The portion of the township served

by TWW connected to the water system in the 1990s, after lead piping and lead solder had been banned.

Meanwhile, McManimon said Walker had called him to give him a heads-up about the lead violation. He said he wasn’t sure why Ewing officials had received notice when other towns’ representatives said they hadn’t.

During a Feb. 20 conference call with the Hamilton Post, TWW officials confirmed they hadn’t yet sent out an official notice for the lead violation. TWW had a delay in reporting the data because it had been loaded into the system incorrectly.

TWW focused on straightening out the “clerical error” in February, Epstein said, and now can move on to public notification and education.

Part of that will be informing the public, through publications and public meetings, exactly what TWW is doing to improve.

TWW will hold its first public information session of the spring March 27 at Grice Middle School in Hamilton from 6-8 p.m.

Among the topics TWW officials plan to discuss at the meeting is corrosion control.

One corrosion control effort new for TWW involves introducing orthophosphate to the water during treatment. Orthophosphate forms scale, which can prevent lead in cor-

roding pipes and fixtures from leaching into water. Epstein said she expects the system to be online for 80 percent of TWW’s service area, including the entire suburban portion, this spring. The remaining 20 percent—buildings in Trenton connected to the gravity portion of TWW’s system— requires additional engineering and should be completed in 2020.

The Bordentown Water Department, which has lead woes of its own, started to add orthophosphate to its water this past fall. The amount of lead in the water dropped 35 percent after orthophosphate was introduced.

But TWW officials cautioned orthophosphate does not get rid of lead, and merely masks the problem. For that reason, they do not want to rely on orthophosphate to be the solution.

The solution, in their view, is to replace all the lead service lines in the system. Service lines connect a building to a water main. TWW controls the part of the line from the main to the curb. From the curb to the home is the responsibility of the homeowner.

The DEP has required TWW to replace 7 percent of the lead service lines in the system every year. The utility received a violation in July 2018 because it had failed to meet this obligation for the last year. At a rate of 7 percent per year, it would take TWW 14 years to replace all its service lines.

TWW has started a lead service line replacement program in the hopes of swaying customers to help the utility in ridding the system of lead. TWW will help customers determine if they have lead lines, and swap them out if so. TWW has received a grant, and plans to use the funding to replace 2,600 lines in the next 18 months. It can cost up to $5,000 to replace a lead service line, TWW director ShingFu Hsueh said, but TWW will charge customers $1,000, with grant money to defray the remaining portion.

Hsueh said the fate of the project beyond the next year-and-a-half depends on if TWW can secure more funding and what crews find once they start doing the work. “Nobody knows how many [lead lines] we have or how long [work] will take,” he said.

Gusciora handpicked Hsueh, a former DEP water quality expert, to assume control of TWW in July 2018. Since Hsueh started, parts of the filtration plant and distribution system have been cleaned to make sure no dirt or debris enters the water, and new chlorine regulators have been installed to minimize human error.

One of TWW’s chlorine contact basins has been cleaned, while another is in the process of being replaced.

All the changes should give customers confidence in TWW, Walker said. The spokesman added that TWW customers are “blessed” to have such an impressive facility delivering them “quality drinking water.”

For more information about Trenton Water Works’ lead service line program, go online to twwleadprogram.com.

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BALL continued from Page 1 Jack Ball was actually looking to slow down.

“Ever since I was 10 years old I was a worker,” he said. “I lied and said I was 11. You had to be 11 to get a paper route.”

He had a route around Lalor Street and hasn’t slowed down much since.

“I always had one, two, or even three jobs,” he said. “I like to be busy.”

At 74, he didn’t want to stop being busy. Life just started making decisions for him.

“About a year ago I wasn’t feeling all that good,” Ball said, without getting into specifics. “I was concerned about the market.”

Concern meant he wanted to make sure the market was in good hands in case he was unable to work anymore. So the market’s board sought a new manager—and hired one, only to see that plan fall through. In the fallout, the market hired Cirkus, who also manages the West Windsor Farmers Market.

But by the time the new blood came to the market, Ball had recovered.

“I had some surgery,” he said. “I’m feeling much better. But you can’t go back after they hired someone and say ‘I’ve changed my mind.’”

Looking back over his time managing the Trenton Farmers Market, Ball doesn’t hide that he’ll miss the vibe and the people—the “so many terrific farmers” and other sellers he’s gotten to know over all his years there. The customers too, of course. Plenty have been regulars for as long as he can remember being at the market, he said. And that’s not the kind of thing that dissipates just because you hang up your manager’s hat for the last time.

Jack and Marcia Ball took over the Trenton Farmers Market in 1980, although Marcia had worked there as “a combination bookkeeper and secretary” starting in 1976, he said. He’d gotten to know the board members through his wife, and when the manager’s job opened up, he told her, “That’s something you and I can do.”

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Part of the appeal was the challenge of a new thing. Actually, better stated, it was the challenge of revitalizing an old thing. While the market itself started about 100 years ago, down along the Delaware River, near what is now Arm & Hammer Park—the baseball field where the Trenton Thunder play—it was a pretty loose affair. Eventually, as roads developed, the managers found a more permanent home on Spruce Street and put up the big red roof letters.

But over its first 30 years on Spruce, the Trenton Farmers Market didn’t look like what contemporary farmers market shoppers would expect.

“When I first got to the market, I walked around with Tony Russo,” Ball said. Russo was the manager at the time.

“I said, ‘Tony, there’s so many empty spots here.’ My first step was to fill all the empty spots.”

Ball filled them with non-farmers.

They’ve change some over the years, but the non-farmers today include jewelry makers, home repair stands, and body/hair care outlets. Many of them are stationed at tables Ball and Nicholas Russo (Tony’s brother) made and bolted to the floor themselves.

“The idea was to bring in revenue,” Ball said. “And those tables bring in 40 or 50 thousand dollars a year. That’s nothing to shake a stick at.”

The tables have been especially helpful over the winter months, Ball said.

“Many of our farmers disappear until spring,” he said. “Any additional revenue is good.”

Another early item on the to-do list for Ball was the sign. The Trenton Farmers Market shares a plot of land with Halo Farms, but even driving a bee line straight to Halo Farms, it would be impossible to miss the giant red letter spelling out “Trenton Farmers Market” in all caps on the roof of the long gray building next door.

Trouble was, the sign was in bad shape in 1980.

“That sign was dilapidated,” Ball said. “It continued to be torn up by the weather. Pieces of that sign were lying

on the ground.”

A fresh new sign and a better layout, with rows of uniform tables (so it’s fair) defined the new direction of the market under Ball’s leadership. He also oversaw a new roof, new overhead doors, a revamp of the heating system, new ceilings and fans, and an upgrade to the sewer and water lines.

“We did so much in terms of maintenance and still keep it in the blue,” he said. Legacy-wise, he’s most proud of having left the market profitable and “with a little cushion in case there’s a problem.”

Ball doesn’t anticipate much trouble in Cirkus’ hands. He said she’ll do a fine job running the place and that he’s interested in seeing how her ideas play out.

Cirkus, by the way, is not that much of an outsider.

“I grew up coming here,” she said. “I shadowed Jack in January to learn the lay of the land.”

And while she said that Jack and Marcia were “very old school” in how they ran the market—not much in the way of social media and lots of old paper records, for example—she’s humbled by the fact that they ran the place for so long.

“He ran this place for 39 years,” she said. “Who does anything for 39 years?!

I’ll be in my 90s in 39 years.”

That the manager of one farmers market is taking over another is a sign of the changed times for Ball. In fact, it’s related to the biggest change he’s seen in the farmers market game since his first day on the job.

“When we took over,” he said, “Trenton Farmers Market had a monopoly compared to today. Farmers markets have sprung up all over the place. Supermarkets are an additional challenge.”

The biggest challenge among all the new competition, he said, has been keeping the market “viable, alive, and well.”

What separates Trenton from the Princeton, Greenwood Avenue, Bordentown, even West Windsor markets

is that those markets are seasonal. “Our farmers have to pay 12 months rent,” he said. “In those others, overhead is less.”

And that leads to the main piece of advice Ball is leaving for Cirkus. Which is to tread lightly on the idea of doing too much in the way of new directions for Trenton.

A centerpiece of the Trenton Farmers Market is the Antique & Craft Show that tides the place over during lean winter months. Cirkus isn’t exactly jonesing to scrap it, but her intentions are much more farm-andfood-centric and less about crafts.

Ball encourages Cirkus to keep the Antique & Craft Show, as well as some of the market’s longtime and generally solid moneymakers.

“I know she’s looking to put more food in the market, and that’s great,” he said. “But not at the expense of what works.”

Cirkus has heard his advice and said she’s taking it under advisement.

Taking it slow, whatever the direction the market will go, is another piece of advice Ball is leaving behind. He likes to say “If you go too fast, you’ll come in last.”

However the near future goes, Ball will continue to shop at the Trenton Farmers Market, if for nothing else than to get the stuffed cabbage he loves so much.

Outside the market walls, though, Ball is not sure what he’ll do. He said he’s trying to figure out what that will be. For the moment, Ball is busying himself with some hobbies, including his tropical fish. He’s got a few more of those than he’d anticipated, actually. He had one fish that was four inches when he bought it that’s now a foot-and-a-half long, despite never eating the feeder goldfish he bought for it. Those are now pets too, and they’re a foot long each.

But he can’t sit still for too long without going crazy. So he has one message for anyone who’ll listen:

Looking back over his time managing the Trenton Farmers Market, Ball doesn’t hide that he’ll miss the vibe and the people.

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New TFM manager plans for a mix of old and new

By Scott Morgan That Chris Cirkus took the helm at the Trenton Farmers Market shouldn’t be too surprising. She’s made a full-time career out of managing multiple parttime farmers markets in the area. So when it came time to find a successor to Jack Ball—the manager of the Trenton Farmers Market for 39 years—Cirkus jumped at the chance...to find one.

About a year ago, Ball fell ill. He’s feeling a lot better, but at the time, the 74-year-old felt it would be best to step down. So Gary Mount, owner of Terhune Orchards and a member of the Trenton Farmers Market board, called Cirkus and Beth Feehan to help find a successor.

Cirkus managed the West Windsor Farmers Market (and still does) and Feehan used to. The pair also co-managed the 31 & Main Farmers Market at the College of New Jersey. So the Trenton Farmers Market board brought them in as consultants, thanks in part to their steep connections in the farmers market game.

“We found a few candidates and they hired someone,” Cirkus said. “But the woman declined the position just before she was supposed to start.”

Around the beginning of autumn, Cirkus ran into Mount and asked how the new manager was working out.

When she learned that there was no new manager and still a position to fill, Cirkus figured she might as well go for it.

She officially took over at the end of January, with the business operating nicely in the black and a whole lot of history to contend with.—which she’s actually pretty fascinated by.

“I’m just learning the historical knowledge,” she said. “It’s unbelievable.”

What started as a gathering of growers at the Delaware River about a century ago found a permanent home on Spruce Street in 1948. That’s 71 years, if you’re counting, which Cirkus clearly is, given how upset she said she is that she wasn’t in charge for the market’s 70th birthday last year. That said, she’s already planning for a 75th birthday befitting of the market’s rich history, even though she’s aware how much

Chris Cirkus, who has run several area farmers markets, is the new manager of the Trenton Farmers Market. work needs to get done between now and then.

A lot of the work centers on what the market’s been and what she’d like to see it become. See, while the market—incorporated as a co-op in 1939—has nine main farmers who sell there, the remainder of the 40 businesses around the market are a mix of everything from crafts to home services.

Cirkus doesn’t have anything against those businesses, and she’s aware that they bring in a pretty steady stream of revenue for the place, but she wants to expand the number of farmers and food options.

“We could fill the space with food and art,” she said. “As a farmer-owned cooperative, it’s gotten a little far away from the farmers.”

One of the market’s centerpieces during Jack Ball’s time at the helm was the Antique & Crafts Show, an annual event that Ball introduced to help cover the lean winter months, when only two of the market’s farmers generally are still selling produce there. And while Cirkus appreciates the idea and the fact that the show rakes in enough money to keep

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the lights on, she said there are other ways to generate revenue.

“I see the market as a great opportunity for a lot of small artisan foodmakers,” she said. “Lots of artists and musicians and foodmakers.”

She also sees Trenton as a prime spot from which to connect with the Cherry Street Kitchen, a “food incubator” on Pennsylvania Avenue that lets foodmakers have access to a commercial kitchen without having to buy a whole new one on their own, and to expand places for vendors of, say, vegetarian or vegan foods.

She definitely wants to bring in the younger crowd, mainly the families who have made the Trenton/Ewing/Lawrence area home while they trek to New York, Princeton, and Philadelphia for work. These younger, working families, she said, are the one who crave a more food-centric farmers market experience.

They want to shop local, buy local, and hang out among artisinal and specialty foodmakers where the energy is good.

She’s enthusiastic—“The visions in my head are endless”—but she’s also aware of the work all her visions will entail.

“I have an uphill battle,” she said.

Part of the battle includes maintaining the old-school charm of the market, which pretty much always ran on a profit.

Cirkus is aware that new-school ideas are fine, but she doesn’t want to just throw the apple cart over just because she has it in front of her. She does plan to eventually build a display of some of the old photos and ledgers and trinkets—of which there are scores—that she’s found in the office.

She also has no plans to get rid of the support staff who’s been helping to keep the market running, like Carol the secretary or the guy who plows the snow.

She’s also not going to expel favored sellers who’ve also been at Trenton for years. Creative Wrapping and Maryanne

McCabe (a jewelrymaker) are fixtures at Trenton Farmers Market, Cirkus said.

So rather than rewriting the whole book, Cirkus wants to have a balance of food and crafts and entertainment that would make the market vibrant and draw new crowds of younger people who can help sustain the market and its vendors for another seven decades.

Cirkus said she went into the job trying to not scare any of the vendors or workers at the market.

“Before I accepted the job, I went on a few stealth missions to see who everyone was,” she said.

She found a pretty universally pleasant vibe among the vendors and a few favorites—like the applesauce made by a lady named Marlene. Cirkus was just as surprised as you that anyone would talk so glowingly about applesauce, but she swears she ate a whole jar of it in one sitting the first time she tasted it.

So she’s got a lot to think about, but she also has a lot of time to think it all through. Accordingly, she plans to let a few things play out and not make any giant moves out of the gate. But her presence is already being felt in subtle ways.

“I changed the radio station and already people are saying, ‘Wow, the music’s great.’” she said.

This spring, she plans to have the building power-washed and then touch up some paint—“a little spit and polish” to make the place a little brighter and cleaner, she said.

She also plans to stay engaged with the market’s 6,000-strong, and apparently really loyal, Facebook family. She’s built a sturdy social media following for the West Windsor Farmers Market too, but says the two markets have very different followers.

“In West Windsor, they’ll like a post and then go on with their day,” she said.

Trenton, on the other hand, “is very vocal. People have a lot to say, they’ve shared all the articles and stuff about Jack. People were asking me who I was.

It’s humbling.”

But at least Facebook helped her clear up a few misperceptions, she said. The most panic-inducing was when word got out that Jack Ball was leaving the market, people got the impression the market was closing altogether.

Fortunately for her, Cirkus was able to stem the rumors before they got out of hand, though many of her fans from West Windsor might wonder who’s in charge at their farmers market now.

Well, for the moment, it’s still Chris Cirkus. She’s looking for a replacement who will carry on what the market is, but until she finds the right hands to leave it in, she’ll be pulling double duty there and in Trenton.

And in case you’re wondering if she’s intimidated by the scale of all this, no.

“I’m a Scorpio,” she said. “In my adulthood I’ve learned that I’m a true Scorpio—I’m pretty thick-skinned but I always listen before I leap. I owe it to the farmers, the merchants, and the community groups [to listen].”

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“Charity events would include the ners in this band. Even though he wasn’t a founding member of the GTPD, he is an Relay for Life at Mercer County Park, Princeton University Ivy League Mental integral part of the unit.”

Meanwhile at the rehearsal, GTPD’s Health Conference, and the ARC Walkathon,” current pipe major Tom Fortis, a retiree All activities at ESCC except for trips.

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(Full disclosure: Downey is a font of information about years ago, this reporter first heard the GTPD practicing while sitting at a traffic traditional Scottish music, the pipes themselves, and her fellow participants light, blocks away on Route 130.) in the group, many of It makes sense that whom she’s recruited. they’re loud, since the She says that the bagbagpipes were originally Camp is 66 week program running from July August 17.

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Lowerpipe Ferry Rd,the Ewing, x2the bag is made of a synFor example, A 999 non-profit band, groupNJ has• 609-883-1776 a missionEmail: to preserve theatmusic and cul- thetic fabric, not animal pelts or a sheep’s Nancy npappano@ewingnj.org ture of the Great Highland Bagpipes. stomach anymore; there are four reeds or Ted at tforst@ewingnj.org.

(Incidentally, there are many other that need to be in proper condition and kinds of pipes, including the traditional place for the instrument to function.

And, there are only nine notes availIrish Uilleann pipes, but the GTPD plays able through the chanter or “blow-pipe” Highland bagpipes.)

In the last 16 years, the group has of the instrument, so any elaboration or grown to perform at more than 25 articulation has to be done with a series parades, charitable events and private of complex grace notes.

Downey says that people used to learn functions each year.

Current personnel total is 25, ranging the pipes only by ear, not by the notated in age from 15 to 86 years old, divided manuscripts modern band and classical between nine women and 14 men, many musicians are familiar with. The GTPD’s of whom are retired. The GTPD is family oldest member, 86-year old Jamesburg oriented and inclusive in several differ- resident Gordon Fraser, was taught this ent ways. “We even like to have kids in way in his native Scotland.

Born in Ohio in 1966, Downey, her the band,” she says.

In addition to the parades, the GTPD parents and five brothers moved to performs and educates within the Burl- Ewing in 1968, when her father found ington County School District, conduct- work in central New Jersey.

After serving in the Air Force during ing different history and culture assemthe Korean War, Downey’s father gradblies around Saint Patrick’s Day. It is a fixture in area Memorial Day uated from LaSalle University with a and Fourth of July parades, as well as degree in chemistry.

While Downey’s mother raised the 9/11 memorial ceremonies, Halloween celebrations, and Civil War reenact- large family, her father worked as a ments at Camp Olden and the Abbott chemist at RCA and Princeton Gamma Tech Instruments in Rocky Hill, before House in Hamilton Township.

The group plays for the College of starting his own company producing New Jersey’s alumni veteran festivities, radiation detectors for use in radon Trenton Titans’ hockey games, and monitoring.

The Downey kids attended parochial has marched in Princeton University’s schools in the area, including Notre P-rade.

Downey says that the GTPD has Dame High School in Lawrenceville.

Along with her brothers, Downey also helped welcome home numerous returning veterans from overseas, and played music throughout her childhood, that she and other solo players perform and carried her interest into college, at weddings, private parties, senior majoring in flute at Trenton State College (now TCNJ). She graduated with a events, and funerals.

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So, the drummers sat around a table and warmed up on practice pads, coached by GTPD member Gordon Bell of Shark River, one of the area’s top percussion instructors.

Among those drummers was George Zienowicz, Trenton’s venerable sign maker, musician, and arts supporter, who first joined the GTPD as a bagpiper, having played the instrument for decades.

Influenced by his Scottish-born mother, Zienowicz was just one member of the extended family that played the bagpipes. He also played the fiddle and spent some 15 years in a Celtic rock band.

Before the GTPD, Zienowicz was in the Tir Na Nog Pipe Band based in Hamilton, and in fact became pipe sergeant, second in command of the pipe corps.

Downey met him in Tir Na Nog and found him to be a patient teacher.

“I was just a novice player, but George was always very kind, encouraging, and

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“We were definitely brought up with music in the home,” she says. “My mother is an accomplished pianist with a serious devotion for Chopin. We were exposed to it all (classical, folk, jazz, popular, etc.) and developed a loving appreciation for music as children.”

After graduation, Downey taught for one year in the Burlington County School District as a substitute teacher before returning to TCNJ to participate in a program the college offered for recertification in mathematics.

“Basically, there was a need for mathematics teachers in New Jersey, so the college created a program which allowed education majors to achieve certification in a secondary subject area,” she says.

She then taught music at the former Harmony School in Trenton, and at Springfield Township Elementary School where she remained until June 2006.

Downey received a Master of Arts in Education/Curriculum from the University of Phoenix in 2007, and then accepted a position as a math teacher in Burlington City Junior/Senior High School.

Downey calls herself “pre-tired” (not quite retired), and lives with her mom in her childhood home. She has one son, Patrick, a civil engineer at Dynamic Engineering in Belmar.

Reflecting on what drew her to the bagpipes, Downey says it was hearing them at local parades when her high school band was also participating.

Since she is half-Irish in ethnicity, there might have been some Celtic spirit stoking her interest as well.

Ewing residents Patricia Downey, president, (left), Doug Ranson and John MacDonald are all members of Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums. (Photo by Dan Aubrey.)

“Playing the bagpipes seemed like a challenge and I was interested in seeing what it was all about,” she says. “I received a practice chanter (the first step in the learning process) as a Christmas gift in 1989, and after trying unsuccessfully to learn on my own, decided to get serious and seek out lessons.”

One of her brothers worked with someone who was taking bagpipe les-

sons at the Ancient Order of Hibernians Msgr. Crean Division 1 on Kuser Road in Hamilton, and he invited Downey to join in on Monday evening rehearsals of that group’s band.

Sitting alongside Downey at the rehearsal, you could hear that she is one of the musical leaders in the group. Her skills in playing the flute certainly have given her a jump on the tricky technique

of the bagpipes.

Musical instruction is a cornerstone of the GTPD’s mission, and the group is known for mentoring inexperienced players, like Downey once was.

Trenton’s Wills Kinsley—bicycle artisan, bass player and arts supporter— is one of those newbies, having only recently joined the group. Zienowicz is not only coaching him in drumming, Kinsley is working alongside Zienowicz in his Trenton sign shop.

“Wills just joined the band, and will be marching in his first parade with us in March,” Downey says.

“Our membership could be higher, and we have a few folks in their 70s, so we’d love some ‘new blood,’” Downey says. “Pipe and drum bands ebb and flow, and we’re always recruiting. The band is always looking for new members, and all ages and ability levels are welcome. I like to think that everyone has the right to play the bagpipes.”

The Greater Trenton Pipes and Drums will march in the Belmar/Lake Como Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, Belmar, Sunday, March 3, 12:30 p.m.

Closer to home, the group will march the Hamilton Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, on Saturday, March 9, 1 p.m.

The actual weekend of Saint Patrick’s Day, the GTPD will be part of the festivities in Robbinsville, Saturday, March 16, noon.

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One of the best-kept dining secrets in central New Jersey can be found on Monday nights in room ES111 of the Engineering Systems Building at Mercer County Community College.

In that low-slung brick building, for eight weeks a semester, culinary students make and serve three-course dinners to the public. Any hungry person with a reservation can sit down for a starter, main course and dessert, for as little as $11.

The venue is called the Viking Café.

By creating a restaurant setting in the classroom, Mercer gives students in its Applied Kitchen Skills class a hands-on opportunity to learn how a restaurant functions. Rising chefs and bakers work under the watchful eye of chef instructor Frank Benowitz, a member of the college’s Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management and Culinary Arts program.

The Viking Café also gives diners an opportunity to enjoy a thoughtfully prepared meal at a fraction of what it would cost in a for-profit restaurant. And yet they can expect a meal worth that price and more. The students may be learn-

ing, but that doesn’t mean they are inexperienced. Many work or have worked part time or full time in professional kitchens. And Benowitz always looks to source quality ingredients, locally when possible.

For the Café, students work in pairs at various stations in the kitchen. Benowitz assigns them certain food preparation tasks in the hours before service.

Between 6:15 and 7 p.m., when guests arrive, one member of each pair stays in the kitchen to take the lead in finishing their assigned dishes. The other goes out into the dining room to serve the food.

Every week, students change roles so that by the end of the semester, they will all have taken a turn at every station.

“It’s important to show them what that experience is,” Benowitz said on a Monday night in February, when students were making one of several test runs of the Viking Café. “In the kitchen, but also in the front of house.” *** Engineering Systems, like many buildings on campus, is boxy and functional, with architecture very much of its time (circa 1971). Visitors walking down a hallway lined with lockers and dark computer labs would be forgiven for checking

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This is why we go with the recipe,” Benowitz says. “This is inedible. With my high blood pressure I’d have to go to the hospital if I ate this.”

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In the hours leading up to service, the mazelike kitchen bustles with activity.

At one end of the kitchen, a pot the size of a wash tub sits on a burner, full of 40 pounds of simmering onions.

Benowitz says that single pot will provide them with an entire semester’s worth of French onion soup en croute, one of three starters on the menu. Once made it can be frozen and reheated prior to service. “Has anyone stirred these onions?” he calls out.

A few burners down, a pan of ratatouille has been recently taken off the heat. “How’s the ratatouille?” Benowitz says. “Has someone tasted it?”

“It’s pretty good, Chef,” comes a reply.

“Pretty good?” Benowitz says. “I hope it’s better than pretty good.”

Benowitz tastes the sautéed mixture of eggplant and tomatoes while students observe. He reaches for the salt and sprinkles a little bit over the pan. “This is a pinch of salt at home,” he says. Then

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check the students’ work. He can look down at a tray of lobster and calculate mentally how much money has just gone to waste—or whether there is a way to rescue those salty cakes—while at the same time challenging his apprentices to do it better next time.

The February cooking sessions are designed so that the students have a chance to make mistakes and build confidence before they open to the public come March. Even then, the café serves as a semester-long learning process.

“Here, there’s no fear of repercussions,” Benowitz says later. “They won’t lose their job. Tonight, the lobster cakes are too salty. I guarantee next time they won’t be.”

Diners have three options for each course. Besides the onion soup and lobster cake starters, there are also meatloaf cupcakes: meatloaf formed in a muffin cup and topped with mashed potato “frosting.”

For the main course, this semester’s choices are a half-pound bacon cheeseburger, BBQ-style pulled pork and fried fish. There are also three choices of sides to go with the main course: ratatouille, confit of potatoes or health salad.

Student George Steill is from Hamilton. One of his jobs on this night is to prepare fillets of cod to be battered. Partner Wyatt Rue (also from Hamilton) is making the beer-and-vodka batter. When it comes out too thin, he asks Benowitz to come over and help troubleshoot.

At another station, Roger Lloyd preps custom-ground beef patties for the grill while his partner, Agna Simon, tends to

Mercer County Community College students Lyne Simpson and Sean Lynn prepare desserts for the Viking Café. the pulled pork, which is made not on the grill or in a smoker but rather in an Instant Pot pressure cooker, to save time.

For dessert, guests can choose among a plate of madeleines, milk chocolate crème brulee, or a third option that will change depending on which students are at the dessert station. The dessert team for this session is Lyne Simpson, from West Windsor, and Sean Lynn of Ewing.

Simpson is putting decorative flourishes on today’s special, a flourless chocolate cake, while Lynn lights a butane torch to

caramelize the top of one of the custards.

When the clock hits 6:15, Benowitz announces to the kitchen that it’s time to start service. If this were the real thing, customers would now be arriving for dinner. All at once, activity in the kitchen goes up a gear. Rue and Steill start battering cod and dropping fillets into the fryer.

Simon and Lloyd, who are both from Trenton, shred the pork in a food processor while also seasoning the burgers and putting them on the grill. In the dining room, Francesca Lavino, a student from

Genoa, Italy by way of Princeton, starts making coffee in a French press. Her partner, Kathalyn Silverman (East Windsor), puts the finishing touches on the health salad at the garde manger station.

Student Kathy Marroquin is in the role of class chef. Her partner, Julie Smith, is the dining room manager. One of Marroquin’s jobs as class chef is to devise and prepare an amuse bouche to be served to all customers at the start of their meal. She and Smith are testing two versions of mushrooms stuffed with ratatouille—one where the stuffing is minced, one where it is not—to decide which is better.

As each dish is finished and plated, students take them to Benowitz for a critique of the presentation. Generally he suggests small changes, like centering the burger on the plate or seeding the jalapeños for the pulled pork.

Simpson and Lynn give Benowitz a crème brulee to try. He samples the whipped cream and asks Simpson how she made it. She tells him and he gives her a fist bump. “Good job,” he says.

When he turns away, she and her partner share a grin. *** Many of the students see enrolling in Mercer’s culinary program as a step to possibly owning a restaurant of their own someday. The Viking Café and other restaurant-style courses at Mercer are among the ways the college tries to prepare them for that eventuality.

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A third class, Food Preparation II, also serves lunches in a restaurant setting on Wednesdays starting in March. But there, the students have to come up with a restaurant concept and menu themselves.

A number of students in this class have already taken the other two. For Lyne Simpson, this is the last class she needs to take before she graduates with her degree in pastry. She already has an A.A.S. degree in culinary arts.

Like several in the class, Simpson is older than the traditional college student. Not that long ago, she was teaching third graders at Dutch Neck Elementary School, and before that she had worked in finance.

She enrolled at Mercer because she has a dream of one day opening a resort in her native Philippines. Having never worked in a restaurant or a bakery, she wanted to train as a chef and baker.

“I considered the Culinary Institute of America,” she said. “Then I looked at the numbers, and I looked at the numbers here, and I was like …” she trails off.

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Sean Lynn is in his second of three years in the program. Some students only need two years, but like Simpson he is getting degrees in both culinary arts and pastry. Also like Simpson, he con-

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“I was always in the kitchen with my mom, and I came here and I’m loving it,” she said.

Marroquin’s class partner, Julie Smith, is also from Hamilton, having moved there in the past year from West Windsor.

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Smith grew up in the restaurant business, in Poughkeepsie, New York, where her family owned and operated a restaurant called the Irish Club.

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Benowitz said scholarships such as the ones that have helped Smith are a result of a Sponsor Partnership Program he began more than 12 years ago. Over the years, he has raised more than $100,000 for scholarships through the program.

The logos of the partners are prominent on the sleeves of the chef whites he wears on campus.

“As a MCCC alumnus and employee, I take tremendous pride in working with students to assist however possible with their academic needs and wants,” he said. *** Those interested in eating at The Viking Café, or any of Mercer’s classroom restaurants, must purchase tickets online and in advance at mccc.edu/hrim.

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“In a way, they’re my customers,” he says if the students. “I want them to be happy with what they’ve done. I want them to bring it home to share and be proud of what they make.”

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Ewing High School: Ms. Shalieka Jarrett experiences for future generations.

Ms. Jarrett is currently a Dean Holocaust survivors are steadily dwindling in of Students at Ewing High number. Many have made it their mission to educate School, a new role she assumed the world that anti-Semitism and racism easily lead this past November to murder, and to speak about the horrorsafter theyservand ingWith as a Guidance for their families suffered. the passingCounselor of time, it has 14 years Ewing High School. become urgent to find a newatgeneration to continue In her a Guidance Counthe survivors’ mission androle tell as their stories after the selor she was able to assist students in grades 9-12 survivors can no longer do so. achieve acquire positive(AAS) social On personal April 12,growth, the Adopt-a-Survivor skills and values, and develop and set informed program was introduced to the Trenton area at Ewing career goals as they journey to become productive High School. Six Holocaust survivors were adopted and contributing members of a global community. by twelve Ewing High sophomores. The adopted Ms. Jarrett possesses a BA in Psychology/ survivors—Moshe Gimlan, Vera Goodkin, Marion Learning and Behavior Disorders from Hampton Lewin, Ruth Lubitz, Charles Rojer and Jack Zaifman— University, an M.Ed. in Counseling and Personwere originally from Germany, Czechoslovakia, nel Services from the University of Maryland and Poland and Belgium. an Ed. S. in Educational Leadership, Management The AAS program pairs a survivor with one or and Policy from Seton Hall University. While more students. The students embark on a joint journey serving as a Guidance Counselor at EHS, she was with the survivor through discussions about life a leader in the development of many district probefore, during and after the Holocaust. Participating grams and initiatives. students will be able to represent the survivor and Ms. Jarrett is also a former resource and collabtell the teacher survivor’s story withwith accuracy anddisabilities. feeling in orative of students learning the“Ms. yearsJarrett to come.

In addition, each student makes is an outstanding student-centered a commitment to tell the survivor’s story in a educator who devotes so much of her life public to her venue in the year 2045, a hundred years“She after is thea charges,” Principal Ed Chmiel stated. liberation of Auschwitz. worthy and wonderful recipient of Ewing High The twelve student are Dave Angebranndt, School’s Educator ofadopters the Year.”

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Ms. Radler holds her Yoga Teacher Certification for Children and Families and her Mindfulness in Schools Teacher Certification which are used daily in her instruction to the students at Lore School. She also is a certified and licensed in Emergency Care and a First Responder.

“Ms. Radler goes above and beyond her job description. She engages students and makes them want to come to school,” Lore Principal Kelly Kawalek remarked. “She gets to know her students and talks to them about how the lessons they learn in school can help them to become better individuals and citizens outside of school.”

Mrs. Gallagher has seven years of teaching experience, all at Antheil Elementary School currently teaching math, science and social studies. She is a graduate of the Ewing Public School District and still resides in the Parkway Elementary: Mr. Robert Odri township. Mrs. Gallagher graduated from The ColMr. Robert Odri is currently lege of New Jersey. a 4th/5th Special Education Mrs. Gallagher is a wonderful resource for all teacher at Parkway Elementary The recipients of theto2005 of the Year were honored at a luncheon on April 29th. Jan Fay, Odri 2004 Mercer County teachers, both new theTeacher profession andAwards tenured, School.

Mr. is completTeacher of the Year, was a guest speaker. 1st row (L to R): Joan Zuckerman, Principal Antheil; Sharon Solomon, Lore; Jan Fay, 2004 and does not hesitate to help out a fellow educaing his sixth year with Ewing Mercer County Teacher of the Year; Inetta Emery, Principal Parkway; Danielle Miller, EHS; Superintendent Ray Broach. 2nd row: Darrell tor in need.

She mentors new Antheil; teachers proSchools; all of which Jackson, Principal FMS; Donna Andreas, Don and Barnett, FMS; Betsy Turgeon, Parkway;Township Rodney Logan, Principal EHS. vides support as a team leader. Mrs. Gallagher’s have been at Parkway Elemenfifth grade math class was selected as a model tary School. Mr. Odri received his Bachelor of classroom for other educators from Fisher Middle Arts of Elementary/Special Education from Holy Whitney Lewis, EHS Freshman School to observe.

Family University, Pennsylvania On April 18, 2005 Ms. Chiavuzzo, Mrs. Walker of Perestroika.

His Philadelphia, policies reopened churches,in May 2013 with his certificate in Students Mrs. Gallagher loves to incorporate humor in her and 30 Ewing High School freshmen joined several released political prisoners, and lifted bans with on Disabilitiescensored and Elementary teaching and displays a bulletin board full of math Mercer County high school and college students, previously books. School Teacher K-6.

Mr. conscientious collaborative jokes every year.to She when students and politicians hearloves a presentation givencome by TheOdri 20this aanniversary of and Perestroika was team member and an excellent teacher of students. back to visit years later with a new math joke to add.

Mikhail Gorbachev at the Sovereign Bank Arena. one of the essential themes of Gorbachev’s He regularly exchanges suggestions for program “Mrs. Gallagher ancommunist incredible leader educator that presentation.

Gorbachev was the is last of the The policy’s main goal was to improvement andeconomic instructional and enhas touched thefrom lives 1985 of not to only her students, but make Soviet Union 1991.

During his the Soviet systemchanges more efficient. hancementsinvolved with histhe fourth grade his of herhe fellow teachers and community membershis as Perestroika term instituted various policies including transfer of team controland from Special Education colleagues. well,” Antheil Principal Jennifer Whitner shared. political policy of Glasnost and economic policy the government to the business owners. This policy “Each year, Mrs. Gallagher goes above and be“Since I have continued been principal at Parkway School on page A2 yond her duties as a classroom teacher and the Rob has always been one of those teachers who reDue budgetcapabilities restraints success of her students is proof of her commit- minds you thatto a student’s are not limitNO School Programs ment to educating our youth.” ed by theirSummer disability; only challenged.

Being in his GoodNews will resume classroom will is always aoffered time for adventure in learning be by the Lore Elementary: Tracy Radler with theMs. September the academics and in student self-discovery. Rob’s Ewing toPublic Schools Radler was described by level of dedication student learning and developissueMs. of the Observer Summer of Harris 2005.shared. parents, staff and students as ment during is one to bethe followed.”

Principal inspiring, gracious, dedicated beyond words.

Ms. Radler graduated from The Governor’s Teacher and Educational ProThe College of New Jersey with fessionals Recognition Program was developed in her Bachelor of Science in Ex- 1985 for the purpose of recognizing and honoring ercise Science and holds her certificate in Health teachers and educational professionals who exand Physical Education. Ms. Radler continued her hibit outstanding performance.

Ewing High Students Attend Gorbachev Presentation

Have a Happy Summer!!

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The Ewing Public Schools Ewing Schools Athletic Trainer Receives Gatorade National Secondary School Athletic Trainer Award

For 28 years, athletic trainer David Csillan has been providing the student-athletes of the Ewing Schools with, in his own words, “the same athletic health care as those signing million dollar contracts.”

In January at the Eastern Athletics Trainers Association Annual Meeting held in King of Prussia, PA, all those years of hard work and effort culminated in Mr. Csillan being awarded the 2019 Gatorade School Athletic Trainer of the Year Award.

Each year, Gatorade, in partnership with the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, recognizes 10 secondary school athletic trainers from around the country who provide outstanding athlete care and have had a profound impact on their students, colleagues and community.

Athletic trainers are highly qualified, multiskilled healthcare professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic

EHS Drama Troupe 4883 Qualifies for Nationals!

Congratulations to the Blue Devil Players, Troupe 4883! Ewing High School Drama qualified for Nationals in Nebraska at the NJ Thespians State Festival! Ewing Drama brought 32 performances including musical theatre solo, musical theatre duet, contrasting monologues, improvisational pairs, small group performances, and a short film to ThesFest at Robbinsville High School on January 19-20, 2019. All actors performed with poise, professionalism, and presence!

intervention and rehabilitation of injured and medical conditions.

“I am honored to be recognized by Gatorade and my peers with this award,” Mr. Csillan stated.

Aside from his duties at Ewing, Mr. Csillan has worked with state legislators to pass NJ’s Athletic Training Practice Act, as well as serving on the National Federation of State High Schools Association Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, developing and implementing health and safety protocols for the nation’s secondary school athletes.

“I cannot overstate the value of Dave’s input and service to the Ewing High School Community,” School Board President Anthony Messina commented. “The Ewing High School Community and the greater Ewing Township Community are so very fortunate to have somebody of Dave’s professional caliber working day in and day out for the betterment of our kids.”

As part of the award, Mr. Csillan receives a $1,000 grant toward his school’s athletic program, a Gatorade Sideline Cart, and Gatorade product for his athletes, as well as complimentary registration to the NATA Conference in June in Las Vegas.

“Dave is an incredible asset to the studentathletes of the Ewing Schools,” Athletic Director Bud Kowal commented. “He is an outstanding recipient of this award and we are proud of him, and appreciative of Gatorade for acknowledging what we all know; that Dave is an incredible trainer.”

ESL Families Celebrate Winter

At Lore Elementary School during the ESL Family night students from across the district decorated snowman sugar cookies with candy treats and created winter themed picture frames at the craft station. Throughout the evening, photos were taken of each family, so the picture frames could be filled with a memory from the event. The highlight of the night was the dessert table, loaded with desserts from around the world. Thank you to all of the teachers and families who brought a dessert to represent their culture. A great time was had by all!

The final ESL Family Night of the year will be held on May 13th at 6:00PM in the Fisher Middle School Cafeteria.

EHS Students Return to Parkway for “Panther Pals” Mentoring Program

Parkway Elementary School and Ewing High School teamed up to launch the “Panther Pals” School-Wide Title I after school mentoring program. This partnership brings high school volunteers to the PES Extended Day Program to work directly with elementary students on teamwork and social emotional learning through cooperative activities, crafts, and games.

The idea for this program originated with EHS junior Nathalia Davila, who reached out to Parkway Principal Nicole Harris this summer. “As high school students, we are largely disconnected from the elementary school environment,” said Nathalia.

“However, having enjoyed attending Parkway School myself, I relished the opportunity to be able to provide current Parkway Panthers with the same impactful experience. I know that growing up is never easy and therefore, a positive and dependable role model can make all the difference.”

With the assistance of EHS Student Council Advisor Mr. Hammer, program details and logistics became finalized during the first few months of the school year. By December, an initial cohort of 15 EHS sophomores and juniors were selected, and starting in January they have begun holding biweekly mentoring sessions.

THE POWER OF YET! Students in Miss Brady's Lore kindergarten and first grade class learned about growth mindset with the story Giraffe's Can't Dance

by Giles Andreae. In the story, Gerald the Giraffe learns about perseverance and growth mindset as he grows from “I can’t dance!” to “I can’t dance yet!” In Miss Brady’s class, there are so many things that students CAN do like write their names, draw, run fast, read sight words, and count. There are also a few things that they can’t do…YET! Like Gerald, Ms. Brady’s students have learned about THE POWER OF YET! With help from donations, each student was given a copy of this wonderful story to take home and share with their families!

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The Ewing Public Schools Senior Spotlight: Meet Olivia Ruch

Buddy Bench

Trenton Elks Lodge #105 and the Ewing Public Education Foundation provided Buddy Benches for Ewing Public Elementary Schools.

Using a $1,500 grant from the Elks National Foundation’s Community Investment Program, and a $500 grant from EPEF, benches have been installed at each of the three elementary schools, Antheil, Lore and Parkway. A Buddy Bench is a way for children to make friends, if they are new to a school, want to make a new friend, or just want to play something different from what others are playing that day. The Buddy Bench can help in promoting inclusiveness and in overcoming instances of bullying.

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What do you like best about Ewing High School? My favorite aspect about Ewing High School is the many opportunities that are available to all students. You can be involved in sports, clubs, or art programs, whichever best suits your interests.

Who is your favorite teacher(s) why? My favorite teachers at Ewing High are Ms. Kellar and Mrs. Hutchinson. Ms. Kellar makes it a priority to ensure all of her students understand the material, is available to assist students, and is an ultimate resource.

Mrs. Hutchinson always makes class interesting.

In which activities do you participate? I participate in the Peer Leadership program, am a member of National Honor Society and Student Council. I am a scholar-athlete on the Girls Varsity Soccer team as well as the Girls Varsity Lacrosse team. I am first stand in the Orchestra and

a member of the Pit Band for the school musical, Legally Blonde, The Musical.

What is your favorite memory of high school?

One of my favorite memories during high school was the Peer Leadership Retreat this summer.

The retreat is a great way of experiencing team building and communication skills with my fellow classmates in a non-classroom environment.

Who or what has impacted your life in a positive way? My soccer coach Ms. Pedersen, served as a mentor and a guide to help me become a better player and person. Ms. Pedersen taught me to look at every situation in a positive way.

What are your plans after you graduate? I plan on attending a college to earn my Masters Degree, taking interest in an Occupational Therapy Program.

What is your favorite quote? “I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.” -Beyoncé

Ewing High School Hosts Peer Leadership Symposium

EHS Artists Excel at Regional Art Exhibition Congratulations to EHS senior Ellen Pietsch whose artwork won 1st place in the "works on paper" category at the Phillips' Mill Youth Art Exhibition.

LeeAnn Cleckner and Kyla Brewington were also recognized with Honorable Mentions in the same category.

Congratulations also to the following students were chosen to represent their artwork: Amanda Alexandre, Patrick Delfosse III, Taylor Green, K'la Peyton and Alyssa Phillips.

The exhibition, held at the Phillips' Mill Community Association in New Hope, PA, featured selected artworks from 20 area high schools.

Cash prizes were awarded by a juror selected by the Mill. Over $2,250 in prizes were awarded!

Earlier this year, EHS hosted a symposium of Peer Leaders from around Mercer County.

Students from Nottingham, Hamilton West, Steinert, Hopewell Valley, West Windsor Plainsboro South, and West Windsor Plainsboro North High Schools attended the event.

The Peer Leadership program develops the leadership skills of high school seniors

while teaching them to provide outreach for the school community that focuses on issues such as building healthy relationships, fostering collaboration, increasing self-confidence, developing problem-solving skills, and acquiring decisionmaking strategies. Seniors in the program are provided with a thorough knowledge of group dynamics and instruction in leadership and critical thinking skills.

During the symposium, students shared ideas on leadership and community involvement, and crafted mission statements for their Peer Leadership programs. The feature speaker of the event was EHS alum Claire Ehret, a former Peer Leader now attending The College of New Jersey.

Cat in the Hat Rocks the Antheil Reading Rally

FMS “BREAKOUT BOX”

Antheil’s Kindergarten through 2nd grade students had a surprise visitor during their February Reading Rally. While students were talking about how much they loved to READ, READ, READ! The Cat in The Hat appeared at the Reading Rally! He had to make it a point to stop by and celebrate the number hours students are reading at home.

The Cat in the Hat donated a book to Antheil School, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, the very first book to be written by Dr. Seuss.

FMS Faculty enjoyed using a new instructional tool, "Breakout Box" during a recent faculty meeting. Breakout Boxes are similar to escape rooms, where players use teamwork and critical thinking to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open the locked box. They look forward to using this innovative instructional technique with their students in the future.

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Antheil - PTO Book Fair Antheil - Literary Festival @ 6pm Antheil - PTO Family Night Book Fair @ 5:30pm Antheil - Spring Picture Day EHS - Musical - Legally Blonde Senior Citizen Performance @ 6pm Parkway - Pajama Reading Night @ 6:30pm EHS - Musical - Legally Blonde @ 7:30pm Antheil - Literary Festival Snow Date @ 6pm EHS - Musical - Legally Blonde @ 7:30pm EHS - Musical - Legally Blonde @ 2pm & 7:30pm Parkway - PTA Meeting @ 7pm FMS - Progress Reports FMS - FPA Meeting - Professional Library @ 6:30pm POAC - FMS Media Center @ 6:30pm Parkway - Picture Day K-8 S.T.E.M. Night at Antheil @ 6pm Lore - LPA Meeting @ 7pm BOE Meeting - Public Session @ 8pm FMS Auditorium - Preliminary Budget FMS - 5th Grade Parent Orientation @ 6:30pm Antheil - PTO Meeting @ 6:45pm K-8 S.T.E.M. Night Snow Date @ 6pm FMS - Showcase - “Chamber Music Night” @ 7pm

Ewing Township Board of Education and Ewing High School Proudly Present

Referendum Roundup The administration of the Ewing Schools has been meeting with our architects and other professionals to finalize the bid specifications for the planned summer facility projects.

Once the bids are finalized, and contractors determined, the district will issue a comprehensive detailing of the summer projects and how they will impact our operations to the school community.

Safety Town of Ewing 2019

Safety Town is a program designed for children entering Kindergarten in September, 2019. The program runs from June 24-28, 2019 and the registration deadline is Friday, June 7, 2019.

There is a non-refundable fee of $65 per child. We urge you to enroll your child early, as soon as possible, as there is limited seating. Details and registration form can be found on the district website homepage at www.ewing.k12.nj.us.

Register Now for Kindergarten 2019-20!

Do you have a child or know a child who lives in Ewing Township who will be five years old on or before October 1st, 2019? If so, now is the time to pre-register for Kindergarten. Central Registration is now scheduling appointments for Kindergarten Roundup to be held at each of our elementary schools in March and April.

Please contact Registration at (609) 538- 9800 extension 7181 or extension 7175. You may also email Registration to schedule an appointment at dsholes@ewingboe.org or ecook@ewingboe. org. PLEASE CALL TODAY!

Emergency School Closings We will communicate during emergencies via our official communication portals: the district website, Instant Alert, Channel 19/31. Twitter is not an official emergency communication tool.

Should there be a delayed opening, all students report to school 1 hour and 30 minutes later than normal. Do not drop your child off earlier as there will not be sufficient staff for supervision.

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For questions or information, please contact: Superintendent’s Office 609-538-9800 ext. 1102 Email: thullings@ewingboe.org Website: www.ewing.k12.nj.us

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Ezeigbo excels at wrestling during his first season

By Justin Feil

on Feb. 16 and finished in fourth place tion for sports. But wrestling conditioning at 220 in Region 6. He was expected to is different than basketball and football.”

Ezeigbo is getting better with every Obifunna Ezeigbo always had size, and advance to the state tournament in Atlanweek. It helped that he has last year’s for as long as he can remember he used tic City starting on Feb. 28.

Dalessio said that he expected that Mercer County Tournament 220-pound that to play basketball in winters.

This year, the Ewing High School Ezeigbo could help the Blue Devils. He’d champion Chris Seifert in the wrestling room to work with each senior is using his 6-foot-4, 220-pound coached him in football practice. (Seifert was runframe for something new—wrestling. and liked the raw potential ner up in Region 6 at 285 he saw. “I call him a manAnd he came away with a district title. and will also compete in “Football is my main sport,” said child,” Dalessio said. “He’s Atlantic City.)

Ezeigbo, who played tackle for the Ewing 6-4 and he’s just cut.”

“Every single day,” Ezeigbo had no expefootball team last fall. “I started to realEzeigbo said. “As soon as ize that wrestling has more connections rience, but he did bring I came to practice, they to my position than basketball. I’m a per- some natural moves with threw me in with Seifert. I son that likes to try something new. The him. He’s added technical think that actually helped convincing I got from my teammates and abilities during the seame. I didn’t start out wrescoach, I figured I might as well try wres- son, sticking with simple, tling my way up. I wrestled but effective moves has tling. I hopped in.” the best person on the Ezeigbo has been a revelation in his worked. team. That’s what got me “I usually use the simple first year ever wrestling. He had opened to do as well as I am. It defeyes with his 17-4 start as of mid-January. ones that will be the most initely helps me improve.”

He split time between the 280- and 285- successful in my weight Ezeigbo Ezeigbo doesn’t think class,” Ezeigbo said. “I pond weight classes he would have developed “How many kids wrestle for years and wrestle the heavy weights don’t have 17 wins in a season?” asked so they’re not as mobile to get out of them.” as quickly without Seifert’s help. Seifert Ezeigbo has adjusted to his new sport was one of the wrestlers that convinced Ewing head coach Matt Dalessio. “I have kids who’ve graduated and put every- quickly, and he’s seen success early, but him to come out this season. The Blue Devils had asked him to try it the year thing into it and don’t have 17 wins in it hasn’t all come easily.

“The biggest challenge had to be have before, and they’re thrilled to finally have their career.”

Eziegbo went on to take the 220-pound been all of a sudden conditioning non-stop,” him and see his improvements.

“Two of his losses came opening weektitle at the District 21 tournament in Wall Ezeigbo said. “I’m an athlete and do condiend,” Dalessio said. “Since then he’s only lost twice. He weighs about 220.

He bumps up to heavyweight for most The Ewing Community Garden Association matches. I still weigh him in. He likes the and Ewing Green Team invite you to challenge of going up and wrestling those big kids.”

Dalessio said this year’s team, which finished with a 7-18 record, was thinner than some previous. Despite some holes, the team had good wrestlers in its lineup.

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Matt Hedrick had been out with injury but will shore up the middle of the lineup at 138 or 145.

Senior Devon Kueny took third place in the regionals of the first-ever NJSIAA girls’ wrestling tournament in the 118pound weight class on Feb. 17. The threesport athlete qualified to compete in the finals in Atlantic City on March 1 and 2.

“She’s 12-0 or 13-0 against girls,” Dalessio said. “All the wins were pins except one. She’s a tough girl. She knows wrestling. She’s a hammer on top. She goes out and wrestles varsity for us on a guys team. She doesn’t quit.”

Ezeigbo, meanwhile, has made noise with his arrival. He’s given the Blue Devils another tough competitor in the upper weights with Seifert, and he’s been happy to contribute so much in his first season.

“I’m more of a person that does stuff for the team,” Ezeigbo said. “I like helping out the team. I definitely like getting my hand raised at the end of the match. Wrestling itself is not bad. I actually like it.”

It’s keeping him in shape for football, which he hopes to play in college. This will be his final season of wrestling. He was a little surprised initially by his success, but now it’s motivating him for a big finish.

“As of right now, I’m not looking to lose,” he said. “I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing and keep improving. I’m not looking to lose. I want to go as far as possible.”

Ezeigbo saus he is happy that he finally tried wrestling. He has already accomplished a lot more than many would think possible in his first two months of wrestling.

“I wonder if I’m having this much success in my first year, I wonder what I’d done if I started freshman year or earlier than that,” Ezeigbo said.

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MyAsia Jackson, pictured in a 2017 game, has earned more playing time since returning from a stint at Trenton Catholic Academy. (File photo by Suzette J. Lucas.)

By Justin Feil MyAsia Jackson’s patience may have been tested, but she has no regrets about returning to Ewing High School after attending Trenton Catholic Academy and playing there for a year.

“I love it here,” said the Blue Devils senior guard. “I’m just here to play basketball and do what I love.”

Jackson is in the midst of her best year for the Ewing girls basketball team.

She’s handling most of the point guard duties, scoring 17.1 points per game, dishing out 3.2 assists per game and playing stifling defense.

“When I came back as a sophomore, It was very difficult,” Jackson said. “We had a lot of guards on the team. Not starting and having being put in the sub rotation was very different for me.”

Jackson had 12 points against Ewing in the final game of her freshman year when she played at Trenton Catholic Academy. The following year, she transferred back to Ewing to join the Blue Devils, but ended up sitting much more than she ever expected. There was New Jersey’s transfer rule that forced her to sit the first 30 days. After that she found herself coming off the bench for a deep Ewing team. She scored in double figures only once in her first year at Ewing.

“Me coming back to Ewing was a good decision,” Jackson said. “Everything happens for a reason. My freshman year wasn’t

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bad at all. I probably should have come here last year because there were so many people on the Ewing basketball team my sophomore year, too many guards.”

Jackson started last year, but took a back seat to older players. This year, she had a bigger role and was instrumental in some of the biggest games of the year.

“Last year, we certainly made a great run, even a game further than a year before” said Ewing head coach Mike Reynolds. She was the secondary ball handler, Kiyla (Peterson) spent most of the time at the point, but MyAsia was able to do it and at times certainly did do it.”

This year, the Blue Devils lost both Peterson and Mya Grimes to graduation, leaving a void in scoring, rebounding and even leadership. Jackson has helped in every area along with fellow senior Jaycee Lowe.

“Now MyAsia’s developed into a nice powerful point guard that can do a lot of different things,” Ewing head coach Mike Reynolds said. “She can get to the basket and finish, she makes her foul shots, she can shoot the 3 ball. You saw something develop those two years and now what you have is a really good player out there.”

Reynolds believes that Jackson will get a shot in college, and she is looking forward to that opportunity. She’s still waiting to commit to a college that is interested in her, one that will help her

achieve her career goals.

“I do have a bright future,” Jackson said. “I’m going to play basketball in college. I do want to major in fashion. It’s going to help me get a boost to have my own business. I’ll have the fashion part, the marketing part and the business management, so my future is looking good.”

More immediately, Jackson is focusing on leading the Blue Devils. “I feel very good about my team,” Jackson said.

“We’re very excited to play whoever we have to play. I feel as though we can make it far as long as we play together.”

Ewing defeated Hightstown, 80-44, in the first round of the MCT on Feb. 14 and Notre Dame, 59-52, on Feb 16. The team lost to TCA in the semifinals, 93-41, on Feb 19. Jackson scored 27 against Hightstown, 29 against Notre Dame and 12 against TCA. The 16-7 Blue Devils are the No. 2 seed going into the Central Jersey Group III state tournament, and they are scheduled to host 15th-seeded Ocean Township in the first round Feb. 26.

Ewing is looking for its third straight sectional title.

“The big key is defense,” Jackson said. “We need to get our defense to get ourselves major points. That’s one thing that we have different from a lot of teams. It can give us a big run to come in the tournaments.”

Jackson and Lowe are the players who are accustomed to the biggest roles in tournament play. Ewing has filled in for Peterson and Grimes with less experienced players, who have been tested during the season.

“Knowing we had to replace a lot of scoring was going to be one of the challenges,” Reynolds said. “I was fairly confident we’d get some points on the board. Between Jaycee and MyAsia, you have two talented guards that can score a lot. And we do have some good talent aside from them that I thought would plug some of that up.”

He adds, “The rebounding, which in our better games we’re holding our own, we still have to fight really hard when we’re playing bigger teams. We don’t really have anyone bigger than 5-8 or 5-9.

They’ve held their own in spots.”

Jackson has picked up her play across the board. Her scoring is nearly double from a year ago, and her rebounding and assists are up.

“The last couple years I’ve been playing the wing,” she said. “For me playing point guard and being a captain on the team, I have to have more leadership. I can control the team, have them settle down or find what we need to do and make sure everyone is OK and understands their role.”

Jackson knows full well how tough it is to take a lesser role than expected, but she’s helping to bring along her younger teammates. She’s helped them to find

‘When I came back as a sophomore, it was very difficult,’ Jackson said. ‘Not starting and having being put in the sub rotation was very different for me.’

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“I feel like everybody every day goes to another level of their potential,” Jackson said. “Once everybody starts to understand that their potential affects the game, and once you have that potential, we just keep going and going and going, and we’re going to keep winning and winning as soon as everybody plays to their highest.

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Jackson has helped guide the team’s progress through the ups and downs of the season. The Blue Devils have tried to focus on constantly building through the year.

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healthy in time for the postseason.

“We’re more tested, especially the younger kids that filled in this year,” Reynolds said. “There’s definitely three or four that did not really see much varsity time last year at all unless it was one of those blowout type situations. They’re learning how to be tough in the fourth quarter.

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Ewing has faced more close games in the regular season than a year ago, and that has them ready for any tight contests in tournament play.

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MyAsia Jackson is ready for one more run with the Blue Devils. She has waited for her chance to lead and is looking forward to making the most of her final high school games with Ewing to cap a career that’s been on the rise since her return.

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Britton hopes to help lead Ewing to a state tournament win

By Justin Feil Jaylen Britton may not have liked it at the time, but moving to junior varsity last year helped to set him up for a breakout year this season on varsity.

The Ewing High School junior has blossomed into a major contributor for the Blue Devils boys basketball team.

“I think he learned his lesson from last year to this year,” said Ewing head coach Shelly Dearden. “I think that helped him become a better player and the player he is now.”

In the MCT, Ewing defeated Steinert, 48-46, on Feb. 14. The team went on to lose to Hopewell Valey, 71-53, on Feb 16.

The team was set to take on Ocean Townhip in a home game in the first round of the NJSIAA Central, Group 3 Tournament on Feb. 26.

Britton had scored in double digits in eight straight games going into the Mercer County Tournament opener, and he scored 5 points against Steinert and 20 against Hopewell.

Four times this season he has reached or exceeded his career-high of 19 points, and he’s provided versatility as someone who can play both guard and forward positions for Ewing.

“Last year was kind of a good thing to bring me to down to JV,” Britton said. “I feel like I got more experience and I was able to come up this year and be able to be more calm. I was a little out of control.

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Jaylen Britton, pictured during a Moody Park League game last summer, has improved his game this season. (File photo by Suzette J. Lucas.)

“I wanted to play,” he said of last year.

“I understood where she was coming from. At that time, I wasn’t ready for varsity.”

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Britton has shown an ability to contribute at both ends. He uses a quick first step to get by defenders and he’s a good finisher at the basket. He’s defended guards and forwards. He has found a way to use his top tools.

“I’m sticking to what I’m good at,” Britton said. “We’re a good defensive team, so I try to play good defense. I’m not a great shooter, so I try to attack the rack. I try to bring up my teammates and make sure we’re on the same page.”

Getting on the same page has taken time with several new starters and contributors who needed experience working together. Britton spent the offseason trying to put himself in position to contribute at a higher level.

“I didn’t know where I was going to be,” he said. “I had to work my way up. I didn’t have any real varsity time last year.

I had to put in time to get a varsity spot.”

Britton, whose twin sister Jayda plays on the EHS girls basketball team, has shown his maturity in handling either starting or providing a spark off the bench, whatever Dearden thinks that the team needs. The Blue Devils are looking contributions from all for a big run in the postseason.

“I think for us, we have to play together as a team, not as individuals,” Dearden said. “And play good defense.

When we do those two things, we’re a pretty good team.”

Ewing is the No. 5 seed iCentral Jersey Group III state tournament. “I feel like we’re in a good position,” Britton said.

“We could have gained a better position.”

Ewing has been through some swings this season, and Britton’s individual numbers mirror the roller coaster that the Blue Devils rode. He scored in double figures in four of the first five Ewing games, then only hit that mark once in

the next seven games. Ewing lost four of its first five games, then won five of its next six. After dropping two out of three, it went on a six-game winning streak before dropping two games leading into the MCT. “We didn’t have a lot of varsity experience in the beginning,” Britton said. “It took some time to bond and believe and have team chemistry. Once we had that, we went on a little win streak.”

Another win streak at this point would put the Blue Devils in position to add some more history. Ewing has won three of the last five sectional crowns.

This year’s CJ III sectional is considered wide open with any number of teams capable of capturing the title.

“It just comes back to team chemistry,” Britton said. “We have to all work together as a team. We have to not play as individuals, but as a team so we can win and go far.”

Britton can help by providing steady offense and being a part of a solid defense. He’s become a reliable varsity member.

“He has really grown into a much better player all-around,” Dearden said. “He works at his game quite often. He stays after practice, comes early. Last year, he wouldn’t get to practice early. He wouldn’t stay too late. He sees the good in that. He’s getting better because he’s putting in the extra time.”

The Blue Devils appreciate that Britton can do a little of everything for them.

He’s only 6-feet-1, but that’s big enough on this team to do more than others.

Britton knew he had to improve after last year to be able to bring more to the table. He focused on developing his game so he could be a bigger contributor this year.

“Mostly my stamina, patience and strength,” Britton said. “Varsity and JV are two different skill levels. I had to gain strength and confidence because it wasn’t as high as it is now. And I had to work on defense.”

Defense has been critical in Ewing’s success. The Blue Devils have won when they’ve kept teams in the 50s or fewer. They’ve won only once when allowing more than 60 points.

Ewing feels it is well prepared for the challenges of the postseason. The Blue Devils have tested their new contributors throughout the season.

“Our schedule is a very difficult schedule,” Dearden said. “We do that on purpose to get ready for the tournament.

Everything changes. Players change, attitudes change, teams change. We have a tough schedule so kids can gain that experience and at the end of the year they’re ready to go.”

Britton was dressed for last year’s state games to take in the atmosphere.

This year, he will be on the court contributing, and he’s looking forward to his chances to help Ewing in states.

“It’s a bigger stage,” Britton said.

“You have to get used to it. There will be more people than regular home or away games, different refs, everything’s different.”

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Wiggle, Jingle, Mingle and Giggle, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Singing, dancing, rhyming and clapping for children ages 4 to 5 with an adult.

Every Friday in March. Register. 10 a.m.

Play Dough/Lego Creations, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Play based on a storytime theme for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Every Friday in March. Register. 11 a.m.

Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m.

David Bosted, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Ave, Trenton. ellarslie. org. Discussing Mark Twain, the Gilded Age in Trenton, and more. Free. 2 p.m.

Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m.

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Jay Daniels, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org.

Performing a Great American Songbook sampler. $20. 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 2

Maple Sugaring, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Participatory demonstration of the procedures of home maple sugaring. Register. 1 p.m.

Reock and Roll, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. “Chicago II.� $30. 2 p.m.

Harlem Globetrotters, CURE Insurance Arena, 81 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton. cureinsurancearena.com. Elite dunkers on the planet, exceptional ball handlers, and Guinness World Record holders put on a basketball show. $26 to $112. 2 p.m.

Laurie Berkner Band, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. The Princeton native performs children’s songs. Sensory-friendly solo performance at 11 a.m. $15-$40. Register. 3 p.m.

Monnette Sudler, Mike Boone, and Byron Landham, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton. com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m.

Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m.

Fiona Tyndall, Hopewell United Methodist Church, 20 Blackwell Avenue, Hopewell. Performing songs from Ireland and Scotland. 7 p.m.

Liz Hogg, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. The singer-songwriter and classical guitarist performs. $20. 8 p.m.

Comedy Night, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. hopewelltheater.com. Dina Hashem and LeClerc Andre perform. $34.12. 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 3

Winery Sunday Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Brooke DiCaro performs. Noon.

Maple Sugaring, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Participatory demonstration of the procedures of home maple sugaring. Register. 1 p.m.

The Art of Historical Sculpture, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Ave, Trenton. ellarslie.org. Sculptor Zenos Frudakis presents. Free. 2 p.m.

Jazzy Sundays, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 2 p.m.

Reock and Roll, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. “Chicago II.� $30. 2 p.m.

DIY Craft, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Register. 2:30 p.m.

Laurie Berkner Band, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Original songs for kids. 3 p.m.

Red Door Chamber Players, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409.

1867sanctuary.org. $20. 3 p.m.

Jay Jennings, The Pennington School, 112 West Delaware Avenue. Pennington, 609-7370404. penningtonlibrary.org. Jennings will explain the origins of “True Grit� in history, the landscape in Arkansas and Oklahoma where it takes place, and the making of both films. 3 p.m.

Monday, March 4

Play Group with Stories, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Open play and storytime for children ages 3 to 5 with an adult. Every Tuesday in March.

Register. 11:15 a.m.

Jazz Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton.com. $5. 6 p.m.

Open Mic Night, Trenton Social, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. facebook.com/trentonsocial. Hosted by Benny P. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6

CASA Information Session, CASA of Mercer and Burlington Counties, 100 High Street, Suite 301, Mount Holly, 609-265-2222. casamb.org. CASA and its volunteers speak for children in court, serve as fact finders for family court judges, and safeguard the interests of children while they are in the foster care system. Register. 10 a.m.

Cat, Hat, Sat, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Rhyming games for children ages 3 to 4 with an adult.

Every Wednesday in March. Register. 10 a.m.

Tea and Tour, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton, 609-924-8144. morven. org. A docent-led tour of the museum followed by tea and refreshments. Registration required. $22. 1 p.m.

Jazz and Sushi Night, Trenton Social Restaurant, 449 South Broad Street, Trenton. 609989-7777. Dick Gratton, a solo jazz guitarist, performs. Free. 6 p.m.

Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Working Women of World War II: Rosie and Beyond, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Storyteller Madge Powis tells the story of women’s occupations during World War II. Register. 7 p.m.

Remember the Ladies, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence. lwvprinceton.org.

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Open Computer Lab, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609-883-5914. mcl.org. Work on your own with a librarian nearby to help as needed. 10 a.m.

Toddler STEM Program, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Science and math for children ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Every Monday in March. Register. 10 a.m.

Happy Two’s Activity Time, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Songs and rhymes for two-year-old children with an adult. Every Monday in March. Register. 10:30 a.m.

CASA Information Session, CASA of Mercer and Burlington Counties, 1450 Parkside Avenue, Suite 22, Ewing. casamb.org. CASA for Children is a non-profit organization that recruits, trains and supervises community volunteers who speak up in family court for the best interests of children who have been removed from their families due to abuse and/ or neglect. 5:30 p.m.

Ewing Township Arts Commission Meeting, Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing. ewingartsnj.com. Monthly meeting. 7 p.m.

West Trenton Garden Club, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 137 West Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton, 609-883-5804. westtrentongc.org. Rutgers Gardens director Bruce Crawford discusses perennials. $5. 7 p.m.

The Empire Strikes Back!, Mercer County Library, Ewing Branch, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3148. mcl.org. Public historian Roger S. Williams discusses on the American Revolution and the Continental Army’s journey to Valley Forge. Free. Register. 7 p.m.

The Empire Strikes Back: The Philadelphia Campaign of 1777, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Roger S. Williams discusses how Washington’s army was overwhlemed in a series of battles and skirmishes. Register. 7 p.m.

Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies provided. Free. 8 p.m.

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Read and Play Storytime, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Stories and crafts for children ages 2 to 5 with an adult. Every Tuesday in March. Register. 10:30 a.m.

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stained glass, paintings, murals, tilework, sculptures, and marquetry. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m.

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Metamorphosis of the Printed Image, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, 299 Parkside Ave, Trenton. ellarslie.org. Curator Judith K. Brodsky showcases an exhibition on the history of printmaking techniques. Free.

7 p.m.

This Really Happened: Storytelling at HT, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. hopewelltheater.com. Storytellers share their craft, plus an audience open mic. $19.73. 8 p.m.

Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. Through March 17. 8 p.m.

Toney Rocks, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. $20. 8 p.m.

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Yarnworks, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Join fellow knitters and crocheters and tackle a new project or work on one you’ve already started. Register. 7 p.m.

Nate Philips, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 7

Mother Goose Storytime, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Nursery rhymes and finger plays for children up to 18 months with an adult. Every Thursday in March. Register. 10:30 a.m.

Scribble Time, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Crayons, paint and glue for children ages 1 to 3 with an adult. Every Thursday in March. Register.

11 a.m.

Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m.

Luiz Simas/Wesley Amorim Duo, Jazz on Broad, Hopewell Valley Bistro and Inn, 15 East Broad Street, Hopewell. jazzonbroad. com. Reservations recommended. $15. 6 p.m.

Thursday Evening Music, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Free. 6 p.m.

Read to Breezy the Therapy Dog, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Every Thursday in March. Register.

6:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 9

Spring Fest 2019, Boys and Girls Clubs of Mercer County, 1040 Spruce Street, Lawrence, 609-695-6060. bgcmercer.org. Family event.

Meet Miss New Jersey for autographs. Free.

10 a.m.

St. Baldrick’s, Amalfi’s, 146 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road, Lawrence. stbaldricks.org.

Volunteers shave their heads to show solidarity with infants, teens, and young adults fighting childhood cancer. 11 a.m.

Family Fun Concert, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. hopewelltheater.com. Jumpin’ Jamie performs. $19.73. Noon.

Maple Sugaring, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Participatory demonstration of the procedures of home

Friday, March 8

Public Artwork Tours, New Jersey State House Annex, 145 West State Street, Trenton, 609-847-3150. Guided tour of New Jersey’s capitol complex and its artwork, including

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maple sugaring. Register. 1 p.m.

The Essence of Beauty: An Art Show, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing Township, 609-882-3135. Dantess Group LL presents the works of local artists Theresa A. Bowman Downing and Kat Hamilton. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Jerry Rife’s Blue Skies Quartet, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409.

1867sanctuary.org. $20. 2 p.m.

Daryl Yokley, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton. com. $10. Includes free buffet. 3:30 p.m.

Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 6 p.m.

Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m.

Tom Tallitsch, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. $20. 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 10

Brunch Club, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-4661964. hopewelltheater.com. Brunch buffet plus a performance by the Alex Hiele Paris Jazz Combo. $53.85. Performance only: $19.73. 11 a.m.

Winery Sunday Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Jerry Steele performs. Noon.

Maple Sugaring, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609. Participatory demonstration of the procedures of home maple sugaring. Register. 1 p.m.

Gary’s Pruning Demonstration, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609924-2310. terhuneorchards.com. Gary Mount, owner of Terhune Orchards, presents a free pruning class. 1 p.m.

Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m.

Jazzy Sundays, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. Free. 2 p.m.

Joe Holt with Cody Leavel, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409.

1867sanctuary.org. $20. 3 p.m.

Voices Chorale, Trinity Cathedral, 801 West State Street, Trenton. voiceschoralenj.org.

Performing a program called “Shakespeare in Love.” 8 p.m.

Monday, March 11

Fitness for the Active Aging, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Learn the benefits of stretching and low-impact exercises. Register. 10:30 a.m.

Ewing Woman’s Club, Michael’s Restaurant, 2991 Route 1, Lawrence, 609-883-4344.

Bring items for the flea market. New members and guests are welcome. 1 p.m.

6 p.m.

Preservation New Jersey and the 1867 Sanctuary in Ewing, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Representatives Helen Kull and Dale Perry present. Register. 7 p.m.

Meetings, PFLAG Princeton, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton. pflagprinceton. org. Support group for families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Peer-facilitated discussion and information sharing in a safe, confidential, non-judgmental setting. 7 p.m.

Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies provided. Free. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, March 12

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. Through March 31. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 13

Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Yarnworks, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Join fellow knitters and crocheters and tackle a new project or work on one you’ve already started. Register. 7 p.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 7:30 p.m.

Trivia Jam, Firkin Tavern, 1400 Parkway, Ewing, 609-771-0100. firkintavern.com. 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 14

Create a Red-Hot Resume, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl. org. One-on-one workshop for building as resume and conducting an effective job search. Register. 10 a.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 15

Sing-A-Long with Pat McKinley, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl. org. For children up to 7 years with an adult.

Register. 11:30 a.m.

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 8 p.m.

Bill O’Neal and Andrew Koontz, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409.

1867sanctuary.org. Performing Irish folk and roots music. $20. 8 p.m.

Ranky Tanky, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Charleston-based jazz quartet performs the music of Gullah culture. 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 16

Leprechauns at the Library, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Find paper leprechauns scattered throughout the library’s children section. Irish soda bread and other treats will be served. Register. 1 p.m.

A Sick Day for Amos McGee, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $12. 2 p.m.

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The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Bonomo, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org.

Performing acoustic indie-folk fusion. $20.

2 p.m.

Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m.

Shenanigans, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.

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A World of Strings, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Japan’s Wu Man, master of the pipa, is joined by three representatives from Madagascar, Mali, and Morocco, all playing plucked string instruments rooted in their own national traditions. 8 p.m.

Southside Wanderers, Freddie’s Tavern, 12 Railroad Avenue, Ewing, 609-882-9845.

Dance party band plays oldies, Motown, British invasion, and classic rock. Free. 9 p.m.

Sunday, March 17

Peter and the Starcatcher, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 2 p.m.

Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. Jazz composer Sosa joines Senegalese kora master and vocalist Keita for “Transparent Water.” 3 p.m.

Monday, March 18

Fitness for the Active Aging, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org.

Learn the benefits of stretching and low-impact exercises. Register. 10:30 a.m.

Children’s Book Club, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. “Misty of Chincoteague” by Marguerite Henry. For children in grades 3 and up. Register. 4:40 p.m.

Yarnworks, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ew-

ing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Join fellow knitters and crocheters and tackle a new project or work on one you’ve already started. Register. 7 p.m.

Adult Craft, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609-883-5914. mcl.org.

Create colorful spiral moviles using upcycled platic water bottles. Materials provided.

Register. 7 p.m.

Jan Lisiecki, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Polish-Canadian pianist performs works of Ravel, Schumann, and Chopin. 7:30 p.m.

Art Chill Night, Championship Bar, 931 Chambers Street, Trenton. championshipbartrenton.com. Crayons and drinks. Art supplies provided. Free. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, March 19

Ewing Environmental Commission Meeting, Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing. ewingec.org. Open to the public. 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 20

Computer Class: Google Docs, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609883-5914. mcl.org. Learn the basics of using Google Docs, a web-based alternative to Microsoft word. Register. 10 a.m.

Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday, March 21

End of Life Planning, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609-883-5914. mcl.org. Get advice on how to simplify the funeral planning process. Register. 10 a.m.

Family and Community Health Talk: Are You Sitting Too Much?, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Learn about how sitting too much can cause serious health problems. Register. 11 a.m.

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Blues Jam, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton, 609-695-9612. jazztrenton. com. $5. 6 p.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 22

Tim Hoh, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Music for children up to 6 years old with an adult. Register. 11:30 a.m.

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Open Mic Night, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. Free to perform and listen. 7 p.m.

The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. Through March 31. 8 p.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 8 p.m.

Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother, Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell, 609-466-1964. hopewelltheater.com. Jamie Brickhouse performs. Register. 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 23

Art Making Day 2019, Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton. artworkstrenton.org.

Painting and crafting for parents and children. Free. Noon.

The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m. And 8 p.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Jack Furlong Trio, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary. org. $20. 2 p.m.

Yarnworks, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. Join fellow knitters and crocheters and tackle a new project or work on one you’ve already started. Register. 2 p.m.

Monika Ryan: Changes, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409.

1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 24

The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 2 p.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 2 p.m.

20th Annual Spring into Song, Central Church, 2015 Pennington Road, Ewing. hopewellvalleychorus.org. Featuring the Trenton Children’s Chorus and the Hopewell Valley Chorus. 2 p.m.

Alexandre Djokic and Roburt Gajdos, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-3926409. 1867sanctuary.org. Performing chamber music for violin and piano. $20. 3 p.m.

Monday, March 25

Better Read Book Club, Hollowbrook Library, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing, 609-883-

5914. mcl.org. Check this month’s title online. Register. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 26

Booktalking, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-882-3130. mcl.org. “Warlight” by Michael Ondaatje. Register. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 27

Ballroom Newcomers Dance, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609931-0149. americanballroomco.com. Group class included. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease, Ewing Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-8823130. mcl.org. Nicolette Vasco, an Alzheimer’s Association representative, presents.

Register. 7 p.m.

Green Team Meeting, Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing. ewingec.org. Open to the public. 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 28

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 29

Friday Dance Party, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Sound of Music, Kelsey Theatre, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseytheatre.net. $20. 8 p.m.

The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 8 p.m.

An Evening with John SaFranko featuring Yvonne, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609-392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. $20. 8 p.m.

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The Gods of Comedy, McCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. A young Princeton Classics professor puts her career and her love life in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. When the gods who show up are the gods of Comedy, things don’t go according to plan. By Ken Ludwig. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Pasta Dinner and Silent Auction, Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1125 Parkside Avenue, Ewing, 609-883-2860. Fundraiser featuring all-you-can-eat pasta and silent auction. $10. 5 p.m.

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Hannah Murphy and Phil Goldenberg, 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing, 609392-6409. 1867sanctuary.org. Performing songs on classical guitar. $20. 3 p.m.

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Time is often described as a flowing river. Every once in a while, I personally wish we could travel upstream on that flowing river to a given point in the past, and just take a peek from the river bank.

I would love to have seen first-hand what Ewing looked like one hundred or more years ago. But, until such imagined time travel is a reality, we will have to depend on other sources to experience places in the past.

Fortunately for us, in our continuing visit to the Ewingville of days long gone, there are some helpful descriptions and resources. Our own Ewing Township website has posted a group of maps of the township (under the Community Information tab), a few of which are of Ewing in the more distant past. These maps help to identify what was here, and what wasn’t here yet.

Census data is also fascinating to look over. Data from the 1940 census and earlier are available online, and provide interesting glimpses of and information about the local population.

But my own preference for getting a sense of what life was like in Ewingville a century ago is the first-hand account by Robert Reeder Green of his reminiscences of growing up in Ewingville, in his book Land Along the Shabakunks. I have used this book a great deal in researching these columns, and it never fails to paint a very vivid picture of Ewing in the very early 20th century.

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In the years prior to 1920, it was almost all farmland, being comprised of the small hamlet of Ewingville, with a dozen or so homes, and then four farms and associated buildings: The Amos Reeder Green Farm, the Susan Titus Farm, the Fred Wenzel Farm, and the Blackwell-William Green Farm. The same land had been farmland for decades before that, just changing ownership.

The Amos Reeder Green Farm, the home of the book’s author, was essentially land on either side of Pennington Road at the main entrance to the College, and extended down along Pennington Road about as far as the Lanning School. At one time, the Amos Reeder Green farmhouse was at what is now the entrance to the College.

The Susan Titus Farm, a more modest farm, was land that backed up to the Amos Reeder Green Farm, and extended towards the Shabakunk Creek, running through the middle of this parcel of land.

The Titus Farm was where currently the Science and Education buildings are located on the college campus.

The Jewell Blackwell Farm was land carved from the original William Green Farm, a large parcel of land first settled

by Europeans in the early 18th century.

The William Green farmhouse still sits on the land, the original portion of the house dating to the early 1700s.

It remained in the family for many decades, on land that was subdivided and passed along to sons, and eventually sold to the Blackwell Family in 1915.

The home was occupied by various owners and inhabitants until the 1970s.

Another portion of the original William Green property, located east of the Shabakunk, was passed to William Green’s son William A. Green. It remained in the family as a working farm as it passed (or was sold) successively to the Crozier, Vernam, and Kundl families, and finally sold to Ewing Township to provide land for Antheil School and the Armstrong ball field. The Croziers and Vernams raised some grains and crops, but much of their land was used for dairy cattle.

Finally, the Wenzel Farm and meadow was located on the far edge of the tract along Ewingville Road, closer to Pennington Road, on either side of the intersection with Federal City Road, and extended toward the Shabakunk.

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My husband George and I have been married for almost 39 years, and we’ve been together as a couple for 41 years.

We got married in our early 20s. We went from two naïve kids to our present state, two older adults, senior citizens according to the movie theater ticket prices.

We have been empty nesters for quite a while, so that’s not an adjustment anymore. Plus we have two knuckleheaded dogs that keep us on our toes much like toddlers do.

The adjustment that we are struggling with is the fact that we are in our 60s and as such, cannot do some of the things we used to do, do not behave the way we used to, do not think the way we used to, and for certain do not LOOK the way we used to.

George and I are both developing traits that, 40 years ago, we would have rolled our eyes at. For instance, George has this (annoying) habit of always needing the kitchen sink empty.

If I use a spoon (because I may or may not eat peanut butter right out of the jar) and I put the dirty spoon in the sink, chances are excellent that the nanosecond I leave the kitchen, that spoon will be washed, dried, and put away. I was gonna wash it, for crying out loud.

Eventually.

I need all blanket tags to be at the bottom of the blanket, not up near my face.

I do not want that tag fluttering by my face in the middle of the night. I would wake up swinging, thinking that a bat or a pterodactyl is doing a fly-by and brushing on my face.

This “concern” of mine has required me to take the blanket off the bed (and off George) and turn it, turn it, turn it, till that tag is by our feet. NOT our faces.

This process seems to be very irksome to George. I am not sure why.

Our TV volume doesn’t seem to be working very well lately. Our kids have walked into our house while we’re watching something and say (shout) things like, “Are you guys actually AT the game? Cos that’s how loud this TV is right now.”

Too loud? We can hardly hear it. I have resorted to TV screen lip-reading when my kids are over.

We are continually insulted at what are considered Golden Oldies on the radio. There’s a chorus of groans when we get off the couch or out of the car.

Neither of us can see very well driving at night (“Are the defrosters on? Why is

everything so blurry?”).

Recently the two of us had to squint and move directly under a bright light to read the expiration date on a block of cheddar cheese (“Is that a 1 or a 7? If it’s a 1, throw that crap out now”).

One day George came home from the grocery store with 4 boxes of cereal.

Now, there are two people in our house and one of them doesn’t eat cereal much (me).

He left to go to the gym and I texted him, “While you’re out, can you pick up cereal?” He buys toilet paper in bulk.

When we were younger, we were lucky if we had one extra roll in the house. I am the coffee obsesser. If we only have two cans of coffee in stock, I go out and get 6 or 7 more. And at this very moment, we have at least 10 cans of tuna. And we don’t eat a whole lot of tuna. But we’ve become bulk food junkies at our advanced age.

My niece FaceTimed me recently. I didn’t know where to look!

Do I look at her image on my screen? Do I look at my image? Can she see up my nose? I thought I was tech-savvy till that day.

Our way of dealing with the changes is to laugh at them. And poke fun at each other. There’s a lot of “Come on, old man, “and “What do you expect? You’re old” in our house. But laughter keeps us young. Kinda.

The adjustment that we are struggling with is the fact that we are in our 60s and as such, cannot do some of the things we used to do.

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We have five different clubs that meet once a month for socialization, trips, information and more!

Call (609) 883-1776, Ext. 6205 or option #1, if you have additional questions about clubs or any of our programs. The Center will be closed on Feb. 18 for Presidents’ Day. Pool Sharks, darts and cards are played Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the clubhouse and 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Mondays: 10 a.m., Body shaping, Karen Martin, ESCC; 1 p.m., Bingo, senior community room (none on March 18).

Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m., Dancercise with Karen; 9:30 a.m., Knitting group; 10 a.m., Pinochle group; 11 a.m., Live Wires (3/5), Busy C’s (3/12); 1 p.m., Rummikub, Card players, Sewing Class.

Wednesdays: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Watercolor Wednesday, Dr. Tim McGee; 11 a.m., Club A (3/20); 12:30 p.m., Bible Study at ESCC; 1 p.m., Jewelry or craft class.

Thursday: 9:30 a.m., Exercise with Karen at HB on 3/7, at ESCC on 3/14, 21, 28); 9:30 a.m. SCAC executive board (3/21); 10 a.m. SCAC General Meeting (3/21); 11 a.m., Club D (3/7); Noon, Fear of Falling and Balance Program (new day). 1 p.m., Card players, Sewing class.

Friday: 9:30 a.m., beginners line dancing with JoAnn Kephart (ESCC community room 3/1, 3/8.

HB rehearsal, 3/15. HB show, 3/22, 3/29). 10 a.m.

Advanced Line Dancing (ESCC community room 3/1, 3/8. HB rehearsal, 3/15. HB show, 3/22, 3/29); 1 p.m. HB Seniors Club, (3/8).

Saturday: 9:15 to 5 p.m., active chair yoga with Tracy Parkes, HB. Senior lunch show. The Gordon James Duo will perform at the March Senior Luncheon. Our “Sock Hop” will feature music from the 1950s and 1960s. James is a performer, composer, arranger, producer and recording artist who has appeared with or opened for Roy Ayres, Angela Bofill, Bobby Caldwell, Pieces of a Dream, Grammy Award winning Jazz Artist, Cassandra Wilson and others.

The Young at Heart Dancers will also be making an appearance. Make reservations in advance at the Ewing Senior and Community Center. Cost per person for Ewing residents is $7 or $12 a couple.

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The Ewing Recreation Department is offering a 5 percent discount for all money paid on or before April 5, for the Summer Day Camp or Teen Travel Camp and a $25 early registration discount on purchasing a seasonal pool system pass.

Online registration for Ewing Recreation Department is available at communitypass.net. You can securely register your entire family for all Ewing Recreation Department programs & memberships at one time from the comfort of your home or workplace, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Ewing Community Pools System offers two pools with Splash-Pads at both locations. Pools are open to seasonal members and daily patrons.

The Hollowbrook Pool located at 320 Hollowbrook Drive,was totally renovated in 2017 and is scheduled to open on weekends on May 26. Operating hours are Sunday–Friday noon–8 p.m.

Both pools can host small parties during regular operating hours but a reservation is required. Saturdays HCCP can be rented for private events, email Raquel at rince@ewingnj.org to schedule an event. You can friend the Ewing Township Pool System on Facebook. Weather updates and program information will be updated there daily during pool season.

The ESCC pool will open on weekends starting May 25 and both pools will open full time starting on June 17 from noon–8 p.m. Swim lessons start with evaluations on June15 and space is limited, stop by ESCC to register. Senior Swim and Senior Water Aerobics are offered and will start on June 17, seniors register at the Senior Office for these programs.

The Ewing Recreation Summer Camp will run from June 24–Aug. 30 for grades K–9 and is held on the grounds of the Ewing Sr. & Community Center (ESCC) 999 Lower Ferry Rd. Hours are from 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday. Early hours are from 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. and late hours are from 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. The Day Camp will be for children entering grades K-5th. Teen Travel Camp is for students entering 6th–9th grade and is a 7-week program that runs from July 1–Aug. 16. Post Camp runs for two weeks Aug. 19–30.

Forms are available online at the Ewing Township website and in Township community centers.

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Ewing Little League: All info about the league can be found at ewingbaseball.leagueapps.com.

Ewing Hopewell Babe Ruth Baseball, ages 13–15, is taking online registration at hvbsa.org.

Ewing Girls’ Softball is taking online registration at ewinggirlssoftball.com.

Ewing Recreation is taking team and individual registration for the Friday Night Double Header Adult Softball league. Email Ted at tforst@ ewingnj.org for more information or to register.

ESCC gym and weight room are open daily.

Hours are Monday – Thursday 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Fridays & Sundays, 6 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fees are $30/month for adults, $20/ month for full-time students and seniors (age 60+). Seniors can also workout between 9 a.m.11 a.m. daily for free.

The ESCC and Hollowbrook Community Center, 320 Hollowbrook Drive has rooms available for rent for small groups to large parties. Kitchen facilities are available. The Gym at ESCC is also available for rentals and community events. For more information please call the Recreation Office. For Hollowbrook call (609) 883-1199.

For more information on these or any other programs you can contact the Recreation Office at (609) 883-1776 x 2, online at ewingnj.org. The Recreation Office is located ESCC and is open weekdays 8:30 am – 5 pm. Evening hours are 5–9 pm, Monday–Thursday; weekends 9 am–5 pm.

The Ewing Recreation column is paid content provided by Ewing Township.

The ESCC, 883-1776x2 and Hollowbrook Community Center, 883-1199 have rooms available for rent for small groups to large parties. Kitchen facilities are available. The Gym at ESCC is also available for rentals and community events. For more information please call the Recreation Office.

For more information on these or any other programs you can contact the Recreation Office at (609) 883-1776 x 2, online at www.ewingnj. org/communityaffairs. The Recreation Office is located at ESCC and is open Monday–Thursday 8:30 am–9:00pm; Fridays 8:30am–5:00pm, weekends 9:00am–5:00pm.

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