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The buck stopped here
Tindall Road Brewing hits city
Dollar bill artist had Bordentown connections
By JOe eMansKi
By Dan auBrey American artist Gilbert Stuart said the following about his first portrait session with George Washington: “When I painted him, he had just had a set of false teeth inserted, which accounts for the constrained expression so noticeable about the mouth and lower part of the face.” Yet despite the 65-year-old Washington’s down-in-themouth countenance, the sittings with Washington produce what is arguably the most famous portrait of any United States president—one readily on view in any cash register. Obviously it is the dollar bill Washington. Not so obvious is that the creator of the buck image’s stopped here and had a house and studio in Bordentown between 1803 and 1805. And probably not much of consideration is that the dollar image is actually one in a series of replicas created by Stuart between the above mentioned 1795 painting session and the artist’s death in 1828. Based on the premise that people would want a portrait of Washington from an artist who was actually face-to-face with the great man, the Washington portrait was Stuart’s own dollar maker. And in addition to more than 1,000 portraits of mainly famous or wealthy Americans, Stuart cranked out 130 finished WashSee STUART, Page 8
Sharon Williams, with sons Sam and Luke, right before running her 50th half marathon in her 50th state: Anchorage, Alaska.
The races of a lifetime Woman finishes 50 half marathons before turning 50 By siDDharTh Muchhal Five years ago, Bordentown resident Sharon Williams was chatting with her friends when they made a bold plan. They had begun running half-marathons together a while back, but wanted to take it to the next level. Over the next few years, before they reached 50 years of age, they challenged themselves to run 50 half-marathons in all 50 U.S. states. However, unlike most bold propositions made by friends and shortly forgotten thereafter, Williams actually stuck to the goal. Currently a practicing audiologist in Princeton, Williams had never been an avid runner until she began working. “I played sports in high school,
and when I was in college I ran on and off, but nothing big,” she said. “I didn’t pick up running until I started working, and had to stop for a while when I had kids, but I picked it back up because it’s a great mental break.” Williams developed her passion for running along with her husband, Vaughan Williams, who works in pharmaceutical marketing in North Jersey. “Back when Sharon and I were dating, in 1999, I was in the Navy and ran the Philadelphia marathon. Apparently that inspired her, so the next year we ran the Marine Corps marathon together,” Vaughan said. While Sharon enjoyed the marathons, she didn’t feel the distance was right for her. “Full marathons are just too long, with the training and recovery and the running time itself. But it does take me 3-4 miles to get my legs warmed up, so 5Ks
are too short since I’m not a sprinter. 10Ks are alright, but I think the half marathon was just more of a challenge for me.” Vaughan himself wasn’t a fan of running before joining the Navy. “I ran a year of cross country in high school and hated it. But when I joined the Navy, I had to run because physical fitness was a big part of the job. I started to run a lot more, and that led me to marathons. Later, I started running a lot more 5Ks,” he said. Vaughan joined Sharon in all 50 states, but generally ran smaller distances, unless the half marathon was the only option. “I would call myself a reluctant runner. I’m not somebody who runs miles every day, but I try to get in shape for races. I’m now much more interested in shorter races.” After the initial reaction, the Williams’ realized that this See WILLIAMS, Page 5
Just a month after Bordentown City’s first modern brewery closed, another has already taken its place. Tindall Road Brewing Company opened its doors to the public for the first time July 19. The opening was the culmination of two years of preparation for brewer-owner Dan Pogorzelski and his wife and partner, Marci Warboys. Common Sense Brewing owners Eric Eaves, Marc Selover and Robin Selover ceased operations at 102 Farnsworth Ave. in early June. They sold their brewing license to Tindall Road, and the latter moved into the space and quickly began brewing. The Bordentown Current attempted to contact a representative from Common Sense Brewing for comment on its closing, but the brewery’s website and social media sites have either been shut down or stripped of content, and an email we have for Eric Eaves returns an undeliverable message. Common Sense was open from September 2017 to June 2019. The brewery’s tasting room has been painted, and some tables have been moved around, but long-time Common Sense customers will probably feel right at home. One noteworthy change to the facility comes not in the tasting room, but in operations, where See BREWING, Page 6
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