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Madame Cupcake brings new flavors to hopewell

Mercer looks to expand legacy beyond HomeFront

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For over 20 years, Tatiana Tedesco has been pursuing her biggest passion: baking for her own enjoyment and as a profession. She has spent the majority of her life mastering her craft, as it’s been something she’s always been interested in and working towards as her primary career.

“This was always my passion, I do what I love so it’s not like, “Oh no, I have to go to work.’ I really do love this,” Tedesco says.

Five years ago, Tedesco and her husband moved from London to the Hopewell area. She immediately started to establish herself in the community by baking right from the comfort of her own home.

“I was baking from home and the business worked so much, and I got so many customers that I needed to open a shop,” Tedesco said.

Shortly after that, Tedesco would open up Madame Cupcake Bakery with some help from her lifelong friend, Joanna Karcz. With a combined experience of over 30 See CUPCAKE, Page 6

From a kitchen table to a statewide network, Connie Mercer has seen her Lawrence Township nonprofit, HomeFront, evolve to tackle family homelessness and poverty in central New Jersey.

She started the organization 31 years ago, and now the founder and CEO is transitioning out of her leadership position to continue building on her legacy of advocacy.

“The time was right,” Mercer said of the change. “[There’s] a terrific executive management team in place right now. Our funding has been very solid. The community has been very generous during the Covid period.”

Mercer is stepping up on Sept. 30 to support families who are homeless at both the state and national level, while she also assists HomeFront’s Board of Trustees in finding a proper successor. Her replacement will officially embark on the role of CEO on Oct. 1.

“My heart has been aching, lusting to get involved with some of the bigger picture issues, because See MERCER, Page 3

Operations manager Lindsey Young-Lockett at the Hopewell Quarry. The old swimming hole, sold last year, is reopening this month as a nonprofit facility after years as a private club.

Hopewell Quarry to reopen as nonprofit swimming hole

By ThOMAs KeLLy Nestled on a hillside on Crusher Road in Hopewell is a step back in time. A nostalgic place with no Wi-Fi yet. A place where area children learned to swim and parents brought picnic lunches to enjoy outside. A simpler time? Maybe.

And maybe some residents were not ready to let go of these times or these memories.

For nearly 100 years there has been swimming at a quarry in Hopewell. This Memorial Day weekend, after a one year hiatus, the facility, the Hopewell Quarry, will reopen as a public swimming venue.

In need of some tender care and upgrading to current standards, the Hopewell Quarry is a work in progress. On the eight acre site there are picnic grounds, a vol-

leyball court, snack stand, a large conventional swimming pool and the quarry itself.

While in the ownership and care of Jim and Nancy Gypton for the last 31 years, the quarry was purchased by the Friends of the Hopewell Quarry, a nonprofit, in August of 2021. The nonprofit was founded for the purpose of keeping the historic venue open See QUARRY, Page 8

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Annual Pennington Day set to return May 21 Pennington Day, the long held annual street fair, is returning to downtown Pennington this year after a two-year interruption due to Covid-19.

Since 1980, the street fair has featured local businesses, artisans, activities, music, food and nonprofits, and has become one of the most anticipated events in Hopewell Valley.

Pennington Day is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Festivities will take place along South Main Street and East Curlis Avenue.

Entertainment is spread across two stages: the Crossroads Stage at Curlis and Main, and the North Stage on Howe Commons. Set to perform from 10 to 10:30 a.m. on the Crossroads Stage is the Timberlane Jazz Band. They will be fllowed by the HVCHS Jazz Band at 10:30 a.m. and Knecht’s Danceworks at 11.

Gracie Barra will take the Crossroads Stage at 11:30, followed by Grants

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Andrew Lobby is set to perform on the North Stage from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Lobby will be followed by HVCT from 11 a.m. to noon, Mini Rockers from noon to 1 p.m., and MLC band from 1 to 3 p.m. Wally Jacob is set to close out the afternoon from 3 to 4 p.m.

Food vendors set to be on hand include Aunt Martha’s Funnel Cakes, Beverly Mills Strawberry Shortcakes, Big Sid’s Southern Cuisine, Buzzetta’s Festival Foods, D&D catering, Greta’s House Baked Products, Latin Bites, Mr. Softee, Nomad Pizza, Pennington Fire Department, Pennington Presbyterian Cotton Candy, Pennington Quality Market, and Sweet Concessions.

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MERCER continued from Page 1 we’re changing lives one by one here at HomeFront and doing it very, very well.

But there are a lot of bureaucratic reforms and legislative reforms that will make a real difference,” Mercer explained.

The initial urge to take action arose when Mercer, aghast with what she saw in a Route 1 motel, helped hungry children and their families living in squalid conditions.

HomeFront’s first volunteers brought food to ensure that the homeless populations were not only adequately nourished, but cared for.

Mercer said that one year, they provided 300,000 meals, the services then encompassing a Meals on Wheels program and preparing food in volunteer, church, and communal kitchens. Restaurants also donated food, and Mercer estimated that the food is given to about 1,200 families a month.

“The more you deliver the food,” she said, “you see that they need so much more than that. You see that it’s the middle of winter and the little girl that comes out to get the food only has flip flops on.”

She added that the children are so young, but they might have depression or carry a weight beyond their years — with circumstances beyond what a single meal could hope to remedy.

“We realized that what we were doing was terribly important, and we did it for a number of years, that people need so much more than just food and some nice people interacting with them — that they’ve got to claw their way out of poverty, they need real programs,” Mercer said.

This is where HomeFront’s “comprehensive wraparound plan” came to be.

HomeFront is run through donations of money and resources, supplying housing, food, daily necessities, training, life skills, prevention services, programs, and more to families in need.

Their sheltering opportunities and outreach continued to develop along with the organization. In 2015, HomeFront revitalized a decommissioned military base across more than eight acres, turning it into its “Family Campus,” which houses its “Family Preservation Center,” a place where all kinds of assistance is administered on-site.

The Ewing-based facility accommodates 38 families in total, complete with dorm suites and social services to uplift, not discourage, disadvantaged households.

Adults are emboldened to seek out occupational opportunities with proper coaching and the career program, Hire See MERCER, Page 4

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MERCER continued from Page 3 For over 100 years, the Rescue Mission Expectations, while children can also of Trenton has been providing services receive customized education and care at to economically impoverished people in the Atkinson’s Child Development Cen- the area via a large emergency shelter, ter. This ensures that everyone has an case management networks, supportive outlet, and a safe space, to develop them- housing, and a range of behavioral health selves further. and vocational services. They also have “We have all the support and services a food pantry, thrift store, and clothing that they need there in one spot,” Mercer boxes throughout New Jersey to collect said, especially prideful of donations. programs that supply costly Abbott-Young described items such as diapers.

Mercer as a longtime friend Beyond the shelters, both personally and proHomeFront’s sister agency fessionally, continuing that Homes by TLC has created others often remark the about 120 units of affordpair “fought the good fight able housing. The nonprofit together,” as Abbott-Young tries to eradicate the pitfalls recalled, their time together that alienate and punish dating back to when Homelow-income families. AddiFront was known as the tionally, a focus is put on Exchange Club. families being able to leave Of her “constant, unwavMercer the shelter and get an apartering advocacy,” Abbottment or house of their own.

Young said if need be, MerTo aid the moving process, cer would call somebody there is also a HomeFront FreeStore for to help a client no matter the time of day furniture and goods. or circumstance, going from emotional Over three decades, Mercer has support to finding legislative solutions observed key changes in family dynamics. that best serve families experiencing Years ago, she said, fathers were often not homelessness. in the picture for those receiving Home“HomeFront is a premier leader in Front services. Pivoting away from that, innovation for services to homeless peoa higher percentage of families includes ple. I would say the beauty of Connie’s fathers than ever before, with the male fig- work is not only that she developed this ures also being heads of the household or comprehensive, amazing organization, single parents more frequently. literally from a couple of volunteers sitAnother shift was that prior to 2020, ting around the kitchen table into…[servHomeFront had helped nearly eradicate ing] every single need of a homeless famthe presence of homeless children living ily,” Abbott-Young said. “She has never in Mercer County motels. lost contact with the client, never lost her “The pandemic has turned everything love or her ambition to help the families, on its head. Once again, there are hotel hasn’t wavered in that one bit in all these families, because there just aren’t enough years.” rooms in my shelter or out in the commu“I think all of us would do well to have a nity,” Mercer said. sister or a mother or a friend that has that “We as a community, and I don’t just type of empathy,” she continued. mean HomeFront, I mean all of the social Mercer acknowledged Margaret service agencies, have worked together Mead, a cultural anthropologist and very well to set up a system that’s quickly author, whose quote captures what she moved folks out of homelessness,” Mer- called HomeFront’s enduring creed, cer said. motto and inspiration: “Never doubt that Just like the crisis at the motel ignited a small group of thoughtful, committed, her desire to open HomeFront, there citizens can change the world. Indeed, it was a moment when Mercer realized she is the only thing that ever has.” was inspiring something larger than life.

“I believe that firmly, and I’m very Mercer has seen the growth of countless proud that HomeFront was able to mobiindividuals from youth to adulthood, wit- lize those volunteers to make the world nessing firsthand how children directly a better place,” Mercer said. “I hope took control of their lives to pursue big- for HomeFront that it always is a model ger dreams. of how to help homeless families get “These are the kids that were languish- through the horror of homelessness and ing in those motels that other people had move on to self-sufficiency.” written off as being ‘throwaway’ kids.

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CUPCAKE continued from Page 1 years working in the food industry, the two work together to combine old world tastes with modern technique for some truly unique treats.

She specializes in desserts like french macaroons, cupcakes, and all kinds of cakes Customers can walk in or get an event catered with her treats. She can make custom desserts or even complete dessert tables.

Her bakery is relatively new to the area after opening up this January and she has been very happy about how everything has gone for her.

“The shop has been open since January of this year, and it’s getting busier,” Tedesco says. “People are starting to know me and know what I’m doing here.”

What makes Tedesco’s bakery stand out from others is how she blends together flavors from different cultures to create some unique recipes that she came up with on her own. From her decades of experience cooking around the world along with her own cultural background, she’s able to pull from everything to put these recipes together in fresh and exciting ways.

“I came up with all of the recipes by myself, and most of the recipes either come from Poland, England, America, and French as well, so there’s a fusion of

Left: Sweet treats on display at Madame Cupcake. Above: The storefront of Madame Cupcake in Hopewell Borough. cultures and recipes,” Tedesco says.

One thing that she prides herself on is that her food tastes homemade and isn’t something that you would find in a grocery store.

“Not too sweet, I’m trying to not do very sweet stuff like you would find in ShopRite, I like that fluffy consistency,” Tedesco said.

The most exciting part for her is when it comes to actually designing

the desserts, as she’s able to express that artistic side of herself by bringing creative visions to life.

“I love the creative part of it, I do designs like wedding cakes and dessert tables so I have to play with the colors and I love that design part of it,” Tedesco says.

With holidays like Mother’s Day approaching, Tatiana will start to put out special promotions and treats themed

for the holiday along with exclusive discounts for those that subscribe to her website’s newsletter. She has to prepare for things to get busier around the holidays and makes sure to have her treats themed for the occasion.

Looking toward the future, Tatiana hopes to expand her bakery in two major markets. The first of which is the actual farmer’s markets in the area with a pop-up shop selling her baked goods, along with expanding her catering into Wedding Banquet halls.

“The next step is that I will probably do the markets and offer my stuff for Wedding Banquet halls,” Tedesco says.

She adds that in the next year, she hopes to start setting up a little pop-up shop in some of the local markets.

When it comes to why she chose Hopewell when moving here, she had fallen in love with the town and the people in it.

“I always loved Hopewell because of the vibe of the town so I decided to open it up over here, I really love it. The people are so friendly. The whole surrounding is so nice,” Tedesco says.

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QUARRY continued from Page 1 and expanding its reach to more of the community.

The quarry was formed at the turn of the 20th century, to excavate trap rock from the side of the hill. Trap rock has a variety of uses such as forming the base of roadways, railroad track beds and is added to concrete for strength.

The quarry operation ceased in 1916 and the quarry hole itself filled in from underground springs. The quarry is 55 feet deep. The quarry was incorporated as a swim club in 1928. The Gyptons for the last 30 years operated the club as a membership club, with the intention of limiting the size of the attending visitors.

The Friends of the Hopewell Quarry intend to have a fully open community swimming center that will eventually be open three seasons. Currently the plan is to offer season passes but also offer day, late day and weekend passes in an effort to be more available to the community. As of now close to 100 season passes have been purchased.

Melanie Staff-Parsons, the Friends, Vice President of Development is looking to the future. “We will be hosting camp trips from various YMCA locations, day camps from Rutgers programs, birthday events, we want to be accessible to everyone. We will to draw from further afield, to be more inclusive,” she says.

“We have a beautiful spring and fall in this area and we wish to be able to extend our season to use the facility for a longer period. We have been brainstorming for a long time and are very excited for many ideas. Art programs, garden club, a volleyball league, yoga, tai chi, a community garden and nature education programs have all been discussed. Right now our immediate goal is to open and maintain the quarry in a safe and professional manner. One activity will definitely be offering swimming lessons for the young.”

The Friends of Hopewell Quarry board consists of Staff-Parsons and four others; Scot Pannepacker, President, Treasurer, Mark Kirchner, Secretary, Jana Pika, Vice President, Operations and Charles Sickles, Trustee.

The board provided this statement regarding the funding that was needed to purchase and operate the quarry: “The purchase was funded through a series of charitable donations and shortterm loans from community members.

These loans will be repaid from a combination of New Jersey Green Acres funds, municipal grants, and public donations.

The necessary restoration and major repairs to the property are similarly being funded by donations, and so our capital campaign will result in a debt-free property with old charm and modern amenities that are necessary for compliance

The Hopewell Quarry in April, before the trees bloomed. (Photo by Thomas Kelly.) as well as ongoing usage by the general public.”

“We are also being guided in our operations by experienced nonprofits in the area such as the D&R Greenway Land Trust and the Sourlands Nature Conservancy. They understand our mission and offer many years of experience.” says Staff-Parsons.

The large sign on the interior gate refers to the funding from the New Jersey Green Acres program. This program was created in 1961 to meet New Jersey’s recreation and conservation needs. Together with public and private partners, Green Acres has protected over half a million acres of open space and provided hundreds of outdoor recreational facilities in communities around the State. So working with the Friends of Hopewell Quarry was a good fit.

The Hopewell Quarry is also in fundraising mode. A fundraiser at Alchemy Mind and Body Spa, in Princeton on May 1, is one way the quarry is looking to build a nest egg to continue enhancing the facility. There is also Quarry merchandise available on the Hopewell Quarry website, which too is a fundraiser and proven to be quite popular.

There has been some work done already at the quarry as the weather has improved, but there is much left to be done.

Lindsay Young-Lockett is the Operations Manager for the quarry and will oversee day-to-day operations. She is already working with contractors and volunteer on improvements. There is a colorful new large sign on PenningtonHopewell Road at the interception with Crusher Road. The sign has a large arrow pointing to the quarry, which is less than a quarter mile away.

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eration of the Mount family to farm in the central New Jersey area. “It’s just a fun way to celebrate the renewal season.”

The Mount family has a long lineage dedicated to owning, and running, the farm for more than 45 years, according to Tannwen Mount. The 250-acre property is open all year long, but the warmer months are where the Mount family’s expertise gets to shine.

As part of those plans, Terhune’s Winery Weekend Music Series will see local musicians playing out in the wine orchard, where Mount hopes that their “historic” apple trees will be ready in time for the full visual experience. Reservations are not required.

On Mother’s Day weekend in particular, the lively tunes are set to continue, but mothers will receive $2s off of Terhune’s tasting flights. Mount said that while the orchard is a family friendly place, their goal for May 8 is to help mothers take it easy.

Then, the owner of Terhune, Pam Mount, is set to run her free annual herb and garden class on Saturday, May 14, to help attendees recognize the timely importance of preparing their gardens.

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other things. We like to share our knowledge with everyone and everyone, after a long winter, is ready to get out and about and get their gardens ready,” Tannwen Mount said.

Terhune’s pick-your-own crop is also back on as soon as their asparagus pokes its head out of the ground, which is set to

happen in early May. The farm grows 46 different crops in total, and about a dozen of them are offered in this “hands-on experience of being their own farmers,” as Tannwen Mount noted. A full list of what crop is next to pop up, from strawberries to pumpkins, can be found via updates on their social media.

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Dog days are far from over at this award-winning winery, which is set to feature live music and food trucks every weekend in May. On Mother’s Day, there will be music by local rock band Spoondrift from 1 to 5 p.m., as well as Lobster Rolls and More, a seafood-oriented food truck.

Working Dog is only for those 21 and older and does not take reservations.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs, pop-up tents, umbrellas and/ or blankets. Outside food, except for pizza and large hoagies, is allowed, and Working Dog has a list of suggested pairings at their website, workingdogwinerynj.com/our-wines. No outside beverages are permitted. Dogs are allowed outside on leashes only.

Wine from Working Dog is featured at Mercer County locations such as Padrino’s Bistro & Italian Steakhouse in Hamilton, Chambers Walk Cafe & Catering in Lawrenceville, and Villa Mannino in Bordentown.

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46 Yard Road, Pennington. Mother’s Day Brunch, Sunday, May 8, 11 a.m. $38.95 each adult plus gratuity ($46.74) and tax; $13.95 each child 10 and under plus gratuity ($16.74) and tax. Reserve by May 4. Regular Business Hours: Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday to Saturday noon to 8:30 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. 609-737-4465 or www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

80 Old York Road, Ringoes. Mother’s Day Weekend Celebration Friday through Sunday, May 6 to May 8, 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Regular Business Hours: Saturday to Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday 11:30 to 9 p.m. www.oldyorkcellars.com.

Hopewell Valley Vineyards’ menu for this brunch features their famous ricotta pancakes, brick oven breakfast pizzas, baked goods and more. Wine, mimosas and bellinis will be available for purchase.

Children under two are complimentary.

Old york Cellars offers cabanas that can be reserved to enjoy your wine and food.

Unionville Winery 9 Rocktown Road, Ringoes. Release weekend Saturdy and Sunday, May 14 and 15. Open noon to 5 p.m. daily. Wine tastings are $20 per person. 908-788-0400 or www.unionvillevineyards.com.

It’s release weekend for the newest edition of Unionville Winery’s three Rhône-inspired wines, the Hunterdon Mistral Series, which have a uniquely French background. General manager

John Cifelli explained that the inspiration came from the term for the intensely frigid, powerful wind that travels through Southern France to the coastland.

“The mistral is a wind that blows through the [Rhône] River Valley every spring, and so we named this collection of wines after the wind,” Cifelli said. The force gives grapes grown during the fierce weather a unique advantage. By

ridding the sky of clouds and the cooled vines of insects, the grapes are less likely to rot, making for a delicious, prized wine.

Tastings are by appointment at noon, 2, and 4 p.m. Guests can enjoy à la carte lunch options made-to-order by Skillman cafe Blawenburg Bistro, and there will also be live guitar music with singersongwriter James Popik on Sunday.

Mingling Spanish cuisine and luxury wine, Old York Cellars prides itself on its diversity, continuing that trend for Mother’s Day weekend. Anthony Rossi, director of B2B & partnerships, recommends that anyone looking to spend the holiday in style make reservations for Old York’s array of wine tasting experiences supplemented by live music acts and numerous culinary options.

For $55, the “Special Mother’s Day Platter & Wine” features an artisan board of Spanish chorizo, serrano ham, gouda and manchego cheese, olives, almonds and grapes. A pair of wine-infused cupcakes from BAM Desserts will be served in two flavors — chocolate with red wine, and vanilla with Old York’s Riesling wine. Also included are two chocolate truffles from The Fudge Shoppe, as well as a choice of a bottle of Old York’s red, white, or blush “What Exit” wine. see WINE, Page 6

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cally doing a live cooking paella demo on our patio. There’s music playing, people drinking wine and sangria. It’s a really nice vibe,” Rossi said of the experience, which also includes live music until 9 p.m.

There is wine and live music on Fridays, Saturdays and Memorial Day. Other events include wine and comedy nights on Saturdays, May 7 and 21, as well as the virtual Foreign Language Educators of NJ Wine Tasting Experience on May 13 to raise funds for senior scholarships. Tasting kits are $80 each.

Wine from Old York Cellars is featured at Mercer County restaurants such as Delorenzo’s Pizza in Hamilton and Local Greek in Princeton.

Old York’s online Mother Day’s gifts consist of wine or sangria gift box collections, wine-infused products, and other unique options like customized labels for wine at $20 per bottle.

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While Laurita Winery’s Mother’s Day Brunch is sold out, there will be one of the winery’s signature food truck festivals, SpringFest, on Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22. With fireworks on Saturday night, live music, and a free souvenir Laurita wine glass, the weekend can be used to spoil anyone, especially mothers.

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The musical acts for Sunday, May 8, are rock singer-songwriter Josh Zuckerman, followed by the Mike Viscel OneMan Band, from noon to 6:30 p.m.

As part of its regular ensemble, “Chef José’s Wine and Tapas Experience” features Spanish tapas created by Old York’s Chef José Diaz in a “treat for the senses” available weekends at 2 p.m. for $40 per person.

“Chef José’s Six Course Pairing Experience” highlights Diaz’s “old world style” of Spanish cooking, taking guests through the courses and explaining “how the unique components of the food and wine create epicurean harmony,” as stated on the Old York website. The menu includes tapas, entrees, desserts and wine, available on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 5 p.m. for $70 per person.

The “Wine, Charcuterie and Chocolate Experience” features artisan meats and cheeses, as well as chocolate truffles, on weekends at 12:30 p.m. for $30 per person.

In addition to these tastings, weekend table reservations are open from Friday to Sunday. Old York has cabanas, available for weekday and weekend reservations. The cabanas can seat up to six people as they look over the vineyard, warmed by a fire pit, and guests at both the tables and cabanas may order from the winery food menu. Table reservations are $20 per person, and cabanas are $30 per person. $15 of each purchase is allocated towards credit for purchases while visiting the winery.

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Cream Ridge Winery 145 County Road 539, Cream Ridge.

“Mom-Mosas,” Saturday, May 7, noon to 6 p.m., and Sunday, May 8, noon to 5 p.m.

Free admission. Regular Business Hours: Monday to Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. www.creamridgewinery.com.

On Mother’s Day, kick back with a bubbly cocktail of Cream Ridge Winery’s sparkling Riesling and Seyval wine blend, Sparkling Personality, and tart orange juice. The last call is 30 minutes before closing.

Every weekend in May, like many of the wineries featured, Cream Ridge has live music, their performers playing from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, then 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. For more sweet treats, Waffle Cabin Monmouth County Food Truck will be serving up hot Belgian waffles made with sugar pearls all of Sunday.

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For groups of six people and more, Cream Ridge requests patrons to call ahead, but otherwise, reservations are not required. Outside food is allowed, but no outside alcohol is permitted. Attendees are welcome to bring their own setup of chairs, tables, tents, etc. to get comfortable as they take in the 14 acres of vineyard. *** For other wine trails and Mother’s Day events throughout New Jersey, the Hunterdon Wine Trail goes across the county’s five wineries, which includes two of the Ringoes locations featured in this article — Beneduce Vineyards, Mount Salem Vineyards, Old York Cellars, The Federal Twist Vineyard and Unionville Vineyards — for what the Garden State Wine Growers Association calls “the ‘Napa Valley’ of New Jersey.” Tomasello Winery in Hammonton also has a Mother’s Day Brunch on May 8.

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In recent years, the vegan movement has grown considerably, with new restaurants popping up every day as more and more people take to the lifestyle.

“When we first signed the lease for this place there was an article in Forbes about how the vegan movement was blowing up and we didn’t even think that would be a thing. We just wanted to do what we were doing!” says Francesca Avitto, co-owner of Lady and the Shallot. “When this place first opened, there wasn’t another vegan place from here to Princeton. We just want to see more healthy places and more vegan places open.”

Now more than ever, the vegan movement for a healthier lifestyle abstaining from using any animal products is becoming appealing to more people. People of all ages are switching to this lifestyle for health and to try and make the world a safer place.

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“We have people from all different walks of life, we have old retired people trying to watch their health and then the young generation who’s gonna change the world, it’s amazing to see the different demographics that come in because it’s all over now,” Avitto says.

Before Lady and the Shallot opened, it would have been difficult to find a vegan restaurant near the Mercer County area.

Now, places like the Trenton Farmers Market is overflowing with healthy eating options that include two vegan restaurants: The Lady and the Shallot and the Savory Leaf Café.

Lady and the Shallot came onto the scene in 2018. Founders Francesca Avitto and Kate Wnek looked to make plant-based comfort foods that not only tasted good, but also made you feel good. It wasn’t always their goal to open up a vegan restaurant though. That came out of the blue on one fateful evening.

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she was 17, and went vegan five years ago. Kate decided to become vegan at the same time. “It was a big turnaround for me, I grew up eating everything, so it was hard for me to stop. But over time we just went with the flow,” she says.

The pair had a catering events company seven years ago, when they weren’t vegan. They cooked upscale catering, and did intimate dinner parties where they cooked in clients’ kitchens in the Princeton area.

“It was pretty cool, but it wasn’t as rewarding as making people feel healthy,” Francesca says.

They still do catering, and while at first their goals for the future were more along the lines of world domination, with locations everywhere making everyone in the world healthy, they have scaled those back a bit to something more realistic. Right now, their big future plan is to go all in on their sauces and to get them sold in stores.

“We really want to do a sauce line,”

Francesca says. “We’re really into our sauces, we think they’re really good, our customers love them. We started selling them and we want to do them wholesale to get them in really good supermarkets and have everyone able to eat a very healthy, limited-ingredient sauce,” Francesca said.

For a long time, the lack of vegan restaurants made it very difficult for people to adopt the lifestyle. “It was very hard to be vegan back then in 1997, you had to either go into Manhattan or cook it yourself! So that was the only thing that stopped me from being fully vegan,” Francesca says.

That same challenge is what led Eduardo Calderon to open up his vegan restaurant, Savory Leaf Cafe, at the Farmers Market back in 2019. For over a decade before opening, Eduardo had been a vegan and always struggled with finding healthy options.

Authentic and flavorful food has always been important to him, and it was

the idea of making good healthy food for good souls to enjoy.

“I’ve been a vegan for about 15 years now, and it was always difficult to find something to eat, so I kinda like, as a joke, said I’m going to open up my own place.

But it actually made sense, so that’s how it came about, out of necessity but it was actually a good opportunity,” Calderon says.

When it came to his vegan lifestyle, there wasn’t an overnight change where he stopped everything in favor of going vegan. It unfortunately came from some food poisoning that would end up changing his life forever.

“I got sick really bad one time from some cold cuts I had had, and from that point, I had stopped eating poultry and then a few months later just only fish and vegetables and then slowly taking one thing out,” he says.

Calderon worked in computer development for 15 years and finance for 20 years before deciding to switch careers again.

He wanted more control over his career, and found that in the restaurant industry.

As for where he learned how to cook, it’s a passion that he has been practicing and perfecting his entire life. Spending his childhood surrounded by food in a home where he was always cooking, he took to it naturally.

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Left: tacos from Lady and the Shallot. Right: ribs from Savory Leaf Café. Both of these vegan restaurants are in Trenton Farmers Market. (Facebook photos.) fortunate to have been raised in a home where we always were cooking,” he says. “My dad always used to say my last name, Calderon, was for someone who was always cooking!”

Calderon wanted to bring the flavors he grew up with into the vegan industry.

“What I wanted to do was take a lot of the foods that I enjoy already normally and take out all the other stuff, but keep the flavor still in there,” Eduardo said.

This all started with Savory Leaf’s signature dish, the vegan ribs. From there on out, all of the recipes were created by Calderon and his partner, Chris. They

even go as far as to make their own “cold cuts” for the sandwiches.

“My partner Chris and I came up with everything, It started off originally our main thing was ribs, and then we started looking into other kind of foods we could turn vegan, and we came up with it all ourselves,” Eduardo said.

One thing that makes Savory Leaf cafe different is the experimentation in their recipes. Calderon is determined to not let anything go to waste and wants to make the most of what he has, turning it all into something for people to enjoy.

“Right now something that we’re mak-

ing is pork sliders using banana peels.

We make banana bread here, and I was seeing a pile of peels and I started researching and seeing what other people were doing and I started using it and it became a hit!” Eduardo said.

Savory Leaf Cafe also has a food truck.

“People were asking if we could cater here, and from there I got the idea that it would be easier if we had some sort of vehicle to transport stuff around and cook in,” Calderon says.

Calderon wants to continue growing the business. “We’re in the process now of expanding into another location in the Mercer area, keeping this one as well, but in a more commercialized environment to test it out in the open outside of the farmers market,” he says.

Calderon is from Florida. He has been in the Trenton area for over 20 years. “My daughter moved here (for college), so I just kind of followed her up, and she finished school here and moved away and now I’m kind of stuck here! But I like the area a lot. It’s been very nice,” he says.

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If you look online and in the actual building and you’re seeing a healthy dose of kids, bright colors, and a general sense that kids can come in and not feel overwhelmed by the office, it’s generally a good sign. A warm, open, and happy environment can do a lot of good for your child’s experience at our kid’s dentist’s office in Hamilton, NJ. *** Initial Consultations. Building a good rapport between your child and their dentist remains a vital component of their dental experience.

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Having an initial consultation sets up a low-stakes atmosphere where the dentist gets the chance to examine your child’s teeth, begin to build a rapport with them, and show that the dentist’s office doesn’t have to be a scary place. Your child also gets the chance to experience the new environment and have a positive experience while you ask the dentist crucial questions. *** Prioritize Preventative Treatment.

The best way to protect their oral health for most children is through preventative treatments instead of waiting for problems to crop up. An excellent pediatric dentist knows the available preventive techniques to help protect your child’s teeth from needing to fill cavities near Mercer County, NJ, and other issues before they start. *** Choose Hamilton Dental Associates for Your Pediatric Dentistry Needs! Hamilton Dental Associates has the perfect mix of a welcoming atmosphere and expertly trained pediatric dentists to help your child’s ongoing oral health needs.

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Saint Peter’s University Hospital has long been recognized as a leader in women’s health. Our services i genetic testing, nutritional counseling, and breast, gynecological and obstetrical care, as well as natura planning education, infertility services, and wellness programs. Plus, Saint Peter’s Women’s Imaging Ce accredited by the American College of Radiology as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, offers mam and other diagnostic breast services, including stereotactic biopsy and needle localization, ultrasound density scanning for osteoporosis.

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Paragon Sport Spine & Wellness Resources for Pelvic Health Most of us have heard the term pelvic floor, but do you know what it is and what it does?

The pelvic floor is everything inside the bowl of the bony pelvis. It contains the pelvic organs, the pelvic floor muscles and connective tissue, and all the nerves and blood vessels that supply these structures. The pelvic floor muscles have four main functions: they control your bladder and bowel continence, assist in sexual function, stabilize your pelvis, and provide support to the pelvic organs.

How prevalent is pelvic floor dysfunction and what are common conditions that people seek treatment for?

Some studies have found that more than a third of individuals who identify as a female have pelvic floor dysfunction — so chances are you or someone else you know suffers from this.

You may not think you have pelvic floor dysfunction but do any of these scenarios sound familiar?

• Do you have to cross your legs when you sneeze or avoid running and jumping activities due to leaking urine?

• Do you avoid long car rides or restrict fluid intake in fear of not making the bathroom in time?

Or do you urinate frequently (>10x/day or >1x at night)

• Do you have pain with use of tampons or have pain with intercourse?

• Do you have pain in your pelvic region — genitals, perineum, rectum or tailbone?

• Do you feel like you cannot completely empty your bowels or bladder and have to go back soon after to try again?

What does treatment consist of?

If you experience any of these symptoms a visit to a qualified pelvic floor therapist is recommended. The evidence for pelvic floor therapy is strong. There have been multiple studies and reviews published that demonstrate grade A evidence for pelvic floor rehab as a first line treatment for most of the aforementioned conditions.

Your treatment will be individualized to your specific presentation and goals utilizing a full body approach. Treatment consists of patient education, strategies, and removal of negative barriers to recovery in addition to specific therapies that many include internal release, pelvic repositioning strategies, pelvic floor muscle down training and relaxation, pelvic strengthening exercises, bladder retraining, biofeedback, and core/ hip strengthening.

In addition, Paragon Sport Spine & Wellness offers a full host of orthopedic rehabilitation services including physical & occupational therapy, chiropractic, and acupuncture for most all musculoskeletal aches and pains. For more information, visit www.paragonssw.com or call us at 609-686-2050.

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Regenerative Spine and Pain Institute Experts in Compassionate Treatment of Patients in Pain Dr. Ronak Patel MD is the founder and medical director of Regenerative Spine and Pain Institute. Ronak Patel, MD, is a double boardcertified in anesthesiology and pain management. He leads a team of medical professionals dedicated to resolving chronic pain in all its forms.

Dr. Patel specializes in the treatment of back pain, neck pain, joint pain, and facial pain as well as cancer-related pain. While training across the country with leaders in pain management, Dr. Patel acquired advanced skills in innovative spinal cord and peripheral nerve interventions/ablation, fracture repair through vertebral augmentation, state-of-the-art regenerative therapy, and both ultrasound-guided and X-ray guided procedures. He is an active member of several pain societies and has presented several times at national anesthesiology and pain medicine conferences.

Dr. Patel grew up in New Jersey and is excited to return to the area and help serve his community.

Having experienced a sports injury to his spine that required extensive rehabilitation and ultimately spinal injections, he understands what it means to be a patient in pain. Dr. Patel takes great pride in his gentle bedside manner and believes in spending time with his patients in order to fully understand their pain condition, develop an individualized treatment plan, and help regain functionality. His goal as a pain management doctor is to bring expert, comprehensive, safe, and effective pain care to as many patients as possible.

The practice offers an extensive range of non-surgical treatments for a broad spectrum of musculoskeletal disorders. It aims to help patients avoid surgery by embracing a variety of traditional and alternative solutions to long-term pain and using minimally invasive techniques to deliver effective treatments. While their particular focus is on orthopedic

Dr. Ronak Patel MD care for back and neck pain, the Regenerative Spine and Pain Institute providers have expertise in treating conditions as varied as arthritis, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), peripheral neuropathy, and migraines.

The innovative, multimodal approach of Regenerative Spine and Pain Institute targets the source of chronic pain wherever possible, using regenerative medicine methods such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP), stem cell, and exosome injections. These natural, biological therapies use the patient’s healing cells in concentrated form to stimulate faster and more vigorous healing of damaged and diseased tissues.

Other treatments available include viscosupplementation for knee pain, peripheral nerve stimulation and spinal cord stimulation, physiotherapy, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, epidural injections and joint injections containing steroid medication, an extensive range of nerve blocks, and radiofrequency ablation. Dr. Patel is also a certified prescriber of medical marijuana under the State of New Jersey’s Medicinal Marijuana Program.

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Dr. Patel specializes in the treatment of back pain, neck pain, joint pain, and facial pain as well as cancer-related pain.

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NJ Heart & Vascular Care Kintu Sanghvi MD’s Message for Mother’s Day The women in our lives are so busy taking care of their husbands, their kids, their parents while still using their skills and intelligence in their career that they often ignore their own health. Women present very differently with cardiovascular conditions in comparison to men.

Females with severe heart artery blockage (CAD) do not typically present with the classic angina or chest pain, but present with rather atypical symptoms, particularly with shortness of breath on exertion.

First, they commonly ignore these symptoms and then commonly blame it on lack of exercise or weight gain.

This leads to missed diagnoses and translates into increased suffering. It was my privilege to take care of one such mom, daughter, and wife: Arlette Brown.

Here is her story in her own words: “I was pretty fit till my mid 40s. At that point, work pressures increased, and at the same time as my parents’

health started to decline. And my son was a high level hockey player — I didn’t want to miss anything.

An only child, I’m blessed that my husband and son were a huge help and support, but I got the all-hour phone calls when things weren’t going well.

My mom had first stent in her early 60s, bypass in mid 60s, congestive heart failure at 70. She passed at 77, in 2018.

At that point my 83-year-old dad was worn out from caring for my mom. His physical health wasn’t bad, but he was mentally drained, easily overwhelmed, had early dementia, and took everything out on me. At this point I think I started to get symptoms of high blood pressure that I ignored.

He spent most weekends with us till we finally convinced him to move closer to us in an assisted living facility.

I was fortunate to be able to work from home during COVID, but this ended up being 10-12 hour days sitting. When I tried to work out, I had no energy. I started to get winded just going up a flight of stairs and

by February of this year had a few incidents leaving me completely winded and had what I now realize

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were chest pains. (I’m asthmatic, so having a tight chest wasn’t unusual, but I realized this pain was different) I couldn’t sleep more than two hours without waking to some chest pain. I finally realized something was wrong.

I reached out to my primary care doctor and was quickly referred to Dr. Sanghvi. I was evaluated with utmost attention to the details. I was investigated methodically in a stepwise fashion and diagnosed with a severe 90 percent blockage in my proximal left anterior descending artery (also described as the widowmaker).

This was successfully opened with a stent, in a minimally invasive procedure going through my wrist artery, and I was discharged home the same day after a few hours. Dr. Sanghvi kept me well informed at each step with extensive details.

I felt better immediately and am looking forward to re-focusing on a healthier heart lifestyle. I thought I was strong enough to overcome genetics…not so much!

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Dr. Qingdi Geng, the founder of Medical Acucare, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine. She works in the central New Jersey area and draws on over 10 years of clinical experience in treating a variety of medical conditions. Throughout her practice, she discovered that conventional medical treatments are effective in managing most acute conditions — like a broken bone or a stroke — but often fall short in improving chronic diseases.

This motivated her to pursue advanced training in Acupuncture and Functional Medicine. Now, she combines the best of conventional medicine, functional medicine, and acupuncture to identify the root causes of her patients’ chronic issues and optimize their health and wellness.

Promoting Women’s Health. Dr.

Geng has a deep understanding of the unique challenges that women face as they navigate the healthcare system, especially those who are undergoing perimenopause or menopause as well as other difficult transitions. Knowing the frustration of having your symptoms minimized or simply attributed to aging, Dr. Geng pays particular attention to hormone imbalance, digestive dysfunction, autoimmune issues, and other conditions that often afflict women during these periods.

After taking the time to get to know her patients well, she runs comprehensive and tailored lab tests, recommends lifestyle modifications suitable for the individual, and offers personalized treatment plans that help her patients to restore their balance and vitality.

Advocating Cardiovascular Health. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

It is well known that high cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes put individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease. However, patients with chronic inflammation are also at much higher risk of heart attack and stroke.

Dr. Geng has a wealth of experience treating conditions that can potentially lead to systemic inflamma-

tion including obesity, gut dysbiosis, and various autoimmune diseases.

Medical Acucare prioritizes cardiovascular health, working with patients to further assess and lessen their risk through targeted lifestyle modifications and advanced cardiovascular assessments.

Tackling Weight Loss. Since many health issues stem from unwanted weight gain, Dr. Geng takes a holistic approach to assisting in weight loss and alleviating metabolic dysfunction. She focuses on helping people to discover the root causes behind their unwanted weight gain, whether it is unhealthy eating habits, hormonal imbalance, chronic inflammation, or insulin resistance.

Medical Acucare also maintains collaborative partnerships with local and remote health coaches and nutritionists to help our patients form healthy habits, rebuild their confidence, and sustain their weight loss long-term.

Acupuncture. While acupuncture is well known for treating back pain, neck pain, and osteoarthritis, it is also highly effective in reducing the frequency of tension headaches and migraines. Moreover, there is a growing body of evidence that shows acupuncture can trigger the release of beneficial hormones, including

Dr. Qingdi Geng endorphins.

For more than five years, Dr. Geng has been using acupuncture to treat neck and back pain, weight loss, indigestion, urinary incontinence, insomnia, and anxiety. Since acupuncture rarely has major side effects, like prescribed medications or surgeries, it is a great option for people who want to take a more natural and less invasive treatment approach.

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After practicing practicing ininaalegendary academic teaching hospital for After legendary academic teaching 11 years in New Jersey, acquiring experience of over 10,000 hospital for 11 years in New Jersey, acquiring experience cardiovascular publishing multiple publishing research of over 10,000procedures, cardiovascular procedures, articles, book chapters, and training over 100 cardiologists, multiple research articles, book chapters, and training Dr. Sanghvi has opened NJ Heart & Vascular Care to over 100 cardiologists, Sanghvi has opened NJ and provide what is missing: ADr. personalized, compassionate Heart & Vascular Carecardiovascular to provide what missing: comprehensive tertiary careislocally with A easy personalized, compassionate, and comprehensive access.

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Endometriosis can be found on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, the outer surface of the uterus, the lining of the pelvic cavity, the vagina, the cervix Endometriosis Treatment and other parts of the body including with Robotic Precision the bowel, bladder and rectum.

Saint Peter’s University Hospital Symptoms include inflammation and has long been acknowledged as scar tissue that can cause pelvic a leader in women’s health for its pain and infertility. Sometimes the nationally recognized obstetrical endometrial tissue binds organs and gynecological care, including together or grows into the ovaries or the diagnosis and treatment of blocks fallopian tubes. Endometriosis endometriosis. Dusan Perisic, MD, may be found in up to half of women FACOG, the director of Minimally with significant pelvic pain or painful Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Saint periods and up to 70 percent of Peter’s and the associate program women with infertility. director of the hospital’s Obstetrics To treat endometriosis, women and Gynecology Residency Program, can undergo robotic surgery where is skilled in treating endometriosis endometriotic lesions are excised, through robotic-assisted surgery via endometriotic cysts are removed from the da Vinci® Surgical System. the ovaries and scar tissue in the Endometriosis is a disease of pelvis is broken and removed. With the women’s reproductive system. this type of conservative surgery, It occurs when endometrium — the women can gain relief while also tissue that lines the uterus or womb retaining their fertility. Endometriosis — grows outside of the uterus on can also be treated with a robotic other organs of the body. More than hysterectomy, where the uterus is five million women in the U.S. have removed. Robotic surgery can also endometriosis. While it can occur be used to remove the fallopian tubes during the teen years and in any and ovaries, eliminating the disease. woman who still has a menstrual The da Vinci Surgical System period, it is most common in women in puts a surgeon’s hands at the

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controls of a state-of-the-art robotic platform, enabling them to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions with unmatched precision.

It is a sophisticated robotic platform designed to expand the surgeon’s capabilities and offer a minimally invasive option for major surgery.

The surgeon makes small incisions in the patient to introduce miniaturized instruments with wrist-like movements and a high-definition 3D camera.

Seated at the da Vinci console, Dr. Perisic views a magnified, highresolution 3D image of the surgical site. At the same time, state-of-the-art robotic and computer technologies scale, filter and seamlessly translate Dr. Perisic’s hand movements into precise micro-movements of the wristed instruments. The system cannot be programmed, nor can it make decisions on its own. All movements are performed by the surgeon at the console.

Women who undergo robotic surgery for endometriosis experience less pain and less bleeding and can expect to go home the same day and return to work in one week.

To learn more about gynecologic surgery at Saint Peter’s, visit

Dusan Perisic, MD, FACOG, the director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. saintpetershcs.com/gynsurgery. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Perisic, call 732-339-7762.

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They have removed a number of invasive plant species, and will have community clean-up days on May 7 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.for any volunteers who want to help out.

“We wish the ground to be as natural as possible,” Young-Lockett says. “It will be a good chance for students to get community service hours too. We want the whole community to be involved. The site will be preserved in perpetuity so we wish to have terrific participation and the community to feel some ownership.”

The swimming area, which is just under one acre, has three diving boards, three floating docks and a huge rock wall as a back drop. The water temperature in July and August is 76-80 degrees.

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Cornish-DiDonato’s father took her out to the softball field for the first time, her future in the game was mapped out before she even picked up a bat.

“There was no conversation about it,” she said with a grin. “He really just brought me there and told me to throw the catcher’s equipment on, and that was it.”

Jeremiah Cornish-DiDonato was a high school catcher in Florida, so he figured what better spot for his daughter than the Are you eligible to serve? one he mastered. Since that first day on YES! If you are registered to vote in Mercer County.*** the field he has taught her the nuances of YES! If you are able to read and write legibly. the sport’s toughest position, and Isabelle YES! If you can lift at least 50 lbs. (the weight of opening a voting machine) without difficulty. has never played anywhere else.

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Like most young players, CornishDiDonato will chase some bad pitches due to over-anxiousness. But she doesn’t make a habit of it.

“I just attribute that to her wanting to please,” Nucera said. “Sometimes I say ‘You gotta stop trying to please everybody; and it’ll come.’ There’s so many chances in softball. You gotta play the field, you gotta catch, you gotta run, you gotta hit. So if you make one mistake you gotta keep a short memory, get up there and get your next chance. She’s able to do that.”

Cornish-DiDonato began the game at age 10, which was a bit later than some high-level players. Her reason for doing so is that she was dealing with some family problems and was just looking for a distraction.

“I figured I would play a sport, and it helped,” she said. “It just made me think about all the good things I have in life besides those problems.”

She began playing for her dad on the Pennsbury Gems travel team before switching to The Aces. There were also three years at Timberlane, which is where Nucera first spotted her.

“I went and saw her two or three times in middle school so I knew we had a talented player coming up,” the coach said. “I was intrigued about having a lefthanded catcher as well. But she was still kind of young. I didn’t see what she could really do with the bat. The second she came to us on day one, I could see her athleticism, and just her true grit. I knew it was special.”

True grit is something that can’t be coached. It has to come from within. And the moment Isabelle donned the shin guards, mask and chest protector, it was obvious she had it.

“I just had the passion for it,” she said.

“I loved squatting down and catching the ball; getting dirty and blocking everything. To be a catcher you have to know what you’re getting yourself into and you want to have the passion for it. If you don’t have the passion for it, then you’re not fit to be a catcher.”

At times that passion can go into overdrive and Nucera must reel it in.

“She’s a gamer,” he said. “She’s solid all around. I almost have to keep her calm because she’s so excitable in the box and behind the plate. If I can get that right balance for her she’s quite a threat for

Sophomore Izabelle Cornish-DiDonato was a leading Hopewell Valley softball slugger as a freshman last year. (Photo

by Rich Fisher.) us. She’s an extremely talented player, devoted to the game, devoted to the program. Probably one of the best team players I’ve ever had.”

As a catcher, leadership becomes part of the job since it’s just the nature of the position. But if a freshman comes in and starts trying to tell seniors what to do, that won’t go over too well. CornishDiDonato goes about it in a more subtle way, as she tries to make an impression with her play and her personality.

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amount of respect for her. She came in as a freshman like a veteran player.”

She sounds like a veteran when discussing how she fits in with the team. For Cornish-DiDonato, it’s a case of fitting in and forming cohesion.

“It’s not about trying to be a leader for me,” she said. “It’s about making friends on the team. If you don’t make friends and you’re just bossing everyone around, they won’t listen to you. You really just want to bond with the girls as much as you can and you’ll have a friendship forever.”

She is good friends with senior pitcher Samantha Shaw, which is pretty important considering how closely they must work together. The two met at Timberlane when Cornish-DiDonato was in sixth grade and Shaw was in eighth. They reunited last year and have clicked on the varsity level.

“I met her in middle school,” CornishDiDonato said. “And now we’re like best friends.”

“In terms of framing our (strike) zone, if Sammy’s game is on and Isabelle’s game is on, they’re lights out,” Nucera said. “And if Sammy is having a hard day she does a great job of backing her up every single play.”

As for the team itself, Hopewell is hoping to have its best season in several years behind the senior leadership of Shaw, Mea Allex, Sarah Yancey and Sofia Zangrilli.

“I think the team is a lot better than last year,” Cornish-DiDonato said. “We’ve got all our crap together. We were struggling last year, we lost almost every game. We came together as a team and decided this was enough and we just started winning.”

Added Nucera, “I really like this team.

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From car accidents, forest degradation, crop destruction, and home garden damage, deer overpopulation is a very real problem in Hopewell Township.

Although often hidden from view, hunger and food insecurity is also a struggle in our community.

These may seem unrelated, but both problems are addressed by the work of Hopewell Township Deer Management program hunters.

The nonprofit organization Hunters Helping the Hungry (huntershelpingthehungry.org), or HHH, allows hunters to donate venison from their deer harvest to feed people

in need in New Jersey. HHH began during the 1997-1998 hunting season by three hunters looking to provide protein for local food banks while addressing overpopulation of the deer herd in the community. In their first year, ten deer were donated, which meant that 500 pounds of meat went to people in need.

The program in New Jersey has grown enormously over the past 25 years; during the 2021-2022 season, 839 deer were donated, equaling 26,054 pounds of meat.

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The committee also is actively looking at ways to increase donations to HHH, such as providing a payment to HHH for unlimited deer butchering done in a season rather than paying per deer harvested.

HHH is supported by the New Jersey Department of Health, New Jersey Fish and Game, and various sportsman clubs.

Anyone donating venison must be a licensed hunter that has completed the required safety course and meets all insurance requirements. All processing is done at approved butchers, which are inspected by local and state health departments.

A well managed and controlled deer population leads to fewer car accidents, a more stable food supply from reduced crop damage, healthier forests, beautiful home gardens, and a stronger and Hunting warning signs in Mount Rose healthier deer herd.

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Hunters Helping the Hungry and Hopewell Township deer management hunters also make sure that controlling Chris Pazdan, co-chair of the Deer the deer population helps people Management Advisory Committee, experiencing food insecurity obtain says, “The Township Deer Management nutritious, high-quality protein. It’s a winprogram supports HHH and encourages win partnership all around. hunters to donate to the HHH program.

Courtney Peters-Manning is the mayor of We average 10 to 15 deer donated per Hopewell Township, which provided this year, which is about 400-750 pounds of content. meat per year.”

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A tale of a kite’s tail Robin Schore sChore to pLeAse

It was Easter Sunday, one of the many holidays that I don’t celebrate. Since the sky was blue and the wind strong, I decided to take my grandchildren to the field behind Hopewell Elementary for some opportune kite-flying.

My seven-year-old grandson got his fish kite into the air quickly with no assistance. My four-year-old granddaughter required only minimal help in getting her ladybug kite aloft.

In short time, both kites had ascended to the length of their respective strings although my granddaughter was deeply worried about her kite touching the sky.

All went well until the variable tempestuousness of the mighty westerly suddenly ebbed, and my grandson’s fish kite descended rapidly and struck the ground. When the gusts picked up, he began running with his kite when, once again, the wind stopped, but this time his kite got caught in the birch tree next to the playground. The kite was not only stuck high up in the tree, but its ten-foot

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tail was wrapped around several skinny branches.

What to do?

Another grandparent entertaining her charges on the see-saw suggested calling the fire department. However, the little kids all agreed that perhaps this was not a sufficient emergency. Other observer parents just shook their heads in commiseration.

My grandson decided that he would climb the tree to retrieve the kite but almost immediately got his foot caught in a low crook of the tree. I pulled him out. Both grandchildren then suggested that I go home, get our tallest ladder and return to the tree.

However, my tallest ladder was nowhere near the 40-foot height of the kite and, besides, who wanted to walk across town carrying a ladder of any length.

What to do? A normal person would have given up and bought a new kite for $7.99. However ...

My grandson reminded me of the various extension poles in our garage. A colleague had used them to change light bulbs in her cathedral ceilings. When she moved from a grand palazzo to a

more modest mansion, she decided that I needed the poles. You can never tell, I thought at the time, and took them.

I thought I’d be able to attach the two poles to each other with hose clamps and thus be able to reach the trapped kite.

Most fortuitously, I was being visited by an old friend, younger, stronger and taller than I am, who agreed to assist me in meeting the great challenge of retrieving the kite. I packed a pack with hardware and tools, trekked back to the schoolyard, and clamped the extended poles together.

Then, for about an hour, the two of us struggled to direct the unwieldy pole toward the kite with the setting sun in our eyes and our necks in pain over being awkwardly bent backwards.

The sheer length of the pole made it exceptionally unwieldy creating a feeling of dizziness and imminent falling over as we tried to ensnare the kite and extract it from the tree.

With extreme effort and after spelling each other every five minutes, we managed to get the kite 10 feet closer to the ground, but its tail remained entangled in the branches.

A sympathetic parent walked by and

said, “You have your work cut out for you.” I asked him if he could fly. He said, “I often wish I could.” No help.

“We need a hook to pull it down,” said my old friend, But among my cache of hardware, I had not thought to include a hook.

Then I remembered that I had seen a gardening claw that one of the school children had abandoned in one of the two educational gardens. I retrieved it and attached it to the end of the pole with yet another hose clamp that I had had the keen foresight to bring along.

After much angling with the swaying pole, we hooked the claw onto the base of the kite and pulled. And pulled. And pulled.

And then, finally, the kite was freed from the tree. Except for the loss of about four feet of string, the kite was undamaged.

Once it was all over, I adjudged that the inventiveness of our method of kite retrieval was something that Einstein would have admired.

When we got back to the house, my grandson whose kite had been rescued was, in true seven-year-old character, unimpressed. robin schore lives in Hopewell Borough.

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