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A Jersey Girl goes to Italy Ewing resident Midge Guerrera writes about her adventures in Italy in new book By DAN AUBrey
Ewing and Pontelanolfo, Italy, resident Midge Guerrera has recently published a book, Cars, Castles, Cows, and Chaos. The book, published by Trenton publisher Read Furiously, chronicles Guerrera’s transition from native Jersey Girl to very rural Italian.
In the following selection from the book, the actor, playwright, producer and former director of the New Jersey School for the Arts gives readers a quick tour of her half-time world as well as a taste of her book: When you live in a part of Italy that has a bella vista at every turn in the road, any excuse for a drive on a beautiful day is a good excuse. I think my excuse on this particular day was I didn’t want to hang up the laundry. My adventuresome niece, Alex, was visiting us. It is even more fun to hop in the car and explore new places when you have great com-
pany—or in this case, a “you can do it” cheerleader. The sun was shining, the clouds were floating over the rolling hilltops and there was gas in our newold Fiat, Silva. This crisp clear wonderful day also happened to be the second Sunday in September, the one day a year they hold a mass in Santa Maria degli Angeli, an ancient stone mini chapel in Pontelandolfo’s mountains. We were in the car, deciding if we should take a left or a right out of the driveway, looked at each other and both said, “The church See BOOK, Page 4
Ewing community programs returning for Summer 2022 INTerVieW By BiLL SANserViNO
Miriam Okwudibonye ran the 400 meters, 400 intermediate hurdles and 200 meters for the Ewing High School track team this spring. To read more about Okwudibonye and the team, turn to page 10.
It’s more than two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and communities continue to move towards a return to normalcy. For Ewing Township, that means the reestablishment of community programs and capital improvements. Ewing Observer editor Bill Sanservino recently spoke with Mayor Bert Steinmann about a number of issues facing the township.
In question and answer articles published by the Observer over the past few months, Steinmann talked about township revenues and expenditures, development, the Ewing Town Center, and retail cannabis shops in town. He also talked about the effects of the pandemic on the commercial real estate market and its impact on the township’s tax base, revenues and property valuations. Those articles can be read on the
Observer’s website at communitynews.org. In this month’s article, the last in the series, Steinmann answers questions about the state of the township’s recreational sports programs, Trenton Water Works and road improvements. An edited version of the interview runs in the Q&A below. *** Ewing Observer: Can you tell See STEINMANN, Page 6
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