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Ewing mayor’s race set
New EHS football coach named
Steinmann to face off against Prykanowski on Nov. 8 ballot
BY RICH FISHER
The Ewing High football players will be expected to learn their ABCs in the classroom, but after school they will be learning their LSGs. “That’s the motto we live by on and off the field, LSG – Loyalty, Sacrifice, Guts,” new head coach Ross Maddalon said. “It takes those three things to produce a solid football program, year in and year out. On the field, we expect to have a team that is disciplined, selfless and plays relentlessly every second of every snap. “In the classroom, we have similar expectations. Education is going to be a top priority for our kids.” Maddalon is taking over for Matt Dalessio, who took the Robbinsville athletic director’s job last February. As a Nottingham High grad and former Northstar assistant, Ross possesses a strong area background and wealth of coaching experience. “Coach Maddalon was impressive during the interview process See BAN, Page 11
BY BILL SANSERVINO
Ewing Native Bryan Steward, who has muscular dystrophy, has written a book chronicling his experience walking alone across Spain hiking the 500-mile-long Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
Disabled author writes about his journey across Spain BY BILL SANSERVINO
When Ewing native Bryan Steward set out to hike the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage of medieval origin to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain, he couldn’t have imagined the challenges he would face. Steward, who suffers from Becker muscular dystrophy, has written a
book titled My Own Pace: A Story of Strength and Adversity on the Camino de Santiago that recounts his entire journey, which includes hundreds of falls, food poisoning, bed bugs, wild dogs, extreme weather, exhaustion, fatigue, and weird people. He also writes about those who helped him along the way. Steward was born in Ewing and lived in town for 27 years. Although
he moved to Burlington City last year, he still has strong roots in the township. “I grew up in the Wynnewood Manor neighborhood where my father also grew up, and my grandparents lived there too, when I was a kid,” Steward says. “I was actually a 5th generation Ewing resident. I had a pretty traditional middle class See STEWARD, Page 8
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Incumbent Democrat Mayor Bert Steinmann and Republican Ronald Prykanowski will vie for a four-year term as mayor in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The contest is a repeat of 2018, when Steinmann defeated Prykanowski 9,969 votes to 2,879. Both candidates soundly defeated challengers in the June primary election. Steinmann outpaced challenger Japheth Miller with 2,399 votes to 423. In the Republican primary, Prykanowski defeated Crystal Fedeli with 477 votes to 131. Prykanowski, 79, is a 32-year resident of Ewing who currently lives in Harrop Manor. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and works as a real estate broker and is a retired municipal purchasing agent. His children attended the East Windsor Regional Schools District. See ELECTiON, Page 3
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