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All in on the mat Blumenthal ‘loving the journey’ with BRHS wrestling
Special anniversary celebration set for April 17
By JUSTiN FEiL Maddie Blumenthal has found her sport. The Bordentown Regional High School junior played some soccer as a youth, and she also took up horseback riding and ballet. But in eighth grade, while getting involved in a boot camp that focused on conditioning, she was turned onto a new sport: wrestling. “I joined the club because I was looking for an aggressive sport,” Blumenthal said. “I’ve loved my journey so far.” Soccer has been long gone. Blumenthal still rides, but she dropped ballet when she took up wrestling, and she’s been all in. She started with Revolution Wrestling Club in Allentown, which gave her training before she got her middle school start. There’s been steady growth in her training, competing and expectations since then. “She has that winning culture and it’s noticeable,” See BLUMENTHAL, Page 20
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Chris and Abby Campbell behind the bar at Fox House Brewing in Bordentown City. (Photo courtesy of the Downtown Bordentown Association/Facebook.)
Fox House Brewing joins the Bordentown beer scene By JOE EMANSKi Bordentown City joined the ranks of New Jersey’s multibrewery towns when Fox House Brewing opened in March. The new microbrewery joins Tindall Road Brewing as a potential stop on a Farnsworth Avenue pub crawl. Fox House, from city resi-
dents Chris and Abby Campbell, has been two years in the making. The cozy, sedate tasting room looks and feels like it’s been there forever. “I’ve wanted to do this for years, for a long, long time,” Chris Campbell says. “But the opportunity arose when this space became available. It just all happened to fall into place at
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the same time. I made the leap of faith.” Like many people who start up a production brewery, Chris Campbell started out as a home brewer. Saison-style ales have always been his favorite to brew, but he also enjoys experimenting. “I always liked making odd things. Like an orange zest and See FOX HOUSE, Page 19
The staff of the New Jersey State Museum was all set to host a 125th anniversary celebration in 2020 when the pandemic put the kibosh on those plans. And since “126th anniversary” or “127th anniversary” just doesn’t have much of a ring, executive director Margaret O’Reilly and her staff had to be content to wait until another round number came along — which is why the museum is finally celebrating this month with party marking its 130 years in existence. On Thursday, April 17 from 6 to 8 p.m., the New Jersey State Museum Foundation plans to commemorate the museum’s anniversary with a celebration that will include an exclusive preview of the museum’s newest exhibition, “Ecosystems See NJSM, Page 8
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