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We look forward to maintaining face the challenges that you are ensupportive relationships with our countering during the pandemic.

The thought of potentially start- students. That’s why we chose to ing or continuing college in a mo- work at Rider; because we value its ment of distance learning may be mission to build close relationships hard to swallow. However, as edu- between faculty and students, as cators with years of in-person and well as to create personal learning online coursework under our belts, environments that allow for stuwe strongly believe that powerful dent voices to be heard.

Like other big moments in hiscommunities are made through tory, the coronavirus learning itself. Creating is forcing us these networks is possiBetween pandemic to innovate in the face ble no matter the form The of changing social and that learning takes. professional realities.

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If it’s possible for you, don’t cafeterias never fail to bring smiles to our faces, this world of ideas is wait to start building the sense of what has left the most lasting im- community that a college educapact on us, well into adulthood. It tion can offer — the bonds you culis, after all, the reason we chose to tivate now will help spark the kind of energy we need to create a better teach in higher education.

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Assistant Professor, Department Though, of course, it’s strange to of Languages, Literatures imagine our homes as our “classand Cultures rooms.”

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In NJ, more than 12,000 people in the last three months have died from COVID-19 — more than we lost during all of WWII. During this same time period as Governor Murphy issued his stay-at-home order that shut down all but essential businesses, more than one million people in NJ claimed unemployment and the budget deficit over the next year is now predicted to be close to $10 billion.

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State of Black New Jersey 2020 Economic Virtual Summit, African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, 609-571-1620. www.aaccnj.org. Presentation and discussion topics include opportunity and needs, discrimination in insurance premiums, and public sector opportunities.

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Committee chaired by Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter held a hearing on one of the key tools needed to reopen NJ’s economy safely: contact tracing.

Contact tracing has been a weapon in the battle to prevent the spread of communicable diseases for decades. According to the World Health Organization, the eradication of smallpox, for example, was achieved in 1979 not by universal immunization, but by exhaustive contact tracing. Diseases for which contact tracing is commonly performed include tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable infections like measles, sexually transmitted infections (including HIV), blood-borne infections, some serious bacterial infections, and novel infections (e.g. SARS-CoV, H1N1, and COVID-19).

Technology plays a crucial role in contact tracing, and as our world has been more technologically advanced, our personal data have become more vulnerable. While NJ has no plans to develop a contact tracing app that we would download on our phones to track our movements, it does intend to use a central database to store contact tracing data in “the cloud.” This information, collected through telephone calls to those suspected of being in close contact with someone that has tested positive for COVID-19, will include your name, ask about how you are feeling, ask about others with whom you may have had close contact, and ask that you quarantine yourself. You will NEVER be asked for money, your social security number, bank information, immigration status, or other personally protected information.

Contract tracing will only work if people willingly participate in the process. And one of the key ways to get that participation is through guarantees of individual

privacy, which is why I introduced A4170 that has bipartisan support in the General Assembly. The bill is not about the value of contact tracing or whether it should occur.

Rather, the bill focuses on how it should be implemented with an appropriate protection of privacy.

This bill provides that public health entities (such as the NJ Department of Health, county and local boards of health) collecting information on an individual for the purposes of contact tracing related to the COVID-19 pandemic, may only use the data for the purposes of completing contact tracing. Furthermore, these public health entities must delete the personal information once contact tracing is complete.

The more we protect a person’s privacy, the more willing they will be to participate honestly in contact tracing. People have to feel comfortable in responding to contact tracers.

This measure also requires that the Commissioner of Health publish website guidelines regarding how collected data may be used and how its security and confidentiality must be ensured. A mechanism where the public can submit comments over a 30-day period must be provided before any NJ Health Department guidance can be finalized.

As NJ continues to reopen and we spend more time with friends, family, and others, we must do everything we can to minimize the spread of this horrible virus that has killed so many. Ensuring that contact tracing is done with the involvement of local community members in a sensitive and caring way yet with strong privacy protections in place is essential.

Andrew Zwicker The writer is a state assembly­ man representing New Jersey 16th legislative district as a Democrat.

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s we hear news of an impending recession, I recall launching my painting business during the last recession in 2008.

Here are some takeaways from that time that might help other small businesses get through this period and whatever lies ahead.

1. Build and strengthen relationships. It took some time to make a decent income, and I stumbled a couple times out of the gate.

Through it all, however, I focused on the relationships I was building.

I wanted my customers, employees, and business connections to know they could trust and count on me to honor my commitments.

Years later, some of my earliest customers continue to call us back and refer us to others. Focus on strengthening relationships. Your business will re-build on that foundation.

2. Don’t dwell on the past.

Since I started my business during the recession, I didn’t waste time longing for the better pre-recession markets. I wasn’t in business then so all I knew was the current moment in time. The challenges I faced were mine to face right here, right now. The same focus can be applied today. Don’t dwell on what might have or could have been.

Rise to the challenge of the present moment. Look for the opportunity available in this time.

3. Seek out mentors and supporters. I wasn’t afraid to reach out to those who had more experience than me. I took on the mind of a student who wasn’t afraid to seek knowledge. I wasn’t too proud to learn, or admit my ignorance. I

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by Jonathan Shenk learned from business colleagues, customers, and employees. My wife, Cynthia, was also supportive.

It would have been especially daunting to tackle the many surprises and challenges of a start-up business if she didn’t have my back. Today’s application: seek out the help, advice, and wisdom you need to get through this time.

4. Take charge. I remember feeling buffeted by forces outside of my control — regulations, endless rain during our exterior painting season, or the departure of a key manager or painter. These forces seemed determined to crush my business. I refused to feel victim-

We can rise to the challenge this pandemic presents for our families, our businesses and our communities if we stay fully present, open, and awake. ized or turn jaded, cynical, or resigned. I took charge and did the best I could with the challenges that came my way. Be fearless as you face hurdles and challenges. Take the long view and forge ahead.

5. Take your health seriously.

In our current situation, I have taken to jogging outside. During the early years of my business when the stress and pressure felt especially intense, I joined a gym. My practice of prioritizing physical ex-

ercise has served to manage my stress, and it has the ripple effect of giving me a sense of accomplishment, influencing my diet, and I can have some fun with my GPS watch gadget. See your health as foundational to your success.

6. Embrace the challenge. As a novice entrepreneur, coming from a family background of missionaries and farmers, I dove into the world of business as an exciting new adventure. That young, upstart energy served me well in building a business during a recession.

Though our times are unprecedented, the importance of a positive attitude still holds true today.

This is a time that requires all of our acumen, collaboration, creativity, and energy. Look for the openings in the midst of the obstacles.

We can rise to the challenge this pandemic presents for our families, our businesses and our communities if we stay fully present, open, and awake.

Jonathan Shenk is the owner of Greenleaf Painters in Lawrence­ ville. He was previously a Presby­ terian pastor. He lives in Princeton Junction.

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group networking, and interactive discussions. Nonmembers email kathy@mcrcc.org to register. 9 to 10:30 am.

JobSeekers, Professional Service Group of Mercer County. www.psgofmercercounty.org. Erin Haywood discusses strategies for developing your online presence. 9:45 a.m. to noon.

The Missing Letter in D&I: How to Communicate Belonging, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Rakia Reynolds, founder and CEO of Skai Blue Media, gives a webinar on cultivating conscious communication in areas including verbal, non-verbal, written, social and digital, networking, and media presence. Register. $15. 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 30

Business Before Business Virtual Networking, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Make connections over your morning coffee, followed by a speaker presentation.

Register. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Virtual HR Conference Series, BioNJ. www.bionj.org. Connect with other life sciences HR and other professionals, learn from industry experts on issues affecting your organization, and leave with best practices that will enable you to position your company and your employees for success in the Age of COVID-19 and beyond.

Strategic communications expert Rakia Reynolds, founder and CEO of Skai Blue Media, leads a June 26 webinar for the Princeton Chamber on cultivating conscious communication.

Second of three sessions. Register. $250, $195 members for all three sessions. 9 a.m. to noon.

JobSeekers. sites.google.com/ site/njjobseekers. Virtual meeting for those seeking employment.

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PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Al Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE ∙ President and CEO, Capital Health Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. ∙ Chairman, Capital Healthcare Corporation Board of Trustees

Neighbors, As the region’s leader in providing progressive, quality patient care, Capital Health has been taking an organized approach to meeting the needs of the community during the COVID-19 crisis and going forward as restrictions start to ease. Under guidance recently announced by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, hospitals in New Jersey were permitted to resume elective surgeries starting Tuesday, May 26. Now we are ready to welcome patients back in a safe, healthy environment.

Through intensive planning to ensure the highest level of patient and visitor safety, our health care professionals at Capital Health are implementing a system of care that meets all requirements for providing great services in a safe environment. In addition to our usual robust disinfection protocols, we continue to take other necessary precautions to make sure the health and safety of our community and our staff remain our highest priority. We follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and use isolation precautions for hospitalized patients. We are also taking the following steps to ensure the safety of our patients and staff: … Everyone entering our facilities is required to have their temperature taken. Anyone with a temperature equal to or greater than 100° F is not allowed to enter our facilities. Everyone entering our facilities must also wear a mask. If they don’t have one, a mask is provided for them. To facilitate social distancing, we’ve created more areas for waiting and registration. In some locations, Plexiglas barriers have been installed to help prevent contamination. Our staff regularly cleans common areas and high-touch surfaces with hospital-approved disinfectant cleansers. If you need to use an elevator, occupancy is limited to four (4) people, each positioned in a corner of the elevator.

… We use electronic flagging to identify patients with communicable disease. Any patients moving through the halls on stretchers or in wheelchairs must wear a mask, and clean sheets are placed on all stretchers after each use. All surfaces in patient care areas are cleaned between patients using the hospital-approved disinfectant cleansers. Portable ultraviolet lights are also used in rooms as an added disinfectant measure. … Only people requiring medical care are allowed to enter our hospitals. Visitors are restricted, with limited exceptions for certain patients. Those with intellectual or cognitive disability, communication barriers, and behavioral concerns, or patients who are under 18 years old may have one designated support person.

Maternity and pediatric patients may have one designated support person with them at all times.

We encourage you to maintain good health by scheduling appointments with your primary care and specialty physicians. You can be confident that the providers in our Capital Health Medical Group continue to practice all precautionary measures for safety to ensure that all patients, visitors, and staff are protected. However, we realize that not everyone is able to visit with his or her physician. For those patients, Capital Health will continue to offer video visits through secure connections on their computers or smart devices. New and established patients can schedule an appointment with the same providers they see at our offices.

If you or your loved ones are experiencing a medical emergency, we urge you to seek care immediately. On behalf of our health care professionals at Capital Health, we look forward to seeing you again at your next visit, and rest assured that we have safety procedures in place to protect you from infection and provide the highest level of care.

For complete details about the advanced safety measures we have established at our facilities, visit capitalhealth.org/advanced-safety-measures-covid-19.

Sincerely,

Al Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE President & CEO

Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. Chair, Capital Healthcare Corporation Board of Directors

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ew Jersey has been called the medicine chest of the world, so it’s no surprise that many pharmaceutical companies along the Route 1 corridor and beyond are hard at work on treatments and therapies for the novel coronavirus.

Even as the state begins to reopen and people resume normal activities, the race is still on to develop an effective vaccine and devise ways to prevent or minimize the more harmful effects of the virus.

BioNJ, the Hamilton-based trade organization for life sciences companies in the state, hosted two virtual “COVID-19 Rapid Fire Research Showcases” in June featuring presentations from the leaders of 25 companies in the biotechnology industry.

These companies, BioNJ CEO Debbie Hart said in her opening remarks at the first showcase, “looked in their portfolios, found something that they hoped or thought could work on COVID-19, and they will literally be pouring their hearts and souls and spending hundreds of millions of dollars to

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try to make a difference, so we applaud them.”

A number of the companies that presented at these showcases have a presence in the Princeton area.

Several are working on vaccines.

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ncosec is a Penningtonbased cancer immunotherapy company focused on skin and breast

‘When this pandemic first occurred we looked at ourselves as cancer researchers and said, ‘What can we do to help solve this problem?’’ cancer (U.S. 1, July 11, 2018), but its scientists have theorized that the same protein that it uses to fight tumors could play an important role in a potential vaccine to combat COVID-19.

Its product, TAVO, uses the cytokine protein interleukin 12 (IL12), which is injected into tumors through a process called electroporation that exposes cells to an electric field that makes its membranes more permeable to allow drugs to enter the cell.

“When this pandemic first occurred we looked at ourselves as cancer researchers and said, ‘What can we do to help solve this problem?’” OncoSec CEO Dan O’Connor said in his presentation to BioNJ. “In that connection we realized that IL-12 has the ability to be obviously a very strong pro-inflammatory signaling cytokine and could potentially increase the efficacy of a vaccination.”

OncoSec brought its idea to the attention of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well as Providence Cancer Institute. The cancer immunologists at Providence, O’Connor said, “realized that the application of their understanding of cancer immunotherapy could be translated to an infectious disease setting.” The NIH also saw value in

OncoSec’s idea and licensed to the company the novel coronavirus spike protein it had developed.

A spike protein is a key part of the virus molecule that allows it to invade human cells. Having access to that protein gives researchers a way to ensure that a vaccine can properly target the virus. A study has now been developed by Providence that, with FDA approval, would use Oncosec’s investigational Apollo electroporation device to deliver the spike protein alone and the spike protein supplemented by IL-12. The hope is that the addition of IL-12 will enhance the body’s immune response to the vaccination.

OncoSec, 24 North Main Street, Pennington 08534.

Daniel O’Connor, CEO. www. oncosec.com.

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Dan O’Connor and OncoSec hope interleukin 12, a protein they work with for cancer treatments, could improve a COVID-19 vaccination.

University of Hawaii at Manoa on potential vaccines for the novel coronavirus.

Its vaccine platform includes the important spike protein as well as an adjuvant — a substance that enhances the body’s immune response — called CoVaccine HT. It

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“At the end of the day, when you want broad distribution, it’s really important to have a clinically convenient product,” said Oreola Donini, Soligenix’s senior vice president and chief scientific officer, in her presentation to BioNJ. Soligenix Inc., 29 Emmons Drive, Suite B-10, Princeton 08540. 609-5388200. Christopher J. Schaber, chairman, president, and CEO. www.soligenix.com.

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In his presentation to BioNJ Orthobond CEO David Nichols explained, “We know that our surfaces have proven safety and efficacy against bacteria, against mold, and against yeast, and we’re confident that it will show efficacy against viruses, so as we look at the needs around us today we can imagine a surface” — be it plastic, stainless steel, aluminum, or titanium — “that would kill — not only remove but also attract and kill — a pathogen that would harm us every day.”

The company, Nichols said, is now in the process of raising $10 million for projects including the commercialization of solutions for high-touch surface areas.

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n the absence of a vaccine, public health officials have constantly reminded people to wash their hands and frequently disinfect hile the public is focused on a vachigh-touch surfaces such as countertops and cine, several companies are working not on a doorknobs. But what if those surfaces disin- vaccine or a cure, but rather on products that fected themselves? can help mitigate one of College Road-based the more dangerous com‘We know that our Orthobond is seeking to plications of a severe case surfaces have proven of COVID-19: the cytoprevent the spread of COVID-19 not with a vackine storm. safety and efficacy cine, but with a coating A cytokine storm is an against bacteria, for high-touch surfaces extreme immune reagainst mold, and that would attract and kill sponse in which an overthe virus. abundance of cytokines, against yeast, and Orthobond grew out of inflammation-causing we’re confident that it an professor Jeffrey protein, is released into will show efficacy Schwartz’s chemistry lab the blood. In its most seat Princeton University vere form, a cytokine against viruses.’ and made a name for itself storm can cause multiple when it developed a novel organ failure and can be way to bond molecules to surfaces, an inven- fatal.

In that arena, North Brunswick-based tion that held great promise for the durability of a range of medical implants (U.S. 1, Sep- BioAegis Therapeutics has high hopes for its tember 9, 2009). In 2010 it identified a mol- recombinant human plasma gelsolin. ecule that could be bound to surfaces to crePlasma gelsolin is a naturally occurring ate an antimicrobial coating. protein present in abundance in healthy huAfter years of testing and development, mans. It was discovered by the late Tom the company has reached the commercial- Stossel, a 1963 Princeton University alumization stage for medical implants with this nus who was a professor of medicine at Harantimicrobial coating, and it has now turned vard University. Gelsolin’s role within the its attention to potential applications in the Continued on following page fight against COVID-19.

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He explains how functional thinking is a tool that can help individuals as well as governments clarify how Podcast Offers anxiety manifests and Behind-the-Scenes spreads through all levels of Therapy Mentoring society. As Dr. Crist puts it, Session “We cannot be ostriches hidDr. Chris Burritt ing our heads and not looking ince July 2019, the nor be in a panic where we American College of Orgonomy are looking but not seeing. We must all (ACO) has been offering the ACO’s have courage, stand our anxiety, and folInContact Podcast series which presents low our perceptions.” an inside view into medical orgone theraThe podcast series also offers an inpy, the unique form of psychotherapeutic side view of several specific case presentreatment taught at the ACO. Their most tations.

InContact Podcast host, Chris recent podcast: “A Mentoring Session,” Burritt, D.O., notes, “The remarkable (https://adifferentkindofpsychiatry.blubrry. thing about our podcasts is that they tell net/) features an extraordinary conversastories and highlight how the doctors see tion between therapist Susan Marcel, their patients.

Our training and the way D.O. and her psychotherapy mentor, Peour doctors treat patients differentiates ter A. Crist, M.D. discussing a complicatthe ACO from other institutions and forms ed patient she is treating. of treatment. If you think of orgonomy as One of the key aspects of the ACO’s the science of man’s relationship with natherapists that sets them apart from their ture, that describes how we as medical peers is that they have frequent mentororgone therapists look at our patients — ing/tutorial sessions to discuss problems helping them handle the nature inside that arise in their work ranging from dealthemselves and in their environment. If ing with complex patients to handling prosomething is off, we help them re-estabfessional situations in which their own lish a satisfactory relationship with themcharacters may come into play. This parselves, their loved ones and the world ticular podcast reveals how the patient’s around them.” character manifests physically and emoRegarding what people can get out of tionally; how the therapist needs to underthe podcasts, Dr. Burritt says, “It could be stand the healthy nature or core of their helpful for a listener just to sit back and patient; and the best way to monitor the absorb the doctors’ perspectives. There’s effect of an intervention. a lot of confusion in the world we’re living Other podcasts of particular interest in these days.

Even if you’re not in theraduring this trying time include “Pandemic py, it can reduce stress levels to get clarity Perspectives” in which a range of ACO about what’s going on.” psychotherapists discuss how they and For more information about the ACO their patients are dealing with COVID-19 and its activities, visit www.orgonomy.org and “A Pandemic of Panic” featuring Peor contact the American College of Orter A. Crist, M.D., president of the ACO, gonomy.

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fter being sequestered in our homes since late March, summer is upon us and some restrictions are being lifted: retail stores are opening; restaurants are offering outdoor seating; hair salons are accepting limited customers. How do we transition to what many are calling the “new normal?”

Peter A. Crist, M.D. president of the American College of Orgonomy (ACO), says, “I don’t particularly like the term ‘the new normal.’

My problem with it goes back to my experience with patients over the years. They’ve often asked, ‘Am I normal?’ and my response has been, ‘No — thank goodness you’re not normal. Just look at how messed up the ‘norm’ is!’”

He adds, “‘Normal’ doesn’t adequately distinguish between healthy and unhealthy in how we’re handling things. Instead of getting lost defining a new or old ‘normal,’ it’s better to talk about finding how to live with a new reality.

“Orgonomy, the science of man’s relationship with nature, is all about approaches to objectively observing reality. In medical orgone therapy we try to help people live with the emotional reality of who they are and the way the world is, as they find the most satisfying, healthy ways to handle their emotions. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no way to know for certain our future reality, just as many of the predictions at the beginning of the pandemic were way off the mark. Uncertainty always leads to anxiety, but orgonomy offers knowledge to help handle it

that can show better ways to live given the actual realities of our circumstances. The key in our functional approach is to differentiate observations from conclusions — basing conclusions on facts as well as real observations derived from our senses rather than on assumptions or preconceptions.”

Dr. Crist says, “For example, you may plan to eat at a restaurant. What was once no big deal is now fraught with anxiety and uncertainty. When you enter, observe the distance between tables. If they look closer together than feels safe and you feel anxious, don’t just dismiss your anxiety. Trust your instincts. You can ask that the tables be further separated or simply order takeout. It’s also important to evaluate whether your anxiety is rational and directly related to the immediate reality or colored by internal, neurotic anxiety that has come to the surface. But no matter what, you have to find ways to go ahead and live while finding ways to calculate risks.”

Physical distancing and wearing masks are protocols in place now.

Asked about masks, Dr. Crist notes, “The point of wearing a mask is to prevent infection by exchange of respiratory droplets carrying coronavirus. So, it’s crazy for people to wear masks when they’re not in direct contact with other people. Rather than thinking functionally about them, there’s been magical thinking that somehow a mask will protect you even in situations where there’s no risk of exposure.

I’ve even seen people driving down the road wearing masks alone in their cars. The scientific information clearly shows that the risk of infection is greater when you are in close proximity to people in an enclosed space for extended periods

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Dr. Peter Crist of time. Outdoors there’s no rational reason to wear a mask in an area with few people who aren’t within six to ten feet of you.”

The ACO focuses on social as well as individual emotional health as manifested by its training programs in both medical and social orgonomy. Social problems have been on people’s minds since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ve exploded in public awareness in the last few weeks since the killing of George Floyd.

Dr. Crist notes, “The protests and social unrest that have degenerated into riots and looting at times, are undoubtedly fueled by pent up energy from centuries of unresolved frustration and rage further complicated by everyone being shut in the last few months. The situation is terribly complicated, but we can only find our way through it by differentiating rational political action from irrational, neurotic acting out of destructive impulses. Orgonomy is all about distinguishing healthy impulses from neurotic ones. That’s crucial in how people handle the COVID-19 pandemic; it’s crucial in how people handle injustice and political problems.”

For more information about the ACO and its activities, visit www. orgonomy.org or contact the American College of Orgonomy.

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body is to help reduce inflammation, but that protein becomes depleted as the body uses it to fight off infection.

There are, of course, anti-inflammatory drugs that are widely available, but all of them work by suppressing the immune system to some degree. Inflammation is part of the immune system’s reSusan Levinson is sponse to injuries or infections, leading BioAegis’ so it follows that reducing inwork on recombiflammation requires reducing the immune response. nant human plasma Gelsolin, on the other hand, is gelsolin to help unique in that it fights inflammacombat cytokine tion without weakening the imstorms. mune system. It is also unique in that it is not pathogen-specific. It has the potential to be effective in helping the body fight any num- shown the approach to be sucber of infections with either viral cessful. Levinson, who holds a PhD in biomedical sciences from or bacterial causes.

Stossel’s discovery was the the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said in basis for her BioNJ founding Biopresentation Aegis, which ‘Recombinant human that in June has licensed plasma gelsolin has the company gelsolin-relatwas set to bethe unique property ed intellectual property from that it is not pathogen gin testing on patients with Harvard. Stosspecific and thus will severe COVsel died in SepID-19. be a solution not just tember, 2019, BioAegis’ but his cofor COVID-19 but for hope is that founder, CEO future threats which replenishing Susan Levinthe body’s emerge as well.’ son, is leading supply of this the company’s naturally octesting of its recombinant human plasma gel- curring protein will help limit a solin (rhu-pGSN) as a potential potential cytokine storm while therapy for patients severely ill also reducing long-term damage to the lungs. with COVID-19.

A statement on the company’s Prior to the pandemic BioAegis’ product was already show- website explains: “Gelsolin’s ing promise in patients hospital- unique role is to modulate this ized with pneumonia, and more Continued on page 12 than 20 animal models have also

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n the early 1900s a group of farmers came by horse and carriage to Trenton to sell their produce along the Delaware River. In 1939, when the City of Trenton gave notice that Route 29 would be built, the participating farmers formed the Trenton Market Growers Cooperative Association and property was purchased on Spruce Street in Lawrence.

The original two market buildings were moved and the Trenton Farmers Market opened in 1948 on Spruce Street. More than 100 farms filled what had become three buildings with fresh truck loads of corn, tomatoes, melons, and whatever was in season along with one building devoted to livestock and poultry.

After one building burned down, the two remaining buildings were reconfigured, creating the crossshape that stands today.

Over the years farm stalls were replaced with bakers, butchers, and cheesemongers.

Kitchens were built, heat was added, garage doors and the iconic roof signs denoting,“FARMERS MARKET” were updated, but the integrity of the original farms remained.

Additions to the market over time include vendors offering jewelry, apparel, body care products, and flea market finds.

“These goodies and trinkets add such charm to the overall feel of the market; there’s always something fun to purchase”, says manager, Chris Cirkus.

Pulaski Meats is well known for its Eastern European meats, cold cuts, and delicacies including pierogi, golabki (stuffed cabbage), and chrusciki (fried pastry topped with powdered sugar); The Pie’d Piper offers freshly baked pies, cakes, and cookies, along with a wide assortment of pierogi (and the occasional favorite, pork roll pierogi), salads and heat-and-eat favorites including Mama’s Meatballs.

Eateries include two vegan cafes: Lady & the Shallot and Savory Leaf Cafe; Hambone Opera BBQ; King’s Food (Amish roasted, rotisserie and fried chicken plus salads and their famous soups and banana pudding).

Celebrating a grand opening is Kafe Kreyol, a Haitian restaurant located in the middle of the market.

Cartlidge’s Quality Meats, an Amish butcher, greets shoppers as they enter through the Spruce Street entrance with a wide assortment of beef and pork, cold cuts, dairy, freshly ground nut butters, and local honey.

Find fresh fish at the Crab Shack, located in an adjoining building along with Win, Place & Smoke for lottery tickets, newspapers, and smokeless tobacco.

Recent new tenants, Terra Momo Bread Co., known in the Princeton area for their French pastries and breads, is currently offering weekly boxes of bread via pre-order; Tea-For-All Tea Shoppe and Cafe and Kafe’ Ojala, each with their own specialties and energy.

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These additions allow shoppers a robust shopping experience at the marketplace rather than needing to visit the grocery stores. Two new farms have joined the market this growing season: Abe’s Acres (Hightstown) with fresh greens, pickles, sauces and fruit butters using their own produce, and Zell’s Farm ( Hillsborough) offering fresh mushrooms and pastured hen and duck eggs.

The market came under new management 18 months ago after the retirement of the long time co-managers, Marcia and Jack

Ball. Chris Cirkus, who also manages the West Windsor Community Farmers Market, has been busy reinvigorating this oldest continuously running year-round market. Cirkus boasts, “The Trenton Farmers Market is such a gift to this area, so worthy of preserving and revitalizing!”

The name Trenton Farmers Market proudly remains even though the market is actually in Lawrence Township. Visit the Trenton Farmers Market on Wednesday (limited farms/vendors) through Saturday (Amish tenants close at 4 p.m.) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Market will be open on July 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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fter months on quarantine, most of us could use a kickstart to our fitness routine. Sara Beauchemin, a Bordentown local and mother of three, opened Sweat with Soul Movement Studio just over a year ago. Sweat with soul is a boutique studio offering a variety of new and unique classes to help you switch up your fitness routine.

When Sara built this community, she made it clear that it would be a safe, judgement-free space where everyone can be comfortable in their own skin. It is her mission to help women on their journey to better themselves through fitness, a healthy lifestyle, and most importantly self-love.

SWS, as its members call it, has classes you won’t find in your local gyms. Buti Yoga, a dynamic combination of traditional yoga asanas, dance, and strength and conditioning, has become the most popular of the classes offered. Many women come in having never tried a Buti class, and they fall in love. “Think yoga, out of the box cardio, dance, movements, all the way through to all kinds of motivating music. The best part is the group of individuals you spend an hour with and the most inspiring instructor you’ll ever know,” says Lynn Nappa of Bordentown.

At SWS they strive to make you feel comfortable, no matter what your experience level. Even women who have felt nervous and intimidated by big gyms in

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t Saint Peter’s University Hospital, we salute our doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and other healthcare heroes who have been busy caring for patients with COVID-19. We are now in the process of re-opening services for essential nonCOVID care, with specific protocols to ensure the safety of patients, as well as staff. During the crisis, our Emergency Department (ED) remained operational, yet patients have often delayed or avoided access to care due to fear of exposure to the virus.

According to Borislav Stoev, DO, FACEP, chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, “More than ever, we want to remind the public that certain emergency medical conditions can’t wait, because left unattended, they too can become life-threatening.

Throughout the pandemic, we’ve followed strict protocols to screen all patients that come through our hospital doors, and this includes those coming to the ED. Anyone who is presenting with symptoms is immediately isolated.”

According to Dr. Stoev, symptoms which if ignored could potentially result in life-

threatening situations include: • Chest pains • Slurred speech • Numbness on one side • Trouble breathing • A head injury or seizure • Vaginal bleeding with pregnancy • Broken bone or dislocated joint • Severe cut or pain COVID-19 protocols remain in place at Saint Peter’s and will continue indefinitely. These protocols include screening and temperature assessment of all persons entering the hospital, requiring them to wear masks and practicing social distancing, respiratory etiquette and hand washing practices. This also includes enhanced disinfecting and sanitizing procedures and restricted visitor policies.

Saint Peter’s has two distinct Emergency Departments, one designated for adults and the other for children. We are encouraging adults and children to come to the Emergency Department under the same circumstances they would have prior to the pandemic. Dr. Stoev advises, “Be smart and safe, remember that emergencies can’t wait!”

As we transition from COVID-19 care to essential nonCOVID care, Saint Peter’s is scheduling elective surgeries and other procedures which were previously curtailed as well as physician office visits. All patients undergoing elective procedures will have a COVID test scheduled through preadmission testing 72 hours prior

Borislav Stoev, DO, FACEP, chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine at Saint Peter’s University Hospital to the date of surgery or procedure. Patients testing positive will have their procedure postponed for a period of no less than 14 days and will not be rescheduled until they are symptom-free for at least three consecutive days. Patients without a negative COVID test result will not undergo any elective procedure. Saint Peter’s will continue to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, recognizing that COVID-19 may not be wholly eliminated for some time to come. For the immediate future, we will continue to implement COVID-19 screenings to protect our patients, as well as our staff. For more information, visit www. saintpetershcs.com. See ad, page 9.

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apital Health Primary Care – Bordentown, part of Capital Health Medical Group and a trusted provider of pediatric, adult, and geriatric care in Burlington County, New Jersey, has moved to a new location at 100 K Johnson Boulevard N., Suite 101, Bordentown, NJ 08505 (on the northbound side of Route 130, across from the Team 85 Fitness & Wellness Center).

Although the office is new, patients receive care from the same board certified physicians they know and trust, including Drs. Jamie Flynn, Janey Hughes, Maria Lugo, Joshua Mleczko, and Natalie Redziniak, as well as nurse practitioner Stephanie Shapiro. They are all available for appointments to provide check-ups, sick visits and preventive care for children and adults (including care that’s specific for women and older adults).

“Now more than ever, finding a health care provider that inspires confidence and trust is important for anyone who needs care,” said Dr. Maria Lugo, lead physician at Capital Health Primary Care - Bordentown. “We take our role in the community very seriously, and while it’s exciting to be in a brand new building, it’s important for our patients and anyone looking for a primary care provider to know that the move reaffirms our commitment to safe, convenient care.”

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In addition to office visits, all of the providers at Capital Health Primary Care – Bordentown offer video visit appointments over secure connections on their computers or mobile devices for routine follow up appointments or questions about medications.

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necessary inflammatory response so that what was intended to be a mechanism of healing does not become an instrument of long term morbidity or death. In extreme circumstances like those present in COVID-19, gelsolin can become dangerously depleted, leaving the body exposed to the ravages of an unrestrained immune response.”

“While many companies are pursuing antivirals and vaccines for the pandemic, there are few that are addressing this severe cytokine storm that are not also immunosuppressive,” Levinson said in her presentation at the BioNJ showcase.

“Recombinant human plasma gelsolin has the unique property that it is not pathogen specific and thus will be a solution not just for COVID-19 but for future threats which emerge as well.”

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rinceton-based Genovation Bioscience is another company whose product is aimed at quelling the deleterious effects of the cytokine storm that can occur as an immune response in severe cases of COVID-19.

Its focus is on the production of synthetic antibodies that are engineered to have an affinity for specific proteins. Specifically, the company has produced a synthetic antibody that works against histones, a type of cytokine that promotes inflammation.

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questering the histones and neutralizing their effect. The approach has already shown promising results in studies of mice that were injected with a lethal dose of histones followed by Genovation’s nanoparticles.

“Synthetic antibodies are an innovation with high impact potential. A breakthrough application such as a sepsis intervention can open the door to an alternative to many traditional biological therapies,” Laurence Berger, executive chairman, said in his BioNJ presentation.

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Ayma Therapeutics, a self-funded startup based in Princeton Junction, was founded just last year but is already working with the FDA on its investigational new drug, AYX101.

AYX-101 is intended for COVID-19 patients who develop ARDS, or acute respiratory distress syndrome, and would be administered intravenously in a hospital setting. It uses triciribine (TCN), a drug synthesized in the 1970s that is currently being tested as a possible treatment for various cancers, that also shows potential for treating lung injury. TCN works by inhibiting the protein known as Akt, which can have the effect of suppressing inflammation and promoting repair to damaged lungs.

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“I’m a very high-energy person, so it was extremely unusual for me to be napping,” says Nina, a Senior Vice President at Berkshire Bank, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Hamilton, and Chairman of the Board of its foundation.

Thinking it was the allergy medication she was taking, Nina rested but wasn’t overly con-

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breathing and requires respirator support,” AYMA co-founder Ramesh Gopalan said in a presentation to BioNJ. Hospitals would be provided a blood bag containing a dose of TCN phosphate, to which the patient’s own blood is added. The contents of the bag are then mixed, allowing the drug to become encapsulated in the patient’s red blood cells. The resulting product, AYX-101, is then re-infused into the patient.

Ayma hopes for approval from the FDA to begin testing its product in August.

Ayma Therapeutics Inc., Princeton Junction. Narayanan Surendran, founder and CEO. www.aymatx.com.

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hile prophylactic vaccines are an important solution we’ll always need treatments like BalinBac’s for infected patients to keep them from progressing to the hospital, ICU, and ventilator support,” says John Gregg, CEO of Princeton-based BalinBac. Gregg, a graduate of the University of Chicago with an MBA from

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FITNESS fore,” says his daughter, Karen Stark, “but we’d go and sit with him. We could see for ourselves how he was doing.

This was during the pandemic, so it was very different. It was hard to just sit at home wondering how he was doing. And my mom, Audrey, missed him terribly. It was hard.”

Boyd had his cell phone with him, but he was disoriented and unable to use it. “Despite being so busy with patients, his nurses helped him dial the phone so we could talk to him,” says Karen. Even better, the patient representatives set up two video calls using one of the hospital’s iPads.

“He was so lonesome,” says Karen, “the video calls were very uplifting for him — his face lit up when he saw us. He told my mom, who he’s been married to for 65 years, ‘Just seeing you

cerned. “Wednesday, when I started sleeping 15 hours at night, my husband, Michael, said, ‘Something’s not right.’”

Still, she persevered, working from home and resting as needed. That Friday, on a call with a client who’s the manager of a cardiology practice, Nina mentioned her extreme fatigue. Later, the client called back to say that one of the practice’s doctors was very concerned and thought it could be COVID-19. That night, Nina had a low fever and decided it was time to seek care. She went to the Emergency Department at RWJUH Hamilton.

There, she had blood work and a chest X-ray, and was tested for flu, strep throat, and COVID-19. Her X-ray showed signs of COVID-19, and the diagnosis was confirmed on Sunday when her coronavirus test came back.

Nina was put on oxygen. After five days, her oxygen levels sta-

bilized and she was discharged.

By the first week of April, she felt mostly herself again. “I want to say a big thank you to all of the nurses and doctors,” says Nina.

“Despite the risk to themselves, they did their jobs and also were concerned about making sure I was comfortable. I really do think they’re heroes because they worry more about patients than themselves.”

New York University, has worked in marketing and product planning at prominent pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. At BalinBac, the team is focused on bringing new and repurposed antiviral and antibacterial drugs to market.

The company’s research on COVID-19 in particular, which started in January, is focused on repurposing existing drugs whose safety and efficacy are already known in order to expedite the process of getting medicine to patients.

The drugs, known as the BB700 series, are all combinations of existing, generic antiviral drugs that each have a different mechanism for attacking the virus. It is thought that a drug working against the virus in multiple ways is more likely to be effective than one that only works in one specific way.

In addition to the new combinations of drugs, BalinBac also has a novel delivery system that allows the drugs to go directly to the lungs by having the patients inhale the drugs through readily available electronic cigarettes.

“They’ll be used at the time of diagnosis and the onset of first symptoms, and we’ll have the best chance of success because the viral load is low and major immunological responses like cytokine storms

same proteins as the virus that causes COVID-19. Unlike the actual virus cells, the laboratory cells are not infectious and not toxic to cell cultures, which creates an opportunity for more labs to focus research on COVID-19.

In a statement, Chromocell CEO Christian Kopfli noted, “We recogther companies are working nize the substantial potential of our on the research and diagnostic is- Chromovert Technology to accelsues that have arisen with this nov- erate the development of treatel coronavirus, including tests that ments against COVID-19 disease. are easy to administer but also ac- Leveraging our unique cellular engineering platcurate and mateform, we are rials that make it open to collaboeasier to underChromovert enables rate with any intake drug disresearchers to quickterested party as covery research. the scientific ly identify rare cells Chromocell c o m m unity Corporation, that are best suited searches for a based in North for work on cell-based m u c h - n e e d e d Brunswick, sees cure.” drug discovery. multiple appliChromocell cations of its Corporation, Chromovert 685 Route 1, technology in North Brunswick 08902. 732the fight against COVID-19, and it 565-1113. Christian Kopfli, has made that technology available CEO. www.chromocell. to researchers working on drugs com. and vaccines for COVID-19.

Chromovert enables researchers to quickly identify rare cells that aven Diagnostic, a spinoff are best suited for work on cellbased drug discovery. The compa- of Intelligent Material Solutions ny is also able to produce stable, based in the SRI complex on Washlaboratory cells that express the ington Road in West Windsor, has more than 10 years of experience developing rapid diagnostic tests for a range of tropical diseases and has now turned its attention to applying its technology to COVID-19 testing.

CEO Richard Einhorn, in his presentation during the BioNJ showcase, explained that Maven is “focused on developing and commercializing what we call high impact tests.”

Most tests on the market, he said, are either very accurate or very quick and easy to administer, but the high-sensitivity tests that offer the most accurate results can take hours or days to process, and the easily administered tests can give a high volume of false negatives.

Maven, he said, “is working to develop solutions that combine the benefits of the two primary solu-

Virtual Visiting: Connecting Isolated Patients to Loved Ones Benefits All Involved

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makes me smile.’ And it was comforting for us to see for ourselves how he was doing.”

Boyd was diagnosed with orthostatic hypotension — sudden drops in blood pressure that cause fainting — and discharged after three days with ongoing care instructions. “My dad feels very grateful to all the nurses,” says Karen. “Everyone was so kind to him.” www.rwjbh.org/hamilton. See ad, page 6.

have not yet happened,” Gregg said in his BioNJ presentation.

BalinBac Therapeutics, 657 Rosedale Road, Princeton 08540. John Gregg, president and CEO. www.balinbac.com.

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Christian Kopfli of Chromocell Corporation has made its Chromovert technology available to companies researching drugs for COVID-19. tions that exist today” without the downsides. Maven offers an intelligent lateral flow assay kit — a test that functions in the same way a pregnancy test does — that can be used with a customized reader to give results in under 15 minutes.

In addition to potential use for point-of-care nasal or saliva swabs for quick diagnoses in settings such as urgent care clinics or nursing homes, Einhorn noted that an important potential use of the testing technology is to detect levels of the protein interleukin 6 (IL6), a cytokine that plays a key role in inflammation and rises quickly in COVID-19 patients. “Finding that early might allow us to do earlier treatments for patients before they get to a cytokine storm,” Einhorn explained.

Maven anticipates being granted emergency use authorizations from the FDA for its tests over the course of the summer.

Maven Diagnostic, 201 Washington Road, Princeton 08540. 609-514-4033. Richard Einhorn www.mavendiagnostic.com.

Full presentations can be viewed on BioNJ’s website: www.bionj. org.

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In Person

All of the events listed below are taking place virtually unless noted otherwise. Visit venue websites for information about how to access the events. To include your event in this section email events@prince­ toninfo.com.

Wednesday June 24 Art Online Artist Meetups, BSB Gallery. www.bsbgallery.com. Join curators Aine Mickey and Christy E. O’Connor to discuss your current work in progress and provide feedback in an online group setting via Zoom. 6 to 7 p.m.

On Stage

Uncle Vanya, Actors’ NET of Bucks County. www.actorsnetbucks.org. YouTube release of a past production of Anton Chekhov’s bittersweet comedy about dysfunction and longings.

Beta Fest, coLAB Arts, New Brunswick. www.colab-arts.org.

Five creative teams present new live works of digital storytelling using different online platforms for performance, interactivity, and game design. Team leaders include playwright Karuna Lynne Elson, writer and composer David Seamon, and actor and producer Christopher Pasi. Register. Pay what you can. $5 per person suggested. Proceeds benefit participating artists. 7 p.m.

Kids Stuff

Meet the Animals, The Watershed Institute. www.thewatershed.org. Join Watershed Educator Samantha Bernstein as she feeds some of the resident animals in the Discovery Hall in the Watershed Center. Free on www. facebook.com/theH2Oshed. 11 a.m.

Socials

Library Drawing Party, Mercer County Library. www.facebook. com/mclsnj. Follow along for a librarian-led drawing lesson, then share your finished work. For all ages. 7 p.m.

For Seniors

Elder Justice Forum: Lifting Up Voices, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Presentations by Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, WomanSpace, and Certified Wealth Management and Investment, LLC. 10:30 a.m.

Daily updates on TWitter @princetoninfo

Sip & Sing

Enjoy a glass of wine among the apple trees at Terhune Orchards while listening to live music by Lindsay Ketofsky, right, on Saturday, June 27.

Briz Conard performs on Sunday, June 28.

Thursday June 25 The Arts Creating Programs in a Digital World, NJ Historical Commission. history.nj.gov. The New Jersey Council for the Humanities and New Jersey Historical Commission present a webinar series for cultural nonprofits navigating the coronavirus pandemic, Advancing Your Mission During COVID-19 and Beyond. First webinar offers guidance on developing digital programs that engage and prioritize the needs of your audiences. Free with registration via EventBrite. 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Film

Hollywood Streaming Nights, Princeton Garden Theater. www.princetongardentheatre.org.

Hollywood Summer Nights are now Hollywood Streaming Nights.

Join the YouTube live stream to chat with others during “Father’s Little Dividend,” the sequel to “Father of the Bride” starring Spencer Tracy. Available for free streaming through July 1. 7:30 p.m.

Literati

Lectures

Jason Baumann: ‘The Stonewall Reader’, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org.

New York Public Library’s coordinator of humanities and LGBTQ collections discusses the anthology of first-person accounts of the Stonewall uprising he curated from the library’s archives. Presented via CrowdCast. 7 to 8 p.m.

Xochipala: Salvaging a Looted Culture and Its Art, Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Bryan Just, Peter Jay Sharp Curator and Lecturer in the Art of the Ancient Americas, provides insights and assessments of what has been lost through clandestine pillaging of a village in Guerrero, Mexico, known for the Xochipala style of art. Zoom link available online.

5:30 p.m.

Gardens

Thursday Night Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www. bhwp.org. Series of guest lectures via Zoom continues with Conservation and Management of Amphibians and Reptiles by Kevin Shoemaker. Register. $12. 7 to 8 p.m.

History

Zoom Into History: Princeton University Baseball 1857-1875, Historical Society of Princeton. www.princetonhistory.org. Author and vintage baseball historian John Zinn gives an online lecture with Q&A about the history of organized baseball, focusing on Princeton University, which played an important role in the sport’s early years. Register. Pay what you can. 7 to 7:45 p.m.

Socials

Virtual Happy Hour, D&R Greenway Land Trust. www.drgreenway.org. D&R Greenway has partnered with Old York Cellars in Ringoes on three 2019 vintage wines decorated with paintings of our preserved landscapes by renowned artist James Fiorentino.

Join on Zoom to hear from the winemakers, the artist, and Greenway CEO Linda Mead. Register by email to dkilmer@drgreenway. org. 5 p.m.

Art Making, Arts Council of Princeton & Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Artist Barbara DiLorenzo teaches “Drawing: Negative Space and Abstract Shapes” via Zoom. Free. 8 p.m.

Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington. 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Acoustic DuOver with pop/rock. 6 to 9 p.m.

Outdoor Gallery Reception, Straube Center Galleries, 1 Straube Center Boulevard, Pennington. www.straube.com. Reception for “Between the Seasons” exhibit featuring works by Adriana Groza, Gary Fournier, Hal Vandermark, and Earnest Koch. Masks required for entry into exhibit space. Light refreshments served. Adriana Groza demonstrates her fluid art techniques. 6 to 8 p.m.

Story & Verse LIVE, Arts Council of Princeton, Pettoranello Gardens, Mountain Avenue, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton. org. Story telling and poetic open mic event welcomes anyone to tell a well-prepared story or perform their poetry inspired by this month’s theme: “Step into a World.” Performers must present their own work and are invited to interpret the theme as broadly as they wish. Masks are required.

Register. Seating is limited. Rain date June 27. 7 to 9 p.m.

Wine and Music Series, Crossing Vineyard & Winery, 1853 Wrightstown Road, Newtown, PA. www.crossingvineyards.com. The Fabulous Greaseband performs.

Wine by the bottle, cocktails, bottled beer, and lite bites menu available. Bring your own glasses, tables, and chairs. $20. 7 p.m.

Park-In Movie, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Parking lot film screening of “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” to be viewed from your car via FM radio frequency. Register. $25 per vehicle. 8 p.m.

Classical Music

Virtually Yours: Princeton Festival Baroque Chorus & Orchestra, Princeton Festival. www. princetonfestival.org. WWFM 89.1 broadcasts a performance from the 2019 Princeton Festival.

Visit website for full Virtually Yours calendar of events. 8 p.m.

For Families

The Zanimal Show: Eyes of the Wild, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Wildlife educator Travis Gale uses humor and live animals in a program geared for all ages. Register.

Free. 1 to 2 p.m.

Once Upon a Magic Show, Mercer County Library. www.youtube.com/c/MercerCountyLibrarySystem. Magician Mike Rose presents a magic show designed specifically for libraries to complement the 2020 summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story.” Performances include magic tricks and comedy themed around fairy tales.

Available via YouTube. 1:30 p.m.

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ew Jersey has been home to vital and exciting scenes of musical production and enjoyment, says Dewar MacLeod early in his book “Making the Scene in the Garden State: Popular Music in New Jersey from Edison to Springsteen and Beyond.”

A history professor at William Paterson College in Wayne, MacLeod is a California transplant who in addition to specializing in American studies and foreign policy focuses on popular culture and is the author of the book “Kids of the Black Hole: Punk Rock in Postsuburban California.”

Released in 2019 by Rutgers University Press, “Making the Scene” explores the various New Jersey scenes and address the perennial question for New Jerseyans of how they affected culture.

It is also a daunting task.

As MacLeod, like others, points out, the state is shaped by its proximity to New York City and Philadelphia, the nation’s first and fourth largest markets.

And there has been a lot of musical scene making since the state was first colonized by Swedes in the 1600s.

But MacLeod notes early on, “My interest lies in the social history of the ways in which people produce and consume music.”

And keeping with the subtitle, he organizes the book around “scenes.”

“I use the term ‘scene’ to discuss a variety of types of historical groups of people around music,” he says before admitting that the “term itself is malleable, even slippery, used as it is by participants, journalists, and scholars, often in different ways.”

But after academically qualifying the term for several paragraphs and bringing in scholarly research, he shifts from semantics to anthropology and gets to the point. A scene helps “people create their sense of identity through their musical choices, choosing social groups and gathering together in audiences of collective identity.”

It also “has a degree of self-consciousness about collective identity; it pulls people and ideas together in spaces that create coherence; people in the scene actively participate in types of work and produc-

tivity; a scene is a road for working our rules, identities, tastes, and politics both internally and vis-a-vis the outside world; a scene registers transformation and historical memory, change, and continuity; the scene mediates between the person and the social, the private and the public, turning creativity into a cultural activity and cultural activity into social engagement.”

MacLeod follows by organizing the scenes into six chapters and a conclusion that chronologically follows developments around the state.

In the opening chapter, the first important date is 1877. The location is Thomas Edison’s laboratory in West Orange. The writer calls it “the first place that people came together to record music” and an achievement “in the creation of modernity.”

As the writer reports, Edison was working on improving telephone communications when he sang into the mouth-piece and sensed that the perceived voice vibrations could be recorded and replayed.

While Edison originally saw the device as a means to record the hu-

The significance of Thomas Edison’s recording studio, MacLeod writes, is that ‘it was here that the first scene of performers who gathered to record was made, the first historical moment in which we can look at how the place of recording shaped the process of making music for the participants.’ man voice, his interest in experimentation eventually enlarged the potential of cylinder recordings, and one of his laboratories became a recording studio. MacLeod quotes one historian who says, it

Dewar MacLeod, above, surveys music and culture in New Jersey in his 2019 book, ‘Making the Scene in the Garden State.’ was here that “music began to the shift from live performance art to a technologically mediated art.”

The significance, writes MacLeod, is that “it was here that the first scene of performers who gathered to record was made, the first historical moment in which we can look at how the place of recording shaped the process of making music for the participants.”

However, it was a process where “there were no microphones or amplifiers. All sounds had to be poured into a cone-shaped horn, or series of horns, which funneled the sound waves down through the narrow opening to a diaphragm that vibrated a stylus needle that then etched a groove into the wax on the cylinder. The horn worked like a backward megaphone, so that the singer placed his or her face into the wide mouth of the horn. As one singer described the process, it was like ‘singing with a muzzle on.’ When a band or orchestra played, there might be several horns funneling the sound, but the singer then had to duck between the instrumental parts, with the band arranged in a circle around the horns.”

In addition to artists learning a new approach to performing, they had to learn to endure a grueling process that involved numerous takes to create a marketable product.

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ith scene one over the second opens in Camden, New Jersey.

That is where the Victor Talking Machine Company’s innovators take advantage of consumers who had encountered Edison’s coin-inthe-slot recordings at fairs, resorts, and shops and were excited by both the invention and the desire to feel modern.

The idea for the company was born in 1887 when inventor Emile Berliner showed up to engineer Eldridge Johnson’s mechanical shop with plans for a recording disc that was easier to reproduce and store than the Edison-style cylindrical recordings.

The inventor and engineer soon joined forces and created Victor in 1901. They also purchased the rights to a painting of a terrier listening to a phonograph. Dubbed “His Master’s Voice,” the image “was to become perhaps the most successful corporate icon in marketing history,” writes MacLeod.

Unlike Edison, who had multiple enterprises and shifted his attention to developing and improv-

ing the electric light, Victor was ed international artists had created focused on the music business and an important scene that would have soon created a superior and better a continuing impact on the music marketed product that revolution- by moving the scene from concert ized culture with recordings that halls to living rooms. could be played in the home.

The superior commercial prodhile these two early chapuct also created a new New Jersey music scene. And artists came to ters on Edison and Victor put New Victor as “recording artists” and Jersey at the forefront of develop“gathered with like-minded musi- ment and production, the remaincians and producers to create re- ing examine several hot spots of corded music as a commodity, as interest.

Take “Jazz at the Cliffside” and art.”

Victor — allegedly named for its focus on Rudy Van Gelder. Te“Victory” — firmly established it- aneck optometrist by day and reself in the culture scene when one cording genius at night (until he the company’s agents arranged a went fulltime), Van Gelder is credrecording of 10 arias by renowned ited with creating two recording opera singer Enrico Caruso, whose studios – the first in his parent’s voice quality transcended most of home in Hackensack and the other the era’s recording imperfections in Englewood Cliffs – that became and provided a rich and vibrant the post-war scene for jazz artistry.

Included among the jazz greats product.

The record, notes MacLeod, drawn to Van Gelder’s talent to “transformed the world of recorded capture the true sound and style of music taking it from the slightly (or the artists were Miles Davis and very) seedy penny arcades to the John Coltrane, whose Van Gelder refined domestic spaces of the mid- recording of “A Love Supreme” dle-class parlor. If the phonograph was released on Blue Note Records had brought modernity – with all its and is now part of music history.

Then in the radical transforchapter “Tranmative propersylvania Bandties — into the MacLeod says Victor stand and Rocklife of average also released an exin’ with the Cool people, Caruso, traordinarily wide Ghoul,” Mamore than any cLeod focuses other person, rerange of popular and on the mid-1960 stored some of niche music, with artnational explothe refinement ists of every type sion of dance to the daily lives of the growing traveling from all over shows based on the success and middle class.” the country to record. formula of As the chap“American ter shows, VicBandstand” tor initially gained respectability and profits by from Philadelphia.

The scene is Newark, where the emphasizing its classical and sa“Disc-o-Teen” local television cred music recordings.

Yet, MacLeod says the company show is hosted by the titular ghoul, also released an extraordinarily Zacherley.

That’s actually John Zacherle wide range of popular and niche music, with artists of every type who gained television fame as the traveling from all over the country first costumed host of late-night chiller-theater style broadcasts, to record for Victor.

Offerings included novelty and first in Philadelphia, where his pop songs, African American mu- Shock Theater character was Rosic including recordings by Paul land, and then in New York where Robeson, the first jazz recording, he used the name Zacherley.

Incidentally, it was in Philadeland the first country record.

By the time it was transformed phia that Zacherle interacted with a from Victor to RCA, the company fellow broadcaster, American with a scene in Camden that attract- Bandstand’s Dick Clark, who gave

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him the hip “cool ghoul” appellation.

Dressed in his trademark Victorian-style undertaker’s outfit, Zacherle oversaw the show that became a North Jersey dance scene attracting teens from Newark and a region ranging from Maplewood to Staten Island.

The show also attracted musicians attracted in part by the show’s annual Battle of the Band contest where the winner received a recording contract from Buddha Records.

But, as MacLeod reports, the scene started by the recording industry’s explosion of popular dance music abruptly ended with another industry explosion. The Beatles’ 1967 “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” turned the switch from music as something for dancing to something to think about, and dance parties were no longer cool.

“The Upstage Club and the Asbury Park Scene” chapter shows, however, that a certain shore town was getting chilly.

Interestingly, instead of focusing on the Stone Pony, MacLeod explores “the scene that preceded the ‘Glory Days’” — and looks at the scene that literally set the stage for Bruce Springsteen.

“The Upstage Club arose from the unlikely pairing of a married couple of hairdressers,” writes MacLeod.

One of the team is Tom Potter, an honorably discharged World War II veteran who worked in his family beauty salon as well as numerous other businesses. The other is his much younger third wife, Margaret Potter. Both are described as “unpredictable” and “adventurous.”

With their Asbury Park beauty parlor, rooftop garden, and open door, MacLeod says the building soon became a gathering space for artists of all types. But when Margaret started taking guitar lessons, it became a place for musicians to have jam sessions that continued all night.

Realizing that he may be able to start a business as well as move the musicians from his house, Tom Potter and a partner launched the Upstage Club in 1967 just as the hippie counter culture was blossoming — and attracting young audiences despite its ban on alcohol and drugs.

Eventually the work-in-progress business became, in the words of one regular, “a gathering place for the musicians of the community, a place where the ‘hip’ could go and not get hassled for their left-ofcenter views or the length of their hair.”

With its open atmosphere and its “awful good” sound system, the club attracted veteran musicians, rank amateurs, and newcomers.

The latter includes a young Springsteen, who showed up on February 23, 1969, and asked, “Is it okay if I play my guitar here tonight?”

The boss is on record saying the Upstage Club “was the coolest place I’ve ever seen in my life.” He also said he arrived “to stun” and did.

As with many urban scenes in the late 1960s, the Upstage Club began to fall victim to external social problems and upheavals: racial unrest, poverty, business closings, white flight, and so on.

There were also internal factors.

The owners’ hard living ended the Potter marriage and a lapsed lease ended club ownership.

Bruce Springsteen brought the Upstage Club’s curtain down in 1970.

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acLeod says the next — yet “unlikely” — New Jersey scene was Hoboken, where a musical renaissance began in the late 1970s.

And in the “Drums Along the Hudson” section, he credits two factors for setting the stage.

One is the start of the punk rock movement and its extensive but loosely connected network.

The other is the impoverished city’s cheap property attracting immigrants and “bohemian types, priced out of New York, or simply looking for something a bit outside the denseness of Manhattan but still within striking distance via the PATH train.”

But he argues that it was one place that created the scene. “Although it is always dangerous to ascribe origins to one particular moment or place, perhaps the Hoboken scene begins with Maxwell’s — the tavern that became the home for dozens of local bands and an iconic stop for touring indie bands.”

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The chapter is mainly a history of Maxwell’s and the bands that played there, including the Bongos and Yo Le Tengo. It gives recognition to a change in the scene, women taking “full citizenship in rock ’n’ roll.”

That included the band Gut Bank, a hard sounding band composed of three young women and one man that “pushed against the gender norms of the rock world, even the indie rock world.”

Unlike Asbury Park’s scene erased by decay, Hoboken’s was a victim of success.

In the quoted words of Bongos guitarist and songwriter Richard Barone, “As Hoboken grew, gentrified, and its rents increased, the

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But as he puts it, “the music and City Gardens.”

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rtists responded to U.S. 1’s invitation to share visual thoughts, feelings, and discoveries during our current health crisis.

This week C.a. Shofed, a Trenton fine arts photographer, responded with the accompanying images and statement: Most of my work is taken outdoors. As the realities of the COVID-19 shutdown became clear I first wondered what I would photograph if I did not have freedom of movement. I really should not have worried because often what I photograph is right outside my front door.

However, I have taken this shutin time to concentrate on a few specific things.

First, I arranged some photography lessons with a friend and colleague in the Trenton arts community. Since I am not currently preparing for any in-person shows I figured this was a great time to hone my craft.

After I had taken a few hourlong sessions with Heather Palecek (owner of the Ewing-based professional photography studio and a photography instructor), I went back to some familiar places armed with new knowledge. I really enjoy finding a subject and taking photographs of it at different times and under different conditions.

Take the Trenton Makes Bridge, for example. It’s been photographed so many times, and yet I go back to it again and again, trying to find the photograph that hasn’t been taken or the photograph that is uniquely mine.

I think Heather Palecek unlocked a few secrets for me that have gotten me closer to that perfect picture I’m always chasing.

Second, I have also been working on my web presence to make it easier for people to my purchase art. I have been working on uploading new images to both my personal photography website and my online gallery website that high-

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sausage, and more. One person per family. Face covering and social distancing required. 9 a.m. to noon.

Pennington Farmers Market, Rosedale Mills, 101 Route 31, Pennington. www.penningtonfarmersmarket.org. Face masks required for everyone over age 2.

Social distancing measures in place. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, Princeton Junction Train Station. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket. org. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and more.

Yes We Can! food drive ongoing.

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Composer Lucy Simon, far right, appears for a virtual conversation with McCarter Theater’s Emily Mann on Friday, June 26.

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In Conversation with Lucy Simon, McCarter Theater. www. mccarter.org. American composer for the theater and of popular song, Lucy Simon, joins Emily Mann for a conversation about their newfound friendship and collaboration on an original musical based on Ken Haruf’s novel “Our Souls at Night.” Available via Zoom and Facebook Live. Register. 7:30 p.m.

Outdoor Action

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Lectures

Friday Morning Nature Hike, The Watershed Institute. www.thewatershed.org. Take a weekly hike via Facebook Live. Hikes will highlight seasonal wonders and encourage the viewer to find nature near their homes and in their heart. Free at www.facebook. com/theH2Oshed. 10 a.m.

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Lessons from COVID-19, New Jersey Foundation for Aging. www.njfoundationforaging.org.

“Scams and Benefits Update” presented by Charles Clarkson, Senior Medicare Patrol; Frank Winter, Center for Medicare and Med-

Farmers Market, Montgomery Friends of Open Space, Village Shopping Center, 1340 Route 206 South, Skillman, 609-915-0817. www.montgomeryfriends.org. Jersey Fresh produce and farm products, baked goods, chicken, eggs,

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Opportunities Rental Assistance The COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program offered through the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) will provide temporary rental assistance to low- and moderate-income households that have had a substantial reduction in income or became unemployed due the COVID-19 pandemic.

Applicants may be eligible for a maximum of up to six months of emergency rental assistance. The assistance will be capped at DCA’s fair market rent standard or the total of the rent, whichever is less. All participants will be reviewed at the three-month interval to see if they are still in need of assistance.

Applicants must meet all applicable COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program income and eligibility requirements. You must be 18 years of age or older to apply or be an emancipated minor.

Only one pre-application per household will be accepted. All participants will be selected through an online lottery process.

The enrollment period is Monday, July 6, at 9 a.m. until Friday, July 10, at 5 p.m. For more information on the program and how to apply, visit www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/dhcr/offices/cverap.

own bags. Limit of two shoppers per family. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Weekend Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www. terhuneorchards.com. Live music

by Lindsay Ketofsky. Wines by the glass with outdoor seating in the apple orchards. Limit of two hours and six guests per table. Face masks required on premises. 1 to 4 p.m.

Music and Merlot, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington. 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Pop/rock duo Acoustic Road performs. 6 to 9 p.m.

Park-In Movie, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Parking lot film screening of “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” to be viewed from your car via FM radio frequency. Register. $25 per vehicle. 8 p.m.

Carpool Cinema, Acme Screening Room, 204 North Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org. Parking lot screening of “JoJo Rabbit” with musical opener TBA. Register. $40 per car. 8 p.m.

Film

Saturday Night at the Movies: Emma, Mercer County Library. www.facebook.com/mclsnj. Borrow the featured title from the Hoopla catalog with a Mercer County Library card and watch it in the virtual company of your community. 8 p.m.

Lectures

Demystifying Oscar, Music Mountain Theater, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

William Hammerstein, grandson of Oscar Hammerstein, leads a fireside chat about his grandfather’s early years, including family stories and photos. Audience Q&A follows. Register for Zoom link. $50 per household. 3 p.m.

Socials

Marc’s Place Coffee House, Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War. www.againstendlesswar.org. Virtual discussion of “The Expanding Crisis and Struggles for Systemic Change” featuring David McNally, editor in chief of Spectre. 7:30 p.m.

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Art Auction The Trenton Community ATeam (TCAT) artists are going online with their first fine art auction through Wednesday, July 8, at www.32auctions.com/TCAT. There you can find the art you love and help a low-income Trenton artist make up some of his or her lost income. You can also find information on the artist and how TCAT, located at 51 North Stockton Street in Trenton, is building both selfesteem for our artists and enhancing the Trenton community.

TCAT supports, develops, and promotes the art produced by selftaught, Trenton artists because art is transformative: it reframes the artist’s connectedness to self and others while enhancing the community. While TCAT normally present artists’ works at local venues, the pandemic has now encouraged them to move to the web with this auction and direct internet sales.

Purchases of artwork are tax deductible. 30 percent of the sales value, your donation, goes to our 501c(3) non-profit for supplies, rent and other expenses; 70 percent goes directly to the artists.

Jobs for Teens Princeton Human Services is opening up the application process for its annual Summer Youth Employment Program. This program has been a gateway for youth into the adult world of work and has provided numerous working opportunities to youth in Princeton.

The program will be a virtual Entrepreneurship Development Program that will allow students to create and develop their business plans over the course of eight weeks.

Participants must live in Princeton or attend a Princeton school, must be between the ages of 14 and 18 as of July 13, and their family income must not exceed 400 percent of the 2019 US federal poverty level. Students will participate virtually for a minimum of 15 hours per week and earn minimum wage ($10.30/hour) for eight weeks during the summer. All applicants who submit their completed working papers by Friday, July 3, will receive a $50 bonus.

Applications are available online at www.princetonnj.gov/departments/humavn-services. The application deadline is Friday, July 3. For questions, call 609-6882055 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or send an e-mail to murias@princetonnj.gov.

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Weekend Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www. terhuneorchards.com. Live music

by Briz Conard. Wines by the glass with outdoor seating in the apple orchards. Limit of two hours and six guests per table. Face masks required on premises. 1 to 4 p.m.

Classical Music

Virtually Yours: Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, Princeton Festival. www.princetonfestival.org. Live stream of the opera production from the 2013 Princeton Festival. Visit website for full Virtually Yours calendar of events. 1 p.m.

Princeton University art lecturer Bryan Just gives a Zoom talk on the Xochipala style of art on Thursday, June 25. Above: ‘Standing Woman.’

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Mental Health You Are Enough, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org. Scott Fried, HIV/AIDS educator, discusses love, acceptance, and forgiveness amid the quarantine. Register via email to sdiamondstein@thejewishcenter. org. 6 p.m.

Lectures

“Sarnoff is a Klingon!” TV Programing in the Early Years of Color Television, David Sarnoff Collection, College of New Jersey. davidsarnoff.tcnj.edu. Zoom talk about the early years of color television broadcasting, and the shows that graced the small screen in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Register. Free. 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.

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Gallery Going: Clarence Holbrook Carter at the Zimmerli Museum

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ith regional museums closed and waiting to reopen, we are continuing to remind readers of their important collections by highlighting visual art works you can visit as soon as social distancing practices change and museum doors open.

This week’s pick is Clarence Holbrook Carter’s 1929 painting “Portrait of Jane Kyle,” part of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in New Brunswick.

A longtime Milford, New Jersey, resident, Carter was originally from Ohio and graduated from the Cleveland School of the Arts in 1927 before studying at the Hans Hoffman Summer School in Capri, Italy.

Having decided to pursue a visual art career early in life, Carter had exhibited in several international watercolor exhibitions before he was 26 years old.

After an extensive stay in Europe, he returned to the United States and created a notable series of paintings that captured Depres-

sion-era rural America.

The portrait at right was created the same year the Depression began.

In the 1940s he began incorporating emerging and conflicting art theories into his works, arriving at a unique synthesis of contemporary styles.

In addition to his painting, Carter served as general superintendent of the Federal Art Project of Northeastern Ohio, was an instructor at the Cleveland School of the Arts and in the Department of Painting and Design at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, and a director of Madison Avenue commercial art company.

His work is included in the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Hirshhorn Museum, James A. Michener Art Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and many others.

He died in 2000 at the age of 96. zimmerli.rutgers.edu

The D&R Greenway hosts a virtual happy hour on Thursday, June 25, featuring wines by Old York Cellars with labels featuring preserved landscapes painted

by James Fiorentino.

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Monday June 29 In Person Golf Classic, Thomas Edison State University Foundation, The Ridge at Back Brook, 211 Wertsville Road, Ringoes. www. tesufoundation.org/events/golf.

Proceeds will be used for scholarship support and make it possible for students to finish their degree.

Register. $500. 9:30 a.m.

Kids Stuff

Jim Gaven Music Show, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org.

Mr. Jim from Key of Awesome Music gives an interactive virtual concert geared for ages 6 and under. Register. 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday June 30 Good Causes

VIRTUAL SUMMER MUSIC CAMPS

Virtual Information Session, CASA for Children of Mercer & Burlington Counties. www. casamb.org. Information on the non-profit organization that recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteers who speak up in Family Court for the best interests of children. Register by email to jduffy@casamercer.org.

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Wednesday July 1 In Person First Party Back, American Ballroom, 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, 609-931-0149. www. americanballroomco.com. $10. 7 to 9 p.m.

Classical Music

Diderot String Quartet, Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts, 609-570-8404. www.princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org. Musicians demonstrate their approach to 18th and 19th century music for strings.

Jarek Powichrowski, luthier from Princeton Violins, will demonstrate different instruments. Free. Concert available by video. 7:30 p.m.

Pop Music

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From Phantom to Mame, Summer Music Series, Bristol Riverside Theater. www.brtstage.org.

Works by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Jerry Herman via YouTube. $35. 7 p.m.

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emember getting bug eyed about the May headline “Murder Hornets in U.S.”?

Although these insects with the deadly appellation were shooed away by the big stories related to COVID-19 and the national racial justice demonstrations, somewhere in the back of our minds we keep thinking, “But what about those horrible bugs?”

And while the hornets may or not live up to the buzz they generated several weeks back there is another flying pest that deserves a wallop of attention.

But scary things first.

Murder Hornet is the nickname for the Asian giant hornet.

The giant part comes from the unpleasant fact that the queens can grow to be up to two inches.

The murder part is that they have spike-like mandibles used to kill bees by decapitating them and bringing the rest of the body home to feed their babies.

Since they are attracted to the already beleaguered but agriculturally vital U.S. honeybees, the spotting of the hornets in the state of Washington rightfully set off an alarm.

So what’s the story?

“We do not expect them on the East Coast,” says Dina M. Fonseca, director of the Center for Vector Biology and professor in the Department of Entomology in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick in a press statement.

“We do not know how the species arrived in the United States, but it is important to not overreact,” add the writers.

The Rutgers information says the Washington State University report confirmed the first U.S. sighting of Asian giant hornets attacking honeybee colonies in rural Washington State.

Two other specimens had been detected in Nanaimo and White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, in fall, 2019. Another was found in 2020.

So where does all this leave us?

“The Asian giant hornet is unlikely to be present in New Jersey,” Fonseca says. “While citizens in the Pacific Northwest can help detect any emerging hornets this spring, which is critical for its control, the indiscriminate killing of bees, wasps, or other hornet looka-

likes, would be detrimental because of beneficial roles these insects provide as plant pollinators and predators of agricultural pests.”

One of the problems of detecting this invasive hornet is that it looks similar to others, especially the Cicada killer wasps found throughout the U.S. With major portions of the United States subject to extreme heat and cold, etymologists say the hornets may not be able to adapt.

But if they did, U.S. beekeepers can follow Asian practices that involve protecting hives with wire netting.

Then the honeybees may be able to protect themselves by surrounding an intruder, raising their temperatures, and heating the hornet to death.

However, there may be a beneficial side. As some reports show the hornets can remove other insect crop pests and be an ingredient in food and even liquor.

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ut there is no beneficial side to another bug that is already in New Jersey, the spotted lanternfly.

Its cute name disguises its true danger.

As Jillian Stark, senior land steward for Mercer County Parks, say in a recent statement, the colorful planthopper is “recognized as a significant threat to the natural environment as well as the economy.”

That’s because “the spotted lanternfly, originally from East Asia, feeds on plant sap and when in high numbers, can cause significant damage and death to these plants.

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identified as food sources of the spotted lanternfly, including important forestry and agricultural crops.”

Stark says that June is when the spotted lanternfly eggs that survived the winter hatch and the insect’s first life phase, or “instar,” emerges. “These nymphs are black with white spots, approximately one-quarter inch long. Each individual will molt four times, becoming slightly larger each time — the fourth instar is red with black and white spots, and about three-quarters inch long. The final adult phase in which they can fly begins appearing in July.”

She says the community can help by staying vigilant. “If you find egg masses on trees, scrape them off, double bag them, and throw them away. You can also

place the eggs in alcohol, bleach, or hand sanitizer to ensure they are no longer viable. For nymphs and adults, terminating them is the best option (a rock or your foot is recommended).”

She says that Mercer County is in a mandated quarantine area, and citizens have to be especially mindful when traveling around and out of the region. “These insects are great hitchhikers and can catch a ride in any life phase. They can be found on vehicles, firewood, landscaping supplies, packing materials, RVs, and many more items.

Businesses and government agencies must obtain a permit to move vehicles or goods in and out of the quarantine zone.”

She also suggests that people review a checklist when moving vehicles or items out of the county. It

The spotted lanternfly, left, is bad news for New Jersey crops, while the Murder Hornet poses a risk to bee populations. can be found at www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/pi/pdf/NJResidenceSLFChecklist.pdf?utm_ medium=email&utm_ source=govdelivery.

So while the news on the bugs may have flown out of sight, the word is to keep vigilant and chirp up if any of the above insects makes a local landing. But most of all, don’t get buggy.

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Life in the Fast Lane BMS Campus Sold

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incoln Equities Group, a full-service real estate firm, and H.I.G. Realty Partners, an investment firm, have acquired the 1.2 million-square-foot former Bristol-Myers Squibb campus in Hopewell. The 433-acre campus, now known as the “Princeton West Innovation Campus,” is now being marketed by JLL. The site includes nine principal buildings consisting of state-ofthe-art clinical manufacturing, plug-and-play biological laboratories and office space, plus freestanding R&D support space, storage facilities, and a global data and command center. Amenities include a cafeteria, fitness center, child development center, and multiple conference facilities.

The site is also zoned for commercial manufacturing and features 35 acres of additional development opportunity, allowing for an expansion to approximately 2.8 million square feet.

“Given the current public health crisis, we anticipate pharmaceutical and life sciences manufacturers to consider ‘reshoring’ and expanding operations in the U.S.,” said Joel Bergstein, president of Lincoln Equities Group. “This spacious, modern BMS campus — located in the center of ‘Einstein’s Alley’ in Central New Jersey — is a prime location for continued innovation and expansion.”

Acquisition Adgero Biopharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc., 4365 Route 1 South, Suite 211, Princeton 08540. 609-917-9796. John Liatos, chief financial officer

Above, new VolunteerConnect board members Radia Carr, left, Monica Orozco, and Rena Patel.

At left, new Stonebridge at Montgomery executive director Mary Cannon.

The 433-acre former BMS campus in Hopewell. and interim CEO. www. adgerobiopharm.com.

DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Seattle-based company focused on solid tumor cancer therapies, has acquired Adgero Biopharmaceuticals, a firm on Route 1 that has developed a photodynamic therapy platform for skin-based cancers.

The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020. Curren DelMar stockholders will hold 50.5 percent of voting power, and current Adgero shareholders will have 49.5 percent. The combined company will be known as Kintara and will trade on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol KTRA. John Liatos, current chief financial officer of Adgero, will become vice president for business development.

“This combination provides us with the opportunity to not only deepen our pipeline but also strengthen our oncology drug development expertise and capabilities,” Liatos said in a statement.

“We are tremendously proud of the

progress we have accomplished to date, and through this combination we look forward to creating a highly focused oncology company.”

Management Moves Stonebridge at Montgomery, 100 Hollinshead Spring Road, Skillman 08558. 877384-8184. Mary Cannon, executive director. www.stonebridgeatmontgomery.org.

Mary Cannon was promoted to executive director of the Stonebridge senior living community effective May 28. She had been assistant executive director at the facility since 2016.

She is a graduate of Monmouth University and is licensed as an assisted living administrator and nursing home administrator.

VolunteerConnect, 12 Stockton Street, Princeton 08540.

609-921-8893. Allison Howe, executive director. www.volunteerconnectnj.org.

VolunteerConnect, a Princetonbased organization that supports nonprofits in central New Jersey, has added three members to its board of trustees: Monica Orozco, Radia Carr, and Rena Patel.

Monica Orozco is a learning consultant at Momentum Consulting and Coaching and has provided training to clients including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, and American Express. She has also volunteered at Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen, and Princeton Hospice.

Radia Carr is vice president, client engagement & corporate trainer, at Dale Carnegie in Hamilton.

She has served on the board of the New Brunswick New Jersey Rotary Club and has raised funds for many years on behalf of the MS Society.

Rena Patel is an intellectual property attorney who has also served as president of the board of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Foundation.

“We are very happy that Monica, Radia, and Rena have agreed to

share their expertise and insights as board members with us,” said VolunteerConnect executive director Allison Howe. “We continue to focus on training our nonprofit community and are expanding our offering of programs. These new board members bring the leadership and experience to make this happen.”

Deaths James Zak, 81, on June 21. He worked for 25 years as a security guard with the New Jersey state police, working at Drumthwacket in Princeton to protect several governors.

Gary Tindall, 62, on June 18.

He worked at his family’s farming business, Rustin Farms in West Windsor, and also served as a fire fighter, including two stints as chief of the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company.

Stanley Jez, 85, on June 18. He was tool and die maker at General Motors for 44 years.

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