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Bentrice Jusu on transforming Trenton pain into potential.

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Cartoonists share their art at Trenton Library, page 5; Sharks are circling at the State Museum, 6.

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Thomas Edison University to sell Washington painting

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homas Edison State University has decided to sell its N.C. Wyeth painting “Reception to Washington on April 21, 1789, at Trenton On His Way To New York to Assume the Duties of the Presidency Of the United States.”

The 17-foot-tall by 12-foot-wide oil-oncanvas mural by the famed American illustrator and painter was commissioned in 1930 by First Mechanics National Bank.

N.C. Wyeth (1882 to 1945) is one of America’s most famous artists and illustrators, creating more than 3,000 paintings and murals and more than 100 books. He is also the father of famed American artist Andrew Wyeth and grandfather to another noted painter, Jamie Wyeth.

The Brandywine, Pennsylvania, based artist visited Trenton and did research at the Trenton Free Public Library, which owns a portion of the ceremonial arch through which Washington passed and which is depicted in the mural.

The dates seen on the image — Dec. 26, 1776, and Jan. 2, 1777 — commemorate Washington’s victories over British forces in the two Battles of Trenton. The events turned the tide in favor of the Americans in their struggle for independence from England.

The mural with a distinct Trenton theme survived several bank changes and established itself as a familiar and beloved downtown attraction.

The last bank company to use the building was Wells Fargo. When it sold the building and moved in 2013, it was unable to accommodate the mural and its future in Trenton became uncertain.

In 2013 officials representing Wells Fargo and the State of New Jersey, along with other community members, found a location for it at Thomas Edison State University, where the work was on loan and had remained on view on West State Street.

In November, 2019, Wells Forgo transferred ownership of the painting. Its appraised value of $4 million made the painting the gift of largest financial value in the university’s history.

“As a financial institution with more than 200 years of history in the state of New Jersey, we understand how important it is to maintain our historical treasures,” said Wells Fargo Region Bank President and Thomas Edison State University Board Member Carlos Arroyo during a presentation celebrating the 2019 transfer of ownership. “We’re thrilled that this heirloom was able to

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find its home here at TESU, an institution that is doing outstanding work right here in the heart of the state capitol.”

TESU President Merodie A. Hancock president added that “N.C. Wyeth’s ‘Reception to Washington’ is an important part of Trenton history, and we have been honored to display it in our foyer for several years, We are extremely happy to receive this beautiful and historic painting from Wells Fargo and look forward to showcasing it even more in the future.”

A recent email from TESU’s communication office notes that “in consideration of tax implications, this gift was given to us by Wells Fargo Bank with the understanding that the university retains ownership for three years.”

The email also included the following statement from TESU President Merodie A Hancock: “Stewardship of N.C. Wyeth’s painting has been an honor and a privilege for Thomas Edison State University. The oil on canvas mural is a historical treasure, commissioned in 1930 and gifted to the University in 2019 by Wells Fargo Bank.

While this was the most unique gift in the history of our university, gifts to the University are ultimately meant to further our mission to educate and empower working adults. It is our great hope that this painting will find a new home where it can be more widely viewed and enjoyed while at the same time help us further progress the TESU mission. We have received the Thomas Edison State University Board of Trustees’ approval to sell the painting and are exploring the regulations and options regarding its sale. We are preparing to announce an exciting new initiative for the City of Trenton very soon, which will be supported by a portion of the painting sale proceeds. In the meantime, we remain committed to applying non-traditional learning to empower lives, build careers and advance professions.”

I Am Trenton Foundation opens new grant cycle

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he I Am Trenton Community Foundation has launched a $50,000 citywide grant cycle supporting grassroots projects addressing equity, social justice, and resilience.

I Am Trenton is a volunteer-driven nonprofit in the City of Trenton focusing resources where they matter most — in local projects run by residents.

Last year’s Citywide grants supported programs bringing together youth and local artists, telling important community stories and acknowledging shared struggles. Since 2010, IAT has invested

more than $350,000 in nearly 220 projects.

“Due, in part, to the effects of the pandemic, our community has faced heightened uncertainty and trauma,” said IAT Board President Raj Manimaran. “This grant round seeks to empower Trentonians focused on advancing social justice initiatives, supporting health and wellness efforts, and promoting resilience overall.”

Applicants for the 2022 Citywide Grants may request up to $5,000.

Project activities should occur between September 2022 and September 2023. Deadline for applications is Friday, July 29, 2022. Awards will be announced in early September 2022.

Applications now available in both English and Spanish on the I Am Trenton website. https://www.iamtrenton. org/citywide/.

Applicants also have the option of submitting Project Details as a short essay OR as a short video. Evaluators will prioritize projects designed and led by Trenton residents, people of color, and individuals with lived experience of the issue the project is addressing.

Applications will be accepted in the following categories: • Equity and social justice: Initiatives that address an equity or social justice problem, organize those affected, challenge the causes, bring new awareness, and/or create pressure for change. • Resiliency: Initiatives that enhance organizations or communities’ ability to address trauma. • Community Improvement: Projects that tackle a specific issue or challenge in the applicant’s community.

Applicants are encouraged to attend a virtual pre-application workshops, providing additional information and an opportunity to ask questions. Register online for a session on Thursday, July 7, 5:30 to 7 p.m. or Saturday, July 9, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Visit www.iamtrenton.org

Ukrainian relief concert rescheduled for July 30

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he LOTUS Project and Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey will present its COVID-related rescheduling of “O Vos Omnes” on Saturday, July 30, at 6 p.m. at St. Mary Byzantine Church at 335 Adeline Street.

The fundraiser for Ukraine relief efforts features music for the Passion Week Tenebrae vigil service, Ukrainian art and folksongs, pieces for string instruments, and “Requiem for the Homeless” by active contemporary American composer Frank La Rocca, whose Ukrainian immigrant grandparents settled in Trenton in the early 20th century. Suggested donation $35 per ticket. www.thelotusprojectnj.org.

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Trenton exhibition explores lost and unfolding human potentials

By Dan Aubrey

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he “Potential Project: 21 Stories of Trenton” at Artworks Trenton features mainly mixed-media portraits loosely set on a unifying series of black frames set against a gold-yellow background.

That the images of individuals of African heritage are finely rendered is evident. In fact, the simple grouping in the main gallery could pass as the exhibition’s end product.

Yet, the artistry deepens when one follows the entrance posting that invites visitors to download a cellphone app that generates digital images and sounds connected to specific works.

Then there’s the subject matter: the exhibition uses the faces of Trenton residents who experienced gun violence.

The exhibit then leads the viewer into pondering what may have happened to the potentials of those who lost their lives.

It also brings home that the survivors are attempting to sort out the potentials that are unfolding.

That includes the exhibition’s lead artist, Bentrice Jusu.

During a recent interview in her studio at Artworks Trenton, the 30-year-old Trenton multi-media artist, teacher, activist, and member of the City of Trenton Fire Department reflects on the experiences that turned her into a survivor.

She also talks about the choices that can make one person a shooter — or as she puts it, “a monster” — and another a healer.

At one instance, Jusu moves across her studio to a poster-sized board covered with photos of the faces of people who were victims of gun violence in Trenton.

She points to one face and says he was the “gentleman” who was shot by police during the gunfight at the 2018 Art All Night festival.

While not excusing him for bringing a gun to the festival, Jusu says she learned the young man had a history of incarceration and solitary confinement that started when he was a juvenile.

“Imagine the psychological warfare in his head,” she says. “He’s hurting. There is no re-integration” from prison to society.

Jusu stares at the board and says, “Those are things that are happening in our city.”

But why stop there?

As indicated by the news, shootings have been happening across the nation for some time.

That includes one on September 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida.

That’s when and where that a vacationing Jusu decided to attend Latin Night at

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Artist and activist Bentrice Jusu, left, conceived and created the Potential Project, on view at Artworks Trenton through July 16. Her images of the victims of gun violence are rendered on painted black frames with a gold background. the Pulse nightclub.

So did a 29-year-old-man who chose to pull out an assault rifle and handgun, kill 49 people, and wound at least 53 others.

It was called the deadliest mass shooting in the United States, until a year later, when 58 people were shot at a Las Vegas country music festival.

Jusu says she was numb when she came back to Trenton after the shooting, “Sometimes I detached myself because of survivor guilt.”

The founder of Both Hands, an independent Trenton arts education initiative for teens, and a teaching artist for the College of New Jersey, Jusu found herself additionally affected on September 10, 2016.

That when 16-year-old Jahday Twisdale, one of Jusu’s students, was shot in Trenton.

Sensing that the boy was killed while making videos, Jusu sought out the camera, viewed the footage, and began to wonder.

“I thought about the potentials,” she says. “What could have happened if I didn’t make it out of that club that night?

What comes of Jahday’s never-to-be-finished poetry and film projects?”

The Trenton Central High School and Wake Forest University graduate — whose interest in filmmaking and photography was aided by her Liberian-born father’s filming events for other Liberians — says she started making choices that it turn started the project.

One, she says, was realizing that “someone has to live to tell the stories.”

That led to her decision to make notes and drawings and collect data — all with the idea of remembering victims and looking for solutions.

in the work and their potential too,” says Jusu. “I wanted a vastness. I’m a mixed media artist, poet, painter, and rapper. I wanted to have mixed medium. I wanted a vastness. I wanted to have that expressed in the exhibition, for it all to flow like the town and its potential.”

She says other contributing artists include Wills Kinsley and Dean Innocenzi (aka Ras), whose painting of 9-year-old shooting victim Se’Quoya Bacon-Jones is the only gallery image not made by Jusu.

Overall, she says, she depended on “Egoless collaboration” and “working with artists and engineers to talk out the vision, which included virtual reality.

“I wanted virtual reality in it. It’s a whole world that’s super cool but so complicated, and I’m learning as I go. It added another depth. It is about potential. It’s the pull.”

Reflecting on seeing the exhibition, Jusu shares mixed responses. “When you see (the exhibition) come to life, it’s exhilarating. Art is the life of life. That is how we love, and that’s how the souls talk, through art.”

Yet there is also “the emotional weight.

I try to make beauty out of someone’s tragedy. It’s quite the responsibility. And I remember feeling, ‘Am I doing the right thing?’”

However, since more shootings have been happening lately, she says she feels “more empowered” to talk about gun violence and that she’s become a gun violence and mental health advocate.

Arguing that many people are in denial about why they’re struggling, she says “it’s not okay, we’re hurting” and says the Potential Project website has a “clever map” that lists mental heath resources with a reference as to whether they “work or don’t work.”

She also says the exhibition is designed to show the faces of victims and provide a sense of accountability for citizens to join together and stop this “solvable” problem that stops individuals and communities reaching their full, healthy potentials.

“Everyone is affected and infected by the problem,” she says.

In a statement, Jusu notes the Potential Project will grow after the current exhibit with additional stories and physical installations in the community. “Additional phases of the project will include installations around the city where specific stories can be viewed, and community conversations around healing, mental health services, and community-based trauma response efforts.”

She also began posting the images on the photo board, which in turn attracted the interest of another Trenton community activist, Iana Dikidjieva.

The former acting director of the Trenton Downtown Association and the coordinator for Isles’ Trenton Neighborhood Restoration Campaign Program was intrigued by its potential to address various social needs.

After Dikidjieva joined the Trenton Health Team as the director of grants and development, she and Jusu successfully applied to the Kresge Foundation for a grant to realize a THT project that could “change the discourse around violence, trauma, mental health, and healing in Trenton.”

For the reasons already mentioned, Artworks Trenton became the obvious venue for the exhibition.

Jusu says the choice to limit the exhibition to only 21 pieces — or stories — was inspired by Trenton’s tallest building, the 20-story Kingsbury Towers.

“If you go to the top, you see all of Trenton,” she says.

The 21st story is a mirror where visitors realize that their potential to make choices is also part of the story.

She says those who people the exhibition were selected through a variety of means, including personal connections, students, or stories suggested by participating artists or mothers of victims.

Then there was the choice of collaborating regional artists: hip-hop artist Big Ooh, poet and soundscape designer Hana Sabree, documentary filmmaker The Potential Project, Artworks Diego Dorrant Gordon, poet Terra Ap- Trenton, 19 Everett Alley. Through July plegate, and dancer and choreographer 16. For hours and more information, visit Jennet Jusu. www.artworkstrenton.org.

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Mercer Meadows - Reed Bryan Lot, Hopewell Township. Friday, July 1, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Free As simple as can be, this exploration of another part of Mercer Meadows is a nofrills, no-theme hike that starts at the lot outside the Reed Bryan Farm. A trained naturalist will lead this journey without any set sights or stops, but all spontaneity, as the morning progresses.

According to the Mercer County Park Commission, “brief pauses” may be taken to admire the views, wildlife, and environment. Water bottles and durable footwear are suggested.

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Watson Woods - Abbott Bluff Trail, John A. Roebling Memorial Park, Hamilton. Saturday, July 2, 10 a.m. to noon. Free. Park and meet at the Tulpehaking Nature Center 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton.

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There will be restrooms available, as well as “a few vendors selling snacks and drinks,” but LHT advocates for bringing along snacks and/or having a moonlit picnic dinner beforehand. No alcohol is permitted, there are no current COVID-19 protocols in place, and the rain date is the following day on Sunday, July 10.

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NATURE, continued from Page 3 The site is the ancestral homeland of the Lenape, and their presence, as well as Abbott’s similar embrace of nature, are both recognized for their importance.

Named “Land of the Turtle” to honor the animal’s symbolic relationship with the native Lenape, the Tulpehaking Nature Center facility offers a host of educational opportunities for visitors. It’s also a fitting place to start walking from to engage in the different activities that the Abbott Marshlands has scheduled for July.

On the first Saturday of every month, the Friends for the Abbott Marshlands, the nonprofit that uplifts the area through programming and protective measures, hosts wellness walks on different trails. This month’s walk, co-sponsored by the RWJ Fitness and Wellness Center, invites attendees able to bask in an “early summer walk” among others.

The group will go on the Abbott Bluff Trail through Watson Woods, a path that requires a climb to the top of the bluff, then a descent to a depression in the ground where Abbott’s home was destroyed in a 1914 fire, according to the Marshlands’ website.

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There are also the “Wednesday Watson Woods Walks,” which recur each week on the following dates: July 6, July 13, July 20, and July 27. Another free opportunity to walk among friends and nature, these group events run from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Abbott Marshlands invites attendees to “observe the seasons change while exploring the beautiful trails” of the John A. Roebling Memorial Park.

Nature Therapy Walk: A Shinrin-yoku Experience with Sharon Lohse Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Friday, July 8, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $35 admission ($28 with member discount).

Stewardship is a core mission of Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, where habitats like meadows, woods, and ponds have been flourishing since the 1930s.

BHWP claims to be “the nation’s one-andonly living museum specifically devoted to native plants,” making for a tranquil trip to see what’s in bloom this July —butterfly weed, false sunflowers and sweet pepperbush, to name a few — surrounded by a 100-acre deer exclosure to keep the species

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Since retiring from her position as a psychiatric nurse, Sharon Lohse has continued to develop unique specializations that unify her lifelong passion for nature and the endless desire to help others. With certifications in forest and horticultural therapy, she is a garden trail guide whose background, as well as later pursuits of science at Delaware Valley University, influenced the core elements of this upcoming BHWP event.

According to a 2019 National Geographic article, Shinrin-yoku is a Japanese term that translates to “forest bathing,” a form of ecotherapy focused on atmospheric immersion and its corresponding health benefits. This idea of mediating outdoors has inspired Lohse’s nature therapy walk, as the BHWP page continues, where attendees “will explore the land of the preserve and awaken [their] senses to its sounds, beings, textures and beauty.”

These gentle strides, at a considerably slower rate, are meant to truly absorb the perks of reflection, whether against a sunlit pond or looking inwards. The “emphasis is on unplugging,” BHWP says, to eliminate stress and increase prosperity.

Registration is required before July 6 online at the BHWP website, bhwp.org/ item/nature-therapy-walk-a-shinrin-yokuexperience-july/#tab-wccpf_fields_tab.

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Available from the D&R Greenway Land Trust for Cedar Ridge Preserve, Healing Trails, Abbott Marshlands, and St. Michaels Farm Preserve.

Since their inception in 1989, D&R Greenway Land Trust has preserved more than 20,000 acres of land in New Jersey. This has allowed nature, conservation efforts, and green open spaces to flourish — despite time and time again being named the most densely populated state in the entire country. While D&R has no events planned at the moment, anyone can go alone or with company on their TravelStorys mobile tours, which use a free application and GPS to access audio guides.

There are four D&R sites currently adopting the TravelStorys platform as a location-based podcast to share local stories and history lessons.

Listeners can appreciate the paths at their own pace, enjoying time on protected properties by following along to the prerecorded voices. After downloading the guide, the application functions “more like a compass” and works offline, meaning that the insight travels with the user as it recognizes each location in the tour.

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International figures like climate change activist Greta Thunburg are included, as well as local leaders including Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck, the founders of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum who worked to preserve not only the physical area, but the personal accounts and cultural significance of Black history in the Sourlands.

The Healing Trails are a tour through Princeton’s Greenway Meadows, divided by three colors of varying accessibilities and difficulties, that are meant to help with personal health. Being surrounded by nature physically and emotionally benefits people of all ages, soothing ailments, issues, as well as a myriad of conditions that were dealt with right on that same trail.

D&R’s website says that the tour, inspired by the Healing Trails art exhibition in their Johnson Education Center venue, revolves around the “stories of people healing from surgery, illness or trauma by walking on [their] preserved lands.”

Trails marked as green are handicap accessible and paved, yellow are “relatively flat” and unpaved, while red trails are “more challenging” and uphill. D&R hopes that those soaking up the restorative qual-

ity of lush greens and a warm sun will “find peace and perspective” as they progress.

The Healing Trails were created in memory of Edie Howard.

St. Michaels Farm Preserve’s mobile tour is through an abundance of open space at the edge of Hopewell Borough, where an old orphanage and farm stood before the land was purchased for preservation in 2010.

The trail invites young audiences to learn about nature, the website continues, through exploration and expression. By giving them the tools to find a “home in nature,” the audio informs children about how outdoor experiences can create special connections to the world.

The trail is a tribute to this, and now encompasses a memorial area called “Jackson’s Place,” established on Earth Day last year to remember Jackson McGrath Place, a young man whose ve for the environment will positively inspire visitors for years to come.

More information about all the tours is online at drgreenway.org/travelstorys.

This July, let nature help pack on the psychological and physiological sunscreen in between layers of actual skin protection, because while beautiful beaches have an impact on wellbeing, trails and parks provide wonderful, oft-forgotten boosts of their own.

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Tomato Patch Visual and Performing Arts Workshops Continuing a 49-Year History of Theatrical Fun Tomato Patch, Visual and Performing Arts Workshops — the longest running, most successful summer arts program in central New Jersey — is back, in-person, indoors, and ready to continue a 49year history of summer workshops in Theater, Dance, Vocal Music and Visual Arts for grades 4-12!

Held annually on the West Windsor Campus of Mercer County Community College, Tomato Patch has seen over 7,400 junior and senior high school students spend several weeks of their summer exploring the visual arts, dance, theater, and vocal music under the guidance of a highly qualified staff of teaching professional artists.

This camp is different because it is

multidisciplinary. Students choose a major in either theater, dance, vocal music, or visual arts and take classes in that major in the morning. After lunch they choose four afternoon elective in any area. 2022 afternoon offerings include children’s theatre, “Who’s line is it anyhow?”, painting, drawing, jazz dance, musical theatre, children’s theater, a cappella singing, hip hop, vocal ensemble, comedy, music video and web video.

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grades 8-12, there are Master Classes in Acting where they will learn about show business, develop their audition skills, and work with others on advanced scenes.

Each session is three weeks in length, Monday through Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. with Before and After Camp available. Session I is for those entering grades 4-7 in the fall and runs from July 5-21.

Session II is for grades 8-12 and runs July 25-August 11. There are 2

sessions also of the advance Master Class in Acting solely for grades 8-12 with Session I running July 5-22 and Session II from July 25- August 12. All sessions culminate in a Festival performance and Art Display at Kelsey Theatre. Master Class culminates in its own showcase.

The price for each 3 week session is only $975 Register online at www. tomatopatch.org. Questions at 609570-2566.

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Blend Bar & Bistro’s Central Jersey Beer Fest Returns Blend Bar and Bistro opened its doors in Hamilton in October of 2012 and created an anniversary event that has grown into a tasting extravaganza, the Central Jersey Beer Fest. 2022 marks Blend’s 10-year anniversary, and Blend will be hosting smaller events at their restaurant location practically weekly all summer leading up to Saturday, October 8, Central Jersey Beer Fest at Mercer County Park Festival Grounds in West Windsor.

Antonio Carannante, festival coordinator and co-owner of Blend Bar and Bistro in Hamilton, is justifiably pumped.

In the past #CJBeerFest featured a tasting of more than 150 craft beers, some wines, even a few spirits, up to 10 food trucks, live bands, and a variety of other vendors, including axe throwing. The festival has attracted an average of 3,000+ festival lovers. Folks come for all over the Mercer County area, but even groups of family and friends from Philadelphia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, the Carolinas, California, New York, and more have made the trip to the Central Jersey Beer Fest.

“As with past events, we will have a strong focus on education and safety all throughout the festival grounds. Our motto is ‘Drink Responsibly and have Fun.’” Carannante notes that you must be 21+ to enter. “We always recommend inviting a designated driver, getting a ride, and using

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The event will provide patrons with an unparalleled chance to sample craft beers from a wide variety of brewers. Even if you “think” you don’t like beer, it’s great chance to have a small sampling of so many new styles with different flavor profiles including some cocktails in a can, ciders, and seltzers.

The beer tasting is allowed for four solid hours during the festival, but there is so much more to the event, including creative food vendors, great live music, and backyard

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games such as bean bag toss, ladder ball, and more, to make the festival a lively day out.

“With all the other things going on, we encourage our guests to hang out while eating, listening to live music, playing games, and supporting our various other vendors, all the while remembering to drink responsibly.” For tickets and up to date information visit www.blendbar.com and www.CJBEERFEST.com and check the venues’ social media accounts.

The event is rain or shine, and tents will be set up in case Mother Nature decides not to cooperate. Outside food and beverages are not allowed, but bring your lawn chairs or even a pop-up tent. The Central Jersey Beer Fest keeps getting bigger and better, so start fall off with a bang and be part of the fun. Share your photos and experience of the event using #CJBEERFEST on all major social media outlets. Visit www.cjbeerfest.com to purchase your ticket before it sells out!

Contact Blend Bar & Bistro at 911 Route 33, Hamilton, drinks@blendbar.com and info@cjbeerfest.com. To speak with someone regarding festival sponsorship and marketing opportunities, contact Antonio Carannante at 609-817-5550.

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Health & Wellness Paragon Sport Spine & Wellness Experience the Benefits of Integrated Care Under One Roof Paragon Sport Spine & Wellness, an integrated healthcare facility, in Robbinsville, has multiple specialties working together to have you feeling better faster and keeping you better. They boast numerous specialities including physical & occupational therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, and pelvic floor therapy that work symbiotically to address the root source of your physical pain complaint and impaired function.

Paragon offers a wide array of treatments for most musculoskeletal and orthopedic pain conditions in addition to pelvic health ailments.

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vertigo, headaches, and pelvic floor dysfunction.

“Stand-alone treatments such as chiropractic tend to mainly focus on manipulation and maybe some modalities for pain relief, which often times tends to be temporary.

At Paragon, we combine it with soft tissue therapies, eastern and western acupuncture techniques, and targeted exercises such as mobility, stabilization and repositioning drills with physical & occupational therapy.

This addresses the source of why a particular region was overstressed and eventually injured. Ultimately with this combination of different treatments we can treat the problem without it developing into a chronic condition,” explains Harrison Ranallo, chiropractor and director of rehabilitation.

“The benefit with integrated care also extends to better communication and brainstorming with its providers on unified treatment plans,” explains physical therapist Jim Tholany. “Here

the patient’s goal is the ultimate target destination, and it’s our job to devise a treatment plan and path to get them there. We want patients to know they have conservative and effective treatments offering lasting relief that likely do not have to involve masking

the problem with prescription and over-the-counter medications, steroid injections, and even surgery some times.”

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Once you decide to see a doctor about your joint pain, your next decision is equally important.

Do it right. Here.

When you need relief from joint pain, you want nothing less than the highest level of orthopedic care. That could mean surgery, physical therapy or both. The best way to find out is from our comprehensive team of specialists at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton. Backed by leading-edge technology, including MAKO robot-assisted surgery, our hospital, staff and services have earned national recognition for patient satisfaction and outcomes. We’ll get you moving again, quickly and with less pain. Visit rwjbh.org/ortho to learn more.

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Some of RWJUH Hamilton’s Medical Advisory Panel (MAP) members and physician experts who provide guidance and expertise in community health education programs. From left to right are Rao S. Pasupuleti, MD, Neurology, Firas Eladoumikidachi, MD, Oncology/Breast Surgery, Shivaprasad Marulendra, MD, Gastroenterology, F. Javier Villota, MD, Internal & Occupational Medicine and MAP Chair, Richard Freeman, President & CEO, RWJUH Hamilton, Edward Wingfield, MD, Cardiology and RWJUH Hamilton Medical Staff President, Sean Bradley, DMD, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Adam Redlich, MD, Sports Medicine, Sarah Ali, MD, Internal Medicine/Geriatrics, Michael Duch, MD, Orthopedics.

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Whether you are seeking support and camaraderie, trying to slim down, or searching for stress relief, the community education offerings provided by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Hamilton will help you make informed decisions about your health, wellness, and fitness. Each month, community members participate in more than 75 RWJUH Hamilton health and wellness programs, 11 support groups, and many health screenings.

Most of these programs are free or low-cost.

Programs cater to a wide range of interests and ages, from young children to older adults. “Through surveys and research, we determine the top health needs of the surrounding communities and then design programs to address them,” says Diane Grillo, vice president, health promotion at RWJUH Hamilton. A Medical Advisory Panel composed of 28 board-certified

physicians advises on program development to maximize the benefit to attendees. Most classes are held at the RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center - Hamilton, located at 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Mercerville.

Some programs and screenings take place nearby in Ewing, Columbus, and Trenton.

Information and Education. The Mini-Medical School program is one of the many educational offerings available to the public through RWJUH Hamilton. This program is aimed at those who have an interest in healthcare as a career or just want a deeper understanding of human anatomy. RWJUH Hamilton physicians teach this eight-week course, focusing on a new element of healthcare and the body each week.

Holistic Health. RWJUH Hamilton’s holistic program focuses on non-medical wellness techniques, such as meditation, aromatherapy, and Reiki, which is a practice that promotes healing by improving energy flow around the body. In addition, patients of the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey at RWJUH Hamilton have access to a variety of holistic programs, like

AllCure Spine and Sports Medicine Acupuncture’s Benefits for Women’s Health Acupuncture is typically known for treating pain but did you know that acupuncture is also utilized to manage a host of women’s health concerns?

Periods do not have to be painful; acupuncture can help alleviate the pain and discomfort associated with the menstrual cycle with symptoms such as headaches, PMS, bloating, and acne.

Acupuncture treatments can also be used to regulate an irregular menstrual cycle and to help ease symptoms associated with the hormonal imbalance of PCOS or endometriosis.

If you are trying to conceive, acupuncture is also extremely beneficial at promoting ovulation and supporting you and your partner through the process. Acupuncture is safe and effective at

healing art workshops led by local artists.

A Focus on Healthy Eating.

Learn new healthy eating habits from a registered dietician by attending a class in our demonstration kitchen at the RWJ Fitness and Wellness Center.

These classes provide participants with quality nutritional information and are taught by a trained chef who understands the importance of healthy eating and loving the food you eat.

Better Health Program. There’s no better time to be 65+ and no greater way to enjoy this time than with RWJUH’s Better Health Program.

Become a member for free and experience the VIP treatment with programs that engage your mind, encourage movement, and promote reflection. Participate as much or as little as you want, bring your friends or meet new friends, go on outings, and learn from doctors and professionals who prioritize your wellbeing. Healthy aging is a choice that requires nurturing of the body, mind, and spirit. The Better Health Program focuses on the whole person to create a personalized approach to wellness that is right for you.

“Given the variety of programs offered by RWJUH Hamilton, there are classes and topics covered for everyone and any age to come and enjoy,” says Grillo.

For a current calendar of programs and events, call 609-584-5900 or visit rwjbh.org/events.

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supporting a healthy pregnancy by helping to relieve symptoms such as morning sickness, digestive concerns, or edema during pregnancy.

Since acupuncture is working on hormonal imbalances, it is also extremely beneficial for women going through menopause where the hormones are steadily declining. Symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats do not have to be the norm while going through menopause!

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Designated as an acute care children’s hospital in New Jersey, The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Designated as an acute care children’s hospital in New Jersey, The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital provides pediatric specialty services for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma, autism, cancer, Hospital provides pediatric specialty services for the diagnosis and treatment of asthma, autism, cancer, diabetes, and epilepsy, among others, as well asasthe treatment of orthopedic injuries and conditions, diabetes, and epilepsy, among others, as well the surgical surgical treatment of orthopedic injuries and conditions, including including scoliosis,scoliosis, and ear, andand throat andnose ear, nose throatdisorders. disorders.

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Youngs Road in Hamilton offers both cardio and strength training equipment. Personal and group training, muscle toning, rehab training, core strength, and team training are offered.

Assisting DeMarco are Richard Morris, a certified trainer who specializes in strength, conditioning and body building.

Also, former student Garrett Simonian who holds an integrative physiology degree and specializes in power body building and nutrition.

Simonian as a student was on the NJ State Champion, Hopewell Valley High School football team, during which time he trained with DeMarco.

DeMarco Training Systems works with the neighboring Mercer Chief competitive hockey program. The Mercer Chiefs are where the Colton brothers starred, with Ross Colton playing and winning a Stanley Cup in the NHL. Rob Broderick, GM of Ice Land and Chris Barcless, Ice Land Hockey Director, have a lot of belief in the DeMarco Training System. The Mercer Chiefs train teams from U6 through U18. Joe DeMarco is the Off Ice Director of the Chiefs.

“Joe DeMarco and his team have been working with our Mercer Chiefs each season, and this is the next step to elevating our players and their game,” says Broderick.

DeMarco and his team also work with both Steinert and Hamilton baseball teams. “The teams enjoy it as they have known each other since Little League,” says DeMarco.

“It’s very nice, former students will stay in touch and now even bring their kids in for training. It is great to see. It comes full circle.”

DeMarco Training Systems, “When you come here you will get bigger, faster, stronger, but maybe more importantly, you will be able to be coached!”

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He has trained 14 state champion high school teams during this time.

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DeMarco Training has helped young athletes achieve the professional ranks of the National Football League, Major League Soccer, Major League Baseball, and the National Hockey League.

Strength and conditioning is about achieving results. DeMarco offers nocost evaluations for student athletes and very economic starter programs.

Born in Italy and raised all over the U.S., DeMarco attended high school at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, New Jersey, which has a 100-year-old competitive athletics program, and graduated from powerhouse Ramapo Regional.

DeMarco was a two sport, football and baseball, collegiate athlete, DeMarco knows what it takes to succeed in the high school and collegiate atmosphere.

DeMarco Training Systems came about after Joe DeMarco left the highly successful Game Time Performance partnership he helped found.

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Caruso Physical Therapy and Nutrition Healing and Rejuvenating Services for the Community At Caruso Physical Therapy and Nutrition we’re proud to be a family-owned company that has the privilege of serving our community with healing and rejuvenating services. Through our years of experience and credentials as a doctor of physical therapy and a dietitian, we know how the body works. With this experience we’re excited to help you feel better! In our effort to achieve this goal we provide a comprehensive approach through nutrition, physical therapy, Pilates Reformers, and now, salt therapy!

Caruso Physical Therapy and Nutrition is pleased to announce the addition of our new Halotherapy salt room. Salt therapy is a natural therapy that has been practiced since the 18th century. It involves dispersing fine salt particles into the air that are then inhaled by the client as they proceed to rest and relax. When the salt enters the body anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties provide several healing benefits that can help to relieve congestion, snoring, and inflammation.

Salt therapy is also beneficial to treating conditions such as allergies, asthma, COPD, acne, psoriasis, eczema, fatigue, stress, and anxiety. Furthermore, athletes may even find their endurance and performance improve.

Once you enter the SALT Room, the lights will dim and you can listen to relaxing music, read a book or magazine, meditate, or simply rest. With our help and expertise at Caruso Physical Therapy you’ll finally be able to relieve your symptoms while turning off, unplugging, and disconnecting from your regularly scheduled daily life.

For more information, including memberships, please call 609-7383143 or visit www.carusoptrd.com.

Salt therapy sessions are open by walk-in and appointment.

In addition to salt therapy, Caruso offers physical therapy for general pain/pain management, sports medicine, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, arthritis, post-fracture management, foot and ankle pain, pre- and post-surgical care, low back pain, postural education, headaches, total joint replacements, neck pain, motor vehicle accidents, and work injuries.

Pilates Reformer, also offered at Caruso, is the most recognized and effective form of safe and successful exercise. Pilates can be tailored to the specific needs of the client to provide injury prevention, rehabilitation, and muscle stability work.

Caruso offers private and semi-private sessions.

Finally, achieve your body composition, sports performance, nutrition or weight loss goals (both

adults and kids) through an approach that is anything buy “cookie cutter.” Caruso takes the time to learn about you, any medical conditions you have, and tailor to your individual needs. Nutrition experts, RDNs, are the only medical professionals qualified to give you nutrition advice. We don’t believe in quick fixes or the latest craze; we believe in life-long change without having to sacrifice anything that makes your life yours.

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meet the Hamilton township division of Health!

A Trusted Resource for Improved Health & Well Being The mission of the Division of Health is to serve as a trusted resource for Hamilton Township to improve the health and wellbeing of our residents through health education and promotion, enforcement of public health safety, and adapting to ever-changing community health needs.

Some of our services include public immunization clinics, child health clinics, STI testing, vital statistics (marriage certificates and licenses, birth certificates, and death certificates), retail food establishment inspections, and other environmental health services!

Our Animal Shelter is also part of the Division of Health and provides animal control services, pet adoptions, and dog licensing.

Hamilton residents please call 609890-3828 or visit our website at

www.hamiltonnj.com/health for more information. Many of our services are by appointment.

Here are some quick safety tips to help you have a safe and healthy summer: • Check for ticks! Ticks are the most active in the warmer months (April-September). Infected ticks can transmit diseases including Lyme disease. Prevent tick bites by wearing insect repellent, check yourself, kids and pets for ticks, remove ticks quickly, and seek medical help if you develop symptoms of Lyme disease (including fever, headache, fatigue and rash).

• Beat the heat this summer!

Extreme heat can lead to heat related illness. People ages 65+, children under two, and people with chronic diseases and mental illness are at highest risk. Remember to keep your cool! Stay in air conditioning as much as possible, stay hydrated, check on neighbors or family who are high risk, wear loose and lightweight clothing, and NEVER leave children or pets in cars.

• Sun Safety! Most skin cancers are caused by too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. Protect

yourself and others from the sun when outdoors by seeking shade, and wearing sunglasses, hats, and clothing to protect you from the sun.

Don’t forget your sunscreen! Choose a broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF of 15 or higher, reapply often, and check those expiration dates!

• Eat your fruits and veggies!

Healthy eating can help adults and children live a healthy life and reduce the risks of chronic disease. Summer is a great time for fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables including strawberries, watermelon, zucchini,

and fresh Jersey tomatoes!

• Water safety! Swimming is a fun summer activity to help cool off, but should be done safely. If you go swimming this summer remember to learn to swim and know your limits, never leave children unattended, wear life jackets when doing water activities, don’t swim alone even if you are a strong swimmer, and never dive into shallow water — if you don’t know how deep it is, don’t dive!

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Requirements: Prior experience operating various types of vehicles and equipment, snow plowing, and working outdoors preferred.

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Hamilton Dental Associates The Importance of Orthodontic Care for Your Children Growing up makes for a constantly evolving experience for children.

Every year they change and grow into the person they are destined to become, and that extends to their oral health. From the first baby tooth to their adult teeth coming in later in their lives, managing your child’s dental health presents unique challenges for parents.

With those challenges come a few myths involving childhood tooth development that can impact how you treat your child’s dental health.

Combating Childhood Oral Health Myths. When you start looking for a pediatric dentist in Hamilton, you want to find one that knows how intensive taking care of your child’s teeth should be. Taking a proactive approach to their dental health can help them avoid more involved procedures down the road — one of the most common myths that lead to your child’s teeth suffering

in the long run.

Common Myth #1: Childhood Teeth Will Straighten Out Over Time One such myth that leads to more complex orthodontic care down the line is that your child’s teeth will straighten out over time.

Unfortunately, that is not the case.

If their teeth start coming in crooked or off-center, they won’t naturally straighten themselves with time.

The space for their teeth to come in doesn’t grow as they mature. If you leave these issues unattended, it could lead to more significant problems.

Common Myth #2: Orthodontic Treatments Are Purely Cosmetic While most people associate orthodontic treatments with getting braces as a teenager, that procedure does much more than merely straighten teeth to help you look better. Getting your jaw and teeth back into proper alignment has a cascading effect on your oral health.

It helps improve your biting, chewing, and even speaking ability.

Common Myth #3: There Is a Right Age for Orthodontic Care Many parents believes there is a specific age at which it’s appropriate to bring their children in for orthodontic care. The perceived minimum age for a child to receive orthodontic care is around 12-13 or right when they reach high school.

However, getting your child such care earlier can help avoid getting braces and fixing issues before they worsen.

In reality, the American Association of Orthodontists recommends

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that your children should get an orthodontic checkup no later than age seven. Once they hit that age, their mouth will have a nice balance between their baby and permanent teeth. This window of time allows for an accurate orthodontic evaluation to determine where preventative care is enough or if additional action is required.

Where Do Orthodontic Issues Come From? In most cases, a child’s orthodontic problems stem from their genetics — these issues are inherited from their parents. Additionally, some problems can develop over time based on poor oral hygiene habits they learned from a young age.

Some of these acquired oral health issues include: • Sucking Their Thumbs • Mouth Breathing • Abnormal Swallowing Patterns • Poor Dental Hygiene • Irregular Loss of Baby Teeth • Poor Nutritional Habits However, parents have reason to hope for viable remedies and solutions to most of these issues.

You can remedy these acquired problems with the help of successful orthodontic care provided by an experienced pediatric dentist.

Finding a Child Orthodontic You Can Trust. Trusting your child’s teeth and their beautiful smile to a pediatric dentistry practice is something that every parent must come to grips with. Figuring out which childhood orthodontic makes the most sense for your child and their future dental visits becomes critically important. For parents and their children in Hamilton, Hamilton Dental Associates provides them with the experienced pediatric dentists they need to prioritize their oral health as they mature.

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he Trenton Free Public Library and the Trenton Artists Workshop Association will present the exhibition “Art by Area Cartoonists” at the Trenton Free Public Library from July 1 to 27.

An opening reception is set for Friday, July 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. as part of the Trenton Downtown Association’s First Fridays and in recognition of the museum’s presence in the city’s Creek2Canal Trenton Arts District. An artist’s talk is scheduled for Thursday, July 7, at 6 p.m.

“Art by Area Cartoonists” features work by Greater Trenton artists who portray everyday events through cartoons and illustrations.

Participating artists include Bill Hogan and Ken Wilkie.

Hogan, based in Morrisville, PA, is the retired editorial cartoonist for the Bergen Record, where he created thousands of images for the major New Jersey daily on subjects ranging from political intrigue to fast food. He is also a fine arts painter who exhibits regularly in the Trenton area and was a member of the Trenton Artists Workshop Association.

Hogan notes the following about cartooning: “I’ve been drawing since I was a kid, my mom and dad saw it. I eventually attended art school in New York City and majored in editorial illustration, not cartooning (no degree at that time — just a certificate upon graduating). “(After studying and moving to Santa Fa), I freelanced weekly for the Santa Fe Reporter while painting hotel interiors.

My cartoon ideas were good, but the drawings were kind of raw. At the time I thought they were ‘great.’

“I do think in images. With cartooning I see, hear, or read something that stimulates my imagination to create an idea on a surface and bring my idea to fruition through frustration and joy.

“I see it this way: If I read something, I put it in my sieve — brain — and digest it until images come to life. Then I compose the images that hopefully make some sense. Same goes for my paintings, except no narrative, just images connected in some way.”

Hogan offered “Trump As King” as an example of keeping his editorial wit in shape.

“I drew the ‘King’ in March, 2017, a month after he took office. I felt and still feel, as soon as he took office, what he wanted was to be a king-like president in all his silk and glossy satin garb and glory, powerfully parading around in the White House halls at night.

“I realized right from the beginning this guy was a charlatan entertainer who

wanted all the focus and attention on Bill Hogan’s ‘Trump As King,’ left, and Ken Wilkie’s cartoon based on a visit to him and only him. What’s better than to draw him as a king with all those color- the Guggenheim. ful clothes and medals and crown? I just had to find a way of graphically express- shown to neighbors, relatives, and co- thought that it would have been interesting it. A king came to mind. The rest was workers at the plant. I began to get much ing to hear what they thought about what gravy.” more complimentary feedback. ‘He’s they were looking at. It brought to mind the old expression ‘I don’t know art but I quite an artist! He should take lessons!’ en Wilkie lives in Hamilton and, in ‘This kind of acceptance and praise for know what I like.’ It occurred to me that addition to being a cartoonist, is a my ‘God-given talents’ was a passport to we find what is familiar and understandretired teacher at Riverside Elementary socialization. This was a boost to my ego able when we look at art.

School in Princeton and an occasional that was very valuable in those elemen“Somehow that triggered this insightU.S. 1 illustrator. ful cartoon, where the viewers who are tary school days.

With a degree in art and history from “Unfortunately, my school didn’t of- in solid black are looking at a solid black Rutgers University and additional study fer art until seventh grade. Ironically, I rectangle are saying ‘OOH’ and ‘AH!’ with nationally syndicated cartoonist ended up teaching elementary art for 40 suggesting there is something they see Mort Gerberg at the New School in New years. of themselves or what is familiar to them.

York, Wilkie has created cartoons for “I think I’m more likely to verbally Similarly the figures full of dots at the numerous publications, ranging from summarize and create from there. Car- center panel full of dots are having that Saturday Evening Post to Good House- toons have to be very economical when reaction also. In the last panel full of horikeeping. it comes to captions, dialogue, and what- zontal lines is perplexing two figures full Wilkie said the following about his ap- ever other category of verbiage there of vertical lines except for the final figure. proach and start: might be. Cartoons are meant to just He’s tilting his head to the side and sees “I can see (the cartoon) in my mind. An make amusing breaks in text in some his vertical lines are horizontal when he image just comes from something I read magazines. Our eyes scan over it rapidly changes his view.” or heard. If a picture is worth a thousand from left to right as we read in that direcArt by Area Cartoonists, Trenton words then it may be easier to draw the tion.”

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As an example of his work, Wilkie sub- Street. Opens July 1 with a reception, 5 “A lot of New Yorker cartoons are just mitted the following note: to 7 p.m., and remains on view through illustrations to turn humorous word play “The art cartoon was triggered by a into something that can be published and very pleasant visit to the Guggenheim July 27, Mondays through Thursdays, 9 paid for. sometime in the late 1980s. They had a a.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturdays, “My artistic career has its roots in my retrospective on the Impressionists. So I 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 609-392-7188. grandmother’s wallpaper. We lived with went to the top of their spiraling staircase TAWA is a Greater Trenton nonprofit her for the first five years of my life. By as that was where the chronologically organization and has a history of more the time we moved, when I started kin- organized exhibit began and descended than 30 years exhibiting in such venues dergarten, I had added crayon or pencil to the end of the exhibit on the ground as the New Jersey State Museum, Trenmarks on all the wallpaper within the floor. It was well done and very informa- ton City Museum, Artworks Trenton, reach of my five-year-old frame. My tive. Along the way there just a few clus- Prince Street Gallery in New York City, grandmother worked as a clerk in the ters of visitors examining the art. and more. shipping office of the local steel plant.

“In the hour or so I was there I noticed More information on the Trenton ArtShe had tons of paper forms. that I heard almost no English spoken. ists Workshop Association can be found “These drawings of patterns on the These probably were all tourists from on the organization’s Facebook page. paper my grandmother had around Asia or Europe traveling in the summer. I the house were portable and could be

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‘Jaw-dropping’ exhibit brings sharks to New Jersey State Museum

By Susan Van Dongen

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here are no megalodons in the ocean. None. Zip. Nada. The prehistoric giant sharks are dead and gone, and they’ve been gone for more than 3 million years. Rest assured.

Pay no attention to the “docufiction” episodes you might see on The Discovery Channel, the ones that usually run during “Shark Week” in July, with titles like “Megalodon: the Monster Shark Lives.”

Dr. Dana Ehret, assistant curator of natural history at the New Jersey State Museum (NJSM) in Trenton, knows the science behind megalodon’s extinction.

He has been interviewed on television and in print to dispute the pop culture rumors that the megalodon still lives, may be lurking out there ready to strike, as in the 2018 movie “The Meg.” In fact, he has been on The Discovery Channel’s “Megalodon: Fact or Fiction” specifically to say with authority, “The meg is dead and gone.”

“We know why it doesn’t exist — the fossil record for megalodon ends about 3.5 million years ago,” says Ehret. “My colleagues and I published a paper in 2020, and we showed after 3.5 million

The jaws of a white shark are on display in the State Museum exhibit. years ago, we don’t find megalodon teeth.”

To view it from a more practical stance, over the years, humans probably would have noticed an airplane-sized shark swimming just beyond the waves, eating dolphins, whales, and even Boston Whal-

ers.

“The Jaw Dropping World of Sharks” exhibit at the NJSM runs through January 8, 2023.

The exhibit, in the museum’s second floor Riverside Gallery, will display specimens and artifacts about sharks, as well

as their relatives — stingrays and manta rays — to shed light on these fearsome but misunderstood creatures, exploring their biology, fossil record, conservation, and cultural significance.

According to Ehret, who curated “The Jaw Dropping World of Sharks,” “The exhibition showcases the fossil shark record of New Jersey and aims to educate people about sharks, their unique biology, and history.”

“New Jersey is known for one of the premier fossil collecting locales on the East Coast in Monmouth County,” he adds. “Thousands of shark fossils from the late Cretaceous period (approximately 70 million years ago) have been recovered over the last 150 years.”

Many species of sharks continue to live just beyond the waves of the Jersey Shore. One wall in the gallery showcases two species common to our waters — the huge, alien-looking scalloped hammerhead, and a shortfin mako shark.

Sharks and their relatives share a 400-million-year history and have a diverse family tree. They inhabit the world’s oceans, rivers, and estuaries, evoking fear and mystery. But much of this fear comes from a lack of understanding about sharks and their habitats.

Walking a visitor through the exhibit’s

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installation, Ehret talks about these fears, and emphasizes that sharks rarely attack humans. He doesn’t even like the phrase “shark attack,” preferring to say “shark and human interaction.”

“Most of the time, these interactions are not lethal, they’re incidental,” he says. “Sharks have tooth-like structures on their skin, so even just being brushed by a shark, you can get a rash or be scratched, especially in a place like Florida, when there are a lot of people in the water.”

Sharks are rarely after people, who will put up a fight, but favor something easier to consume, Ehret explains. However, they don’t know exactly what’s dangling in the water, so they may come up to a human for a “taste.”

“The sharks aren’t coming (into shallow waters) for people, they’re probably coming in for the bait fish,” he adds. “But if there are a lot of people in the water, it’s going to make for an interaction.”

“Sometimes sharks come in and try something to see if it’s food, but decide not to go further,” Ehret says. “It’s ‘strike and retreat,’ and then they don’t come back. But, with a mouthful of teeth, they can inflict so much damage.”

And those teeth!

On one wall of the gallery, visitors to the exhibit can see a variety of shark jaws, large and small, but all teeming with six or seven rows of teeth.

“Many of these jaws are from sharks that are found off the coast of New Jersey — great whites, hammerheads, tiger sharks, etc. One jaw comes from a shark caught off of Beach Haven, so it’s very local,” Ehret says.

The centerpiece is the preserved jaw of a great white shark, a gaping maw of two feet or more on loan from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

Ehret notes that sharks are constantly losing and replacing teeth, with some 250 to 300 teeth in their jaws at one time.

Over a shark’s long life span (maybe 60 or 70 years), they might produce 40,000 teeth. That’s why shark teeth are one of the most common fossils collectors find.

Ehret goes on to say that New Jersey is a great place to find shark teeth. “We’ve had a shore line for more than 100 million years, with prehistoric sharks swimming just offshore,” he says. “75 to 65 million years ago there were many sharks in the waters off what is now Monmouth County, so it is a known area for sharks’ teeth.

In fact, I visited the British Museum and saw that it has fossil shark teeth from Monmouth County.”

“Sea levels have gone up and down over the ages, and around the time the Hadrosuarus (first found in Haddonfield, New Jersey) was walking around, sea levels were high — all of South Jersey was under water,” he adds. “Places like Big Brook, Colts Neck, and Holmdel were at the edge of the ancient shoreline,

Dana Ehret, assistant curator of natural history at the New Jersey State Museum, helps prepare the ‘Jaw Dropping World of Sharks’ exhibit now on view. and there were tons of sharks swimming around, so naturally there are lots of shark fossils there.”

Ehret has been hunting for shark teeth since childhood and has carried that fascination into adulthood. “When I was little, you could collect teeth in Shark River Park,” he says. “That’s how I got into in fossils, and I still have some of those shark’s teeth I collected at age 5 or 6.

Now I collect fossil sharks from all over the world.”

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hret (whom U.S. 1 profiled in February, 2020) has traveled as far as Peru and South Africa to do research in paleontology, marine biology, and paleobiology. The Hamilton Square resident chose Stockton University in Atlantic County for his undergraduate work in marine biology, in large part because he would be close to the beach and ocean.

Then it was on to graduate and doctoral studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville, a premier location for fossil hunting, as portions of Florida were below a warm, shallow ocean in ancient times.

Ehret then worked as curator of paleontology for the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Tuscaloosa. Again, he hit pay dirt for fossils, as the fossil record in Alabama goes back millions of years and includes dinosaurs, giant whales, and many shark fossils.

A native of Spring Lake Heights, Ehret returned to New Jersey to take the position at the NJSM in 2018.

The new exhibit does touch upon the megalodon, boasting a fossilized Meg tooth about five to six inches in length, found on the beach in Atlantic City.

Creek eventually killing a boy and the man who jumped in to save him. Another man was bitten badly near the mouth of the Matawan, but lived.

For the rest of that summer, enticed by sizable bounties, fishermen sought the rogue shark, while armed men in boats patrolled the New York and New Jersey coasts to seek and destroy the animal.

The events made the national news.

A taxidermist and lion-tamer from Barnum and Bailey’s Circus caught a 7.5 foot great white in the Raritan Bay near Matawan Creek, and for a while the shark was thought to be the perpetrator. There is still debate about this, and about the exact species of the killer shark, particularly because the animal had traveled so far in fresh water, and great whites are salt water fish.

As formidable as the creatures are, Ehret says many species of sharks are in decline, and the exhibit provides information about this aspect as well. Some sharks are fished only for their fins and then thrown back in the water to die.

(There is a scene in “The Meg” where the characters discover sharks that have been hunted for their fins and discarded.)

Ehret takes the questions about the megalodon in stride. He is also amused that he has become a kind of cult figure, the sought-after guy, flown out to Los Angeles to appear on real documentaries to debate the fake megalodon documentaries. He has also lectured at Rutgers on the topic.

He was even invited to a showing of “The Meg” at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, where they screened the movie and Ehret gave a scene-by-scene narration, clarifying, “No, this couldn’t possibly happen.”

“It’s the one question I get the most, from children and adults: ‘is the megalodon still alive?’” he says. “The meg was real, it was an amazing animal, but it is not still alive. It is definitely dead.”

“It’s one of the few megalodon teeth found in the history of fossil hunting in New Jersey,” Ehret says, adding that this tooth may have washed north from Maryland or the Carolinas, which are prime fossil hunting territories for megalodons.

“People travel from all over the world to find these megalodon teeth. They’re very prized by fossil collectors,” he says.

Although Ehret emphasizes that sharks rarely attack humans, the exhibit does tell the story of a rogue shark that wreaked havoc along the Jersey Shore between July 1 and 12, 1916. (This is the subject of Fernicola’s book.)

A shark thought to be some nine feet long bit a vacationer in the ocean near Beach Haven, badly enough so the man died from his wounds. A few days later, The Jaw Dropping World of Sharks, a similar tragedy occurred near Spring New Jersey State Museum, 205 West Lake to a hotel employee.

State Street, Trenton. Through January The shark then traveled north, swim8, 2023. Free. ming a mile up the fresh water Matawan

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