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Regional record shop still supporting live music By RichArD SKeLLy John Chrambanis learned to harness his financial resources working with his father at the family’s Trenton restaurants, including the New Presto and Old Tavern. Along with his wife, Sue, whose family owned the Fruit Bowl and Copper Kitchen, the two know a few things about dealing with the public, running a business, and managing growth. And it all has come in handy while they’ve been running the Record Collector on Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown. And for older “kids” in their 40s, 50s and 60s — people who can recall a time as kids when records were sold in places like Two Guys, Woolworth’s, and other five and dime stores — the Record Collector is a place that not only sells recordings but provides live shows and serves as a gathering place for like-minded music fans. Born and raised in Trenton, Chrambanis says he has always had an interest in music. “As a youngster, I took trumpet and piano lessons, and I always wanted to play percussion and drums. Later on I did play in a few bands, but my lifelong love of music played a big role in what I ultimately chose to do for a living, running the record store,” he says from his home in Yardley, Pennsylvania. But that choice came after attending Rider College and West Virginia University and See COLELCTOR, Page 10
By SAM SciArrOTTA When Bordentown Township instituted a new garbage pickup program last month, some residents were ready to take it out with the trash. Central Jersey Waste Services recently signed on as the township’s new garbage contractor, which started a new trash pickup schedule and process—articulated pickup—Feb. 17. Articulated pickup uses an automated Bordentown’s Elizabeth Campbell (left) stands with President Barack Obama at the 2019 National lever attached to the garbage Diversity and Inclusion Conference in Dallas, Texas last March. Campbell is on the National Diversity truck to lift, empty and drop an approved curbside can. The Council’s board of directors. automated lever cannot collect loose trash bags. Residents were provided with one new, township-sanctioned 95-gallon garbage can one week prior to the introduccated, and the expectation was She did administrative litiga- tion of the program. The townResident attributes that all four of us would get at tion, lobbying against proposed ship also disposed of any old career to local roots least a bachelor’s degree.” changes to the federal tax code or non-compliant receptacles Campbell was elected chair that would affect annuities of through Feb. 21, though resiof the Council on Legal Educa- non-profit employees, and, she dents can still drop off their By MicheLe ALPeriN tion Opportunity, whose mis- prevailed in federal court chal- unwanted or unusable cans at Elizabeth Campbell, newly sion is to inspire, motivate, and lenge to the contract procure- Bordentown’s public works elected chair of the Council on prepare students from under- ment process of the United facility. “Articulated pickup has Legal Education Opportunity represented communities to States Department of Defense. She also had a long career many and director of inclusion and succeed in law school and benefits, including with companies like Aramark, cleaner pickups, more efficient diversity for the Snacks Divi- beyond, last month. After graduating in from the where she served as a corpo- service and lower labor costs,” sion of Campbell Soup Company wanted to offer context on University of Michigan in 1978, rate diversity officer. township officials said in a “I remember always knowing press release. “Many municiher considerable achievements Campbell initially headed back as an attorney and corporate to Washington, where she spent from my parents that we could palities are transitioning to a year as a program attorney do anything we wanted to do, be articulated services from the leader. “I’m black; I’m blessed; and at the U.S. Department of the anything we wanted to be from rear-loaded, manual pickup I’m privileged—things that I Interior as part of the Solicitor’s career standpoint, go to any method.” school we wanted.” The only took for granted growing up in Honors Program. Residents, though, expressed Following this were nine limitation they put on their four concerns over social media in a small town where my parents were college educated, and my years as an associate at DLA children was not allowing them the weeks leading up to—and grandparents were college edu- Piper, also in Washington, DC,. See CAMPBELL, Page 6 See TRASH, Page 5
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