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Three seats up for grabs on WW Council By BiLL SANserViNO
The the 14U NJ Pirates recently won the B Division of Montgomery’s Covino Tournament. At rear are Cameron Kelleman (left), Alex Dehne, Shivam Garg, Nyan Holden, Lucca Dehne and Colin Morton .In front are Stellan Song (left), Zander Raoof, Sarang Chong, Jackson O’Connor, Nicky Carrabba, Sawyer Klein and Adrian Marrero. Not pictured is Henry Hamm. Turn to Page 17 for story.
how far wouldchief honored for WW Police you go if they were sick? youth mental health advocacy Throughout his 35-year career Chief Garofalo has initiated volunteers provide support when in law enforcement, West Wind- programs focusing on physical crises occur. sor Police Chief Robert Garofalo and cyber safety and reinforced To recognize Chief Garofalo’s witnessed many young people the importance of mental health. support for AIR and ongoing losing their lives to suicide. He has also been working with efforts to strengthen individu“I wanted to be part of the solu- Attitudes In Reverse, a local non- als’ mental health, AIR will honor tion, not just a bystander—to pre- profit dedicated to mental health him with a Champion of Hope Welcome Health. vent and insulate kids to fromCapital this,” awareness and suicide preven- Award during the 7th Annual See GAROFALO, Page 4 he said. tion whose human and canine When someone you care about is sick, you’ll do whatever it takes to make sure they get the best care. And so do we.
Six candidates are runnign for three seats on West Windsor Council in the Nov. 7 general election. Incumbents Andrea Sue Mandel, Sonia Gawas and Michael Stevens, who are running on the “Community Leaders For West Windsor” slate are being challenged by the “Your New Town Council” slate made up of Benjamin Finkelstein, Stacey Joy Fox and Daniel Weiss. Mandel, Gawas and Stevens were first elected to their four-year seats on council in 2019. The News asked each candidate to provide a statement explaining why they are running and to address local issues. Their answers are presented in alphabetical order below. For more biographical information, see the candidate introductions in the Community Forum starting on Page 21 *** Benjamin Finklestein has lived in West Windsor with his wife, Vanessa Mondestin, since 2020. He has worked as a public educator since 2012. This is her first time running for office. Candidate Statement: In 2022, just two years after moving to West Windsor, I found myself
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drawn to a local legislative issue. My wife and I were shocked that West Windsor’s elected leaders were voting in favor of a development that so gravely threatens the quality of life in West Windsor. The more I learned about Bridge Point 8 the more I realized better options were available. Town leadership chose not to abide by the best practices established in the Warehouse Siting Guidance. They chose to allow construction based on flood maps from 1999 when better data was available. Opponents of BP8 were told that open space wasn’t a consideration. Our elected officials downplayed the impact of their decisions and the need for community understanding. After all BP8 isn’t a collection of warehouses like we see in Cranbury, instead, BP8 is definitionally a “major” logistics and distribution center. The expectation is that trucks would arrive from Port Elizabeth, cargo would be reorganized, and then trucked to fulfillment centers. This type of industry would turn West Windsor into a seemingly endless tractor-trailer traffic jam. BP8 would be seven warehouses, with 5.5 million square feet of warehouse space, and 910 loading docks. According to NJ See ELECTION, Page 7