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ance has paid off. In February, they had their best Valentine’s Day din-ner ever, one in a series of signs that their bold decision to remake the restaurant into a cozy fi ne-din-ing bistro was the right one.

Before the McElmoyls, Oliver had been best known for its brisk lunch business, which featured a wide variety of soups available in house and for takeout, and basic but tasty sandwiches like chicken salad on a croissant. It wasn’t

Husband-and-wife team have settled in to Bordentown dining sceneBy Joe emAnsKi

It can be scary to be principled in the restaurant world.

Matt and Danielle McElmoyl knew that Oliver had a loyal cus-tomer base when they considered taking over the Farnsworth Ave-

Perseverance pays off for Oliver

Husband and wife Matt and Danielle McElmoyl took over Oliver, a Bistro on Farnsworth Avenue in 2006 and have been operating it ever since. (Photo by Suzette J. Lucas.)

nue soup and sandwich spot more than fi ve years ago.

They also had confi dence in their vision of what the restau-rant—the full name is Oliver, a Bis-tro—could be. After they bought it from former owner Robert Bice in June 2006, they gave the place a new look, a new menu and a new schedule and set about the task of making Oliver their own.

It took a few years, and there have been a few bumps along the way, but the McElmoyls’ persever-

World of Paine

By Diccon hyAtt

Bordentown may be the one place in the world where the most progressive of America’s founding fathers gets his due.

After all, most of the great colo-nial revolutionaries didn’t advo-cate for abolishing slavery. Most of them never spoke out in favor of women’s rights. Most of them thought only landowners should be allowed to vote.

Many today wave away these shortcomings by saying that abo-litionism, feminism and universal suffrage were ideas whose time had not yet come.

But those excuses ring hollow if you read the writings of Thomas Paine, the author of the radical pamphlet “Common Sense” that was the best-seller of 1776. At dif-ferent times, Paine wrote in favor of women’s rights, fulminated against slavery and proposed a form of government that would have been more democratic than the one that was eventually adopted.

Yet Paine is one of the most overlooked historical fi gures from that time.

“He was really kind of a forgot-ten founding father,” said Doug Palmieri, president of the Thomas Paine Society of Bordentown.

Palmieri is one of a handful of citizens who are trying to make

Waterfrontconstruction set for AprilBy AleXAnDRA yeARly

Bordentown Township is ready to make a waterfront transit vil-lage a reality.

The township has approved plans for the construction of the Bordentown Waterfront Tran-sit Village to begin in April. The 90-acre site, which has been vacant for more than 20 years, has the township’s blessing to be trans-formed into a place where its resi-dents will have access to the river.

The plan calls for market-rate apartments, affordable senior hous-ing, commercial shops, a fi shing pier and walkway, parks and the construction of a River Line station.

It’s the fi rst time in nearly 100 years that the property, the only section of Bordentown Township that touches the Delaware River, will be accessable to the public. Before that, public use was pre-vented because of industrial needs.

The location had been operated by the North American Marine Salvage Company up until the early 1980s, when the ship salvage yard closed down. In 2002-2003, the township considered allowing a power plant to be constructed in the abandoned space, but after numerous complaints and protests from residents, the township did not follow through with the project.

In 2005, Jeffrey Albert approached the township with a new proposition.

Albert, of Princewood Proper-ties in Princeton, fi rst took notice

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Hamilton High School West graduates Leslie Nazario and Sara Gonzalez pose for a photo before commencement outside the Trenton War Memorial June 19, 2012. For more graduation photos, turn to Page 16 (Photo by Mark Czajkowski.)

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Not many fourth-graders have their own business cards. Then again, not many have their own charities or humanitarian awards, either.

Kira Kook, a 5th-grader at McGalliard Elementary School, piloted her charity Kira Kares last fall and was recently awarded a Kidsbridge Young Humanitar-ian Award for her generosity. Through her venture, Kook per-sonally makes and donates dozens of stuffed animals to HomeFront, a nonprofi t organization that serves homeless families in Mer-cer County.

“HomeFront has a lot of home-less children, and these people don’t have homes like us fortunate people,” Kook said.

The project began soon after Kook made her fi rst batch of stuffed animals in July 2011, and she became hooked on the craft. But when mom Heatherlyn said she had too many to keep, Kook channeled her new hobby into charitable work.

At fi rst, Kook wanted to donate her furry friends to a children’s hospital, but eventually had to

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By hiLaRey WoJtoWicZ

War veterans readjust to life at home

Death has a smell.Army platoon leader Pete

Thompson learned what it was during his tour of duty in Iraq in the summer of 2011.

“It was the smell of animals, peo-ple, sewage and trash,” he said.

“I’ll never forget — there were so many things that you could smell over there. It stays with you.”

The war has stayed with Ham-ilton resident Thompson the same way it has for many veter-ans. After becoming used to a life of trauma, guns and explosions, returning to peaceful New Jersey

can be almost unsettling.Thompson’s summer 2011 was

spent in Southern Iraq as an Army Platoon Leader specializing in the clearance of IEDs — impro-vised explosive devices — work-ing to keep the roads safe for both soldiers and civilians. After an

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FBI: mayor plotted to ‘get rid of’ board memberBy RoB [email protected]

A 15-page grand jury indictment released June 21 added plenty of details to an April criminal com-plaint issued by the FBI against Hamilton mayor John Bencivengo, and pushed the case one step closer to federal court.

It alleged, among other things, that the mayor plotted to “get rid of” a member of the township school board in order to help the case’s cooperating witness keep a contract with the school district, and that Bencivengo offered to allow the wit-ness to pick a replacement should a second, unnamed school board member decide to resign.

The indictment also increased the charges against the mayor, add-ing a count of money laundering, two counts of violating the federal Travel Act and a count of attempted obstruction of commerce by extor-tion under the color of offi cial right. The original charge of extortion still stands. Bencivengo could face up to 70 years in prison and $1.5 million in fi nes if found guilty of all charges.

The charges are related to $12,400 Bencivengo collected from the cooperating witness last sum-mer, allegedly in exchange for his

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Plenty to do this Fourth of JulyAs Independence Day approaches, several

local towns are preparing their celebrations. There are many events leading up to, follow-ing and on July 4. A list by date follows.

Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre will present Stars n’ Stripes, a musical revue featuring music by America’s most renowned composers. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and runs through July 1. Blankets, seat cushions, a flashlight and insect repellent are recom-mended. Picnics are welcome before show, but food will be available. Phone: (267) 885-9857. On the web: dpacatoat.com.

WPST’s annual Freedom Festival will be held on Saturday, June 30 from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Mercer County Park featuring food, games, rides, beer and wine gardens and vendors. Fireworks will go off at 9:30 p.m. Performances by Amish Outlaws at 7:30 p.m. and Incognito after the fireworks. Phone: (609) 448-7107. On the web: wpst.com/freedomfestival.

On Sunday, July 1, New Brunswick will hold its Independence Day Celebration at Boyd Park on the banks of the Raritan at 7 p.m. Rumba Con Son will perform. Fire-works will be at 9:15. On the web: thecityof-newbrunswick.org.

Two events will be held on Monday, July 2 in Princeton. First, the Coalition for Peace Action is sponsoring their Peace is Patriotic picnic at Monument Park on Route 206 and Nassau Street starting at 6 p.m. Bring your own food, lawn chair and blanket. The Soli-darity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council will perform. Phone: (609) 924-5022. On the web: peacecoalition.org.

The picnic will end at 7 p.m., just in time for the Spirit of Princeton’s fireworks at Princ-eton Stadium. Picnics are welcome. Bring blankets or chairs. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited. Phone: (609) 683-4008. On the web: spiritofprinceton.homestead.com.

Several towns are hosting Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday, July 3. In East Windsor Township, Jerry Rife’s Rhythm Kings Dixieland Jazz Band and the Tren-ton Brass Quintet will perform at Etra Lake Park starting at 6 p.m. Fireworks will go off at 9:30. The rain date is Saturday, July 7. On the web: east-windsor.nj.us.

Veterans Park in Hamilton Township will

play host to a performance by Jimmy and the Parrots at 7 p.m. followed by fireworks at dusk. The rain date is Thursday, July Phone: (609) 890-4028. On the web: hamiltonnj.com.

The Ocean Grove Summer Band, will perform their “Happy Birthday, America” concert at the Ocean Grove Camp Meet-ing Association. The performance starts at 8 p.m. Phone: (800) 590-4064. On the web:

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Day on July 4. Princeton will host its Cele-brating America’s Independence Day event at Battlefield State Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will include Revolutionary War reen-actment soldiers, demonstrations and period games for all ages. Bring a picnic lunch. No barbecues or alcohol. Phone: (609) 921-0074.

Ewing’s Independence Day Parade will

begin at 10 a.m. at Parkside Avenue. The Tone Rangers will perform.

The celebration at Hopewell Valley Vine-yards in Pennington will start at 12 p.m. Bring a picnic basket. Wine is sold by the glass or bottle. Brick oven pizza and cheese platters are available. Live music from 6 to 9 p.m. Phone: (609) 737-4465. On the web: hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Fonthill Museum will hold its Old-Fash-

ioned Celebration at East Court Street and Swamp Road in Doylestown, Pa. from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. $4. Bring your own picnic or purchase from vendors. No dogs allowed. Heavy rain cancels event. Phone: (215) 348-9461. On the web: www.mercermuseum.org.

The Choral Concert of Patriotic Music at the William Trent House will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Trenton Capitol Singers will perform at 7 p.m. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and food. Phone: (609) 989-0087. On the web: williamtrenthouse.org.

The Middlesex County Cultural Commis-sion is hosting an event at the East Jersey Olde Towne Village in Piscataway starting at 2 p.m. Meet Abraham Lincoln portrayed by Bob Gleason of the American Historical The-ater. Register. Phone: (732) 745-3030.

The Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission will hold its celebration at Thompson Park in Monroe starting at 5 p.m. The event will include music, vendors and fireworks at dusk. Phone: (732) 521-2111.On the web: monroetownshipculturalarts.com.

Princeton’s Morven Museum is hosting its July 4th Jubilee from 12 p.m.to 3 p.m. Attend-ees can sign the Declaration of Independence, commemorate the 13 colonies at a bell ringing ceremony, view demonstrations of colonial life, meet George Washington, and enjoy live music, refreshments and more. Phone: (609) 924-8144. On the web: morven.org.

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Editor’s Note: In the June 2012 edition of the Hamilton Post, we ran a letter bemoaning the current condition of the township ecological facility, and asked readers to respond with their thoughts. They did. We offer some of them below:

I fully agree with Karen Krainski’s letter in the June 2012 Hamilton Post. We, the taxpayers of Hamilton, are really getting screwed with the current operation of our ecological facility. It is bad enough to get stopped at the entrance and asked, “What do you have?” by someone with a sneer on their face while you’re contributing to their profit. Then you proceed to find the condition of the place. There are large potholes, no more grading or watering and hundreds of tons of broken concrete piling up.

The final insult is that there is a pile of very nice mulch near the trailer for sale, of course, but nothing but a small pile of screening junk for the residents to take.

The first year or so the private company ran the place, things weren’t too bad. But now it is down right pitiful. Bring back the old sys-tem even if it costs a little more. But make the current operators clean up their mess first.

Bruce Bird

Over the years I’ve taken a lot of mulch and compost out of the facility while it was still under township employees. I can recall mountains of mulch just waiting to be put out for residents. In fact, many times, the pile would smolder, employees had to break down the pile to keep it from catching on fire. My garden had so much compost in it you could use a pitch fork to turn it over.

That has all come to a stop. The past three years, I had to go to Home Depot to purchase mulch. Forget about getting compost. Out of the question. Sitting in the Fame restaurant around the corner from the center, I see truck loads of mulch go by as I eat my lunch. It’s not going anyplace that I can get my hands on it.

Bob Gaug

The Hamilton Ecological Facility is a dump. In years past, when run by the town-ship, I always utilized the resident benefit of free compost and mulch. An employee would check your ID upon entering to make sure you were a Hamilton resident, but not so anymore. Last year, and just last week, if someone was on watch, you were merely greeted with a wave and kept on driving. Anyone with a New Jersey license plate apparently has free access.

There was one car grabbing mulch on my lone trip this year, unlike years past when you

had to jockey for a scooping spot. A single small, sad pile of mulch, no compost. There was mulch aplenty in the contractor moun-tains for sale. I never got out of my vehicle and never made any additional trips. The appearance of the free mulch was that bad.

I paid for my mulch this year and will continue to do so under present conditions. Hamilton no longer has “The Finest Ecological Facility in New Jersey.”

Bob Lauer

After reading the Hamilton Post, I had to write in response to the letter about the ecologi-cal center. I was at the center

for some mulch June 12, and when I backed up to the mulch pile, there was two mounds. One was mulch, and the other was large tree branches that someone removed from their mulch load.

Britton sells mulch all over New Jersey. The stuff at the Hamilton Ecological Facil-ity looks like the rejected mulch. Is this what the residents of Hamilton get? We supply the grass, branches and other items for free and get this junk. I have seen some of the town-ship-owned flower beds in Hamilton, and the mulch that’s there must have come from someplace other than the ecological center.

Privatizing the ecological center doesn’t seem like a good deal for the residents. Is this what we signed up for?

Frank Wszolek

I agree with the letter sent by Karen Krain-ski that ran in the June 2012 Hamilton Post. The present operations at the ecological facil-ity are a far cry from when it was operated by the township. The township had a clean, effi-cient operation where there was always com-post and mulch available, and no mountains of concrete and brush. The place is now a mess.

It is a classic case of privatization of a gov-ernment function, where the profit motive is foremost and the service to the public is dead last. I loaded mulch from a tiny pile sev-eral times, and it was terrible, with branches a foot long in it. There hasn’t been compost in months, although there is plenty for sale.

When this was privatized, we were assured by the administration that it would be run as good or better and the contract assured same availability of compost and mulch as when the town ran it. This is not the case. The township should enforce the contract, get a new con-tractor or take back the operation.

Haig Kasabach

For its compost, mulch, recycling and drop off I have always considered the Ecological

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Facility to be a very visible representation of local government hard at work for me.

What I largely appreciated is that when going to pickup compost or mulch and dig-ging in with four, five or more equally land-scaping obsessed residents we have one thing in common—Hamilton Township. Very quickly, you became engaged in a group conversation and aside from discuss-ing the quality of the compost or mulch we discussed Hamilton Township. What an intriguing way it is to be reminded that you live in a close knit community and to learn about others’ thoughts regarding the issue of the week or month.

It is evident that this priva-tization agreement has no quality control mandates or enforcement. Since its priva-tization in 2009, I believe that we have increasingly poor quality compost and mulch as well as much less of it. As a result, residents do not come to the Ecological Facility in the numbers that they had previously, which brings dan-gerously close to extinction a unique feature of our community and how many learn about their community from other Hamiltonians.

Additionally, this apparent lack of over-sight has resulted in the rapidly growing pile of concrete. This pile towers over every-thing and may arguably be the largest con-crete structure in the Township. Where is such a huge volume of waste coming from?

This is not a condemnation of privatiza-tion. Rather, it is a cautionary tale informing us on how not to implement privatization.

Daniel Keelan

It’s about time someone brought the issues at the ecological center to light. Since the facil-ity became private, it is almost impossible to get compost or mulch. When there is some, it is a small pile with too many cars around, and if the timing isn’t right, you are out of luck. In the meantime, there are large piles, which I assume are waiting for paying customers.

I became a paying customer this year due to the fact that everytime I drove to the facil-ity, there was no compost or mulch. I paid over $100 to Britton Industries to have mulch deliviered to my driveway. I can only assume the mulch came from one of the piles at the facility residents are unable to access.

One good thing—which was true when the township ran the operation—are all the options of disposing of waste: the concrete, the metal, the yard waste, just to name a few.

We supply a lot of the material for the com-post. Hamilton Township residents should be given more access to compost and mulch all season long. The ecological center was better off under township control.

Suzanne K. Geiger

The Hamilton Ecological Facility—once something I considered to be a great perk of living in town—has grossly deteriorated, both in the volume and quality of material available to the taxpayers, and in the general

condition and upkeep of the site.In days past, I proudly included the site as a

point of interest when touring with friends or family in the area because it was such an excel-lent example of civics gone right—a well exe-cuted, eco-friendly option to the ever increas-ing garbage burden. The site arguably paid for itself (and more) by eliminating organic waste from the garbage stream, reducing disposal costs. A win-win.

Recall that fiscal woes inherited by the Bencivengo administration prompted cost-saving mea-sures leading to the privatiza-tion. Residents were assured that services provided by Britton Industries would not change, which initially was true. In fact, the diligence of the staff in checking resident IDs and issuing window stick-ers to streamline return visits was encouraging.

Now, it’s just another mediocre, for-profit opera-tion with an enormous and

ever-growing pile of concrete, and a pair of dead topiary welcoming visitors to the facil-ity. The once plentiful mulch and woodchip piles—free to residents—have virtually dis-appeared, replaced by mountains of pristine material being prepared for commercial sale. I know it’s a business, but it’s disheart-ening to drive up the center lane and look right to see nothing, then look left to see all the potential profit being created using con-scientious taxpayers’ material.

I will acknowledge that there have been some improvements. Oil, lead battery and electronics collection have been added or expanded, which is welcome and necessary. In the end, though, I fear the business will dry up, and Britton will back out leaving the taxpayer with the bill for the clean-up.

Steven Mundt

Karen Krainski’s letter in the June 2012 Hamilton Post about the ecological facility was right on target. I have noticed the same shortcomings since it was privatized.

I had used the facility’s compost for years. It was always readily available for township resi-dents during the planting season. There was always activity at the facility, whether it was making the compost and mulch, cleaning it or just organizing all of the dropped-off goods.

The last few years, however, I have repeat-edly called throughout the spring and sum-mer, and compost hasn’t been available at all during these main planting months. Vari-ous excuses were given, which included too much rain or the machine was broken.

I have also seen several advertisements with “mulch for sale” and “compost for sale” from the same company that is running our town-ship facility. I read somewhere that the con-tract with them is up in July. I hope the decision is made to end that contract. We should bring it back under township control, use some of our own township employees and once again bring the ecological facility back to the quality and usefulness the residents deserve.

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“[We] heard there were 400 new arrivals at HomeFront, and more than half of the people were kids,” Kook said.

Kook — pronounced “cook” — and her mom made their first stuffed animal drop-off at the nonprofit in November.

Christine Lee, Home-Front’s director of Lawrence Community Center, said the stuffed animals are used alongside other toys and books in each of the waiting rooms of the organization’s three locations: the shelter, community center and main office. Altogether, Home-Front served 10,900 families last year, about half of which were children, Lee said.

Lee said donations are most common from mem-bers of the community older than Kook or from larger organizations, like the Girl Scouts.

“I was quite impressed that someone her age wants to inspire,” Lee said. “I wish it would happen more.”

Children visiting the centers can play with and keep their favorite toys.

“[Each bear] welcomes them and says, ‘Don’t worry, don’t be afraid, we’re here for you,’” Kook said.

Kook’s favorite bear to stuff is the cotton candy bear, which has pink fur and white spots, but she has donated a variety of ani-mals including different colored bears, bun-nies and elephants.

For about $5 apiece, Kook can stuff one 18-inch animal for the shelter. Every few months, her mom orders animal fur linings and bags of stuffing online. She recently ordered 25 pounds of stuffing to accommo-

date Kook’s large orders of animals.

Kook and a few select friends stuff the animals in Kook’s spare time between school, Girl Scouts and gymnastics.

“We’re so proud of her,” Heatherlyn Kook said.

The McGalliard commu-nity first became aware of the Kira Kares project when Kook’s fourth-grade teacher, Cristina Conti, instructed the class to write a persua-sive essay. Kook wrote hers to urge people to donate to HomeFront.

Conti then posted a certificate of apprecia-tion Kook received from HomeFront in the school’s hallway, and it caught the attention of guidance counselor Ann Wilmot. Wilmot took interest in Kook’s project and nomi-nated her for the annual Young Humanitarian Award from Kidsbridge, a museum dedicated to tolerance at The College of New Jersey.

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“I had known about the Kidsbridge Human-itarian Award, and I thought, ‘Wow, [Kook] is a great example of somebody who would be deserving of something like that,’” Wilmot said. “We have a lot of students who are car-ing in their day-to-day lives and in their world, but they’re not kind of going beyond that into something unknown like homelessness.

“I’ve been here nine years and that’s the only student I think that I’ve known has really reached out quite that far.”

After submitting the nomination, Wilmot spoke with Kook’s mom about the possibil-ity of sponsoring a Jean Day, a day in which teachers can donate $1 or more to a particu-lar cause to wear denim pants for the day.

On June 1, McGalliard faculty sported jeans and raised $54 for Kira Kares, enough money to fund the production of at least 10 stuffed animals.

In addition to donations, Kook has devel-

oped other ways to raise money for her cause.

She recently began producing and sell-ing wallets made of CapriSun juice packets, duct tape and Velcro. She said the school collected CapriSun packets for an unrelated cause that never materialized, so Kook’s mom volunteered to take the packets home, clean them and turn them into a fund-raising vehicle for Kira Kares.

Looking forward, Kook hopes to attract more donations to grow her cause. She has already produced T-shirts and business cards for Kira Kares, and hopes to eventu-ally set up a website and PayPal account for potential donors.

Kook, her mom and teacher Conti view this year as just the launch of Kira Kares.

“Right now everybody’s becoming so aware of it, so it’s really taking off,” Conti said. “We just scratched the surface.”

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“When I got home from the airport, I wanted to put all of the windows down in the car and ride home like that,” said Thomp-son. “That’s one of the biggest things.”

For other veterans, like Trenton native Joshua Blaney, the whole experience of serving overseas is what will stand out in his mind.

While in high school, Blaney and his close friend trained with local Marines and both dreamed of one day joining the mili-tary. After graduating, Blaney and his friend enlisted to the Air Force National guard at 19. Now a senior airman, Blaney can recall his experience that brought his friendship to a new level.

“It was only two years ago that we got word that we would be deployed, but my name was not even on the list,” Blaney said. “I asked to be put on the list because my buddy was being sent to Iraq, and I didn’t want him to go over there alone.”

Blaney served as a part of the Air Force’s security forces, working to patrol Sather Air Base where we was stationed. While working side by side with the Iraqi military, Blaney’s nerves were eased, yet he knew that anything could happen at any time.

“It was still a war environment,” Blaney said. “No one was really injured. No one died. And we were able to get everyone out of there in the end. But you still never let

your guard down.”Although Blaney’s experience did not

result in injury or post traumatic stress dis-order, serving in a war enivironment still left

a mark. The experience has become memo-ries and thoughts that he never knew were possible before enlisting.

“Experiencing the military first-hand is a

completely different feeling,” Blaney said. “You cherish it and have a lot of pride. There are really no words for it.”

For Thompson and Blaney, serving their country has become something of second nature. Both have returned to a normal life filled with family, friends and normal every day activities. They wake up and go to work like many of the countrymen they repre-sented overseas.

This blending can be beneficial, but Iraq war veteran Jeffrey Bock, the junior vice commander of the Hamilton VFW 3525, feels like it has also led the country to over-look or ignore the contributions of veterans like Thompson and Blaney. Bock set out to change that, and on July 4, veterans of the Iraq, Afghanistan the first Gulf War will be honored for their time overseas with a parade in Hamilton.

“It’s long overdue,” Bock said.Bock, along with his co-chair Ron Mika-

laitis, has been planning the parade since the first week of May.

Bock, who served in the Air Force National Guard, and Mikalaitis, who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, said now is the time to recognize and thank those veterans who have served our country over the years.

“As a Vietnam veteran, I vowed that I would never let what happened to us, hap-pen to future veterans,” Mikalaitis said. “We may not have been thanked back then, but in this day and age, people should be thanked for their services.”

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leagues, Hamilton resident Samantha Mull-Carnevale, the parade is something to bring people of different backgrounds and beliefs together for a day of thanks in the community.

“It’s a nice gesture, and it is wonderful that people can come out from different backgrounds and do something,” Mull-Car-nevale said. “It’s nice to have some sort of gratitude for the so many that have deployed from the area.”

After joining the Air Force at 19 and work-ing as a staff sergeant in Baghdad from 2007-08, Mull-Carnevale is happy to be home, with her enlistment ending in September. The 25-year-old is a new mother and appreci-ating her normal life in New Jersey.

For some veterans, like Mull-Carnevale, adjusting to life back in the U.S. came eas-ily. For others, such as Thompson, war still colors life.

With a parade to honor the soldiers who have returned and to remember those who have not, Bock and Mikalaitis said it is important more now than ever to celebrate

the services of all.“This is the first in New Jersey,” Bock

said. “The eighth parade in the county. We take for granted the freedom soldiers allow us.”

For Mikalaitis, the parade is supporting the young and the old.

“We want to say thanks to the military men and women and to those whose lives were lost,” Mikalaitis said. “There’s no more draft, and we weren’t thanked back then, but saying thanks to the soldiers of then and now is long overdue.”

The Hamilton Welcome Home Heroes Parade for Iraq and Gulf War Veterans will be held on July 4. The parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Grice Middle School and will end at Veterans Park. The day will include a military flyover and a helicopter landing in Veterans Park, where military organiza-tions and food vendors will be set up. For more information, contact Jeffrey Bock of the VFW Hamilton Post No. 3525 at (609) 890-9809 or [email protected]. Web: Facebook/HamiltonsWelcomeHomeVeteransParade.

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The level of productivity generated by pure enthusiasm is a wonderful phenomenon to witness. Our Hamilton Partnership sponsors small groups of enthusiastic businesspeople who operate in specific Hamilton areas under the umbrella of “Biz Groups”. They hold monthly meetings at various business locations and address what they consider substantive local issues and unique marketing proposals that may enhance their opportunities for better business.

Partnership Board Chairman Greg Blair (Nottingham Insurance) and I attend these Biz Group meetings, which usually draw between 25 and 30 people every month. All participate and exchange ideas about the various possibilities that have the potential to strengthen their position as small businesspeople in a healthy and competitive municipality that draws from a significant commercial marketplace.

One of our Biz Groups is the “Route 33 Biz Group”. When the Biz Groups first meet they select a Chairperson and from there assign members to research an assortment of proposals that have been selected as exciting drawing efforts. Jeannine Cimino, vice president of sales and marketing at First Choice Bank, is the chairperson of the Route 33 Biz Group. Jeanine is a ball of fire who has been instrumental in moving the group in a constructive direction, making sure all suggestions brought to the table are discussed and allowing all to express their thoughts.

Each business puts up an annual stipend of $100 to cover expenses related to marketing: posters, shirts, signs, pins or whatever material or services would be needed to put a project into action. The Rte. 33 Biz Group enjoyed a successful day at the Hamilton Septemberfest, where hundreds of people stopped by the “33” stand and signed up for a chance to win an I-Pad and pick up some info on what the Biz Group is all about.

Another idea that has been enthusiastically embraced by the Rte. 33 Biz Group is the Cash Mob. The goal is to provide a community-driven economic stimulus to our locally owned businesses and to say thank you for supporting our community. To date, four Cash Mobs have been held that attracted more than 60 participants who spent a minimum of $20 at the designated business being “mobbed”, with some spending in the hundreds of dollars.

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The two unnamed township school board members are central to much of the indict-ment. The fi rst board member was the per-son Ljuba allegedly wanted Bencivengo to infl uence, and is painted in the indictment as a roadblock to Bencivengo and Ljuba’s alleged scheme. Bencivengo allegedly told the board member, “you have to support those who support you,” and even allegedly hatched a scheme to convince the board member to run for state assembly. The indictment claims Bencivengo told Ljuba it “would be huge” if he was able to “get rid of” the board member.

A second school board member also consid-ered a run for state assembly, according to the indictment. Ljuba allegedly told Bencivengo in July 2011 that should the second board mem-ber leave the board to run for assembly, she wanted to pick the member’s replacement. Bencivengo allegedly replied, “You got it.”

It also alleged Bencivengo and an associate, dubbed “the Intermediary,” fi rst approached Ljuba for fi nancial assistance in March 2011, and claimed Bencivengo followed it up with a phone call that May, where he told Ljuba to bring her checkbook with her next time she was in Hamilton. Bencivengo allegedly told Ljuba several times he was having diffi cultly paying his monthly bills and income taxes.

The next step in the legal process would be an arraignment, where Bencivengo would appear in court to hear the charges against him. As of June 21, the arraignment had not been scheduled, but U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce spokeswoman Rebekah Carmichael said the process usually moves quickly. Bencivengo will appear before federal judge Anne Thomp-son, who has been assigned the case.

MAYOR continued from Page 1 While there was nothing defi nite as of press time, the case certainly appeared to be headed to trial. A court case would pit the FBI’s records of correspondence between Bencivengo and Ljuba—recordings, phone records and text messages—against Ben-civengo’s steadfast claim of innocence.

In mid-June, Bencivengo’s state-required fi nancial disclosure statement for 2011 sur-faced, and gave clues to the mayor’s defense strategy. The paperwork—fi led April 30, four days after Bencivengo surrendered to the FBI—classifi ed the $12,400 given to the mayor as a loan from “Marlisa Ljuba.”

The statement also showed Bencivengo as owning at least part of eight properties and several lots of land in the township. It was later amended to remove all but two of the houses. In 2010, Bencivengo fi led a similar disclo-sure form that stated he owed $100,000, plus $17,000 in interest, on a property he owned in the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.

The certifi cation portion of the fi nancial form states the offi cial signing the form could face fi nes and disciplinary action if willfully making false statements on the paperwork. On June 13, the township Democrats issued a statement calling Bencivengo’s signature on the paperwork a “smoking gun sworn admis-sion” by the Republican mayor.

In hours after the June 21 indictment, the township Democrats once again called for Bencivengo’s resignation. State senator Linda Greenstein and assemblymen Daniel Benson and Wayne DeAngelo, all Democrats, and Republican council members Dennis Pone and Kelly Yaede joined that call.

Pone said that the details included in the indictment are “disturbing” and damaging to Bencivengo’s reputation, whether the mayor is found guilty of the charges or not.

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While their classmates enjoyed a warm Tuesday afternoon on the playground at Kuser Elementary School June 5, 16 stu-dents sat quietly in the auditorium, thinking, plotting, planning their next moves.

Two chess sets patched together with pieces from wood, plastic and cardboard sets centered each of the fi ve tables that hosted pensive students deciding which pieces to advance. The fourth- and fi fth-graders from Kuser and Lalor Elementary School weren’t focused on what was happen-ing on the playground. They focused on the board in front of them. The students crossed their arms, stroked their chins and stood up from their chairs, as a few parents and teach-ers observed from chairs lining a side wall.

This friendly chess tournament pitted the chess clubs from Kuser and Lalor against one another for the fi rst time. Hamilton resi-dent and parent David Anderson, who has a second-grade twin daughter in each elemen-tary school, leads both clubs and organized the tournament as a way for students to share their knowledge of the game.

Both Kuser and Lalor are Title I schools, a designation by the government that indi-cates that the schools typically service low-income areas. The chess clubs have attracted approximately 20 students between the two schools, a turnout Anderson said disproves the stereotype that comes along with being a Title I school.

“This is a great opportunity to showcase the talents of our students,” Anderson said.

During a usual unch hour, some of the stu-dents might be found in a principal’s offi ce, particuarly the pupils Lalor principal Patricia

Vincent called “hyperactive.” But their focus on chess days is different.

“This is transforming,” Vincent said. “I would celebrate chess for nothing else.”

The students in the chess clubs forgo an hour of lunch and recess once a week to prac-tice the game with Anderson. He said stu-dents often eat lunch in between matches.

“That’s a testament to how much they enjoy the game,” Vincent said.

The students portrayed their excitement during the June 5 tournament games as they furrowed their brows, declared “checkmate” and pumped their fi sts in victory, a stark contrast to the frantic screams on the play-ground outside.

“Chess is fun,” said Kayla Cuevas, a fourth-grade student from Lalor. “If you win or lose, everyone still has fun.”

Cuevas’ opponent was Kuser fi fth grader Katie Squindo, who said she has been play-ing chess since preschool. She said she had been looking forward to the tournament for a few months and appreciates the mental challenges of the game.

“I like that it tests your mind,” Squindo said. “It makes you think about what you’re going to do.”

Anderson said that many students, like Squindo, join the club with some prior knowl-edge of chess. Whereas Squindo learned the game from her father, Anderson said most students’ basic understanding comes from computer games like Microsoft’s “Chess Titans” and other free online programs.

“I didn’t really have to do a lot of teaching,” Anderson said, with the exception of advanced moves like castling, which allows a player to move the king and a rook in one turn.

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Lalor Elementary School student Joshua Pagan makes a move during the June 5, 2012 chess tournament between Lalor and Kuser Schools. (Staff photo by Rachel Wintermute.)

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A few months into that position, Ander-son said he was at Lalor one afternoon and mentioned the Kuser chess club to Vincent. He said she became interested in starting a similar club at Lalor.

This winter, Anderson spearheaded that club as well. The Lalor club was open to all fourth- and fi fth-graders and received initial interest from 18 students, which has since dissolved to a solid 12.

Although the Kuser club has always been exclusive to students in fi fth-grade, Ander-son said he plans to expand it to fourth-grad-ers next year to generate more participation than the current six students.

Vowing to continue this year’s suc-cess, Anderson said he is already planning

to schedule another chess tournament between the schools next year.

He said his advisement of the chess clubs at Kuser and Lalor Elementary School brings him back to his own experience in chess club at Reynolds Middle School, then a junior high. He said he could remember waiting for a promised chess match against Grice that never materialized. The Kuser-Lalor tournament was a nice way to bring something like that cancelled tournament to life for a new generation of students, he said.

Now as a parent of twin second-grade daughters, Emily in Kuser and Alexa in Lalor, Anderson also regularly reads to stu-dents in both schools.

“Mr. Anderson is wonderful,” Vincent said. “He’s just so gracious with his time. That’s just the kind of participation I like to see in our schools.”

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Interaction with teachers matters to nurs-ing student Rachel Boka. That’s why the Hamilton resident chose to attendthe Accel-erated 2nd Degree BSN Program at Thomas Edison State College, the first TESC program offering onsite classes at its downtown Tren-ton campus.

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On May 14, District 9 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 130 at Inter-state 195 that involved an overturned trac-tor-trailer, and on May 15, another incident involving a person hit by a car on Interstate 195 near Exit 5. Photos of these incidents can be found online at grovevillefire.com.

Hamilton Township Firefighters serv-ing in the armed forces: Colonial: Mike Zagola (Marines) and William Mendal (Army). DeCou: Brian Mandelko (Army) and Jason Reed (Marines). Hamilton: John Newborn, Jr. (Navy).

Mercer County Firemen’s Association: More than 200 people attended the Annual Memorial Service of the MCFA held at Colo-nial Volunteer Fire Co. Eighty-seven mem-bers of Mercer’s Fire Companies, Ladies Auxiliaries and EMS personnel who have died in the past year were remembered.

Mercer County Fire Marshals Office investigated one incident during the month of May.

May 24th — Hamilton Fire District — Ronald Way. Fire in a two-story wood frame apartment building. The fire was a result of lighting striking the building at the roof line of the second floor apartment. Damage was limited to the roof and attic space.

Mercerville Fire Company firefighter William Kohut, deputy chief Christopher Tozzi, firefighters Jarred Pierson, Josue Garcia and captain Robert Van Hise remind residents to update their smoke alarms. (Photo by Bob Sherman, Jr.)

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When Josette Russoniello was 2, she told her mom she was going to drive a pink ice cream truck. She wound up going into fashion design, but the love of ice cream never faded.

When the opportunity came to start a business with her sister Vinessa, Josette had no choice but to quit the corporate gig. The toddler Josette still lived on.

“I’m here doing ice cream so this is as close as we’re getting to a pink ice cream truck,” Josette said.

“We both went to college, had corporate jobs. I worked for eight years in fi nance and she was in fashion, and then we just decided to quit our jobs and open an ice cream shop,” Vinessa said.

Xena Marie’s Homemade Ice Cream opened on Route 130 in the new shopping center next to Brothers Pizza on Nov. 26, but Vinessa and Josette began the planning 13 months earlier.

“We just went for it,” Josette said. “It’s crazy, and it’s only been 6 months [since the grand opening], but it feels longer since the project really was a big process.”

Opening a shop in a brand new building

presented a lot of opportunities to be cre-ative and to be involved in every aspect of the process. The sisters were both were on site with the contractors and helped design the layout of the store. Josette did the inte-rior design, and Vinessa wrote up the busi-ness plan.

“[Our backgrounds] really complimented each other to get the whole thing started,” Vinessa said. “Everything you see here we picked. We picked how big the tiles on the fl oor would be, the colors, the lights, the fans. We did it all. It’s a lot of work but it’s fun.”

While they were setting the foundation for their new business, they were also still work-ing at their old jobs. Josette was a designer at Urban Outfi tters, and would run out on her break to call companies for the machin-ery the sisters needed for their shop. Once the building design and business plans were drawn up, the creativity continued through thinking up unusual ice cream fl avors.

“We created the recipes, which was a lot of trial and errors, being that we really don’t have experience in ice cream,” Josette said. “That was a whole other area for us once we got all of our ingredients. We pretty much have everything down now to a system.”

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As the owners, Josette and Vinessa pride themselves on making all of the ice cream on location at the shop. Vinessa said they focus on ensuring quality and freshness, which is easier than usual since everything is made in the shop. This dedication is appar-ent in the way that the sisters make their ice cream cakes, which are all made to order.

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Part of their tight control of their products comes from wanting to make the customer feel comfortable about them.

“We are really focused on allergies,” Josette said. “We get a lot of different people asking if we run nuts through our machine. We do not run any nuts through our

machines that we make our products from.”With business picking up as the summer

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Josette and Vinessa Russoniello stand in the front of their business, Xena Marie’s Homemade Ice Cream. (Photo by Laura Pollack.)

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Since Cocco Enterprises’ new bionics divi-sion opened in March, patients are learning that simply functioning isn’t good enough.

“They just fi gured that the prosthesis that they had, that was their limitation,” Mike Meramo said. “And now we’re trying to tell them, ‘that’s not your limitation, you can do this now.’”

Until recently, the goal of fi tting patients with prosthetics was to give them the abil-ity to carry out necessary, daily functions like walking, getting into a car or shopping. But Meramo said the bionics division has changed patients’ ability to function in their environment to the ability to excel in it.

New technology has raised the bar of what prosthesis options amputees have based on their specifi c needs. At Cocco Enterprises, Meramo works with patients to determine the exact type of prosthesis will best fi t their bod-ies and the types of activities they plan to do.

At age 70, and just three weeks after receiv-ing his prosthesis, Richard Perry walked a lap in physical therapy, assisted only by a cane.

He’s already learned many of the ways the microprocessor in his lower leg prosthesis has been a benefi t to him. Inside his lower limb is actually a computer that can literally learn the way Perry walks and adjust accord-ingly. The battery-operated knee also has a remote control, which Perry can use to change the settings, for example, if he were walking up a ramp or riding a bike.

The microprocessor allows the joint to even move itself, instead of putting extra stress on other muscles. Meramo can also program the settings on another computer, because the microprocessor is wireless and keeps a log of all activity its wearer does.

One of the key elements is a feature that keeps its wearer feeling confi dent.

“It creates a safety feature for the patient,” Meramo said. “One of the major fears of a patient is falling. So with this new technol-ogy now, it senses when he’s going to fall, and it automatically increases the resistance 100 times to prevent him from falling.”

The technology has come a long way even in recent years, as research advanced materi-als and the techonology through computers. Once futuristic ideas about what’s possible slowly become a reality as each advancement is streamlined and modifi ed.

“When you look at Star Wars and they have all these electronic hands and all that, well someone comes up (with an idea) and says, ‘We can do that now,’” Meramo said.

After nearly 24 years of wearing a lower leg prosthesis, Mike Pylypiak is moving faster than ever — he’s running.

Pylypiak lost the lower half of his leg after a motorcycle accident in 1988, and has used a prosthetic ever since. When he came to Meramo to discuss a new type of prosthe-sis this year, one of his requirements is he wanted to be able to run again.

His carbon prosthetic was designed to absorb the shock of running by allowing it to compress down and allow the shock.

After 14 years of marriage, Pylypiak said his family is fi nally able to see him do things he never could before — things as simple as walking the boardwalk in the summer with his kids, running and walking in the evenings.

The industry is constantly changing, Meramo said, but advances in prosthetics are continuing to change everyday lives.

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The folks at Hamilton Physical Therapy Services feel like they can treat just about any injury imaginable.

The five-facility therapy center offers sev-eral specialty programs and rehabilitations in addition to traditional orthopedic therapies.

Partner Mark Laurinaitis said the prac-tice’s patients range from newborn babies who lack range of motion to elderly men and women who have trouble staying balanced.

“You also get your teenagers who play three hours of sports a day with three differ-ent teams who just get overuse injuries,” he said. “We get our ‘weekend warriors,’ the peo-ple who work during the week and then go out there and try to play, and then they can’t move for the rest of the week. We’ll see peo-ple who get hurt on the job. Everybody’s dif-ferent depending on what they want to do. It’s challenging, but it’s fun and it’s rewarding.”

The practice was established in Hamilton in 1979 by four partners. Eight years ago, it opened an office in Ewing. Three years later, the Robbinsville location opened, and three and a half years after that, the Lawrenceville facility opened. The center also has an office on the Princeton University campus that

serves University students and staff only.The facilities have grown not only in size

since 1979 but also in terms of the specialty services they offer. Among these services are cancer care, women’s health, and vestib-ular rehabilitation, which helps patients who suffer from dizzy spells and balance issues.

“We have specialty programs that a lot of our staff pride themselves on,” Laurinaitis said. “They continue to do a lot of education for themselves to help the community, and that improves the outcome for the patient.”

Laurinaitis, who started with HPTS 11 years ago as a staff therapist, said that the practice also has a hand center, a running enhance-ment program and a fall prevention program.

“We’re always trying to come up with new, different niche programs that will help the community.”

About 20 therapists practice between the five facilities. Each is generally set in one building, but Laurinaitis and the two other partners, Scott Giallella and Jaime Caceres, float between the different buildings.

All of the facilities are fairly close in prox-imity to one another, but Laurinaitis said the company wants the patient to travel as little as possible to receive treatment.

“The reason why we opened five practices in a small area is because we want to make it convenient for the patient,” he said. “If they’re going to need to come two or three times a week for therapy, nobody wants to

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