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State sets aside $5 million for ESCC reconstruction By BiLL SANserViNO
Ewing Mayor Bert Steinmann and members of Township Council joined with state and county officials to celebrate the receipt of $5 million for the reconstruction of the Ewing Senior and Community Center. A large portion of the center was razed by a fire in September. “We’re very grateful today to be here,” said Steinmann to the assembled crowd at the Aug. 14
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through insurance, government grants, and donations from the local corporate community. In addition to the presentation of a ceremonial $5 million check, the event also featured architectural drawings of the new building by DIGroup, the New Brunswick-based firm that the township is working on with the process. (See image on page 9.) DIG was represented at the event by President Vince MeySee ESCC, Page 8
Project looks to rehabilitate area Jewish cemeteries By MicheLe ALPeriN
When attorney Albert Stark refurbished the graves of his great-grandparents, Samuel and Bessie Stark, little did he know how profoundly this act of Jon “Big Dawg” Adams, the former Nottingham coach and athletic respect would affect both himdirector who retired in June, was expected to be approved by the self and other descendants of Ewing school board as the an assistant football coach at EHS in the once-vibrant Trenton Jewish August. For more on Adams and the team, turn to Page 17. (Photo community. As others followed Stark’s by Wes Kirkpatrick.) example and restored family Welcome to Capital Health. grave sites, a number of native 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.
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event. “Now, I have to be honest with you, I’d rather not be standing here today. I’d rather be standing in front of a building that’s still functional. Unfortunately, we’re not at that point now, but we are well on the way for reconstruction as we go on.” Township officials have said that Ewing has already raised some $10 million towards the project—about half the estimated price tag. The township plans to fund the reconstruction
Trentonians came together, Stark says, “to do for the others what we had done for our own families.” They created the Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project in 2018 to rehabilitate five “orphaned” cemeteries on Pitman Avenue in Hamilton, and in February 2021 added People of Truth Memorial Section on Cedar Lane in Hamilton. The project also committed itself to researching the peo-
ple buried in these cemeteries and educating the wider public about them and the community they represent. The work is ongoing in the cemeteries, whose graves date back to 1857. Much of the heavy landscaping that cleared brush and trees was completed in fall 2019. Many fallen and tilting headstones have been reset and sunken areas filled in. New fencSee CEMETERY, Page 10
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