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Jersey Department of Health are currently working on upcontinued from page one dated guidance on quaranthat 2 age demographic who is tine/isolation for K-12 Crosswicks: Crosswicks Chesterfield Road (609) times 291-5525 Princeton: 354 Nassau Street (609) 683-9700 still in need. We’re also work- schools, which should be Pennington: 7 Tree Farm (609) 303-0625 ing with our congregate liv-Road coming out soon. ing sites serving Princeton’s PPS Director of Student older residents to ensure they Ser vices Micki Crisafulli have the support they need to emphasized that students keep their facility free from who have tested positive for outbreaks.” COVID-19 must isolate for Princeton Health Departthe full 10 days. “It’s really ment efforts in the first days crucial that parents do not of the new year have includ- send a COVID-positive stu ed adding vaccination and dent back to school after five booster clinics and support- days,” she said. ing the growing demand for Kelley reiterated the imCOVID-19 tests. portance of both keeping the Due to staff shortages, community safe and keeping Princeton High School stu- students in school. “I know dents are learning remotely, our students and our parents not coming into the building, are concerned about the Omithis week. Through Tuesday, cron variant and increased however, for the first two transmissibility, and I am glad Spanish lunch sandwiches are served on European style school days of the new year, they are taking every precaubaguettes with green side salad & balsamic Princeton Public Schools tion,” said Kelley. “But at the (PPS) have kept the other same time, it’s good to know Serrano Ham five schools open for in-per- that our schools are safe and Serrano ham, Manchego cheese & tomato son learning, with an absence that students are safer in Chorizo rate — all absences, not just school than out of school. Dry cured chorizo, Manchego cheese & tomato COVID-19-related absences I would like to see a world — of 22 percent. where there is as much coverEspaña An online petition, initiat- age of student mental health Thinly sliced cured pork loin, Manchego cheese and quince paste ed by PHS senior Harmonie as there is of the omicron Ramsden, calling for PPS to variant. Keeping our students offer virtual or hybrid op- in school for in-person learntions “for students who want ing, with proper protocols in “TRADITIONAL VALENCIANA RICE DISHES” to stay safe in their learning place, is the best way to keep amid a raging pandemic,” them safe.” Paella Mixta had gathered more than 500 In assessing the rise in COChorizo, chicken, grouper, shrimp signatures by early in the VID case numbers, Princeton week. University announced last Paella España week that the return of unNutri-Serve, the food serChorizo, pork loin, chicken, portobello vice provider for PPS, is dergraduates to campus folshort-staffed because of CO- lowing winter break would be Paella Vegeterania VID-19 ailments. It continues postponed a week until JanuArtichoke, asparagus, broccoli, to serve breakfast and lunch ary 14, and once on campus yellow squash and zucchini, red pepper for students, but menu op- students would be prohibited tions are limited and parents from traveling outside Merhave been urged to pack a cer County and Plainsboro lunch for students if possible. except under “extraordinary PPS Superintendent of circumstances.” January 24 Tortilla Española $10 Schools Carol Kelley noted remains the first day of spring Traditional Spanish style omelette with potato, onions and eggs that being in school is safer semester classes, and all stuSpanish Meatballs $10 than being out of school. dents must receive booster Hand formed w/ beef & pork served with “We are not seeing in-school shots by January 31. Spanish style marinara sauce Rutgers Universit y antransmission of the virus,” nounced on Tuesday, January she said. Empanadas (2) “Our district is doing ev- 4 that it would be moving all Select: beef, chicken or vegetable $8 erything possible to keep classes to remote until JanuCroquetas (6) $10 our schools open for in-per- ary 31, with all students reSpanish tapas dish with a Bechamel sauce son learning,” she continued. quired to be vaccinated with Select: Serrano ham or chicken “Sometimes it can be a hard booster shots by that date. Mercer County and the decision to make, and people Patatas del Chef $12 New Jersey Department of might assume that this year Lightly fried potatoes tossed with chorizo mirrors last year. That is not Health are offering free CO& Manchego cheese served with spicy bravas sauce the case. We have a number VID-19 testing at CURE In of mitigation strategies in surance Arena, Gate B, 81 place, including vaccinations, Hamilton Avenue, Trenton, that we did not have last year. no appointment necessary, Caldo Gallego $8 I do not want people to un- on Wednesday, January 5, Cabbage, white beans, potatoes, carrots, Serrano ham, chorizo derestimate the cost of being Thursday, January 6, and Fri Sopa Mar $10 day, January 7, from 9 a.m. out of school.” Fish stock with mussels, clams, shrimp, squid and grouper Pointing out that cases to 2 p.m. COVID-19 testing spiked after Thanksgiving is also available at many oth Potato Leek $8 Leeks, potato, butter (add bacon +$1) and winter breaks, Kelley er locations throughout the added, “The data we are see- state. See covid19.nj.gov. Free at-home, saliva COV ing indicates that keeping stu dents out of schools is not the ID-19 test kits are available, Torta Santiago Spanish-style almond cake $6 most effective way to control courtesy of the NJDOH and COVID spread. At the same Vault Medical Services. Visit Flan Traditional Spanish-style $6 time having students out of learn.vaulthealth.com/nj school exacerbates the men- for further information. tal health crisis being experiThe Princeton Health DeFOOD CREATED BY CHEF JOSE DIAZ enced by students across the partment is offering local nation.” clinics on Thursdays, January PRINCETON SHOPPING CENTER Kelley went on to thank 6, 20 and February 3 and 17 301 NORTH HARRISON STREET • PRINCETON, NJ 08542 anonymous donors who re- at the Princeton Senior Re GETFORKY.COM cently purchased 880 high- source Center, 45 Stockton quality KN95 masks for PPS, Street, from 10 a.m. to 12 which will be distributed to p.m. and on Thursday, Janu students and staff who need ary 27 at La Mexicana, 150 them. Kelley pointed out that Witherspoon Street from 5 to Crosswicks: 2 Crosswicks Chesterfield Road (609) 291-5525 assau Street (609) 683-9700 the combination of vaccina- 8 p.m. Crosswicks: 2 Crosswicks Chesterfield Road (609) 291-5525 Princeton: 354 Nassau Street (609) 683-9700 Pennington: 7 Tree Farm Road (609) 303-0625 Pennington: 7 Tree Farm Road (609) 303-0625 Crosswicks: 2 Crosswicks Chesterfield Road (609) 291-5525 tions; masking with KN95, Princeton: 354 Nassau Street (609) 683-9700 Princeton University will N95, or surgical masks; and continue to host Pfizer vacciPennington: 7 Tree Farm Road (609) 303-0625 physical distancing have nation clinics at Jadwin Gym served the district well. on Wednesdays, January 5, Kelley praised the commu- 12 to 6 p.m. and January 12 nity for “following the sci- and 19, 12 to 4 p.m.; and ence” and urged parents to Moderna clinics on Thurscontinue to follow the pro- days, January 13 and 20 tocols for isolating students from 12 to 4 p.m. getforky.com who test positive. The fi veIn addition Mercer County, day quarantine guidelines in partnership with Capital recently recommended by health and Penn Medicine the Centers for Disease Con- Princeton Health, has antrol and Prevention (CDC) nounced a number of vachave not been approved for cination clinics in different schools, and, according to Mercer County locations in Grosser, the CDC and New the coming month. See merSlow Pandemic Spread
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cercounty.org. The state of New Jersey has also opened two COVID-19 vaccine mega sites at Bridgewater Commons in Somerset County and at Mount Laurel, Burlington County. Appointments made through the New Jersey Vaccine Appointment Finder at covid19.nj.gov are recommended for all sites. —Donald Gilpin
Princeton Human Services Thanks Donors for Gifts
Princeton Human Services recently thanked donors for the 23rd Annual Holiday Gift Drive, the most successful yet, thanks to the overwhelming number of donors who contributed. This year, the department distributed gifts to approximately 351 children up to 12 years old. Donors also gave gift cards to each family to help during these difficult times. The department thanked Stone Hill Church, Princeton Children’s Fund, Corner House, and the Princeton Recreation Department as well as municipal employees, police officers, and the many Princeton residents who made individual donations and sponsored children in the drive. For information on how to sign up or to make a donation for next year, call (609) 688-2055 or email rjones@ princetonnj.gov.
Police Blotter On December 25, at 5:23 p.m., a 46-year-old male from Trenton was found to be driving while intoxicated, subsequent to a report of a motor vehicle crash on Bayard Lane. He was also found to have three outstanding warrants from various jurisdictions. He was arrested, transported to headquarters, processed, and later released to a sober adult. On December 23, at 9:47 p.m., a woman repor ted that, as she was walking her dog on Nassau Street, an unknown male suspect struck and squeezed her buttocks with an open hand. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On December 20, at 9:24 p.m., a person repor ted that a business check she had placed in a USPS mailbox on Palmer Square East was stolen and cashed. The check was intended for another business and was in the amount of $7,190.90. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On December 20, at 7:36 p.m., a 34-year-old female from Skillman was placed under ar rest for dr iv ing while intoxicated, subsequent to a motor vehicle crash on Vandeventer Avenue. She was transported to headquarters, processed, charged accordingly, and later released to a sober adult. On December 15, at 9:02 p.m., a 50-year-old male from New Hope, Pa., was found to be driving while intoxicated, subsequent to an investigation of a singlevehicle crash on Paul Robeson Place. He was arrested, transported to headquarters, processed, and later released to a sober adult. Unless otherwise noted, individuals arrested were later released.
