Tag: Lenni Lenape

Jar Jar wasn’t supposed to live. He could have died at any time with no warning.

The 10-month-old pure basset hound had rapid heart rhythm and his prognosis looked bleak. At one point his heart rate peaked at 425 beats per minute, the normal rate for a puppy is approximately 120.

But thanks to a rareprocedure to correct his problem — and a non-profit group dedicated to helping basset hounds that paid for the surgery — there he was on a beautiful fall September evening at a Mays Landing park chewing a bone as his long floppy ears spilled over onto the green blanket he sat on with his soon-to-be-owner Valerie Mazzei.

In front of them, trees reflected off the still lake which painted a beautiful scene as a slight breeze blew over the lemon and white-colored hound whose life expectancy was six to eight months after he was first diagnosed with a heart arrhythmia in June.

Mazzei never gave up hope and sought out another medical opinion. Months later Jar Jar was at a veterinary hospital in Cincinnati, in the hands of Dr. Kathy Wright, a veterinary cardiologist, who performed a catheter-based procedure which is more commonly done on humans, to get him back to being a healthy puppy.

Jar Jar, a 10-month-old basset hound, visits Lake Lenape Park with his owner Valerie Mazzei, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Jar Jar had a heart procedure, more commonly done on humans, that saved his life. Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

A few days after his Sept. 24 surgery he was a happy hound wagging his tail and greeting everyone that came within feet of his green blanket at Lake Lenape Park.

“He’s very friendly,” Mazzei said to two women who approached the…

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Tuesday, Oct. 19

Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, 2021, Semifinal Round

South Plainfield 2, Metuchen 0 – Box Score

East Brunswick 3, South Brunswick 1 – Box Score

Mercer County Tournament, 2021, Semifinal Round

Lawrence 4, Lawrenceville 1 – Box Score

Princeton Day 2, Princeton 0 – Box Score

Morris County Tournament, 2021, Final Round

Chatham 2, Randolph 1 – Box Score

Shore Conference Tournament, 2021, Quarterfinal Round

Shore 4, Central Regional 0 – Box Score

Wall 2, Rumson-Fair Haven 1 – Box Score

Point Pleasant Boro 4, Southern 1 – Box Score

Ocean Township 5, Middletown South 1 – Box Score

Regular Season

BCSL

Rancocas Valley 4, Florence 1 – Box Score

Shawnee 1, Moorestown 0 – Box Score

New Egypt 5, Monroe 2 – Box Score

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Ocean City 10, Bridgeton 0 – Box Score

COLONIAL

Gloucester 9, Woodbury 0 – Box Score

CVC

Allentown 4, Hamilton West 2 – Box Score

Hightstown 3, Nottingham 0 – Box Score

ESSEX/UNION

Pennington 4, Newark Academy 1 – Box Score

Scotch Plains-Fanwood 3, Summit 0 – Box Score

Gov. Livingston 2, Verona 0 – Box Score

Glen Ridge 5, Columbia 0 – Box Score

Montclair 2, Johnson 1 – Box Score

Mount St. Dominic 1, Livingston 0 – Box Score

Montclair Kimberley 1, Millburn 0 – Box Score

West Essex 8, Union 0 – Box Score

Kent Place 8, Westfield 1 – Box Score

FSL

Moorestown Friends 2, Westtown (PA) 1 – Box Score

GMC

New Egypt 5, Monroe 2 – Box Score

NEFHL

Pompton Lakes 3, Morris Knolls 0 – Box Score

NJAC

Newton 2, Hackettstown 1 – Box Score

Mount…

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It’s Thursday. We’ll look at a building in Brooklyn where tenants stopped paying the rent. We’ll also look at a new art installation that projects images onto a huge “shoreline” of oyster shells.

The four-story apartment building at 1616 President Street in Brooklyn is notable for the tall letters spelling out “Ultra Court” that are etched over the front door and flanked by elaborate columns. The building is also notable for the anger percolating among the tenants — anger that has boiled over into a rent strike by about half the residents.

Plagued by problems like cockroach infestations and leaky ceilings, they maintain that repairs have been neglected for too long by a landlord who is described by city officials as one of the most negligent in New York. The city has even gone to housing court, accusing the landlord of falsely claiming that dozens of violations had been addressed and of filing “baseless” eviction papers against tenants.

The landlord maintains that the building has been properly maintained and that tenants have sometimes blocked access to their apartments, preventing maintenance people from doing repairs.

Simmering tensions between landlords and renters are not uncommon in New York, but the rent strike on President Street in Crown Heights has a pandemic-related twist. The outbreak has mobilized tenants to take on their landlords. As my colleague Mihir Zaveri explains, the protest on President Street began in May 2020 when a nationwide protest with the rallying cry “cancel rent” demanded housing relief.

It’s not clear how many other protests that were inaugurated then have lasted. Some landlords — also coping with the financial pain of the pandemic — have struck deals with tenants for reduced payments on back rent. But there’s no question that in…

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By ohtadmin | on October 19, 2021

On Wednesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams tweeted his opposition to planned affordable housing development in Flatbush said to sit atop a centuries-old African burial ground.

He said, “Our borough absolutely needs to build more affordable housing, especially in Flatbush, but I cannot support building it on an area shown to have human remains of enslaved people below. I stand in solidarity with the vision for a memorial and open space.”

In 2020, the City announced plans to convert the site into affordable housing with around 100 affordable apartments and a youth community facility.

The Flatbush African Burial Ground Remembrance and Redevelopment Task Force is leading an effort to build community-based recommendations on how to honor the African burial ground and serve the neighborhood with 100% affordable housing, youth-programming, and other neighborhood amenities.

Adams, who co-chairs the task force on the issue, says the city-owned site of the demolished PS 90, which is currently vacant, should be a culturally appropriate memorial, accompanied by open space.

A few days before, the Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition gathered in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall & the NYC Department of Housing and Preservation to send a message to the city to stop plans to hand Flatbush African Burial Ground sacred land over to a developer.

In October 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Member Mathieu Eugene announced plans to transform a site on the corner of Bedford and Church Avenues into affordable homes and youth-focused programming.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and City Council Member Mathieu Eugene convened and co-chaired the Task Force in late 2020 as a collaborative…

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MEDFORD – Sophomore Charlotte Kent scored her first goal of the season with 6:32 left in the game as Shawnee (6-6-1, 3-2-1) got by visiting Lenape (3-8-1, 1-4-1), 2-1, in an Olympic Conference American Division field hockey game Oct. 12.

Junior Alyssa Weber tallied her second goal of the season in the third quarter to tie the game for the Indians.

Olympic American Division

Oct. 12, Medford

Shawnee 2, Lenape 1

Lenape (3-8-1) 0-0-1-0 – 1

Shawnee (6-6-1) 0-1-0-1 – 2

Lenape: Alyssa Weber (6:57 3rd quarter, assist Bryn Iuliano); Saves: Erika Roura 10.

Shawnee: Emily Cavicchio (11:50 2nd quarter, unassisted), Charlotte Kent (6:32 4th quarter, assist Melanie Craig); Saves: Sophia Bartasius 2.

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  Shawnee’s Charlotte Kent (left) and Lenape’s Sydney DePativo battle for possession during an Olympic Conference American Division game Oct. 12 in Medford. The Renegades won, 2-1.

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  Shawnee’s Emily Cavicchio (left) shields Lenape’s Brooke Halfpenny from the ball during an Olympic Conference American Division game Oct. 12 in Medford. The Renegades won, 2-1.

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  Shawnee’s Emily Cavicchio (right) is shadowed by Lenape’s Emily Farbaniec during an Olympic Conference American Division game Oct. 12 in Medford. The Renegades won, 2-1.

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  Lenape’s Ryann Weber (left) makes a pass as Shawnee’s Charlotte Kent defends during an Olympic Conference American Division game Oct. 12 in Medford. The Renegades won, 2-1.

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  Shawnee’s Abby Davidson (left) dribbles upfield with Lenape’s Alyssa Weber in pursuit during an Olympic Conference American Division game Oct. 12 in Medford. The Renegades won, 2-1.

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  Shawnee’s Emily Cavicchio (right) is shadowed by Lenape’s Emily Farbaniec during an Olympic Conference American Division game Oct. 12 in Medford. The Renegades won, 2-1.

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  Lenape’s Ryann Weber (left) and Shawnee’s Charlotte Kent battle for possession during an Olympic…

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From the Rockland County Legislature

Rockland County Legislators unanimously adopted a new law to allow the preservation of cultural resources held sacred by the Ramapough Lenape Nation at a place called Split Rock.

But while supportive of the conservation effort, several also spoke about the need to do even more by doing the right thing by the Ramapough and other indigenous peoples.

“I’ve been fighting for the state recognition of the Ramapough Lenape for the last 15 years,” Rockland County Legislature Chairman Alden H. Wolfe said. “This has been a struggle that sadly has resulted in inaction by the New York State Legislature. I think it’s appalling and that it’s an insult. I think that the action that we have taken is a small step in doing that which is just and right and allows us to truly see the very proud, noble people of the Ramapough Lenape Nation whom I’m very proud to call my friends.”

Wolfe is currently working on new legislation that will call on the State Legislature to formally recognize the Ramapough Lenape as a tribe.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day said he looks forward to signing the Local Law which will forever preserve the Split Rock site.

“Safeguarding this sacred ground is the right thing to do for our neighbors, the Ramapough Lenape, and for all people who want to make sure this important place is preserved now and for future generations,” Day said.

The 54.59-acre preservation site is located at the Rockland County Sewer District’s Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hillburn. Legislators declared it surplus so that the sewer district can sell it. The sewer district no longer has need for the property.

The Land Conservancy of New Jersey, based in Boonton, has submitted a request to purchase the property. The…

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For NJ Advance Media

Ella Gomez’s first quarter goal held up as the game-winner in Lenape Valley’s 1-0 win over West Morris in Stanhope.

Angie Falleni assisted on Gomez’s goal for Lenape Valley (11-3-1). Abby Coppolella made three saves to earn the shutout.

Maddy Cline made four saves for West Morris (9-7).

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FOOTBALL

Wall Township 31, Lenape 17: Quarterback Ethan Smith was 10-of-21 for 206 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for visiting Lenape (2-5, 0-3) in a loss to Wall Township (3-3, 2-2) in a nonleague game Oct. 15.

Nonleague

Oct. 15, Wall Township

Wall Township 31, Lenape 17

Lenape (2-5) 0-0-0-0 – 17

Wall Twp. (3-3) 0-0-0-0 – 31

L: Kobi Ray-Reed 75 pass from Ethan Smith (Dylan Shank kick)

L: Taj Folyan 47 pass from Smith (Shank kick)

L: Shank 40 FG

Wall scoring plays not available.

Egg Harbor Township 49, Seneca 0: Senior Mohamed Soumaworo and junior Christian Rondo each scored a pair of touchdowns as visiting Egg Harbor Township (5-3, 3-1) blasted Seneca (2-4, 2-2) in a West Jersey League Independence Division game Oct. 15.

WJFL Independence Division

Oct. 15, Tabernacle

Egg Harbor Township 49, Seneca 0

E.H.T. (5-3) 7-28-7-7 – 49

Seneca (2-4) 0-0-0-0 – 0

EHT: Rondell Vaughan 14 run (Ciaran McGreevy kick)

EHT: Christian Rando 1 run (McGreevy kick)

EHT: Mohamed Soumaworo 4 run (McGreevy kick)

EHT: Mike Simeon 33 blocked punt return (McGreevy kick)

EHT: Soumaworo 36 run (McGreevy kick)

EHT: Rando 1 run (McGreevy kick)

EHT: Kemun Council 43 run (McGreevy kick)

Cherokee 38, Rancocas Valley 7: Junior Brandon Boria rushed for 266 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries to lead visiting Cherokee (4-2, 2-2) in a decisive win over Rancocas Valley (0-6, 0-4) in a West Jersey League interdivision game Oct. 16.

WJFL Interdivision

Oct. 16, Mount Holly

Cherokee 38, Rancocas Valley 7

Cherokee (4-2) 14-10-14-0 – 38

Rancocas (0-6) 0-0-0-7 – 7

C: Brandon Boria 5 run (Tommy Pajic kick)

C: Boria 75 run (Pajic kick)

C: Ryan Bender 14 run (Pajic kick)

C: Pajic 23 FG

C: Cameron Burti 34 pass from Bender (Pajic kick)

C:…

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Art Matters Foundation is pleased to announce a new regranting program titled Artist2Artist, where alumni grant recipients act as grantmakers. Last year, Art Matters recognized a broader category of culture workers in its grantmaking initiative by funding alternative support structures for artists, like mutual aid. Building on this shift, the Artist2Artist Fellowship program represents a new, horizontal model of giving that was created to affirm artists’ specialized knowledge of their communities.

13 alumni grantees were selected to both receive an Artist2Artist Fellowship and designate peer fellows in their extended networks. This process resulted in 36 artists and culture workers being awarded as 2021 Artist2Artist fellows in October for a total of 195K USD in grants to artists and collectives working in contemporary art, performance, and cultural organizing. There were no applications and the Board held no veto power beyond conflicts of interest. Alumni were selected based on the following themes:

Justice & Anti-Oppressive Practices (Disability; Gender/Sexuality; Race/Intersectionality)
Geographies (Labor/Migration; Transregionality/Transnationalism; Coalitions)
Cultures of Care (Medical, Spiritual, and Ecological Health)
Individual Interventions (Experimentation, Mutual Aid, Non-Productivity)
Reimagining Institutions (Alternative Support Structures)

These themes emerged from alumni feedback that identified non-productivity, coalition-building, accessibility, and combating isolationism in need of further support. In response, the Staff and Board moved away from institutional nominators toward a process of peer-led affirmation. Director Abbey Williams said, “Artist2Artist is a way of aligning ourselves with those already doing the work to dismantle the philanthropic systems that do not truly empower artists. We want to center artists’ sovereignty to clear the way for them to build something new.” And Artist2Artist fellow, jackie sumell, shared with Staff that the process recognized:  “The networks that we form aren’t always based on the merits experienced in the outward facing of our work, and some of the most beautiful and celebratory experiences are in the intimate ways that we love on and support each other.”

2021 also marks the third year of the Betty Parsons…

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Olympic Conference:

3. Cherry Hill East’s Adam Blumenthal: had a goal and an assist in the “Melograna Cup” game. Scored again in a 2-1 win over Burlington Township.

2. Cherokee’s Brandon Michael: three goals in his last two games, including a late winner in a 3-2 win over Lenape.

1. Washington Township’s Tyler Gryckiewicz: a driving force behind the team’s current eight-game win streak – the center back who’s keyed the defense through seven shutouts this season.

Burlington County Scholastic League:

3. Delran’s Nik Grello: two goals and and two assists in a bounce-back week for the Bears, who beat Burlington Township and won a tight game against Moorestown.

2. Rancocas Valley’s Jamie King: assisted on the tying goal and scored the winner in the Red Devils’ win over Salesianum of Delaware – added his second goal of the season in a win over Holy Cross.

1. Westampton Tech’s Ever Maradaiga: scored four goals against Maple Shade and added five against Medford Tech to bring his season total to 29.

Colonial Conference:

3. Gateway’s John DelOrbe: he’s been a rock between the sticks asthe Gators shut out four straight opponents, including an eye-opening win over a solid Woodstown squad.

2. Sterling’s Joey Lomas: but he’ll insist this is a team award; the Silver Knight’s streak of shutouts is now at 13 – a club record.

1. Haddonfield’s Christian Ball: two goals against West Deptford, two assists against Schlalick, as Haddonfield knocked two teams from the ranks of the undefeated, two days apart.

Cape-Atlantic League:

3. Oakcrest’s Jack O’Brien: has six goals this season, including a pair on Friday, when the Falcons’ avenged a 6-1 early season loss by beating Ocean City, 2-1.

2. Hammonton’s Gavin West: has nine goals this season; one came in a 2-1 win over Middle Township Saturday in their Cape-Atlantic League Tournament semifinal.

1. Egg Harbor Township’s Dominic Talvacchio: “Nooch has…

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