Congressman Jeff Van Drew swore in Mayor Robert Henken, Councilwomen Lisa Mower and Amy Otte, and Councilman Steven Esposito, before expressing to the packed house inside the Stafford Township council chamber an apparent musical misfortune of his.

“I wish I could play the sax,” said Van Drew, drawing a laugh from the crowd and Owen LaRocca, while he waited for his turn to be sworn in during the council reorganization meeting Jan. 1.