BORDENTOWN: Tree lighting scheduled Dec. 1

BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The annual tree lighting ceremony is slated for 6 p.m. Dec. 1.
    The ceremony will begin outdoors, weather permitting, in front of the municipal building.
    The Bordentown Middle School Chorus, directed by Ellen Kirk, will perform three holiday songs after the welcome speech is given by Mayor Bruce Hill.  The event will then move indoors to the Senior Community Center, to begin the award ceremony.
    Peter Muschal School students (grades 1-3) and MacFarland School students (grades 4-5) were expected to participate in creating a drawing that depicts holiday memories. The Bordentown Regonal Middle School (eighth grade) will submit an essay that reflects the same theme.
    First place winners will award a trophy and a ribbon.  Second place and third place winners receive a ribbon.  Winners will be contacted through the school and will be announced at the ceremony.  
    Light refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the ceremony.