By Peg Traino
The Mansfield Township Schools will be closed for spring recess from Friday, April 10, through Wednesday, April 15.
The next scheduled recycle pick up for Mansfield Township is Monday, April 13.
ABC Nursery School and Kindergarten, located on Mill Lane in Columbus, is currently accepting registrations for the PM Kindergarten class for the 2009-2010 school year. If you are interested please call 609-298-0700.
The next Mansfield Township Board of Education meeting will be held on Monday, April 20. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Mansfield Township Elementary School which is located on Mansfield Road East. The meeting will take place in the Media Center.
The Burlington County Chapter of Hadassah is sponsoring card party-luncheons on three consecutive days — April 20, 21 and 22. On each day participants will arrive at Dolphin Diner, 4250 Route 130 North, Burlington, at 10:30 a.m., enjoy coffee, tea and Danish, play Mah Jong or card games, and break for a full lunch at 12:30 p.m. Play will continue until 4 p.m., with hot and cold beverages served. Tickets at $18 each are available from Shirley Bush at 609 291-1191. Proceeds will support Hadassah’s Extraordinary Humanitarian Efforts, including the Hadassah Medical Organization.
The Mansfield Township Recreation Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 21, at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Mansfield Township Municipal building located on Main Street in Columbus. All interested residents are invited to attend.
The next Mansfield Township Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Mansfield Township Municipal building located on East Main Street. For more information please call 609-298-0542.
Thank you to all who helped with the PTSC and FFA community cleanup project. The FFA from Northern Burlington Regional HS had many students out to help with the clean up. Some community members and MS boy scouts came out to help too. Thanks also to Mrs. Apice, and her students, and to Mr. Kearns and his sons. In all, these volunteers collected 121 bags of trash. Thanks to all for helping to make Mansfield Township a better place.
If you have a child between the ages of 3 and 21 who resides in Mansfield Township and has a disability or is exhibiting a developmental delay with language, motor, cognitive, adaptive, emotional, social or behavioral skills call the Child Study Team at 609-298-2037, ext. 2110, or contact them via Child Study Team, Mansfield Township School District, 200 Mansfield Road East, Columbus, NJ 08022.

