By Somerset County Board of Freeholders
FRANKLIN – Tickets are on sale for the 19th annual Outstanding Women in Somerset County awards dinner sponsored by the county Commission on the Status of Women.
This year’s program will be held Friday, March 25, at The Imperia at 1714 Easton Ave., Somerset. A cash bar at 6 p.m. will be followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $45 per person. Advance reservations are required by March 11www.co.somerset.nj.us to print the form.
“On a daily basis, thousands of women who live and work in Somerset County enhance our quality of life by contributing to our communities in so many different and critically important ways,” said Freeholder Jack M. Ciattarelli, commission liaison. "It is our pleasure each year, on behalf of the many thousands, to honor a select few for their extraordinary contributions.”
The Commission on the Status of Women presents these awards annually in celebration of Women’s History Month in March. Honorees are women who live in Somerset County. Recipients by category are:
Arts/Entertainment –Normarie McLean of Franklin; Athletics – Jennifer Scuderi Balucha of Manville; Education – Raritan Valley Community College President Casey Crabill, Ed.D., of Montgomery; Entrepreneur – Barbara Long of Bernardsville; Environmental Initiatives – Thuy Anh Le of Hillsborough; Government – Manville Mayor Lillian Zuza, Warren Township Deputy Mayor Carolann Garafola and Raritan Borough Councilwoman Denise Carra; Hometown Hero – Michelle Woolf of Montgomery; Law – Katherine Esposito Howes of Peapack-Gladstone; Media – Bernice B. Wicks of Bernards; Medicine – Kate Lincoln of Bernardsville; Public Service – Pat Reilly of Franklin; Research/Management – Patricia E. Cataruozolo, Ph.D., R.N., FN-CSA, of Warren; Social Services – Sarah Murchison of Franklin; Volunteerism – Christine A. Retz of Franklin; and the Shirley Noble Award – Charlotte Frances Fischer of Bernardsville.
