Day: March 2, 2011

By Girlscout troop 71145         Girlscout troop 71145 is excited to invite you to A Night in Paris. A senior dance to be held at Robbinsville senior center on March 13 between 12 and 4 pm. Tickets are $3 per person and may be purchased at the senior center until March 4. Refreshments and mementoes will…

By Lisa S. Motavalli, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System     The average human heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping about 2,000 gallons of oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood throughout the body daily.     This is a lot of work for a muscle barely larger than your fist — which is why you need to show your…

By: centraljersey.com The Somerset County Recycling Center, located at 40 Polhemus Lane, Bridgewater, will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 5. Residents can drop off textiles, tires, scrap metal, antifreeze, chipboard, and plastic bottles and containers marked 1 through 7. Chipboard includes gift, shoe, shirt and all retail boxes, as…

By: centraljersey.com Brendan Vercammen heads to this weekend’s NJSIAA Wrestling Tournament in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall hoping to accomplish what few visitors to the gambling mecca can do — leave a winner. Of course, it will not be easy, but Vercammen has some idea what to expect. Last year, the South Brunswick High senior won…

   Manville students Emma Thompson and Brooke Hoodja continue to have success as their gymnastics season draws to a close. Both girls compete for Paramount Gymnastics located in Hillsborough.    On February 18 and 19 the girls traveled to Danbury, Connecticut. to participate in the Team Challenge Gymnastics meet hosted by Gymnastics Revolution. The meet was the…

Robbinsville Councilwoman Christine Ciaccio has filed a nominating petition to seek re-election in May.

CHAPTER A    Hillsborough Senior Citizens Chapter A meets the first Thursday of the month in the municipal complex. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., allowing you time to review the activities we have to offer. The meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. Dick Meier is president and you can call him at 359-6948 if you have a…

By: centraljersey.com CHESTERFIELD – Ruby Bridges was 6 when U.S. Marshals escorted her past jeering crowds in 1960 as she entered the all-white William Frantz Elementary School to integrate the New Orleans school system. Ruby was one of the civil rights heroes studied by the second-grade classes at Chesterfield Elementary School for their Black History…

By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Weston School students exhibited their experiments at the annual Science Fair last week held at the school in the gym. Students from all four grades participated in the event.    Third graders Amber Kesolitz and Emily Tarnovetchi wanted to know if food color dye will affect the color of a…