By Peg Traino, Guest Columnist
Wishing all the residents of Mansfield Township the best wishes for a happy and healthy year ahead in 2013.
The next scheduled recycle pick up for Mansfield Township is Jan. 14.
The Mansfield Township Recreation Committee will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 8 p.m. in the Mansfield Township Municipal Building located on Main Street in Columbus.
All are invited to attend and participate.
The next Columbus Home and School meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 16. The meeting will be held in the Mansfield Township Elementary School Media Center. All interested residents are invited to attend the meeting.
The Mansfield Township School District is asking parents or anyone aware of a pre-school aged child, between the ages of 3 to 5, who may be developmentally delayed to notify Dori Levy, interim supervisor of Special Services.
Those children who qualify as a pre-school child with a disability after being evaluated by the Child Study Team, will have a program developed addressing specific areas of need such as speech, language, motor and other readiness skills.
Ms. Levy can be contacted at the Mansfield Township Elementary School, via 609-298-2037, ext. 2136.
The Mansfield Township Committee is slated to meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23, inside the municipal complex, 24548 East Main St,
For information, call 609-298-0542.
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, there will be a general meeting for the MOMS Club. Mothers are invited to come meet other stay-at-home or part-time working moms in the community and the club is open to residents of Roebling, Florence, Bordentown, Fieldsboro, Columbus and Mansfield.
Light refreshments are served and children are always welcome.
For information, call 609-473-0484, or send an email to [email protected].
The Columbus Home and School presents a Night of Comedy on Saturday, Feb. 23.
The event will take place at RUTGERS EcoComplex 1200 Florence-Columbus Rd., Bordentown. A buffet style dinner catered by Villa Mannino will start at 6:30 p.m. and the comedy show will begin at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are $35 per person or $65 per couple. The event is a BYOB and will feature three fantastic comedians from the New York and Atlantic City Nightclub Circuit.
To reserve tickets, contact Jacquie Wolverton at 609-915-2195, or at [email protected].
To submit items to the writer, Peg Traino, send an email to [email protected]. She also may be reached by phone at 609-298-7476.

