Author: Central Jersey

  • Mercerville Elementary Students Win PEI Kids’ Anti-Bullying Art Contest

    Mercerville Elementary Students Win PEI Kids’ Anti-Bullying Art Contest

    By Diane Blaszka/PEI Kids Lawrenceville, NJ – September 7, 2013 – Three students from Mercerville Elementary School took home the top prizes in PEI Kids’ annual “Child Assault Prevention and Bullying Prevention” poster contest. Open to Kuser, Mercerville and Wilson School third- to fifth-grade students who participated in PEI Kids’ Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Bully…

  • FLEMINGTON: Groups offer weight management program for children

    Classes begin on Sept. 25    Hunterdon Medical Center, Hunterdon Pediatric Group and the DeerPath YMCA are offering “Weigh to Go,” a four-week weight management program for children, 7 to 14.    Weigh to Go will be held Wednesdays beginning Sept. 25 through Oct. 16 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.    The class will discuss nutrition from 6:30-8 p.m. and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Erica Barbuto notches hat trick for Gettysburg field hockey

    She leads team to its second victory    Senior Erica Barbuto of Hillsborough notched her first collegiate hat trick, scoring three goals to lift the Gettysburg (Pa.) College field hockey team to a 5-3 non-conference victory over York (Pa.) College on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at a sunny home Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.    Gettysburg (2-0) never…

  • WEST AMWELL: South PTSO meets Tuesday

    Regionalization vote is one topic    The first South Hunterdon Regional High School Parent Teachers Student Organization (PTSO) meeting will be Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Commons.    A representative from the Regionalization Committee will give a brief presentation and answer any questions about the Sept. 24 vote on whether to regionalize the four local…

  • MERCER: County slates two events

    HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND ELECTRONIC WASTE DISPOSAL DAY and FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM WORKSHOPS    On Sept. 21 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., the Mercer County Improvement Authority will host a HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND ELECTRONIC WASTE DISPOSAL DAY for county residents who would like to recycle common residential chemical wastes or used electronics.    The event will take…

  • FLEMINGTON: HMC and JCP&L offer Energy Saving Lighting Fair

    Dates are Sept. 23 and 24    As an ENERGY STAR® partner, Hunterdon Medical Center (HMC) and Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) are offering an Energy Saving Lighting Fair to the community on Sept. 23 and 24 from 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. in HMC’s auditorium, located at 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington.    This is an opportunity to…

  • PENNINGTON: Hawkey to replace Townsend as school head

    PENNINGTON: Hawkey to replace Townsend as school head

    Hawkey is Pennington native    The Pennington School has announced the appointment of William S. Hawkey as head of school following the departure of the current head, Stephanie Townsend, at the end of the 2013–14 academic year.    Mrs. Townsend has been named head of the Ransom Everglades School, a college preparatory school near Miami, Florida, beginning…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Nichols drops out of Nov. 5 race

    Now it is a three-for-two contest By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Horatio “Ray” Nichols, Democrat, of Federal City Road, Hopewell Township, has withdrawn from the Nov. 5 contest for a seat on the Hopewell Township Committee.    In a recent letter to Paula Sollami Covello, Mercer County clerk, he said: “I write to inform you…

  • PRINCETON: Catapano makes Chiefs team

    PU graduate converts to linebacker for Kansas City By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Mike Catapano always believed he could make the Kansas City Chiefs, he just needed the chance to show what he could do.    The seventh-round selection out of Princeton University followed through as he was named to the Chiefs’ 53-man roster Saturday,…