Author: Central Jersey
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
