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MCCC to Host “Relationship and Domestic Violence Seminar” April 12
From left, Dr. Valerie Brooks-Klein of MCCC; Heidi Mueller of Womanspace; Stacy Guerds and Alisha Philips of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office; and MCCC faculty member Liz Bondurant, a former police chief.
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Combating Obesity
By Jonathan Reece There has been little progress made concerning the obesity epidemic every since it was brought to the media’s attention in the early 2000’s through documentaries like “Supersize Me,” and various other scientific studies. Regulating the food industry has been met with much opposition, and programs such as changing school lunches have…
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MCCC to Host “Relationship and Domestic Violence Seminar” April 12
By Saveria Symons West Windsor, NJ: The community is invited to a seminar at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) that will address relationship and domestic violence issues. The college’s Criminal Justice Club and Student Success Center have invited women who are experts in their fields to speak on Tuesday, April 12, from noon to 1 p.m.…
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Martians, Gnomes and Lizards
The current crop of animated pictures is a mixed bag of characters and quality By Elise Nakhnikian FILMMAKING stripped down to its essentials, animation is the art of transforming a blank piece of celluloid or a blank computer screen into a moving picture. Animation directors build their films from the ground up, limited only by…
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MANVILLE: Gymnasts earn wins at final meet
Manville fourth grade students Brooke Hoodja and Emma Thompson ended their gymnastics seasons with wins at the Pink Invitational in Downington, Pennsylvania. For both girls, this was an exciting meet to compete in because for each score that they obtained of 9.0 or higher, a one dollar donation would be made to breast cancer research.…
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Betty Jane Hunt
By: centraljersey.com John Ashton works in corporate America as an actuary for Johnson & Johnson. He says the people at work don’t begin to understand his life at home with six beef cows, five sons, a huge woodpile, and an unfinished house the family has been in the process of building for over eight years.…
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Lawrence Lightning completes undefeated season
By: centraljersey.com The Lawrence Lightning Swim Team completed its season with a 4-0 record after beating the Lawrenceville Stingrays Feb. 26 at Lawrence High. In the individual medleys, Angelina Franceschini (1:38.49) led the girls 10/under age group followed by Vicki Wengler and Gillan Dauer. Hutch Collins (1:39.19) led the 10/under boys with Tristan Curbishley securing…
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Peckens helps shape ‘Relay for Life’ event
By: centraljersey.com Kyle Peckens of Hillsborough is one of two co-chairs of the American Cancer Society’s fourth Relay For Life, which will come to Duke Island Park in Bridgewater on Friday, May 13. Relay For Life is an overnight celebration where individuals and teams camp out, picnic, dance, play games and take turns circling around…
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LAWRENCE: Budgets show values, says Sen. Menendez
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The United States is facing some difficult choices in the days and years ahead, both at home and abroad — but for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, those decisions will be reached on the basis of “doing the right thing.” Sen. Menendez spoke to about 100 people, including students, at Rider…
