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HILLSBOROUGH: For schools, April is month to focus on autism
Triangle Schools plans walkathon, aerial photo of student body April is Autism Awareness Month in Hillsborough schools. At Triangle School, special themed T-shirts were made and purchased by the teachers. The Home and School Association provided grant money to buy autism awareness buttons for students, staff and administration. Autism awareness pencils for all students were…
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By: centraljersey.com "There was a photo of a person playing the organ at a theater in the 1920s and that was so glamorous to me," he says. "Here was this guy in a tuxedo with a lavishly carved organ and I was just attracted to what I saw." At the age of 11, Mr. Carpenter…
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Nominations sought for senior citizen award
By: centraljersey.com EAST WINDSOR – Mayor Janice Mironov and the Township Council are accepting nominations for the annual Sylvia Weiss Senior Citizen Award for Outstanding Service as a Volunteer. "The award is to recognize a senior citizen who has exhibited outstanding service through volunteerism to the community by way of the schools, religious institutions, service…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Community calendar for week of March 24
Basket auction benefits school HSA Friday, March 25 Triangle Elementary Home and School Association will host their Spring Fiesta basket auction at Manville VFW Hall, 600 Washington Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and drawing starts at 8. For tickets or info, go to www.TriangleHSA.org or call 908-431-6600, ext. 7517. Prizes included a Great…
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Y sets a play date for families
By: centraljersey.com On Saturday, April 16, the Somerset Valley YMCA is encouraging kids and parents to come to the Y for a play date and commit to being active every day. It’s all part of the YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day, the nation’s largest health day for families. The free event will take place at the…
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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…
