Common calendar, Packet papers, May 7
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 7
Ongoing
Look for signs on Route 206.
Volunteers are needed, age 18 and older, will clean both sides of Route 206 between New Amwell and Homestead Road.
Volunteers are asked to wear masks and socially distance from other volunteers.
Throughout May
The 2021 season of the Brook Arts Center in Bound Brook continues on May 8 with the return of “Winslow, An Evening of the Eagles.”
May 9 will be an afternoon of music to celebrate mothers with American’s Tenor Dominic Mantuano.
On May 22, Amani will perform jazz, blues, ballads and bop.
The Closet Carpenters will perform the songs of the duo Richard and Karen Carpenter on May 30 at 7 p.m.
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 30
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 30
Mercer County Community College has opened registration for in-person summer Tomato Patch program, its dance, theater, vocal and visual arts programs at Kelsey Theatre.
McCarter Theatre Center’s Resident Producer Debbie Bisno presents “The Manic Monologues.”
This initiative brings to life true stories submitted by resilient people across the world living with mental health challenges, performed by a celebrated cast of actors and enhanced by interactive design and technology.
June 21-26: Studio art foundations, drawing, painting, sculpture
June 28 to July 2: masks, make believe
July 6-9: Magic of Monet
July 12-16: imagination drawing
Rider University offers program for entrepreneurial vets and military
Rider University offers program for entrepreneurial vets and military
Entrepreneurial veterans and active-duty military are encouraged to apply to Rider University’s Veterans Entrepreneurship Training program.
Returning for its eighth year, the free, seven-week program helps veterans and active-duty military develop a business concept or grow an existing business.
Led by faculty in Rider’s Norm Brodsky College of Business, the program guides participants through a range of business development skills and concepts, including conducting a feasibility study and market research, developing a business and market plan, and understanding their business’ operational and financial needs.
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 16
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 16
Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick has launched the Substance Abuse and Addiction Loss Support Group for families who are coping with loss due to addiction.
The free and confidential support group meets virtually on the second Thursday of every month from 7-8:30 p.m.
Inspired by Saint Peter’s Opioid Task Force, the Substance Abuse and Addiction Loss Support Group is for families and close loved ones of people who have passed away from addiction.
The support group is open to everyone in New Jersey and serves as a safe space for families to discuss their grief.
A spiky silicon head helped this N.J. high schooler win a 4-year scholarship to Rider University
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
Maggie Achanzar, a senior at Mercer County Technical School’s Health Science Academy, has won a full, four-year scholarship to Rider University for winning the 2021 Norm Brodsky Business Concept Competition for her idea of Sili-Head, a mannequin head that aims to solve many common problems for people who use them to style wigs.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Maggie Achanzar was styling a wig when she kept running into a problem the wig kept slipping. She brainstormed for a bit, trying to think of a “grippy surface,” that could keep the wig in place, before arriving at a solution: silicone.