Category — Local News

Imagine our surprise when we found a message in our inbox from HGTV!!  One of HGTV’ s newest weekly series, “My Big Amazing Renovation” is coming to Hunterdon County, NJ and surrounding areas to film BIG, AMAZING, renovations! Each half-hour episode features some of the most incredible renovations throughout the country with the inspiring homeowners who transform their current home into their dream home!  [Read more →]

The Farm Studio announces Hunterdon County’s first Photography Workshop series to begin June 2008. 
 
Beginning in June and running through August, on weekends and during the week, photographer and photo educator Deborah Gichan will guide adult and teen students of all photographic skills in the first Hunterdon County Photographic Workshop Series.  [Read more →]

Kidzsignments Spring Sale will be April 9th -13th at Hunterdon Shopping Center, Route 202/Reaville Ave in Flemington, NJ 08822.

Kidzsignments! is Flemington’s Premier Children’s Consignment Sale.  Our semi-annual sale is held each spring and fall.

• web: www.kidzsignments.com
• phone: 908-788-0433
• specials:  - -

Poem Topic:  “What Peace Means to Me”

Judged on: artistic merit, power of the message and its strength as a catalyst for promoting peace. Any length okay.

Eligibility: Participants must be students in grades 9 – 12 and live or attend school in Hunterdon County.

Deadline: May 1. 2008

Submission:  E-mail poem to hpcpoetrycontest@embarqmail.com with Subject Line: HPC Poetry Contest. Include the following information before the Title of your poem:

Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
High School (or state if home schooled)
Grade:
Note: Only one entry per person. No group entries.

Prizes!!!!

1st Prize - $250
2nd Prize - $100
3rd Prize - $50

All participants will receive certificates of honorable mention for their participation and a $100 discount certificate towards SAT preparation at the Tutoring Club in Flemington.

Recognition:

Announcements will also be made at the winner’s school and in the Local newspapers. Poems may also be published in local newspapers.

For additional information call Sandy at 908-832-5688.

By now most of us have heard about the most recent recall of beef that made its way into the US School lunch program.  Many schools in our area are on the list of those that have received meat that originated from the closed facility.  You can read the full article at the NJ State Agricultural website, and also get the list of all the schools affected in our area. 

NORWESCAP/First Book-Hunterdon County announced today that 2,750 new books will be given to 8 literacy programs that serve Hunterdon County children in need. This was made possible by the Borders/Walden Books holiday promotion and the generosity of their customers.  Recipients of Borders gift cards  include Public Health Nursing, DesMares School, Early Intervention, Calvary Church, Right At Home Day Care, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Start Smart Academy and Country Tyme Day Care.  Each child will receive one book per month for a year, which enables the children to start their own home libraries they can share with their siblings and families.  They will also receive a bookplate on which to place their names celebrating the importance of book ownership.  [Read more →]

The 2008 Teen Arts Festival will be held on May 14th and May 15th, 2008. The mission of the Hunterdon County Teen Arts Program is to identify, nurture and promote artistic excellence among Hunterdon County teenagers in middle and high school.  Any 7th-12th grade student taking private music, art, drama or dance lessons can participate in the Teen Arts even if their school district does not participate. APPLY NOW!

Click on one of the links below to download your application (requires Adobe Reader):

Creative Writing Application Form
Visual Arts Application Form
Piano Application Form
Dance Application Form
Drama Application Form
Video Application Form
Large Vocal Music Application Form
Large Instrumental Application Form
Solo or Small Ensemble Vocal Music Application
Solo or Small Ensemble Instrumental Application
Master Sheet for Visual Arts Entries
Invoice for Teen Arts Registration

The teen arts program provides opportunities for teens to:  

• Share their achievements in the literary, fine and performing arts in a supportive, non-competitive environment [Read more →]

Are you looking to start a business in your own home? Family Child Care Providers are needed in Hunterdon County. Providing child care for children in your home is a “Career Opportunity” you may not have considered. NORWESCAP Child & Family Resource Services offers a free, eight (8) hour training to become a state registered provider.
Child development, health and safety and professionalism will be discussed. The benefits of becoming a Registered Family Child Care Provider, includes training opportunities, technical assistance and use of the NORWESCAP Child & Family Resource Services Lending Library. Upon completion, your business will be included when referrals are given to parents looking for child care. If you would like to register or for more information about becoming a Family Child Care Provider, please call 908-782-8183 and a child care specialist will assist you.

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First Book, an award-winning nonprofit organization, and Borders Group, Inc., a global retailer of books, music and movies with more than 1,100 stores worldwide, announced that they will again team up for another holiday giving campaign. This is the third consecutive year that Borders, Waldenbooks and First Book have joined together for a holiday giving campaign.

Beginning November 1 and ending December 24, customers in Borders and Waldenbooks stores will be encouraged to donate $1, $3, $5 or more to First Book as they make their holiday purchases. The funds donated by Borders and Waldenbooks customers will be converted to gift cards and distributed to local organizations affiliated with First Book to purchase books for the children they serve. [Read more →]

The Hunterdon County YMCA invites the community to join them in spreading some joy this holiday season.  The Y’s Angel Patrol collects toys, canned & boxed food items, baby clothes & baby toiletries, mittens, gloves, hats, books, and adult toiletry items to distribute to those members of our Hunterdon County community who are experiencing financial hardship. [Read more →]

Rutgers’ Early Learning Project is actively seeking participants between the ages of 2 to 18 months for several studies on infant learning and memory development.

The goal of the project, which is directed by Dr. Carolyn Rovee-Collier and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, is to gather information about the normal development of learning and memory over the first two years of life.  Specifically, we ask what infants of different ages learn, how they learn it, what they remember about it they learned, how long the remember it, what influences whether or not they show what they know, how their memories are updated, and the effect of reminders on what and how long they remember.

We always conduct our studies in infants’ homes (anywhere within 50 miles of Rutgers-New Brunswick) because that’s where they are “at their best.”  We visit at a time when infants are ready to play, because we teach them a game—kicking to move an overhead mobile, pressing a lever to move a miniature train round a track, or imitating a series of actions on a fuzzy hand puppet.  [Read more →]

Roxey Ballet, a contemporary ballet company based in Lambertville, announced its fall season today, Fall for Ballet 2007. 

The company, with dancers from all over the world, will kick off its season on October 20, 2007 with 12 x 12 x 12, a celebration of 12 years of Roxey Ballet featuring 12 repertory pieces by 12 Roxey Ballet dancers.  Each of the pieces will represent one year of RB choreography, with each work re-imagined by Artistic Director Mark Roxey. [Read more →]