Nov 2012 - Nassau Journals
Nov 2012 - Nassau Journals
Nov 2012 - Nassau Journals
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30 THE JOURNAL NOVEMBER <strong>2012</strong><br />
EW HOLDS CLEAN-UP DAY EVENT<br />
AT ETRA LAKE PARK<br />
From left: Sachin Kamat; Clean Communities Committee Chairperson Barry<br />
Fliegelman; Ajay Singh; Rakesh Roushan; Mayor Mironov; Pankaj Kumar<br />
Pawan; Arpan Ray; Krinid Paludiya and Sachin Tela.<br />
East Windsor Township Mayor and Council, in partnership<br />
with the East Windsor Clean Communities Committee,<br />
held a Clean-Up Day event at Etra Lake Park.<br />
Many individuals participated in this community event.<br />
According to Mayor Mironov, “The purpose of this event was<br />
not only to help clean up the largest park area in East Windsor,<br />
but to encourage and instill community pride in residents and<br />
young people about the condition and look of our community.”<br />
PASSING STRANGERS<br />
Written by Jennifer Worringer, Hickory Corner Library<br />
The Hickory Corner Branch of<br />
the Mercer County Library<br />
System is currently displaying<br />
photographs taken in Brazil, Israel, and<br />
Memphis, Tennessee. The collection of<br />
15 photographs, entitled “Passing<br />
Strangers,” was created by photographer<br />
Amber Palecek, who describes<br />
herself as an “artist with wanderlust.”<br />
One of the most striking photos<br />
shows a child running down the stairs<br />
of his house to enter the sunlit street.<br />
Palecek says, “by capturing the fleetingness<br />
of these heartening encounters<br />
through the stillness of photography, I<br />
am able to preserve the moment and<br />
express an innate curiosity for the<br />
world around me.”<br />
“End of Class” by Amber<br />
Palecek<br />
The Palecek collection of photos will remain on display until<br />
<strong>Nov</strong>ember 30.<br />
If you have artwork you would like to display, please contact librarian<br />
Jennifer Worringer at jworring@mcl.org.<br />
The Hickory Corner Library is a branch of the Mercer County<br />
Library System located at 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor.<br />
Please call (609) 448-1330 for more information.<br />
We Will Never Forget<br />
MCCC FASHIONS ITS FUTURE IN A<br />
NEW FACILITY<br />
By Pravin J. Philip, Biz4NJ<br />
On September 27, Mercer County Community College<br />
(MCCC) added a new facility known as “Trenton Hall” at<br />
137 South Broad Street to its sister facility across the street<br />
at 102 North Broad Street, Trenton.<br />
Mark Matzen, the Chair of MCCC’s Board of Trustees, pointed<br />
MCCC opens new Trenton facility<br />
out that the project was all about “giving people the opportunity to<br />
fulfill their dreams.”<br />
Brian Hughes, Mercer County’s Executive, “remembered taking<br />
courses at this community college.” He spoke in his soft slow drawl<br />
of his renowned father, Richard Hughes, and the “Community College<br />
Bill” that “Chief Justice and Governor Hughes” successfully espoused<br />
in 1960.<br />
MCCC President Dr. Patricia C. Donohue said that the college<br />
was “all about learning and student success.” Since she started out<br />
as a math and physics high school teacher, she also represents student<br />
success in her own self. Soon after Dr. Donohue took over the<br />
helm of the college in 2007, she held a series of focus groups, which<br />
gave rise to the board-approved Master Facilities Plan that guides<br />
maintenance, renovation, and development of all college facilities<br />
for the next 20 years.<br />
Included in the new facility are a Fashion Design Laboratory for<br />
students working towards an AAS degree program in Fashion/Apparel<br />
Design. The building also includes a computer class room featuring<br />
modern MAC computers for graphic arts and fashion design,<br />
along with a student lounge, and a visual arts and fashion storefront<br />
gallery. Dignitaries at the ribbon cutting included Karen Kennedy,<br />
Chair of Mercer County College’s Foundation Board; State Senator<br />
Bonnie Coleman Watson; Senior Managers of the College; and a<br />
slew of other dignitaries.<br />
May we see some I. D. ?<br />
CARDED!<br />
The Hickory Corner Branch<br />
of the Mercer County Library<br />
System in East<br />
Windsor celebrated Library Card<br />
Sign-Up Month on Sunday, September<br />
23. The library was happy to<br />
welcome 12 new library card holders<br />
to the library family. Student<br />
volunteers awarded prizes to new<br />
cardholders, and all patrons were<br />
treated to an exciting concert by<br />
Grammy-winning artist Miss Amy.<br />
Children were invited to make<br />
scratch art bookmarks and enjoy refreshments.