Everyone is invited to join the festivities of the Paddle for Pink Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday, June 7, 9 am to 4 pm at the Mercer County Lake Marina.  Experience the excitement and emotion of dragon boat racing first hand! Continue reading Dragon Boat Festival on June 7, 2009

Just in time for the nation’s commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Father’s Day, The 2009 Platinum Dads/Men of Action Celebration will be held Saturday, June 20 from 10 am – 1 pm at The Trenton Marriott at Lafayette Yard. Sponsored by UIH Family Partners, the Trenton Housing Authority and Lambda Lambda Sigma Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., this event will honor exemplary fathers and role models from across Mercer County, as well as civic and business leaders and young men of accomplishment, and will feature a plated brunch, an inspiring keynote speaker, musical entertainment and award and scholarship presentations. These will include recognition of the Platinum Dads Class of 2009 and Legacy of Fatherhood Award winner, as well as the recipients of Lambda Lambda Sigma’s Social Action; Bigger, Better Business; and Education Awards. Tickets are $25 (children under 12, $15) and may be purchased by contacting Mr. Ed Gittens at 609-695-3663 or Mr. Leon Williams at 609-588-7758. Attractive sponsorship opportunities are available.

County Naturalist uses parks as a classroom

After a successful and busy spring season filled with hikes, bird-watching and stream exploration, the Mercer County Park Commission has released its summer edition of the Nature Program and Activities E-Newsletter.  All nature programs and activities are hosted at Mercer County parks, and this summer, the Park Commission is now offering several daylong nature programs just for children. Continue reading Summer Nature Programs Feature Daylong Sessions For Children

THANK YOU to my team of volunteers and colleagues for making our 3rd Annual Head to Toe Women’s EXPO such an outstanding event.   The overwhelming consensus from our participants and attendees is that the Women’s EXPO is the ‘must make’ event of the year! It’s nice to know all our hard work is worth it.   –  Terri Petry, Mercer County Woman Continue reading 3rd Annual Head to Toe Women’s Expo Recap

Premier Remodeling & Design started its roots in exterior products and we have not forgotten that windows, siding, doors & roofs have been the foundation of growth for our multimillion dollar company.  Due to popular demand, in 2008 Premier added a design-build division specializing in kitchens, bathrooms, basements and decks.  “I had a lot of requests from clients who wanted additional services,” said Shannon O’Brien, owner of Premier Remodeling.  The company now offers everything from free design consultation to order to installation on interior projects. Continue reading Premier Remodeling & Design

Come to the 2009 Health & Wellness Expo, Friday, November 6th at Robbinsville High School, 9 am – 2 pm.  Be a part of this Central New Jersey event, and showcase your company to the people that matter the most – your market!  Corporate sponsorships, exhibitor and advertisement opportunities.  Contact Terri Petry at 609-890-4054 for more details.

Continue reading 2009 Health & Wellness Expo

This is a very unusual opportunity with a company and product that is taking the world by storm. You may have seen us on TV…we were recently featured in the Wall Street Journal as well. 

This is a very lucrative opportunity, and one you can feel very good about presenting! 

Our top earner made over $35K last month. And he’s just getting started.  He may double that monthly income over the next year. While I won’t promise that you will make that much, you could make more. The money is there if you are willing to put in the effort. Continue reading Be Your Own BOSS

Paula Sollami Covello

Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello will hold a special Notary Public night for county residents on Tuesday May 19, 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Mercer County Connection satellite office in the Hamilton Square Shopping Center at Route 33 and Paxson Avenue in Hamilton. Continue reading County Clerk Swears In Notary Publics

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Overview 
“21st Century Renaissance Business Women” are NJAWBO Business Women looking ahead into the 21st Century:

• To change and grow our businesses
• To learn innovative ways of succeeding
• To think creatively
• To develop new techniques and procedures
• To embrace what the future holds
• To share ideas and concepts that will help us revolutionize and transform our individual businesses and New Jersey’s business climate future-thinking businesses of this century, thinking outside the box, and developing new and inventive approaches to 21st Century business. It is time to embrace what the future holds, think more creatively, and develop future-forward techniques and procedures as we strap warp drives onto that wheel we hesitate to change.   Continue reading 2009 Annual Conference: 21st Century Renaissance Business Women Revolutionizing Business Today, Transforming Tomorrow

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