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PLAINFIELD - The Rev. Tracey L. Brown, senior pastor of Ruth Fellowship Ministries, has been named the first Black woman to serve as New Jersey State Police chaplain. I hope I m not the last. It s always and honor to be the first, but it s also a great honor to be a part of an organization like the State Police chaplains, she said.
As a chaplain, Brown volunteers her time to provide troopers, their families and the community with spiritual counseling, religious referral and general character guidance through the various religious denominations within our society, according to the New Jersey State Police.
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 14
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 14
The Bordentown Historical Society needs a female theatrical storyteller for its award-winning Harrowing History performances.
Looking for a woman who likes to perform, dress up in period costumes and entertain people.
Send a message with contact information to kkantorski@aol.com
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.
The Hopewell Valley Arts Council seeks artists, artisans and creatives ready for an eco-art challenge at its newest community event: The Junkyard, an upcycle art exhibition.
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Public and private sector leaders are to be honored when the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce hosts its “Celebrating Our Community” annual dinner next month.
Northern Essex Community College President Lane A. Glenn is to be presented the Chamber’s top honor, the Charles E. Billups Award. Billups was former chairman of Essex County Gas Co. (now part of National Grid) who was credited to transforming the business organization in modern times.
The Jerry Loy Outstanding Director of the Year Award goes to footwear design consultant Penny Guerrero-Perez, while Haverhill mayoral Chief of Staff Allison Heartquist receives the Community Leadership Award and UMass Lowell Innovation Hub’s Stephanie Guyotte receives the Chamber Service Award.
FBI Detroit Announces Michigan Muslim Community Council as 2020 Director’s Community Leadership Award Recipient
Special Agent in Charge Timothy Waters is pleased to announce the Michigan Muslim Community Council as the FBI Detroit’s Community Leadership Award recipient for 2020.
Annually, since 1990, each FBI field office presents the Director’s Community Leadership Award to an individual or organization in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the education and prevention of crime in their communities.
The Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) is a committed member of FBI Detroit’s multicultural engagement council and in that role has fostered dialogue between the FBI and Michigan’s large Muslim community. During the last year, the MMCC participated in virtual town halls during which leaders from the Muslim community and FBI Detroit discussed making communities safer by creating trust between law enforcement and the community. The MMCC also provided FBI
David H. Parker’s “big dream” is in motion.
Parker will graduate May 1 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in performance and directing from the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Theatre.
Their next destination is the University of California, Los Angeles, where they will pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in theater directing on a full scholarship through UCLA’s Graduate Opportunity Fellowship beginning this fall.
“Everything I aspired to but never thought I could realistically achieve 10 years ago led to UCLA, and now I’m getting paid to go,” Parker said. “So, by speaking my next big dream into the world, I, too, give that dream a pair of legs and a set of lungs.”