MARCH 2023
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Young filmmakers get red carpet treatment
Daughters and Allfather’s Beloved local candy company stays in the family as it advances well into its second century
James R. Halsey Foundation offers young people entrée into a media career
BY JOE EMANSKI
BY SUSAN VAN DONGEN
These kids today. They’re actually quite brilliant. So many youths (teens, preteens, and even younger kids) are social media savvy, with the ability and desire to create mini-films and videos presenting a little bit of everything — dancing, singing, rap, drama, visual art, fashion, hair and makeup, poetry and creative writing, even tarot and astrology. They’re ready to launch themselves into a media career — almost. First, they need more encouragement and education, polish and presentation, and maybe most of all, access to professional equipment. For five years, the Trentonbased James R. Halsey Foundation of the Arts has assisted in just this kind of mentoring. See HALSEY, Page 16
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Emily Rogers, Antoinette Cleveland, Jacqueline Drennan and Ella Gilmartin, members of Girl Scouts Cadette Troop 70219 from Hamilton, at the Girl Scouts Experience Center grand opening on Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo courtesy of the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey.)
Girl Scouts unveil Experience Center in Briarwood Center BY THOMAS KELLY
There is a new place in Hamilton where girls can learn leadership, engage the community and help to make a difference. The Girl Scout Experience Center is now open in the Briarwood Shopping Center at 2450 Kuser Road in Hamilton. The ribbon cutting on Feb. 15 was well attended by scouts, leaders, parents and
local government officials. The mission is that scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who will make the world a better place. The organization has been in existence since 1912, begun in Savannah, Georgia by Juliette Gordon Low, whose nickname Daisy, is also the name of the entry level of girl scouts, which begins at kindergarten and first grade.
Girl Scout troops usually meet in schools, churches and community buildings. Having a center will provide a dedicated space for new and existing programming while at the same time providing a space where girls not yet associated with scouting can stop in and see if scouting may be a good fit for them. This new Girl Scout Experience Center will provide for the Central See ScOuTS, Page 14
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The older a person’s ties to the Trenton area, the greater the chance that they know of Allfather’s Candy Company. Allfather’s is the source of that all-time great Easter treat, the Allfather’s Original Coconut Cream Yolk Center Egg. For those not fortunate enough to be familiar, picture a Cadbury Creme Egg that weighs one pound, with coconut cream in place of the mere sugary goo that Cadbury offers. And at the center, in one of the confectionery industry’s most closely guarded secret, that yellow faux yolk center. Larissa Cooney knows a thing or two about Allfather’s eggs. Her father, Ed DiNatale, has been one of the owners of the company since 1989. Since 2021, it’s been Cooney who has held the reins. And she is ready to lead Allfather’s toward its 150-year anniversary See EGGS, Page 10
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