Picatinny event encourages girls to consider engineering

Photo by Bruce A. Scruton/New Jersey Herald – Kristen Smith, a sophomore at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, and her father, Rick Smith, center, listen as Tony Farina, senior aeronautics engineer at Picatinny Arsenal, talks about the field of aeronautics on Thursday at the arsenal’s fifth annual “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” event. Photo by Bruce A. Scruton/New Jersey Herald – Morgan Medunick, an eighth-grader at Halsted Middle School in Newton, and her father, Jim Medunick, center, listen as Tom Hunt, a logistics integration chief at Picatinny Arsenal, explains a technical manual for a handgun on Thursday during the arsenal’s “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” event.

Project Self-Sufficiency honors supporters with Mosaic Awards

Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald – Mary Jo and Chuck Mathias, at right, are awarded into the Circle of Leaders under the umbrella of the Louise E. Murphy Center for Volunteerism during Project Self-Sufficiency’s Mosaic Awards dinner on Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Newton. Photo by Daniel Freel/New Jersey Herald – Jim Hoffman and members of the Newton High School robotics team Liam Oakes, center, and Katie Nelson, right, are recognized for the assistance in the Season of Hop Toy Drive by helping assemble toys during Project Self-Sufficiency’s Mosaic Awards dinner on Thursday, February 16, 2017, in Newton.