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By BiLL SANserViNO Mercer County is currently working on plans for the construction of a major expansion at the Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing Township that will increase the size of the current terminal by almost five times and allow for an increased number of flights from the facility. The terminal expansion passed a major hurdle recently when the federal government gave the county the green light to move forward with the design and construction of the new terminal and other improvements on the site. The estimated start date of construction of the project is currently not known, and Mercer County did not respond to a request for an update on the project. Once started, construction of the expansion is expected to take place over a 26-month time frame. The project calls for replacing the current 28,000-square-foot terminal, which was built in the 1970s, with a new 125,000-squarefoot facility to be located adjacent to the existing building. The See A, Page 14
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Bordentown resident Jonathan Martin (left) and Jennifer Nasta Zefutie (right) acting in “Proof,” a production of the Pegasus Theatre Company, in 2016. Pegasus has moved to Bordentown this year.
Pegasus Theatre Company flies into Bordentown City By JOe EMANsKi Peter Bisgaier remembers the first time he ever visited Bordentown City, picking up one of his children from an event. Now a resident of Yardley, Pennsylvania, Bisgaier was living in West Windsor when he came to town for the first time. “It was like I had arrived home,” he remembers. “I just absolutely
fell in love with it the first time I drove down Farnsworth.” In 2016, Bisgaier co-founded the Pegasus Theatre Company with Jennifer Nasta Zefutie and Judi Parrish. The fledgling troupe was the resident company of the West Windsor Arts Council. Today, Zefutie and Bisgaier run the company, with Parrish no longer involved. For several years, Pegasus pro-
duced a couple of performances a year. Then, of course, the pandemic hit. The company produced no shows in 2020 or 2021. But even before the pandemic, Bisgaier and Zefutie were looking for a new place to call home, and Bordentown turned out to offer the perfect opportunity. Pegasus has moved in to the Saint Mary School on Elizabeth Street, and See PEGASUS, Page 16
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Another school year is about to come to an end, but this was anything but an ordinary school year. The Class of 2022 at Bordentown Regional High School — and high schools throughout the state — did get to spend the majority of the year in classrooms, seated next to their classmates, unlike the seniors of the previous classes. But they also wore masks for the majority of the year, as the Covid-19 pandemic lumbered into its third year. Finally in March, the masks came off, and life began to feel a little closer to normal. This year’s seniors did their best to deal with every challenge, having experienced more pandemic-fueled anxiety than any other graduating class to date. The Bordentown Current salutes all of BRHS’ seniors and everything they have accomplished. Starting on page 12, you can find our profiles of the top 10 graduating seniors of this year’s class.
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