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Trenton-Mercer Airport slated to get a major facelift 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 current building will be demolished as part of the plan.
After the project is done, passengers will be able to board flights without ever setting foot on the tarmac. Currently, passengers must walk outside between the terminal building and their airplane when boarding and leaving their plane. They also need to walk outside from the plane to a separate building to pick up their checked baggage after landing. In approving the project, The FAA issued a Finding of No Significant Impacts (FONSI), which documents the agency’s determination that the project does not See AIRPORT, Page 8
Ultimate Disc League flies high Sport has been played in Mercer for almost 50 years By ThOMAs KeLLy
Robbinsville resident Stan Winnick shows off the 26-inch rainbow trout he caught while fishing in the south branch of the Raritan River near Flemington in April. For more Around Town news, turn to page 3.
The game of Ultimate Frisbee was invented in the parking lot of Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, in 1968. This was during the height of 1960s counterculture. Surfing, skateboarding, and Frisbee were sports outside the mainstream as young people
wished to look and act differently than their parents before them. The newly mass produced Frisbee was an easy object to be tossed between people with no equipment or extravagant rules. It also took a short time to gain enough skill to have fun with a Frisbee. In 1957, Wham-O, a toy manufacturer, acquired the rights to what they renamed the Frisbee. Ten years later the game of Ultimate was making inroads on New Jersey college campuses. WhamO is also known for creating and
marketing many popular toys including the Hula Hoop, Slip N’ Slide, Silly String, the Superball and Hacky sack. In Mercer County there is an Ultimate league where people have been playing the game since 1977. It is the oldest established Ultimate Disc league in the world. The field where they play is located on Quakerbridge Road, bisected by the border between Lawrence and West Windsor townships. Three million people play UltiSee DISC LEAGUE, Page 15
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