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2008 Northeast Area Races

NORTHEASTERN US AREA JUNIOR SOLAR SPRINT DESIGN AND RACE COMPETITIONS:

Top winners from the area events listed below get invited to the
NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, June 8, 2008
at the Springfield Museums Quadrangle, Springfield, MA

Invitations are handed out to top winners at the area events. Contact us if you are interested in volunteering or exhibiting a renewable energy project for the day. All are welcome to come cheer! Click to locate Springfield, MA area accommodations and directions to the event.

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Connecticut

Connecticut State Race
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Site: Mansfield Middle School, Mansfield, CT
Contact: Jeff Bechard, Slade Middle School,
(860) 225-6395
jkbechard@aol.com

Washington, DC/Maryland

Maryland-Washington D.C. Area Event
Date: May 29, 2008
Site: Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Charlie Garlow, Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington, D.C.
202-564-1088
Garlow.Charlie@epamail.epa.gov

Delaware

Delaware State Race
Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008; Raindate: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Site: Polytech High School, Woodside, DE
Contacts:
Charlie Smisson, Delaware Energy Office,
(302) 739-1530
charlie.smisson@state.de.us
Suzanne Sebastian, Delaware Energy Office,
(302) 739-5644
suzanne.sebastian@state.de.us

Maine

Maine State Race
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Site: Owl’s Head Transportation Museum, Owl's Head, ME
Contact: Peter Zack,
Maine Energy Educaton Program (MEEP),
207-625-7833
meep@psouth.net

Massachusetts

Berkshire-Hudson
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Site: Reid Middle School, Pittsfield, MA
Contact: Cynthia Grippaldi,
Center for Ecological Technology (CET),
413-445-4556 x25
cynthiag@cetonline.org

Cape and Islands
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008
Site: Cape Cod Community College Tennis Courts, Barnstable, MA
Contact: Angela L'Heureux,
Cape and Islands Self-Reliance Corporation,
508-563-6633
alheureu@gmail.com

Eastern Massachusetts
Date: Saturday, May 17
Raindate, Sunday, May 18
Site: MIT
Contact: Henry Vandermark, Boston Area Solar Energy Association,
and Solar Wave, Inc.
617-242-2150
hkv@solarwave.com

West Central Massachusetts
Date: Sat. May 31, 2008
Site: Department of Engineering
Western New England College, Springfield, MA
Contact: Lyn Sullivan, Department of Engineering, Western New England College,
413-782-1285
msulliva@wnec.edu

New Hampshire

Upper Connecticut River Valley
NEW COORDINATORS have recently come forward - please volunteer your help!
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008
Site: CCBA Tennis Courts, Lebanon, NH
Contact: Jen Tate, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College,
Jennifer.A.Tate@dartmouth.edu

Keene - Monadnock Area
NEW EVENT for 2008
Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008
Site: Peterborough Recreations Area Tennis Courts
Participation restricted to collaborating schools.
Contact: Nancy Gamble, Harris Center for Conservation Education,
nfgamble@ambien.com

New Jersey

Bergen County
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Raindate: Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Site: Teaneck Community Charter School
Contact: Craig Messmer, Teaneck Community Charter School,
solarcar@tccsnj.org

Middlesex County
Date & Site TBA
Edgar Middle School
Contact: Ed Ronk, Edgar Middle School,
eronk@metboe.k12.nj.us

New Jersey Inter-County
Four area events feed an intercounty Sprints final.
Contact: Cindy Reuther, TransOptions, Inc., 973-267-7600
creuther@transoptions.org

Division 1
Monday, May 19; Raindate: May 23
Great Meadows Middle School, Great Meadows, NJ

Division 2
Tuesday: May 20; Raindate: May 27
Newton Hockey Rink, Newton, NJ

Division 3
Wednesday, May 21; Raindate: May 28
JCP&L, Madison Avenue, Morristown, NJ

Division 4
Thursday, May 22: Raindate: May 29
West Essex Regional Junior HS,
North Caldwell, NJ

Inter-County Final
Date: Monday, June 2, Raindate: June 4, 2008
Site: JCP&L, Madison Avenue, Morristown, NJ

New York

Albany Adirondack Area
Consider inviting other schools to your school event.
Event Coordinator Needed. Contact sreyes@nesea.org

Buffalo
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Site: Jamison Road Fire Company Fire Hall
Contact: Carl Berger
716-655-1809 or
jssbuffalo@yahoo.com

Lower Hudson
Date: Sat. May 17, 2008
Raindate: Sat. May 31, 2008
Site: Somers Middle School, Somers, NY
Contact: Bill Rock, Somers Middle School,
914-277-3399 x650
wjrvc@aol.com

Southern Finger Lakes
Date: Sat. May 17, 2008
Site: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Register by May 1 at http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/dewitt/teched/competitions.html
Contact: Bob Walters, DeWitt Middle School,
607-277-5668
bwalters@twcny.rr.com

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Area
Date: Saturday, May 31; Raindate June 1, 2008
Site: Wissahickon Charter School, Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Joe Bruno, Philadelphia Solar Energy Association,
610-639-1813
joegbruno@comcast.net

Rhode Island

Rhode Island State Race
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008; Raindate: May 18
Site: TBA
Contact: Bekah Greenwald, Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living,
401-397-3430
bekah@apeiron.org

Vermont

Northern Vermont
Date: Sat. May 17, 2008
Site: Williston Central School
Contact: Mike Thomas, Williston Central School,
THOMASM@wsdvt.org