City kids learn to ski

Malliet says the place is built to allow kids to master the sport and introduce them to winter activities as a way to improve their life health and fitness. — AP

IN the mountains of northwest New Jersey, a group of schoolchildren are doing something they do not have the opportunity to do back home in Newark: ski.

Schone Malliet created the National Winter Activity Centre in Vernon to offer kids from New York City, Newark and the surrounding region what may be their first chance to learn the winter sport.