Morven Museum & Garden’s Festival of Trees tradition continues
Morven Museum & Garden’s Festival of Trees is a juried collection of trees and mantles decorated by area garden clubs and non-profit partners displayed...
Mercer County Park Commission receives funds for Roebling Park, Abbott Marshlands
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have announced that the Mercer County Park Commission will be awarded...
Hopewell Valley Board of Education discusses school district equity audit
Hopewell Valley Board of Education members and district officials were briefed on the findings of an independent equity audit conducted by Rowan University professor...
Remediation of contaminated land will fulfill a dream for Liberty State Park
By Michele S. Byers
Liberty State Park in Jersey City – the state’s most popular park, with more than five million annual visitors – has...
Fall activities, sports return for Hopewell Valley schools
Since Board of Education approval more than two weeks ago, a new normal has resumed at the school district secondary level in Hopewell Valley...
Hopewell Valley student’s environmental passion guides her to national competition in October
When the 10th annual Broadcom MASTERS national competition takes place virtually next month, there will be only one student representing New Jersey: Charlotte Michaluk.
Broadcom...
Executive and artistic director leaves Princeton Festival
The Princeton Festival announced that Richard Tang Yuk, executive and artistic director and one of the organization’s founders, has decided to leave the festival.
“After...
Common calendar, Packet papers, Sept. 18
Editor's Note: Please call before attending any event. As of press time, certain restrictions were still in place due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Brain Injury Alliance to hold workshop on grief and loss during COVID
The Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey will hold a workshop on grief and loss in the time of COVID-19 and beyond at 11:30...
FoHVOS to host Virtually Together Gala on Sept. 26
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) annual fundraising gala will be virtual in 2020.
The Virtually Together Gala, which begins at 7 p.m. on...
Hopewell Township to decide on additional food trucks at Rosedale Mills in October
Hopewell Township Committee members will make a decision next month on whether three food truck businesses can operate at the Rosedale Mills property.
When the...
Pennington School students begin academic year with virtual ceremony
The Pennington School formally opened its 183rd academic year with a traditional but virtual convocation ceremony on Sept. 11.
The program began with performances by...
Rider announces measures to reduce tuition ‘sticker shock’ and strengthen educational value
Rider University announced a series of new measures intended to strengthen the overall value of a Rider education, including a 22% reduction of annual...
The timeless tale of monarch butterfly migration
By Michele S. Byers
Do you ever read through old newspapers and notice that sometimes the topic and perspective are still pretty current and fresh?...
Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office to oversee internal affairs for Pennington police
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office will temporarily take over the Pennington Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit, after Borough Council members approved the signing of...
New Jersey to provide opioid overdose antidote for free from Sept. 24-26
Gov. Phil Murphy and Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson have announced New Jersey will offer the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone (commonly called Narcan)...
Common calendar, Packet papers, Sept. 11
Editor's Note: Please call before attending any event. As of press time, certain restrictions were still in place due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb tests Mercer County first responders for COVID-19 antibodies
COVID-19 antibody testing provided by Bristol Myers-Squibb for Mercer County’s first responders was held during the past week at the Dempster Fire Training Center...
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