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Hacker’s Open Fundraiser Benefits Somerville Family YMCA Y Cares Assistance Program
Vanda Ferreira and fellow golfer, Nick Charalambous
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NJ State Library Sponsors Forum on Gang Prevention
From left: Paul Pattwell, Supervisor in Charge, Newark Public Library; Tina Keresztury, Associate State Librarian and Forum Coordinator; Creighton Drury, Director of Prevention Strategies, Assistant Attorney General, at the Forum on Gang Prevention.
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New Summer Camp in Hopewell/Pennington
By Har Sinai SUMMER CAMP COMING TO HAR SINAI HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP – Outdoor summer camp facilities for preschoolers debut June 22 at Har Sinai Temple’s 2421 Pennington Road [email protected] or call (609) 730-8100. It’s the first year for the temple’s Early Childhood Center’s six-week summer camp at the site where outdoor playground equipment and a…
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PRINCETON: Bicyclists gather for ‘Be Green’ event
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Supporters of a more walkable, bikeable and sustainable Princeton gathered Sunday afternoon in the Albert E. Hinds Plaza, in downtown Princeton, for the second annual “Be Green and Be Seen” event. Sponsored by the Princeton Joint Pedestrian and Bikeway Advisory Committee, the event drew in dozens of people from 2…
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Creating an Outdoor Oasis
Landscapers can turn your yard into a park-like vista Aleen Crispino SOME people, without any formal training, have a natural eye for landscape design. You know, the neighbor across the street who prunes his shrubs in perfect, symmetrical, umbrella or basket shapes, or the lady next-door who sculpts her lawn in a cascading series of…
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Into the Wild
Foraging for edible plants in New Jersey can be an easy pastime with delicious rewards By John Saccenti WHEN Jennifer Burghardt, president of the NJ Mycological Association, talks about one of her group’s forays into the wilderness for wild mushrooms, the excitement is palpable. ”I have been picking mushrooms since I was a little girl,”…
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Partners for Parks project held at Duke Farms
By Barbara Mccloskey Somerset: Partners for Parks project held at Duke Farms Pictured at a recent Land Conservancy of New Jersey Partners for Parks project, held at Duke Farms in Hillsborough are employees from Chubb Insurance. Volunteers spent the day working hard to beautify and improve the grounds at this historic estate by planting 85…
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NJ State Library Sponsors Forum on Gang Prevention
By Gary Cooper Gang Prevention strategies were discussed by experts, concerned officials and community leaders as the New Jersey State Library hosted Safe Teens = Safe Streets: New Jersey’s First Working Forum on Community Collaboration at Mercer County Community College on May 14.Its purpose was to bring together legislators, county prosecutors, youth services commission directors,…
