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  • Creating an Outdoor Oasis
  • Into the Wild

    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,”…

  • Partners for Parks project held at Duke Farms

    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…

  • NJ State Library Sponsors Forum on Gang Prevention

    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,…

  • Free VBS Program for Kids

    Free VBS Program for Kids

    Pastor Greg Cercone Children entering Kinderdarten through 6th grade are invited to "Wildwood Forest," an interactive Vacation Bible School program to be held at Emmanuel Baptist Church, from 6:30pm – 9pm, from June 22 – 26, 2009. This week-long program features lively music, daily craft, tasty snacks, games in the gym, and Bible stories about…

  • Free VBS Program for Kids

    Free VBS Program for Kids

    Wildwood Forest VBS program

  • MANVILLE: Council blog

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The following is a record of minor moments at the May 11 Borough Council meeting, which, though not necessarily breaking news, are still worthy of note.    Aside from holding up traffic and sending pollutants into the air, the trucks passing through Manville, and parking on side streets, are now keeping…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Warehouse vote tabled

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Planning Board will decide the fate of an application for a new retail, office and warehouse property in a few months after a vote on the application at the May 6 Planning Board meeting was delayed until July.    The application from South Brunswick Enterprise LLC calls for…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Safety event planned

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    South Brunswick police will be providing free child emergency identification cards to parents Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the main campus of Brooks Crossing Elementary School, in Monmouth Junction.    The card includes a photo, physical description of the child, thumbprint and emergency response procedures.    The card will…