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MANVILLE: New app nips invasives in the bud
By Michelle Byers, N.J. Conservation Foundation April showers, check. May flowers, on the way! At last, it’s the season of colorful blossoms in woods and meadows and along roadsides and backyard edges. But, sometimes, looks are deceiving. Such is often the case with invasive plants. Nonnative, invasive plants may seem every bit as glorious as…
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WEST AMWELL: Animal Alliance receives dogs that survived Mississippi tornado
One of the Mississippi "tornado" dogs en route to Lambertville’s Animal Alliance for care and readoption.
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End of an era
Remembering Paul and Barbara Sigmund By Pam Hersh, Special Writer While sitting in the Princeton University Chapel on Friday, May 2, I recalled sitting in the same chapel seat (I know the acoustics) 24 years earlier. Looking around at the hundreds of people in the sanctuary, I noted many of the faces also were the…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Viking Athletic Club inducts Hall of Fame members
By Ed Birch, Special Writer The South Brunswick Viking Athletic Club held its bi-annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in the Blue Cafeteria at South Brunswick High School Sunday night. Athletic Director Elaine McGrath praised the 10 athletes for their amazing accomplishments and presented each with a plaque to recognize their accomplishments and membership into…
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STATE WE’RE IN: Ten reasons why a cool spring is cool
By Michele Byers, Special Writer New Jersey’s climate in March was the coldest in 30 years and the 11th coldest since the first records of the late 1880s! Data isn’t in yet for April, but we all know it’s been cold — and forecasts call for continued cooler temperatures. While some folks can’t wait for…
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COUNTY: Park Commission to host baseball exhibit
The exhibit will be on display in the Visitors Barn at Howell Living History Farm from May 10-June 22. LAMBERTVILLE —The Mercer County Park Commission will be among the first in the nation to host the Smithsonian Institution’s newest traveling exhibit, “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America.” The exhibit will be on display in the…
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CAPITOL NEWS AND COMMENT
The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators and other items of political concern. RGGI Assembly Utilities Chairman Upendra J. Chivukula has announced that New Jersey should rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in a bid to fight climate change, and a reduction in daily carbon dioxide levels, that have been reported to…
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Interfaith Caregivers Honors Its 300+ Volunteers who “Inspire by Example”
By Diane Blaszka Hamilton, NJ , May 6, 2014: Celebrating a year “of growth like no other” with a 22% increase in the number of active volunteers in the past year, Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County (ICGMC) held its “Inspire by Example” Volunteer Recognition Dinner on Tuesday, April 29th. Held at the Nottingham Ballroom…
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POST: CALENDAR
Tuesdays in May & June Discussion Group for Seniors on Courtroom Trials 10:30 to 12 p.m. South Brunswick Senior Center in the Municipal Complex, Route 522, Examples of trials to be discussed: Dr. Sam Sheppard, murder; Lindbergh, kidnapping & murder; Van Meegaren, art fogery; FattyArbuckle and Errol Flynn, rape & death; and Lizzy Borden, parricide.…
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