Tag: hopewell
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Pennington School junior selected to interdisciplinary learning experience
Pennington School junior Daisy Hutnik was accepted into the New Jersey Scholars Program (NJSP), a highly selective summer program that brings together rising high school seniors for a five-week interdisciplinary learning experience. NJSP selects 39 of the most motivated and high-achieving students in New Jersey to gather at the Lawrenceville School to learn from college…
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Mercer County awarded $88K DEP Pay$ to Plug grant to install electric vehicle charging stations
Ownership of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is growing by the year, and with an eye toward that trend, Mercer County is committed to the inclusion of sustainable practices such as the support of EVs. To meet the growing need for vehicle charging stations, Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes announced that Mercer…
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Opinion: Save the Sourlands
I was having coffee with a friend once, and she said, “I’m not a birder. Why should I care about birds?” I said, “You love coffee, so you must love birds!” The brilliant scarlet tanager spends winter in Central and South America. Like lots of colorful songbirds, she spends her winter vacation in the dense…
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Opinion: Let’s turn lawns into eco-community landscapes
Spring is coming. And how can we look at our yards through the lens of decreasing our turf areas? Why? Because nationwide they consume 8 billion gallons of water daily; 40% of the chemicals sprayed on lawns are banned in other countries because of their carcinogenic content; and most of the synthetic fertilizer that is…
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Virtual MLK Day benefits four local nonprofits
The fourth annual Hopewell Gives Back: MLK Day of Service involved the efforts of community volunteers, nonprofits and event organizers. More than 100 volunteers registered online to give back to the community at the fourth annual MLK Day of Service hosted by the Hopewell Presbyterian Church. Three Hopewell Valley Central High School graduates, Sarah Cleveland,…
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Singh family donates land in Hopewell to D&R Greenway Land Trust in honor of late husband
In this season of gifts, a green legacy was created on Dec. 18 that benefits song birds, wildlife and all who live in the Stony Brook Watershed. D&R Greenway completed preservation of 10 bucolic Hopewell acres. Property owner Nutan Singh achieved this milestone in memory of her husband, Anil Singh. He loved caring for this…
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Donations welcome at HomeFront Holiday “Pop-Up”
HomeFront has been distributing twice the amount of food and essentials to local families in need than in a typical year, and six times the amount of diapers and wipes. This is in line with a doubling in need seen nationwide since the beginning of the pandemic. HomeFront works to break the cycle of poverty…
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Indie theaters unite to launch Independent Venue Association
Hopewell Theater, McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, the State Theatre in New Brunswick and ArtPride New Jersey Foundation in Burlington have joined forces with other indie venues in New Jersey and/or live entertainment promoters to launch the New Jersey Independent Venue Association (NJIVA). To date, more than a dozen venues or promoters have joined NJIVA…
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Halloween brought treats, not tricks, during D&R Greenway’s first-ever drive-through Masquerade Parade
A sunny autumn day at peak foliage provided the perfect setting as 170 cars traversed preserved land to enjoy D&R Greenway’s Masquerade Parade on Halloween. Eager parade-goers were welcomed with a new painting by nationally renowned cartoonist Patrick McDonnell, creator of the “Mutts” comic strip, while characters Earl and Mooch greeted lucky parade-goers, according to…