Tag: Mercer County

  • Fund for Women and Girls donates $50,000 to Princeton Area Community Foundation Relief & Recovery Fund

    Fund for Women and Girls donates $50,000 to Princeton Area Community Foundation Relief & Recovery Fund

    The Fund for Women and Girls has donated $50,000 to the Princeton Area Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund to address the most urgent needs in greater Mercer County. With this donation, the Fund for Women and Girls joins a coalition of funders that has raised more than $2.1 million for the Princeton Area Community…

  • Right at Home of Central New Jersey expands into Mercer County

    Right at Home of Central New Jersey expands into Mercer County

    Right at Home of Central New Jersey – which is currently based out of Old Bridge and services all of Middlesex and northern Monmouth counties – has expanded its home health care business to include all of the communities in Mercer County. “Acquiring the Mercer County franchise will make us the largest Right at Home…

  • Central Jersey Urgent Care offers COVID testing without a prescription in Robbinsville

    Central Jersey Urgent Care offers COVID testing without a prescription in Robbinsville

    Mercer County has reported, as of April 13, a total of 1,646 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 53 deaths. The State of New Jersey reported 2,734 additional confirmed cases for a current total of 64,584, and 93 additional deaths for a total of 2,443 COVID-19 related deaths statewide. For information and data related to COVID-19 cases,…

  • East Windsor reports 100 positive cases of coronavirus as of April 7

    East Windsor reports 100 positive cases of coronavirus as of April 7

    Nearly 840 Mercer County residents, including more than 100 East Windsor Township residents, have tested positive for COVID-19, and 24 county residents have died, Mercer County officials announced on April 7. As of April 6, 140 East Windsor residents had contracted COVID-19, based on information released by the New Jersey Department of Health. It is…

  • Mercer exec: County test site is keeping up with demand

    Mercer exec: County test site is keeping up with demand

    Nearly 300 people who are suspected of having coronavirus have rolled through Mercer County’s new drive-through test site since the facility opened in the Quaker Bridge Mall parking lot in Lawrenceville on March 31. The appointment-only testing center, which is only open to Mercer County residents, tested 266 people in its first three days of…

  • Three deaths reported in Mercer County as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Princeton

    Three deaths reported in Mercer County as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Princeton

    Mercer County recorded its first deaths from COVID-19 this week, the New Jersey Department of Health announced. Three Mercer County residents have died after contracting COVID-19, but additional information about those deaths was not available. Mercer County officials announced on April 1 that 333 residents had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Meanwhile, two Princeton residents who…

  • Ice Cream Emergency will station second truck in Middlesex, Mercer county area

    Ice Cream Emergency will station second truck in Middlesex, Mercer county area

    Ice Cream Emergency, a mobile ice cream catering company, will station its newest Ice Cream Emergency Bus in Middlesex and Mercer counties through the efforts of Nicole Rosser of Sayreville. This will be the second franchisee in New Jersey The bus is expected to begin “Saving Lives One Scoop at a Time” in April. Ice…

  • A home energy assistance program is available for residents in Mercer County

    A home energy assistance program is available for residents in Mercer County

    Residents in Mercer County that are in need of home energy assistance can apply for help through a state program operated by the county. The Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) helps very low-income residents with heating and cooling bills. The county operates this program through the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. “For many…

  • Mercer County accepting vote by mail applications for Nov. elections

    Mercer County accepting vote by mail applications for Nov. elections

    Mercer County is now accepting vote by mail applications from county residents for the upcoming November elections. According to Mercer County Clerk Paula Covello, mailed applications must be received at least seven days prior to the election. Faxed or emailed applications cannot be accepted. Residents can walk into the county clerk’s office in Trenton and…