Tag: Pennington
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Hopewell-Montgomery Ice Hockey Team donates proceeds from Salute to Service game to area veterans
Members of the Hopewell-Montgomery Ice Hockey Team presented donations from their Salute to Service game to the heads of the Montgomery and Hopewell Valley veterans groups on July 2. Hopewell-Montgomery captains Ethan Block, Trent Demers, Henry McMahon and Dan Seamon, along with Coach Jeff Radice, presented the checks to Chairwoman of the Montgomery Veterans Memorial…
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Community celebrates virtual opening of Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge
Pennington residents and fans of Mercer Meadows and the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) celebrated the opening of the Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge, which will provide safe access from Pennington Borough and Hopewell Township to the 1,600-acre county park, in a virtual “ribbon-cutting” released on July 8. The celebration commemorates the latest development in the long-standing…
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High levels of harmful algae blooms in nine lakes include Rosedale Lake
New Jersey currently has nine lakes with high levels of harmful algal blooms (HABs) that are either closed or under advisory. Seven lakes are at an orange advisory alert level, which means that public beaches are closed according to the Department of Environmental Protection’s new mapping tool and new color-coded warning system, according to information…
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Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Mercer announces new leadership
The mission of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Mercer is to partner with individuals, families and community organizations to help them achieve their philanthropic goals. The foundation recently appointed a new president and treasurer, and three new members of the Board of Trustees who will help to raise the foundation’s visibility as a resource…
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What #Black Lives Matter and COVID have taught me about being a teenager in 2020
A few days ago I watched my friends graduate from high school, on my computer screen. The speeches were pre-recorded, the montage of the diploma ceremony was videoclips of parents handing the certificates to their children in living rooms or front yards and, all things considered, it was beautiful in every way. That same day…
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Watershed Institute aids county officials in preventing toxic algae blooms at Rosedale Lake
The Watershed Institute and Mercer County officials are teaming up to address toxic algae blooms in Rosedale Lake. Rosedale Lake in Pennington is part of the Mercer County Park System and has been faced with the issue of toxic algae blooms since 2019. In 2019, Mercer County shut down all recreation in the lake at…
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Pennington gymnast awarded scholarship
Julia Peters of Pennington is the recipient of the 2020 Plum Cares Academic Scholarship (PCAS). This one-time scholarship, totaling $5,000, will support her academic studies at George Washington University in the fall, where she will pursue physics and compete on the varsity gymnastics team. Peters is a graduate of The Pennington School and finished as…
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LOOSE ENDS 6/26: Raising awareness for lung cancer
By Pam Hersh Two weeks ago, I received an email from my friend Isabella de la Houssaye asking me to join her friends and family on a race team participating in the Pennington-based Watershed Institute’s “Solstice Run” to protect and restore clean water. The event would be virtual – each registrant would commit to walking…
