MercerMe Community Calendar:
Events happening in and around Hopewell Valley
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Make 2022 your most organized year yet! Join best-selling author and organizing humorist Jamie Novak for this program, on Saturday, January 22, 2:00 pm, when she helps you figure out what to keep and where to keep it. She'll share her most clever storage tips to maximize the storage space in your home. Then join Jamie for […]
“Share It Forward: Connect, Create, Collaborate” is the theme of the annual Princeton Community Works 2022 conference to be held on January 24, 25 and 26, 2022. Once again the conference, which focuses on meeting the needs of volunteers, boards and staff of nonprofit organizations, will take place online. The registration fee is $20 per […]
On Tuesday, January 25, 7:00 pm at Hopewell Branch Library, join for an evening of family-friendly trivia. Questions are geared toward adults, but kids 10 and over are welcome to participate, too! Play alone or form a team (of up to 5 adult members). Please include team name and number of team members when registering. Registration is […]
Ellis Island, often referred to as: the “Island of Hope” and “Island of Tears.” Find out why by taking a slideshow and lecture covering the island’s earliest days up to the present day. Relive some of our immigrants’ experiences, and stories, along with their fears and disappointments. Lecture will include actual immigrant pictures both past […]
Arlene Ferris-Waks, Director of Investor Education, NJ Bureau of Securities, Office of NJ Attorney General, provides information to make investors pro-active financial consumers on Wednesday, January 26, 11am. Avoiding Securities Fraud includes an overview of the various types of investment scams and teaches investors to recognize the red flags of investment fraud. A Q&A period […]
Neighbors once called Howell Farm the “ice farm" because they could buy ice from the pond to keep their milk cool on the way to the train station on Pleasant Valley Road. In late January, visitors to the farm will learn about the tools and technology that made ice harvesting a successful business at the […]
This event is open to the community. Join us for the 7th Annual Salute to Service Ice Hockey game. HV and Montgomery veterans will be honored at this game on Saturday January 29th, 7pm at Iceland Skating Center, 6 Tennis Court in Hamilton. This in an opportunity to support our local high school ice hockey […]
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Ensure the survival of some of the Sourland region’s most important and fragile species. Help the salamanders and other amphibians safely cross the road as they migrate to their natal vernal pools. On rainy evenings from late February through March, teams of local volunteers will be serving as “Crossing Guards” – slowing traffic, moving amphibians […]
Join us on MCLS’ Facebook page for an hour of family-friendly trivia. Questions are geared toward adults, but kids (10 and over) are welcome to participate, too! Play alone or form a team (of up to five members). Visit MCLS’ Facebook page (www.facebook.com/mclsnj) at 7pm to participate. No registration required.
Arlene Ferris-Waks, Director of Investor Education, NJ Bureau of Securities, Office of NJ Attorney General, provides a general introduction about cryptocurrency. Her talk focuses on how cryptocurrency works, as well as scams surrounding bitcoin and other virtual currencies. Please email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive link to program. Wednesday, February 2, 1:00 pm
The internet webinar "The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man; Jacob Francis (1754 o 1836) will be presented by Larry Kidder on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 7pm. The event is co-sponsored by Hopewell Valley Historical Society, The Hopewell Museum, and the Hopewell Branch of the Mercer County Library. To register, please visit https://tinyurl.com/francisJacob. Born in Amwell […]
Born in Amwell Township to a free Black mother, Jacob Francis lived his 82-year life in a world of revolutionary change. He became caught up in the rising tide of revolution in the 1760s and 70s and served in the Continental Army, including at the Battle of Trenton, and then the New Jersey militia. Establishing […]
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