Even more “green,” on St Patrick’s Day this year, the Mercer Green Fest (formerly known as the Living Local Expo) will host more than 75 ecofriendly businesses, organizations, and schools offering…
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Freezing nights and thawing days marks the beginning of maple sugaring season at the 130-acre Howell Living History Farm. On Saturday, February 3, 2018, visitors can join sugaring crews in…
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Outraged citizens, elected officials, and homeowners along the route of the proposed PennEast pipeline joined together today to protest the issuance of a conditional certificate by the Federal Energy Regulatory…
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Outraged citizens, elected officials, and homeowners along the route of the proposed PennEast pipeline will gather today, Monday January 22, 2018, in protest of the conditional approval of the pipeline issued…
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The Mercer County Wildlife Center, which accepted and treated more than 2,400 birds, mammals and reptiles in 2017, will be holding orientations for new volunteers at the facility in Hopewell…
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a “Certificate of Necessity and Convenience for the PennEast Pipeline,” to PennEast Pipeline, the proposed 110-mile pipeline that will bring natural gas from…
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Hopewell Elementary School Awarded $10,000 Sustainability Grant for Vertical Gardening Initiative
Sustainable Jersey for Schools and the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) announced that Hopewell Elementary School has been awarded a $10,000 Sustainable Jersey for Schools grant. Eleven $10,000 grants were…
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The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association was recently recognized for innovative water practices at the inaugural New Jersey One Water Awards during a Newark ceremony.
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Updated Fact Sheet on Exotic Tick Species Identified on Hunterdon County Farm
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoAs previously reported by MercerMe, New Jersey Department of Agriculture announced a confirmed the first United States finding of an exotic East Asian tick, also known as the longhorned tick or bush tick,…
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New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher announced yesterday that the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa has confirmed the finding of…