An eleventh grade student at Hopewell Valley Central High School took the top prize this week at the Mercer Science and Engineering Fair (MSEF) at Rider University. The event, which…
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Twenty remarkable Hopewell Valley Girls Scouts will be honored at the annual Hopewell Valley Girl Scouts Open House and Award Ceremony, this Saturday, February 2, 2019, at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church.…
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Local Author Finds Inspiration on Wooded Trails, Writes Book Honoring Trees
Walking into the Curlis Lake Woods across the street from her home in Pennington, Andrea Fereshteh never expected to write a book about her beloved forest walks. But as she…
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Norm Fesmire, of Pennington, was the big Mercer County winner for his oil painting “Out of Work During Depression,” claiming Best in Show-Professional and First Place, Oil-Professional at the 52nd annual New Jersey Senior Citizen…
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Wild River Books announces the publication of If These Stones Could Talk by local authors Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills on November 7, 2018. There will be a formal invitation-only launch at the Grounds for Sculpture, and a public celebration will take place on November 17, 2018 at the Hopewell Bistro in Hopewell Borough from 1-4pm.
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Lifelong Area Resident to Compete in Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover Competition
Karin Hagios Belgrave is gearing up to ride in Kentucky for a second time. The first was at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in 1994, and now she is getting ready for something “just as exciting, but considerably less stressful.”
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After seventeen and a half years, The Brothers Moon restaurant and bakery will be closing its doors on September 29. In a heartfelt note, owners Will Mooney and his wife,…
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Sonja Michaluk, 15, a rising Junior at Hopewell Valley Central High school in Pennington, NJ, was recently selected for a national Presidential award. She has been invited to participate in the 2018 Presidential Environmental Education Awards Ceremony in Washington, DC, where she will be awarded the United States Environmental Protection Agency President’s Environmental Youth Award in September.
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Eagle Scout Makes Benches for September 11 Memorial in Woolsey Park
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoHopewell Township Eagle Scout, Riley Murphy, completed his Eagle Boy Scout project this month by designing and constructing two cedar benches that have been installed at the Hopewell Valley September 11th and Emergency Services Memorial in Woolsey Park, Titusville, NJ. Riley is a member of Troop 1776.
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Meet Two Hopewell-Based Children’s Authors, Rayner and DiLorenzo
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoMeet Two Hopewell-Based Children’s Authors, Rayner and DiLorenzo: The Hopewell Public Library will feature two Hopewell-based children’s authors, Abigail Rayner and Barbara DiLorenzo, its summer reading series kick-off at the Hopewell Train Station on Saturday June 30 from 2-3pm…. MercerMe was lucky to interview both of these amazing children’s writers and is excited to share with you more insight into their inspiration!