Greater Mercer TMA, as the NJ Department of Transportation’s designated regional coordinator for Safe Routes to School efforts, works to keep children in Mercer and Ocean counties healthy by encouraging…
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New Jersey’s population continues to inch toward 9 million, driven in part by the more than 50,000 immigrants who settle in the state each year. The latest estimates from the…
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2016 Smart Growth Award Winners Announced, Includes Urban Farm in Trenton
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoNew Jersey Future today announced the winners of its 15th annual Smart Growth Awards competition, its annual contest to honor the best in quality planning and development in the state.…
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Mercer County Declared Eligible for FEMA Assistance for Winter Storm Cleanup
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoPresident Barack Obama has declared Mercer County one of 17 New Jersey counties eligible for federal disaster aid to supplement recovery efforts from a winter storm in January. The announcement…
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Mercer County to Present Woman of Achievement Awards to Five Recipients
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoMercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and the County’s Commission on the Status of Women will present the 2016 Mercer County Woman of Achievement and Young Woman of Achievement awards…
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JCP&L Begins Construction on Second Phase of Transmission Project to Enhance Reliability in Mercer, Middlesex and Monmouth Counties
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoJersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has started construction on the final segment of a new 11.5-mile transmission line project designed to enhance service reliability and help meet the growing…
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Greater Mercer TMA Announces Third Annual Safe Routes to School Bookmark Contest
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoGreater Mercer TMA’s (GMTMA) third annual Safe Routes to School Bookmark Design contest is now underway. Mercer County students in 3rd through 5th grade are eligible to show their love of walking…
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NJ Spotlight has complied the data released, on February 2, 2016, by the State of New Jersey regarding the results of the first-year PARCC exam scores and it appears that…
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Free Income Tax Preparation Assistance Offered in Mercer County
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoMany sites throughout Mercer County will offer free income tax preparation assistance to help residents prepare f and file their 2015 taxes, Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes said. The deadline…
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Two Men Arrested for November 2015 Murder, Announced Mercer County Prosecutor Office
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoTwo men were arrested this morning and charged with the November 2015 shooting death of 19- year-old Elvin Kimble, Acting Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri and Trenton Police Director…