First 'major' snowfall this winter blankets Mercer    Posted on 2012-01-22
Source: The Jersey Journal
Yamir Chapman, 9, shovels the sidewalk outside Mason's Barber & Beauty Shop on Pennington Avenue.... Full story...

Mack to announce public safety plan after two shot in Trenton break-in    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: The Times of Trenton
FILE PHOTO: Acting Trenton Police Director Chris Doyle and Trenton Mayor Tony Mack at a City Hall press conference after 105 police officers were laid off on Friday, September 16, 2011.... Full story...

01/21 10th Annual Night Out with NAMI    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: Trenton Downtowner
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Mercer County will honor Kay and Janet Lasley at the 10th annual Night Out with NAMI benefit on Saturday, Jan.... Full story...

Firefighters learn to battle the flames at Dempster Center    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: Trenton Downtowner
A firefighter sprays water off the roof of a building at the Dempster Training Center in Lawrence Dec.... Full story...

Opinion: Urban Hope Act allows new chance to help Trenton students    Posted on 2012-01-21
Source: The Jersey Journal
I have had the honor of devoting my life to public service, from my civil rights work starting in the 1960s to my service in the Assembly today.... Full story...

Hughes: Mercer looking to brighter future    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: The Jersey Journal
The outlook for Mercer County is positive, with products and services being delivered to residents and businesses despite a reduction in the county tax rate over the past eight years, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes said in his eighth annual State of...... Full story...

'Preschool and Activities Fair' Rescheduled to Jan. 28    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: Patch.com
Due to the snow forecast for tomorrow, Jan. 21 , the Mom's Club of Lawrenceville-East's annualA "Preschool and Activities Fair" has been rescheduled and will now be held at Lawrence High School from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan.... Full story...

Editorial: Trenton police get welcomed help from Mercer County law enforcement to combat violence    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: The Times of Trenton
Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph Bocchini speaks at press conference regarding a baby found abandoned but unharmed on June 9 in a hospital parking lot in Newark, Del., later determined to belong to missing Hightstown mother Amy Giordano.... Full story...

What's happening in Mercer County: Jan. 20-22    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: Trenton Downtowner
Chucho Valdes at McCarter Theatre. Jazz piano concert featuring guest artist Alfredo Rodriguez.... Full story...

Huge ratable drop may force big tax hike on Lawrence    Posted on 2012-01-20
Source: The Jersey Journal
LAWRENCE - With the township facing "unprecedented" fiscal challenges, the township manager is recommending a 2012 budget that includes a 5-cent tax hike, translating to about $80 on the average home, and that would require a voter override of the state cap...... Full story...

County cops to add manpower to Trenton police tactical units    Posted on 2012-01-18
Source: The Jersey Journal
Police at the crime scene on Clearfield Avenue in the Island section of Trenton, where a man was found dead on Monday in the city's first homicide of the year.... Full story...

Yeske: Cooking classes warm up days ahead    Posted on 2012-01-18
Source: The Jersey Journal
Greenhouse lettuce and tomatoes and cold-weather vegetables out of storage help keep wintertime farmers markets in business during the off-season, like the Stockton Farm Market.... Full story...

Team makes it a little easier for residents to be green    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: Trenton Downtowner
Ewing's Green Team has been busy in the two years since it was established, helping township residents make rain barrels, plant gardens, recycle and install solar panels.... Full story...

Community rallies to aid Crisis Ministry in time of need    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: Trenton Downtowner
Volunteer Bruce McGraw and Crisis Ministry executive director Carolyn Biondi fill just-assembled shelves with food donated by people from across Mercer County over the weekend.... Full story...

Mercer County boy was sold stolen car in Jersey City for $1K, police say    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: The Jersey Journal
Excited about finally owning his own set of wheels, a 17-year-old Mercer County boy plunked down $1,000 with a Jersey City man to buy a 1993 4-dr. Honda, according to police reports.... Full story...

Mercer County Activates New Traffic Signal    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: Patch.com
Editor's Note: The following news release was issued by the Mercer County administration.... Full story...

What's happening in Mercer County: Jan. 17    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: Trenton Downtowner
Tags: aerobics , art , books , dancing , Ewing , Hamilton , health , Hopewell , iron , Jewish life , Lawrence , literature , memoir writing , mothers , nature , preschoolers , Princeton , Robbinsville , storytime , The Convert , Theatre , workshops , yoga...... Full story...

Local League of Women Voters Affiliate Celebrates 40 Years    Posted on 2012-01-17
Source: Patch.com
Three members of the League of Women Voters of East Windsor-Hightstown were honored Saturday at the 40 year celebration of the local League, a news release said.A Honorees included charter members Judith Arnold, Rita Strmensky, and Sylvia Weiss, who helped...... Full story...

Martin Luther King celebration at MCCC    Posted on 2012-01-16
Source: The Times of Trenton
Mercer County Community College students in the Born Free Dance Troupe perform at a Martin Luther King celebration at the college's James Kerney Campus, in Trenton, New Jersey.... Full story...

QuickBooks seminar offered at NORWESCAP in Flemington    Posted on 2012-01-15
Source: NJ.com
Introduce yourself to QuickBooks 2009. Learn how to use QuickBooks to set-up and manage bookkeeping systems, track invoices, pay bills, manage payroll, generate reports and determine job costs.... Full story...

Development projects to change the face of West Windsor    Posted on 2012-01-15
Source: The Times of Trenton
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro under construction onThursday December 9, 2010.... Full story...

Community honors Martin Luther King Day in Mercer    Posted on 2012-01-15
Source: The Jersey Journal
A series of events in Mercer County will honor slain civil rights leader the Rev.... Full story...

Mercer groups continue to aid recovery in Haiti    Posted on 2012-01-15
Source: The Jersey Journal
In this November 2011 photo, Harmony Ministries' church and school are held under the same tent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti after both were leveled in the January 2010 Haitian earthquake.... Full story...

The Times 2011 Holiday Appeal tops $27,500    Posted on 2012-01-15
Source: The Jersey Journal
Solicitations for donations to The Times 2011 Frank Tyger Memorial Holiday Appeal for The Salvation Army Mercer County ended last Sunday, but new contributions have helped bring the total raised to $27,651.30. Funds from the 2011 Holiday Appeal will be used...... Full story...

Mock Trial competition for 13 local high schools.zip    Posted on 2012-01-15
Source: The Times of Trenton
PDS student, Sarah Brennan, portrays the defendant, answers questions from the prosecutor, Lawrenceville student, Anna Niroomand, during a mock trial competition hosted by the Mercer County Bar Association.... Full story...