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More than birds are migrating through New Jersey’s fall landscapes

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation Fall migration in New Jersey means skies filled with warblers, thrushes, raptors, and other birds heading south. Many are neotropical migrants, traveling hundreds or...
Bordentown Current

Balloon pollution is spoiling the party for wildlife

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation There’s something undeniably cheerful about balloons. We buy them for birthday parties, graduations,...
Bordentown Current

Got bugs? Got life!

Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County will sponsor the 22nd Annual Insect Festival on Saturday, September 19, at...
Messenger-Press

When it comes to state’s grasslands, we reap what we sow  

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation When people picture New Jersey’s classic natural landscapes, they often think of the...
Bordentown Current

‘We remember’

Twenty-six years ago, September 11 meant back-to-school spirits; hazy, end-of-summer weather; the beginning of a season with rowdy...

Raritan Headwaters Association hosts annual Bird-a-Thon

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Bird enthusiasts and nature lovers are invited to participate in Raritan Headwaters Association’s (RHA) annual Bird-a-Thon on Saturday, May 3 – either by joining...

State launches 988 mobile response teams

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The 988 Mobile Crisis Outreach Response Teams (MCORTs) are now operational, the state Department of Human Services announced on April 17. MCORTs teams are available...

‘Not a bad porch on the map’

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Familiar sounds of live music and community will once again be heard straight from neighborhood porches when Princeton Porchfest returns this Saturday. Princeton Porchfest...

‘Strength, courage and determination’

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Photo by Kathy Chang/Staff Rock Steady Boxing members from both the Hillsborough and Mercer affiliates showed their ‘strength, courage and determination’ as they traversed the...

‘A monumental step’

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During Autism Awareness Month, Greater Somerset County YMCA (GSCY) reintroduces and celebrates its growing partnership with The Uncommon Thread (TUT) - a collaboration rooted...

‘Many still are suffering’

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It's been five years since Lydia Gray lost her dominant left hand in an accident. "It was devastating, it was humiliating because at that moment...
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