The New Brunswick Train Station is set to be “revitalized” through a partnership between the Middlesex County Improvement Authority, or MCIA, NJ TRANSIT, and the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The $7 million design contract was awarded to AECOM, an “infrastructure consulting firm,” back in November. According to a Middlesex County December press release, “this […]
United Way Awards Grants to BIPOC-Led Organizations United Way of Greater Mercer County (UWGMC) awarded grants to eight local nonprofit organizations totaling $52,000 as part of the Inaugural Power Up Fund. The fund was established to support BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) nonprofit leaders who share in and align with UWGMC’s commitment to […]
ICGMC Announces New Director The board of trustees of Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County announced in December that Lauri Harbison has been appointed executive director. The nonprofit focuses on improving quality of life and meeting the needs of the homebound elderly and adults with disabilities in Mercer County. Harbison, most recently employed by the […]
To the Editor: New Year’s Updates from the County Clerk Happy New Year! Another year has gone by and we welcome the new year with optimism. As we step into 2024, I extend my warmest wishes for a year filled with joy, prosperity and new beginnings. And hopefully, some travel. This column is going to […]
The following stories were originally published in the January 17, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories Art to Brighten the Darkest of Days — for Free Between the Lines Opportunities & A Message from the County Clerk Preview of the Arts Stories Off the Presses: New Works on Two Influential ArtistsJust for Serious […]
Music is a language of its own, one that every person feels a different connection to. Some are reborn in the chords or chorus of a triumphant melody, while others seek rhythmic clarity, release, or comfort. It is an entirely personal experience to love a piece down to its every note—an intimate diary entry of […]
Pick a crisis, any crisis will do. There are many to choose from, currently. So much bad news is brewing — and our exposure to it seems ever more constant — that it seems difficult to escape and even breathe sometimes, let alone feel a sense of peace. Here is where deliberate quietude and reflection […]
Sculpture can be more difficult to exhibit due to its size, weight, transportation, and the need to be shown from all angles. Established Hopewell sculptors Ayami Aoyama and Rory Mahon have created a solution to transporting and showing their work in different venues and galleries. The couple, married 21 years, converted a previous workshop to […]
Princeton Makes and Ragged Sky Press open their new year of monthly Second Sunday Poetry Reading on January 14 at 4 p.m. The event will feature New Jersey-based poets Faleeha Hassan and Keith O’Shaughnessy. Hassan is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, and playwright. Born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, she now lives in Washington Township […]
The Sourland Conservancy series, “Talk of the Sourlands,” resumes with poet Jane Mckinley as she reads from her sequence of poems inspired by walks in the Sourland Nature Preserve. The presentation takes place Thursday, January 11, at 7 p.m. at the Titusville First Presbyterian Church. Seating is limited, but a hybrid model will be implemented, […]