Taste Trenton Expands to ‘10 Crucial Days of Dining’ Taste Trenton, the capital city’s restaurant event featuring area restaurants in a self-guided tour throughout Trenton has announced a 10-day event for its September showcase of culinary options in the city. Newly titled “10 Crucial Days of Dining,” the effort maintains its signature restaurant crawl elements […]
Experience the excellence of Princeton Day School at our Open Campus Day on Saturday, October 5, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Explore our expansive 106-acre campus featuring state-of-the-art STEAM centers, new athletic facilities, innovative arts spaces and a full garden and apiary. Join us to see firsthand how Princeton Day School fosters discovery, exploration […]
The following stories were originally published in the August 28, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories Back to School: Not Just for Kids Between the Lines Opportunities: Trenton’s Restaurant Week & Kelsey Auditions Life in the Fast Lane On the Move: First Bank & Fortis Survival Guide Mercer Council Marks International Overdose Awareness […]
Michael Bernstein, a veteran of five higher-education institutions, has been named as The College of New Jersey’s 17th president. TCNJ, based in Ewing Township, was in search of a new president since last June, when preceding President Kathryn Foster resigned. At that time, Bernstein was brought on for a two-year interim term, and over the […]
“In the summer of 2018, when I moved from the huge president’s home in Pennington, New Jersey, into a two-bedroom apartment in midtown Manhattan, I dedicated a large close in the study to boxes and boxes of memorabilia, pictures, letters, and diaries. After my nineteen years as university president and four months of retirement, I […]
Natalie Christa Rakes finds herself at the convergence of memory and music in her performance on “Memoir” — Grammy-winning composer Steven Mackey’s deeply personal and dramatic new piece. “Memoir,” a recently released 75-minute CD, is narrated by Rakes and backed by musical performances by the Dover String Quartet and percussion group Arx Duo. Mackey is […]
Editor’s note: Composer Steven Mackey wrote the following about his composition “Memoir,” the subject of the story on page 13. It was originally published on the website of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, www.curtis.edu. ‘Memoir” is a 75-minute music-theater work for narrator, string quartet, and percussion duo. It is also a 40-minute purely […]
MCCC, TCNJ Announce Housing Partnership Mercer County Community College (MCCC) has announced the finalization of an agreement with The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) that provides room and board services for MCCC students at TCNJ’s campus in Ewing. While taking classes at Mercer, students can now benefit from Residential Education and Housing at TCNJ, enjoying […]
American Lung Association in New Jersey Shares Essential Back-To-School Lung Health Tips Kids from all over New Jersey are heading back to school and young adults are starting college for the 2024-2025 school year. While this is an exciting time for students, parents and schools, it can also mean new lung health challenges. The American […]
Governor Phil Murphy has announced a transit fare holiday for all customers from August 26 through September 2. During this period, fares will be waived for all modes of transportation, offering free rides across the NJ TRANSIT network as a “Thank You” to the hundreds of thousands of loyal customers who depend on public transit. […]