Towns wrestle with looming affordable housing deadline (UPDATED)

Update 1/3/2025: Mercer County Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy on Thursday denied a request by a group of towns seeking to pause implementation of the state’s new affordable housing...

Hundreds of young artists to participate in 2025 Mercer County Teen Arts Festival

Hundreds of young artists and performers from Mercer County will gather for the annual Mercer County Teen Arts...

Journey through local holiday traditions and events

Winter holidays are a time when traditions and events — both old and new — bring joy and...

‘Homemade for the Holidays’ aims to support families in need

Shop with a purpose this holiday season at HomeFront’s Holiday Market 2024, an arts and crafts event with...

Younity: long-time Mercer County nonprofit reveals new identity

Womanspace, Inc., a local nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing abuse, protecting families and transforming victims into survivors, celebrated...

Project looks to rehabilitate area Jewish cemeteries

When attorney Albert Stark refurbished the graves of his great-grandparents, Samuel and Bessie Stark, little did he know how profoundly this act of respect...

Sarah Steward fights on the front line against homelessness

Sarah Steward has big shoes to fill. There...

Kevin Nerwinski: Remembering Pat Colavita

The following are my thoughts and reflections. They are not to be considered official statements of the municipal government or the elected officials of...

New President Deborah Preston takes the reins at MCCC

It was during a class teaching writing to college students who were almost the same age as she was that the 21-year-old Deborah Preston...

Celebrate Independence Day with fireworks and more

From carnivals, car shows and fireworks to historical demonstrations, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Independence Day festivities in the Mercer County Area....

The Father Center helps area dads be all that they can be

In 2008, Karen Andrade-Mims, then a longtime board member for New Jersey’s oldest nonprofit, was asked to take the helm of the organization. She...