The Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton is planning its largest Flags for Heroes display yet, with 250 American flags to be displayed at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton from Oct. 24 through Nov. 14. The “250 Flags for 250 Years” display will mark the nation’s 250th anniversary while honoring veterans, first responders, teachers, family […]

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Bill Sanservino – Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:55:49 +0000

The impact of Sept. 11 remained close in people’s hearts and minds when Princeton marked the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that changed America. As voices sang the Star-Spangled Banner and a large American flag draped down from a Princeton Fire Department Fire Engine on Sept.11, families and friends who lost loved ones, residents, […]

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ANDREW HARRISON, Staff Writer – Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:40:50 +0000

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation There’s something undeniably cheerful about balloons. We buy them for birthday parties, graduations, weddings and other moments we celebrate. They’re colorful, familiar and, for a lot of people, simply part of the fun. But what happens when we let them go? It may seem like they sail off […]

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Submitted Content – Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:19:00 +0000

The Hopewell Valley Arts Council’s Amazing Pumpkin Carve returns for its 12th year. The four-day event features live entertainment, craft beer, a kid’s climbing zone and jumbo sandbox, farm animals, and – of course – the stars of the show: giant pumpkins, outrageously carved by local artists.  Event hours will be Thursday, Oct. 8: 7 […]

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Submitted Content – Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:06:00 +0000

When Hopewell Valley residents came together to honor and remember the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, they did so in multiple ways. There were volunteers who placed 2,977 American flags at Woolsey Park to represent each of the lives lost that day on Sept.11, 2001, first responders who escorted a piece of World Trade Center […]

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ANDREW HARRISON, Staff Writer – Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000