Common calendar, Packet papers, May 28
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 28
The Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber will return to hosting in-person events.
The first in-person event on the calendar is June 24’s Business After Business, which will be held at Arm & Hammer Park, home of the Trenton Thunder. The event will run from 5–7 p.m. and will include light appetizers and beer and wine. It is open to both members and non-members.
The summer calendar includes many in-person events:
· Princeton Pitch Stop, a program of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council, will be hosted by Grounds for Sculpture on July 13. This event will feature pitch presentations from various start-ups with real-time feedback from experienced investors including Sean O’Sullivan of SOSV and Kelly Ford from Edison Partners.
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 14
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 14
The Bordentown Historical Society needs a female theatrical storyteller for its award-winning Harrowing History performances.
Looking for a woman who likes to perform, dress up in period costumes and entertain people.
Send a message with contact information to kkantorski@aol.com
Look for signs on Route 206.
Volunteers are needed, age 18 and older, will clean both sides of Route 206 between New Amwell and Homestead Road.
Volunteers are asked to wear masks and socially distance from other volunteers.
The Hopewell Valley Arts Council seeks artists, artisans and creatives ready for an eco-art challenge at its newest community event: The Junkyard, an upcycle art exhibition.
February 28, 2021
Evelyn “Nana” Brooks waves to friends at the Hopewell Train Station on Saturday. Photo: Rich Hundley III.
Evelyn Brooks has a lot to celebrate this month. She received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, she turned 100, and even though her friends and family couldn’t hold a traditional birthday party for her due to the COVID-19 pandemic, her mailbox has been stuffed with birthday cards, her church planned a virtual surprise celebration for her, and a parade of more than 100 vehicles filled with well-wishers visited her to mark her special day.
Brooks, known to family, friends, and the greater Hopewell Valley community simply as “Nana”, held court Saturday afternoon wearing a face mask and sitting on a special plastic protective chair in front of the Hopewell Train Station as people pulled up in their vehicles to wish her a happy birthday and drop off flowers, balloons, and other presents. The celebration featured singing, violins, and more than o
NEW YORK (WABC) For many African-Americans who are descendants of slaves, their lineage is often an enigma.
Now, two New Jersey women have unearthed a bit of history some never knew existed, and their investigation took them down a winding path of their own ancestry. African-American history is American history, SSAAM Executive Director Caroline Katmann said.
They say you can t really know where you re going unless you know where you have been. We do need to know, where did we come from, and how did we get here, Co-founder of SSAAM Elaine Buck said.
Questions that taunted Co-founder Beverly Mills and Buck to investigate their own family history, opening a gateway to stories they say were hidden for far too long.
Uncovering lost Black history, stone by stone
Gravestones for Judith Blew and her son Moses at the Stoutsburg Cemetery in Hopewell, N.J., the subject of the book If These Stones Could Talk, Nov. 23, 2020. Newly surfaced documents show that Tom Blew, Judiths husband, voted in an 1801 election in 1807, New Jersey limited the vote to white men. Amr Alfiky/The New York Times.
by Jennifer Schuessler
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- History can seem thick on the ground in this quaint, prosperous town of 2,000 in semirural central New Jersey, not far from where Washington crossed the Delaware. A cemetery on the main street holds a grand obelisk honoring John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Next to it stands a monument topped by a stone on which another patriot stood to give a fiery speech supporting the cause of liberty.