Don’t tell the folks of Grover’s Mill that Martians don’t exist.
Grover’s Mill, a section of West Windsor, was ground zero for the fictional (we hope!) Martian attack dramatized by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on a Mischief Night broadcast of Oct. 30, 1938.
Some thought a local water tower was a Martian spaceship. Alas, it was all just a radio show and a severe case of national hysteria.
Van Nest Park at 218 Cranbury Road has a short, 50 yards or so, walk with plaques commemorating the night, and a monument recognizing Grover’s Mill’s role in a very quirky chapter of American history.
50-acre Sycamore Creek Farm preserved in Hopewell
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
Posted Dec 31, 2020
D&R Greenway Land Trust announced the permanent preservation of the 50-acre Sycamore Creek Farm owned by Tony and Patti Cifelli, in Hopewell.D&R Greenway Land Trust
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the 50-acre Sycamore Creek Farm owned by Tony and Patti Cifelli in Hopewell has been designated for permanent preservation, the D&R Greenway Land Trust has announced.
Tony and Patti Cifelli raised their two children on the land. With the couple’s recent move to North Carolina, son Pete purchased the farm from his parents.
A forest of majestic trees, a stone wall and Christmas fern adjoins acres of farm fields. On the property is a home, circa 1830, and renovated barns. A tributary waterway, Jacobs Creek, flows to the Delaware River, recognized as the “2020 American River of the Year.”
Jacobs Creek Trail to be extended with newly preserved land
Jacobs Creek Trail to be extended with newly preserved land
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Partnering together, D&R Greenway Land Trust and Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space have helped preserve 50 acres of rolling farm fields and woodlands along Jacobs Creek.
The two organizations announced the newly permanently protected and preserved land located south of Woosamonsa Road, extending to Pennington-Harbourton Road, on Dec. 16. Jacob’s Creek begins to the north on Woosamonsa Ridge Preserve, flowing through this land to the Delaware River.
The preserved land is courtesy of Tony and Patti Cifelli, who enjoyed more than 30 years on their beloved farm, where they raised two children and Patti rode her horses, according to a press release.