On May 18, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host an Organic Lawn & Landcare for Your Home workshop at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave in South Brunswick. The program will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This three-hour program will teach homeowners how to have a […]
Community
New Brunswick 4-H Recognizes Volunteers, Community Partners
The New Brunswick 4-H Club showed its thanks on Monday to its network of volunteers and community partners that help make the club’s programs a daily reality. The club held a volunteer appreciation lunch at the New Brunswick Free Public Library, recogn…
Rutgers agent gives a helping hand to disabled farmers in Burlington County
Ray Samulis is Rutgers University’s agricultural extension agent in Burlington County. As such, he’s sort of a Mr. Fix-It for farmers. If they have a problem with a crop or a piece of equipment, Samulis is the man to call. If a farmer needs help, Samul…
Project Move Out Keeps Student Discards out of Landfill
Project Move Out, a joint program between Rutgers and the City of New Brunswick, recycles discarded furniture, appliances, electronics, and textiles in order to keep those items out of landfills and reduce our carbon footprint. The collection of waste will be held while students are leaving the campus at the end of Spring semester. Details on the program […]
Rutgers Gardens Spring Garden Fair May 10-12
May in bloom at Rutgers Master Gardener plant sales
What about starting off the 2013 gardening and vegetable growing season the right way with a visit to one of the many Rutgers Master Gardener plant sales all across the state this month? By planting your own vegetable garden, you’ll be reducing your fo…
Mercer County Boys and Girls Club Receives Friend of 4-H Award
David E. Anderson, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Trenton and Mercer County, was recently recognized by the New Jersey Association of 4-H Agents with the Friend of 4-H Award for his support of the 4-H program. This award, which is presented annually, recognizes an individual or a group for outstanding technical, […]
Middlesex County Master Gardener Workshop: Basics of Bee-Keeping
A growing number of New Jersey residents who want to do something for the environment and help the ailing honeybee at the same time have taken up bee-keeping, a relatively inexpensive activity that can be done in a backyard. The Master Gardeners Program of Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will hold a workshop, “Introduction […]
Scenes from Rutgers Day 2013
Rutgers Day 2013 was a great event for the university and its visitors. Faculty, staff, and students pulled out all the stops to provide a day that demonstrated Rutgers’ mission of research, education and service to the state.
Rutgers Day shines with Scarlet pride
After weeks of negative publicity for the state university, Saturday’s Rutgers Day became a time to come together. Almost as a show of force, Rutgers University students, alumni, families and community members came out in red and white to the four Cent…
