Jenny Carleo, agricultural agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County, was recognized recently with the 2015 Distinguished Service Award by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents… The award honors members with at least…
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Boonton Resident is Among Winners at County Fair
Local residents received high honors at the Morris County 4-H Fair, held on July 15-19 at Chubb Park in Chester. Youth and 4-Hers from Morris County were welcome to compete in divisions such as photography, woodworking, fine art and crafts with projects completed prior to the fair. Projects were judge based on the Danish system; awarded excellent, very good, good or fair ribbons. These judged projects were on display during the fair… Also winning big in the foods division was Boonton native Arianne Grevesen, a member of the Buckanears 4-H Small Animal Club. She received a best in show for her cannoli cupcakes in the Backed Goods Unit Grades four-eight… The Rutgers Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program uses a “learn by doing approach to enable youth to develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills they need to become competent, caring and contributing citizens of the world.”
Cumberland County Rutgers Master Gardener for 2015 Announced
Rutgers Master Gardeners of Cumberland County have honored Sam Pace of Millville with the Rutgers Master Gardener of the Year Award for 2015 in Cumberland County. Pace will be recognized for the outstanding work he has done in Cumberland County on Oct….
Volunteers Committed to Giving Back to the Community
Forty-two Cushman & Wakefield volunteers, including members of the commercial real estate services firm’s New Jersey Future Leaders Group and other employees from its three Garden State offices, teamed up this summer with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plainfield & Middlesex County to help create affordable housing in partnership with New Jersey low-income families… Additionally, Cushman & Wakefield is working internally to raise money to support a $100,000 pledge made by the Rutgers University Habitat for Humanity chapter to fund one of the West Seventh Street homes, which, in 2013, Cushman & Wakefield helped frame… “Cushman & Wakefield’s New Jersey Future Leaders and other team members are committed to giving back to the larger community, and the real estate connection with Habitat for Humanity makes this worthy organization a natural fit for us,” noted Christa DiLalo Petti, a Cushman & Wakefield senior research analyst based in the firm’s East Rutherford office, who organized the effort. “We also are pleased to assist the next generation of young leaders at Rutgers achieve their financial goal. Everyone involved appreciates the concept that we have come full-circle with our support – in both time and funding – for the West Seventh Street project.”
New Brunswick Community Farmers Market – “Community” is Our Middle Name
National Farmers Market Week (August 2–8, 2015) is a week-long celebration of our nation’s farmers markets, the farmers and ranchers who make them possible, and the communities that host them. This year marks the 16th annual National Farmers Market Week recognizing the important role that farmers markets play in our local food economies. A perfect […]
Highlighting Rutgers’ Two Markets During National Farmers Market Week Aug. 2–8
Aug. 2–8 is designated “National Farmers Market Week” in an official proclamation signed by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. This year marks the 16th annual National Farmers Market Week in honor of the important role that farmers markets play in local economies. An August 2014 USDA National Farmers Market Directory graph shows more than […]
Gypsy Moths Return With a Vengeance
Just one year removed from a relatively quiet season, the Garden State is once again under siege from a familiar perennial pest – the gypsy moth. In South Jersey, Atlantic County recorded more damage this year alone than the rest of the state combined in 2014, according to the state Department of Agriculture’s 2015 gypsy moth survey… The 12-day aerial survey that began on June 17 revealed an estimated 290,696 acres of such trees throughout the state that had suffered damage from the hungry gypsy moths – about 220 times more than last year’s 1,330-acre defoliation total… Hemant Gohil, a Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agriculture Agent serving Gloucester County, said he’s received some reports from residents about moth damage. “One lady told me that her swimming pool was full of gypsy moth caterpillars crawling around,” Gohil told Gannett New Jersey. “She said they could not use it for weeks.”
What’s in Season from the Garden State: Summer Picnic Foods Should Not Be Brown and White
It’s summertime in Jersey and the landscape bursts into a symphony of color: greenery, flowers, blue skies and water, beach umbrellas, fireworks. And then you go to a picnic or barbeque. All of a sudden the tableau turns to a drab brown and white: Hot dogs. Hamburgers. Buns. Potato salad. Cole slaw. Cola. Lemon-lime soda. […]
Local Moth Night to Kick Off National Moth Week July 18 in Jamesburg Park
Nature enthusiasts of all ages are invited to grab their cameras and head over to Port Street alongside Jamesburg Park in East Brunswick, NJ at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 18, for the kickoff of National Moth Week, sponsored by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission. National Moth Week, celebrated this year from July […]
Clifton High School Valedictorian Sees Future as Surgeon
Clifton High School Valedictorian Daniel Peltyszyn, said the first thing he wanted to do after graduation was “sit back and relax.” After becoming the top of the graduating Class of 2015, the respite is well-deserved. However, Peltyszyn said what he is most looking forward to is a change of scenery after three years at Clifton High School’s main campus… He will attend Rutgers New Brunswick as a member of the inaugural Honors College class in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences… Peltyszyn said he plans to become a surgeon. If he had to choose a specialty right now, he’d opt for neurosurgery, he added.
