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By STEVE ALBERT, BIRDING EAST BRUNSWICK
January 25, 2023
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The annual EB Winter Birding Day started off with a walk around the East Brunswick Community Park (Dallenbach’s) followed by visits to Heavenly Farms, the MCUA (Edgeboro) Landfill, and the town’s newest park – Beaver Dam. This annual winter birding day is sponsored by the East ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Birding East Brunswick annual winter tour of the township's birding hotspots on Saturday, January 21 starting at 8:00 am, and residents and their families are invited to attend. Interested birders, photographers, and naturalists should dress warmly and be prepared to drive ...
Nothing says the holidays like a poinsettia. This year, try some new ways to display this festive plant. Poinsettias are available in a variety of colors including white, pink, hot pink, yellow, peach, marbled and speckled. These colorful parts of the plant, often referred to as flowers, are ...
After a busy summer of vacations, BBQ’s, and garden care, it is fun to turn our attention to planting. Fall is a great time to plant perennials and many garden centers are busy refreshing their supply of perennial plants. Consider including one or more of these winners when making your perennial ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host its EARTH Center Garden, Arts, and Music Festival from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday, August 20 at the EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park at 42 Riva Ave. in South Brunswick. The day will be filled ...
TRENTON, NJ — Due to ongoing hot and dry conditions, New Jersey is under a drought watch as of Tuesday. The state's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is asking residents and businesses to conserve water. New Jersey has a three-stage drought advisory system. A drought watch is the ...
WASHINGTON, NJ – The New Jersey Sunflower Trail at Von Thun Farms is a must-visit summer destination in the tri-state area. Located in the scenic rolling hills of Warren County, the sunflower trail is open daily through Labor Day, 9 – 5 on weekends and 10 – 5 on weekdays. The farm has eight ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - Water Companies are requesting odd and even outdoor water days to conserve water during the heat wave in five counties. This request applies to residents in Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset and Union. "Our systems are currently operating normally at expected ...
EDISON, NJ - Starting Wednesday all New Jersey retail stores, grocery stores, pharmacies and restaurant take-out locations will no longer be providing single-use plastic bags or polystyrene foam foodservice products. Often called the “Bag Ban” by state officials and local governments, the ban of ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- More than 50 members of the Union Catholic Community helped set a World Record for the most people simultaneously watering plants on Friday. Union Catholic is now the home of two world record holders. Last summer, Sydney McLaughlin (UC Class of 2017), broke the world ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - An April 11 webinar hosted by the Downtown Somerville Alliance and the NJ Business Action Center will examine the impact on businesses expected when New Jersey's ban on plastic bags in the retail marketplace goes into effect May 4. Grocery stores, food service businesses, and ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY/RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County wants to help you grow quality food, as well as pick the best plants for your landscape with the return of their weekly webcast: RU Ready 2 Garden. This free online event is open to the public. Master ...
EDISON, NJ - Edison Township was one of two municipalities in Middlesex County that became home to baby bald eagles. The other town was Monroe. As reported by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, two eaglets were born in Edison along the Raritan River in the vicinity of Kin ...
Go vertical to expand your outdoor gardening space, create privacy and add beauty to bare walls and fences. This centuries-old technique has been used to grow food and flowers, adding beauty and productivity from the ground up. Even those gardening on small city lots, balconies and decks can go ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick's annual winter tour of local birding hotspots will take place this Saturday, January 8. The event begins at 8:00 am and lasts until around 1:00 pm. All are welcome. Guests are encouraged to dress warmly and to wear sturdy walking shoes. Participants will need ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - On Saturday, November 6, 2021, MCUA's Landfill staff was happy to conduct a Landfill tour for members of the East Brunswick Sustainability Task Force. The group was able to see firsthand the measures that the Landfill staff take to protect and preserve the 300 plus acres ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – New Jersey shoppers will soon need to remember more than just their list and coupons when they head to most stores when the state-wide ban on single-use plastic and paper bags will go into effect. The plastic bag ban, which was approved by Gov. Phil Murphy last year and ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - After being surrounded by a high fence and blanketed with no trespassing signs and off limits to residents for more than 40 years, very soon, the Fried Industries National Priority Site (aka Superfund) will become East Brunswick’s newest park. A new name is in the making, so we ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Dr. George Hamilton of Rutgers University will present a virtual program on the spread and management of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly in New Jersey at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20 as part of the Option Green lecture series at the East Brunswick Public Library. The program ...
EDISON, NJ — After increased sightings in Edison and across the state of spotted lanternflies, an exotic invasive insect known to feed on 70 different types of plants and trees, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) is urging anyone who comes across the insect to report and destroy it ...
Edison: Governor Phil Murphy was in Edison today to sign legislation renaming the Dismal Swamp to the Peter J. Barnes Wildlife Preserve. The legislation was sponsored by Patrick Diegnan in the Senate and Rob Karabinchak and Sterley Stanley in the Assembly. The legislation was signed in front of ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Letting rainwater leave your property can interfere with groundwater recharge and possibly cause flooding, ice slicks in the winter, and pollution of downstream lakes and streams. Rain gardens are one possible solution available to homeowners. Commercial properties can use ...
EAST BRUNSWICK – N.J. State Assemblyman Sterley S. Stanley will present a joint legislative resolution honoring National Moth Week, an international citizen science project founded in East Brunswick, at a township-wide moth night at Community Park on Friday, July 23. The presentation will take ...
TRENTON, NJ – Local legislators are examining the feasibility of transitioning New Jersey's public services into a more clean-energy-based format - beginning with local school buses. The full New Jersey Assembly has approved a bill to create a three-year pilot program to explore replacing ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The Middlesex County Utilities Authority (MCUA) is celebrating the completion of Flood Mitigation and Restoration Improvements to its Sayreville Pump Station by hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Sayreville Pump Station on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. This $92 ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ - East Brunswick's Dallenbach Lake will be the site of a full day of free fishing, with prizes for youth participants courtesy of the State of New Jersey. The Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program's Youth Fishing Challenge is a free statewide event to promote fishing among ...