HAMILTON, NJ -- Mercer County is expanding their community outreach center in Hamilton Township -- the Mercer County Connection -- in order to better serve residents, officials have announced.

Once complete, the County Connection office will be approximately 4,000 square feet. 

Located in the Hamilton Square Shopping Center on Route 33 and Paxson Avenue, the County Connection ...

MERCER COUNTY, NJ -- 105 pounds of unused or expired drugs were collected at the recent "Drug Take-Back Day" that urges residents to safely clean out their medicine cabinets, Sheriff Jack Kemler announced.

The disposed medications ranged from daily blood pressure medications to dangerous opiate painkillers and other addictive narcotics. 

"Our goal is to ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- Motorists should expect detours along Hamilton Avenue (County Road 606) as milling and resurfacing of the roadway is set to begin on Monday, May 23. 

The Mercer County Department of Transportation officials said that during construction Hamilton Avenue between South Olden Avenue and Newkirk Avenue will be closed to through traffic between 9:00a.m. and ...

MERCER COUNTY, NJ -- Mercer County Department of Transportation officials announced on Thursday that roadwork is set to begin on a portion of Quakerbridge Road. 

Beginning on Sunday, May 15, Quakerbridge Roard -- also known as County Road 533 -- will undergo milling and resurfacing between Collins Road to Village Road West - Lawrence Square Blvd North.

The work will be done in the ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – C. Vivian Stringer, a Rutgers icon, a trailblazer in women’s basketball and the first Black coach (man or woman) to reach 1,000 wins in Division I competition, has announced her retirement.

Stringer, who also coached at Cheyney State and Iowa during her Hall of Fame career, will officially retire Sept. 1.

In 50 years as a college coach, she amassed 1,055 ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ- After a three-year hiatus, two due to a global pandemic and the third a rainout, the Robbinsville Little League finally got a chance to celebrate Opening Day on Saturday.

The day started with a parade that went through the Tatum Park complex and ended at the baseball field where players walked through a balloon-filled entrance onto the field for the first time this ...

NEW JERSEY — Gas prices in New Jersey have reached another all-time high.

The average price of a gallon of unleaded reached $4.72 on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. That's up seven cents from the day before, 23 cents from last week and nearly 70 cents from last month. Those figures are according to AAA.

In the Hamilton-Robbinsville area, prices range between $4.69 per ...

NEWARK, NJ —New Jersey's Acting Attorney General and the Division of Community Affairs (DCA) are warning customers and merchants statewide about price gouging and any fraud dealing with the sale of baby formula in New Jersey.

“The current baby formula shortage may have scammers and unscrupulous vendors coming out of the woodwork to take advantage of parents at a vulnerable ...

MERCER COUNTY, NJ -- Music will be in the air once again this summer with the Mercer County Park Commission's Friday Night Concert Series that includes a range of musical genres and a special performance by the legendary Morris Day. 

The Friday Night Concerts will begin on open on July 8 between 6:00p.m and 9:30p.m. on R&B night with the Earth Wind & Fire Tribute Band at ...

BORDENTOWN CITY, NJ — The Old City Hall Restoration Committee's (OCHRC) ongoing Speaker Series will continue this weekend as the organization welcomes Ken Magos, the Host and Producer of the PBS show Drive By History and Drive By History: Eats.

Magos investigates the stories behind historical road markers in New Jersey and New York to discover hidden details ...

NEW JERSEY — The Garden State Parkway was shut down last week for miles after a crash caused by a police chase involving a car that was reported stolen. One of the suspects fled on foot through Clark. Officers caught up with him, arrested him and three other suspects who were then turned over to State Police. 

A similar incident occurred a few days later in Holmdel, ...

NEW JERSEY - The Girl and Boy Scouts of Hasbrouck Heights join together to clean their community. Plus, several Girl Scouts in South Plainfield receive scholarships. Also, a Rahway superintendent is honored. And a Westfield Boy Scout proposes a life-saving station near a local pond.

TAPinto's Kristina Behr has today's Now in New Jersey, Powered by TAPinto, brought to you ...