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Texas in July, metalcore band, returns to Trenton after two years

Texas in July, a five piece metalcore band from Lancaster, PA, played an explosive set to a sold out crowd at the Championship Bar and Grill in Trenton on Saturday, April 20, 2013. This marks the long awaited return of the band after they played their last set in Trenton exactly two years prior. The [...]

PROFILE: Ron Pierce: a man with many purses

A field of nine horses and all the pacers are at the post. It is the 2008 Meadowlands Pace. The audience is about to witness a world-record upset. Off they go. Mucho Sleezy, Somebeachsomewhere, World-Record then, and Art Official fight for the lead. After a quarter Art Official goes to the front on the outside. [...]

Hippotherapy helps children with disabilities

“Twinkle twinkle little star,” sang a little girl during her first horseback ride. Out of context this is unextraordinary but this little girl had never spoken a word in her life before that bright and cloudless day. The little girl was invited to the farm by its’ owners, Laurie Landy and her husband, to participate [...]

The Trenton Thunder leads off the season with a double

    The Trenton Thunder won their second home game of the season with a 5-3 win against the Richmond Flying Squirrels on April 12 at the newly named Arm & Hammer park. The game was called short by umpires at the beginning of the 8th inning due to weather conditions.On their home opener, the [...]

Mercer Rubber Company alleged pollution at Sayen Gardens is still debatable

The alleged pollution caused by Mercer Rubber Company at Hamilton’s Sayen Gardens is still under contention, despite years of community concern and government investigations. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) examined samples of water and soil from Sayen Gardens in October 2006, following recommendations by the Agency For Toxic Substances and Disease Registry [...]

Gun violence in Trenton is cause of death of five Mercer students since last year

Five Mercer students have been murdered since September of 2012. All five lost their lives due to gun violence in Trenton. The dead include: Ruschell Fireall, 42, a former student, who was a Criminal Justice major through 2008, was shot multiple times outside of her car following a high speed chase by her attacker on [...]

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