Mercer County Board of Elections will have a presentation at the County Library in Lawrence on May 21 to educate the public about the three ways to vote in N.J. for the upcoming Primary and General Elections, and to demonstrate  the safeguards that are  in place to protect county elections. They will also  provide a demonstration of the Dominion Voting Machines. With a Presidential Election year underway, Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello, Superintendent of Elections Walker M. Worthy, Jr., and Board of Elections Chair Jill Moyer invite constituents to a comprehensive pr ..read more

MERCER COUNTY — It has been 100 days since Mercer County Executive Dan Benson was sworn into office on Jan. 1,  2024. “When we took office, the county faced considerable challenges. The 2022 county audit wasn’t complete, several key financial statements needed corrections, and a key county bond was near its expiration. In our first 100 days, we have put Mercer County on stable footing. We have an experienced team that has restored competence and professionalism to Mercer County government,” said County Executive Benson. Benson immediately hired a qualified and experienced staff, led by C ..read more

When Donald Trump left his seat in the boardroom as the star of his long-running NBC reality series “The Apprentice” in 2015, in order to run for president of the United States, he had a clear successor in mind.   “I said, ‘The best person to hire would be Ivanka Trump,’” Donald Trump says.   “I didn’t press it. But I felt Ivanka would have been by far the best person you could hire.”   Trump shares this revelation in a new book about his years as a reality star, “Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass,” written by Va ..read more

Limonero Films has picked up world rights to distribute environmental documentary, “Wild Coast Warriors,” which launches at Mipdoc.   The film aims to raise awareness of the plight of small coastal communities on South Africa’s Wild Coast, who are standing up to the oil and gas industry.   It follows a David vs. Goliath court-case against Shell, which halted oil and gas exploration, winning protection for the community, the ocean and the local culture.   “Wild Coast Warriors” is directed by Nick Chevallier and Leigh Wood, who also edits the film. It is produced by Chevallier f ..read more

CUMBERLAND, Md. — The monumental problems impacting the young, neglected populations in the world’s poorest countries will, sooner or later, reach everybody’s borders, posits Dr. Sylvanus Ayeni, a retired neurosurgeon who is also the president and founder of Pan Africa Children Advocacy Watch (PACAW), a nonprofit organization headquartered in Maryland.   “We live in a very complex, unsettling and troubled world, which is shrinking — distance wise — faster than we can imagine,” Ayeni said.     Ayeni founded PACAW in 2007 in response to the devastating deficits in education, infr ..read more

TRENTON, N.J. — The African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (AACCNJ) announced its participation in NJ Disparity Study Presentation & Panel Discussion, on Saturday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the NJ Institute of Technology, in Newark, N.J.   Lawrence Crump, Councilman at Large, City of Newark, convened the panel discussion to ensure the information from the State’s recently released Disparity Study, was made available to the public at large.   The presentation on the Disparity Study, conducted by Mason Tillman Associates, was led by Dr. Denise Anderson, Founder ..read more

MERCER COUNTY, N.J. — Following his recent election as Mercer County Executive, on Feb. 22 the Benson Transition Team released a 49-page report that contains recommendations from their 17 transition committees. “Building a better future demands bold action. With the Transition Team’s unique insights, we have developed a bold and comprehensive set of goals for our administration. I look forward to turning this vision into action,” said County Executive Dan Benson. “This was a thorough process of coordinating efforts across 17 teams and assessing hundreds of detailed and thoughtful recomme ..read more

Just before Instagram went down, Taylor Swift took to her Stories to encourage her 282 million followers to get out and exercise their right to vote on Super Tuesday.   In a post, the pop star implored eligible voters to head to the polls to support candidates that best align with their interests.   “Today, March 5, is the Presidential Primary in Tennessee and 16 other states and territories,” she wrote. I wanted to remind you guys to vote the people who most represent YOU into power. If you haven’t already, make a plan to vote today. Whether you’re in Tennessee or somewhere else i ..read more

When Laila Stieler’s script for “From Hilde, With Love,” which world premiered Saturday in competition at the Berlinale, first came to director Andreas Dresen he was a little reluctant to take the project on.   The issue was not the script but the subject-matter: set in Nazi-era Berlin, “From Hilde, With Love” is a love story about two real life members of the pro-Communist, German resistance movement known as the Red Orchestra, Hilde and Hans Coppi.   More than 50 members of the group were guillotined in Berlin’s Plötzensee Prison between 1942 and 1943, including the Coppis. Hilde ..read more

TRENTON, N.J. —  The African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (AACCNJ) hosted a town hall on Feb. 7 , from 3 to 6 p.m., with over two hundred in attendance at the Crowne Plaza Princeton, Conference Center in East Windsor, N.J.   The meeting was convened to provide an open forum for discussion and included a presentation on the State’s newly released Disparity Study, conducted by Mason Tillman Associates, LTD.   The Presentation was led by Dr. Denise Anderson, Founder & CEO, Denise Anderson & Associates (DA&A) LLC, and moderated by John E. Harmon, Sr., IOM ..read more