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Complimentary Program via Zoom Wednesday March 31st from 5-6 pm Bring your favorite beverage to an illuminating Virtual Happy Hour Featuring Taylor Blanchard, local physicist, artist, and photographer Sign-up at RSVP@drgreenway.org Or call Deb Kilmer at 609-578-7470 no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30th to reserve your space and receive instructions for this Complimentary Zoom event! Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars. The Sky's the Limit! See the Stars Virtually over St. Michaels Farm Preserve This > Read More
February 25, 2020 ~ Princeton, NJ As D&R Greenway celebrates its 315th property preserved since its founding in 1989, Peter J. Dawson of Pennington, owner of Leigh Visual Imaging Solutions, enthusiastically takes the reins as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Peter takes over from Co-Chairs Wendy Kvalheim of Princeton and Christopher DeGrezia, Esq. of Montgomery who completed their terms after a collective 18 years of volunteer service and leadership. Both former Chairs will continue to use their > Read More
February 25, 2020 ~ Princeton, NJ D&R Greenway Land Trust congratulates Alan Hershey who was a Lifetime Service Award finalist at the virtual 2020 New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson Awards Ceremony, presented by Multiplying Good. The Jefferson Awards, initiated in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Senator Robert Taft Jr. and Sam Beard, are considered to be the Nobel Prize for community and public service and are given at both local and national levels. The Lifetime Service Award recognizes an individual > Read More
February 12, 2020 ~ Flemington, NJ During a meeting of the Bridgewater Township Council, held virtually at 7:30pm on Thursday February 11, 2021, D&R Greenway Land Trust President & CEO Linda Mead and artist James Fiorentino paid tribute to the life, legacy and land preservation efforts of Lt. Col. Vaucher. Fiorentino also shared with the Bridgewater community Vaucher’s portrait, which he completed and shared with the 102 year-old WWII veteran and his family just days before his passing. “It was > Read More
Napoleon’s Brother Lived in N.J. Here’s What Happened to the Estate. Jan. 31, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET, The New York Times ~ The name Bonaparte brings to mind many locales: Corsica, Paris, Alexandria, Waterloo and, finally, St. Helena. New Jersey? Not so much. Napoleon, the French emperor, never stepped foot in the state, but New Jersey was home to another Bonaparte: Napoleon’s older brother, Joseph, who was once the king of Naples and then Spain. Bonaparte built a sumptuous > Read More
A Green Legacy was Created that Benefits Song Birds, Wildlife and All Who Live in the Stony Brook Watershed December 22, 2020, Princeton ~ In this season of gifts, a green legacy was created on December 18 that benefits song birds, wildlife and all who live in the Stony Brook watershed. D&R Greenway completed preservation of ten bucolic Hopewell, New Jersey acres. Property owner, Nutan Singh, achieved this milestone in memory of her husband, Anil Singh. He loved caring for this > Read More
Newly Preserved Land Extends South of Woosamonsa Ridge Preserve December 28, 2020, Princeton ~ 50 acres of rolling farm fields and woodlands along Jacobs Creek permanently protected with conservation and public access easement. As 2020 comes to an end, D&R Greenway Land Trust announces good news with permanent preservation of the 50-acre Sycamore Creek Farm, owned by Tony and Patti Cifelli, in Hopewell, New Jersey. A forest of majestic trees, a stone wall and Christmas fern adjoins acres of farm > Read More
Watch What Babe Ruth Teaches About Getting Kids Outdoors Babe Ruth by James Fiorentino December 14, 2020, Princeton Grandparents and parents seeking holiday gifts for their Little Leaguers will be inspired by watching D&R Greenway’s latest video ‘Fields of Dreams’ featuring sports and the outdoors in the starring role. Linda Ruth Tosetti, granddaughter of legendary homerun hitter Babe Ruth, tells personal stories about the Babe’s early life and how he became motivated to become a baseball player. Click HERE or > Read More
10th Anniversary of St. Michaels Farm Preserve Proves Power of Land to Create Community Once upon a time, a large, brick Victorian orphanage presided over four hundred acres of expansive farm fields and richly forested land. From 1896 until 1973, children lived at and attended classes in St. Michael’s Orphanage and Industrial School in Hopewell, NJ. After the orphanage closed, the land laid in wait of its fate. In fall of 2005, D&R Greenway President and CEO Linda Mead received > Read More
Celebrating a Community Hero A new historically important preserve has been named for local WWII veteran Bob Vaucher (c). His family, including three children, gathered for a dedication at the Bridgewater Council meeting on the 75th VJ Day. When World War II hero Bob Vaucher was not flying one of his 117 combat missions, he would sit with his comrades at night and talk about what they would do if they made it home. Their commitment: We will do > Read More
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