Hunterdon Commissioners Offer Municipal Grants To Boost Tourism
‘Rediscover Hunterdon’ Grants Will Support Covid Paused
Festivals and Local Events
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Enacting a plan to boost tourism by encouraging and assisting local festivals and main street events in Hunterdon County communities, the Hunterdon Board of Commissioners, at the May 3rd meeting, approved a new municipal grant program called ‘Rediscover Hunterdon’ grants aimed at supporting local events.
The Board Director, John E. Lanza, stated, “This new municipal grant program, which we are calling ‘Rediscover Hunterdon’ grants, is aimed at helping our municipalities to re-establish festivals or main street events that have been pushed aside by the covid pandemic."
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Hunterdon County
Parks & Recreation
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Arbor Day Observed In Hunterdon County With The County Shade
Tree Commission
Annual Tree Planting At County Arboretum
Honors Arbor Day April 29th
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Photo, L to R: Shade Tree Commission member Bill Wild, Chairman of the Shade Tree Commission, Hans Hanbicki , County Commissioner Shaun C. Van Doren, Parks & Rec Division Head Dan Bush, Shade Tree Commission member Keith Decker, and the County’s Department of Public Works and Engineering Director Tom Mathews commemorate Arbor Day |
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Commemorating the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day and the 23rd anniversary of the County Shade Tree Commission, the County’s Department of Public Works and Engineering Director, Tom Mathews, met with Hunterdon County Parks and Recreation Division Head, Dan Bush, and members of the Shade Tree Commission, and planted a tree at the county’s Arboretum on April 29th at the County’s Arbor Day Ceremony, Commissioner Shaun C. Van Doren reported at the May 3rd Board meeting.
Commissioner Van Doren, the Board’s Shade Tree Commission liaison, said, “Planting a tree each year on Arbor Day is a tradition which is quintessentially Hunterdon. Our county is known for its parks, trails and abundant flora and fauna. Planting trees protects the land and the wildlife that depends on a healthy ecosystem.”
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Mr. Fix It Appliance Day
IS BACK!
WHERE: Hunterdon County Senior Center, Building #1, 4 Gauntt Place
TIME: 9:30-Noon
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Hunterdon County to Offer
2022 Teen Arts Festival
May 1st through June 15th
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The Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, through funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, is continuing for the second year a county-wide Teen Arts Festival running from May 1 through June 15, 2022.
Hunterdon County Commissioner Deputy Director Zachary T. Rich stated, “Teens will be invited to take part in workshops where they can discover new art forms and learn more about the ones that interest them most.”
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County Walk-Up Vaccine Clinic
Route 12 Complex
Appointments available for the 2.0 booster:
May 11 and 18
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Hunterdon Tax Rate Again Frozen At 2018 Level In 2022 County Budget |
Board Director John E. Lanza, who earlier in the year encouraged the Budget Committee to freeze the tax rate again this year, stated, “The Board members recognize the hardship being placed on individuals and families by an inflation rate that has not been experienced in decades. Freezing the County tax rate for the fourth consecutive year is one positive step this Board can take to help.”
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information & updates
UPDATED: NEW
Bridge and Road Closures and Detours
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Click the image above for more information about
Hunterdon County Volunteer Opportunities
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Friday, May 6 at 7:30 PM Stanton Reformed Church
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Equitable Relief for Medicare Enrollment and Disenrollment |
If you were unable to enroll or disenroll in Medicare because you could not reach Social Security by phone after January 1, 2022, participants have been granted additional time, through December 30, 2022.
For more information, call 1-800-772-1213 or use the Social Security Office Locator to find the number for a local office.
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Hunterdon County Board of County Commissioners and Constitutional Officers |
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John E. Lanza
Director
Zachary T. Rich
Deputy Director
**not pictured
Matt Holt
Susan J. Soloway
Shaun C.
Van Doren
Mary H. Melfi
County Clerk
Fred W. Brown
Sheriff
Susan J. Hoffman
Surrogate
Renee Robeson
Prosecutor
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