Project Porchlight Blog
The 28th annual Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning on July 23-25 in Readington, New Jersey, featured huge balloons—ginormous balloons!--in a variety of shapes, including a scarecrow, a barn, and a haunted house. More than 110,000 people attended this year’s event at Readington’s Solberg Airport
Anne Purcaro (pictured here, right) first learned about Project Porchlight’s campaign to distribute millions of energy-efficient bulbs across New Jersey back in May, when a complimentary compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb was left on the doorknob of her home in Parsippany, New Jersey.
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There’s so much to do at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. The 2,200-acre park offers dozens of rides—including some very memorable roller coasters—as well as the Six Flags Wild Safari animal park and Hurricane Harbor water park.
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In 1910, the community of Monte San Giacomo in southwestern Italy sent Saint Ann’s Catholic Church in Hoboken, New Jersey, a beautiful statue of Saint Ann, who is revered as the grandmother of Jesus Christ.
On July 21-26, Saint Ann’s celebrated the 100th anniversary of that gift with its annual Saint Ann’s Italian Festival, six days of great food, entertainment, games, and more
July 24 turned out to be one of the hottest days so far this summer in Little Silver, New Jersey, but the soaring temperatures did little to deter the dedicated volunteers who participated in Project Porchlight’s Little Silver Blitz.
Despite the heat, approximately 25 volunteers worked their way through the borough
