Fwd: Mercer County seeks input on ‘water sports’ park 

The biggest stories from around Central Jersey For more local news, artist profiles and high school sports coverage, visit our website. Mercer County seeks input on new 'water sports' park   The Mercer County Park Commission's purchase of a small plot of land on Hughes Drive in Hamilton in 2017 opened up a world of possibilities for the commission and—by extension—county residents. Mixed month for Trenton Water Works    The results are in, and they're not what Trenton Water Works customers had hoped. For the third time in the last four testing periods, TWW has violated the federal action level for lead. Source of lead in water baffles Bordentown officials   For the third consecutive testing period, samples from the Bordentown Water Department contained twice the levels of lead allowed by the federal government. Baffled local officials continue to search for answers to the most basic question: Why? End of an era at Trenton Farmers Market   After running the Trenton Farmers Market with his wife for 39 years, Jack Ball has officially retired. As might be expected, he's not entirely sure what to do with his time now. Art All Night will return to Trenton   Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora said this year's Art All Night will be "bigger and better than ever" following last year's tragic shooting. MCCC hosts area's best-kept dining secret   One of the best-kept dining secrets in Central Jersey can be found on Monday nights in the Engineering Systems Building at Mercer County Community College. Jack Bell to join state coaches Hall of Fame March 10   Longtime Hamilton coach Jack Bell will soon join an elite club of Garden State soccer luminaries when he is inducted into the Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey's Hall of Fame. Forgotten History Podcast: Sourland Legacy   In Episode 2 of Forgotten History, we interview authors Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills, whose new book, "If These Stones Could Talk," documents the often overlooked history of the black community of the Sourland Mountains. The authors discuss war heroes, a man who stood up to Charles Lindbergh, and an enslaved woman who beat up her owner and escaped to live past the age of 100. Follow Us

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Publishers Marketplace Super Search rights postings job board report a deal site guide help Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Deal News Yesterday we posted 55 new deals at Publishers Marketplace (and 1 more so far today), among them: 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary John Archibald's SHAKING THE GATES OF HELL, a memoir of growing up in the South in the 1960's during years of revolution; The Atlantic staff writer Mike Giglio's SHATTER THE NATIONS: THE WAR FOR THE ISIS CALIPHATE, in which Giglio, who spent six years reporting on the rise and fall of the ISIS proto-state, details both sides of the conflict; Holly Miller's THE SIGHT OF YOU, pitched as ME BEFORE YOU meets THE LIGHT WE LOST, posing the question "what if you knew the date of your soulmate's death?"; Longtime NYT criminal justice reporter Alan Feuer's untitled work on Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the account of his rise and fall, his multiple escapes, and the inside stories of the US law enforcement officers who brought him to justice; Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT foreign correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman's THE MISSION, about the short life and violent death of the American missionary John Chau, who was murdered by a band of hunters and gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. PublishersMarketplace.com paid members get complete access to our deal news: Live every day as reports come in; every morning in an optional e-mail; complete and organized in full round-ups every week; and searchable anytime in all kinds of powerful ways (members run about 2,500 deal searches daily), through our "industry standard" database now tracking more than 100,000 transactions from over 15 years. Plus, our Top Dealmakers feature provides live pages with the deal histories of over 20,000 agents, agencies, editors and imprints—and offers ranked lists of the most active Dealmakers across over 60 book categories, tracking deals in over 50 countries. Join now to try this rich resource that powers the industry. Deal Reports Report your deals using our online form. And please report translations rights sales using the dedicated form. Today's Meal People, Awards, Etc. Tessa Woodward has been promoted to executive editor at William Morrow/Avon. At Little, Brown: Alexandra Hoopes has been promoted to assistant editor; Lucy Kim is now art director and Tim Harrington is senior art director; Katharine Myers moves up to director of publicity, Lena Khidritskaya Little becomes associate director of publicity and Alyssa Persons is publicist; and Ashley Marudas is promoted to senior marketing manager. Kathryn Taussig will be promoted to publishing director at Bookouture as of April 23, reporting to Jenny Geras, responsible for recruiting and leading their recently-announced team that will focus on commercial fiction for the US market. Forthcoming Jojo Moyes' new standalone novel The Giver of Stars will be published on October 8 in the US by Pamela Dorman Books and October 3 in the UK by Michael Joseph. Inspired by a true story, the novel centers on "five incredible women and their unforgettable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond." Macmillan will publish the first four novels in a new eight-part series by Jeffrey Archer, about family man and detective William Warwick, beginning with Nothing Ventured on September 10. Harper Wave announced it will publish Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life by country musician Tim McGraw on November 5. The book offers "practical advice and mental approach together with exercise tips to help readers become healthy, strong and fit in mind and body." Picks Barnes & Noble chose Lisa See's The Island of Sea Women as its March Book Club pick. Awards The Nobel Prize in Literature announced it will resume in this year, with laureates for both 2018 and 2019 to be named in fall 2019. The 2018 award was postponed after a sexual misconduct and leaking scandal. , and the resignation of multiple members of the Swedish Academy. The organization also says it has made changes to restore trust: "The Academy's regulations have been amended, making it possible for members to resign. The statutes have been clarified. Several new members have been elected. The Academy also no longer includes any members who are subject to conflict of interest or criminal investigations." Additionally, five "independent external members" will help the committee select winners for the next few years. In other award news, Kate Harris won Canada's $30,000 RBC Taylor Prize for her travel memoir Lands of Lost Borders. The Audio Publishers Association announced the winners of their Audie Awards on Monday evening, with Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone named Audio Book of the Year. See the rest of the winners here. 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