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Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey,the county seat of Mercer County and was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24,1784. The city's metropolitan area,consisting of Mercer County,is grouped with the New York Metropolitan Area by the United States Census Bureau,but it directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and was from 1990 until 2000 part of the Philadelphia Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 United States Census,Trenton had a population of 90,871,making it the state's 10th-largest municipality in 2010 and 2020,after having been the state's ninth-largest municipality in 2000. The population in 2020 stood at 90,871,an increase of 5,958 (+7.0%) from the 84,913 reported in the 2010 Census,reversing decades of population loss.
Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton,also the state capital,prompting the nickname The Capital County. Mercer County alone constitutes the Trenton–Princeton Metropolitan Statistical Area and is considered part of the New York Metropolitan Area by the United States Census Bureau,but also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is included within the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. As of the 2020 United States Census,Mercer County's population was 387,340,making it the state's 12th-most populous county,an increase of 20,827 (5.7%) enumerated at the 2010 U.S. Census,when its population was enumerated at 366,513,in turn an increase of 15,752 (4.5%) from the 350,761 counted at the 2000 Census,retaining its position as the 12th-most populous county in the state.
Route 31 is a state highway in New Jersey,United States. It runs 48.93 mi (78.75 km) from U.S. Route 1 Business /US 206 in Trenton,Mercer County,north to an intersection with US 46 in Buttzville in White Township,Warren County. Along the way,Route 31 heads through the communities of Flemington,Clinton and Washington. Most of the highway is state-maintained;however,the section within the city limits of Trenton is maintained by the city. Much of Route 31 is a two-lane highway that passes through farmland,woodland,and mountainous areas. Two portions of the route—from Trenton to Pennington and from Ringoes to Clinton—consist of more development.
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Ewing Township is a township in Mercer County,New Jersey,United States. The township is within the New York metropolitan area as defined by the United States Census Bureau. It also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. As of the 2010 United States Census,the township's population was 35,790,reflecting an increase of 83 (+0.2%) from the 35,707 counted in the 2000 Census,which had increased by 1,522 (+4.5%) from the 34,185 counted in the 1990 Census.
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The Pennington School is a private (independent),coeducational college preparatory school for day and boarding students in sixth through twelfth grades,located in Pennington,New Jersey,a small community in the northeastern United States midway between New York City and Philadelphia in Mercer County,New Jersey. The Head of School is Dr. William S. Hawkey,who assumed the position in July 2014.
Sheila Y. Oliver is an American politician serving as the second lieutenant governor of New Jersey since 2018. She previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2004 to 2018,where she represented the 34th legislative district while also serving as the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly for two terms,from January 12,2010,to January 14,2014,as a member of the Democratic Party.
Lucille Davy was the Commissioner of Education in New Jersey. She was named acting commissioner on September 9,2005,by former Governor of New Jersey Richard Codey. She was named commissioner by Governor Jon Corzine as of July 11,2006.
The West Trenton Line is a proposed NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail service that would be operated mostly on the CSX Transportation Trenton Subdivision,connecting West Trenton Station in Ewing Township,New Jersey with Newark Penn Station in Newark,New Jersey. The route would connect with the Raritan Valley Line at Bridgewater and the SEPTA West Trenton Line at West Trenton. As of 2007,NJT's estimate of the cost of creating a passenger line to West Trenton was $219 million. The project is still on the books,but no funding for the proposal has been secured to this date.
Barbara Wright McConnell was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey,who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 to 1982 and in the cabinet of former Governor James Florio.
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Russell H. Mullen served as Acting Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation from August 14,1977 to May 22,1978. He was in the cabinet of Governor Brendan Byrne. Mullen began his career as a reporter for the Associated Press in the Newark and Trenton bureaus,and joined the staff of the New Jersey State Highway Commission in 1961. From 1971 to 1975,he was the Director of Construction for New York City under Mayors John Lindsay and Abraham Beame. He returned to New Jersey in 1975 as the Assistant Commissioner of Transportation for Transportation Planning and Project Coordination. Mullen retired from the Department of Transportation in September 1991 after 31 years. Mullen became Acting Commissioner when Alan Sagner resigned to become Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and served until Louis Gambaccini assumed the post in 1978.
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- ↑ DePalma, Anthony. "TRANSPORTATION: IT'S DECISION TIME", The New York Times , November 22, 1981. Accessed March 29, 2016. "A resident of Pennington, she sometimes bicycles to her office in Trenton, a distance of four and a half miles."
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