(Photo by Ellen Gilbert)
LABOR OF LOVE: Recreation Department Administrative Secretary Vikki Caines poses with the Shasta daisies she planted and tends in Marchand Meadow.
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This is kind of a secret garden, said Recreation Department Administrative Secretary Vikki Caines, leading a visitor past the thriving plants in a plot adjacent to the Recreation Department entrance.
At first glance, the cardboard boxes and bubble wrap that line a large, empty room at the College of New Jersey (TCNJ) dont look like much. Dusty documents and dated pamphlets peek out of their makeshift containers. Rows of old circuit boards stand end-to-end.
An excessive heat warning through at least Friday, July 22 has been issued for the central New Jersey area by the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, in coordination with the National Weather Service. Heat index values (a measure of the combination of heat and humidity) could approach 105 to 110 degrees. The excessive heat warning is in effect until Friday and will be reevaluated as the weekend approaches.