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Mercer had a huge turnout considering…Road Closures, Triathlon's, July Vacation's and Oh ya it's 90+ degrees out. They were able do do quite a bit of thorn removal from the east picnic area to the rowing center on the north side of the lake. My thanks to: Alistair MacLennan, Chuck Prettyman...

It's amazing what a small group of volunteers can accomplish with with Stihl power tools!!! We had a very productive trail day today! Rick Soden, Yuri Soang, Bill Swords,Tom Swords, Tyler Swords & myself freshened up the alternate blue trail that starts on your right while heading west just...

We had a great crew of volunteer thorn killers on Saturday We trimmed the thorns back with power and hand tools It was a special treat to have the next generation of trail keepers Ceili and Chris join us. My thanks to the crew: Christopher Fleres Michael Fleres David Fox David Hall...

Ray Lahood's (Current United States Secretary of Transportation) tabletop speech at the Bike Summit http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/03/my-view-from-atop-the-table-at-the-national-bike-summit.html#more

Due to a recent computer virus I do not have an up to date e-mail list. If you would like to receive notice of upcoming trail maintenance days at Mercer Please e-mail me at smart.jorba (at) gmail.com Please use the subject line "Mercer TM list" Thanks! Mick

Group, The 12/19/2009 Mercer County Park Trail Day is canceled due to weather Happy Holidays to all! Mick

October 2009 Trail Day -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We had a great session in September at Mercer County Park. We re-routed a large section of the red trail behind the tennis stadium. The following folks came out to the September TM: -...

I have been asked if we could help do a bit of pre-race cleanup on Belle Mt this Sunday The plan is to meet at 10am across from the old ski hill on Valley road and work for a couple of hours There is talk of riding at Bald Pate afterwards Mick

We had a special day at Mercer today! We had Jorba’s head poobah Frank Harms make a presidential visit Have no fear we had him ankle deep in mud walking in the stream then working on his knees placing boulders during the trail re-alignment we did today. “The presidential treatment at Mercer”...

MCP Trail Conditions 08 August 2009 The trails have benefited from the 3-4 days of dry weather We still have ruts and mud holes. Some will need our attention. The good news is that many of the flat areas that were wet and muddy have firmed up.

Who rode past my wife and I (riding GT Zaskars) on Edinberg road in West Windsor today? He was riding a cannondale and had on a full mtbnj outfit? Thanks for staying out of the park!!! Mick

It's been raining for the last three days with a flood watch for today and tonight. The trails are extremely wet and muddy. Any trail riding is going to cause rutting. If you must ride this weekend do it on the road If you ride Mercer (next week) and find trail issues please e-mail me at...

We wounded a lot of thorn bushes Today A Big Thanks to all who helped! angelicrescue45 (mtbnj) Jeff Conklin Jim Dewan Rich Christiano Brandon Lauerman Jacki Marmur Yuri Soang Tom Swords Mick Tormey Igor Ziedonis Mick

Group, The weather was great. The parks commission provided the material and we had a great turnout. It’s a nice start to the new year! I would like to thank all of you who showed up for the TM Day. Kevin Stout sent me photos it looks like quite a crew! Thanks for putting in nearly...

Kevin Stout will be leading SMART’s first trail day of the year this Saturday March 21st The group will meet at the Marina at 9am and drive to the work site after assembling. The project for the day will be dependent on material delivery from the parks department. Please wear clothing...