Project Porchlight Blog

The annual Keyport International Festival in Keyport, New Jersey, is a multicultural music and food festival highlighting Keyport’s considerable appeal as a tourist destination. This year’s event, held on June 26, featured music, food, and various vendors representing a variety of countries and regions all over the world.

The annual WPST Freedom Festival, sponsored by radio station WPST 94.5-FM, is a family event built around the Independence Day Fireworks that take place just after sunset at Mercer County Park in West Windsor, New Jersey. This year’s event, on June 26, featured live music, food, crafts, and games.

The Parish of the Resurrection is comprised of several sister churches in downtown Jersey City, New Jersey. Resurrection Parish’s annual two-day Festival of Saint John the Baptist is its biggest fundraising event of the year. This year’s event, held on June 26 & 27, featured plenty of food, drinks and music, along with everything from

Project Porchlight’s Hazlet Blitz on June 19 in Hazlet, New Jersey, was absolutely perfect.

“The day was sunny and bright,” says Rosemary Mazza, Chair of the Hazlet Environmental Commission. “It was perfect weather for taking a nice walk in the morning to meet your neighbors and give out energy-saving light bulbs.”

For some college students, a good part of the four years they spend at college might be devoted to beer and hanging out. Justin Freedman (pictured here, right), a 21-year-old senior at The College of New Jersey, is not one of those students.