Hamilton Square News & Events

11/29/2025

Omar Adams
Trenton many years ago

11/29/2025

11/29/2025

RISOTTO AL LIMONE (LEMON RISOTTO)
A bright, creamy risotto infused with fresh lemon. Light, comforting, and wonderfully aromatic — a perfect spring dish! 🌿
Ingredients
• 1 cup Arborio rice
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
• 3 cups vegetable or chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon butter
• Salt & pepper
Instructions
Warm broth in a pot.
In a pan, melt butter and toast the rice for 1 minute.
Add broth gradually, stirring constantly.
When creamy, add lemon juice, zest, Parmesan, salt, and pepper.
Serve immediately. 🍋✨

11/29/2025

11/29/2025

Jon Bon Jovi didn’t open a restaurant… he built a refuge.
People talk about charity.
He built a table where dignity sits first.
Where hunger has no shame.
Where a meal isn’t a transaction — it’s a lifeline.
At JBJ Soul Kitchen, there are:
— no prices,
— no awkward stares,
— no questions about your wallet,
— no one turned away.
If you can pay, you donate.
If you can’t, you roll up your sleeves for a few minutes.
And either way, you walk out fed — not just with food, but with hope.
By 2025, Soul Kitchen had quietly served over 200,000 meals across multiple New Jersey locations.
But the real story isn’t the number.
It’s what those meals meant.
A single mom who hadn’t sat at a table with her kids in months.
A veteran who finally found a place where no one looked down on him.
A student working two jobs who just needed one warm meal to get through the week.
People don’t just eat there.
They stand a little taller again.
And those who’ve been inside swear the same thing:
“It’s the only restaurant where you leave with a full stomach… and a fuller heart.”

11/29/2025

We want to thank the Boy Scouts for dropping off some delicious pies!! We greatly appreciate all the support our community shows us during the holiday season!

11/29/2025

A twelve year old girl saw people struggling in the cold and chose to create something that could help them.
Rebecca Young from Glasgow developed a solar powered heated backpack as part of the UK Primary Engineer Leaders Award. She wanted to design something practical that could make nights a little easier for people sleeping outdoors. Her idea was simple but thoughtful. The backpack collects energy from the sun during the day and can unfold into a warm blanket at night.
Her design earned a silver medal, and engineers at Thales were so impressed that they turned her concept into a real, working prototype. The company then funded and donated one hundred fifty backpack blankets to local charities, including Homeless Project Scotland. Volunteers shared that the new design offered both warmth and comfort for people who needed it most.
Rebecca has said she hopes her invention helps others feel cared for. Her story shows how kindness and creativity can work together, and how even a young person can inspire meaningful change in a community.