Mercer County, New Jersey the Eastern Wrestling League. The College of New Jersey Lions compete in the NCAA DIII as a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference and the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Mercer County Community College competes as the Mercer Vikings as a member of the Garden State Athletic Conference and the National Junior College Athletic Association. The Princeton Tigers compete in the Ivy League. Mercer County, New Jersey Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, the state capital. The county constitutes the Trenton-Ewing, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area and is considered
2017 New Jersey state government shutdown midnight July 1 when the old budget ended, the governor signed an executive order that immediately stopped numerous non-essential government functions. State functions that ceased immediately included state parks and New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission offices. The New Jersey State Police, psychiatric hospitals, the New Jersey Lottery, and NJ Transit were not affected by the shutdown. The shutdown was notable for closing several of the Jersey Shore's beaches, a major tourist attraction, for much of the Independence Day weekend. Island Beach State Park and the Liberty Island ferry were closed during what would normally be one of their busiest holidays;