Cover Stories

Farm to Fork: Allentown farmers market finds room to grow

By R.H. Schmitt Jr. Central Jersey, particularly Mercer and Monmouth counties, remain home to a rich network of family farms that continue to shape the region’s landscape, economy and identity.  In...

At the crossroads of war and independence

By R. H. Schmitt Jr. Trenton, Princeton and Mercer County have long commanded much of New Jersey’s Revolutionary War...

History takes the center stage for America’s 250th

Before there was a country, there was a a river crossing in the dark, a capital city waiting...

Foundation gives a future to retired Standardbred racehorses

By Jane Meggitt A horse once headed for slaughter surged through traffic, scaffolding and parked cars on a Manhattan...

Strategic Plan Rethinks Modern Library Space In Plainsboro

The Plainsboro Public Library is asking residents to help shape the next phase of one of the township’s...

The Trenton Literacy Movement is on a Quest to Reshape Trenton

A dire economic future faces the vast majority of Trenton’s second graders. While the causes are many and complex, there is a life-saving remedy,...

Kathryn Foster Brings a Fresh Perspective to The College of New Jersey

Kathryn Foster has established a quirky pattern in her career: taking over from a long-tenured woman president of a college or university. Three months...

Go Inside the Current Issue: August 15, 2018

The following stories were originally published in the August 15, 2018, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. ...

TSEU President Merodie Hancock on Non-Traditional Students

At Thomas Edison State University President Merodie Hancock oversees an institution focused on non-traditional students. In an interview with Evollution, an online publication about...

New TESU President Follows a Non-Traditional Calling

By her own admission, the new president of a university for non-traditional students was “traditionally educated.” Merodie Hancock graduated from an Arizona boarding school...

Go Inside the Current Issue: August 8, 2018

The following stories were originally published in the August 8, 2018, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. ...
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