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...

Pia de Jong: Writing Beyond Words, Story, and Self

‘I hope the quota for dead children has been reached. That death has claimed enough of them.” ...

The Hooker Next Door

One of the characters in ‘Saving Charlotte’ is a colorful neighbor described by de Jong in the following essay, excerpted for space: ...

An Island Adventure in New Jersey’s Capital

Like Henry David Thoreau, who noted “I have traveled a great deal in Concord (Massachusetts)”; James Joyce, whose works constantly explored Dublin; and William...

Lights, Camera, Medicine: MJH Builds TV Studio for Docs

‘This isn’t my father’s business,” says Michael J. Hennessy, a second-generation medical publisher. ...

BMS Finds the Formula for an Open Office That Works

The open office concept is trendy, but sometimes the reality of it doesn’t live up to the expectations of a creative, free-flowing workplace. Open...

Jay Regan’s Revenge: A Lifetime of Living Well

Jay Regan doesn’t look like a racketeer. You would imagine Jay Regan, the racketeer, to be a burly guy with a threatening gaze. Instead...
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