Cover Stories

Hopewell Valley Stage reopens after summer hiatus

Hopewell Valley Stage has resumed programming after a six-week summer hiatus, returning with a new website, improvements to its venue and an expanded schedule of events. The theater began programming...

Helping Seeing Eye puppies find their way

Before a Seeing Eye dog ever guides someone through a busy intersection or safely across a street, countless...

Karly C and Rebel Y’all find their stride

Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, Mercer County folks can say they knew Mike Matisa and Karly C. “when.”...

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...

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...

Mathematica, Where Data Drives Decisions

What if the government just gave everyone money? ...

Capital City Goes Jersey Fresh Green

Hard to believe but “down on the farm” means pretty close to the statehouse as urban agriculture takes root in the capital city. ...

Farmers Markets

Bordentown City Farmers Market, Carslake Community Center, 207 Crosswicks Street, Bordentown. Wednesdays, 3 p.m. to dusk. Through September 27. ...

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...
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