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...

A Guide to Princeton’s Connexion Francaise

The large presence of French natives in the Princeton region is attributed to a number of factors: the area’s proximity to urban and rural...

Somerset County to Fund Bridge Project

Travelers and business owners in the Rocky Hill area have voiced their frustrations over the stagnant Route 518 bridge project (U.S. 1, August 24,...

Remembering My Experience in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001

It is now the 15th anniversary of September 11th. Fifteen years. And yet I remember every detail and emotion of that tragic morning as...

9/11 Memorials

The website for the national 9/11 memorial, www.911memorial.org, includes a registry of more than 1,000 memorial sites that commemorate the lives lost on September...

Lesson Plan for Higher Education

There are a lot of bright ideas floating around about higher education right now: that massive online courses are the answer to more affordable...

From ‘Lesson Plan’: Free Tuition

To be sure, lowering the price of community college may improve the chances that students who would not otherwise have attended any college will...
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