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...

Women’s Heart Disease: A Survivor’s Tale

If there was a killer stalking the women of America, murdering them at the rate of over 1,000 a day, can you imagine the...

A Mother’s Death Launches a Mission

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and it makes up one-third of deaths in women. Not everyone knows that...

Six Feet Under, a Business Is Taking Root

There’s an urban legend about St. Joseph’s Seminary, the former religious school on Mapleton Road by Carnegie Lake: that some of its students are...

Taking Care of Business, Paying Overtime

It didn’t take a new law or a constitutional amendment: just one change to the federal Department of Labor’s “white collar” exemptions to overtime...

Are You Eligible for OT? Check the Guidelines

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), workers are entitled to one and a half times their normal pay for any time worked more...

Committed to Work ­– From Tee to Green

Given that New Jersey’s economy is still emerging from the Great Recession of 2008-2013, it’s no secret that many mid-level private golf clubs around...
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