Cover Stories

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.” That is, when they were playing acoustic duos in small places...

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...

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...

Roosevelt Artists Still Delivering Jersey Ripe Art

The town of Roosevelt, New Jersey, is 1.92 square miles, 77 years old, and has a population of about 900. That makes it smaller,...

Ani Rosskam and Sense of a Place

You have to make it clear that I did that when I was in college,” says Ani — Anita — Rosskam about “The Party.”...

An Inconvenient Child

Michael Graziano and his wife, Sabine Kastner, are both professors at Princeton University with seemingly esoteric subjects of academic interest. ...

Want to Live in Palmer Square? Give Up the Yard

When Princeton Borough and Princeton Township finally agreed to consolidate into a single municipal entity in 2012, there was some hand-wringing over what to...

Palmer Square by the Numbers

Population. Palmer Square, with just 100 dwelling units in the newly completed Residences section and 124 units — mostly smaller ones — in the...

Pi Day Offers Professors, Puzzles, and, of Course, Pie

Now in its sixth year, Pi Day Princeton celebrates the birthday of the most famous scientist ever to call Princeton home, the mathematical constant...
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