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...

Digital Atelier: Where the Muse and Software Meet to Make Art

At first glance the Digital Atelier — housed on the Grounds For Sculpture campus in Hamilton — looks anything but monumental. ...

Defending the Arts Amid a Culture of Fear

It’s the afternoon of January 20, 2011, and I am in front of a microphone before the New Jersey State Assembly Tourism and Arts...

Tales of Two Beverages: Bai Is Flying High

Ben Weiss has grown a soft drink company from a home office startup to a nationwide empire, all by finding a use for something...

Informed by Lessons from Bot, A New Snack Product Is Born

Cricket and Brian Allen are partners at work and at home. Having started a business together, Bot Beverages, selling a flavored water for children,...

When Presenting Your Brand, Be Prepared . . .

First impressions are formed within 30 seconds of meeting. Tamara Jacobs, founder and CEO of Tamara Jacobs Communications Inc., forms hers in the first...

. . . But Don’t Sound Rehearsed

The fact that Tamara Jacobs, the image consultant I interviewed for the article above, had been a judge for the Miss America pageant several...
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