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...

Backstage in Retail, Every Day is Labor Day

Editor’s note: Growing up in the Monmouth County town of Howell, where her father was in the boat building business and her mother was...

EdWeb – An Online Community for Educators

It is an early August afternoon, and, though the school year is officially a month away, 160 teachers wait for Lucy Carter, head of...

In Ewing, Business Is Picking Up – Will the Housing Market Follow?

Ewing’s residential real estate market isn’t exactly red hot at the moment — despite an influx of employers — but that combination might just...

Daring to Live, And Daring to Leave the USA

“We are all guilty of a crime, the great crime of not living life to the full. But we are all potentially free. We...

In Supportive Incubator, CytoSorbents Thrives

When architect and developer Harold Kent designed the Deer Park Drive office park in the early 1980s (see separate story, this page), he hoped...

Nurturing Science for Three Decades

Late last year, when the New Jersey Economic Development Agency announced grants of $65 million to 65 companies as part of its Technology Business...
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