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...

RFB&D Gets New Name, New Face, New Goals

This is a year of change for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D). In March the Roszel Road-based nonprofit got a new CEO,...

From 1950s Dictaphone to High Tech Learning Ally

Learning Ally began as Recording for the Blind back in 1948, as a small organization that responded to an unusual need: servicemen wounded in...

From Ground Zero to the State Museum

Growing up in a family headed by a single mother, Anthony Gardner, the new executive director of the New Jersey State Museum, deeply appreciated...

Innovation At Princeton University: $25K for Your Thoughts

For those of us uninitiated in the protocol of scientific presentations, the scene looked rather like a high school science fair. Only the stakes...

Innovation At Princeton University: The Sun, Only Cheaper

Over the past decade the push to develop energy sources and materials that do not use oil and fossil fuels has ramped up, partly...

How to Parent a Teen and Still Be Able to Breathe

A girl, trying to impress her new boyfriend, snaps a naked photo of herself and texts it to him. A few weeks later, they...
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