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...

Government Spending: How Contracts Work

Government spending has been a burr in the American skin since the colonies. We don’t like it when the government spends money, and we...

Government Spending: Fort Monmouth To Become Tech Center

On September 1 the U.S. Army released the nearly $3 million it promised last year to keep the soon-to-be-decommissioned Fort Monmouth going. ...

Government Spending: A Look At Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

The Princeton entity that most directly benefits from government spending is the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, a research laboratory within the National Oceanic and...

Government Spending: A Look At Princeton Plasma Physics

Academic institutions benefit greatly from government funding. Nearly all high-level academic research, in fact, is funded by government grants and endowments. ...

Government Spending: Contracts for Businesses Big and Small

The U.S. government is the largest buyer in the world. It is estimated the government will spend $1.2 trillion in 2010, and it purchases...

Government Spending: Contracts Awarded In 2010

Further proof that the federal government sees the value of the tech and health research happening along the Route 1 corridor came on September...
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