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...

Cimino Steers RWJH to Forefront of Care

In its former incarnation as Hamilton Hospital, what is now Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton was described to its new chief executive officer...

UMCPP May Change Plainsboro’s Plans

Construction on the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro has begun, and already its effects can be seen on the surrounding community....

New Life for Troubled Kidney Disease Drug

Sometimes a canny entrepreneur has to turn on a dime when a promising business opportunity opens up. When NephroGenex, a drug development company with...

The Brave New Role for Community Colleges

To stay employed, the workforce of the future will need to adapt to more frequent change and be ready to learn new skills quickly....

Going Back To Get Ahead: Wendy Mantz

Wendy Mantz is grateful for two things — that she waited to go to college and that she listened to her husband about going...

Going Back To Get Ahead: Shirley Roberts

A little more than a year ago Mercer County Community College introduced a certificate program in gerontology, aimed at helping healthcare workers deal better...
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