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...

Hillier’s New Urban Focus

The Alexander Road-based architecture firm RMJM Hillier is now operating as RMJM. But J. Robert Hillier, founder of Hillier Architecture, which merged with RMJM...

Prison Instruction: A Respite from Isolation

Institutional lights flicker dimly in the rainy night as Celia Chazelle approaches the Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility in Bordentown, where she offers...

Opportunities to Help Inmates and Their Families

ABC Literacy Resources, a program of Nassau Presbyterian Church, is a non-profit group of volunteers drawn from churches and the community at large in...

Ready For a Winter Outing? Follow Santa’s Lead

The leaves gave us warning. Several sharp cold snaps stilled the sap, turning the foliage into some of the brightest colors we have seen...

New Biotech Brings New Life to Old Drugs

Turbocharge a drug with a secret sauce, use less of it to make it work safer, faster, and more efficiently, partner with big companies...

Education and Science Need Each Other

In increasing numbers, American pharmaceutical and biotech firms are turning to India and China for their drug development. Cliff Mintz, right, an East Windsor-based...
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