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...

How Cell Phones Factor Into Polling

The Associated Press on September 29 reported that not polling cell phone users can skew poll results. The information, gathered by Pew Research, suggests...

Never Too Close To Call: Opinion Research Corp. and the Race for President

You’re having dinner on a Wednesday night — or at least trying to — when the telephone rings. And it isn’t your best friend....

His Dream House is a Green House

As a newly-minted, Princeton-trained architect, William A. Wolfe had an atypical assignment. Instead of helping to design a big building or tackling a small...

Renewable Energy Credits Fuel Solar

‘Renewable energy is here to stay,” says Rick Brooke, owner of Lambertville-based Jersey Solar, president of the MidAtlantic Solar Energy Industries Association, and the...

Green Advocate Hopes to Change Lives and Lifestyles

West Windsor resident Ed Haemmerle is a strong proponent of practicing what he preaches. And what he preaches has him slowly but surely transforming...

Flying Fantasies Come True; Yours Can, Too!

The indignities of commercial airplane flight may be mitigated by going first class, but for people with lots of money, short vacations, and pressing...
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