Cover Stories

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 attention. But just beyond those better-known battlefields, Allen’s Town, Upper Freehold...

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...

Real and Remembered

Two hundred and fifty years after the American Revolution reshaped both a nation and a university campus, Princeton...

Between the Lines

In the style of the best writers and poets, we are not going to tell you about this Summer Fiction issue, but simply show...

Retail Survivors: Bookstores

At one time the small independent bookstore seemed headed the way of old-fashioned hardware stores and tailor shops. The future of bookstores was big...

Classics’ Rebirth In Trenton

Eric Maywar talks about the bookstores he haunted as a young boy with the joyous enthusiasm others reserve for ballparks or roller coasters. Now...

Between the Lines

To the Editor: Crime Rate Debated The letter...

Retail Survivors: Bookstores

At one time the small independent bookstore seemed headed the way of old-fashioned hardware stores and tailor shops. The future of bookstores was big...

How Friendship Saved the Bookworm

Running the Cranbury Bookworm has been a labor of love for more than 30 years. Today the unusual bookstore in the historic district of...
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