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 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...

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...

Glen Echo Books: Firmly Rooted, Hoping to Grow

Deb Hunter has come up with a way — actually two ways — to cash in on the tide of retiring Baby Boomers. She...

Chestnut’s Tree’s Old World Legacy

‘We love books, and we were ready not to work for anyone else,” says Pamela Kaye, who, along with her husband, Ira Kaye, has...

Your Global Future — Closer Than You Think

Ram Iyer’s five-year-old daughter studies five languages – English, ...

Gary Pudles — Another View of Outsourcing

Gary Pudles, president of AnswerNet, a Witherspoon Street-based call ...
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