Lawrence historian wins $25K national scholarship

While many parents take their children on vacation trips to the beach or the mountains, Julia Ciccone's parents...

Art Cart delivers a new kind of soul food to town

It’s a hot summer day and brightly dressed Brook Beatty stands on South Broad Street in downtown Trenton. After staring for a few moments at the growing line of clients...

Arts & Entertainment

Piano Jam opens Richardson’s Steinway to all

For generations, some of the world’s leading pianists have taken a seat at the Steinway grand piano in Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. On Sunday,...

Business

TESU adds new degrees in business and more

Thomas Edison State University has introduced new 30-credit graduate degree programs in business, management and liberal studies, providing working professionals with more efficient and...

Trenton lands $7.6M in grants for demolitions, recreation centers

The City of Trenton has received more than $7.5 million in state funding to demolish or stabilize city-owned vacant and abandoned properties, while a...

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The Fall of Icarus

You don’t expect to find insights into our troubled times from the Flemish Old Masters. But on a recent trip to Brussels I found...

Mercer’s Voting Machines: Old, Hackable, and Not Going Anywhere

In 2004 Hopewell resident Stephanie Harris went to her polling place for the presidential primary, never expecting what was about to happen would alter...

YingHua International School: Inspiring Through Immersion

Imagine the thrill and the challenge of giving your child the best of both worlds, culturally and academically. YingHua International School (YHIS), conveniently centered...

‘Unfine’ Artist Carney Mixes Minwax, Wood, and Determination

It’s Friday afternoon. The kids at Lawrence High School have gone for the day, although their exuberance can still be felt in the chalk...

A Quick and Mysterious Visit to the House of Poe

“Where did my husband go? I think my husband disappeared.” I was saying this half to myself, but the docent at the Edgar Allan...

Jamaica, Judaism, Jersey Mix in New Memoir

It’s 1902 and Ross Kenneth Urken’s paternal grandfather, Paul Urken, leaves Riga, Latvia, arrives in Trenton, and opens a bicycle and glass shop. Twenty-one...

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