Check out the ‘fun’ in fungi
By Michele S. Byers
How many times have you bent down to check out a mushroom, only to be told, “Stop! It may be poisonous!”
New...
Monmouth senator explains votes on bills
We have just wrapped up our budget season, the first for me as a state senator. We
were committed to passing a responsible budget by...
The Atomic Bomb
On Aug. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber, took off from Tinian Island and dropped a nuclear bomb over the Japanese city...
Happy birthday America
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was a place called America. It was a vast wilderness between two great oceans. Some...
Good news for globally rare swamp pink lilies
By Michele S. Byers
How can you tell if an ecosystem is healthy? Take a look at the plants and animals living there. In New...
When ‘all hell broke loose’
On June 5, 1944, coded radio messages were broadcast into Europe alerting the underground that what was long anticipated and anxiously awaited was about...
Poppy sales represent a wonderful May
I have always loved the balmy days of May. Maybe it was because everything was in bloom to prepare nature’s summer wardrobe. Or, was...
A clean energy future for New Jersey
By Michele S. Byers
Clean energy like solar and wind got a huge boost last week with the passage of a new clean energy bill.
The...
The gateway to summer
A beautiful spring with warm days, blossoming plants and flowers is the gateway to a long anticipated summer. I vividly remember the spring of...
A real possibility: Re-emergence of teacher militancy in New Jersey
By Dr. Marc Gaswirth
Will the wave of well-publicized teachers’ strikes in West Virginia, Oklahoma and Kentucky make its way to the Garden State? Will...
Without its ‘understory’ layer, the forest will collapse
By Michelle S. Byers
Forrest Gump claimed life is like a box of chocolates, and a healthy forest is like a layer cake. At the...
Go for a walk and feel better!
By Michele S. Byers
There is no “magic potion” to cure everything that ails us, but a nonprofit health group is touting the next best...
Fight light pollution during International Dark Sky Week
By Michele S. Byers
Step outside at night and gaze up at the sky. Do you see a dim orangey glow? If so, you are...
The summer of decision
Harry Truman had no sooner moved into the oval office as our 33rd president when Germany collapsed.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had his hands on the...
Welcome spring in a county park
By Michele S. Byers
In spite of another snowstorm on the first day of spring, it is impossible to ignore that spring is here. And...
Spring brings eternal hopes
The bare Forsythia bushes next to my house have started to be speckled with small yellow buds, while not far away a daffodil sprout...
Director invites residents to Vietnam Memorial Museum
On behalf of everyone at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation
(NJVVMF), as we begin a new year, I extend best wishes to our...
Spirit of young airmen evident at Air Force base
I don’t remember the date in the early '50s, that as part of a U.S. Army team I drove a battle-ready tank off the...
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