Solutions 8/23: Columbia professor Jeffrey Saks speaks out on warming Earth
By Huck Fairman
Daily reports this week from many news sources have been listing the dangerous changes that mankind is seeing on the planet.
These include:...
The State We’re In 8/23: Diamondback terrapins, our salt marsh turtles
By Michele S. Byers
Why did the turtle cross the road?
On a mid-July day, a diamondback terrapin tried to cross busy 2nd Avenue in downtown...
Letter to the Editor: An agreement that hurts us all
To the Editor:
“Nimble” – that was the word reliable political crony Andrew Borders wrote in his recent letter to the editor to describe the...
Solutions 8/16: Food & soil shortages: The planet’s declining ability to feed its growing...
By Huck Fairman
This week, a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned, on top of its 2018 evaluation, that both...
The State We’re In 8/16: Nature can slow climate change
By Michele S. Byers
It’s hard to be optimistic in the face of climate change. For instance, just this past week we learned July was...
Letter to the Editor: Reparations? ….Hmmm
To the Editor:
The impact of slavery, over the 400 years of the African American experience in America, cannot in any way be measured in...
The State We’re In 8/9: Blue-green algae blooms taking the splash out of summer
By Michele S. Byers
At New Jersey’s freshwater lakes and reservoirs, summer usually means long days of swimming, kayaking, canoeing, fishing, wading, water-skiing, rafting and...
Letter to the Editor: Future picture for BMS site becomes clearer
To the Editor:
The future has begun for the Bristol Myers Squibb site off Pennington-Rocky Hill and Titus Mill Roads in Hopewell Township, with South...
Letter to the Editor: The township majority said ‘yes’
To the Editor:
Just how is it possible that those allegedly so dedicated to opposing the PennEast Pipeline could be in favor of chemical works...
Health Matters 8/2: Injuries throw athletes a curve ball
By Barbara Kutch, P.T.
Throwing a ball may look fairly easy to the average person, but there is more involved in the action than just...
The State We’re In 8/2: 60 years of farming left?
By Michele S. Byers
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was one of the worst man-made disasters in our history.
Due to poor farming practices and...
Letter to the Editor: Hopewell Township under siege
To the Editor:
It strikes me that our way of life in Hopewell Township is under siege.
Not just because the township majority, with John Hart...
Letter to the Editor: Pizza boxes, plastic bags are hampering recycling efforts
To the Editor:
Pizza boxes are cardboard and therefore should be recyclable, right? Nope. The problem is the once cheesy goodness leaves a greasy residue...
Solutions 7/26: Our future and our responses
By Huck Fairman
As many Americans look back 50 years at the extraordinary national effort to send men to the Moon, we find ourselves facing...
The State We’re In 7/26: Saving rare Pickering’s morning glories
By Michele S. Byers
Anyone who has planted “garden variety” morning glories knows how easily they grow. These showy annuals climb like crazy and produce...
Letter to the Editor: Hopewell Township’s voice in Washington D.C.
To the Editor:
Thanks to Hopewell Township Mayor Kristin McLaughlin’s efforts, the township – specifically – has had a voice in Washington D.C., and on...
Solutions 7/19: Record heat – Hottest month in human history
By Huck Fairman
This June was the hottest month ever recorded in human history. The previous record was set in June 2016. Every month this...
The State We’re In 7/19: Gas pipelines carry hidden costs: ‘a tale of two...
By Michele S. Byers
Someone once said “the best things in life are free.” But even “free” things like air, water and the quiet enjoyment...
Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market: Halloween Edition!
Sun, Oct 20 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Trail and Treat Bike Ride
Sun, Oct 20 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Haunted River Walk
Thu, Oct 24 - Sat, Oct 26 7:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Thu, Oct 24 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Halloween Ghost Tour & Cemetery Visit
Fri, Oct 25 12:00 am