Hopewell Opinion

Bordentown Opinion

The ‘Ivy League’ look is unhealthy for your trees!

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation While out walking or driving, did you ever notice trees so covered with ivy that they look like totally different life...

Bordentown Opinion

Warmer winters shift plant growing zones

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Most longtime New Jerseyans – especially gardeners and growers -...

Bordentown Opinion

Shy, elusive bobcats rebounding in New Jersey

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation You might think a biologist who's spent nearly two decades...

Bordentown Opinion

Can New Jersey cities become more ‘spongy’ and green?

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Ever heard of a "sponge city?" Sponge cities are urban...

Bordentown Opinion

Thank this New Jersey woman for your blueberries!

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Walk into nearly any grocery store, any time of year,...

Hopewell Opinion

Solutions 7/5: Warnings from scientists and writers

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - July 5, 2019

By Huck Fairman Facing changing climates, historians, scientists and writers urge action. It has happened before. Approximately 55 million years ago, heating up over thousands of...

The State We’re In 7/5: Highway beautification – New Jersey style

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - July 5, 2019

By Michele S. Byers Driving through a garden usually isn’t a commuter experience, but drivers on the Atlantic City Expressway will see colorful patches of...

The State We’re In 6/28: Great news for New Jersey’s streams and rivers

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - June 28, 2019

By Michele S. Byers Placed end to end, the New Jersey rivers and streams proposed for higher environmental protections would stretch from High Point to...

Solutions 6/28: The accelerating change around us

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - June 28, 2019

By Huck Fairman If some of what follows is familiar, it is because recognized trends and programs are continuing only at an accelerating pace. This applies...

Letter to the Editor: Is Hopewell Township for sale?

Hopewell Opinion

Reader Submitted - June 28, 2019

To the Editor, On Monday evening, June 24, more than 150 Hopewell Township residents descended upon the municipal building to remind our government that Hopewell...

Continued commitment needed in fight against Alzheimer’s disease

Atlantic-Hub Opinion

Reader Submitted - June 25, 2019

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States for which there is no cure nor a definitive way to...

The State We’re In 6/21: UN report sounds alarm on nature’s decline

Bordentown Opinion

Submitted Content - June 21, 2019

By Michele S. Byers Would you care if northeastern beach tiger beetles and arogos skipper butterflies disappeared? How about blue-spotted salamanders and southern gray tree frogs,...