It’s time to step up for the North Atlantic right whale

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation North Atlantic right whales, one of the largest animals on Earth, travel through waters off the New Jersey shore as they migrate along the...

Hightstown man charged with aggravated sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual contact

An 18-year-old Hightstown man is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and other offenses...

Roxey Ballet brings ‘Nutcracker’ back to TCNJ

Roxey Ballet will return to The College of New Jersey this Thanksgiving weekend with its 31st annual production...

Shellfish farmers warn overregulation could drive NJ aquaculture to ‘extinction’

BY DANA DIFILIPPO New Jersey Monitor Legislators advanced a package of bills on Sept. 17 intended to help New Jersey’s...

Gun owners challenge NJ restrictions on nonfirearm weapons

BY DANA DIFILIPPO New Jersey Monitor Gun rights advocates have a new target in their crusade to strike down New...

New take on statewide school exam leaves months-long wait for results

BY CATHERINE CARRERA NJ Spotlight New Jersey’s switch to modernized statewide exams for the 2025-26 school year came with big promises of academic benefits for students and...

Towns use home rule to block data centers, a step beyond Sherrill

BY COLLEEN O'DEA NJ Spotlight Two months ago, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced a plan to restrict — though not ban — artificial intelligence data centers statewide. Many...

E-bike law in effect with license, registration even for slower models

BY SOPHIE NIETO-MUNOZ NJ Spotlight New Jersey’s overhauled e-bike rules are in effect, meaning thousands of riders across the state must be licensed, registered and in...

New Jersey’s wild orchids

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation Though many of us think of orchids as tropical beauties displayed indoors, orchids are everywhere on Earth – on every...

Betting On Black: My love for music

I’m not sure I could go a day without listening to music. I don’t just mean a song or two, but hours of music....

Ewing Then and Now: Let us eat cake cobbler!

I’ve devoted most of the past year’s columns to looking forward to this moment: our nation’s semiquincentennial and our area’s connection to the nation’s...
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