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The question every town must ask in times of change

We're at a crossroads again. Chart New Course believes the significant change evident all around us makes this the right moment to ask the question: is our municipal structure right...

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...

Mayor Chris Bobbitt: What the Declaration of Independence still asks of us

As I was thinking about this month’s column, I thought about the celebration of the 250th anniversary of...

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...

Mark Guterl: A great year, a bright future for Allentown High graduates

As another remarkable school year comes to a close, I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to the...

The lowly dandelion: Ready for a close-up?

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Make a wish before blowing on a dandelion, some say, and the confetti of airborne seeds might give your wish liftoff. Or...

If you build it, they will come – pollinators, that is

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Courtesy of Bill Lynch Coral hairstreak. In the movie "Field of Dreams," a struggling Iowa farmer hears a voice whispering, "If you...

Hit the ‘trail’ and learn about New Jersey’s Black history

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation James Still always wanted to become a doctor, but as a Black child in the 1800s,...

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