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A strong start and bright autumn days ahead

As we welcome the crisp air of October, I am thrilled to report that the UFRSD school year has started off exceptionally strongly. Walking through our hallways and classrooms...

This game we call soccer

This game we call soccer has shaped my entire life. Mentors and best friends are what I got from...

Patience Wright’s secrets in wax

By Janis Parker Patience Lovell Wright was feisty, unpredictable and independent. She grew up on a family farm in...

Women, saints and patriots

We touch on a few items this month, yet at the exclusion of a somewhat newsworthy event. However,...

Protecting our future, preserving our past

Mayor Mike Todd With summer in the rearview mirror and October ushering back our familiar busy routines, I want...

A lot can be gleaned when we share food

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation On a sunny Monday morning this month, Christine Parauda was up at dawn thinking about spinach. Lots of people eating...

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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