Commentary

Donnie Black: Grandparents are grand!

This story goes out to all of the grandparents out there. I am so lucky to have had four of the best grandparents of all time. ...

Bordentown History: Which side are you on?

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, many critics and historians evaluate the legacy...

5 years of ‘Fight in the Museum’: A look back

Marking the five year anniversary of this Fight in the Museum column, we would like to check in...

From Hopewell Township: Traffic safety improvements coming to Hopewell in 2025

In 2025, Hopewell Township will see at least three significant traffic safety improvements. These critical upgrades are the...

Schore to Please: Beaver fervor

In fall 2023, I was biking over the wooden bridge in the middle of St. Michael’s Preserve when...

Stakeholders to governor: Stop the bad building plan

By Anne LaBate and Iana Dikidjieva While some...

My journey to Alpha Centauri (and back)

This is the story of how I escaped the present and ventured into the future, only to realize hours had melted into the past...

Bordentown community raising money for man battling brain, stomach and liver cancer

In January 2017, Bordentown resident Michael Costa had his first seizure and what was thought to be non-cancerous lesions on his brain. After multiple...

Tour de Hopewell: How to entertain your guests

What do you do when out-of-town guests arrive at your stately Hopewell home? Whether they are from Hightstown or Ulaanbaatar, after the usual round...

‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ and other victims of The Book Purge

I own many, many books. But with space constraints, the availability of electronic books, and the redundancy of reference books that provide “Googleable” info,...

HoVal school board: reasons for revising district’s equity in education policy

At the Jan. 22 meeting of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District Board of Education meeting, we passed the first reading of a significant...