Reinventing Ourselves
The bell of my front door rings. Such a commonplace thing, yet it excites me. It’s not the daily ring of the mailwoman, alerting...
Lisa Wolff: HoVal helps make inaugural Juneteenth celebration a success
On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers brought news of the Emancipation Proclamation to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas. It was then they were finally...
Counting life by laughs
The first step to growing old gracefully is to readily admit that you’re getting old. Yep, I’m in my 60’s, I forget stuff, I...
Lawrence Township dog park honors a canine hero
On June 1, I wrote an article about creating a dog park at Hamnett Park, located on Ohio Avenue in south Lawrence. On June...
Fried: Robbinsville is back open
More than a year after my first comments about COVID-19 in this space, I am thrilled to report our municipal building is fully open...
Voices from the future?
This month we leave behind Pat Whitehead Stoner’s 1940 reminiscences and stories of life in late 19th/early 20th century rural Ewingville, and instead reflect...