Mayor Chris Bobbitt: Two decades of service shaped by community

As I was thinking about the topic of this month’s column, I was also thinking about the Memorial Day holiday. The big event of the long weekend is the...

Bordentown History: Francis Hopkinson, the flag, your money and the branding of America

When we think of the American flag’s origins, the name Betsy Ross typically springs to mind, conjuring images...

Complex Simplicity: Lessons from a recently spayed pet

By Lumi Dabbene I suppose I should begin by introducing myself—the name’s Lumi, and I’m a young dog who...

Donnie Black: Grandparents are grand!

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

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...

Ewing Then and Now: Looking back and looking ahead

For the past few years, I’ve begun the column year with a “quiz” in January, which I’ve been told people enjoy it (and it...

Shopping for the dream dress

Our youngest son is getting married in October. He’s marrying a wonderful young woman and the wedding planning is in full swing. We couldn’t...

What you see is what you get

“I voted for Trump. Now his wall may destroy my butterfly paradise.” ...

When journalism requires courage

The message came a few days after the Hamilton Post published its biggest story of 2018. ...

Phones: omnipresent and obnoxious

When Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876, he unleashed the greatest calamity ever visited upon civilization, and that includes the Black Plague,...

Strange times, and even stranger Oreos

We are living in interesting times, as the apocryphal Chinese expression would have it, and there’s no better proof than the supermarket aisles, where...