Financial Wellness Month
Happy New Year! January is Financial Wellness Month, which is the perfect time to get a jump on your finances for the new year. Starting the year off right, as related to your finances, can help you manage stress and anxiety about money. After all, money is one of the...
Brisket paradise: Remembering Rose and Jack Zawid
You could smell the unmistakable aroma of simmering brisket, roasted chicken and matzo ball soup all the way up and down Kingston Avenue in Atlantic City. Around 1985, I began writing a monthly column called “Backstage” for Frances Freedman’s much-missed Atlantic City...
The Old World and the New World of wine
Drink Up! A friend stopped at the wine bar this week to celebrate the holidays with a flight of wines. While selecting from the menu, she commented on her general preference for European wines over those from California. As she enjoyed her flight, we discussed...
New Year, SMART goals for your best life
The week between Christmas and New Year’s feels like a true transitional period, an in-between space where we are closing one chapter while stepping into the next. It is our chance to exhale after the rush of the holidays and start imagining what is possible in the...
New Jersey gas tax to increase 4.2 cents
New Jersey’s gas tax will rise 4.2 cents per gallon on Jan. 1, the rate driven higher by slightly lower fuel use and a 2024 state law that boosted the tax’s collection targets. The increase will bring total taxes for gasoline to 49.1 cents per gallon and 56.1 cents...
