Blueberries: The story behind New Jersey’s top crop
By James FitzPatrick Contributing Writer When it comes to blueberries, they haven’t always been a Jersey thing. Before the early 1900s, blueberries as we know them today didn’t exist as a farm-raised crop. They were picked in the wild because farmers had not figured...Ocean City loses a dedicated journalist
By James FitzPatrick Contributing Writer How do communities govern themselves, discern fact from rumor, understand their own identity? They need good information. Once they have that information, how do they know the difference between the important and trivial,...Volunteers help New Jersey eagles soar
By James FitzPatrick Contributing Writer Bald eagles were almost wiped out from the state of New Jersey because of people. Now they are making a comeback because people have come to their rescue. Although exact data is incomplete, New Jersey was down to approximately...Christmas by the numbers
By James FitzPatrick Contributing Writer Because Christmas has been so ingrained into our popular culture for so long, there is an endless array of subtopics, rabbit holes, and trivia questions one could explore surrounding the holiday. Here are just a few fun...
