Category: archives

  • Hunterdon County really hasn’t felt the sting

    Special issue: Poised for Recovery? Around the region, prospects are looking up By: Linda Seida    If you had to judge by your wallet, you might think we were still in a recession.    After all, a paycheck doesn’t stretch as far these days as it used to. It seems the cost of almost everything is up,…

  • Rhythm and Blues

    Whether painting the Maine seacoast or New Orleans jazz musicians, it’s all about color for Feasterville, Pa., artist Sal Asaro. By: Amy Brummer    Developing a signature style is a hurdle artists face. For some, it matures through training. For others, it is innate and raw. In the case of Feasterville, Pa., artist Sal Asaro, it…

  • Washington has no time for a recession

    Special issue: Poised for Recovery? Around the region, prospects are looking up By: Cynthia Koons    With a Town Center under construction on Route 33, warehouse parks being built on its fringes and a $50 million high school one month from its groundbreaking, the Washington Township economy has experienced considerable growth in the past decade.    For…

  • MILESTONES

    From PBJ issue of March 25-27. LAW    Reed Smith, a global law firm, announced that four attorneys in its Princeton office have been named to the Woodward/White Inc. list of "Best Lawyers in America 2003/2004."    They are Leonard A. Bernstein, a partner in the firm’s banking group and chair of the firm’s consumer financial services…

  • Rhythm and Blues

    Whether painting the Maine seacoast or New Orleans jazz musicians, it’s all about color for Feasterville, Pa., artist Sal Asaro. His work is on view at the Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville. By: Amy Brummer Above, a view of the Maine seacoast by Sal Asaro. At right, a red mansard-roofed house in Maine.    Developing a signature…

  • Vigorous Middlesex will continue its growth

    Special issue: Poised for Recovery? Around the region, prospects are looking up By: Al Wicklund    Projections based on U.S. Census and state Department of Labor figures indicate continued increases for Middlesex County in population, employment and diversity among its citizens.    The federal and state population and economic statistics, among those collected by the Middlesex County…

  • Sky High

    There’s no limit to where women choreographers can take ballet. The American Repertory Ballet celebrates their creative efforts in ‘Dancing Through the Ceiling’ in Hightstown March 29. By: Susan Van Dongen TimeOFF/Mark Czajkowski American Repertory Ballet dancers rehearse Dancing Through the Ceiling. Artistic Director Graham Lustig (center) works with Bat Abbit (left) and Kristin Scott,…

  • Some towns are battling against growth

    Special issue: Poised for Recovery? Around the region, prospects are looking up By: Rob Heyman    As businesses in New Jersey look forward to a brighter economic picture in 2003 — one characterized by stronger consumer spending and commercial growth — some parts of the state are fighting to make sure that commercial development in almost…

  • Office market only weak spot for Somerset

    Special issue: Poised for Recovery? Around the region, prospects are looking up By: John Patten    While unemployment in Somerset County inched up as a result of the economic downturn, analysts aren’t expecting it to have a serious effect on the state of the county’s economic health.    However, John Maddocks, economic development director with the Somerset…