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Resolved: Another Year of Yoga

Most New Year’s resolutions are broken within weeks. But my resolution of 12 months ago and my first resolution ever is still a big part of my life.

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State Of The Stats

Rutgers University Press’s interpretive atlas is a history buff’s beautifully browsable bonanza. more

Diving Horses, Bodacious Buds

This season’s bookcase bounty includes portraits of the Steel Pier, flower power, Bon Jovi, coming of age in Piscataway, and advice for hip wrinklies. more

Can the GOP Prevail?

Despite the usual baggage, New Jersey’s Republicans see signs of hope for this year’s elections. more

The State of the State Tree

A bacterium is attacking our red oaks. Will they survive this scourge? more

NJ Pet Photo Contest

New Jersey is pet crazy...and we have photographic proof to corroborate that claim. more

Steve Adubato: Banking on the Garden State

Amid the current financial crisis, we wanted to know the condition of our New Jersey-based banks. To find out, we turned to Montville resident Gerald Lipkin, chief executive of Wayne-based Valley National Bank, New Jersey’s largest commercial bank (with $14 billion in assets) and the state’s first to voluntarily accept an infusion of cash under the federal government’s $700 billion financial rescue program. more

Room for Hope?

The Tide is (Maybe?) Turning

As I watched—and celebrated—the Giants' victory last night, I felt a tingling in my veins that I haven't had since the Knicks' miracle run to the NBA Finals in 1999. In a North Jersey bar where scores of Giants fans were spraying beer, hugging, screaming, jumping, dancing, and crying, it felt good to be a sports fan in the New York City area again.

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The Next Bump After Fresh and Fast

With its all-natural meats and gourmet, have-it-your-way burritos, Chipotle Mexican Grill sets out to win Jersey tastebuds and minds. more

The New Matchmakers

The State's expanded DNA database can clear-or convict-quicker than a CSI spinoff airs on cable.Every convict in the state has been swabbed.Who will be next? more

House Proud

Millicent Fenwick more

Litigators in Love