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August 13, 2009

8/14: Burgundy wine pairings to accompany the nightly tasting menu will be featured at Elements, 163 Bayard Ln, Princeton. For reservations call 609-924-0078....
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Garden for Wellness

August 12, 2009

You don’t always need to go to great lengths for a dose of rest and relaxation. Sometimes, you can find it just down the block....
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Hot rods are all about the details. Photos by NJM senior editor Eric Levin....
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This week Rosie tells us about the Farm to Table dinner at Starbrite Farm in Andover; a corn dinner at the Pluckemin Inn in Bedminster; Xocolatz in Montclair; and much more news about NJ dining....
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Man of Steel

August 11, 2009

He can’t leap tall buildings, but South Brunswick’s superman has strength to spare. ...
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When she started building houses for the Raritan Valley chapter of Habitat for Humanity, Kathryn Tanaka barely knew a hammer from a handsaw. “I knew basically nothing about building when I showed up,” says the Bridgewater resident....
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When Laura McKirdy hears success stories from former students of the Lake Drive Program, it reinforces why it has been her passion for the last 40 years....
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When people look at a garden, some see beauty, some see work. Ernest Cottrill, a retired software developer and 26-year resident of Warren Township, sees the solution to a critical problem—that of hunger in one of the state’s wealthiest counties....
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“I’m not the type of person who can sit idly by and let things happen,” says Bob Benjamin. “If I can do something, I do it.”...
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If you call Len and Arlene Lieberman a “power couple,” the pair will quickly demur. But their modesty doesn’t mask their achievements at NJPAC and the Newark Museum, respectively....
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Our 2009 Seeds of Hope honorees are paving the way....
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Eco-friendly businesses are a win-win for Jersey....
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Despite a cold economy, these sectors are hot....
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More than one business, legitimately or not, has branded itself “the company with a heart,” but Wiss—if it were inclined to self-congratulation—could confidently bill itself as the company with a funny bone. ...
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Founded in 1941 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Stryker Corporation is now a $6.7 billion global company. The Mahwah location is home to Stryker Orthopaedics, with an array of functions including manufacturing/operations, finance, marketing, sales, and distribution....
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You have to have the ‘service gene’ to work here,” says spokesperson Pat Breslin. NJMIC, the state’s largest personal auto insurer, creates an atmosphere of service by first taking care of its employees’ needs....
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To encourage employee growth, Wegmans has a unique Bubble Chart that indicates essential skills needed to succeed at each level within a store. Growth is also fostered through employee travel. Groups have been sent to salami factories, beef-cattle ranches, vineyards, and cheese farms, among other suppliers...
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If you work for Prudential, there’s a good chance you don’t work at Prudential. Roughly 60 percent of the workforce participates in the company’s Alternative Work arrangement, at some point in any given month pulling up a chair in the kitchen or family room and connecting to the company’s systems remotely....
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The first thing that strikes you about Gensler’s streamlined Morristown office is the lack of doors. ...
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Lockheed’s Moorestown facility has 5,000 employees, nearly half of whom are engineers doing sensitive and often secret defense work. The workday can be tense, but Lockheed’s emphasis on career development and social values ameliorates that....
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