The Great American Read is now hitting its stride, both on PBS and at the Scotch Plains Public Library. PBS will air new episodes about The Great American Read (TGAR) every Tuesday at 8 p.m. through October 23. The Library, which was one of 50 public libraries nationwide to receive a grant from PBS and the American Library Association, has planned several programs including discussions related to ...

Under new management, the decades-long Union County Deer Management Program now includes archery. Previously confined to only shotguns on several Mondays in January and February, the added archery component is slated to begin October 1 when up to 40 bowhunters will be granted access at six locations every weekday through December 31. Fourteen archers will be permitted at one time in Watchung ...

One state, twenty one counties, five hundred and sixty-six municipalities and six hundred and twenty one school districts. Government and bureaucracy at every level.

Maybe, in a Jersey kind of way it all makes sense.

The reasons for this abundance of towns and school districts- and the relentless property tax problem that comes with them-are as varied as the landscape. Some communities grew ...