#Mercer #Street #Friends #address #food #insecurity #L.A #PARKER #COLUMN An accurate assessment of food insecurity defines the condition as not having adequate physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious foods that meet dietary needs and preferences for an active and healthy life. Being in need of daily bread and worrying about a meal for…
#Cities #facing #record #heat #cooling #trees #JERSEY #CONSERVATION #FOUNDATION #COLUMN This past July was the hottest month on record globally, with heat impacts especially severe in urban areas lacking a robust green tree canopy. In what’s known as the “urban heat island” effect, asphalt and concrete absorb and retain the sun’s warmth. Even after sunset,…
#fan #Zoom #meetings #IRWIN #STOOLMACHER #COLUMN We were all extremely lucky that the Zoom platform existed when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. It enabled people to stay personally, professionally, and academically connected. Students could attend classes when schools were shut down. Religious services could be held and juries could still convene. Workers could participate in required…
#Area #man #beaten #death #Trenton #cash #L.A #PARKER #COLUMN Giovani walked along Hamilton Ave. on Saturday, Sept. 9 and just before he turned right onto Hudson St. the 34-year-old made a mistake that nearly cost him his life. In possession of $800 from his regular job as a carpet installer and $600 more earned from…
#pizza #destroy #happy #marriage #JEFF #EDELSTEIN #COLUMN #- I have been married for 21 years, and we’ve been together since 1999. We’ve loved, we’ve laughed, we’ve fought, we’ve made up. I think we’re gonna make it. Of course, we’re two different people, and our interests don’t always align. For instance, I love music. I can…
#Trenton #projects #community #input #community #involvement #L.A #PARKER #COLUMN Bernal Hall, President and CEO of Community Capital, had just started his opening remarks regarding the groundbreaking for a North Clinton Ave. redevelopment project when two residents unknowingly delivered a compelling statement about bad government. Hall stood at a podium on a sidewalk near the East…
#Kevin #Smith #comic #auction #coming #month #JEFF #EDELSTEIN #COLUMN #- Snoochie Boochies, indeed. It seems kind of crazy — and makes me feel pretty damn old — to note Kevin Smith’s debut film, “Clerks,” was released in 1994. That’s almost 30 years ago. This film more or less announced Generation X as a thing. No…
#Trump #Leader #Authoritarian #Cult #Movement Donald Trump is an authoritarian cult leader with a stunning capacity to control the minds of their adherents. He is the leader of a popular authoritarian movement that at its roots is totalitarian in nature and is distrustful of government and believes in the supremacy of Donald Trump. He and…
#Trenton #government #close #success #falls #short #L.A #PARKER #COLUMN Weddings once included this potential for drama. “Should anyone present know of any reason that this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace.” Identified in the marriage liturgy section of the Book of Common Prayer, which provides guidelines…
#Pennsylvania #Governor #Josh #Shapiro #shifts #typical #politician #mode #escaped #fugitive #L.A #PARKER #COLUMN Just when Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro seemed like the good government guy, infused with Democratic principles, he morphed into a role of politician in the Danelo Cavalcante sweepstakes. Cavalcante, 34, convicted and sentenced to life in prison for stabbing to death his…
