I am uncovering so many columns among the many hundreds I have written over the years. I began writing way back in 1981 and only missed o...

Did you have one in your kitchen? All of my neighbors on Hartley Avenue did, and if you are not familiar with this antique kitchen applian...

I have written so many columns in these 32-plus years, that I must admit I have forgotten about many of them. 32 years of writing times 5...

I earned every one of these wrinkles, and so did my fellow classmates! Below reality check is from Harry Hall, HHS 1954: "Some people ...

Back in the 1980's I was a regular visitor to the Hamilton Square Presbyterian Church to bring my World War II music to a number of seni...

This was the beginning of the end for the downtown Trenton of my youth. With the proliferation of suburban malls and their adequate parking ...

I will always be grateful for the education I received in the Hamilton Township public school system; first at Kuser school from 1939 to 194...

2011 IS THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE CIVIL WAR I recently spoke with a member of the Camp Olden Civil War Roundtable who did no...

I wrote this article way back when TKR took over for Hamilton's original cable provider, "HAMILTON CABLEVISION." Cable TV has ...

Out in the country, we engaged in that annual ritual of "gettin' under the hose." We spent hours during those hot and humid ce...

Ask any veteran who served in Uncle Sam's U.S. military if they still remember their serial number and I would bet that he or she would ...

  There are a number of little "itches" that plague those of us who are researching history. For me, one of them is the actu...

What a great photo! Don't miss the "Mercerville Road House" on the extreme right. This photo had a bit of "noise" an...

1950: I was 16 going on 17, had an unrequited crush on Madeline Bencivengo, Pat MacBean, Mary Pyrah, Shirley Gress, and quite a few others w...

Back in my teen years, I found myself, and the Glover family as part of the less affluent members of Trenton society. We never had the green...

There will always be cynics among us. Back in the early 90's, a fellow journalist and colleague wrote what I considered a disparaging co...

The Glover family was still struggling from the aftereffects of "The Great Depression." Our vegetable garden (seen in the backgrou...

Before I converted to Catholicism, I was a communicant at St. James when the church was located on Greenwood and South Logan Avenues. The le...

Quizzes proved to be among the more popular columns I have written over the past years. The human brain is far more competent in remembering...

Each Sunday morning as I drive down Centre Street to minister to the folks at the South Village complex on Lalor Street, I pass by this fasc...