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Darren Freedom Green makes difference in community

Darren Freedom Green from Michelle Dryden on Vimeo. Darren Freedom Green has been working at The Trentonian for about two years as a community writer, trying to make a difference in the news that the community reads. Green also works with youngsters

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Black Friday craze at Quaker Bridge Mall

Black Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 is a hectic day at Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrenceville, N.J. The mall is crowded, noisy and busy. Each store has a sale of some kind. Shoppers hop from Macy’s to Forever 21, to Bath & Body

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Wades shop in preparation for Hurricane Sandy

Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 was very busy at ShopRite supermarket in Ewing, N.J. As Hurricane Sandy threatens to arrive in the area, many residents of Ewing went shopping for last minute items. The supermarket was so crowded that shoppers could hardly find

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Sustainable Lawrence wants to ban plastic bags

LAWRENCE, N.J. – The non-profit organization, Sustainable Lawrence, is trying to find a way to ban single-use-disposable plastic bags that they think consumers abuse in quantity, said a board member. Noemi de la Puente recently became a member of Sustainable Lawrence when

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Author of children’s book suggests ‘fair use’

TRENTON, N.J. – When Adekemi Bankole, Ph.D., set out to write a children’s book in 2010, she was just thinking about having fun with it. Bankole completed her 31-page children’s book, entitled, “The Rain Beat Dance,” and published and copyrighted it by

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Trenton’s first-time author targets wide audience

Dr. Jo Anne Craig conveys universal message   TRENTON, N.J. — Dr. Jo Anne Craig chronicles her story in her first book, “When Is It My Time to Cry.”  Often depicted as a strong, black woman, Dr. Craig uses the main character,