Pressure is the constant companion of any professional musician. Finding and keeping gigs is a non-negotiable fact of life - at least for artists...

Imagine a new linear park lined with native trees, shrubs and flowers that starts in Newark and stretches nine miles through densely populated communities,...

Eleanor Hope Fuhs’ obituary is a long one, full of accomplishments, love for family and an ending that came only after a fight. Known as Dr. Hope, “she was a literal genius, a mathematician, a teacher, a musician and an artist,” that obituary notes. “She was a trailblazer in education who selflessly steered her students, colleagues and her family with love, a sense of humor and a quiet fortitude.”

Gerald “Gerry” Shreiber was many things: a stern but generous boss, an animal lover and a self-made businessman who abided by no one’s rules but his own, his obituary notes.