Some local plants give us clues about the early colonization of America. Saponaria officinalis, or bouncing bet / Sweet William, is one such species. If you see it in a […]

Earlier this year, I promised readers of this newspaper that 2023 would be the “Year of Treat.” This was in reference to my publishing the first definitve biography of one

I’ve had a complicated relationship with raccoons—or commonly called “coons.” You could call it one of both admiration and aversion, I suppose. This story is not for the soft-hearted. In

The month of May is when ornithologists and avian fanciers migrate to the shores of the Delaware Bay to study the spawning of the horseshoe crabs and the migratory stopover

Watching over one of Millville’s hubs of creative undertakings is a stately sentinel; its imposing presence is familiar to all who visit. In May it blossoms with greenish-yellow and orange

One of the most spectacular regional shows in nature is about to commence now, in May. This is no ordinary “Yes, that is really pretty,” but rather a “Holy smokes,

As I write this column, my husband and I are visiting Carlingford, Ireland, a medieval town along the east coast near the border of Northern Ireland. It is on the

This past week, in mid-April, a small group of us walked Millville’s Maurice River Bicycling and Walking Trail from Waltman Park to Sharp Street. Along the way we could traverse