In addition to being the premier weekly newspaper in southern New Jersey, The Gazette has always been the forefront of online news delivey.

Ah, January. New Year, new me. Isn’t that how that goes?

For most of us, the fantasy football obsession goes back three decades-plus, to 1989.

There’s a picture of my Lithuanian grandmother, Cecelia Bachalis, hanging in my kitchen.

One of my personal privileges as a writer has been the annual chronicling of the significant local news events of each year in The Gazette.

The past year has been hard on many people. OK. That is the understatement of the year. This year has been horrible for many.

I have never sat down, eggnog in hand, and written a Christmas column about the staff of The Gazette and what they mean to this newspaper.

I was honored to be asked to be the guest speaker for St. Joseph Academy’s Women’s Institute of Leadership and Learning’s first meeting.

As a saint, St. Joseph doesn’t always receive a lot of publicity.

Christmas time is here, which usually brings with it happiness and cheer, but those seem in rather short supply as of late.