Helen Henkel, a 79-year-old retired first-grade teacher, wheeled her shopping cart past aisles of bread at Kroger on Friday, perplexed because the prices were probably too high to buy the fixings for her favorite Weight Watchers casserole.

GRANTSDALE - Once a mother, always a mother. Beulah Shelby who lives independently in her family home off Skalkaho Highway is weeks away from her 99th birthday, but her heart is still tender for her children and the mother she had for only a short time.

Greg Rice is scurrying about like the owner of a brand-new home, checking all the details and looking for any signs of shoddy workmanship. "I wonder what happened here?" asked Rice, noting a small chip in the corner of a concrete planter on the massive,

Motorists needing gas and eager for a bargain packed rest-stop service areas on the state's major toll roads Thursday, as the spike in fuel prices created a buyer's dream for drivers on the Garden State Parkway and elsewhere.

When it comes to cooking classes, there is, indeed, something for everyone. In our Annual School Guide -- which grows larger every year -- we have classes for all ages, starting as early as those for preschoolers.