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Jessie Frees got her first radio gig in 1951 as a New Jersey schoolgirl on a New York Times-owned station. Seventy years later, the first lady of New Jersey's broadcast airwaves is still behind the microphone at age 88 and has no plans to sign off any time soon. "I'll never give it up," said Frees, currently in her 27th year hosting the "Ask the Expert" hour every Sunday morning on WMTR-AM radio in Hanover, followed by the "Your New Jersey Connection" political panel talk show hosted by her daughter, Julie Briggs. Her list of A-list interview guests is endless: from Bob Hope and Helen Hayes t...

On this day in Black History… Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, located near Cheyney, Pennsylvania, was founded on February 25, 1837, making it the oldest predominantly African American institution of higher education in the United States. It was originally known as the African Institute was renamed the Institute of Colored Youth in 1852. In 1842 Charles Lenox Remond became one of the first African Americans to give testimony before a state legislature when he addressed a committee of the Massachusetts House of Representatives investigating discrimination in public transportation. Her...

Summit Partners Announces the Addition of Bob Grady as Advisory Partner By Staff 2 months ago BOSTON & MENLO PARK, Calif. & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Summit Partners (“Summit” or the “Firm”), a global alternative investment firm, today announced the addition of Bob Grady as Advisory Partner based in the Firm’s Boston office. In this role, Mr. Grady will work closely with Summit’s investment team to identify and originate new investment opportunities and with portfolio company leaders to help shape growth strategies focused on long-term value creation. He will also assist in the...

0 she computes upper class breeding and wealth. the chanel style suits and heavy jewelry. the studied indifference to the nitty-gritty of politics. her small talk with those of lesser station. >> i love to see productive land. >> the feisty refusing to give up her famous pipe. >> that pipe, i was almost going to give it up and if i hear more time pipe smoking grandma. i can't give up the grandchildren, i have to give up the pipe. i couldn't stand it. i don't like that sort of thing at all. i am not going to be bullied. >> she is now the favorite in the senate race, her election is not a given....

0 this is following an earlier attack that killed seven members of the same family. today the interior department approved three giant energy projects on public lands. two solar and one geothermal. together these generate enough electricity to power 200,000 homes. the two solar projects are in nevada and arizona. the geothermal is in a place that is called new york kenyan. it sounds east coast, but it is in nevada. the gun lobby forced a recall election against the democratic president of the colorado state senate in his leadership in passing gun reforms. the boston fire chief resigned as well...