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Hank Kalet grew up in South Brunswick and spent 20 years with the Princeton Packet group before moving to Patch.com as regional editor for southern Middlesex and Mercer counties.

He is a poet whose work has appeared in numerous publications. His chapbook, Certainties and Uncertainties was published by Finishing Line Press in November.

He is an adjunct professor of English at Middlesex County College and a member of the editorial board of Middlesex: A Literary Journal. He runs the monthly poetry series at the South Brunswick Library, which started in 2005 and has featured numerous award-winning regional and national poets. His column, Grassroots, runs in The Progressive Populist twice a month, his music and arts journalism has run in numerous publications and he is author of the blog, Channel Surfing (www.kaletblog.com).

He is a long-suffering fan of the Mets and Knicks and lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie and his two dogs.

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East Brunswick, NJ|News|

Balancing Budgets with Bad Faith

A procession of governors has spent nearly two decades shorting the state's pubic-worker pension plans and now want to plug the gap by cutting pension benefits.

Balancing Budgets with Bad Faith
East Windsor, NJ|News|

Balancing Budgets with Bad Faith

A procession of governors has spent nearly two decades shorting the state's pubic-worker pension plans and now want to plug the gap by cutting pension benefits.

Balancing Budgets with Bad Faith
Lawrenceville|News|

Balancing Budgets with Bad Faith

A procession of governors has spent nearly two decades shorting the state's pubic-worker pension plans and now want to plug the gap by cutting pension benefits.

Balancing Budgets with Bad Faith
Lawrenceville|News|

Brave New Digital World

AOL's purchase of Huffington Post is just part of a larger change in the news industry.

Brave New Digital World
Lawrenceville|News|

Notes on the Economy

Some brief thoughts on our sluggish economy and the failure of policy makers to understand its impacts.

Notes on the Economy