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  • Lawrenceville, NJ

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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Lawrenceville|News|

Organizing to Save the Schools

Grassroots group aims to fight back against what it sees as an assault on public education. Part 2 of 2

Organizing to Save the Schools
Lawrenceville|News|

Privatizing Public Education

If passed, a bill purporting to help poor students would hurt them and damage public schools. Part 1 of 2.

Privatizing Public Education
East Windsor, NJ|News|

Here Comes the Sun

Local projects—like those in East Windsor, Hightstown and Cranbury—can show the federal government that going solar is both practical and necessary.

Here Comes the Sun