Trenton firefighters douse the back roof of the site of a house fire at 38 Chestnut St. in Trenton in frigid weather.

Kim Davis, holds a shivering "Mittens", one of her cats which was rescued by Trenton Firefighters from the fire.

This is what 96 looks like, at least if you're Elsie Davis, born in Asbury Park, currently resideing in Trenton with her daughter. She was quoted in a story about New Jersey trying to be the first state to officially apologize for slavery. She is descended from slaves. Elsie has had 12 children and can still go up and down steps by herself but told me that after raising all those children, she feels like these days she has nothing to do. It was interesting to hear her perspective. She's thankful every day she wakes up, yet she indicated that she would be alright with it if it was over, only hoping that she would pass peacefully in her sleep.

With this run in the first quarter, Philadelphia Eagles RB Brian Westbrook set the franchise record for yardage in a single season.

With this catch, he broke the franchise single-season record for receptions. (He's even a good blocker, too.)

Here's the punter Sav Rocca making a big tackle on a guy trying to make a big return on one of his punts.

He even gave him a little push back down after the tackle to rub salt in the wound. (Punters aren't supposed to be this tough, but Rocca is a former Australian rules footballer. BTW, there's another picture of him making a tackle on last week's post. Scroll down to Thursday, December 20th.)

As another season comes to an end, my shooting partner Martin Griff loads his cameras into the trunk of his Toyota Echo. Martin also writes a ski column for The Times and blogs on the subject. You can find it on http://www.nj.com/. Look for the blogs and scroll down to the bottom of the list to find his. (They save the best for last.) Update: You could just go right here: http://blog.nj.com/skiing/

Merry Christmas 2007!

Here's Santa (aka John Krug) with Madison Ritter, 2 1/2 months, of Lawrenceville, NJ.


The next images are from a massice computer-controlled display of holiday lights at the home of Paul Wolf, also of Lawrenceville. If you've ever stood in the middle of a Chrsitmas Tree and looked straight up, you know this view.

Here's a small part of the electrical wiring!

Paul Wolf walks the line looking for burnt-out bulbs.

Daughter Joanna Wolf, 10, helps keep the display running.

By nightfall, everything is ready.

Philadelphia Eagles punter Sav Rocca makes a TD saving tackle on a punt return by Seattle Seahawks Nate Burleson in the 2nd quarter. It was close most of the game except at the end when the Eagles fell short and lost.

The following week was no better. When the NY (who play home games in New Jersey) Giants travel down the turnpike to Philadelphia, fans will tangle.

At this time, the Eagles had the upper hand, so the local Eagles fan gets to harrass the Giants fan.

With things still looking good for the Eagles, Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey can't hold onto a TD pass in the cold December ray-y-ane which is even colder then November rain.).

Here's the part where it doesn't look so good for the home team. The Eagles had to attempt a 56-yd field goal in the final seconds to tie. It went so far as to hit the crossbar...and bounce the wrong way. It missed. Game over. Eagles lose. Worst of all, I lose again and must buy my daughter-in-law chocolate chip cookies.

The Last Bingo - for the Ukranian Church of the Holy Trinity on Adeline St. in Trenton. The church held its final Bingo on December 11. One more thing that isn't going to be there anymore.



Bingo worker Barbara Scabarozi takes Bingo cards out of a closet.



Jean Halko calls a Bingo number. She said she is the only female caller (patrons say a male's voice carries better). What year is this?


Lorraine Setaro, visiting from Florida to see her sister and cousins, holds up her hand signaling that she has Bingo.

Can you tell this is a college student working in the field? Not your average uniform for farm work, but these are young people doing volunteer time harvesting beets (among other things) at Honey Brook Organic Farm in Pennington for Farmers Against Hunger, a hunger-relief organization in Mercer County, under a program from the Bonner Foundation. This type of labor is hard enough on the back, but especially tough on those Uggs!