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It’s easy to dismiss Burning Man as nothing more than a bizarre hippie love-fest that takes place deep in the Nevada desert every year the week before Labor Day. But doing so misses the fact that it’s an amazingly successful enterprise--and, as such, has a thing or two to teach about how to inspire creative people and create a great product. Since it first began 25 years ago, Burning Man has grown larger every year (if you ignore the slight dip in recession-scarred 2009). It’s grown so much that this year, for the first time ever, the organization had to...

Celebrate the Autumn Equinox and help your community at the Central Jersey Pagan Pride Day festival from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16 in Lot F, Colonial Park, East Millstone. All ages are welcome at this free event, which will feature a Pagan religious ceremony plus information on Pagan spiritual practices. Patrons are asked to share the harvest by bringing a donation of a nonperishable item to benefit Ronald McDonald House, or a monetary donation for the Central New Jersey Epileptic Fund or DeJesus Fund. ... The ceremony will celebrate the diversity of the Pagan community and bless the...

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. - An Episcopal priest who, along with his wife, was criticized by the church for being a leader of a local Druid society, has resigned from his church.Lay leaders at St. James' Episcopal Church determined Friday that recent events would make it difficult for the Rev. William Melnyk "to continue effectively as the Rector of the church," according to a letter distributed to parishioners Sunday. Melnyk then said he would resign, the letter said.Melnyk and his wife, the Rev. Glyn Ruppe-Melnyk, faced possible punishment from the church after it was discovered that they were leaders of a local...