BRIDGEWATER, NJ — For the second year in a row, Bridgewater artist R Michael Palan was tapped to showcase his hand-made intricate nativity ... create these beautiful works of art.

"It really is quite unusual to find paintings hidden in this way and to discover a nativity scene in this detail and just before Christmas was really incredible." More detailed investigation work ...

By Cliff Johnson At first the stable was empty. Then came lights and trees and straw and snow. Then the characters in the nativity scene at St. Nicholas Church in Carver began arriving, two at ...