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Chocoholics
Mars, Inc.
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Whether you’ve popped melt-in-your-mouth-not-in-your-hand M&M candies, heated up Uncle Ben’s rice, or opened a Whiskas food pouch for Fluffy, you’ve probably helped make Mars an $18 billion-a-year business. Most of the U.S. operations are based in Hackettstown, and heiress Jacqueline Mars, the state’s richest resident, is worth an estimated $10.5 billion.
Openings & Closings
Table Hopping with Rosie2012/02/10
Rosie has the latest news on NJ restaurant openings and closings.
Super Class of 2012 for NJ Hall of Fame
From the Editors2012/02/10
From soup to Superman to the Super Bowl-winning Giants, the Garden State’s impact on contemporary culture is clearly evident in the 2012 class of New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees, announced today. www.NJHallofFame.org.
In the Mausoleum
Plain Sight: A Jersey Photo Blog2012/02/10
You begin to notice something unusual about these memorials...photographs of the deceased...
Everything's Coming Up Super
On the Vine2012/02/09
This week everything seems to be “super” to me, from Jersey’s own Super Bowl champion Giants (hooray!) to a category of wine called Super Tuscans.
Addition by Contraction
Southern Scene2012/01/27
For the past year I’d heard rumblings that it might happen, but earlier this week the state's plans were revealed—Rutgers-Camden is going to become part of Rowan University.
