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Stroke of Genius
Althea Gibson
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The “Jackie Robinson of tennis,” Gibson was the first black woman on the world tour (1950). In 1975, the East Orange resident was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and was named New Jersey’s state athletics commissioner. Gibson died in 2003 at age 76.
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.
