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Best Places to Live: The TV Show
Check out New Jersey Monthly’s Emmy®-winning NJTV series about top towns in the Garden State.
Destination: Belmar
Living down its past, a longtime Shore favorite puts on a family-friendly face.
Stone Harbor's Chic Getaway
Stone Harbor's new boutique hotel—Reeds at Shelter Haven.
A Gift That Keeps on Giving: NJ's Carnegie Libraries
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie built 36 libraries in New Jersey—each an architectural gem. Thanks to preservation efforts and creative reuse, most still serve their communities.
Next Stop: Harrison
The little ethnic enclave a stone’s throw from Newark is becoming Jersey’s latest hotbed for urban redevelopment.
By Amanda Staab
Glassboro Reflects a New Look
Glassboro's faded downtown prepares to undergo much-needed revitalization.
Education 2012: Top New Jersey High Schools
Just in time for back-to-school, we present our 2012 list of the best public high schools in New Jersey.
Capped Out: How Salary Ceilings Impact Education
Christie’s ceiling on superintendent salaries pushes some administrators across state borders.
By Amanda Staab
Rating New Jersey's Teachers
Jersey’s pilot program for teacher evaluation enters its second year, with lessons learned and continuing concerns.
A New Charter School In Newark Faces Growing Pains
Fraught with challenges and sprinkled with successes, the first year of People’s Prep, a new charter high school in Newark, tested the mettle of staff and students alike.
By Bev McCarron
The Anointed One
Can Camden Mayor Dana Redd break her city’s sad cycle of poverty, drugs and violence?
By Nick DiUlio
Destination: Cape May
The Victorians still reign, but upscale newcomers have brought 21st-century appeal to Jersey’s southernmost resort.
Openings & Closings
Table Hopping with Rosie2013/05/24
Rosie has the latest news on NJ restaurant openings and closings.
Cicadas Still Poised to Emerge
From the Editors2013/05/24
We’ve all heard the warnings: an invasion of cicadas to descend upon the East Coast in a swarm of Biblical proportions. But the huge insects, and their incessant chirping, are still nowhere to be seen (or heard).
Have a Lovely Weekend
Plain Sight: A Jerseyan's Photo Blog2013/05/24
When the weather cooperates (anybody listening up there?) it's so nice to be outside this time of year...
The Red Wine for Lovers of White
On the Vine2013/05/22
Elegant, balanced, light to medium in body, high in acidity, wonderful with food. It sounds like a lovely white wine, right? Think again. How about the red wine camouflaged as a white wine?
Celebrating Camden’s Master of Haiku
Southern Scene2013/05/23
From his home in Camden, Walt Whitman often composed lines of poetry that reflected the cruelties of war and the beauty and struggles of simply being human. As Memorial Day approaches, it’s a good time to look at the work of another celebrated (if far less famous) Camden poet, Nick Virgilio.
