Author: Jon Coen

She got her start in East Orange’s nascent hip-hop scene and has been working on an affordable-housing development in her native Newark for the last several years.

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Meteorologist Nick Pittman talks avoiding hype and shrugging off slander—plus hating NJ humidity.

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These wave-riding administrators know firsthand that surfing runs parallel, not perpendicular, to academics.

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She's also working to protect 160 crucial islands in the Barnegat Bay watershed.

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"When our waves get good, they are world-class."

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Known as the muse of Asbury Park, Jenn Hampton founded the Wooden Walls Project, which has grown to include ambitious installations and residencies.

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Newark native Marcus Sibley draws on the hip-hop soundtrack of his upbringing—"the voice of the people"—in his work as a national activist.

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When striped bass follow bait into local waters, anglers from all over show up to try landing them—no expensive boats or tackle needed.

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The Garden State has grown to feature one of the most comprehensive and organized high school surf networks of any state on the East Coast.

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“I started considering how I could take that poor trajectory of my life and turn it into something more," says the Longport native, now the subject of the documentary "For the Dream."

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