Harmony Township has a new resident, and everyone’s freaking out. A snowy owl has made its nest at the Merrill Creek Reservoir and Nature Preserve. ...
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If you had any doubts about Meryl Streep’s Jersey authenticity, just know that she was bleeped during her Golden Globes acceptance speech. As a longtime fan, I was delighted. ...
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Holiday parties are always a treat, but a holiday party spent mingling with ABC’s Dancing with the Stars professional dancers is a night to remember....
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Your little brother is bringing his new girlfriend, whom you’ve never met, home for the holidays this year. Hold the fruit basket. I’ve got a gift solution that will make you the coolest and most charitable sister around....
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The wildly popular Raymond's, in Montclair, known for its hearty, well-made comfort food and its hip retro interior, is opening a second restaurant, also to be called Raymond's, in Ridgewood. Demolition of the space, formerly a bank, has begun, and the restaurant is expected to open late this summer....
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I admit that I love the Jersey-based reality shows. So when the opportunity came to celebrate the 24th birthday of Tracy DiMarco of the Style Network’s Jerseylicious, my coworker and I were more than excited to go. ...
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It was as if nothing ever happened. Just four days after two workers were rescued from the steeple next door to the New Jersey Monthly offices in Morristown, we returned to work this morning to see a cherry picker once again lifting two workers toward the top of the steeple....
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Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your TV, along comes another New Jersey-based reality show. The Style Network’s new “Glam Fairy” has all the déclassé elements that have come to define reality TV, and for many, New Jersey....
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A president, a vice president, a sharp-shooting woman, a horn-blowing man, a blustery football coach and the father of political cartooning are among the 50 New Jerseyans nominated for the fifth class of the New Jersey Hall of Fame....
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Now that our governor officially will not run for president in 2012, after speculation reached a fever pitch in the past week, we are left to wonder if there was ever any justification for predicting what he would do in the first place. ...
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Fall is upon us, but you can still enjoy some fun times poolside. Just take a trip to Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City. ...
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New Jersey residents are saying goodbye to summer and to one of the nation’s leading bookstores—Borders. This past Monday, I made my last trip to the Borders in Bridgewater before the store’s official closing on Thursday. ...
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From Sept. 18 to 25--Sunday through Sunday--the New Jersey Restaurant Association is giving everyone a great excuse to say, "You know what? Let's eat out."...
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As the 5.8-magnitute earthquake centered in Mineral, Virginia, rippled up and down the eastern seaboard, startling many an unsuspecting Mid-Atlantic resident, Carole King’s famous lyrics played through my head as I did what true New Jerseyans do in times of distress—I ate another slice of pizza. ...
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What happens when the powers of Twizzlers, social media and my favorite New Jersey cupcakery combine?...
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I’m hardly the athlete, but I’ve always had a hankering to surf. It seems so appealing to glide over the water, wind in my hair, sunshine on my shoulders and the Beach Boys in my head. ...
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As a new resident of Hoboken, I have a voracious appetite for all there is to see (and eat) in the Mile Square City. Yet up until this past weekend, there was one place I vowed to never set foot in: Carlo’s Bakery....
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Researchers at MIT probably have little firsthand knowledge of the hypothetical divide between “North” and “South” Jersey, but the mobile phone data they studied recently illustrates a clear pattern of phone activity that cuts the state nearly in half....
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The passing of Clarence Clemons, however sad, is a reminder of how special it is to be from New Jersey....
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