Historic Jersey
Judge Nelson Johnson: Atlantic City’s Godfather
August 16, 2010
A Q&A with Judge Nelson Johnson, whose book—Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City—was made into an HBO miniseries. ...
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Two Babes in the Black Market
July 12, 2010
Black market nylon stockings? There was a time and a place when they were extremely valued. ...
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The Southern Mansion
April 20, 2010
The Southern Mansion—another Cape May B&B—offers guests the royal treatment in terms of stately accommodations and modern accouterments. ...
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The Woolverton Inn sits on a vastly upgraded 10-acre property in Stockton and features two structures—one that mimics the look of an old barn, and one resembling a carriage house. It's a quaint bed and breakfast in a pastoral setting. ...
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Tracking Jersey’s Dinosaurs
April 12, 2010
An early trove for paleontologists, the Garden State remains
rife with opportunities for fossil hunters....
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Revisiting The Pacific
February 8, 2010
A ten-part HBO miniseries in the style of Band of Brothers will document the wartime exploits of Raritan native John Basilone in the Pacific theater. ...
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Break Out Your Bonnets
September 14, 2009
From tea dances to murder mystery dinners, Cape May’s Victorian Week will put you in a gingerbread frame of mind. ...
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Like one of those Russian dolls, where each comes apart to expose another within, Batsto Village, nestled in the pine forests of Burlington County, is a many-layered Jersey pleasure....
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In the midst of a struggling urban center, you can witness nature at its powerful and beautiful best at the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park....
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Edison’s West Orange lab re-opens its doors after a five-year renovation. ...
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Tour the grounds where Washington’s (shivering) army slept....
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80 years ago, a young outfielder from New Jersey helped Philadelphia win the World Series....
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Treasure Hunter
March 16, 2009
“To some people, dusty old books are often just dusty old things to get rid of,” says Shaw, a reference librarian at the New Jersey State Library in Trenton....
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Rescue Me
July 9, 2008
A 63-year-old Morristown volunteer firefighter is on a one-man crusade to save one of the town’s two antique fire trucks....
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Out of the Shadows
June 9, 2008
Thanks to Tom Meyers, founder of the Fort Lee Film Commission, proof that New Jersey pioneered the movie business is out of the dusty history books and in the can....
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30 and Counting: the Pinelands Protection Act
February 7, 2008
This month we recall Governor Brendan Byrne’s 1979 signing of the Pinelands Protection Act, put forth to end construction in unspoiled portions of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, and Ocean counties....
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52 Things Every New Jerseyan Must Know
February 1, 2008
Must-know facts for New Jerseyans....
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No Doubting Thomas
January 30, 2008
Thomas Edison is one of the Garden State’s adopted sons and on the 75th anniversary of his death, there is still plenty of light to shine on his life....
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A High Seas Mystery
January 29, 2008
When the S.S. Morro Castle set sail on her maiden voyage in August 1930, she was hailed as one of the most luxurious vessels of her day....
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The Search for Einstein’s Brain
August 1, 1978
Upon his death in 1955, Albert Einstein's brain was removed for study. Then it disappeared. Twenty-three years later, the senior editor of New Jersey Monthly finally tracked it down in the unlikeliest of places. ...
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