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Day Trip: Montclair

January 31, 2008

Day Trip to Montclair - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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For decades Meadowlands referred to the odiferous stretch of swamp glimpsed from Route 3 and the Turnpike. That changed on July 2, 1981, when the Brendan Byrne Arena opened, joining the five-year-old Giants Stadium and Meadowlands Racetrack....
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From the Rubble

January 30, 2008

It’s been five years since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Many New Jerseyans have been instrumental in rebuilding and restoring our lives. Here are just a few of their stories....
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The exam once known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test, now called the SAT Reasoning Test (or just the SAT), has… Read the rest

The high school diploma is a rite of passage, a giant step toward the future. But the road to the sheepskin isn’t the same for everyone. ...
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Your kid is bright, your school district is aggressive, and you’re hoping for a little help with college tuition. Do Advanced Placement classes help all of the above?...
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A temporary space in an Ivy League place pays homage to the giants of science....
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Day Trip to Newark - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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Why Roosevelt

January 28, 2008

The Garden State crams 8.7 million people into 566 towns, and we’re crazy enough to try to rank them. ...
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Last year a major magazine rated a small South Jersey town the best place to live in America. But the people of Moorestown already knew that....
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Best high schools in New Jersey - NJ top schools - New Jersey Monthly - The Best of NJ...
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Best high schools in New Jersey - NJ top schools - New Jersey Monthly - The Best of NJ...
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Best high schools in New Jersey - NJ top schools - New Jersey Monthly - The Best of NJ...
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The 40th anniversary of the Newark race riots is coming up this July, and Brett Ellen Block has just written a crime novel, The Lightning Rule (William Morrow), with the riots as a backdrop. ...
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Day Trip to Collingswood - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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In December 1986, it’s announced that New Jersey will get a new terminal for imported cars—just the latest sign of the state’s declining role as a manufacturing powerhouse. ...
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From lunch wagons to stone edifices, here’s a quick history of the structure you may be sitting in....
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First Blood

December 21, 2007

The boss fidgets in the back of a dark green Suburban as his driver navigates Turnpike traffic during rush hour. It’s Wednesday and he’s running late for a business meeting, but first he has to make a stop outside New Brunswick....
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