NJ Celebrities
Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino Battled Darkness, Then Found Light With His Wife and Kids in NJ
Jersey Shore star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino gets candid about everything from his drug addiction to his time in prison to his relationship with his wife, Lauren.
Laura Benanti’s Jersey Roots Inspired Her Confidence and Passion
The Tony-winning actress grew up in Kinnelon and now lives in Montclair with her family.
How Danny Clinch Captures the Soul of Music in His Photography and Festival
Clinch and his Transparent staff have been preparing for this year's Sea Hear Now Festival, which takes place every September in Asbury Park.
MSNBC Anchor Stephanie Ruhle Has ‘Jersey Hustle’
Stephanie Ruhle, anchor of The 11th Hour, works hard during the week but on summer weekends kicks back with her family on Long Beach Island.
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When she started building houses for the Raritan Valley chapter of Habitat for Humanity, Kathryn Tanaka barely knew a hammer from a handsaw. “I knew basically nothing about building when I showed up,” says the Bridgewater resident....
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When Laura McKirdy hears success stories from former students of the Lake Drive Program, it reinforces why it has been her passion for the last 40 years....
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When people look at a garden, some see beauty, some see work. Ernest Cottrill, a retired software developer and 26-year resident of Warren Township, sees the solution to a critical problem—that of hunger in one of the state’s wealthiest counties....
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“I’m not the type of person who can sit idly by and let things happen,” says Bob Benjamin. “If I can do something, I do it.”...
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If you call Len and Arlene Lieberman a “power couple,” the pair will quickly demur. But their modesty doesn’t mask their achievements at NJPAC and the Newark Museum, respectively....
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Three years ago, he kicked off a spree of Jersey bank heists that netted $80,000 and left police baffled. Now the so-called Hat Bandit spends his days in a federal prison, still pondering the American Dream....
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Bayonne’s Kenny Britt set records catching footballs at Rutgers. Now he’ll test his talents (and smile) in the NFL....
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A fifth grade student at P.J. Hill Elementary School in Trenton prepares for the bright lights of Broadway...where he'll star as Young Simba in The Lion King....
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Why New York wants to grab New Jersey’s hugely talented, most idiosyncratic chef, and why he doesn’t want to leave—yet....
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Anchorwoman Brenda Blackmon has covered the big stories—and along the way made history of her own....
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“I have this urge, a compulsion really, to turn the basic idea of a bookstore on its ear,” says Alex Dawson (above), co-owner and manager of the Raconteur, a used bookshop in Metuchen....
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A refugee from the Liberian civil war, MacDella Cooper became a fashion professional and started a foundation to aid Liberian orphans. Now her life of ups and downs has taken another unusual turn....
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On the 40th anniversary of his lunar landing, Buzz Aldrin still has personal frontiers to conquer....
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An interview with comic Demetri Martin....
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"Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro talks (bake) shop. ...
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A chance encounter and the lessons of a lifetime....
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With cute red hair and big brown eyes, Emma Kenney looks sweet and innocent. But this fourth grader at School One in Fanwood has a dark side....
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