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Hats Off

By Sean Gardiner | August 11, 2009
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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At 92, Salo Enis long-lost music is rediscovered. ...
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The Wizard of Zod

By Eric Levin | July 13, 2009
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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D-Day Plus 65

By Eric Levin | May 5, 2009
A chance encounter and the lessons of a lifetime....
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With tangled plots and double lives, Jersey romance writers tug countless heartstrings....
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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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A 53-year-old financial services consultant invents a useful beach accessory. ...
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Home Of The Brave

By Lauren Payne | April 13, 2009
A Jersey town honors its wounded Iraq veteran with a place that’s truly his own....
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Joe Pope has his first starring role in a movie—sharing the marquee with James Gandolfini, no less—but he still hasn’t given up his day job....
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Glen Ridge native Eugene Smith leans to deal with the pressure of appearing on the Golf Channel's Big Break reality series. ...
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Most teenage girls obsess over buying the perfect prom dress. Andrea Maeng designed her own....
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When he was 14, James Fiorentino’s parents took him to see Joe DiMaggio at an autograph show. Fiorentino brought along a prized possession—a painting he had done of the Yankee great from an old photograph....
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