NJ History
Blue Star Memorial Highways, Honoring America’s Veterans, Began in New Jersey
Amid World War II, NJ's Garden Club dreamed up "a living tribute" to military sons and daughters. Today, there are 39 such sites throughout the state.
Frederick Law Olmsted, Famous Architect Behind Central Park, Left a Legacy in Jersey, Too
Olmsted, who was born 200 years ago on April 26, designed green spaces throughout the Garden State.
‘A Real Field of Dreams’: Paterson, Baseball Greats Pitch MLB Game in Negro Leagues Stadium
Paterson’s mayor wants Hinchliffe Stadium to host an MLB game. Why he and others think it could, and should, happen.
A Look Back at Muhammad Ali’s Life in Cherry Hill
Muhammad Ali—who would have turned 80 years old on January 17, 2022—is Cherry Hill’s most recognizable homeowner ever.
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Bottom of the ninth. Yankees down by 1 to the Red Sox. Two men on…and rookie shortstop Joe Buzas rips one into left field. ...
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There were three of them in that room at the Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic City on a June Sunday in 1922—three sitting around a table with the shades drawn against the afternoon sun, three closing their eyes in deepest concentration. Or were there four?...
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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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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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A temporary space in an Ivy League place pays homage to the giants of science....
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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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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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Situation: Every level of government appears to be brimming with unethical officials who, as they conduct the public’s business, view entitlement, favoritism, and lawbreaking as routine....
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The trend in town centers is a look that conjures images of the past, even if it never existed in that zip code before....
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Forty years after the riots that ripped Newark apart, a city scarred by violence and neglect tries to make peace with its past and plant hope for its future....
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Uncle Sam has spoken: The states are virtually on their own to defend assets such as ports, refineries, chemical plants, railways, highways, and bridges against attack.
Fortunately, we don’t have any of those in New Jersey......
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NFL coach Lombardi never suffered a losing season, leading the Green Bay Packers to five championships. He died in 1970; his final resting place: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Middletown Township....
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Day Trip to Bayonne - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto “The Scooter” settled in Hillside and Berra is a staple in Montclair....
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On the air since 1979, this noncommercial Newark jazz station (88.3 FM) has become one of the city’s most influential cultural forces....
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After serving as president of Princeton University, this transplanted southerner was elected governor of New Jersey in 1910. Without that step, it’s hard to imagine that he could have been elected the 28th P.O.T.U.S. two years later....
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As Newark commemorates the 40th anniversary of the catastrophic disturbances of 1967, Gibson has enjoyed a brief return to the public spotlight, and understandably so. Gibson became the city’s first African-American mayor after a bitter election battle with Hugh Addonizio in 1970. His victory did not lead to a revival of the shattered city. But it did mark a victory for the state’s African-American population....
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He was the only president born in the state (in Caldwell, in 1837), the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms… Read the rest