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1+ day, 1+ hour ago (38+ words) New Jersey is such a densely-packed state that it's sometimes easy to forget just how beautiful it is. Whenever I need a reminder, one of my favorite things to do is to visit Palisades Interstate Park ......

2+ day, 7+ min ago (358+ words) December 5, 2025 / 5:52 PM EST / CBS New York An apartment building fire in Jersey City, New Jersey, displaced about 30 people Friday, sending them out into frigid temperatures. Firefighters had to deal with treacherous conditions as they rescued several residents trapped inside. Fire tore through the lower levels of the building on Winfield Avenue just after 11 a.m. "We had fire on two different floors. The fire started on the floor of the first floor and went up all the walls to the second and third floor," Jersey City Fire Chief Jack Johnson said. The fire chief said they had a tough time battling the blaze due to the cold weather. Some of their equipment froze. "With the freezing hose lines and the ice on the streets and stuff, but we're trained for that," Johnson said. Firefighters carried several trapped elderly residents, including one woman…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago (591+ words) MetLife Stadium will host eight games at next summer's men's soccer World Cup. Francois Nel / Getty Images Tickets to the 2026 World Cup are among the most coveted tickets in sports. Buying them, therefore, is both confusing and costly in any host city. New York " er, East Rutherford, New Jersey " is no exception. Aside from a very small amount of $60 tickets offered in the upper deck of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, prices in November ranged from $215 (for some upper-deck tickets in the group stage) to $7,875 (for lower- and second-level tickets to the coveted final). And that's if you win the opportunity to buy via an official ticket lottery. Otherwise, your best bets are the resale market or a "last-minute" sales phase for tickets leftover after multiple lottery phases have ended. The following is a guide to getting tickets…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago (120+ words) A bus was involved in an apparent crash at the corner of Heron Drive and High Hill Road in Logan Township, New Jersey, on Friday morning. It's not clear if there were any injuries as a result of the crash. A bus was involved in an apparent crash at the corner of Heron Drive and High Hill Road in Logan Township, New Jersey, on Friday morning. It's not clear if there were any injuries as a result of the crash. A bus was involved in an apparent crash at the corner of Heron Drive and High Hill Road in Logan Township, New Jersey, on Friday morning. It's not clear if there were any injuries as a result of the crash....

2+ day, 10+ hour ago (555+ words) Today on "The Judi & EJ Show," we dove into a vital cultural crisis: the Gen Z stare. Have you been a victim of this trend where an entire generation responds to chaos, nonsense, or general human buffoonery with" absolutely nothing? No expression. No reaction. Just a blank, deadpan face that somehow screams, "I'm silently judging you so loudly it's echoing." In my completely unofficial and absolutely made-up survey, here are the top New Jersey locations where you're most likely to be hit with the infamous Gen Z stare: Jersey Shore Boardwalks (Seaside, Belmar, Point Pleasant)Eat a funnel cake too enthusiastically and a pack of teens will materialize like seagulls and just" stare. American Dream MallEspecially in the selfie zones and by the giant indoor wave pool. Gen Z is everywhere, quietly judging your outfit choices. Montclair (literally all of…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago (265+ words) "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Melissa Gorga will make an in-store appearance at Caraluzzi's Danbury Market next week. Gorga, who joined the Bravo reality show in 2011, will visit the supermarket's location at 102 Mill Plain Road in Danbury on Dec. 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to an Instagram post from Caraluzzi's. The event will celebrate products from'Gorga's cookie brand, Let's Sprinkle by MG, which are now being sold at Caraluzzi's locations. Attendees will be able to get their boxes of sprinkle cookies or coffee cake signed by Gorga during the event while supplies last, according to Caraluzzi's Instagram post. "I can't wait to meet everyone," Gorga said in a comment on Caraluzzi's Instagram post. Let's Sprinkle by MG launched in 2024. Gorga started the bakery brand because she has "always been obsessed with sprinkle cookies," according to the bakery brand's website. Let's…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago (93+ words) Moody's Ratings cut Jersey City's credit grade one step to A2 from A1, saying the rating reflected a financially "struggling city with a deteriorating liquidity profile." Moody's Ratings cut Jersey City's credit grade one step to A2 from A1, saying the rating reflected a financially "struggling city with a deteriorating liquidity profile." The Wednesday ratings report came a day after Jersey City elected Council Member James Solomon as its mayor. Solomon, who ran against former Governor James McGreevey, pledged to make the city more affordable and to curb corruption....

2+ day, 18+ hour ago (706+ words) NJBIZ Business of the Year NJ companies make top 10 on Newsweek Most Responsible list Merck celebrated the opening of its reimagined Rahway headquarters in June 2023. - PROVIDED BY MERCK Dawn Furnas//December 4, 2025// Newsweek released its America's Most Responsible Companies for 2026 list Dec. 3 " naming two New Jersey firms among the top 10." The annual ranking recognizes 600 organizations across the country for leadership in corporate responsibility and for their strong performance across environmental, social and governance criteria." In 2025, 20 New Jersey businesses made the list " one fewer than last year. This is the seventh year Newsweek compiled the ranking." Merck " which had held the top spot for three years in a row " fell to No. 7, but remained the highest-ranking company in the state." In partnership with Statista, Newsweek evaluated companies based on:" "America's Most Responsible Companies is designed to spotlight organizations that take their obligations…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago (457+ words) Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancola married Justin May The pair tied the knot in a celebration in New Jersey The wedding comes three months after Giancola gave birth to the couple's first child together, a baby boy named Vincent Keith May Sammi 'Sweetheart' Giancola is married! The Jersey Shore alum, 38, wed Justin May in a romantic ceremony in New Jersey, PEOPLE confirms. TMZ was first to report the news. According to the outlet, the nuptials took place at the Park Chateau Estate & Gardens in East Brunswick, NJ, and most of the Jersey Shore cast was in attendance. The reality television star added, "[I] can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you," while noting to her followers that the news was "not an April Fools joke." Earlier this year, Giancola and May'announced they were expecting their first baby together'in a…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1297+ words) Editor's note: This story was shared as part of a content-sharing agreement between Mosaic.NJ.com and NJ Spotlight News. You can follow them on Facebook and Twitter (or X). New Jersey's school segregation is among the worst in America, in large part because the state is divided into so many districts " roughly 600, as compared to 180 in a more populated state like Georgia. Those partitions magnify residential segregation because students are required to attend school where they live. The core challenge is to get students out of their home neighborhoods, the plaintiffs in a desegregation lawsuit against New Jersey say. And one surprising solution now under discussion is a new fleet of charter schools that would draw racially diverse students from across school district lines. Unlike traditional district schools, charters have the ability to recruit over these boundaries. That makes them'very,…...