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Happy birthday to actress/director and Hudson/Bergen County legend Melissa Fumero. Born in North Bergen; Lyndhurst HS grad (class of 2000); best known for roles on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gossip Girl, M.O.D.O.K., and Digman!

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 21 hours ago

The demand for launch services is higher than ever, but the supply of rockets today is very constrained. Jeff Foust reports on the various factors that make getting a ride to orbit today difficult and expensive, despite the promise of plummeting launch costs

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 2 days ago

Actress and Essex/Middlesex County legend Gail Fisher was born in Orange on this date in 1935. 1954 Metuchen HS grad; one of the first black women to play substantive roles in American television; best known for role on the detective series Mannix winning two Golden Globes and an Emmy Award

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 2 days ago

High Technology High School in Lincroft is once again the best public high school in New Jersey — and the No. 1 STEM school in the nation, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 2 days ago
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NJ Transit low-income riders need fare discounts, advocates say: By poverty measures, nearly 2 million New Jersey residents would qualify for the 50% reduction that New York City offers

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 3 days ago

Olympic athlete and Essex County legend Tom Courtney was born in Newark on this date in 1933. Caldwell HS grad; picked up two gold medals in the 1956 Olympic Games in the 800 meters and the 4 × 400 m relay events; he also set a world record of 1:46.8 in the 880 yd in 1957

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 3 days ago

The River was released on this date in 1980. Fun fact: The double album became Springsteen's first album to top the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in the US and was his fastest-selling album yet

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 3 days ago

On this date in 1966, Little Anthony & the Imperials played the Surf 'n See Club in Sea Bright, NJ. One of the opening bands was the Castilles (which featured Bruce Springsteen as a member) and another band, the Shadows, featured Steven Van Zandt

u/rollotomasi07071 — 6 days ago

Happy birthday to former NFL wide receiver and Bergen County legend Wayne Chrebet. Garfield HS class of '91; set several Hofstra records in his college career; went undrafted in '95 but was granted walk-on opportunity with NY Jets; uniform number #80 for his 11-season career has not been reissued

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 6 days ago
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Summer is typically the prime purchase and rental season at New Jersey’s bike shops. But this summer has been the opposite: Bike shop owners reported a drop in e-bike sales ranging from 20% to 90% since New Jersey’s new restrictive and confusing e-bike law took effect on July 19

nj.com
u/rollotomasi07071 — 7 days ago
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The owner of a sprawling former Johnson & Johnson campus in Somerset County is suing a local town over a new ordinance that could block it from building an artificial intelligence data center at the site

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u/rollotomasi07071 — 7 days ago