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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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