Hidden New Jersey

Readers of a certain age might remember the old Bugs Bunny cartoon where our hero wakes up in the morning to find an interstate highway bei...

Growing up in Union, I was acquainted very early with the story of one of the last Revolutionary War engagements fought in New Jersey: the J...

It's probably one of the most open "secrets" in North Jersey -- the legend that the singing group The Four Seasons got their n...

Okay ... confession time here: Ivan and I actually left New Jersey for a week. With tax season completed, he needed a break and who was I to...

The most hidden of New Jersey is the stuff that's not there anymore, brought to life by memories at particular times of year. Thanksgivi...

A few weeks ago, Ivan and I visited Liberty Hall in Union, and before that, I also wrote about the town's Revolutionary War past . Not...

When I was growing up in Union, we all knew of a mysterious house on Morris Avenue across the street from Kean College. You couldn't see...

New Jersey was the crossroads of the American Revolution, with more battles fought here than anywhere else during the battle for independenc...

The Galloping Hill Inn in Union is a classic, founded in the '20's at a confluence of roads aptly called Five Points. It's the q...

Behind the Union Township Municipal Building is the last vestige of a collective of men working to pull themselves up by the bootstraps. Use...