Things to Do in New Jersey: August 20-26, 2026

Four nights of Bruno Mars at MetLife, a Count Basie birthday block party, a Miles Davis centennial tribute in Camden, and a mini golf classic hosted by the Devils headline a genuinely packed final stretch of summer across the state. Things to Do in...

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New Jersey’s New Skybridges Aren’t About Skipping the Street. They’re About Surviving It.

Once a symbol of midcentury urban planning gone wrong,...

He Was 13 and Didn’t Want to Go to Debate Camp. Now He Runs the World’s Largest Youth Debate Nonprofit.

Spencer Chaisanguanthum founded Eloquence Academy out of his Tenafly...

A Newark Church Backed the Building Its Neighbors Objected To, and Its Word Carried the Room

Newark's Central Planning Board unanimously approved a new 24-unit...

A Somerset County Firm’s Robo Advisor Tracker Just Grew Up Into an AI Watchdog

The Robo Report, the industry standard publication that has...

35 Graduates, Zero College Debt, and a Union Card: Inside New Jersey’s Newest Path Into Carpentry

Big Picture Learning, EAS Carpenters, and the Carpenter Contractor...

Things to Do in New Jersey: August 20-26, 2026

Four nights of Bruno Mars at MetLife, a Count Basie birthday block party, a Miles Davis centennial tribute in Camden, and...

Hoboken Is Bringing Back a Festival Name Older Than Its Current One, and Moving It Straight to the Water

The River City Fair returns to Hoboken's waterfront on...

A 400-Foot Wall on Broad Street Now Tells the Story of Newark’s Women

The latest episode of NJ Spotlight News's "Painting Community" documentary series...

The Springsteen Center Wants You to Read His Lyrics Like Poetry, Not Just Sing Along

The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music is launching...

Laurita Winery Trades Its Vineyard for a Tropical Island This Weekend

The Luau Festival returns to Laurita Winery for two full days...

The 20 Moments That Built New Jersey Devils History

From a franchise that once got dismissed on national...

Opinion: The Real Show Was Never Behind Glass. It’s Off the Jersey Coast.

New Jersey doesn't need a marine park stadium to...

A Warren County Branding Agency Just Bought the Company That Wraps Its Clients’ Trucks

KickCharge Creative, the home services branding agency behind some...

Laurita Winery Trades Its Vineyard for a Tropical Island This Weekend

The Luau Festival returns to Laurita Winery for two full days...
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Sports

The Devils Spent the Summer Getting Bigger. Vegas Isn’t Fully Convinced Yet.

New general manager Sunny Mehta rebuilt the Devils' forward depth around size and veteran experience this offseason, and single game tickets for the retooled roster go on sale August 27th. The sportsbooks, for their part,...

The 20 Moments That Built New Jersey Devils History

From a franchise that once got dismissed on national television as a Mickey Mouse operation to three Stanley Cup banners hanging in Newark, here is the definitive countdown of the goals, hits, and hires that...

A New Brunswick Supplement Brand Just Signed the Bodybuilder Who Grew Up Idolizing It

ANIMAL, the hardcore supplement brand born out of Central Jersey, has added IFBB Pro Regan Grimes to its athlete roster, closing the loop on a relationship that started when a teenage Grimes first discovered the...

Entertainment

Hoboken Is Bringing Back a Festival Name Older Than Its Current One, and Moving It Straight to the Water

The River City Fair returns to Hoboken's waterfront on September 26th, replacing the city's Fall Arts and Music Festival with a...

A 400-Foot Wall on Broad Street Now Tells the Story of Newark’s Women

The latest episode of NJ Spotlight News's "Painting Community" documentary series goes inside "The Golden Life," a sweeping public mural celebrating the pride,...

Things to Do in New Jersey: August 20-26, 2026

Four nights of Bruno Mars at MetLife, a Count...

The Springsteen Center Wants You to Read His Lyrics Like Poetry, Not Just Sing Along

The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music is launching...

Mount Olive Sends Summer Out With Fireworks, 18 Food Trucks, and a 48 Ounce Barbecue Bucket

Mount Olive Township's Food Truck and Fireworks Festival returns...

Haddon Avenue Turns Into a Three Decade Time Machine for Summer of Love

Haddon Township's Summer of Love Music Festival returns to a closed...

New Jersey’s Breweries Are Done Just Pouring Pints This August

Between stand-up comedy tours, Mario Kart tournaments, oyster pop-ups,...

Jake Thistle Brought His American Idol Momentum to the Lawn Outside the Springsteen Center

The Paramus born singer songwriter, fresh off a Top...

New Jersey’s Complete Guide to This Weekend and the Week Ahead

From a month long sunflower festival in Lambertville to...

Middletown’s Community Theater Troupe Is Casting the Show Many Call Broadway’s Finest

The MAC Players are holding open auditions for Gypsy,...

Food & Beverage

One Bidder, No Competition: Haddon Heights’ First Liquor License Has Already Found Its Buyer

Station Avenue Partners LLC is the only group that qualified to bid on Haddon Heights' first liquor license in borough history, all but guaranteeing...

One Bidder, No Competition: Haddon Heights’ First Liquor License Has Already Found Its Buyer

Station Avenue Partners LLC is the only group that...

ShopRite Turns 75, and Every Price Ends in .75 to Prove It

ShopRite is marking 75 years in business with two...

Laurita Winery Trades Its Vineyard for a Tropical Island This Weekend

The Luau Festival returns to Laurita Winery for two full days...

Division Street Turns Into a 40-Tent Open Air Market This Sunday

The Downtown Somerville Artisan Market returns this weekend, closing...

Jenkinson’s Boardwalk Turns the Sand Into a Free Concert Venue Every Week This Summer

Between a classic hits series on the sand, a...

Explore New Jersey

Things to Do in New Jersey: August 20-26, 2026

Four nights of Bruno Mars at MetLife, a Count Basie birthday block party, a Miles Davis centennial tribute in Camden, and a mini golf...

The Devils Spent the Summer Getting Bigger. Vegas Isn’t Fully Convinced Yet.

New general manager Sunny Mehta rebuilt the Devils' forward depth around size and veteran experience this offseason, and single game tickets for the retooled...

No-Churn Mango Sorbet: A 3-Ingredient Summer Fix

Frozen mango, fresh lime, and a drizzle of maple syrup are all it takes to land a sorbet this bright and creamy, no ice...

New Jersey Just Deleted 5,100 Voter Registrations. Here’s the Full Math Behind That Number.

A month after disclosing a software error that mistakenly registered thousands of noncitizens to vote, Governor Mikie Sherrill's administration has released the specific breakdown...

Hoboken Is Bringing Back a Festival Name Older Than Its Current One, and Moving It Straight to the Water

The River City Fair returns to Hoboken's waterfront on September 26th, replacing the city's Fall Arts and Music Festival with a smaller, more intimate...

New Jersey’s Presumptive Next Congressman Held a Public Listening Tour and Barred a Reporter From Covering It

Adam Hamawy, who is all but guaranteed to become New Jersey's 12th District congressman this November, is holding a county by county listening tour...

New Jersey Is the Second Best State to Live In, According to the People Who Ranked It Second to Last on Affordability

WalletHub's 2026 Best States to Live In report puts New Jersey at No. 2 nationally, just behind Idaho, driven by the nation's top safety...

New Jersey’s New Skybridges Aren’t About Skipping the Street. They’re About Surviving It.

Once a symbol of midcentury urban planning gone wrong, the elevated pedestrian bridge is making a genuine comeback across New Jersey, this time as...

He Was 13 and Didn’t Want to Go to Debate Camp. Now He Runs the World’s Largest Youth Debate Nonprofit.

Spencer Chaisanguanthum founded Eloquence Academy out of his Tenafly bedroom in eighth grade after realizing Title I and rural schools were being priced out...

One Bidder, No Competition: Haddon Heights’ First Liquor License Has Already Found Its Buyer

Station Avenue Partners LLC is the only group that qualified to bid on Haddon Heights' first liquor license in borough history, all but guaranteeing...

A Newark Church Backed the Building Its Neighbors Objected To, and Its Word Carried the Room

Newark's Central Planning Board unanimously approved a new 24-unit mixed-use building for a long vacant Upper Clinton Hill corner, a project that drew some...

Howell Just Became the 33rd New Jersey Town to Ban Data Centers. The Lawsuits Are Already Starting.

A grassroots movement that began in a single Burlington County town has spread across nearly three dozen New Jersey municipalities in under a year,...

Noom Brings Back a Familiar Face to Run Its Finances as It Pushes Deeper Into Clinical Care

Princeton based Noom has named Jim Bugden its new chief financial officer, tapping an executive who already knows the company from the inside to...

A Somerset County Firm’s Robo Advisor Tracker Just Grew Up Into an AI Watchdog

The Robo Report, the industry standard publication that has spent more than a decade grading automated investing platforms with real money in live accounts,...

35 Graduates, Zero College Debt, and a Union Card: Inside New Jersey’s Newest Path Into Carpentry

Big Picture Learning, EAS Carpenters, and the Carpenter Contractor Trust celebrated 35 graduates of the Carpenters' Apprentice Ready Program on August 19th, a milestone...
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The Fort Lee Company Building a GPS for Dental Implants Just Named Its First Chief Clinical Officer

Image Navigation, the medical technology company behind the IGI...

A $45,000 a Month Penthouse and a $109 Million Tower Refinance Anchor This Week in NJ Real Estate

From a combined three-penthouse estate on the Hudson to...

New Jersey Spends the Most on Schools in America. Why Do Critics Say Mississippi Is Catching Up?

New Jersey's school funding formula sends roughly $12 billion...

A Newark Church Backed the Building Its Neighbors Objected To, and Its Word Carried the Room

Newark's Central Planning Board unanimously approved a new 24-unit...

He Was 13 and Didn’t Want to Go to Debate Camp. Now He Runs the World’s Largest Youth Debate Nonprofit.

Spencer Chaisanguanthum founded Eloquence Academy out of his Tenafly...

A 400-Foot Wall on Broad Street Now Tells the Story of Newark’s Women

The latest episode of NJ Spotlight News's "Painting Community" documentary series...

The Jersey City Firm That Grew 150x Just Made the Inc. 5000 for a Fourth Time

Valasys Media, the B2B marketing and data intelligence firm...

A Kearny Company Just Helped Make Launching Your Own Cell Network a Turnkey Operation

Helix Wireless, the New Jersey based IoT connectivity firm,...

Jake Thistle Brought His American Idol Momentum to the Lawn Outside the Springsteen Center

The Paramus born singer songwriter, fresh off a Top...

Saint Peter’s Earns the American Heart Association’s Top Stroke Care Honor

Saint Peter's University Hospital has received the Get With...

The Planning Board Member Who Wouldn’t Recuse Himself Quietly Is Now Running for Mayor

Dan Sciannameo, a longtime Asbury Park resident and real...

Today: Storms Build This Afternoon, Clear Out Tonight

Highest risk along and southeast of the I-95 corridor...

Laurita Winery Trades Its Vineyard for a Tropical Island This Weekend

The Luau Festival returns to Laurita Winery for two full days...

Why Should Retired Cops Wait 25 Years? A Republican Assemblyman Points to the Budget’s Other Line Items

Assemblyman Alex Sauickie is using New Jersey's newly enacted...

A New Brunswick Supplement Brand Just Signed the Bodybuilder Who Grew Up Idolizing It

ANIMAL, the hardcore supplement brand born out of Central...

Atlantic City’s New Main Street Is Made of 22 Shipping Containers, and It’s Almost Ready

AC Container Park has already signed 14 tenants for...

No-Churn Mango Sorbet: A 3-Ingredient Summer Fix

Frozen mango, fresh lime, and a drizzle of maple...

Morris County Just Put Its Entire Revolutionary War History Into Your Pocket

A new free app lets residents and visitors walk...

Why More New Jersey Small Businesses Are Renting a CFO Instead of Hiring One

VJD Financial Solutions, the Ocean County based virtual finance...

A Garfield Startup Wants to Kill the Gap Between Designing a Part and Actually Buying It

HVH Designer, a browser-based CAD platform built by Garfield's...

Hudson County Wants to Build 1,500 Homes on Parking Lots It Already Owns

Hudson County Executive Craig Guy is backing an ambitious...

The Man Behind Trenton’s Biggest Democratic Majority in Fifty Years Is Stepping Away

Seth Hahn is leaving his post as Executive Director...

The Newark Network That Reaches 3.5 Million Caribbean Viewers Is Now Building a Bridge to Africa

TEMPO Networks, the Caribbean media company headquartered in Newark...