World Cup 2026

New Jersey Is the Center of the Soccer World: The Complete Guide to the 2026 FIFA World Cup at MetLife Stadium

Don Lichterman -
On July 19, 2026, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host the FIFA World Cup Final — the most watched 90 minutes of sport in the world, contested by the two best remaining teams from a 48-nation field that has played...

Breaking news:

Explore New Jersey

Explore New Jersey is your destination for things to do, events, attractions, restaurants, and entertainment across the Garden State.

Art & Culture

The Most Decorated Battleship in American History Is Hosting Some of the Most Significant Events of America’s 250th Birthday Summer

There are places in New Jersey where the weight...
Art & Culture

The Art Society of Monmouth County Closes Its Ruth Crown Memorial Exhibition This Saturday With an Awards Reception in Middletown

The Ruth Crown Memorial Exhibition has been a fixture...
Legislation

Amazon, Walmart, and Wawa Head the List: Who Will Pay Under Governor Sherrill’s Proposed Medicaid Employer Tax

The fundamental arithmetic of New Jersey's Medicaid program has...
Theatre

The Road Company Theatre in Williamstown Announces Auditions for Shrek the Musical This July

Community theatre in New Jersey has always occupied a...
Books

A New Jersey Practitioner’s Debut Book Reaches Amazon’s Top Spot — and Answers a Question Millions of Patients Have Been Asking

Jackie Klein spent sixteen years practicing nutrition in New...
Law & Order

LaBarbiera, Martinez, Griffin & Sullivan Opens Fourth Location on River Road — and It Does Not Look Like Any Law Office You Have Ever...

There is a moment that nearly every person who...
Supermarkets

Mariano Rivera Brings Mo’s Heat to New Jersey: The Yankees Legend’s Hot Sauce Has a Story Worth Tasting

There are athletes who put their name on products,...
Weather Report

Brace Yourself, New Jersey: A Rainy Weekend Gives Way to an Intense and Dangerous Heatwave Next Week

New Jersey is waking up this Saturday morning to...
Transportation

How a Free Ride Is Changing Maternal Health in Trenton — NJMIHIA Rides Is Working

There is a moment in every pregnancy when the...
Real Estate

New Jersey Political Report: Housing Bill in Crisis, a Shore Mayor’s Fight for South Jersey, and Gottheimer’s War on the Hard Left

New Jersey's political world had no shortage of drama...
World Cup 2026

New Jersey Is the Center of the Soccer World: The Complete Guide to the 2026 FIFA World Cup at MetLife Stadium

On July 19, 2026, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host the FIFA World Cup Final — the most...
spot_imgspot_img

Sports

View More
World Cup 2026

New Jersey Is the Center of the Soccer World: The Complete Guide to the 2026 FIFA World Cup at MetLife Stadium

On July 19, 2026, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host the FIFA World Cup Final — the most watched 90 minutes of sport in the world, contested by the two best remaining...
Read post
New Jersey Devils

Seven Prospects, Five Forwards, and a Clear Philosophy: The New Jersey Devils’ 2026 NHL Draft Recap

The 2026 NHL Draft in Buffalo confirmed something about the new New Jersey Devils front office that had been suggested but not yet fully demonstrated: Sunny Mehta and his scouting staff are operating from a...
Read post
Supermarkets

Mariano Rivera Brings Mo’s Heat to New Jersey: The Yankees Legend’s Hot Sauce Has a Story Worth Tasting

There are athletes who put their name on products, and then there are athletes who build something that genuinely reflects who they are. Mariano Rivera has always belonged to a different category than most —...
Read post

Entertainment

Art & Culture

New Jersey’s Summer of 1776: The Complete Guide to the State’s America 250 Semiquincentennial Celebrations

New Jersey has a stronger claim to the center of the American Revolution than almost any other state, and the summer...
Politics

New Jersey Sat Out Trump’s Great American State Fair. Cape May County Showed Up Anyway. Here Is What Happened.

America's 250th birthday arrived with the ambition of a World's Fair and the execution of a county fair that ran out...
Entertainment

New Jersey Hall of Fame Set to Celebrate an Extraordinary Class of Garden State Icons During 2026 Induction Ceremony at NJPAC

The New Jersey Hall of Fame will once again...
Music

Fifty-One Years of Music, Community, and Environmental Action: The New Jersey Clearwater Festival Returns to Asbury Park This August

There are few festivals in New Jersey that can...
Entertainment

How Fort Lee’s Double XXposure Quietly Helped Shape the Careers of Music Legends: Inside One of New Jersey’s Most Influential Entertainment Companies

When conversations turn to the entertainment industry, the spotlight...
Entertainment

New Jersey’s Summer Entertainment Calendar Reaches Full Speed as Music, Theatre, Comedy, and Festivals Fill the Final Weekend of June

The final weekend of June demonstrates exactly why New...
Music

Rock, Ribs & Ridges Brings Three Days of Music, Barbecue, Camping, and Southern Rock Energy to Augusta This Weekend

Rock, Ribs & Ridges returns to Augusta this weekend...
Music

Clive Davis, New Jersey, and the Record Business That Defined an Era

Every generation of the music industry has a handful...
Music

Airbnb Expands Access to New Jersey’s North to Shore Festival by Donating Concert Tickets to Newark Community Organizations

One of the defining goals of any successful arts...
Entertainment

Beachstock 2026 Returns to Margate as the Jersey Shore’s Ultimate Celebration of Summer, Surf, Music, Food, and Family Fun

There are beach festivals, there are summer concerts, and...
Music

ParkStage Arrives in New Jersey with a Roaring Debut as Sublime Delivers a Nostalgic, High-Energy Opening Night for 8,500 Fans

New Jersey’s summer concert landscape entered a new chapter...
Music

Janelle Monáe in Newark as North to Shore Festival Delivers One of New Jersey’s Most Electrifying Performances of the Summer

For ninety unforgettable minutes in Newark, the boundaries between...
More Entertainment

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Breweries, Wineries, Live Music, Wrestling, Art Nights, Cycling Festivals, and Vineyard Experiences Turn 2026 Into a Landmark Season for the Garden State

New Jersey’s craft beverage scene has moved well beyond the traditional idea of stopping at a brewery for a pint or visiting a winery...
View more recipes

Explore New Jersey

World Cup 2026

New Jersey Is the Center of the Soccer World: The Complete Guide to the 2026 FIFA World Cup at MetLife Stadium

On July 19, 2026, MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host the FIFA World Cup Final — the most watched 90 minutes...
Art & Culture

New Jersey’s Summer of 1776: The Complete Guide to the State’s America 250 Semiquincentennial Celebrations

New Jersey has a stronger claim to the center of the American Revolution than almost any other state, and the summer of 2026 is...
Politics

New Jersey’s Week in Policy: Budget Compromise, Polluters Pay, AI Data Center Disclosure, and the Federal Pressures Reshaping Trenton’s Priorities

The week ending June 28, 2026 delivered a compressed summary of the central tensions defining Governor Mikie Sherrill's first year in office: a state...
New Jersey Devils

Seven Prospects, Five Forwards, and a Clear Philosophy: The New Jersey Devils’ 2026 NHL Draft Recap

The 2026 NHL Draft in Buffalo confirmed something about the new New Jersey Devils front office that had been suggested but not yet fully...
Politics

New Jersey Sat Out Trump’s Great American State Fair. Cape May County Showed Up Anyway. Here Is What Happened.

America's 250th birthday arrived with the ambition of a World's Fair and the execution of a county fair that ran out of attractions before...
Art & Culture

The Most Decorated Battleship in American History Is Hosting Some of the Most Significant Events of America’s 250th Birthday Summer

There are places in New Jersey where the weight of American history is simply unavoidable — where the ground beneath your feet, or the...
Art & Culture

The Art Society of Monmouth County Closes Its Ruth Crown Memorial Exhibition This Saturday With an Awards Reception in Middletown

The Ruth Crown Memorial Exhibition has been a fixture on the Monmouth County arts calendar long enough to have earned the kind of institutional...
Legislation

Amazon, Walmart, and Wawa Head the List: Who Will Pay Under Governor Sherrill’s Proposed Medicaid Employer Tax

The fundamental arithmetic of New Jersey's Medicaid program has produced a situation that Governor Mikie Sherrill has decided to treat as a policy problem...
Theatre

The Road Company Theatre in Williamstown Announces Auditions for Shrek the Musical This July

Community theatre in New Jersey has always occupied a specific and underappreciated place in the state's cultural life — a form of local artistic...
Books

A New Jersey Practitioner’s Debut Book Reaches Amazon’s Top Spot — and Answers a Question Millions of Patients Have Been Asking

Jackie Klein spent sixteen years practicing nutrition in New Jersey before she wrote a word of her debut book. That timeline matters. The knowledge...
Law & Order

LaBarbiera, Martinez, Griffin & Sullivan Opens Fourth Location on River Road — and It Does Not Look Like Any Law Office You Have Ever...

There is a moment that nearly every person who has ever been seriously injured in an accident knows intimately, and it arrives before the...
Supermarkets

Mariano Rivera Brings Mo’s Heat to New Jersey: The Yankees Legend’s Hot Sauce Has a Story Worth Tasting

There are athletes who put their name on products, and then there are athletes who build something that genuinely reflects who they are. Mariano...
Weather Report

Brace Yourself, New Jersey: A Rainy Weekend Gives Way to an Intense and Dangerous Heatwave Next Week

New Jersey is waking up this Saturday morning to gray skies, steady rain, and the kind of thick, swampy air that makes the calendar...
Transportation

How a Free Ride Is Changing Maternal Health in Trenton — NJMIHIA Rides Is Working

There is a moment in every pregnancy when the distance between a woman and her prenatal care becomes more than a matter of miles....
Real Estate

New Jersey Political Report: Housing Bill in Crisis, a Shore Mayor’s Fight for South Jersey, and Gottheimer’s War on the Hard Left

New Jersey's political world had no shortage of drama this weekend, with three major storylines converging to shape the state's landscape heading into what...
Philadelphia Flyers

The Flyers Find Their Giant: Philadelphia Selects Maksim Sokolovskii 27th Overall in the 2026 NHL Draft

When the Philadelphia Flyers made a trade-back with the San Jose Sharks on Friday night in Buffalo — sliding six spots down the board...
New Jersey Devils

New Jersey’s Next Great Center: The Devils Draft Alexander Command at 12th Overall

The New Jersey Devils made one of the most intriguing selections of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft on Friday night in Buffalo, choosing Swedish...
Entertainment

New Jersey Is Marching Into America’s 250th Birthday With One of the Greatest Parade Seasons in State History

Some celebrations are measured in fireworks. Others are measured in footsteps. When an entire community lines a main street — flags out, bands playing,...
123...357Page 1 of 357
spot_imgspot_imgspot_imgspot_img

More News

Real Estate

Jersey City’s Rental Boom Accelerates as Hudson House West Launches Leasing, CMPND Expands Journal Square Options, and Weichert Celebrates 25 Years of Franchise Growth

New Jersey's residential real estate market continues to evolve...
Read more
Politics

Ocean County Democrats Choose Stability Over Upheaval as Wyatt Earp Secures Another Term as County Chair

That's right. Not only is there a Ty Cobb...
Read more
Politics

Federal Funding, Census Battles, and Election Rules: Why States Are Bracing for a New Era of Political and Financial Uncertainty

Across the United States, a growing debate is unfolding...
Read more
Law & Order

Multi-Agency Manhunt Ends in Collingswood as Escaped New Jersey Corrections Inmate Is Taken Back Into Custody

Public safety operations rarely make headlines for the work...
Read more
Entertainment

New Jersey’s Summer Entertainment Calendar Reaches Full Speed as Music, Theatre, Comedy, and Festivals Fill the Final Weekend of June

The final weekend of June demonstrates exactly why New...
Read more
Real Estate

National Real Estate Disruptor Expands Into New Jersey as Cloud-Based Brokerage Model Gains Momentum

New Jersey's real estate industry has entered another chapter...
Read more
Music

Rock, Ribs & Ridges Brings Three Days of Music, Barbecue, Camping, and Southern Rock Energy to Augusta This Weekend

Rock, Ribs & Ridges returns to Augusta this weekend...
Read more
Books

A New Jersey Practitioner’s Debut Book Reaches Amazon’s Top Spot — and Answers a Question Millions of Patients Have Been Asking

Jackie Klein spent sixteen years practicing nutrition in New...
Read more
Business

New Jersey’s Budget Debate Signals a Defining Moment for the State’s Economy, Business Climate, and Long-Term Competitiveness

As New Jersey moves toward the constitutional deadline for...
Read more
Weather Report

El Niño May Quiet the Atlantic in 2026, But New Jersey’s Hurricane Risk Remains Very Real

For residents of New Jersey, hurricane season has become...
Read more
Entertainment

New Jersey Is Lighting Up the Sky Like Never Before for America’s 250th Birthday Over This 2026 Fourth of July!

There has never been a Fourth of July quite...
Read more
Health & Wellness

Comfort Keepers Expands AI-Powered Home Care While Helping More New Jersey Seniors Age Safely at Home

New Jersey's rapidly growing senior population is transforming the...
Read more
Health & Wellness

Operation FAST Marks a Turning Point for New Jersey as NJDEP Cuts Freshwater Wetlands Backlog by 42% While Balancing Environmental Protection and Economic Growth

Few issues have generated more sustained debate within New...
Read more
Politics

New Jersey’s Political Divide Deepens as Conservative Groups Intensify Opposition to Democratic Legislative Agenda

New Jersey's political landscape has entered another period of...
Read more
Legislation

New Jersey Escalates Fight Over Delaney Hall as State Officials Demand Full Health Inspection of Newark Detention Center

The legal and political battle surrounding Delaney Hall in...
Read more
Theatre

The Road Company Theatre in Williamstown Announces Auditions for Shrek the Musical This July

Community theatre in New Jersey has always occupied a...
Read more
Beer & Breweries

New Jersey’s Craft Beer Summer Is in Full Swing as Festivals, Brewery Collaborations, Live Music, and Community Events Fill the Calendar

New Jersey's craft beer industry has evolved far beyond...
Read more
Theatre

For More Than Half a Century, Yates Musical Theatre for Children Has Been Bringing the Magic of Live Performance to Generations of Young Audiences...

At a time when children are surrounded by screens,...
Read more
Health & Wellness

Mira Vie at East Brunswick Unveils Major Renovation as Senior Living Community Enters a New Era of Care, Wellness, and Connection

As New Jersey’s population continues to age and families...
Read more
Supermarkets

Mariano Rivera Brings Mo’s Heat to New Jersey: The Yankees Legend’s Hot Sauce Has a Story Worth Tasting

There are athletes who put their name on products,...
Read more
Art & Culture

The Most Decorated Battleship in American History Is Hosting Some of the Most Significant Events of America’s 250th Birthday Summer

There are places in New Jersey where the weight...
Read more
Technology & Tech

Princeton-Based Nearsite Strengthens Leadership as AI Continues to Transform Corporate Housing Procurement

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how companies purchase goods,...
Read more
Legislation

New Jersey Leaders Reach Agreement on $60.7 Billion Budget, Setting the Course for Fiscal Year 2027

With just days remaining before New Jersey's constitutional deadline...
Read more
New Jersey Devils

A New Era Begins in Newark: Devils Shake the NHL With Franchise-Altering Trade as Sunny Mehta Signals an Aggressive New Direction

The New Jersey Devils have entered one of the...
Read more
Technology & Tech

Digital Advertising Faces Its Biggest Trust Crisis Yet as AI Pushes Brands Toward a More Transparent Future

For nearly two decades, programmatic advertising has been sold...
Read more
Health & Wellness

Helping New Jersey Families Navigate One of Life’s Hardest Goodbyes: The Growing Role of In-Home Veterinary Hospice, Pet Doulas, and Compassionate End-of-Life Care

For many New Jersey families, pets are far more...
Read more
Music

Fifty-One Years of Music, Community, and Environmental Action: The New Jersey Clearwater Festival Returns to Asbury Park This August

There are few festivals in New Jersey that can...
Read more
Politics

Tom Kean Jr. Returns to the Spotlight as Questions About Accessibility, Transparency, and Political Style Follow Him Back to Washington

For much of his political career, Congressman Tom Kean...
Read more
Pizza

Dave Portnoy’s Latest New Jersey Pizza Tour Reinforces What Garden State Residents Have Known for Generations: This Is America’s Pizza Capital

There are very few people capable of changing the...
Read more
Politics

Hunterdon Democrats Signal Stability and Local Focus as Michael K. Drulis Wins Reelection as County Chairman

As New Jersey’s political landscape begins shifting toward another...
Read more
Philadelphia Flyers

The Flyers Find Their Giant: Philadelphia Selects Maksim Sokolovskii 27th Overall in the 2026 NHL Draft

When the Philadelphia Flyers made a trade-back with the...
Read more
Education

Trenton Left Behind as New Jersey Awards Millions in Tutoring Grants, Raising New Questions About Accountability and Student Achievement

New Jersey's continued investment in high-impact tutoring reflects a...
Read more
Politics

New Jersey’s Week in Policy: Budget Compromise, Polluters Pay, AI Data Center Disclosure, and the Federal Pressures Reshaping Trenton’s Priorities

The week ending June 28, 2026 delivered a compressed...
Read more