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05/16/2026

05/07/2026

Modest New Jersey home listed for $800K just sold for $1.18M after an insane bidding war with 16 offers

05/06/2026

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Most kids take photos. Very few learn how to see. This summer, I’m hosting Miss Marie’s Summer Photo Camp in Hoboken—designed for kids ages 9–13 who are curious, creative, and ready to learn how photography really works. This isn’t just snapping pictures on a phone. In a small-group settin...

04/03/2026

Meet Frank Florio, the son of a shad fisherman who was able to feed himself during the Great Depression by catching this staple food. Each April, hundreds and thousands of shad were captured along the Palisades and further upriver. They would be sold down in Fulton Street's Fish Market. As April draws near, the shad are beginning to swim upriver to spawn.

The young boy pictured here would grow up to become one of the last shad fishermen, taking his own sons out to pull in the nets. He recently sat down with us and remembered his childhood and how shad fishing continued to shape him as an adult.

Many thanks to our friend Donna Brennon for doing the recording, 2023

To hear this interview, click here: https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/pipc/id/2330/rec/188

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03/31/2026

https://hudpost.com/union-city-man-admits-to-1-1-million-fraud-scheme-targeting-elderly-victims/

A Union City man pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges on March 25, 2026, in connection with a scheme that defrauded elderly and other victims of more

03/31/2026

https://www.njeda.gov/green-workforce-grant/

GREEN WORKFORCE TRAINING GRANT CHALLENGE PHASE 1 Applications for the Green Workforce Grant Challenge Phase 1 are now closed.For information on the New Jersey Green Workforce Training Grant Challenge Phase 2, please click on this link.

03/29/2026

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