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1. REVIEW: ‘A Free Man of Color’ challenges audiences
(Entertainment/Movies)

Jeffrey Wright and Mos lead the company of John Guare's new historical epic of 1800s New Orleans BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW "A Free Man of Color" is a mad, glorious ...

2. ‘Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson’ hits Broadway
(Entertainment/Movies)

Mad musical offers a jackass mash-up of early 1800s American history BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW Is it a mule? Is it a jackass? Whatever, a stuffed equine suspends ...

3. Saint Michael’s in Newark begins $250M transformation
(Health/Healthquest)

... shop, and a light-filled lobby. Historic hospital buildings, which date to the 1800s, will be rehabilitated and used as office space and residences for medical students. A medical education building ...

4. Long Branch was once New Jersey's Presidential beach resort
(Life/Style)

... Martha's Vineyard and Hawaii, there was Long Branch. Having first become a beach resort town in the late 1700s, in the 1800s it was a considered a "Hollywood" of the east, where some of the greatest ...

5. World's largest population of endangered ‘Spreading Globeflower’ plant discovered in Sussex County
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... be more commonly found in North Jersey, observed in parts of Passaic County until the late 1800s, last seen in Bergen County in 1919, and found as recently as 1980 in parts of Morris County. The species' ...

6. Flagstaff, Arizona: A vacation hotspot for all generations
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Flagstaff was one of the country's major crossroads, especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Pioneer ranchers, railroad builders, lumberman and peoples of diverse cultures who lived here and helped ...

7. Israel buying East Jerusalem land causing tension among Greek Orthodox Palestinians
(World/International)

... built. Much of this land was donated to it by Orthodox Christian Palestinians in the late 1800s. Over the last few decades the church has increased land sales to the Israeli authorities or leased land ...

8. The best way to begin ski and snowboard season: The ‘Bumps for Boomers Ski and Ride Exercise Series'
(Sports/Professional)

... the boot to the ski at the toe – which allows comfortable striding. The telemark turn was developed around the mid 1800s in the telemark region of Norway as a means of steering and controlling speed ...

9. Jersey bartenders and pro mixologists share their holiday drink specials and cocktail recipes
(Life/Style)

... want to offer your guests a Tom and Jerry, a specialty drink that's been part of the bartenders' lexicon since the mid 1800s and combines eggnog that's been teamed with hot milk, dark rum, cognac and an ...

10. U.S. government settles with Native American Indians for $3.4 billion
(U.S./Nation)

... thousands of Native Americans. The settlement ends a 13-year legal battle to resolve a dispute that dates back to the late-1800s. The legal settlement will cost the U.S. government $3.4 billion. The ...

11. Innovative Flambeau River paper mill getting off fossil fuels
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... and the company is already on its way, thanks to a switch to biomass fuel, plus a biorefinery in the works. In timber-rich Wisconsin, paper mills have been a major industry since the 1800s. Small mills, ...

12. Kara Lindsay, Melissa Gilbert star in ‘Little House on the Prairie’ at the Paper Mill Playhouse
(Entertainment/Movies)

... during the 1800s on the beloved television series "Little House on the Prairie." So Kara Lindsay has some big shoes to fill in playing Laura in the new Little House musical at the Paper Mill Playhouse ...

13. Meet the beetles at Union County's Echo Lake Park
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to a height of seven feet, but it doesn't do that now because of the beetles. " The loosestrife made its way to America in the 1800s. Ships that did not have full cargo holds would use soil for additional ...