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This is New Jersey: After the Rain

Submitted by one of our Facebook Fans, Mary Melbourne Hausman This shot was taken in Bradley Beach after the crazy rain we experienced here at the Jersey Shore on Wednesday. What a gorgeous sunset.  Those of us born and raised on the Jersey Shore will tell you, nothing beats the winter sunsets. “This is New [...]

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This is New Jersey: Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse

A wonderful blog post on The Cooks Tour caught our attention this week.  It was the perfect “This is New Jersey” type of post, cow close up and all.  You can read all about Terry’s yummy adventure to the Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse on her blog.  Enjoy. “This is New Jersey” is our Saturday “way [...]

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This is New Jersey: The Colors of Fall

Hurley Pond in Wall Township Photo by Carol Thornley Swartzwood Lake Photo by Karen Manzi Jensen Thank you to our Facebook Fans for submitting these beautiful photos.  If you haven’t done so already, join the fun with Jersey Bites on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/jerseybites. “This is New Jersey” is our Saturday “way of life” feature bringing [...]

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This is New Jersey: Zombie Walk in Asbury Park

Photo by Jeff Wickliffe ** Get your Zombie on today at the New Jersey Zombie Walk in Asbury Park.  Everyone who attends the Zombie Walk this year MUST BE ZOMBIFIED to participate in the Guinness World Record Attempt! The record they’re trying to break is the ‘Worlds Largest Gathering of Zombies’, so ‘zombie hunters’ and [...]

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This is New Jersey: Appealing Apples and Cranberries

The lines for apple cider donuts began forming even before the official 9:00 AM opening time at the Kirby’s Mill Apple Festival in Medford. Anticipation grew as we watched the donut makers from Apple Appeal stir the batter, form the donuts, and then fry them, flip them and dust them with cinnamon sugar. As we [...]

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This is New Jersey: Pumpkin Picking

I hope you all have picked your pumpkins.  I have yet to pay the pumpkin patch a visit.  This picture was taken at Eastmont Farms on a recent apple picking pilgrimage we wrote about a few weeks ago.  If you have a favorite place for picking plump, perfect pumpkins provide it please with a comment [...]

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This is New Jersey – Evergreen Farm

Located 8 miles east of Trenton in Hamilton Township is the truly one of a kind Evergreen farm. Evergreen is one of only 5 farms in the U.S. that grow the gigantic, succulent and highly coveted Singo pear. The farm also grows and sells four other varieties of Asian pears, yellow peaches, persimmons, chestnuts, jujubes, [...]

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This is New Jersey: Football Season

It’s that time of year where I flip flop between loving the sweet, cool air of autumn and mourning the long, lazy days of summer. Where I am happy to see my boys go back to school and where I miss the unscheduled, uncommitted, free form days the summer months allow. Soon the pool man [...]

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This is New Jersey: Apple Picking at Eastmont Orchards in Colts Neck

Today was a perfect day for picking apples.  I caught these two adorable and happy apple pickers meandering through a row of Stayman Winesaps.  Eastmont Orchards is a great place to take the family, and there were families galore all equipped with cameras hoping for that perfect shot.  The farm is located on Route 537 [...]

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This is New Jersey: The Jersey Shore Roller Girls

The Jersey Shore Roller Girls is a flat-track roller derby league that calls the Asbury Park Convention Hall home. Today’s derby is a revamped, flat-track version of the old-school sport that many of us remember from years ago. Jersey Shore Roller Girls follow the rules and regulations put in place by the Women’s Flat Track [...]

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