Arts & Entertainment

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ – Garret Mountain Reservation was flowing with families and children as the Passaic County Fair kicked off on Thursday. 

Attendees could be seen playing carnival games; riding rides such as the Ferris Wheel and Seven Seas, a fan favorite event; visiting food vendors of all different kinds, such as Boba tea, popcorn, Mexican and Turkish food and ...

RINGWOOD, NJ - Whenever someone visits Ringwood Manor, they take a trip back in time.  On Saturday, August 13, and Sunday, August 14, visitors to this North Jersey treasure will have a particularly special opportunity to see centuries of “living” history spanning the continents and ages up close.  This weekend, Ringwood State Park in partnership with the Hawthorne-based ...

RIDGEWOOD, NJ - Although Ridgewood local Audrey Fink has always loved art, she finally rediscovered her passion for it when she took the paints and brushes her daughter left behind and started painting. One might say it is never too late to do what you love, and Fink would probably agree as she graduated with a degree in economics from Northwestern University.

Fink is originally from New York ...

WOODLAND PARK, NJ - The County of Passaic and the Friends of Passaic County Parks, Inc., in conjunction with the National Association of Olmsted Parks, will host a picnic at the Rocky Hollow Picnic Area at Garret Mountain Reservation on Sunday, July 31st. This year marks the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted — author, journalist, public official, urban ...

NEW JERSEY - July 27th is National New Jersey Day. Today we're going to find out what's unique about the Garden State, and maybe settle some serious issues.

New Jersey was the third state to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America, the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. New Jersey's central location amidst the thirteen colonies during the colonial era made it ...

WAYNE, NJ – It's probably the best place in Wayne Township to go during this heat – at least for a five-year-old.

Many Wayne residents have been waiting a full year for the long-delayed opening of the Splash Pad at Tom’s Lake in Captain Kilroy Park, and it finally happened.

Wayne’s newest park feature officially opened on July 15, more than a full year after the ...

WAYNE, NJ – It was April 12, 1847 when the first Wayne Township meeting occurred at the Henry Casey house on the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike. That meeting marked the birth of our town of Wayne. That was 175 years ago. Instead of marking the occasion with a “birthday” – one day of fun, the Parks and Recreation Department as well as the Passaic County Department of Cultural ...

NEWARK, NJ — Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be playing in Newark for the first time in nearly seven years when the band comes April 14, 2023, to the Prudential Center as part of its 2023 international tour.

The stop is part of an international tour that kicks off on Feb. 1, 2023, in Tampa, Florida with 31 performances across the U.S. Springsteen's Newark ...

UNITED STATES -- Many Americans will celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with backyard BBQs, picnics or a trip to the beach. But did you know that Independence Day was not a paid federal holiday until 1938, Congress changed it? (source: ACEI-Global). 

1. Thomas Jefferson was not the only author of The Declaration of Independence
While Thomas Jefferson is often called the ...