Vinessa Erminio

1 week ago | nj.com | Rob Jennings |Vinessa Erminio

It has been a high school rite of passage in New Jersey for decades: the senior prank. Many seniors bid farewell to their schools in June with some lighthearted mischief aimed at the school staff, their high school building or their fellow students. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

Nov 26, 2024 | nj.com | Vinessa Erminio

Set to take place on Thanksgiving morning 100 years ago, the first Macy’s Parade promised to be a magnificent affair. A newspaper ad in the Brooklyn Eagle placed by R.H. Macy & Co. announced the new event: “A giant Christmas parade will be held in Manhattan in which Santa Claus, accompanied by an array of wild animals, bareback riders, bands and clowns, will come ... to Macy’s store. There the elaborate Christmas spectacle will take place.”The newspaper ad worked.

Mar 11, 2024 | nj.com | Keith Sargeant |Keith Sargeant focuses |Vinessa Erminio |Joanne Walsh

The doomed investigation still haunts the Paulsen family and some Somerset County investigators. Subscribers can gift articles to anyoneThe panicked caller begged for help, sobbing into the phone. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.

Nov 22, 2023 | nj.com | Vinessa Erminio

As news of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination began to spread on a November Friday afternoon 60 years ago, The Star-Ledger reported that “there were no Democrats or Republicans in New Jersey,”“There were simply 6,000,000 men, women, and children sharing the same agonized feelings. Tears. Shock. Anger. Disbelief. The Number One Man was dead,” according to the page one story. Kennedy made frequent stops in New Jersey as he rose to national prominence in the late 1950s.