Pizza is popping up in more (and sometimes unusual) places, and it’s being prepared and marketed in new (and sometimes …
New Jersey
‘Hurricane Deductible’: Technicality Could Cost (or Save) Homeowners Thousands
Homeowners whose properties were damaged by Hurricane Sandy probably don’t care much about exactly how fast the storm’s winds blew. All they know is that it was strong enough to knock a tree down on the roof. But due to the fine print of insurance policies, the precise speed of the wind could mean a difference of tens of thousands of …
‘Sandy Sales’: After a Tragedy, How Soon Is Too Soon to Go Shopping?
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, we’ll be greatly in need of consumers to get back to their free-spending ways to put the economy back on track. But while millions are still coping with destruction, death, and power outages, the idea of hosting a hurricane-themed sale is perhaps in bad taste.
Experts Deem Wines from New Jersey (!) As Good As France’s Finest
Must be that Turnpike terroir. In a recent blind taste test, wines produced in New Jersey—yes, that New Jersey, the state just east of Pennsylvania—held their own when matched up against whites and reds from France, some of …
Whitney Houston’s 12,000-Sq.-Ft. N.J. Mansion on the Market for $1.75 Million
We all know what the death of a famous singer can do for music and memorabilia sales. Have sexy times with it. Young boy sexy times. Just look at Michael Jackson, or much more recently, Whitney Houston. In the days after Houston …
Can a Website Help Reduce Your Property Taxes?
A company called ValueAppeal has been blanketing homeowners in Connecticut, Ohio, and New Jersey, among other places, with claims that it can help them appeal their home revaluations and reduce their property taxes—for a fee of …
Anybody Home? Governor’s Mansions Around the U.S. Sit Empty
In the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, governor’s mansions were state palaces, meant to symbolize the grandeur of government while providing a place for formal entertainment and housing for the state’s chief …
Matters of Taste Aside, ‘Jersey Shore’ Is a Bad Investment for New Jersey
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and possible presidential candidate garnered headlines today for rescinding a $420,000 economic credit for MTV’s hit reality show “The Jersey Shore” because of the damage he feels it does …
The Future of Nukes in America
The Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey was opened when the Beatles were still together, and since 1969 its single 645 MW boiling water reactor has provided enough energy to power 600,000 homes. But the oldest nuclear plant will be going out of commission a little early-last year owner Exelon Energy announced that it would close …
The Nation’s Most Fiscally Responsible Citizens Hail From … New Jersey?
My home state, much derided as a haven of McMansions, malls, and obnoxious, tanning-booth-crazed reality TV stars, and a place regularly accused by its own residents of having one of the country’s most fiscally irresponsible governments in the land, actually boasts the country’s most financially capable and responsible people. Who says …
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Jon Corzine
“Let’s face it: Everyone’s property taxes are too damn high.”
Last One to Turn on the Thermostat Wins
The competition is, um … heating up? Around the country, anti-consumer websites and community forums are hosting “no heat” challenges. The winners—who win bragging rights, perhaps a trophy, certainly lower utility bills—are the households that leave their heat in the off position the longest.
