Brick Township Bans New Roosters, and I Had No Idea Jersey Had a Rooster Problem
Crowing is Brick's second-biggest complaint, according to the township. The roosters already there get to stay. New ones don't.
Mike McGinn
Sussex Tech Football in Sparta Has No Lights, So Its Friday Night Games Happen on Saturday Afternoon
The Sussex Tech Mustangs in Sparta have no field lights, so their Friday night football happens Saturday afternoon. Now they're the last New Jersey school in a national field-makeover vote, open through Sunday, Oct. 25.
Did You Know? The First College Football Game Was Rutgers vs. Princeton in New Brunswick, 1869
Rutgers 6, Princeton 4, New Brunswick, Nov. 6, 1869: widely recognized as college football's very first game. Two Jersey schools invented a sport by arguing. Of course they did.
Did You Know? Lucy the Elephant Has Stood Six Stories Tall in Margate Since 1881
Margate's Lucy the Elephant was built in 1881 as a giant real estate ad. Her two big relatives are gone, her neighbors saved her, and now she's a National Historic Landmark. Nobody warned me.
NJ Things to Do This Week, Oct. 19–25: Feltville Haunted Hayrides, Turtle Back Zoo Capybaras, Haunted Red Mill and More
Five Halloween-season picks across New Jersey this week, from a nighttime hayride in Feltville's deserted village to free costume fun at Cape May County's zoo. I didn't know one state could hold this much hay.
Tenafly Halloween Display Turns the Knicks' Game 4 Tip-In Into a Skeleton Lawn
A Tenafly homeowner rebuilt OG Anunoby's Game 4 tip-in out of skeletons, with a 12-foot Wemby on hand and a pumpkin playing the ball. Every other Halloween lawn just got demoted.
Haunted Red Mill in Clinton: NJ's Prettiest Postcard Spends October Trying to Scare You
The Red Mill in Clinton might be the most photographed spot in New Jersey. Every October, an all-volunteer crew turns it into the Haunted Red Mill, and they've been at it since Labor Day.