Jersey Connect Blog

After all of the budget cuts made by individual school districts, then statewide school budget cuts by Gov. Christie, teachers opting not to come back because they don't want to  deal with the mess, New Jersey makes a $400 million "error" (as stated by a representative for Gov. Christie).  Nah, that's not an error, that's what we call an epic ... Read More

Lakim Shabazz, DJ Cee Justice, Shauno and the God's on stage at the Rock Steady Crew 33rd Anniversary. Black is Back New Joint!  The Bricks Peace to everybody who came out to support a day full of real Hip Hop.  Big up to Rock Steady Crew! ... Read More

I don't know.  Those of us that live in the area could be like, "You think it's bad now?  You should have been here 10, 20 years ago."    WalletPop.com ranked Newark, NJ #8 on their Top 10 worst places to live list.  They say their list is based on "Using a variety of criteria, including unemployment rates, health data, ... Read More

The Lincoln Park Music Festival in Newark, N.J. for the past 5 years have hosted free concerts in Lincoln Park (right at Broad St. and Clinton Ave.) which feature entire days dedicated to Jazz, Gospel, House and Hip Hop music.  Over 40,000 people attended the event in 2009 and it has arguably become THE hottest event in Newark and grows ... Read More

You heard it right.  Lakim Shabazz and DJ Cee Justice will take the stage next weekend at the Rock Steady 33rd Anniversary during the Lincoln Park Music Festival in Newark, NJ.  The event is going down on Sunday, August 1st starting at 12 noon as a part of the larger event which goes from July 30th through August 1st. It's been ... Read More

July 2010 This month, we delve into the world of filmmaking with up and coming Screenwriter/Director, Omar Spruell from Agape Love Productions.  We talk about the projects he's done so far, new ones he working on, the American Black Film Festival that just went down in Miami and what it takes to sharpen ... Read More

From mycentraljersey.com In addition to the traditional reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic, there is a wave of retirement, with public school teachers retiring this year at nearly double the rate of recent years. This month, according to the state Department of Treasury's Division of Pensions and Benefits, retirement applications have been filed by 5,444 teachers. Last July the ... Read More

It's the 4th of July weekend and all over the state, the festivities are starting from Mahwah to Cape May. Here's a list of the fire works around the Garden State we compiled from nj.com.  Since they did it by county, we decided to give you all of NJ on one page.  We noticed they didn't do Bergen county, ... Read More

Non-D's new CD, Covering The Spectrum is available for purchase on itunes.  You know him as one of the hosts of the Jersey Connect Show and you've heard his music featured there as well.  Now you can check out the full length release. In the meantime, check out this preview: Non-D - Bad Day ... Read More

From nj.com He claimed to be from Philadelphia. She told of being a native New Yorker. Together they lived in New Jersey with two young daughters on a leafy street in Montclair, hoping to look like any other suburban couple living the American dream, authorities said. But in truth, authorities say, Richard and Cynthia Murphy were highly trained ... Read More