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1 year

I have confirmed that several top New Jersey Democrats, including @GovMurphy , are going to call on @SenatorMenendez to resign shortly after he was indicted again.

Sen. Robert Menendez indicted again on explosive federal corruption charges

The New Jersey senator was accused of taking lavish gifts, including gold bars, as bribes. His wife was also charged.

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Trump’s first words in Wildwood: “I love New Jersey and it’s great to be back in the Garden State.” He touts how the state now has its lowest unemployment rate in history — something Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy also champions.

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Guess who just showed up at @thekillers show at @TheGarden ? @springsteen . #JerseyInNYC

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5 years

This is how Nancy Pelosi was greeted as she took the stage in Atlantic City to speak at the N.J. Democrats’ annual convention.

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3 years

Just got to the elementary school in my hometown of East Brunswick, where @GovMurphy is going to announce masks in schools to start the new academic year: This is the scene outside …

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4 years

Introducing Everly Carol Johnson. Born 4-3-21 at St. Peter’s Hospital in New Jersey’s greatest city, New Brunswick. She listened to @thebeatles for the first time today. I also sang her some @billyjoel . And now she is about to watch her first @Mets game ...

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5 years

The crowd in Wildwood waiting for Trump. (While ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ plays over the loudspeakers.) Not here? You can still watch Trump’s rally tonight:

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4 years

Hodges has an announcement: We are expecting a new member of the Johnson family in March ...

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9 months

Say hello to Carter David Johnson, born 1-28-24 in New Jersey’s greatest city, New Brunswick. Yes, he’s dressed like Ebenezer Scrooge, but he likes to sleep, he has already heard The Beatles, and, while I can’t be sure, I think he already whispered, “Let’s go Mets!”

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5 years

I didn’t go to many college parties. I didn’t belong to a frat. I spent much of my time at @RutgersU learning the incredibly daunting task of putting out a daily newspaper at @daily_targum . That’s a rarity in higher ed. And it helped make me who I am.

Rutgers students vote to slash funding for student paper. Daily Targum could shut down.

The future of The Daily Targum is "up in the air" after losing all of its student funding.

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2 years

They played ‘Badlands,’ the Killers tune ‘A Dustland Faiytale,’ and ‘Born To Run.’ Jake Clemons joined on sax.

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1 year

Incredibly proud of my amazing wife, @MrsJohnsonMJS , who was just named teacher of the year at the Woodbridge elementary school where she teaches 4th grade like a champ … #GoLindsay

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2 years

And now the unofficial Jersey state song … #BruceSpringsteen #TheKillers #MSG

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7 years

. @jonbonjovi notes that he’s known @PhilMurphyNJ for 20 years and opens his set with “Lost Highway.” #NJGov

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7 years

. @GovChristie said @tedcruz was on TV last night, wearing a baseball cap, "trying to look normal." "Which is hard for him," Christie added.

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5 years

What the hell is National New Jersey Day? Every day is New Jersey Day. And if the rest of the county doesn’t like it, I don’t care.

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7 years

The crowd waiting for @jonbonjovi to play at a @PhilMurphyNJ rally at the House of Independents in Asbury Park. #NJGov

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3 years

@AP @JoshCornfield Thank you for “Ghostbusters.” Sincerely, everyone who grew up from 1984 to 1994. Or any year after that, really.

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5 years

The world would be better if Adam Driver just joined the cast of “SNL.”

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8 months

Carter is 1 month old. He asks for your applause …

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6 years

Today marks the long-awaited public hearing on the bill to legalize recreational #marijuana in N.J. I’ve never seen a committee room this packed in Trenton in my six years covering the Statehouse. #MarijuanaMonday

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5 years

I’m beyond lucky to be celebrating one year of marriage today to the incredible @MrsJohnsonMJS . Who else would mark the occasion by visiting Washington Irving’s house with me? (Which we did yesterday, because why the hell not?) She’s the absolute best.

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3 years

Hello — and goodbye — from the Trenton War Memorial, where @GovMurphy is set to give one last #coronavirus briefing at 1 p.m. It’s the end of an era. And I swear I’m going to pour all my photographs from the more than 100 I have covered into the worst coffee table book ever.

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5 years

Video of the hall in Wildwood before Trump’s rally (complete with a Backstreet Boys soundtrack) ...

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5 years

Headed down the Parkway to Wildwood to cover President Trump’s rally tonight in Wildwood. Follow me, @JDSalant , @cfranklinnews , @bduhart , @amandahoovernj , @JessicaRemoNJ , @johndshabe , @MatthewArco , @samanthamarcus , @njdotcom & @NJ_Politics for updates.

Thousands in line for Trump’s rally in Wildwood

The crowd standing in line outside the Wildwood Convention Center grew rapidly ahead of President Donald Trump's 'Keep America Great' rally Tuesday.

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7 years

. @jonbonjovi on stage at @PhilMurphyNJ ’s Asbury Park rally.

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2 years

Michael McDonald just came on in the pizza place where we are having dinner. “That’s the voice of God,” I told Everly. @in_yacht

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2 years

@ThatEricAlper “The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle.”

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7 months

Arrived at the happiest place on earth ( @CitiField ) for @Mets #OpeningDay just as New Jersey’s political world got rocked with the ruling against “the line.” Doing interviews and sending copy in between pitches. Big thanks to @TedShermanSL and @SusanKLivio for the help … #LGM

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5 years

My father was my hero growing up. The reason I loved music, baseball, and media. His time at #Rutgers still inspires elated and complicated feelings in me. He was great on the air. New Jersey Radio is incomplete without his voice and knowledge. Thanks, @ScarletSpotRU

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5 years

Episode 33 with longtime voice of #Rutgers Bruce Johnson is available now. Bruce talks about his broadcasting career and his years with the Scarlet Knights. Listen here:

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9 months

Everly has a new best friend … #BabyCarter

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5 months

Gov. Murphy on who he’s supporting in November: “I’ve got a long history of supporting Democrats up and down the ballot, and that won’t change.” Asked if he’ll endorse Andy Kim for Senate (even after the bitter battle with Tammy Murphy), he said: “Up and down the ballot.”

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3 years

“I accept the results,” @NJSenatePres says as he concedes his re-election race.

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2 years

Everly is now an official New Brunswicker. She is enjoying her first boli at @StuffYerFaceNJ .

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3 years

My very talented wife, @MrsJohnsonMJS , made a wonderful penguin cake for Miss Everly’s first birthday. Everly would not smash it. She just wanted to gaze. She did destroy a cupcake, though …

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7 years

. @PhilMurphyNJ now joins @jonbonjovi on stage. #NJGov

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2 months

It was one of the great thrills of my young reporting career to appear on “Reporters Roundtable” for the first time. Michael Aron was the TV dean of Trenton journalism. It was an honor to know and learn from him. Few people were as respected and encouraging. Rest in peace …

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5 years

One complaint: They have hot dogs for sale but not ketchup at Trump’s rally in Wildwood. Is that a South Jersey thing? #CentralJersey4Life

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5 years

Greg Schiano is back at Rutgers. Now get me a CD copy of The Killers’ first album and a meal plan to Brower Commons, and I’ll really feel like I’ve returned to college. #PartyLikeIts2004

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2 years

Four years of marriage to this wonderful and patient and smart and fun and funny woman. Happy anniversary, @MrsJohnsonMJS …

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8 years

"No more #TTP !" some people from the floor yell during #BarackObama 's #DemConvention speech. Obama presses on, unfazed. #DemsInPhilly

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4 years

@MattFriedmanNJ We are automatically better because we don’t have to pump our own gas.

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7 years

We are told @GovMurphy wants to have legalized #marijuana passed by Jan. 1. Revenue from legal pot is in his budget plan. #NJBudget

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2 years

BREAKING: @SteveSweeney_NJ just told us he won’t run for his old state Senate seat this fall but once again said he’s not done with politics. He is likely to now focus on running for New Jersey governor in 2025.

Ex-N.J. Senate president Sweeney won’t seek old seat 2 years after stunning loss. Run for gov could...

But former state Senate President Stephen Sweeney is still considered a candidate for governor in 2025.

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2 years

Everly woke up this morning asking for her New Jersey book … #JerseyGirl #SheAlreadyUnderstands

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6 years

@Mikel_Jollett Two from the highly underrated 'Train In The Distance': "Two disappointed believers / Two people playing the game / Negotiations and love songs are often mistaken for one and the same."

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5 years

And, as always, I’m grateful for Central Jersey, which exists.

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5 years

The chants are now so loud, you can hear them throughout the Statehouse halls. “My god, my choice!” they’re shouting now. Some have silver balloons with red lettering reading: “In God we trust” and “Vote no.”

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3 years

Happy 1st birthday to the most perfect little penguin … #HappyBirthdayEverly

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5 years

Why does it offend so many people that Central Jerseyans believe Central Jersey exists? I don’t fight that north and south Jersey exist, even though both can be ridiculous. #CentralJersey

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6 years

@Mikel_Jollett And "What is the point of this story? / What information pertains? / The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains."

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7 months

NEW: A day after a big court hearing on the issue, leaders of the New Jersey Legislature from both parties say they are open to making changes to the state’s controversial primary ballot system.

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Happy fifth wedding anniversary to my best friend, my favorite person, an amazing wife and mother, and someone who somehow shares my love of seeing where presidents once lived. (John Adams on our honeymoon? Yes.) You’re the best thing I’ve ever found, @MrsJohnsonMJS …

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3 years

Continuing a wonderful tradition with my dad: @Mets #OpeningDay at @CitiField — and this time seeing the Tom Seaver statue get unveiled. #LGM

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5 years

On my way to @GovMurphy ’s briefing today, I achieved a lifelong goal: I drove by a Ruby Tuesday while ‘Ruby Tuesday’ by the @RollingStones played on the radio. #NothingButNet

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8 months

@crockpics ‘Sleeping With The Television On’ — top 10 Joel song.

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8 years

The debate over 'La La Land' is fascinating.

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8 years

This anonymous Oscar voter isn't quite sure why everyone is going gaga over La La Land

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8 years

The Dem-controlled N.J. Senate just voted 21-11 to condemn @realDonaldTrump 's temporary travel ban on 7 Muslim-majority countries.

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5 years

I spent some time watching @SpeakerCoughlin do his side gig: broadcasting high school sports. And I got to write about my dad, too:

One of N.J.’s most powerful people does cable TV play-by-play in his spare time

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin is the voice behind local TV sports broadcasts. He says he gets to "live out my dream of being a sportscaster.”

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5 years

BREAKING: @GovMurphy revealed he’s been diagnosed with a likely cancerous tumor and will soon have surgery to remove it:

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4 years

I just saw a guy pumping his own gas at a New Jersey gas station, and I am irrationally angry now.

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1 year

Look who started preschool today … #Everly #SheRocks

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4 years

I am back from furlough. Hold your applause.

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4 years

New Jersey’s first #coronavirus vaccine recipient is Maritza Beniquez. She’s an ER nurse at University Hospital in Newark. And it’s her birthday.

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3 years

@SNYtv Make him and deGrom lifetime Mets. #LGM #Mets

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3 years

Three years ago today, I married my favorite person — the smart, funny, patient, and talented @MrsJohnsonMJS . It was a great call. And bless her for wearing a Howard Johnson Mets T-shirt at our post-wedding breakfast (and for not being embarrassed when I told him in person.)

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4 years

I never had pets growing up. But after five years of having a dog, I can’t imagine life without one. #Hodges

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3 years

Republican state Sen. @declanoscanlon on his issues with the new state budget proposal in New Jersey: "There’s a lot of big buts in this budget. I don’t like big buts, and I cannot lie."

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6 years

BREAKING: @GovMurphy and top lawmakers have resolved the final sticking point in the bill to legalize #marijuana in New Jersey. A vote could happen March 25.

Final legal weed deal reached. Murphy, top Dems resolve last sticking point and could hold big vote...

A vote could happen within weeks to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey, sources said.

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5 years

. @GovMurphy just criticized people for holding "the underground playdate." I am now announcing the next @TheClydesMusic album will be called "The Underground Playdate."

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3 years

In downtown South Orange, where @PhilMurphyNJ is holding a get-out-the-vote rally the night before #ElectionDay . Hundreds of are here.

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2 years

There is still a working payphone at Woodbridge Center. #MallsAreTheBest

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2 years

#BruceSpringsteen surprises arena crowd, jams with #TheKillers

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6 years

Also, it’s really hot in Trenton. So my intrepid colleague @MatthewArco has decided to dress like Angus Young to beat the heat as we stake out state budget talks. #NJBudgetDrama

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8 years

As talk spreads that both controversial N.J. bills may be in trouble, Sen. Loretta Weinberg asks: "Is it wrong that I'm smiling?"

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5 years

And here’s what she said about the impeachment inquiry into Trump.

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Say hello to Hodges, the newest member of the Johnson family — named after the great @Mets manager ... #Mets #LGM #MayHeBeFriendsWithWillowMcNeil

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I can't stress enough how heartbreaking this is. @JDSalant is not only a friend but a tireless, smart reporter and mentor who has taught me endless amounts about how to do this job. He is the mayor of the Capital. He will be more than missed. New Jersey is losing a lot.

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I was going to wait until my last day of work but @MattFriedmanNJ beat me to it. @NJAdvanceMedia is closing its DC bureau at the end of the week after almost nine years and nine reporting awards, including the Robin Toner Prize, Dirksen Award and two NJ Press Association awards.

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5 years

My first view inside the convention center in Wildwood, where Trump will hold a rally tonight.

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BREAKING: There is a deal in place to end the strike at #Rutgers , according to sources familiar with the situation told NJ Advance Media. More info soon.

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7 months

ICYMI: It’s a big day in New Jersey politics. Steve Fulop pulled his endorsement of Tammy Murphy for U.S. Senate, while the lawsuit over the state’s “county line” primary ballot system is being heard in court. This was the scene outside in Trenton.

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3 years

I spent part of today singing ‘Hard Habit To Break’ by Chicago to Everly. I did both parts. My hope is she’s just a few months from taking the Bill Champlin part. I call Peter Cetera. (Side note: She listens to music so intently. She’s great.) #DispatchesFromPaternityLeave

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4 years

Happy 2nd anniversary to the greatest person I have ever met. (And I’m sure that will remain true even if I ever met Billy Joel and Pete Alonso. She’s that great.)

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3 years

. @NJSenatePres just told reporters that he won’t speak about the election results in detail until tomorrow. He said he will hold a news conference. But, he added, “Did you see I made ‘Saturday Night Live’”?

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5 years

Covering this crisis has been so maddening that last night, I woke up twice thinking I was late for a Facebook Live to discuss the coronavirus in N.J. And at one point, I thought Tamron Hall was yelling at me through the television that her viewers could see me sleeping.

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1 year

Just wanted to take a moment to praise my wonderful wife @MrsJohnsonMJS , a part-time, should-be-full-time baker who makes amazing things like this. Is it cake? Yes, it is. And it’s wonderful.

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WATCH: A group of casino-worker union leaders smoked cigarettes inside the New Jersey Statehouse today to protest suddenly shrinking support for a bill that would completely ban smoking inside Atlantic City casinos.

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WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE WANT CENTRAL JERSEY TO NOT EXIST? WHY CAN’T YOU JUST LET US HAVE IT?

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2 years

@BeatlesEarth ‘For No One’ — my favorite Beatles song, period.

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3 years

This dapper gentleman turns 2 today. #HappyBirthdayHodges

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3 years

In between all the state budget madness, I wrote about how sad I am @vvinyl is closing and how much that wonderful place has meant to me …

An ode to my favorite N.J. record shop, before it closes forever

Vintage Vinyl is closing, and I'm devastated. Here are all my memories.

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6 years

@spsullivan But after acclimating to New Jersey, Amazon will immediately be pressured to take sides on whether it’s Taylor Ham or pork roll and if Central Jersey is a real place.

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3 years

Happy first #MothersDay to the wonderful @MrsJohnsonMJS , who does a beyond incredible job with the daunting task of mothering both Hodges and Everly ...

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7 months

Carter and Everly enjoyed #OpeningDay despite the outcome. Maybe as they search for Easter eggs this weekend, they can find a second hit for the Mets … #Welp #LGM

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10 months

Everly either loves “Reporters Roundtable” or simply loves seeing herself on the same station as Elmo. Or both … @NJSpotlightNews

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3 years

Waiting for @BarackObama to arrive at Weequahic Park in Newark to stump for @PhilMurphyNJ at a rally on the first day of in-person early voting in New Jersey.

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5 years

And in case you wanted a shot of how Trump looked as he took the stage in Wildwood ...

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8 months

Happy Valentine’s Day from Ms. Everly and Baby Carter … #ValentinesDay

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5 years

The 2010s were the decade my band formed and when I started working for the Ledger’s Statehouse bureau. But more than anything, it’s when I met my wonderful wife and my best buddy Max. Hope the 2020s are just as great ... #HappyNewYear