New Jersey

Director Kevin Smith sets many of his films in New Jersey, particularly his "New Jersey Trilogy" of Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy. The 2004 movie, Jersey Girl, is also based in New Jersey. Many of the Boston Harbor Islands are part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area that is run by the National Park Service. Also, the popular animated series Megas XLR and Aqua Teen Hunger Force take place primarily in New Jersey. There are also two self-guided walking tours: Harbor Walk (http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/), which is designed to allow people the walk the entire shore of Boston Harbor, and the Black Heritage Trail. The 2004 Sundance Film Festival favorite Garden State (starring Zach Braff and Natalie Portman) was shot on location in Morris Township. Other sites of interest include Castle Island and Kenmore Square. The popular television drama The Sopranos depicts the life of a New Jersey organized crime family and is filmed on location at various places throughout the state. The New England Aquarium as well as the Franklin Park Zoo are located within the city.

Motion pictures and televisions shows also have been set in New Jersey. The University of Massachusetts campus at Columbia Point houses the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library. New Jersey has long been an important area for both rock and rap music, with many artists coming from the state, they include the musicans listed at the bottom. Boston is home to several world-renowned museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Museum of Science. The largest Protestant denominations in New Jersey are: Baptist (10% of the total state population), Methodist (7%), and Presbyterian and Lutheran (tied 3%). It is also the site of the Esplanade where the Boston Pops Orchestra play their annual Fourth of July concerts to large crowds. The religious affiliations of the citizens of New Jersey are:. The Charles River, with long stretches of parks along its banks, is a major recreation site for many Bostonians.

Females made up approximately 51.5% of the population. Other notable districts/neighborhoods include Beacon Hill, Charlestown, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, North End, and South Boston. 6.7% of its population were reported as under 5, 24.8% under 18, and 13.2% were 65 or older. Back Bay is also the home of two of New England's tallest buildings: the John Hancock Tower and the Prudential Center. New Jersey is also the most densely populated state in the nation, and the first and only state that has had every one of its 21 counties deemed "urban", as opposed to rural. Once a shallow lagoon, the Back Bay district now includes many prominent landmarks and sites of interests such as the Christian Science Center, Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Newbury Street, and Trinity Church. This is largely due to the fact that so much of New Jersey is comprised of suburbs, most of them affluent, of New York City and Philadelphia. Such sites include:.

Newark and Camden are two of the poorest cities in America, but New Jersey as a whole has the highest median household income in the nation, as well as the second highest per capita income, after Connecticut. Many are found along the Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line or bricks embedded in the ground. The five largest ancestry groups in New Jersey are Italian (17.8%), Irish (15.9%), African American (13.6%), German (12.6%), Polish (6.9%). Due to the city's prominent role in the American Revolution, several historic sites relating to that period are preserved as part of the Boston National Historical Park. The racial makeup of the state is:. See also: Sites of interest in Boston. It is the most Italian-American state in the nation, having passed New York state for that title in the 2000 Census, and has one of the largest percentages of African-Americans, Hispanics, Arabs, and Asians in the country. Other television stations broadcasting in the Boston market are:.

It also has the second largest percentage of Jews, the second largest percentage of Muslims (trailing only New York in both), and one of the largest percentages of immigrants in the country (trailing only California and New York and just ahead of Illinois, Texas, and Florida). Most Boston television stations have their transmitters in nearby Needham and Newton. It has a larger percentage and a greater mix of non-whites as well as a greater mix of Caucasian backgrounds than any other state. The city is also served by several Spanish-language television stations including those of Univision (WUNI channel 27, licensed to Worcester), TeleFutura (WUTF channel 66), and Telemundo (WNEU channel 60, licensed to Merrimack, New Hampshire, and simulcast on WTMU-LP channel 32). New Jersey is also the most racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse state in the union. The city is served by stations representing every major American network including:. state. The Boston television DMA, which also includes Manchester, New Hampshire, is the fifth largest in the United States [1] (http://www.nielsenmedia.com/DMAs.html).

According to the Census Bureau, as of 2003, the estimated population of New Jersey was 8,638,396, making the state slightly more populated than Georgia, which was ahead of New Jersey in 2002; New Jersey is again, as it had been before, the ninth most-populous U.S. A variety of FM radio formats serve the area as well as NPR stations WBUR and WGBH. New Jersey's economy has a large base of industry and chemical manufacturing. Although the state is certainly not defined by these activities, their existence and visibility to those passing through the state along some of its major highways does contribute to many jokes about pollution and ironic plays on the state's nickname, the "Garden State.". Several major AM stations include talk radio WRKO 680 AM, sports/talk station WEEI 850 AM, and news radio WBZ 1030 AM. Its industrial outputs are pharmaceutical and chemical products, food processing, electric equipment, printing and publishing, and tourism. Boston has the largest broadcasting market in New England, with the Boston radio market being the ninth largest in the United States. In particular, cranberries and eggplants are two of the state's largest crops. The Improper Bostonian (http://www.improper.com/) is a biweekly "what's happening" guide to the Boston area.

Its agricultural outputs are nursery stock, horses, vegetables, fruits and nuts, seafood, and dairy products. Just Rentals and Just Property are exclusive to Real Estate and are bi-weekly. Per capital personal income in 2003 was $39,577, 3^rd in the United States of America. The Boston Independent Media Center (http://boston.indymedia.org/) provides alternative views. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/) estimates that New Jersey's total state product in 2003 was $397 billion. Spare Change is a bi-weekly paper. New Jersey is bordered on the north and northeast by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania (the latter two across the Delaware River.) Prominent geographic features include:. As of October 2004, the Weekly Dig is owned by Boston Magazine.

High Point Sussex County is the highest elevation in the state. The Boston Phoenix, The Improper Bostonian, and the Weekly Dig are weekly newspapers. Such geographic definitions are broad, however, and there is often dispute over where one region begins and another ends. A local edition of The Metro, a free paper, is also available. Central Jersey is a largely suburban area, while South Jersey is within Philadelphia's general sphere of influence. The Boston Globe, owned by the New York Times Company, and The Boston Herald are Boston's two major daily newspapers. North Jersey is within New York City's general sphere of influence, with many of its residents commuting into the city for work. See also: Media in Boston..

See: List of New Jersey counties.
New Jersey is broadly divided into three geographic regions: they are North Jersey, Central Jersey, and South Jersey. The New England Medical Center is affiliated with Tufts University while the Boston Medical Center is the primary teaching facility for the Boston University School of Medicine. Justices serve an initial seven-year term, after which they can be reappointed to serve until age 70. Other medical institutions include Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Lahey Clinic, and Children's Hospital. All are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of a majority of the membership of the state senate. Another hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical is Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The New Jersey Supreme Court [1] (http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme/index.htm) consists of a chief justice and six associate justices. Rated as one of the best in the world, Mass General is the third oldest general hospital in the U.S., and the oldest and largest in New England.

Assembly members are elected by the people for a two year term in all odd-numbered years; Senators are elected in the years ending in 1, 3, and 7 and thus serve either four or two year terms. One such hospital is the Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General), which is affiliated with the Harvard Medical School. Each of the 40 legislative districts elects one Senator and two Assembly members. As the home to some of the world's most respected research hospitals, Boston enjoys an international reputation in the medical field. It provides for a bicameral Legislature consisting of a Senate of 40 members and an Assembly of 80 members. It is also a major seaport along the United States east coast. The constitution (http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/lawsconstitution/constitution.asp) was adopted in 1947. The Port of Boston is the largest and busiest seaport in Massachusetts.

For an example, Bergen County, which is very Republican in the northern half of the county, is mostly liberal in the more populated parts, causing it to usually vote mostly Democratic (same with Passaic County, with a highly populated liberal south and a rural, conservative north), other "swing" counties like Cape May tend to go Republican, as they also have population in conservative areas. Teradyne, one of the world's leading manufacturer of semiconductors and other electronic equipment, has its corporate headquarters located in Boston. Most of the counties in New Jersey, however, are considered swing counties, but some go more one way than others. Boston Scientific is located in Natick, and Gillette is headquartered in Boston. Somerset and Hunterdon counties, more suburban counties in the region, are also more Republican, but recently, with new immigration coming to these counties from Northern New Jersey and New York, they are beginning to become more close. Raytheon has its global headquarters in nearby Waltham while Novell also has its corporate headquarters there. The more suburban northwestern and southeastern counties of the state are bastions of the Republican party: Republicans have strong backing along the coast in Ocean County and in the mountainous northwestern part of the state, especially Sussex County and Morris County and Warren County. Shoe and athletic apparel maker Reebok is headquartered in nearby Canton.

More suburban New York bordering counties such as Union and Middlesex counties are also largely democratic, as well as Atlantic City and the area around it. Boston headquartered Fidelity Investments helped popularize the mutual fund in the 1980s, and has made Boston one of the top financial cities in the United States. The state's Democratic strongholds include Mercer County around the cities of Trenton and Princeton; Essex County and Hudson County, the state's two most urban counties, around the state's two largest cities, Newark and Jersey City; as well as in Camden County and most of the other urban communities just outside of Philadelphia and New York City. Other important industries include financial services, especially mutual funds and insurance. Brady served eight months.). Boston's colleges and universities have drawn high-tech industries to the city, including computer hardware and software companies like EMC Corporation (headquartered in Hopkinton) and Akamai (headquartered in nearby Cambridge), as well as biotechnology companies like Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Biogen Idec. Senator by Governor Thomas Kean in 1982 after Harrison A. Williams resigned the Senate seat following the Abscam investigations. See also: An annotated bibliography of fiction set in Boston (http://www.cas.suffolk.edu/richman/Boston/bosbib.htm) (external weblink).

(Nicholas Brady was appointed a U.S. See also: List of television shows set in Boston. Case in 1979. Boston is also home to a wide array of musical talent from bands like Boston, Godsmack, and Aerosmith, to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, the Boston Philharmonic, the Boston Lyric Opera Company, and the Handel and Hayden Society (the oldest choral company in the U.S.) among many others. The last elected Republican to hold a Senate seat from New Jersey was Clifford P. The weekend following Labor Day, the boutiques on Newbury Street close as over thirty art galleries spill out onto the street, providing unlimited access to their contents during Art Newbury Street. Since the early 1980s, however, the state has given large victories to Democrats in the 1990's, while in the 2004 presidential election it was a little more close, but still an easy victory (with Kerry defeating Bush by about 6%). The Boston Film Festival is held annually in early September.

It was named as a possible swing again in the 2004 election, following the September 11 terrorist attacks on nearby New York City and President Bush's policies after those attacks. The Boston Globe Jazz and Blues Festival takes place each June; the Boston Early Music Festival takes place every odd-numbered year. It was, however, a Republican stronghold for years in the past, having given comfortable margins of victory to the Republican candidate in the close elections of 1948, 1968, and 1976. The state was a crucial swing state in the elections of 1960, 1968, and 1992. The Boston Ballet is a world-renowned classical dance company. Politically, New Jersey, like the rest of the northeastern United States, leans toward the Democratic Party. Avant garde theatres are scattered throughout the city, especially along Huntington Avenue. New Jersey has 13 Congressional Districts. The Theater District, south of Boston Common, contains a number of ornate theatres, including the Cutler Majestic Theatre and The Wang Center for the Performing Arts.

Lautenberg (Democrat) and Jon Corzine (Democrat). Mark Twain once wrote of it, In New York they ask "how much money does he have?" In Philadelphia, they ask, "who were his parents?" In Boston they ask, "how much does he know?" It is also considered one of the most culturally impressive cities in the world. Senators are Frank R. Boston is considered to be a highly intellectual city. The state's two U.S. Surrounding cities host Babson College, Bentley College, Brandeis University, Hellenic College, Lesley University, the Longy School of Music, Merrimack College, Pine Manor College, Regis College, Tufts University and Wellesley College, among others. McGreevey's resignation on November 15, 2004. Other schools in Boston proper include Berklee College of Music, Boston Conservatory, the Boston Architectural Center, Boston University, Emerson College, Emmanuel College, Fisher College, the Massachusetts College of Art, the New England Conservatory of Music, Northeastern University, Simmons College, and Suffolk University.

The governor of New Jersey is Richard Codey (Democrat), who took over as acting governor based on his role as State Senate President upon James E. The greater Boston area is home to over 100 colleges. The capital of New Jersey is Trenton. Cambridge is also the home of the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See: List of Governors of New Jersey; New Jersey Legislature. Harvard University, the nation's oldest university, was founded in Cambridge, where it maintains its main campus, though the bulk of its current land holdings lie in Boston. This meant the state lost more people in the attacks than any other state except New York. However, it moved from the city's South End to then-rural Chestnut Hill to escape Boston's rapid urbanization in the late nineteenth century.

Of the 3,000 people who died in September 11, 2001, over 650 were commuters and air travelers from New Jersey (United Airlines Flight 93 took off from Newark Airport in New Jersey). Boston College was the first institution of higher education to be founded in Boston. New Jersey suffered heavy casualties in the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. The Boston area is well-known for its colleges and universities. However, by the close of the Civil War, several African-Americans in New Jersey were still in bondage and New Jersey initially refused to ratify the Constitutional Amendments banning Slavery and granting rights to America's black population. See also: List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts.. Ironically, on February 15, 1804 New Jersey became the last northern state to abolish slavery by enacting legislation that slowly phased out slavery. The city also serves as the home of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit as well as the headquarters of the 1st District of the Federal Reserve Bank.

On November 20, 1789 the state became the first in the newly-formed Union to ratify the Bill of Rights. The National Archives has a regional center in nearby Waltham. It was there that the Continental Congress learned of the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1783) which ended the war. O'Neil Federal Building. In the summer of 1783, the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall at Princeton University, making Princeton the country's capital for four months. Kennedy Federal Office Building and the Thomas P. Slightly more than a week after victory at Trenton, on January 3, 1777, the American forces scored an important victory over the British under Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. Properties include the John F.

This image was also chosen to represent the State of New Jersey on the reverse side of the 1999 New Jersey State Quarter released by the United States Mint. Boston is also the United States federal government center for New England. The river crossing has become an iconic moment in the early history of the United States of America, having been immortalized in Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) operates Boston's Logan International Airport. In December, 1776, the Continental Army under George Washington crossed the Delaware River and engaged Hessian troops in the Battle of Trenton. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority runs the "T", Boston's public transport system. During the War for Independence, British and American armies crossed New Jersey several times. In addition to city government, numerous state authorities and commissions play a role in the life of Bostonians, including the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (water and sewer) and the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation, formerly known as the Metropolitan District Commission (some parks and most beaches).

New Jersey was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. The School Committee is appointed by the mayor, as are city department heads. In 1702 the two provinces were united under a royal, rather than a proprietary, governor. The President of the City Council is elected by the Councilors from within themselves. New Jersey was governed as two distinct provinces, West Jersey and East Jersey, for the 28 years between 1674 and 1702. The top four vote-getters are elected. On March 18, 1673 Berkeley sold his half of New Jersey to Quakers in England (with William Penn acting as trustee for a time) who settled the Delaware Valley region as a Quaker colony. Each voter casts up to four votes for at-large councilors; no more than one vote per candidate.

The first permanent English settlement was Elizabethtown, now Elizabeth. There are four at-large seats. Settlement for the first ten years of English rule was in the Hudson River region and came primarily from New England. There are nine wards or neighborhood seats, each elected by plurality voting by the residents of that ward. In 1663 in recognition of his loyalty to the English Crown Sir George Carteret, Jersey's Royalist Governor, was gifted a large tract of land in North America henceforth known as New Jersey. The City Council is elected every two years. Helier that Charles II of England was first proclaimed King of England in 1649, following the execution of his father, Charles I of England. The mayor is elected to a four-year term by plurality voting (see List of Mayors of Boston, Massachusetts).

It was from the Royal Square in St. Boston has a "strong mayor" system in which the mayor, Thomas Menino, is is vested with extensive executive powers. During the English Civil War the Island of Jersey remained loyal to The English Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. Boston is notable for having one of the most attractive and livable urban cores in the country; rents and housing prices are correspondingly high. James then granted the land between the Hudson River and the Delaware River (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had been loyal through the English Civil War: Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of Stratton. Dorchester is probably the most diverse Boston neighborhood being populated with every ethnic group. The newly taken lands were divided by King Charles II of England, who gave his brother, the Duke of York (later King James II) the region between New England and Maryland as a proprietary colony (as opposed to a royal colony). Roxbury and Mattapan, located south of downtown, are populated largely by African Americans and Hispanics, as well as middle-class families priced out of more expensive neighborhoods.

They met minimal resistance, perhaps because of the unpopularity of the Dutch colonial governor, Peter Stuyvesant. The South End, south of the Back Bay, is populated by gays, artists, yuppies, African Americans, and Hispanics—it is noted for its restaurant scene and bohemian atmosphere. The entire region became a territory of Britain in 1664 when a British fleet under the command of Colonel Richard Nicolls sailed into what is today New York Harbor and took over the colony. The Back Bay, west of the Public Garden, is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the United States—it includes the shops and restaurants on Newbury Street and the two tallest skyscrapers in Boston. These territories were taken by the Dutch in 1654 and incorporated into New Netherland. Allston/Brighton, for example, is populated mostly by students from nearby Boston University and recent graduates. Some of southwestern New Jersey was also settled by the Swedes in the mid-1600's as part of the Swedish colony of New Sweden, which included parts of Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. Each of the neighborhoods has a distinct character.

At the time, much of what is now New Jersey was claimed as part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, which also included parts of present-day New York State and had its capital at New Amsterdam, now known as New York City. The city is divided into many neighborhoods (http://www.cityofboston.gov/neighborhoods/), including: Allston, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Fenway/Kenmore, the North End, Hyde Park, Roslindale, Roxbury, South Boston, the South End, Chinatown, Bay Village and West Roxbury. Once inhabited by the tribes of the Lenape, the first Europeans to settle the region were the Dutch in the early 1630's, who formed a settlement at present-day Jersey City. Out of the total population, 25.6% of those under the age of 18 and 18.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. 19.5% of the population and 15.3% of families are below the poverty line. It is also the fifth smallest state. The per capita income for the city is $23,353.

postal abbreviation of NJ. Males have a median income of $37,435 versus $32,421 for females. New Jersey is the most densely populated state of the United States of America and has the U.S. The median income for a household in the city is $39,629, and the median income for a family is $44,151. List of people from New Jersey. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.2 males. List of New Jersey-related topics. For every 100 females there are 92.8 males.

State license plate slogan: Garden State. The median age is 31 years. State motto: Liberty and prosperity. In the city the population is spread out with 19.8% under the age of 18, 16.2% from 18 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who are 65 years of age or older. State dance: The Square Dance. The average household size is 2.31 and the average family size is 3.17. State fish: Brook Trout. 37.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older.

State tree: Red Oak
. There are 239,528 households out of which 22.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.4% are married couples living together, 16.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 51.9% are non-families. State flower: Common Violet
. Census data does not account for this significant segment of the community because of confusing terminology, as Brazilians speak Portuguese and often do not consider themselves Hispanic or Latino. State animal: Horse
. These figures become less reliable due to the large undocumented Brazilian population, estimated by some studies to approach 250,000 in Massachusetts. State bird: Eastern Goldfinch
. 14.44% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Warren County Community College, Washington. The racial makeup of the city is 54.48% White, 25.33% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 7.52% Asian American, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 7.83% from other races, and 4.39% from two or more races. Union County College, Cranford and Elizabeth. Boston is the capital of "Irish America". Sussex County Community College, Newton. There are 251,935 housing units at an average density of 2,008.5/km² (5,202.5/mi²). The Irish are the largest ethnic group in the city of Boston. Salem Community College, Carneys Point. The population density is 4,696.9/km² (12,165.8/mi²).

Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch. As of the census² of 2000, there are 589,141 people, 239,528 households, and 115,212 families residing in the city. Passaic County Community College, Paterson-Wanaque-Wayne. In the winter, the Frog Pond at Boston Common doubles as a popular ice-skating rink. Ocean County College, Toms River. The outer suburbs of Boston, which tend to be forested, have vibrantly-colored foliage every autumn that attracts many tourtists. Middlesex County College, Edison. Mark Twain is quoted as saying If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes. Boston is no exception to this rule.

Mercer County Community College, Trenton. (1,100 mm) of snowfall a year, though this increases dramatically as one goes inland away from the city. Hudson County Community College, Jersey City. It also coincidentally averages 42 in. Gloucester County College, Sewell. (1,100 mm) of rainfall a year. Essex County College, Newark & West Caldwell campuses. The city averages 42 in.

Cumberland County College, Vineland. The coldest month is January with an average high of 35.6 °F (2 °C) and a low of 21.5 °F (−6 °C). County College of Morris, Randolph. The hottest month is August, with an average high of 80 °F (27 °C) and a low of 64 °F (18 °C). Camden County College, Blackwood. It has been known to snow in October and get quite warm in February. Burlington County College, Pemberton. The summers are usually warm and humid, while the winters are cold and windy.

Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. The weather in Boston, like much of New England, changes rapidly. Bergen Community College, Paramus. The Neponset River forms the boundary between the city and its southeast neighbors, Quincy and Milton. Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing. To the east lies Boston Harbor and the Boston Harbor Islands, many of which are open to the public. Lakewood 60352. The Charles River separates Boston from Cambridge, and Charlestown.

Old Bridge 60456. Boston is bordered by the cities of Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, and Quincy, and the towns of Winthrop, Brookline, Needham, Dedham, Canton, and Milton. Irvington: 60695. Only Beacon Hill, the smallest of the three original hills, remains partially intact. Bayonne: 61842. Much of the Back Bay, and South End are built on reclaimed land—two and a half of Boston's three original hills were used as a source of material for the landfill. Glouchester: 64350. The total area is 45.98% water.

Middletown: 66327. 125.4 km² (48.4 mi²) of it is land and 106.7 km² (41.2 mi²) of it is water. Union City: 67088. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 232.1 km² (89.6 mi²). Passaic: 67861. Related articles. East Orange: 69824. Despite these losses, Boston's ambiance has improved in recent years — city streets bustle with a vitality not seen since the 1920s, crime and poverty remain low for an American city, and once again Boston has become a hub of intellectual, technological, and political ideas.

Cherry Hill: 69965. Recently, Boston has experienced a loss of regional institutions and traditions, which once gave it a very distinct social character, as it has become part of the more homogenized BosWash megalopolis. Brick: 76119. Their execution sparked riots in London, Paris and Germany, and helped to reinforce the image of Boston as a hotbed of intolerance. Clifton: 78672. On August 23, 1927, Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were sent to the electric chair after a seven-year trial in Boston. Camden: 79904. Today it is known as "The T" and is run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Trenton: 85403. Also, on September 1, 1897, the Tremont Street Subway opened as the first underground streetcar subway in North America. Toms River: 86327. During the 1800s, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opened in Boston on November 1, 1848. Hamilton: 87109. The city has several notable "firsts." Both the first school in America, Boston Latin School (1635), and the first college in America, Harvard College (1636), were founded in the early days of Boston. Dover: (Census Estimate 2003: 93,000). It was chartered as a city in 1822, and by the mid-1800s it was one of the largest manufacturing centers in the nation, noted for its garment production, leather goods, and machinery industries.

Woodbridge: 97203 (Census Estimate 2003: 108,000). After the revolutionary war, the city became one of the world's wealthiest international trading ports, exporting products such as rum, fish, salt and tobacco. Edison 97687 (Census Estimate 2003: 101,000). During this period, Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride. Elizabeth: 120568 (Census Estimate 2003: 124,000). The Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and several of the early battles of the Revolution (such as the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston) occurred in or near the city. Paterson: 149222 (Census Estimate 2003: 152,000). Boston played a key role in sparking both the American Revolution and the ensuing American Revolutionary War.

Jersey City: 240055 (Census Estimate 2003: 242,000). Indeed, Puritan values of hard work, moral uprightness, and education remain a part of Boston's culture. Newark: 273546 (Census Estimate 2003: 278,000). These values molded an extremely stable and well-structured society in Boston. Finally, in the future, New Jersey's garage bands have become more based in 00's alternative rock and classic rock revival, two styles to expect to hear more coming out of New Jersey. Winthrop's sermon, "a City upon a Hill," captured this idea. He sang with a neighborhood vocal group, the Hoboken Four, and appeared in neighborhood theater amateur shows. Early colonists believed that Boston was a community with a special covenant with God.

in Hoboken. Founded on September 17, 1630, on a peninsula called Shawmut by the Native Americans who lived there, Boston is named after Boston, England, a town in Lincolnshire from which several prominent colonists originated. Frank Sinatra was born December 12, 1915, the only child of working-class Italian-American immigrants, in a tenement at 415 Monroe St. Its history is inherently intertwined with the history of the United States. In the 1960s, he colaborated on several albums with fellow New Jersey native Frank Sinatra. Boston has an illustrious history that spans nearly four centuries. Legendary jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie was born in Red Bank in 1904. Main article: History of Boston.

He has two albums out: musicforthemorningafter (2001) and Day I Forgot (2003). Greater Boston is one of the top-ten largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the fifteenth in the Americas, and the one of the top-fifty largest in the world. Pete Yorn is another New Jersey artist. The Greater Boston metropolitan area, including nearby cities and towns such as Cambridge, Brookline, and Quincy as well as many suburban communities further from the city, has a population of approximately 5.8 million residents. The Bloodhound Gang produced a song called "The 10 Coolest Things About New Jersey," which consists of 10 seconds of complete silence. As of the 2000 census, its population was 589,141. The brothers, Dean and Robert, are the guitarist and bassist for the band. Its nicknames include "Beantown", "The Hub" (shortened from Oliver Wendell Holmes' phrase The Hub of the Universe), "The City of Higher Learning" (due to the plethora of universities and colleges in the Boston area) and The Athens of America, due to its great influence on cultural, intellectual, and political matters.

The DeLeo brothers of Stone Temple Pilots are both from New Jersey. It is the unofficial capital of the region known as New England as well as one of the oldest and wealthiest cities in the United States, with an economy based on education, health care, finance, and high technology. Punk music is also an important alternative style in New Jersey, perhaps starting with the band that essentially invented hardcore, The Misfits from Lodi, in the 90's, The Bouncing Souls and Catch 22 were also prominent figures in New Jersey punk. The city is also the county seat of Suffolk County. Such bands that fit into this category include My Chemical Romance, Midtown, Senses Fail, Saves The Day, Thursday, Hidden In Plain View, The Early November, Armor For Sleep, Outmarting Simon, Denver In Dallas, and many more. Boston is the capital and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Emo lately has found its home in New Jersey, particularly near New Brunswick, New Jersey. MLB.com (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1903). Accessed June 1, 2005.

Another emerging New Jersey band is Seven and the Sun [4] (http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-292720---Seven--The-Sun). 1903 World Series - Major League Baseball: World Series History. Musical artists Fountains of Wayne [2] (http://www.fountainsofwayne.com/home/)are a group of New Jerseyians who took the name of a semi-famous lawn and garden store [3] (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NJWAYfountains.html) on Route 46 in Wayne, New Jersey (also featured on an episode of The Sopranos). Accessed May 15, 2005. Redman, an influential underground figure and Newark native, has recently found commercial success through collaborations with Eminem and the Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man. Skyscrapers.com (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=101045). Other rap artists include Irvington's Queen Latifah, the first female rapper to succeed in music, film and TV, and the Grammy-winning Naughty By Nature of East Orange, who cut 1992's smash hit "O.P.P.". Boston Skyscrapers.

Hip-hop's longest running radio show was founded by two Jerseyans, Special K (Kevin Bonners) and Teddy Ted (Ted Whiting) of Hackensack, who began on New York's WHBI in 1982 and now appear on WPAT-AM. Portland, Oregon. Her 1998 debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, sold 10 million copies internationally. Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. Former Fugee Lauryn Hill, a South Orange resident, is hip-hop's best-selling solo female artist. Taipei, Republic of China. Wylde is famous for his signature "Bulls-eye" Gibson Les Paul guitar. Padua, Italy.

Another popular Jerseyan in rock music today is Zakk Wylde of Jersey City, who is currently the guitarist with Ozzy Osbourne and is with another popular rock band, Black Label Society. Haifa, Israel. Songs included "There She Goes Again" and "Heroin". Melbourne, Australia. The Velvet Underground had their first performance as a band at Summit High School in Summit, New Jersey. Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. Asbury Park, home of The Stone Pony, where Springsteen and Bon Jovi frequented early in their careers, is still considered by many to be a mecca for up-and-coming musicians. Barcelona, Spain.

Fellow musician Jon Bon Jovi has also written many songs about New Jersey and even named one of his albums after it. Strasbourg, France. Musician Bruce Springsteen has sung of New Jersey life on his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and in many of his most popular songs, including "Atlantic City", "Born to Run", "Darlington County", "Freehold", "Jersey Girl" (written by Tom Waits), "Jungleland", "Spirit in the Night", and others. Kyoto, Japan. Non-Religious – 6%. Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, specifically South Boston. Other Religions – 5%. Sharon McKendrick and her mother Maggie from the 1961 version of the Parent Trap.

Other Christian – 4%. The characters from the TV sitcom Cheers. Protestant – 37%. Trapper John McIntyre and Major Charles Emerson Winchester III from M*A*S*H. Roman Catholic – 46%. Manchester Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire. 2.5% mixed race. Green Airport in Providence, Rhode Island.

0.2% American Indian. F. 5.7% Asian. T. 13.3% Hispanic. Hanscom Field in Lexington and Bedford. 13.6% Black/African American. Boston Celtics (Basketball - National Basketball Association).

66.0% White/Caucasian. Boston Bruins (Ice hockey - National Hockey League). South Mountain. USS Constitution. Sandy Hook. Paul Revere's House. Raritan River. Old North Church.

Rancocas River. Old State House. Pine Barrens. Massachusetts State House. Passaic River. Granary Burying Ground. The Palisades. Faneuil Hall.

New Jersey Meadowlands. Bunker Hill Monument. Delaware Water Gap. Boston Common, with the Boston Public Garden being adjacent. Channel 68 - WBPX (PAX). Channel 62 - WMFP (Shop At Home).

Channel 56 - WLVI (WB). Channel 48 - WYDN (DayStar). Channel 46 - WWDP (ShopNBC). Channel 38 - WSBK (UPN).

PBS - WGBH Channel 2, which also operates WGBX channel 44, is a major producer of PBS programs. FOX - WFXT Channel 25. NBC - WHDH Channel 7. ABC - WCVB Channel 5.

CBS - WBZ Channel 4. Specifically, "12 Prospero Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.". Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events movie takes place in Boston, as seen on the envelope at the end of the movie. Zodiac, by Neal Stephenson; an eco-thriller focusing on industrial pollution in the Boston Harbor.

The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner; part of the story finds its setting in Boston. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood; post-nuclear Cambridge and Boston are the setting of this dystopian novel. Looking Backward, utopian novel written in 1887 and set in Boston in 2000. The Bostonians, by Henry James; life in aristocratic Boston during the late nineteenth century.

The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown; Boston is the home of protagonist Robert Langdon. Parker. The Spenser detective novels, by Robert B. Curley.

The Last Hurrah, by Edwin O'Connor; O'Connor's 1956 account of big-city politics, inspired by the career of longtime Boston Mayor James M. Walk East on Beacon!. What's the Worst That Could Happen?. Vig (Money Kings).

The Verdict. Un Ballo in Maschera, Opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Thomas Crown Affair. Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie.

The Paper Chase. Night School. Next Stop Wonderland. Mystic River.

Monument Ave.. Love Story. Legally Blonde. Harvard Man.

Good Will Hunting. The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Fever Pitch. Coma.

The Brink's Job. The Boondock Saints. Blue Hill Avenue. Blown Away.

Blow. Boston LBGT Pride parade and festival (http://www.bostonpride.org/). Boston Marathon, the world-famous 26-mile run. Saint Patrick's Day Parade.

Fourth of July on the Esplanade (fireworks and music on a massive scale). First Night (http://www.firstnight.org/) Boston's major New Year's Eve arts and activity festival, attracting over 1.5m people. Siege of Boston. Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Boston Tea Party. Boston Massacre. American Revolutionary War. American Revolution.