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Getting Married in Hunterdon County, NJ

Hunterdon County, NJ has a lot to offer! The County’s picturesque countryside offers rolling hills, vibrant vineyards, fresh farm markets, forested mountains, and rivers,...

Berlin Borough, NJ – “Long-A-Coming”

What is now known as Berlin Borough, NJ, was in earlier times called  "Longacoming." Historically, local Indigenous Peoples used Lonaconing Trail to describe the route that...

Somers Point, NJ – The Shore Starts Here

Located on Great Egg Harbor Bay, 14 miles from Atlantic City & 74 miles from Philadelphia, Somers Point, New Jersey, is a former ship building town, with a small but...