Jersey's Best - Summer 2023

In this issue

Living the Lake Life + Silent Cancer

The LOG CABIN Community ON A LAKE

“It’s a beautiful little community, it really is,” Edward Gager said. “They have their own form of government, their own police force, fire department, and everything else. And the roads are now all paved. I am 82 now, but when I was a boy, most of those roads were sand roads.”

3 mins

Splashy ADVENTURES

Sunscreen? Check. Latest bestseller? Already packed!

5 mins

Wave Catchers

FOUR MIDLIFE SURFERS SHARE THEIR LOVE FOR THE SPORT

3 mins

Adventures THAT ARE SHORE TO PLEASE

The Jersey Shore is more than just beaches and boardwalks.

4 mins

IN FULL SWING NEW JERSEY THE GARDEN STATE OF GOLF

New Jersey has been known as the Garden State since 1876, when Abraham Browning of Camden shared his vision of the state as a giant barrel filled with good things to eat.

5 mins

A PEEK INSIDE THE NATION'S OLDEST SPORTS MUSEUM

A museum dedicated to golf. Boring, you might think? Far from it!

2 mins

Team BUILDERS

83 TOP WORKPLACES IN NEW JERSEY RECOGNIZED FOR COMMUNICATION AND WORK/LIFE FLEXIBILITY

6 mins

IS IT HEARTBURN OR A HEART ATTACK?

Distinguishing between the two isn't always easy

3 mins

THE SILENT TYPE

Doctors discuss the importance of catching cancers early through screening tools

3 mins

LEADERS IN THEIR FIELD

You are never too far from compassionate, top-level cancer care

4 mins

History, nature and recreation come together at D&R Canal State Park

Mules, hundreds of them, towed barges loaded with Pennsylvania coal down the Lehigh and Delaware Division canals to New Hope, Pa., then through to Lambertville and onto the Delaware & Raritan Canal, where they would head to Trenton.

4 mins

'A GAME CHANGER' FOR THE STATE

NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S NEW TERMINAL A REMINDS TRAVELERS THEY'RE IN NEW JERSEY

4 mins

SIMPLE EXTRAORDINARY- A FATHER'S PROMISE

Loren Thomas is unlike any other septuagenarian you will ever meet.

3 mins

IT DOES THE BODY GOOD

POST-WORKOUT FOOD COMBINATIONS PROMOTE MUSCLE REPAIR

2 mins

DEVELOPING BONDS THAT UNITE GENERATIONS

Seeing a familiar favorite through the eyes of a child can restore the awestruck wonder that routine sometimes dampens, while also underscoring how a passed-down tradition can be a transformative experience for a parent.

4 mins

Bon Appétit

If you have read this far, you may agree that French bakeries deserve their own section for this piece! Many of these do not just offer baked goods, but also an array of lighter fare.

1 min

Say Cheese

There's a movement in New Jersey that's not just for turophiles

4 mins

Stylin' the boards

Imagination is all that’s needed for a perfect charcuterie display

1 min

A ROYAL REPUTATION

QUALITY, PURITY AND DIVERSITY DEFINE THE FAMILY-OWNED MAKER EIGHTH-GENERATION, OF PREMIUM KOSHER WINES AND BEVERAGES

3 mins

Raise a glass

‘Slow drinks’ enter the fast lane

3 mins

ATHLETE CHOOSES OWN PATH WHEN FOLLOWING HIS HOOP DREAMS

Before his junior year at Roselle Catholic High School, Simeon Wilcher was presented with a potentially life-altering choice.

4 mins

COURTROOM COMEBACK

NBC'S 'NIGHT COURT' RETURNS WITH MARLBORO NATIVE MELISSA RAUCH ON THE BENCH

3 mins

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Jersey's Best Magazine Description:

Inside Jersey is the Garden State’s premier news and lifestyle magazine. Each issue presents a broad range of content — from statehouse politics to compelling news features, plus all the guilty pleasures of food, drink, style, home and entertainment — brought to you by award-winning writers, photographers and designers.