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'Score' Free Lift Tickets At This NJ Ski Resort On Abraham Lincoln's Birthday 'Score' Free Lift Tickets At This NJ Ski Resort On Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
Mountain Creek Giving Away Free Lift Tickets If you want to hit the slopes for free, you're going to have to hit the books. In honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Monday, Feb. 12, Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, Sussex County is giving away free lift tickets. That is, if you can recite the Gettysburg Address from memory. "'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new mountain, conceived in snow, and dedicated to the proposition that all riders are created equal to shred this sweet snow and raise their stoke.' — Abraham Lincoln, probably." "In the spirit of Honest Abe, no cheating (this means n…

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by Cecilia Levine
Real Estate
Crown Jewel Of $7.5M NJ Listing Might Be Family's Secret Squash Court (PHOTOS) Crown Jewel Of $7.5M NJ Listing Might Be Family's Secret Squash Court (PHOTOS)
Crown Jewel Of $7.5M NJ Listing Might Be Family's Secret Squash Court (Photos) A squash court wasn’t part of the plan for Evan Lamp when he was renovating his Short Hills dream home in 2010.  But when he saw the measurements of the garage he was building, he knew he could make a U.S. regulation court work, too. And so, underneath his four-car garage at 85 Stewart Road, Lamp built a squash court to the World Squash Federation's standards.  The project was the only commercial construction done on a residential property Short Hills, and the court itself among the few in-home squash courts in North Jersey. Lamp's court became the cornerstone of his home, where two of h…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Another Giant Clothier Falls: These NJ, NY, CT Brooks Brothers Stores Are Closed For Good Another Giant Clothier Falls: These NJ, NY, CT Brooks Brothers Stores Are Closed For Good
Another Giant Clothier Falls: These NJ, NY, CT Brooks Brothers Stores Are Closed For Good It was the clothier that dressed 40 presidents, brought us the button-down polo shirt and survived not only the Great Depression and two world wars but also casual Fridays. But like so many other traditional retailers, Brooks Brothers was no match for the coronavirus. The 202-year-old company – considered America's oldest apparel seller -- on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy protection while announcing that 38 stores that it closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic weren't reopening. The shuttered stores in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut include: The Shops at Riverside, Hackensack; 2381…

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by Jerry DeMarco