This is one day trip that everyone in New Jersey needs to do this summer because it combines breathtaking scenery and history and it's all part of the "Jersey Story".
NEW YORK (AP) -- Not all of the stories at Ellis Island's immigration museum are about someone's great-grandfather arriving as a boy from Europe at the start of the 20th century.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The crumbling old sick ward opens off a long hallway, separate from the rest of the Ellis Island hospital complex. Plaster peels from the walls. Broken porcelain light fixtures hang haphazardly above where beds once stood. The low clanging of boats and the splash of waves on the breakwater drift in through cracked windowpanes that showcase a resplendent view of the Statue of Liber
Citing the coming snowstorm Tuesday, Gov. Christie's 2014 Inaugural Committee has called off a planned gala on Ellis Island that was to have begun at 7 p.m.
All of the catered food ordered for the evening's event will be donated to local food pantries in the Jersey City area, the committee said...