For those looking to truly get away from it all, camping in New Jersey by the oldest lighthouse in the country can provide ...

Among the most popular stretches of sand are The Cove, a lively spot with wide shores and calm waters; Poverty Beach, known ...

Summer is finally upon us. And that means it’s time to enjoy New Jersey’s greatest natural and cultural asset — the Jersey Shore. The Garden State might as well be renamed the Beach State, because we ...

Fort Hancock: How Sandy Hook base protected New York City from being bombarded Blowback was stiff from various constituent groups and most notably U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., whose district ...

The Multi-Use Pathway, or MUP, runs five miles through the heart of Sandy Hook, connecting the park entrance to Fort Hancock. It’s an easy ride or walk, with shaded stretches, open views, and ...

The first, McFly’s On the Hook, launched in 2021 in what was had been Fort Hancock’s post exchange. It’s a general store/café hybrid featuring ice cream, sandwiches, snacks and beach items.

Last month, Jackson and his nonprofit organization — the Fort Hancock Nike Site NY-56 Volunteers Association — opened a museum next to Parking Lot L near Sandy Hook’s Horseshoe Cove Beach.

The proposal to redevelop Fort Hancock’s crumbling officers’ homes at the northern end of Sandy Hook into 80-plus apartments has hit a wall. A financial wall. Jen Nersesian, superintendent of ...

Visitors to Sandy Hook during the 2022 summer season will be able to get a first taste — literally — of the redevelopment plans for Fort Hancock. The old Army fort’s mule barn, a 6,000 ...

Other resources are at risk too, like the historic buildings at Fort Hancock and freshwater wells in the area. USGS researchers found that portions of Sandy Hook's plants could drown and damage ...

They eventually extended it making what we now know as Fort Hancock. In early 1776 Sandy Hook peninsula was easily captured by the British in June.

Dilapidated, yet historic, houses make up Officer's Row at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook in Highlands, N.J. on March 12, 2019.