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Business
Doing Business with the State of New Jersey
Information on bidding opportunities with the Division of Purchase and Property.
New
Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Links to local chambers, events and current issues
effecting businesses in New Jersey
Business Advocacy
The New Jersey Commerce Commission has merged with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. The EDA representatives can be reached at 866-534-7789.
New
Jersey Small Business Development Centers
A joint program of Rutgers Graduate School of Management,
N.J. Department of Commerce & Economic Development
and the U.S. Small Business Administration which
provides local centers throughout the state to aid
businesses. The local center for Ocean County is
the Monmouth
Ocean SBDC
New
Jersey Economic Development Authority
Helps businesses and non-profits expand and grow.
Provides information on financing and technical
support.
New
Jersey Score
SCORE, Counselors to America's Small Business, is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small business start, grow and succeed nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). They are a network of volunteer business executives and professionals who volunteer their time and knowledge to help local small businesses. Local chapters are in Brick, Jackson, Manahawkin, Shipbottom, and Toms River.
Business Resource Centers
Major resource about business financing, expansion, licensing and certification, minority and women’s business assistance, technology assistance, and more. Includes on line business forms and materials for starting a business.
Consumer
New
Jersey Office of Consumer Protection
The chief investigative section for consumer complaints with primary responsibility for enforcing the Consumer Fraud Act. Included in the OCP is the Lemon Law Unit, Elder Fraud and the Online Complaint Form.
New
Jersey Charitable Registration Directory
A list of charities currently registered in New
Jersey.
New
Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
The state agency who’s mandate is to protect the citizens from consumer fraud. The site filled with consumer information includes: Fair Credit Reporting Information and How to File a Complaint Against a Business, Service or Professional.
New
Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Consumer
Information
Provides information about buying and maintaining auto, life and homeowners insurance. You can file a complaint against a bank or insurance company, report insurance fraud, Locate a authorized title insurer, compare fees charged by banks and credit unions, and get consumer guides.
2009 New Jersey HMO Performance Report
State of New Jersey’s yearly report on HMOs and the HMO Consumer Bill of Rights.
Better
Business Bureau of New Jersey
Find reports on businesses, charities, locate a BBB and file a complaint online.
Education
New
Jersey Department of Education
Includes information on charter schools, technology, school reform, assessment & evaluation, federal programs and information for parents. Also links to the New Jersey School Directory and New Jersey School Report Card.
New
Jersey Colleges, Universities and Schools
Part of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education
this site contains links to two year and four year
institutions of higher education in the state, including
schools that have closed or have been renamed.
New
Jersey Virtual University
Source for information about New Jersey institutions
offering online and distance education programs.
New
Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
This site is a major source for New Jersey students
for financial aid information including information
about grants, scholarships and loan programs.
Employment
New
Jersey Department of Personnel job vacancies announcement
List of civil service titles available state wide and locally. Can be sorted geographically, by title, or filing date. Contains information on law enforcement, corrections and firefighter jobs.
Workforce
New Jersey Public Information Network
This site provides information on career exploration,
training & education and job searching useful
to job seeker, student, as well as employers.
CareerOneStop
CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy.
New
Jersey Department of Labor
General information about programs, job outlook and unemployment insurance, including online application.
Entertainment/Tourism
National
Parks in New Jersey
Links to National Parks in New Jersey.
New
Jersey Campgrounds
Sites for camping, RVing, and renting cabins in
New Jersey organized by region.
Bed
& Breakfast Innkeepers Association of New Jersey
Locate a B & B by region, town or name. Listings
include price information, other services and contact
information.
New
Jersey State Aquarium
Located on the Camden waterfront with a view of
Philadelphia the aquarium contains Sharks, stingrays,
seals and a recently acquired seal.
Liberty
Science Center
Innovating learning center that offers hands on
science such as: the Bug Zoo, the Rock Wall, the
Touch Tunnel, and an Edison phonograph. Also available
are Imax films and a 3-D Laser show.
PNC
Bank Arts Center
An outdoor amphitheater that offers nightly concerts throughout the summer. There is seating in the covered “shell” and lawn seating for thousands more. There are strict rules about bringing food, drink and chairs from the outside. The shows range from pop to rock to classical.
New
Jersey State Museum
Located in Trenton the museum houses treasures in
five general collections areas: Archaeology/Ethnology,
Cultural History, Fine Art and Natural History.
The museum also houses a planetarium.
New
Jersey Theatre Alliance
Search for theatres by performance date, county,
and accessible performance.
New
Jersey Performing Arts Center
Located in Newark NJPAC presents concerts, theater
and dance in a variety of musical styles from classical,
to jazz, to pop.
New
Jersey Museums Guide
This site is a gateway to museums that have significant
collections related to New Jersey.
Atlantic
City Casinos
Search the AC Chamber of Commerce for a list of casinos and other businesses.
Weird
New Jersey
A travel guide and magazine to New Jersey’s
unwritten history and modern folklore. Look for
Elsie the cow, Frankie Lymon’s grave, Ghosts
of the union Hotel and UFO sightings.
Government/Law
Official
State of New Jersey Home Page
Site provides access to state agencies and departments,
available services, links to local governments and
a wide range of general information about the state.
New
Jersey Legislature Home Page
Members, committees, bills, full text of laws and
statutes, New Jersey’s constitution and more.
Guide
to Law Online: New Jersey
Provided by the Library of Congress this site lists
legal resources tailored for New Jersey. From the
constitution to Governor’s executive orders
to Supreme Court Opinions this site provides all
the links.
New
Jersey InfoBank
Directory for state and local office holders/officials,
including phone numbers and addresses. Also links
to executive orders, state contract awards information,
state holidays, abbreviations and acronyms and a
local name search to place the locality in the correct
township/county.
Office
of the Governor
Biography, speeches, schedule, cabinet and more.
New
Jersey Veterans Affairs
Information on healthcare services, pensions, education
benefits and the benefits guide.
New Jersey Civil Service Commission
List of civil service titles available state wide and locally. Can be sorted geographically, by title, or filing date. Contains information on law enforcement, corrections and firefighter jobs.
New
Jersey Department of the Treasury
Information on state budget, local government budgets, pensions, unclaimed property, tax legislation and tax forms.
New
Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Information on public health issues and programs, health statistics, health professionals senior citizens and access to vital statistics such as birth marriage and death records.
New
Jersey Division of Elections
Site includes New Jersey election law, voter registration
application, polling place information, election
results and campaign financing and lobbying disclosure.
New
Jersey State Data Center
A joint project of the State of New Jersey and the
U. S. Census Bureau, the main objective is to expand
access to the use of census and other data. Part
of the N.J. Department of Labor and Workforce Development
the site contains demographic data, economic data,
projections and more.
New
Jersey Lottery
Information on games and drawings, current jackpots,
instant games and revenue recipients.
New
Jersey Interactive Mapping
This service is part of the NJ DEP site, which provides
interactive mapping applications that allow users
to access, display, and interact with GIS data.
NJHelps
This bilingual site allows New Jersey residents
to check eligibility for eight assistance programs.
History
New
Jersey Facts
State bird, tree, flower etc plus an explanation
of the nickname “Garden State”. Also
links to historic documents, population estimates
and zip codes.
New
Jersey Facts and Trivia
Interesting facts about New Jersey including Edison,
drive-in movies, baseball and toxic waste.
New
Jersey Historical Society
The society’s collections include rare books,
ephemera, pamphlets, maps, manuscripts, newspapers,
photographs, costumes, furniture and more. Also
included are lesson plans for teachers, a genealogical
guide, more detailed description of holdings and
links to other sites.
New
Jersey Register of Historic Places
The site contains New Jersey and National Registers
of Historic Places including buildings, structures,
sites and districts. It is organized by New Jersey
County and includes a glossary of terms.
Electronic New Jersey: Digital
Archive of New Jersey History
Sources are part of the collection of the Archives
and Special Collection Library at Rutgers University.
Designed for in-depth study of New Jersey history
the site includes letters from a Civil War soldier
and a journal from the Revolutionary War period.
New
Jersey Women’s History
Site includes documents, facts, images, maps and
links to related sites. It includes a topic index
and the E-Classroom to assist teachers in presenting
women’s history.
New
Jersey Historic Documents
Basic historic documents from the 1664 grant to
Berkeley and Carteret to the constitution of 1947.
Edison
National Historic Site
The site includes virtual tours, photos, a biography,
a patent list, information designed for students
and more. You can view Edison’s movies and
listen to his recordings.
New
Jersey Historic Maps
Site includes historic maps of New Jersey including
the 1872 Beers atlas and links to other historic
map collections. The site is a project of the Rutgers
University Cartography Department.
New
Jersey History’s Mysteries
The site is dedicated to all the little known and
mostly forgotten people, places and events that
make New Jersey the interesting state that it is.
A new story is featured every month and a list of
previous stories and a question and answer section.
Lenape
(Delaware) Tribe
The homepage of the Delaware Tribe. Learn about
the Lenape (called the Delaware by Europeans) their
customs, clothing, history and language.
New
Jersey Chronology
The site is from a Rutgers University history course
and provides a New Jersey chronology from 1524 to
2001.
Libraries & Archives
New
Jersey State Library
The state library main page with links to the catalog,
programs and services, library laws and basic New
Jersey information.
The New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC)
The library provides informational and recreational
books in Braille, cassette and large print format
to New Jersey residents with a proven need. It also
provides the machines for playing the materials
and Audiovision, the library’s radio reading
service.
New
Jersey Library Links
From the state library page links to New Jersey
public, college and university libraries. Also links
to other state libraries and the Library of Congress.
New
Jersey State Archives
The state archives contains public records of permanent
historic value, including an image collection, documents
related to New Jersey history and genealogical holdings.
Media
Newspapers
Radio Stations
TV Stations
New
Jersey Monthly
Statewide magazine with limited access to current
and back issues. A good sources for restaurant reviews
and entertainment listings.
Sports
Freehold
Raceway
A half mile harness racing track in Freehold. The
site has contact information, directions, the schedule,
results from other tracks and handicapping hints.
Lakewood BlueClaws
The Lakewood BlueClaws are a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies. They play at FirstEnergy Park.
Meadowlands Racetrack
The track hosts both harness and thoroughbred racing on 2 tracks. The site is filled with information about jockeys, horses, standings, charts and handicapping.
Monmouth Park Racetrack
Monmouth Park date’s back to July 30, 1870 when the track opened, just three miles from Long Branch.
New
Jersey Devils
Official site of the New Jersey NHL team with schedule,
ticket and team information.
New
Jersey Nets
Official site of the New Jersey NBA team with information
about the schedule, tickets, team members etc.
New
Jersey Minor League Baseball
Links to the Minor League baseball teams in New Jersey affiliated with major league organizations, including New Jersey Cardinals. New Jersey also has 2 nonaffiliated teams: the Newark Bears of the Atlantic League and the Atlantic City Surf of the Independent League.
New
Jersey Fishing
Information on specific species, fishing locations,
marinas, boat rental, water temperatures, weather,
tides and moon charts and more.
New Jersey Spartans
“The New Jersey Spartans was founded in 2007 by owners Kevin and Charmaine Moss. In 2008, we completed our first football season, where we ended with a 7-3 record and was ranked 12th out of the 32 teams in our league. We are currently a part of the BNEFF, Big North East Football Federation, where we join other football teams from NJ, NY, PA, CT, VA, NC, and SC, hosting action-packed football games during the weekends from July to November.”
Volleyball
Regional Volleyball Authority of USA Volleyball
Transportation
OceanRide
Call Mon-Fri: 8:30am-4:30pm, 732-736-8989 or Toll-free: 877-929-2082 or TTY: 732-797-2679
The Department of Transportation Services county transit system, Ocean Ride, includes two major services. The Reserve-A-Ride Program and local bus routes. Reserve-A-Ride provides door-to-door, non-emergency medical transportation service to seniors (age 60 and over) and person with disabilities. This service is offered by advanced registration basis primarily to destinations within Ocean County.
New
Jersey Transit
Call 973- 275-5555 or text telephone 800- 772-2287
Train and bus schedules, station/park & ride
information, online ticketing and more.
Academy Bus Inc.
Academy provides scheduled bus service to Atlantic City and New York.
Amtrak
Call 1-800-USA-RAIL: 1-800-872-7245 or TDD/TTY: 1-800-523-6590
Schedules, routes, services, reservations and train
status.
New
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
Where to go for licensing, test and preparation, vehicle registration, facility hours and locations, violations and penalties, vehicle inspections, and more.
Department
of Transportation
Official transportation map, commuter information including: EZ-Pass, road construction, biking and walking trails, truck and aviation information.
Newark
Liberty International Airport
Transportation to and from the airport, airlines
at EWR including schedules, arrivals and departures,
getting around the airport, services for the disabled
and more.
Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey
Information on PATH trains, tunnels, bridges, terminals,
ferries, airports and traffic advisories.
New
Jersey Turnpike Authority
The home of both the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden
State Parkway the site includes EZ-Pass information,
roadway conditions and advisories and more.
Got
questions? We have answers!
Updated by M. Denigris, August 2010
Researched and compiled by L. Monroe
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