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New Jersey’s Thomas Edison Voted Among America’s Greatest Mentors

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  • Nationwide poll to identify America’s most inspirational historical mentors.
  • New Jersey‘s Alice Paul and Paul Robeson also included.
  • Infographic showing America’s greatest mentors. 

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Ridgewood NJ, throughout history, America has been shaped by individuals whose impact extends beyond their personal achievements. These trailblazers didn’t just succeed in their fields but also played pivotal roles in guiding others, shaping movements, and educating future generations. From civil rights leaders to pioneering scientists, their mentorship has left an indelible mark on education, personal development, and society as a whole.

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New Jersey Supports A Thriving Film Industry

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Ridgewood NJ, while we primarily associate the film industry with Hollywood, the truth is that before Hollywood’s rise to power, New Jersey had actually been the world’s movie capital. New Jersey’s original claim to the cinematic throne comes from none other than the inventor Thomas Edison.

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New American Lung Association report : Transition to Electric Transportation could save Lives, and Billions in State Healthcare Costs

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Ridgewood NJ, the American Lung Association released “The Road to Clean Air” – a new report that outlines the broad benefits of a transition to an electric transportation sector increasingly powered by clean, non-combustion renewable energy over the coming decades. The report finds a transition to electric cars, buses and trucks by mid-century would both improve air quality and address climate change, benefiting the lives and health of Americans and New Jersey residents, and would result in significant local benefits.

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N.J. seeks a way to recover its innovation sector

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APRIL 19, 2015    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2015, 10:24 AM

BY HUGH R. MORLEY
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

What can New Jersey — once the home of storied inventors like Thomas Edison and the Bell and Sarnoff labs — do to get its innovation mojo back?

That question held center stage at a forum of business and civic leaders in Newark last week that outlined a way to jump-start New Jersey’s struggling economy by tapping into the traits that once made the state a thriving, innovation powerhouse.

The success of Bell Labs, created in 1925 with a staff of 4,000 scientists and engineers, has become a symbol of New Jersey’s former stellar, and now greatly diminished, technological prowess.

The laboratory’s string of groundbreaking discoveries, ranging from laser spectroscopy, cosmic microwave background radiation, the first orbiting communications satellite (Telstar), a solar battery cell and the UNIX operating system that transformed the Internet, garnered eight Nobel prizes and 32,000 patents — a daunting legacy that hangs over the state’s efforts to restore its reputation as a high-tech center.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/how-we-get-back-to-state-of-innovation-1.1312422