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If you were wondering what all the honking and noise was about in Harrison, NJ on Thursday evening, it was because 25,000 soccer fans had descended on the Red Bulls Arena to watch Ecuador take on Nigeria in an international friendly. The game was a sold-out event and caused massive traffic jams as t...

Update: The location of the Harrison Portugal Day Celebration is at the Centro Romeo Cascaes Portuguese American Club located at 14 North Frank E. Rodgers Blvd, Harrison. 

Portugal Day is celebrated on June 10th every year all around the world. This holiday celebrates Portugal's culture and heritag...

The Ecuador v. Nigeria Game Scheduled for Thursday, June 2, 2022, has sold out meaning the population of Harrison will more than double Thursday night. The Red Bulls Arena has a capacity of 25,000 seats. The population of Harrison in the 2020 Census was just over 18,000 residents.  These are the typ...

Update: The location of the Harrison Portugal Day Celebration is at the Centro Romeo Cascaes Portuguese American Club located at 14 North Frank E. Rodgers Blvd, Harrison. 

The Centro Romeu Cascaes Portuguese American Community Center has announced that it will be holding its annual Portugal Day Cel...

This Memorial Day 2020, the citizens of Harrison NJ will come together to remember and honor the soldiers who gave their lives in World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, and Korean War. The Harrison NJ Veterans Park was built in their memory, and it is a beautiful tribute to their heroism. On Monday...

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May each year. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while in military service. It was formerly known as Decoration Day, and it was first officially observed in 1868. Memorial services were being he...

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May each year. Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while in military service. It was formerly known as Decoration Day, and it was first officially observed in 1868. Memorial services were being he...

Harrison (NJ) has its own private weather station.  Since 1982, Anthony (Tony) Mondaro has been forecasting the weather.  His forecasts are known for their accuracy and detail.  Tony Mondaro takes his weather forecasting job very seriously.  Mondaro is not a big of hyping the weather.  He believes t...

There is a former Southern Railway Steam Locomotive which was restored by personnel of the Whippany Train Museum in Whippany NJ that has a Harrison connection.  The Locomotive was rescued from its demise moments before a “welder’s torch” was to take it apart and turn it into scrap metal by a Harriso...

NY/NJ Gotham FC takes on the Washington Spirit on Saturday, June 4, 2022 with a 7 p.m. start at the Red Bulls Arena. The game is Pride Night which is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of LGBT people as a social group. A larger than usual crowd is expe...

The Red Bulls face the DC United Soccer team this coming Saturday, May 28, 2022, with a 7 p.m. start at the Red Bull Arena in Harrison NJ. DC United is based out of Washington DC and its home stadium is the Audi Field in Washington D.C.

DC United has won four MLS Championships its first during the ...

Everyone remembers the events surrounding the “Miracle on the Hudson” airplane landing. Geese flew into both engines of US Airways Flight 1549 out of LaGuardia Airport as it approached 3000 feet in the air.  The Airbus A320 plane’s engines stalled and could not be restarted. Captain Chesley “Sully” ...