New Jersey’s "640" area code will take effect in any area that currently uses the "609" exchange. The area includes mostly Atlantic, Cape May, Mercer and Ocean counties. New phone services will go ...

The digits 609 are a part of South Jersey’s identity, as much as pork roll and boardwalks, but a change to the area’s associated area code will come with the new year. Due to a demand for new phone ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2023. For so many New Jerseyans, cultural lines are drawn by imperfect measures: the nebulous dividers between North, Central and South Jersey, ...

For so many New Jerseyans, cultural lines are drawn by imperfect measures: the nebulous dividers between North, Central and South Jersey, the very inexact food science of pork roll vs. Taylor ham. But ...