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Gov. Phil Murphy announced last week that the state s Turnpike Authority plans to rename the Garden State Parkway rest stops after a series of New Jersey-bred celebrities.
There were plenty of names to admire. Brookdale North will be named after
 Larry Doby, the first Black player in the American League who grew up in Paterson, while the name of
Whitney Houston, who had Essex County roots, will replace Vauxhall.
There was a predictable nod to
Frank Sinatra amid some surprises. Some of my younger colleagues chastised me for not knowing
Judy Blume, the popular author of young adult fiction from Elizabeth. ....

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