The Garden State's love affair with the telephone is making it necessary to add yet another area code. It's all part of the need to keep pace with demand and for many phone users — at least half the ...

Starting on Saturday, anyone with 856 and 609 area codes will have to change the way they're dialing phone numbers. It's not a big change, so everyone stay calm, but it's enough to drive you nuts if ...

A new area code is coming to New Jersey and with it a new way to make certain calls. A new 640 area code is being added to the same geographic area currently served by the area code 609 in a process ...

From the Jersey shore to Central Jersey, phone calls just got a bit more complicated due to the introduction of a new area code and dialing procedures. A number of changes are coming to New Jersey’s ...

That’s the new area code that will soon cover a large swath of South Jersey, including the Shore areas from southern Ocean County to Cape May County, as 609 numbers are on the verge of exhaustion.

Hey 856 and 609, are you ready to change the way you dial phone numbers? Starting Aug. 18, residents who live in the 856 and 609 area codes will have to do it differently: You'll need to dial the full ...