Author: Greater Media

  • Benefit set for Dec. 11

    Hailey’s Harp & Pub, 400 Main St., Metuchen, will be collecting Friskies canned cat food, Purina One Chicken and Turkey flavor dry cat food and Yesterday’s News cat litter Dec. 11-13 to benefit the cats and kittens currently in foster homes and recovering from spay/neuter surgery. Donations of cat food/litter worth $5 or more collected…

  • Sing in 2016 this New Year and join the choir

    Oak Tree Presbyterian Church, 445 Plainfield Road, Edison, invites all to join the choir on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 9 a.m. before the 10 a.m. worship. All are welcome. For more information, call 732-549-4178.

  • Shore Regional grads share the importance of learning various languages

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The fist annual World Language Symposium at Shore Regional High School saw former students coming together to share their multicultural and multilingual experiences with current and incoming students as part of a plan to grow and continue the conversation about the value and ramifications of actively engaging in the…

  • Did you know …

    Wes Chatham in “The Expanse” RAFY/SYFY The highly anticipated 10-hour Syfy series “The Expanse” will premiere on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 14 and 15, at 10 p.m. This highly ambitious series is set 200 years in the future and follows the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective (played by Thomas…

  • Santaland Diaries

    TOP PICK With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness, proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. Perhaps, his most…

  • State football champions

    Top: Shore Regional High School’s Doug Goldsmith powers through the Palmyra High School defense during the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group I final Dec. 5 at Kean University in Union. The Blue Devils successfully defended their title, scoring a 56-28 triumph. Above: Shore Regional’s Jack Britton (27) follows his blockers as he runs upfield. SCOTT FRIEDMAN…

  • Bulldogs, Blue Devils wrap up state football titles

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Both the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School and Shore Regional High School football teams won their respective state sectional championships in a convincing manner Dec. 5. Top-seeded Shore Regional rolled up 520 yards on the ground as it downed thirdseeded Palmyra (10-2), 56-28, at Kean University to win its second straight…

  • Politz raised bar high for future Lancers gymnasts

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Kristen Politz knew she only had one chance to leave her mark in high school gymnastics. St. John Vianney High School fielded a varsity team for the first time this fall, affording Politz, a senior, an opportunity to prove she is one of the best in the state. The Lancers’…

  • New rules for mortgage interest deduction

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features IRS requiring more info from lenders to confirm the mortgage interest owners can deduct The Internal Revenue Service has a keen interest in your mortgage interest. One of the big perks of homeownership is the deductibility of mortgage interest, allowing owners to whittle down the amount of their gross…