Author: Greater Media

  • Wait, it has “Fantastic” in the title?

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and Sue Storm (Kate Mara) harness their daunting new abilities to save Earth. ALAN MARKFIELD As I settle in to see the new Marvel comic book origin story, Fantastic Four, I assume that the movie will be good and quite possibly great. Marvel has…

  • Shore Chef Crab Cake Cook-Off

    TOP PICK Does anything scream summer at the Jersey Shore more than fresh seafood? The Shore Chef Crab Cake Cook-Off will feature several seafood restaurants and eateries from the Jersey Shore. The event will take place from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 15 and 16. Monmouth Park celebrates the best the ocean has…

  • Cartnicks help their teams reach Little League regionals

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Tommy Cartnick and his Jackson Little League Major League all-star teammates won the state championship and are playing in Bristol, Connecticut, for the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship this week. MATT DENTON It has been a golden summer for Little League players in Jackson, especially the Cartnick brothers. Tommy and Chris Cartnick were…

  • Weber has 3-month stretch filled with titles

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Few players anywhere can have a stretch of three major softball championships in fewer than three months, but Faith Weber accomplished that. In May, Weber pitched and batted New Egypt High School to a repeat NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group I title, only to lose the next game in the Group I…

  • Bruno named an assistant director with the NJSIAA

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It was only fitting that Bill Bruno was visiting the Steve Prefontaine shrine when the phone call came. As he was looking over the shrine to one of America’s greatest distance runners near his home tack at the University of Oregon, the call Bruno received was to inform him that…

  • Berry brings passion as new Lions volleyball coach

    JACKSON LIBERTY By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Amy Berry has enjoyed success coaching at the Ocean County Volleyball Club in Toms River, but she was interested in venturing into the high school coaching ranks from when she graduated from Georgian Court University in the spring of 2014. “I thought volleyball was one of the things I’m…

  • Jazz and blues festival slated in Long Branch

    The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation is sponsoring the Long Branch Jazz and Blues Festival from 12-10 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Great Lawn, 28 McKinley Ave., Long Branch. The free event will feature jazz and blues musicians performing, including headliner Funktion 11. All ages are welcome to attend this rain-or-shine event. Funktion 11…

  • Sports eyewear shopping tips

    Thousands upon thousands of sportsrelated injuries affect children and adults each year. Prevent Blindness estimates that water and pool activities, followed by basketball and then baseball/ softball account for more sports-related eye injuries than any other sports. Male athletes are twice as likely to suffer from sports-related eye injuries than female athletes, but all athletes…

  • Arbor Terrace of Middletown offers Virtual Dementia Tour

    Imagine this.A constant mix of voices, laughter, background noise, roaring sounds and startling responses. Diminished depth perception and loss of peripheral vision.An endless “pins and needle” sensation occurring in your feet. An impaired ability to feel through your fingers and accomplish a simple task, like buttoning a shirt.This is mid-stage dementia. Arbor Terrace of Middletown,…