Author: Greater Media

  • See, mom, all that video game playing can pay off

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Who would have thought that footage of the 1982 World Video Game Championships would incite an extraterrestrial attack today? That, my friends, is the war we wage in the new film Pixels. In the ’80s, Sam, Will and Ludlow were great friends united over one common interest: They…

  • Now is the time for banks to return the favor

    The monumental crash of Wall Street and the financial institutions in 2008 led to our elected officials giving a bailout of untold sums of money from the pockets of the American people to keep the current economic system afloat. Now that the American people are facing a future of dire economic straits, it is payback…

  • Did you know …

    Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in IFC’s “Documentary Now!” TYLER GOLDEN/IFC IFC is rewriting history with its new series, “Documentary Now!,” premiering on Thursday, August 20 at 10 p.m. Created by Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and Seth Myers and starring Armisen and Hader, this new comedy series lovingly parodies some of the world’s best known…

  • Tutoring program combats ‘summer slide’

    The North Brunswick Library is offering free tutoring in math and reading to students in grades K-5 to help them avoid the “summer slide,” when students forget what they learned during the previous school year. Each session lasts a half hour and is being offered 4-8 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays.…

  • Fun at the Middlesex County Fair

    TOP PICK For 77 years, the Middlesex County Fair has been a tradition that brings together thousands of residents for a week of summer fun. Some 85,000 visitors annually explore the county’s rich agricultural heritage, learn a new craft, try a new food, or go on a ride – all in a day’s visit at…

  • Auditions accepted for Heritage Day Idol

    The Heritage Day Committee is accepting auditions for the first Heritage Day Idol competition. All audition videos must be sent to [email protected] no later than Aug. 25. All auditions will be reviewed and the Top 5 entries will be selected to perform on stage at Heritage Day on Sept. 19 (or on the rain date…

  • James Joseph Luby

    James Joseph Luby, 63, of Alpharetta, Georgia, passed away peacefully on July 22 after struggling for three years with Parkinson’s, Lewy body and heart diseases. Jim was the loving husband of Cathy (nee Ruger); father of Sean and Meghan; and son-in-law of Walter and Catherine Ruger of Bellmore, New York. Jim and Cathy were born,…

  • Fun at the Middlesex County Fair

    TOP PICK For 77 years, the Middlesex County Fair has been a tradition that brings together thousands of residents for a week of summer fun. Some 85,000 visitors annually explore the county’s rich agricultural heritage, learn a new craft, try a new food, or go on a ride – all in a day’s visit at…

  • Area players help PDA club capture national soccer title

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Colts Neck High School’s Frankie Tagliaferri, left, was one of six Freehold Regional High School District players on the PDA Arsenal U-17 team that won the national championship in Richmond, Virginia. CHRISTINA SMITH During their downtime, the girls soccer players from the Freehold Regional High School District schools pondered how…