Category: Independent Opinion

Dale Raugas (nee Masin), 68, of Hazlet, passed away suddenly and peacefully in her home on Oct. 27. Dale was born in Newark and lived in South Orange, Elizabeth and Hazlet for the past 29 years. Dale had been a special education teacher in Elizabeth, since graduating from Monmouth College, West Long Branch, in 1969.…

SCOTT FRIEDMAN Fall foliage takes on many hues.

Florence M. (Kessler) Earl, 89, of Monroe Township, died Oct. 19 at her home. Born in Garwood, Mrs. Earl lived in Roselle Park before moving to Monroe Township in 1955. She was employed for 25 years as an office aide by the Board of Education of Monroe Township, retiring in 1998. Mrs. Earl was a…

By Ali Datko, ReMIND Magazine Jerry Mathers as Beaver Cleaver Leave It to Beaver gave us situational comedy from a child’s point of view, and Jerry Mathers (“The Beaver”) delivered the laughs with endearing naiveté. Rumor has it that during casting, 8-year-old Mathers told the show’s producers that he would rather be at his Cub…

Hallmark Channel Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. This country is going to the dogs with the 5th Annual American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards. TV personality, author and animal advocate Beth Stern and television veteran James Denton (Good Witch, Desperate Housewives) will return as cohosts of the program, with celebrities including Derek Hough, Bindi Irwin,…

In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Steve Jobs. It’s a name synonymous with technological innovation. In the new film that bears the same name, we get a peek into the life of that man during three very different moments in his life. Jobs (Michael Fassbender) co-founded Apple with his friend Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen)…

By Jeff Pfeiffer, www.channelguidemag.com It was just past the first day of winter in New Zealand when I arrived at a location called Riverhead, just outside of Auckland, to begin watching the filming of the new Starz series Ash vs Evil Dead, which airs Saturdays beginning Oct. 31. Coming from the northern U.S., I didn’t…

Showtime will debut the critically acclaimed documentary film “Listen to Me Marlon” on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 9 p.m. This groundbreaking Marlon Brando documentary premiered to rave reviews in theaters this summer and at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The movie unlocks Brando’s extensive never-before-heard personal audio archives, bringing viewers on a creative odyssey into…

GENE LENNON/STAFF A slice of autumn at the Kingston Mill, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park, Route 27, at the border of Middlesex and Somerset counties.