Category: Suburban Opinion

By David Cohea ReMIND magazine Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner Ava Gardner was one of Hollywood’s most beautiful actresses during the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, starring in such films as The Killers, Show Boat, Mogambo (for which she was nominated for an Academy Award), On the Beach and Night of the Iguana. A small-town girl…

Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts has announced that beginning next fall, all incoming visual arts graduate students will receive scholarships equivalent to full out-of-state tuition in the first year and full in-state tuition for the second year of the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program. The scholarships reflect the school’s belief that…

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…

Several schools in Middlesex County were recently awarded Sustainable Jersey for Schools Project Grants funded by the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA.) At an event held on Dec. 3, the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools in Perth Amboy received a $10,000 grant for installing a school garden in order to instill a life-long passion…

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is being celebrated by Jews around the world from Dec. 6-13.

Arlene H. Reich Montanaro, 85, went to her eternal rest on Dec. 4 after a long illness. A Jersey (City) girl, Arlene was the great-granddaughter of Irish famine immigrants, who came to Jersey City in 1846, and the granddaughter of German immigrants, who arrived there in 1889. Arlene and her five brothers were raised by…

I have been hearing a lot in the news lately about missing packages from people’s front porches. The carriers who deliver the packages can solve this problem. For example, as it is now, the delivery person sets the package on the front porch and rings the doorbell. The carrier does not wait to see if…

By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com Somewhere over the Rainbow Room marquee that marks the eatery’s shared entrance with NBC Studios at New York City’s legendary 30 Rockefeller Plaza, a brand-new Dorothy prepares to make the “Wizard of Oz” story her own. During an intense, nationwide audition process this past June, 19-year-old, applecheeked charmer Shanice Williams —…

In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Creed is the latest installment of the extremely successful Rocky series of films. While Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) is back for this film, the focus is on Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), the son of the late Apollo Creed. Adonis never knew his father — Apollo died before…