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Federal funding launches construction on South Amboy ferry
By Jacqueline Durett Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Mayor Fred Henry said he never doubted the city’s ferry project would move ahead. “I was always positive that it was going to happen, it was just a question of how long it was going to take,” Henry said. “When you look down there [at the ferry terminal…
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Sayreville hurdlers place 6th at outdoor nationals
By Warren Rappleyea After a difficult spring campaign because of an injury, four Sayreville War Memorial High School hurdlers decided to extend their seasons and finished sixth nationally June 28 at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina. Seniors Benjamin Aidoo and Jordan Patterson, junior John Smierzynski and sophomore Abdullani Adeyemo combined for…
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Did you know?
Showtime will air the season premiere of Ray Donovan on Tuesday, June 28 at 9 p.m., followed by the series premiere of Roadies at 10 p.m. Last season, Ray Donovan (played by Liev Schreiber) encountered an intense battle with the Armenian mafia, which led a wounded Ray to reconnect with his forsaken faith. Going into…
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Will ‘500 Questions’ actually reach 500?
‘@TVGMMattRoush Question: I love trivia shows (Jeopardy!, The Beast) and I have really enjoyed ABC’s 500 Questions. The addition of the speed round helps speed up the process and the addition of Dan Harris is superb. But if the show is aiming to have a player reach 500 questions, will it ever happen? They only…
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Cheers & Jeers
by Damian Holbrook TV Guide Magazine Cheers to Roots for its fine-feathered find. As showy cock-fighting slave Chicken George in History’s remake, Zimbabwe-born newcomer Regé-Jean Page’s star-in-the-making performance rivaled Ben Vereen’s original turn in the iconic role. Cheers to Ellen Barkin for being the queen of Animal Kingdom. TNT’s gritty new drama may boast a…
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From the gridiron to the screen
Several NFL Stars Made The Jump To Acting In The ’80s. By Jeff Pfeiffer, ReMIND Magazine A pro football player’s sports career is generally pretty short-lived; if they are lucky, it maybe lasts five years or so, and a few extend it to over a decade. But they are still done early in life, so…
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Ready or not, here I come
By Paul Hall As an audience, we love to revisit characters that we have enjoyed in past films; we just hope that filmmakers don’t tarnish that love when making a sequel. In the new film Finding Dory, we not only get Dory, Nemo and Marlin, but we also get new characters like Hank the octopus…
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USA’s adaptation of popular telenovela brings us one of TV’s rare female antiheroes
By Jeff Pfeiffer “You won’t like me,” Teresa Mendoza cautions viewers right at the beginning of Queen of the South, USA Network’s adaptation of the hugely popular Spanish-language telenovela La Reina del Sur (itself based on the best-selling novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, which is also what the USA series primarily draws from). The series debuts…
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8 reasons to buy an electric car even when gas is cheap
Fuel prices may be lower than they’ve been since 2008, but owning an electric car can still make a lot of sense By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features While plunging gasoline prices have been a boon to big truck and SUV sales, they’ve tended to decimate the so-called “green car” segment, with deliveries of electric and…
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