• Holiday movie preview

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com As we race to the end of 2015, we will be greeted by a slew of big movies. Some movies will prosper, some will fail and some will get nominated for awards (both good and bad) — but all will bring their unique visions to the screen to…

  • Country legend Dolly Parton brings her most personal song to TV

    By Lori Acken, www.channelguidemag.com I was a little kid growing up in a home filled with country music when Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors” became a radio hit in 1971. I already loved the story of the original coat thanks to Sunday school, and since I was a small-town girl with a loving mama,…

  • Sons want their parents to show them ‘love’

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch Christmas shopping. It simply isn’t what it used to be. Back in the day I could “wow” our four young sons with anything from Nike socks to the Batmobile and everything in between. They were thrilled at the pile of presents on Christmas morning. They would wake up at…

  • Robert Donald DeFalco

    Robert Donald DeFalco, 53, of Point Pleasant, passed away on Nov. 30. Born in Montclair, he lived in Cedar Grove prior to moving to Point Pleasant 19 years ago. Robert was a graduate of Chubb Institute of Technology, Jersey City, and became a computer programmer at IMS, Eatontown. He was a parishioner of St. Peter’s…

  • Girl Scouts raise $50K at ‘Dancing with Stars’

    The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore raised almost $50,000 at its first “Dancing with Our Monmouth and Ocean County Stars” event held on Nov. 12 at Eagle Oaks Country Club, Howell. The dancing competition featured eight notable community members from Monmouth and Ocean counties dancing ballroom routines including the Salsa, Cha Cha, Swing, Tango…

  • Pallone proposes improved disaster communications

    Proposed federal legislation could one day help residents across New Jersey who lost cell phone service and experienced power blackouts as a result of superstorm Sandy. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex) has introduced the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act (H.R. 3998) that would, if passed in the House and Senate and signed…

  • New York men charged in Manalapan robbery

    MANALAPAN — Two residents of New York have been arrested and charged in connection with their alleged involvement in a robbery that occurred in Manalapan during the summer. Police said an investigation by officers in the Manalapan Police Department Detective Bureau led to the signing of criminal complaints against two suspects. On Aug. 26, officers…

  • Signs of the Season

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Livoti’s Old World Market co-owner Mike Ali, left, talks with Rabbi Yossi Kanelsky, right, under a large menorah on display at the market in the Marlboro Plaza on Route 9 north in Marlboro on Dec. 3. Ali said he has invited the rabbi to visit the store, for the second year…

  • District joins national coalition

    The Freehold Regional High School District is one of 22 school districts that have been accepted into the League of Innovative Schools, a national coalition of forward-thinking school districts organized by Digital Promise, an independent, bipartisan nonprofit organization authorized by Congress to accelerate innovation in education, according to the press release. The FRHSD was selected…

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