• The Diner

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine “It’s a friendly place, usually momand pop with a sole proprietor, that serves basic, home-cooked, fresh food, for good value.” That’s how American Diner Then and Now author Richard Gutman sums up that quintessentially American culinary institution known as the diner. And while Webster’s dictionary may define it as…

  • Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival

    TOP PICK The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Festival will be held noon to 10 p.m. Aug. 29 on The Great Lawn on the Boardwalk in Long Branch. The festival features live performances by jazz and blues musicians from the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation. Exotic and regional New Jersey food, crafter and sponsor…

  • Democracy requires action

    VIEWS Adam C. Uzialko For months news anchors have been pushing presidential politics on their audiences. I get it. Presidential politics is fun; it’s the big time, and the stakes are always high. But the wall-to-wall coverage of the two-party heavyweights betrays the real essence of democracy. Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Byron Price first…

  • Long Branch Jazz and Blues Festival closes summer season Aug. 29

    The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation will close out its Summer Series of Festivals on Aug. 29 in Long Branch. The festival will take place from noon to 9:45 p.m. on the Great Lawn on the Long Branch Boardwalk at Cooper Avenue, with fireworks following the performance. The festival is held rain or shine…

  • With a lack of focus, high marks elude ‘American Ultra’

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Mike Howell seems like just an average stoner. He lives with his girlfriend Phoebe, works at a convenience store and has a phobia that keeps him from leaving his small West Virginia town. But there is much more to Mike than meets the eye. He is actually a…

  • Edward Burns writes what he knows (and loves) in TNT’s family-centered cops-and-mobsters drama

    By Lori Acken To ask Edward Burns how long he has been working on his richly detailed new TNT drama Public Morals (premiered Aug. 25) is a complex thing. After all, Burns is a proud Irish-American and native New Yorker, raised on Long Island as the son of an NYPD cop and the greatgrandson of…

  • Girl Scouts earn Gold Award

    Girl Scouts from western Monmouth County were honored by the Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore with the Gold Award at a special event held at the Woodlake Country Club, Lakewood. The New Jersey Education Association sponsored the event on June 3. “Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award designation is truly a remarkable achievement and…

  • Walk with Joe recalls sacrifices & heroism

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Three of the thousands of people who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be remembered at the 14th annual Walk with Joe on Sept. 12. Michele Cleary, a spokeswoman for the event, said the memorial 5-kilometer walk has been held every year…

  • Patrolman earns promotion

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Police Department has a new sergeant. With his family members at his side and many of his fellow officers filling the meeting room at town hall, Patrolman Kevin McIntosh took the oath of office as a sergeant and was promoted to his new rank during the…

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