• Jaeger sets American 1,500 record, to appear in documentary

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School graduate Connor Jaeger, competing with Team USA in Kazan, Russia, at the 2015 FINA World Championships, set an American record and claimed a silver medal at the championships. Jaeger’s time of 14:41.20 bested the 11-year-old American record of 14:45.29, set by Larsen Jensen at the…

  • Provocative new play for American audiences

    TOP PICK Layla Khoshnoudi, Jacob A. Ware, Judith Hawking, Gregory Haney SUZANNE BARABAS New Jersey Repertory Company announces the U.S. premiere of “Nobody’s Girl” by Australian playwright Rick Viede. Is there anything more scandalous than a juicy tell-all memoir? Viciously funny, “Nobody’s Girl” features a potpourri of outrageous characters who wheel and deal in a…

  • Golf event to benefit Covenant House

    The Joseph C. Nugent 37th Annual Covenant House Golf Outing will take place Aug. 24 at Spring Lake Golf Club, 901 Warren Ave., Spring Lake. The schedule for the day’s event is as follows: 7 a.m. – registration and breakfast for morning golfers; 7:45 a.m. – shotgun for morning golfers; 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.…

  • ‘Sounds of Recovery’ set to resonate Aug. 22

    HIGHLANDS — St. Bernard Project will host the benefit concert, “Sounds of Recovery,” from 12-8:30 p.m. Aug. 22 at Veterans Park on Bay Avenue in Highlands. All proceeds will fund St. Bernard Project’s hurricane Sandy recovery efforts in the Borough of Highlands. The concert lineup will feature upcoming local artists with different musical backgrounds in…

  • Shopping passes still available at temple

    Macy’s will host its 10th annual “Shop for a Cause” charity-shopping event nationwide on Aug. 29, and the Women of Temple Shalom in Aberdeen have saving passes available for purchase. Savings passes are $5 and provide a 30 percent discount on regular, sale and clearance merchandise. The passes also offer a 25 percent discount on…

  • Lynn Marie Skalaban

    Lynn Marie Skalaban, 68, a resident of Weathersfield, Vermont, passed away Aug. 12 at her home in Weathersfield surrounded by her husband of 49 years, Peter, and their daughter, Alexis. Lynn was born on June 29, 1947, in New Brunswick, the daughter of Walter and Gladys (Hoover) Korsak. She lived in East Brunswick, where she…

  • Elks lodge sponsors Relay for Life run in memory of member

    KEYPORT — On Aug. 29, the Keyport Matawan Elks Lodge will host the first annual Kathleen Thomson Memorial Run and Hog Roast. All proceeds will go to Relay for Life Team: “Kick Cancer’s Ass for KT.” The day will start with a motorcycle ride that leaves the Elks lodge, 249 Broadway, Keyport, at noon and…

  • Did you know …

    “Lead with Your Heart” William Baldwin and Kari Matchett © 2015 CROWN MEDIA UNITED STATES, LLC William Baldwin follows his heart in Hallmark Channel’s original movie world premiere of “Lead with Your Heart” on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 9 p.m. The film tells the story of a happily married couple facing life-changing decisions as they…

  • America’s love affair with cooking shows

    by Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine 1936 “portrait” of Betty Crocker, as imagined by artist Neysa McMein If there’s one thing Americans enjoy almost as much as good food, it’s watching others cook it. Variety shows and Westerns have come and gone, but the cooking show endureth forever … or at least it has for…

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