• Marlboro 10/11-year-old all-stars repeat as District 19 champs

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer There has been one constant for the Marlboro Little League 10- and 11- year-old all-star team in putting together a string of District 19 championships. “The kids play very good defense,” manager Joe Cilea said. Marlboro won the district pennant by marching through the tournament undefeated (4-0). It beat Freehold…

  • Patriots use basketball camp as way to gel ahead of next season

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School’s Sarah Hughes, left, is fouled by St. John Vianney High School’s Sarah Furch during their game at the Maroon and White Girls Basketball Team Camp held this year at Holmdel High School. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Mike Stoia, the head coach of the Freehold Township High…

  • American Pharoah delivers as winner at Haskell

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Jockey Victor Espinoza waves to the cheering crowd as American Pharoah heads to the track to run in the Haskell Invitational Aug. 2. The Triple Crown winner made it look easy as he won the race much to the delight of the record-setting crowd of more than 60,000 fans. SCOTT…

  • Civil War Living History Weekend

    TOP PICK The Robert E. Lee Civil War Round Table of Central New Jersey presents its annual Civil War Living History Weekend at Parker Press Park, Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge, Aug. 8-9. Camps are open to the pubic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Aug. 8 at 8 p.m., a special 150th Civil War…

  • Did you know …

    Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress COPYRIGHT 2014 CROWN MEDIA UNITED STATES, LLC/PHOTOGRAPHER BETTINA STRAUSS Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will world premiere its original movie, “Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress,” on Sunday, Aug. 9 at 9 p.m. Our favorite sleuthing garage sale maven Jennifer Shannon (Lori Loughlin) finds a wedding dress tied to an…

  • Teenagers come of age in the ’50s

    By Lucie M. Winborne Drive-in restaurants were a weekend regular Poodle skirts and bobby socks. Greased-back ducktails and souped-up hot rods. Rockin’ ’round the clock to the tunes on a jukebox. Times were indeed a-changing for youth in the 1950s. Prior to that decade, the term “teenager” hardly existed, nor was adolescence even considered a…

  • A fun family vacation to Walley World

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com The summer vacation is an annual ritual. It’s that week when families can get away and enjoy each other’s company while relaxing and forgetting the stresses of life. Yet as the Griswold family has proved time and time again, their vacations are far from perfect. Now, all grown…

  • Tim Gunn delights in the fast-paced world of “Project Runway”

    By Kellie Freeze, channelguidemag.com This season, Project Runway (returning Thursday, Aug. 6, on Lifetime) is once again stretching the minds of talented designers with challenges that push the boundaries of fashion. Cohost and mentor Tim Gunn maintains that the show could “use the same challenges every season because we have different designers with different points…

  • Family vacation is a whole new ballgame

    ARE WE THERE YET Lori Clinch The family summer vacation. My, how it conjures up memories. Back in the day, I would shake like a leaf as I pondered it. Judge me if you must. But you show me a woman who thinks it’s a walk in the park and I’ll show you a gal…

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