• SPORT SHORTS

    Eight students from the Force One Competition Team, which trains at Fastkix Taekwondo in Spotswood, traveled with their instructor and head team coach, Master Charles Ferrone, to compete with over 1,500 athletes in the 2015 AAU National Taekwondo Championships June 30 to July 4 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year, Force One competed in 22…

  • Several hundred expected for Old Bridge Tennis Tournament

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The 44th annual Old Bridge Tennis Tournament is set to begin Aug. 10, and tournament Director Brian Whiteman is expecting several hundred players to compete in the six-day event at the Municipal Complex. “We try and gear it for every talent level,” said Whiteman, who is now in his 25th year…

  • 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…

  • Talk to shed light on Jersey tomato history

    Food and tea historian, Judith Krall- Russo will offer a program titled “The Jersey Tomato: Facts, Fun and Folklore of New Jersey’s Favorite Fruit” 2-3 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Sayreville Public Library, Washington Road. Light refreshments will be served. The event is open to adults only. To register, email Alaina at [email protected]; call 732-727-0212,…

  • 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…

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