Mars Technology Helps Create Inauguration Mega-Picture
Region: New JerseyMars Technology Helps Create... more
Views: 752Cooking Up Competition BBQ
Region: New Jersey
The first of a series on competition barbeque...the food, the friends, the lack of sleep and more! For more, check out http://www.smokeindaeye.com . more
Views: 1515Poltics of racism
Region: New JerseyStammering through the broken stairs of her inconsistent articulation, the old lady finally disgorged the words, “he is an Arab”, a cerebrum ricochet of verbatim was psychologically excruciating for me, then I realized that this old lady is seeing a hologram of living hate created around her by merchants of vandalism who see their destiny in division of human beings on the basis of color, creed, ethnicity a... more
Views: 769Lisa Beamer: Remember Husband Todd Beamer 9/11 Hero
Region: New Jersey
Lisa Beamer remembers the events of September 11, 2001 probably better than anyone. Her husband, Todd Beamer was aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Western Pennsylvania. Since her husband's death, Lisa Beamer has published a book called "Let's Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage," about her life with Todd and her life after the crash. The book is named after Todd Beamer's famous last words that ... more
Views: 3148Ryan Wood is "Java Chamberlain," Joba Chamberlain Impersonator, Arrested
Region: New Jersey
Ryan Wood thought he had it made: he was getting all the girls, free drinks at bars and people were asking him for autographs in the street, all because he looked like Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain. After scamming New Jersey shore restaurants in bars into giving him free food and drinks, "Java Chamberlain" was arrested for portraying the false identity. The "Java Chamberlain" scam went too far when Ryan Wood was si... more
Views: 3673Belmar, NJ Mayor, Ken Pringle, in Hot Water of Offensive "Guido" Comments
Region: New Jersey
Ken Pringle, the mayor of seaside Belmar, New Jersey, used slurs and stereotypes in a community newsletter he issued last month. He described residents of Staten Island, especially women, as folks who are always fighting. Regarding an argument in a Belmar restaurant, he said, "the spat ended the way most fights with SI girls do. The SI woman grabbed the Boonton woman by the hair ... and began punching her face in." K... more
Views: 1864Princess Chunk, 44 Pound Stray Cat Found
Region: New Jersey
Just when we thought New Jersey couldn't get any fatter, we learned of Princess Chunk, a stray cat that weighs in at a hefty 44 pounds. Princess Chunk is only slightly slimmer than the heaviest tabby ever recorded, an Australian feline that topped the scales at 46 pounds, 15 ounces. Princess Chunk was found in Voorhees, NJ without a collar, but it's hard to believe that she could have reached 44 pounds without a huma... more
Views: 1027Sharpe James, Former Newark Mayor, Gets 27 Months in Prison
Region: New Jersey
Sharpe James, the former mayor of Newark, NJ, was sentenced today for his involvement in selling cut-price city land to his former lover. He will serve 27 months in federal prison and pay a $100,000 fine. Between 2001 and 2005, Sharpe James, 72, arranged for his lover, Tamika Riley, 39, to buy nine city-owned properties for $46,000 which she immediately sold for $665,000, making a profit of $619,000. Riley was sentenc... more
Views: 1037George Street playhouse presents The Toxic Avenger
Region: New JerseyThe George Street Playhouse will stage the world premiere of the musical The Toxic Avenger. The Toxic Avenger is based on the cult classic film by Lloyd Kaufman. The Toxic Avenger follows Melvin Ferd, the local health club mop boy who winds up in a vat of radioactive sludge. The new rock musical comedy is written by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan keyboardist and founding member of Bon Jovi. John Rando , who won the Tony... more
Views: 984Pedals For Progress Ships Bikes to Developing Nations
Region: New Jersey
Dave Schweidenback started the nonprofit Pedals for Progress in 1991 and has since shipped more than 115,000 bicycles to 32 developing countries across the world. "Used bicycles can transform the economic and social condition of families," says Schweidenback. "[They] give people access to jobs, health care and education that is too distant for walking." When Dave Schweidenback first had the idea for Pedals for Pr... more
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