Growing up, Michael Somerville used to sneak downstairs late at night to watch one of his comedy idols, Johnny Carson, on television. By the time he was a college freshman, he had become hooked on making people laugh—especially after a successful attempt at stand-up comedy. But upon graduation in 1994, the Berkeley Heights native needed a full-time job....
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Father Vincent Fortunato is undergoing a conversion. Well, at least in football terms. He serves as the New York Giants team chaplain. ...
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Back in 1988, when Jon Solomon was fifteen and a deejay-in-training at WPRB in Princeton, 103.3 fm, he volunteered to fill the Christmas Eve slot in the station’s December schedule. He wasn’t busy that night, since he celebrates Hanukkah....
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Savvy shoppers have long flocked to Summit to buy cozy cashmere sweaters, trendy snake-print bags, and swanky spa shampoos....
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Since my parents are both Jewish, one might surmise that Chanukah would be my December celebration of choice. But my mom was not exactly what you would call a practicing Jew. Art Stein tells his My Jewish Christmas carol. ...
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She helped her husband become governor and stood by him when he shocked the world. Then she became a working single mom, focused on the present—until The Confession stirred up the past. Now Dina Matos McGreevey is concentrating on the future. ...
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Scientists want to bring shellfish back to Barnegat Bay. But can they bring back the baymen? ...
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Sylvester Stallone credits Chuck Wepner as the muse for Rocky. As the sixth installment comes to a theater near you, the “Bayonne Bleeder” is finally getting paid. ...
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Tatiana wants a Lacoste shirt; she announces her desire on zebo.com. Zebo, hoping to become the next MySpace, bills itself as the world’s largest database of what people own. Its four million users also let other users know what they’d like to own....
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Humorist Dave Barry once called the holiday season “a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.”...
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If you can’t hack another day fighting holiday traffic and tempers as you scour downtown stores and the mall for gifts, why not try shopping via desktop or laptop? Herewith, some holiday advice from the cybertrenches....
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Holidays at the office can be a minefield of faux pas. To avoid hurt feelings and misunderstandings, your goal at this time of year should be to follow whatever is the commonly accepted tradition where you work....
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If you dread battling through crowds of irate and stressed-out shoppers at holiday time, ditch the mall and head downtown. We spoke to town officials throughout the state, who offered the following tips to make your downtown shopping experience smooth and worry-free....
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How do you get ready for Black Friday, that infamous post–Thanksgiving Day shopping-bargains-at-dawn scene? “If you’ve camped out for Springsteen concert tickets, you’re ready for it,” says Jen Singer, creator of the parenting-humor website mommasaid.net and a clubmom.com expert from Kinnelon....
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It’s an inevitable part of the holiday drama: You forget to buy something for your sister-in-law; a relative drops by for an impromptu visit; a friend shows up unexpectedly with a gift. Here are some suggestions for you. ...
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Each year top interior designers strut their stuff at New Jersey’s finest showhouses. Here, a couple of our favorites from 2007....
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Servers never forget how you treat them, for better or for worse. Roll over Ripley’s! Here are some amazing…Tales of the Tip....
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Ethereal aromas! Neon euphoria! Kudos for Hellenic hegemony! (English without these Greek-derived words would be like Jersey without Greek diners.) How a patriarchal system reached ambrosial apogee....
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Meet Market Adventures brings singles together for a rousing night of pistol practice. But the ultimate bull’s-eye is love....
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After her husband of 46 years died, my grandmother bravely hurled herself into the dating game. She’s a catch. But the odds are not in her favor....
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