FEATURED PHOTO: Jack Howley in his home office | CREDIT: Melissa Amorelli Photography He’s a man who expresses gratitude freely and enjoys the fruits that his hard labor has won. Jack Howley is President of Howley Financial Group. Hard work, dedication, and a positive attitude have enabled Jack [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Debbie Harry | CREDIT: Guy Furrow Her influence in music, art, and fashion has made the front woman for the band Blondie a rock-and-roll superstar. Debbie and co-founder Chris Stein fused the sounds of punk, rock, and disco, and were among the first to combine hip-hop [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor, born Gloria Fowles in Newark, NJ, took a B-side song and turned it into a world-wide anthem for the power of women. I Will Survive was never meant to be a hit song, nor an inductee into the Library of Congress National [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Frankie Valli Francesco Stephen Castelluccio was born in 1934 into an Italian family living in the First Ward of Newark. Anthony and Mary were hard-working, lower-middle income parents to three boys and never dreamed their eldest would go on to become a legend in the music [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Buddy Valastro in front of Carlo's Bake Shop A walk down Broad Street in Red Bank takes you past several stores serving yummy treats, but none have the long history or national notoriety of Carlo’s Bake Shop. Carlo’s is a family owned bakery featured on [...]
New Jersey may be a small state, but it’s big on talent and producing people who leave their mark on the world. On May 6, 2018, the New Jersey Hall of Fame inducted its tenth class of inductees into the Class of 2017 at Convention Hall in Asbury Park. [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Donny & Debbie Osmond at home in Utah. He’s known the world over as an entertainer, famous for his solo singing career as well as his collaboration with his sister, Marie. But for the past seven years, Donny Osmond and his wife Debbie have been [...]
It’s a program that’s been around for 114 years and one time or another we’ve all heard about a Big Brother or Big Sister helping in the community. But if you’re like me, you’ve had little knowledge of how necessary the mentoring and services of the Big Brothers [...]
FEATURED PHOTO: Oprah | CREDIT: Mealtime Stories, LLC When you visit the frozen section of your local supermarket this month you may notice a new line of frozen sides and soups with a familiar oversized ‘O’ on the packaging. Beyond providing something tasty and nutritious, if [...]
