1. NYC Standout Isaiah Whitehead Picks Seton Hall
(Sports/Professional)

... rankings, picked Seton Hall over St. John’s, Indiana, Pittsburgh and Minnesota. He joins three other NYC-area players in the Pirates’ 2014 recruiting class- fellow ESPN-100 forward Angel Delgado, fellow ...

2. Fetch Clay, Make Man.' Off Broadway Review: Muhammad Ali Meets Stepin Fetchit
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to pal around with the fabled black prizefighter Jack Johnson way back when, Ali invites the comedian for a visit to his training camp to get the lowdown on Johnson’s boxing technique. Fetchit’s ...

3. Rising Water Trilogy to Coincide with Broomstick Opening at NJ Rep
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY ADELE SAMMARCO SPECIAL TO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Nearly one year after Hurricane Sandy devastated the Garden State's shoreline, New Jersey Repertory Company will feature noted playwright John Biguenet’s ...

4. Auto Theft Trafficking Network is Thwarted
(Life/Style)

TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that a South Amboy man has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison for promoting organized street crime by supervising a ring that stole over ...

5. 3 Reasons Sarah Palin Sued By Bergen Record
(N.J./State)

... of the Bergen Record took the photo.  The Record photographer took a shot of George Johnson, Dan McWilliams and Billy Eisengrein raising the flag, according to The Raw Story. 2.) Palin has been ...

6. Point Pleasant Woman Indicted for Allegedly Stealing $57,000 in Unemployment Benefits
(N.J./State)

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced today that a business owner from Point Pleasant has been indicted for allegedly stealing nearly $57,000 from New Jersey’s ...

7. 50 Businesses Taken by N.J. Boardwalk Fire
(Money/Economy)

... Bar and Grill, Seaside Heights (damaged but standing) • Berkeley Sweet Shop, two locations in Seaside Heights • Big Hearted John's, Seaside Heights • Biscayne Candies, Seaside Park ...

8. School Traffic Safety – It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY ASSEMBLYMAN JOHN S. WISNIEWSKI NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Summer vacations have ended. Students across the country are returning to the classroom and with schools reopening, traffic patterns are ...

9. Legendary Leggett’s Bar in Manasquan Overcame 43 Inches of Flooding from Sandy
(Life/Style)

... a “Cheers” type of environment. It is one of the Jersey Shore’s most popular bars since John Paglia took ownership in 1986. The theme for Leggetts has always been to create a friendly neighborhood/pub ...

10. Crazy Play Leads to Lehigh Victory over Monmouth
(Sports/Professional)

... half when a Joe Johnson interception led to a 35-yard field goal just before the halftime horn sounded. A Bialkowski touchdown pass, this time to Sergio Fernandez-Soto made it 21-10, but was followed ...

11. The Family: DeNiro and Pfeiffer play ‘Wise Guys’ on the Run in Rural France
(Entertainment/Movies)

... gap that eliminates the generation gap for the Blakes’ teenage daughter Belle (Dianna Agron of “Glee”) and son Warren (John D’Leo), uniting the four of them in futile, funny, and sometimes violent efforts ...

12. 4 Reasons Chris Christie Picked Gurbir Singh Grewal To Be Bergen County Prosecutor
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Governor Christie has nominated assistant U.S. attorney Gurbir Singh Grewal to take over from John Molinelli as prosecutor for Bergen County. Molinelli had been ...

13. More Reasons N.J. Pension System Going Bust
(N.J./State)

... $1 million in disability and another $1.2 million in salaries, according to the investigation. Before the indignation begins, all 18 individuals “are playing within the rules of the game,” John Sierchio, ...

14. Mold is ‘Everywhere’ at the Jersey Shore
(Health/Healthquest)

... said that about 20 percent of the homes flooded by the hurricane are still having problems with mold. RE/MAX real estate agent John Glancy said that mold was “everywhere” down at the shore. "I've been ...

15. What Smart Investors Might Buy Now
(Money/Economy)

... besides Ukrainskyj, are John Guarino, president; Christopher Clark; and Don Weir. “Together,” says Ukrainskyj, “we have over 100 years of experience.” Clients deal with them directly; they aren’t fobbed ...

16. Miss America By The Numbers
(Money/Economy)

... America is returning to Boardwalk Hall on September 15. Will she help the resort city rebound financially? Casino Reinvestment Development Authority executive director John Palmieri thinks so. Palmieri ...

17. 4 Reasons Turkeys Going Wild in N.J.
(Life/Style)

... at 20,000 to 23,000. Kinnelon Police Lieutenant John Schwartz said such home break-ins by wildlife have happened before in the area. According to the Asbury Park Press, the borough has already seen bears, ...

18. Elvis Presley Not Covered by Hurricane Sandy
(N.J./State)

... Administrator John Camera said. “Most likely, once the store was breached and was re-secured, it was vulnerable,” he told the Asbury Park Press.  ...

19. 5 Entertainers For New Jersey Super Bowl Halftime Show
(Entertainment/Movies)

... A New Jersey mix. Count Basie Theatre executive Adam Philipson suggested Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny, and Bruce Springsteen, according to NJ.com. The Performing Arts Center’s John Schreiber wants to see ...

20. Unsinkable Kristen Bell keeps Swimming as "The Lifeguard"
(Entertainment/Movies)

... a screw-up compared to high-powered Leigh. Now, she is assistant principal of their old high school, and working very hard to start a family with her humorless husband John (Joshua Harto). Under Leigh’s ...