JERSEY CITY SETS UP COOLING STATIONS AND OPENS POOLS FOR RESIDENTS TO BEAT THE HEAT

IMPORTANT NOTICE- Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy, the Jersey City Office of Emergency Management (OEM), and the Jersey City Department of Senior Affairs have put in place various measures to help combat a heat wave that is expected to last through the weekend by setting up cooling stations throughout the city. Share this:

Late July Bob Dylan Has Run in with LongBranch, NJ Police Investigating A Suspicious Man – Called in by Home Owner

Bob Dylan’s -A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? Oh, where have you been, my darling young one? I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains, I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways, I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests, I’ve been out in [...]

40 Years Later -Mario Puzo’s Godfather is Still Popular- Do You Know Why?

The reasons for its enduring popularity aren’t easy to pin down. Of course, Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpieces, “The Godfather” and “The Godfather, Part II,” brought a swarm of new readers, but the book had already sold millions of copies before the first film was ­released in 1972. Source: Allen Barra WSJ read the original story   Tell [...]

Mike Marino at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant This Month

River View Observer’s Best Pick for   “Having Some Fun This Summer” -The Comedy of Mike Marino Mike Marino -New Jersey’s Bad Boy of Comedy will  be performing  three shows August 20,21 and 22. at Uncle Vinnies Comedy Club This is Marino’s last shore appearance this summer For more information click Uncle Vinnies  Share this:

Actress Tammy Blanchard’s Extraordinary Performance in “Sybil”

If you missed this made for television version of “Sybil” here is a partial clip of Tammy Blanchard as “Sybil” and her superb performance. It also starred Jessica. LangeThis aired last summer on CBS and should be aired again. More Tammy Blanchard Movies Share this:

The Chalk Guy Is Back -Amazing 3d Chalk Artist

River View “Site Seeing” -Interesting Posts From Around the Internet- This tremendously gifted artist Julian Beever uses chalk to render these 3D sidewalk drawings that will have you completely amazed at the depth of his work. See more drawings The Chalk Guy Share this:

Paula, Don’t Let Door Hit You On Way Out: Idol Staff

River View Observer’s “Site Seeing” found this interesting post We are so tired of Paula’s tantrums, her constant diva behavior. She took the concept of ‘difficult’ to a whole new level. Thank God she’s gone. – American Idol staffer Photo from  CC Opinion and ccopinion.com. Read more about Paul Abdul’s depature from Idol on NEWSER [...]

Peal Plans Bayonne 8th Street District Walk

  PealCollection Walking Tours PealCollection partners Priscilla Ege and Alice Lotosky will be highlighting the “8th Street District” in Bayonne on its third annual walking tour of the area on Sunday, August 9th.  The tour will start at 1PM on 8th Street and Kennedy Boulevard in front of the DesPestre-O’Brien-Zeik house, designated a local landmark [...]

La Festa Italiana – The Tradition Lives On at Holy Rosary Church in Downtown Jersey City

Tradition…a concept that is certainly not unique to the Italian and Italian American culture, but which is almost universally mentioned when telling the story of those who are of Italian heritage.  Nevertheless, one is tempted to wonder if the paesani who immigrated to the United States from Morrone del Sannio, Campobasso (Region of Molise), Italy, [...]