Former NBA Player John Celestand Joins MSG Varsity

Former NBA player John Celestand has come back to his New Jersey roots, as a Garden State basketball play-by-play announcer for MSG Varsity. Celestand (on right) is pictured with fellow sports producer Lou Brogno.   BETHPAGE, N.Y., January 25, 2010 – John Celestand, former NBA player and member of the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship team [...]

Bayonne Police Arrest Men With 595 Pounds of Marijuana

Mayor Mark A. Smith and Police Chief Robert Kubert announced that the Bayonne Police Department arrested two men on marijuana charges on January 26 after discovering them at 65 New Hook Road. The men arrested were Gordon T. Peters, 42, of Miramar, Florida, and Jason L. Peters, 21, of Miami, Florida. They were charged with [...]

MSG VARSITY TO KICK-OFF COVERAGE OF FOOTBALL SIGNING DAY FEBRUARY 1st

Three Days of Special Programming To Run on MSG Varsity BETHPAGE, N.Y., January 26, 2010 — On Monday, February 1st, MSG Varsity will kick-off three days of special programming devoted to football signing day – the day when high school players sign their letters of intent for college.   Coverage begins Monday, February 1st with High [...]

THE THEATER COMPANY PARTNERS WITH CHARITIES DURING ITS RUN OF “RENT”

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Hudson Pride Connections The Theater Company (TTC) opens with the Broadway musical RENT on February 3, 2010, but instead of just telling the story of seven friends dealing with love, loss and AIDS, the company is also helping to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Hudson Pride Connections [...]

Bon Appétit! Hudson County Community College Foundation Introduces Innovative ‘Subscription Dining’ Series

 Friday, February 12 Members Will Enjoy World-Class Dining Experiences While Proceeds Will Provide Deserving HCCC Students with Scholarships; First Offering Scheduled for Friday, February 12  JERSEY CITY, N.J. – At Hudson County Community College – home of one of the East Coast’s most acclaimed culinary arts studies programs – a subscription dining program has been established [...]

Art Views- Emerging Artist Johnny Pens

“Johnny Pens” By Evelyn Bonilla  Emerging new artist John Marto aka “Johnny Pens” is unique and very talented; his ability to create cartoon drawings with the use of color pens is amazing as it is impressive. An artist in the downtown Jersey City area, Pens, inception into his art began by making small circles and [...]

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, One of America’s Most Inspiring and Influential Authors and Scholars,to Speak at Hudson County Community College

Dr. Dyson Will Appear on February 11 in the Second Installment of the College’s 2009-2010 Lecture Series  Michael Eric Dyson, the renowned social analyst, best-selling author, ordained minister and University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, who is considered one of the finest thinkers in the United States, will speak at Hudson County Community College’s [...]

World-Class Designer Selected by Trump Plaza Residences Jersey City Team For Dramatic Enhancement

Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz Of BNOdesign To Transform Public Spaces At Luxury Residential Tower  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (Jan. 22, 2010) – Trump Plaza Residences Jersey City has retained world-renowned celebrity interior designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz of Manhattan-based BNOdesign to transform the exterior entrance and the amenities at the luxury condominium tower. Noriega-Ortiz will enhance the existing common areas [...]

Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Tops the Chart as the Most Talked About Oil Painting of the Past Decade

overstockArt.com Releases List of Top 10 Oil Paintings Featured in the Media in the Last Decade Wichita, Kan., Jan. 19, 2010 – overstockArt.com, the leader in handmade oil painting art reproductions, released today a list of the top 10 oil paintings featured in the media in the last decade. Topping the list is Leonardo Da [...]

Joe Franklin- Amercia’s First Talk Show Host “Memory Lane”

The River View Observer’s exclusive interview with the man who is ”America’s First Talk Show Host.”  Before Jack Paar Johnny Carson, Jay Leno , Jimmy Kimmel  Conan  O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon there is Joe Franklin. Joe Franklin –America‘s First Talk Show Host! by Sally Deering To his fans he’s the “King of Nostalgia,” but to thousands of show folk, [...]