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DREAMGIRLS and WEST SIDE STORY to Perform on The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS By Dreamgirls 11/19/2009 The cast of the new production of DREAMGIRLS at the Apollo Theater will perform the title song "Dreamgirls" and the cast of Broadway's hit production of WEST SIDE STORY will perform "America" Thursday, November 26, at 9am on "The Thanksgiving ...

The Westfield Memorial Library ushers in the holiday season with three programs designed to get participants in the holiday mood.

For a year, safety experts have been celebrating the biggest decline in state and national road fatalities in decades a ' one of the few benefits of a recession that makes drivers think twice about logging unnecessary miles.

One night not long after she opened Asbury Park Dance and Yoga, Katie Farhat Larkin ran a few numbers through her head and decided her prices didn't add up.

South Mountain residents presented proposals this morning to improve traffic safety in their neighborhood in a meeting with township safety committee members and the Millburn Police Department.

Dr. David Kraemer, professor of Talmud and rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary, is concerned about the loss of distinctly Jewish eating habits among acculturated suburban Jews.

One of the two men imprisoned for starting the deadly Seton Hall University domitory fire in 2000 that killed three students waived his right to be considered for parole this month.

At 9 a.m. today, Trader Joe's opened its newest store on Millburn Avenue in Millburn, on the site of the old Whole Foods.

By Alan Caruba S. Orange, NJ - The November 3rd elections were a turning point, swiftly reached.

Daniel Mancini has made at least one man cry with his grandmother's meatball and tomato sauce recipe.

New Jersey's candidates for governor darted through the state Monday on the last day of a campaign being billed by some as a vote on President Barack Obama's popularity.

Two men from out of town were arrested in Millburn this week for filing false police reports about attacks, while a third man was the victim of a very real assault about a parking spot in the parking lot of The Mall at Short Hills.

Notes from the Net: Lester Bowie reissued; Jimmy Cobb's So What band reviewed; plus news, reviews, interviews, and more Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St.

Trip No. 24: The Pizza Patrol returns to Essex and Hudson counties. Star Tavern is probably North Jersey's best-known pizzeria.

Notes from the Net: Lester Bowie Reissued; Jimmy Cobb's so What Band Reviewed; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More SOURCE: St.

Garden State politicians harvest scandals by the bushel. Mark Greenbaum is a native of South Orange and bemused observer of his home state who lives in Washington New Jersey has it tough.

Saxophonist David Sanborn will be featured during the 2009-2010 jazz series at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, NJ, organizers have announced.

Law enforcement officials have posted a $5,000 cash reward for information about a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred in August, and another reward for information about a homicide that occurred in May, according to the office of Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura.

A township teenager has died after sustaining life-threatening injuries when the car he was riding in crashed in the area of Southern Slope Drive Sunday night.

I'd love to know what the plan is for this place. They tore down the porch when the roof was falling, and now there is this ugly fence around the area of the former porch.