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'Bucket List Wish:' Rutgers Marching Band To Perform In Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 'Bucket List Wish:' Rutgers Marching Band To Perform In Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
'Bucket List Wish:' Rutgers Marching Band To Perform In Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade The Rutgers University Marching Band is getting ready to check off a longtime "bucket list wish:" Perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Led by drum major Amelia Ainbinder, of Middletown (Class of 2024), the marching band will be performing for more than 3 million live spectators, and even more watching from home on television. The more than 300-person band has been preparing for the parade since last November, when they found out they were among the 11 bands chosen to perform — the only one representing New Jersey. "To be invited to march in the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parad…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Don't Miss Jersey Shore Ice Cream Shop On 'TODAY' Show Don't Miss Jersey Shore Ice Cream Shop On 'TODAY' Show
Don't Miss Jersey Shore Ice Cream Shop On 'Today' Show TODAY show weatherman Al Roker stopped by a Jersey Shore ice cream shop. An episode of "Family Style with Al Roker," taped at Betty's Icebox in Asbury Park, is premiering this Wednesday, Aug. 16 on Today.com / Peacock at 10:30 a.m. "It was very exciting for a small business having that kind of attention," said Courtney Carr, the family business' owner.  It gets better. A three-minute portion of the appearance will be broadcast on the TODAY show between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Wednesday. "It was a lot of fuss,'' Carr said. "We're thrilled to have our products get national attention." …

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by Jon Craig
Sports
Cartwheeling Kid Goes Viral: NJ Teelball Player Gets Shoutout From ESPN, GMA Cartwheeling Kid Goes Viral: NJ Teelball Player Gets Shoutout From ESPN, GMA
Cartwheeling Kid Goes Viral: NJ Teelball Player Gets Shoutout From ESPN, GMA Well that's one way to get to first base. Mattea DiGirolamo, a 6-year-old Kenilworth kindergartener, is going viral for her unique approach to base-running.  At a recent T-ball game while playing for the Kenilworth Rockhounds, Mattea hit the ball and decided to elude the defense by cartwheeling her way to first base. And it worked! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oprah Daily (@oprahdaily) A video of her exploits has almost two million views on Twitter and has been shared by NBC Sports, ESPN and got a shoutout on Good Morning Am…

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by Sam Barron
News
Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway
Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Elizabeth Elyce Jalloh has a name with a story to tell. "Elizabeth" is an homage to her mom Charlotte Fatoma's grandmother, whom she says is beautiful, kind and caring.  The baby's middle name is after the 911 dispatcher, Elyce Rivera, who coached Fatoma through the entire delivery over the phone on the side of Pennsylvania's Interstate 476 in late October.  Fatoma and her baby met Rivera for the first time early this week on the "Today Show." There, Fatoma asked Rivera -- whom she describes as being "patient, kind and angelic -- to be her new daughter's godmother. "There w…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Ground And Pound: White House, Fauci Slam Rogan For Discouraging Vaccinations Ground And Pound: White House, Fauci Slam Rogan For Discouraging Vaccinations
Ground And Pound: White House, Fauci Slam Rogan For Discouraging Vaccinations Joe Rogan took a hammer fist from the White House and a spinning back kick from Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday after he advised young fans against getting the COVID vaccine. “I guess my first question would be: Did Joe Rogan become a medical doctor while we weren’t looking?” White House communications director Kate Bedingfield told CNN during what became a tag-team takedown. The Jersey-born comedian and popular podcast host – who also calls televised Ultimate Fighting Championship matches -- delivered his advisory on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Spotify’s most popular podcast. “If you’…

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by Jerry DeMarco