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'An Absolute Character': Entertaining South Jersey Horse Racing Announcer Dies, 67 'An Absolute Character': Entertaining South Jersey Horse Racing Announcer Dies, 67
'An Absolute Character': Entertaining South Jersey Horse Racing Announcer Dies, 67 A longtime South Jersey racetrack announcer known for his playful, entertaining flair died after a 13-year battle with brain cancer, officials said. Larry Lederman died at 67 years old on Tuesday, Mar. 5, the U.S. Trotting Association (USTA) announced in a news release. The East Windsor resident was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in 2011. The native New Yorker was introduced to harness racing by his father, a Manhattan business owner who enjoyed going to the Yonkers and Roosevelt raceways. Lederman started his professional career in 1977 when he began working at the Dail…

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by Chris Spiker
Lifestyle
'You Talkin To Me?' New Robert DeNiro Series Casting For NYC Shoot 'You Talkin To Me?' New Robert DeNiro Series Casting For NYC Shoot
'You Talkin To Me?' New Robert DeNiro Series Casting For NYC Shoot Robert DeNiro. Angela Bassett. And maybe you! "Zero Day," starring the legendary actors is a new Netflix TV show that is currently shooting in New York and looking for actors, according to a listing from Backstage.  The show is looking for both men and women to portray a congressional professional in Capitol Hill, according to the listing. All ethnicities will be considered, according to the listing. According to Netflix, "Zero Day" is a conspiracy thriller about finding the truth in a world in crisis. DeNiro plays a former president who comes out of retirement to lead a commission ta…

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by Sam Barron
Lifestyle
Morris County Musician Has Role In 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Out This Weekend Morris County Musician Has Role In 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Out This Weekend
Morris County Musician Has Role In 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Out This Weekend Martin Scorsese may be famous for his ties to New York, but he knows to use one of New Jersey's most talented musicians. Pete Yorn, a native of Montville, appears in Scorsese's new epic "Killers of the Flower Moon," about the murder of Osage tribe members in Oklahoma in the 1920s.  Along with Yorn, the movie features Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro and Lily Gladstone. Despite being frequent Scorsese collaborators, this is the first time DeNiro and DiCaprio have appeared together in one of his feature-length films. Yorn has stayed true to his Jersey roots. In 2004, he released an albu…

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by Sam Barron
News
Is Hoffa Buried Beneath The Pulaski Skyway? Expert Says It's Likely Is Hoffa Buried Beneath The Pulaski Skyway? Expert Says It's Likely
Is Hoffa Buried Beneath The Pulaski Skyway? Expert Says It's Likely An author who spent decades researching the case of missing labor leader Jimmy Hoffa said new evidence he's uncovered strongly suggests he was buried in a former Jersey City landfill.  "[T]here should be a concerted effort to persuade the law-enforcement community to get a search warrant and perform an excavation at the former PJP Landfill, aka 'Brother Moscato’s Dump,' in Jersey City, New Jersey," the author, Dan Moldea, wrote on his Facebook page.  Pinning down the location of the former Teamsters president's remains has been a macabre parlor game in North Jersey ever since his …

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by Paul Milo