‘Hamnet’: A stirring fable of love and grief
Movie Review Historians have long speculated that Shakespeare’s masterpiece, “Hamlet,” was inspired by the loss of his only son, Hamnet, who died at age 11, possibly of bubonic plague. That hypothesis was the basis of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 bestseller, “Hamnet: A...
Thomas LaManna ends career with a victory
Thomas LaManna dropped to his knees in the middle of the ring Saturday night as a wave of emotions hit him like an uppercut. His eyes welled with tears as a streak of blood slid down his reddened face from a cut above his left eyebrow. He sagged to all fours,...
The wood art of Charles Wray
Charles Wray’s love of wood art began when he was a student at Collingswood Middle School in Collingswood, Camden County. There, Wray met Gordon Heimbach, an industrial arts teacher whose woodshop class got him hooked on wood art. “I really liked Mr. Heimbach,” said...
Go from ‘yes’ to ‘I do’ the Luxe Boutique and Gift Shop
Business Buzz When you were growing up, do you remember fellow grade school students who knew exactly what they wanted to be? There were kids who wanted to be doctors, firefighters, hairdressers, teachers, and yes, there was the future organizer who was planning...
Chris Columbus: The beat of Atlantic City
When fans of classic big band jazz gather, the talk invariably turns to the legendary drummers of yore who drove those ensembles. One of the names that seems to always come up is that of Sonny Payne, who spent 10 years with the band of Count Basie, 13 years with Harry...
