Margaret F. Bonafide

Seaside Heights Jet Star roller coaster comes down

app.com — The crowds came early and held cameras high to get the shot that they have been waiting six months to snap. Shortly before noon, a crane ripped a track of the Jet Star rollercoaster that superstorm Sandy dropped in the ocean more than six months ago.

Michigan School District Fires All Teachers, Closes Every School

takepart.com — A funding crisis caused the Buena Vista School District to close its schools for the rest of the year-and perhaps permanently.

In New Orleans, Times-Picayune’s Monopoly Crumbles

nytimes.com — A year after announcing a plan to reorganize The Times-Picayune of New Orleans into a more digitally focused enterprise that produced a newspaper just three days a week - enraging local residents - its owners have added a new innovation: they will go back to producing a printed product every day.

You Are Not The Father : Typhoid Rosie

youtube.com — Available on Amazon & itunes: Amazon: http://amzn.to/XHEf4Q , iTunes: http://bit.ly/11MuLXj Typhoid Rosie's song "You Are Not The Father" off their debut album: The Music Album. Filmed & Edited by Dyli Greenberg

Radio Times | WHYY

whyy.org — Gabrielle Hamilton serves up Blood, Bones and Butter July 13 Are Childhood Food Allergies on the Rise? July 13 Status report on green jobs & the 'clean economy' July 14 Philly jazz saxophonist Odean Pope July 15 Princeton historian JAMES MCPHERSON on 150 years of the Civil War July 18 A look at how WHYY's Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane comes together: an inside look following a few shows in July 2010 from staff meeting to live on the air.

Governor Christie's weight-loss surgery

whyy.org — Governor Christie's weight-loss surgery May 13, 2013 Hour 1 Guests: Matt Katz, Thomas Wadden, Margaret Bonafide New Jersey Governor Chris Christie revealed last week that he underwent gastric band surgery in February. The Governor explained his reasons for the secret weight loss surgery to the New York Post: "For me, this is about turning 50 and looking at my children and wanting to be there for them."