It takes $2 and a pizza to get Bob Hurley Sr. into a HS hoops game these days Bob Hurley Sr. hasn’t attended many high school basketball games since St. Anthony closed. So we took him to one. “Two seniors, please.” The man behind the ticket table at the Seton Hall Prep gymnasium has spent […]
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Cento Amici Member Bob Hurley in the New York Times
The School Closed. The Players Left. But the Coach Can’t Quit. It was 3:50 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon when the gray-haired coach parked his silver Toyota Camry and strode purposefully toward the gym. Bob Hurley, 70, wasn’t heading into his gym and he wasn’t getting set to coach his players — he no longer […]
Cento Amici featured in ROI-NJ
Nonprofit Profile: Cento Amici, the ‘100 Friends’ Cento Amici (100 Friends) was founded 30 years ago by Thomas Zito, executive director of the Bayonne Housing Authority, and Robert Zito, then an executive at the New York Stock Exchange. The two had been members of Tiro a Segno, a New York organization that was both a […]
Col. Jack Jacobs and Joe Grano in Legacies of War: Vietnam
Legacies of War: Vietnam This documentary film explores the legacy of the Vietnam War through the experiences of veterans from the New York tri-state area. Veterans highlight stories of their service in Vietnam and the treatment they received upon coming home, along with a discussion of how the Vietnam War has affected how American civilians […]
Steve Kalafer in NJ.com
N.J. mega car dealer pulls TV ads over NFL protests In response to the ongoing controversy surrounding NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, the owner of Flemington Car and Truck Country has pulled the dealership’s ads from broadcasts of games for the remainder of the 2017 season. Read more here: http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/index.ssf/2017/10/flemington_business_owner_pulls_tv_ads_over_nfl_pr.html
General Frank Libutti Featured in NJBiz
From the Corps to the corner office: Former Marine finds business niche in pipelines, pharmaceuticals It’s not every day that someone compares overseeing 80,000 U.S. Marines to running a project management and gas pipeline inspection firm in New Jersey. But for Frank Libutti, former U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General and current president and CEO of […]
Cento Amici Welcomes NJ District Court Chief Judge Jose Linares as its Newest Member
WARREN, N.J.- Judge Jose Linares, an adjunct Professor at Seton Hall School of Law, a strong supporter of education in New Jersey, and the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, has agreed to become the newest member of Cento Amici, a New Jersey philanthropic organization that funds […]
Cento Amici in NJ.com
Cento Amici Welcomes NJ District Court Chief Judge As Newest Member Judge Jose Linares, an adjunct Professor at Seton Hall School of Law, a strong supporter of education in New Jersey, and the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, has agreed to become the newest member of […]
Cento Amici Member Bob Hurley Wins ESPY for Best Coach
Bob Hurley, former St. Anthony basketball coach, honored at ESPY Awards He isn’t coaching hoops anymore, but the accolades keep on coming for Bob Hurley. The former head of the storied boys basketball program at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, which closed earlier this year, won the Best Coach Award at the ESPYs […]
St. Anthony High School’s Bob Hurley Feature In The Ringer
St. Anthony’s Unanswered Prayer Over 45 years, Bob Hurley turned his Jersey City basketball program into an unlikely national power. Now, after 28 state titles and decades of staving off closure, St. Anthony is shutting its doors, and the Friars family is trying to cope with running out of miracles. A few minutes before 7 […]