Author: Claire Reed, Managing Editor

  • Don’t kid yourself: Sleep is essential for a healthy, active life

    Don’t kid yourself: Sleep is essential for a healthy, active life

    By Dr. Ira Shapiro The findings have been all over the news. If you want a healthier, more productive life, sleep more. No other essential ingredient to our existence has been treated with such disdain. While many “would give anything for a good night’s sleep,” others still soundly embrace the decades-old, tired and worn “I’ll…

  • RWJUH offering Diabetes Prevention Program

    RWJUH offering Diabetes Prevention Program

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset’s Community Health Department is offering a diabetes prevention program for African American adults, including those of African and Caribbean descent, called “The Power Over Diabetes: Empowering Our Brothers and Sisters.” The free 10-week program will begin Sept. 14 in Somerville and Sept. 24 in New Brunswick. Participants will receive…

  • Repower up

    Repower up

    Steering You Right With Sharon Peters Q: What’s a “repowering” process when you’re talking engines? My son emailed he’s considering that for his old car, and I’ve never heard of it. A: When an engine is in deep trouble, some owners are opting not to buy a new car, which used to be what folks…

  • Letting sellers stay can pay

    Letting sellers stay can pay

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features Time is money. Since affordably priced homes are in short supply in many markets, buyers that fear other purchasers will be offering more money than they are willing to pay might entice a seller by accommodating his need to take time moving out. This strategy is only effective, however,…

  • How to fix a gender gap in the housing market

    How to fix a gender gap in the housing market

    Why buying a home is more profitable for men than women — and what women can do about it By Erik J. Martin CTW Features For years, it’s been widely reported that women typically earn less in the workplace than men — as evidenced by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that females made…

  • Friends indeed help residents in need

    Friends indeed help residents in need

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Congratulations were in order for Councilman Tom Reilly at the  City Council business meeting held earlier this month. That’s because the Old Bridge Sayreville and South Amboy (OBSSA) Chamber of Commerce will recognize the Friends of South Amboy organization, of which Reilly is a part, at the Business…

  • Howell board hears plan for Texas Roadhouse

    Howell board hears plan for Texas Roadhouse

    HOWELL – Testimony is expected to continue at the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s Sept. 26 meeting on an applicant’s proposal to place a Texas Roadhouse restaurant in the Mill Club shopping center at Route 9 north and Lanes Mill Road, Howell. The Mill Club shopping center is adjacent to the Greenleaf shopping center. AAM Mill,…

  • School board welcomes Cali, applauds Mongon in Old Bridge

    School board welcomes Cali, applauds Mongon in Old Bridge

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The Board of Education appointed Jill Cali to serve the remainder of longtime board member Nancy Mongon’s term. Board members were caught by surprise when Mongon, whose three-year term was set to end January 2017, announced her resignation at a meeting in June. Three township residents sent letters of…

  • Rally for the Navesink shines a light on jellyfish, pollution

    Rally for the Navesink shines a light on jellyfish, pollution

    By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RUMSON — Representatives of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Rutgers University, Montclair State University and other organizations joined members of the community to rally for the Navesink River. Clean Ocean Action, a Highlands-based nonprofit that is dedicated to improving water quality along the coasts of New Jersey and…