Author: Greater Media

  • Hot new pickups coming this fall

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Truck sales are surging, with automakers preparing new pickups in the compact, full-size and sport-truck segments to reach dealerships later this year Truck sales are booming, with automakers delivering 21.9 percent more pickups to customers in January than they did during the same month in 2013, with full-size models continuing…

  • The hidden cost of traffic tickets

    Being written a moving violation is enough of a salvo to the wallet, but a recent report suggests the long-term costs in terms of higher insurance premiums will sting a motorist for years, and can be particularly painful depending on where he or she lives. According to data compiled by InsuranceQuotes.com in San Francisco, Calif.,…

  • Alliance to host Narcan training

    MANALAPAN — The Manalapan- Englishtown Community Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse will hold a free Narcan training session at the municipal building, Route 522, at 6 p.m. May 21. The training is a joint project of the Jersey Shore Addiction Services health care organization and the Barnabas Health Institute for Prevention, with funding…

  • Memorial Day parade May 17

    MARLBORO — Veterans in the township will be honored and celebrated as Marlboro holds its seventh annual Memorial Day parade. The parade will begin at 2 p.m. May 17 at the Marlboro Mall, Route 79 and School Road West. The parade will travel along School Road West, to Wyncrest Road, and end at the township’s…

  • Committee may repeal zoning that led to sports complex proposal

    By Adam C. Uzialko HOLMDEL — The Planning Board has determined that an ordinance repealing changes to the township’s rural conservation zone is consistent with the master plan. At a May 12 meeting of the Planning Board, the repeal ordinance — which would eliminate changes made to the conditional uses of the R-4R rural conservation…

  • Verizon begins making case for cell tower on Route 537

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Representatives of Verizon Wireless have started offering testimony they hope will support the company’s application to construct a cellular communications tower on property at 391 Monmouth Road (Route 537). The application was heard by the Freehold Township Zoning Board of Adjustment on April 23 and will be…

  • Bulletin Board

    – Youth orchestra will perform at Brookdale The Bravura Youth Orchestra of central New Jersey will hold its year-end concert at 7 p.m. May 17 at the Performing Arts Center of Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The free concert will feature three winners of the 2015 Bravura Youth Young Artists Concerto Competition:…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    James Halpin of Howell received a Journeyman Apprentice Completion Certificate from the U.S. Department of Labor after attending classes at the Local 68 International Union of Operating Engineers Training Center in West Caldwell. The school graduated 40 students this year. Each graduate completed 600 hours of classroom training and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training. For…

  • Going to extremes

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Participants make their way over a wall during a Rock Solid Mud Run at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Several types of mud runs and obstacle course races are held annually at venues around the region. FILE PHOTO At the age of 53, Kevin Cullen is a two-time veteran of…