Author: Greater Media

  • Community Day and parade set in Holmdel

    Holmdel Recreation and the Holmdel Youth Activities Association (HYAA) are sponsoring a Community Day and Opening Day Parade 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 25 at Cross Farm Park, 10 Longbridge Road, Holmdel. The rain date is April 26. The HYAA parade will begin at 10 a.m. inside Cross Farm Park. Community Day will feature familyfriendly events…

  • Church to host jazz concert by Rhythm Kings

    First Presbyterian Church of Matawan will host the Rhythm Kings Dixieland Band at 5 p.m. April 26 at 883 Route 34, Matawan. Attendees can also enjoy meat or vegetarian versions of chili, cornbread and dessert, which is included with admission. Saxophonist Jerry Rife, a professor of music at Rider University in Lawrenceville, will head an…

  • Rutgers Day

    TOP PICK Rutgers Day will welcome new additions this year, including a parade along College Avenue, displays about Rutgers’ participation in the Big Ten conference and health sciences programming on Busch Campus. The event will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 25, with programming taking place on the Busch, College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses in…

  • Fewer documents, more benefits for borrowers

    By Erik J. Martin CTW Features New consumer finance rule reduces loan paperwork and aims to make closing more simplified Purchasing a home isn’t nearly as simple as touring an open house, settling on a sales price and signing a dotted line. There are lots of complicated documents and fine-print-filled forms that also have to…

  • Police release video of South Brunswick gas station robbery

    South Brunswick police have released a surveillance video from an April 22 armed robbery of the Gulf gas station on Route 130.At 3:55 p.m., police received a 911 call reporting the gas station had been robbed, according to Police Lt. James Ryan. Police arrived and determined the suspect allegedly displayed a handgun and demanded cash from…

  • Bon Jovi helps launch resource center for needy

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Jon Bon Jovi discusses plans for the B.E.A.T. Center, which he described as a resource hub for people in need, during an April 14 press conference at the center’s future location in Toms River. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Jon Bon Jovi is taking his efforts to serve those in…

  • Food banks expand arsenal in war on hunger

    By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Those involved with food banks across central New Jersey are working to alleviate hunger, a persistent problem plaguing families and individuals across the state. The number of those experiencing hunger continues to rise in New Jersey, according to a study by Feeding America, a nonprofit that seeks to educate…

  • Car show goes full speed ahead

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer There is only one time of year when the sight of hundreds of vehicles along Route 1 is welcomed by the community at large. That time will come this weekend, when the North Brunswick PBA Local 160 will hold the 20th annual Cops & Rodders Car Show. The parking lot…

  • Spring 2015: ‘The American dream lives on’

    Spring is in the air in Central Jersey real estate. Despite the record snow and icy conditions, the spring rush is on to buy and sell real estate. Spring 2015 will be known as the perfect real estate market. At Gloria Zastko, Realtors, March 2015 came in like a bear, but went out like a…