Author: Greater Media

  • Republicans sweep in Howell

    ELECTIION 2014 By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer HOWELL — A trio of Republicans won the race for three four-year terms on the Howell Township Council in the Nov. 4 election. Vote totals posted by the Monmouth County Board of Elections show incumbents Robert Nicastro, Pauline Smith and Robert Walsh winning re-election with 6,161, 6,364…

  • Farmingdale property cited in grand jury indictment

    A Monmouth County grand jury returned a five-count indictment on Oct. 6 charging a West Virginia woman and a Georgia man in a conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud on a Farmingdale property, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Vanessa Hoey, 37, of West Virginia, and Joseph Lantier, 37, of Georgia, are charged with…

  • Full-day kindergarten examined in Jackson

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON — Kindergarten in the Jackson School District may eventually become a full-day program. To that end, officials have started the process of gathering financial and demographic information that will help them determine if the move is a viable one to make. The district has been conducting an online survey…

  • Fall fest

    PHOTO COURTESY OF SEEMA SINGAL More than 250 students and their families, including Savanna Million, pictured here, attended the Fall Fest at Kiddie Academy of North Brunswick on Oct. 24.

  • The cat’s meow

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Mary Botteon, community liaison for Scarlet Paws Animal Welfare, talks with patrons during the North Brunswick Humane Association’s Nov. 8 adoption event held at the Toyota dealership in North Brunswick.

  • SPORT SHORTS

    On Nov. 8, the Old Bridge Girls Soccer League collected food for the Old Bridge Food Bank. The Old Bridge Girls Soccer League issued a statement expressing its appreciation to all those who donated to help those in need. Mansfield University Baseball Christmas Clinics are just a few weeks away. Clinics run from Dec. 27…

  • Hidden Pond readies for preview

    D& D Developers is putting the finishing touches on the model home at Hidden Pond Court in East Brunswick. Hidden Pond Court is a new community offering luxury homebuyers custom designs and expansive living spaces. “The model home should be opened to the public in the new year, and it’s designed to wow!” says David…

  • Toll Brothers’ New Jersey communities offering buyers the ultimate kitchen

    Through Nov. 16, Toll Brothers is hosting the Ultimate Kitchen Event in communities throughout suburban New Jersey. Home buyers now have the opportunity to add more style, elegance, and value to their new Toll Brothers home for less in the one room that seems to matter the most — the kitchen. Buyers who place a…

  • Photo

    RAY CHISTE Soybeans are harvested on the evening of Oct. 30 at a farm in Upper Freehold Township that is owned by Tri-County Turf LLC of Cranbury.