Author: Greater Media

  • Youth Adult Peer Advocate recipient has success inside, outside of classroom

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — Neal Gaeta received the Young Adult Peer Advocate Award. A senior at North Brunswick Township High School with a 4.09 GPA, Neal is taking Advanced Placement Government and Politics, Literature and Composition, Calculus AB and psychology in his senior year. He has studied Advanced Placement and honors…

  • Mission Belief is NJ’s Horse of the Year

    Trotting filly Mission Brief has been named the winner of the Secretary of Agriculture’s Trophy as New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2015. Also selected New Jersey Sire Stakes Horse of the Year, Mission Brief will be honored Jan. 24 at the 59th Annual New Jersey Breeders Awards Luncheon at 1 p.m. at O’Connor’s…

  • STORK CLUB

    Melissa and Rick Geiger of Milltown announce the birth of their daughter, Molly Kate, July 1, 2015, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. The baby weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and joins her sisters, Julia, 7, and Rachel, 5, and her brother, Ricky Jr., 2. Grandparents are Lynn and Rick Geiger of Spotswood, Joyce…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Monmouth County Park System is keeping several of its golf courses open for play this winter: Bel-Aire Golf Course in Wall, Charleston Springs Golf Course in Millstone and Shark River Golf Course in Neptune. Golfers will enjoy reduced rates at these courses starting Jan. 1. Weather permitting, courses are open daily from 9 a.m.…

  • Auditions set for ‘The Music Man’

    The North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services has announced the Broadway classic “The Music Man” as this year’s 46th annual community theatre musical. Director Michael Hritz is seeking principals as well as a diverse adult ensemble. No experience is necessary. Vocal and dialogue auditions for children’s roles only including Winthrop, Amaryllis, Zaneeta,…

  • New year offers opportunity to organize

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Mise en place is a French culinary term that means “putting in place.” For chefs, having ingredients prepared and arranged before the cooking process begins allows for greater organization and efficiency in executing a recipe. Applying that concept in everyday life can bring that same organization to almost any task.…

  • Coldwell Banker reports ranks most expensive, most affordable markets in New Jersey

    Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC has released its 2015 Home Listing Report (HLR), which ranks the affordability of 188 real estate markets in New Jersey. The Coldwell Banker HLR named Chatham Township the most expensive market in New Jersey, with an average listing price of $882,260, while Willingboro ranked as the most affordable market in…

  • Type ‘O’ blood in high demand

    New Jersey Blood Services will hold a blood drive 1-7 p.m. Jan. 11 at the North Brunswick Municipal Building, Type “O” blood, the universal donor, is in demand. To donate blood or to organize a blood drive, call 1-800-933-2566 or visit www.nybloodcenter.org.

  • Automakers accelerating on auto-braking

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Your next car could apply the brakes on its own to help avoid a collision Perhaps as the first step toward driverless cars, expect advanced safety systems that can help drivers avoid, or at least lessen the effects of a crash to become widespread in the not-too-distant future. Ten automakers…