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  • Nominations sought for Heritage Award

    Nominations are being accepted for this year’s Ann Marie Chandlee Heritage Award through the North Brunswick Heritage Day Committee. The Heritage Award is bestowed annually to a township resident who has been dedicated to improving the quality of life in North Brunswick as a volunteer with a nonprofit group or civic organization for an extended…

  • Binbinon, Grover to lead Raiders

    NORTH BRUNSWICK By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent After winning the Greater Middlesex Conference White Division in 2013 and finishing 10-4 last fall, North Brunswick Township High School’s girls tennis team is in rebuilding mode this fall. The good news for the Raiders is that Colleen Binbinon returns at first singles, where she posted 12 victories a…

  • The finer points of negotiating the deal

    5 tips for homebuyers and sellers to follow when it’s time to make or counter an offer By Erik J. Martin CTW Features If you’re shopping for a home and think you’ve located the perfect property, you likely want to act with swift determination and submit a bid before somebody beats you to it. If…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Jack Waters, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, announced the Old Bridge office was recognized for outstanding performance in July. The office led the region, which is comprised of locations throughout Middlesex County, in resale listings, resales, resale revenue units and resale dollar volume. In addition, sales associate Rupinder Sodhi of the Old Bridge office…

  • States with the highest and lowest car insurance rates

    While auto insurance premiums are largely based on a motorist’s driving record, two otherwise equivalent drivers will find they face drastically different insurance rates based solely on where they live. According to Insure.com in Foster City, Calif., those living in Maine ($805), Ohio ($843), Idaho ($877), Iowa ($886) and New Hampshire ($905) will pay the…

  • What, no flux capacitor?

    We’re usually skeptical of such assertions, but luxury automaker Lexus recently announced it’s developing a working prototype of a hoverboard like the one that lead character Marty McFly rides (after time traveling forward to 2015) in the movie “Back to the Future II.” The company says the skateboard of the future employs magnetic levitation via…

  • Supply drive sends pupils off to school with a full backpack

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — For the seventh consecutive year, Anita Hahn of Millstone Township is spearheading a school supplies drive that will end today, Aug. 27. Tomorrow, all of the supplies will be placed in backpacks and delivered to between 10 and 20 children who are in need in the community. Schools in…

  • Using their heads

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Allentown High School’s Pat Kyle, left, and South Brunswick High School’s Chris Bobev try to win possession of the ball in air during a preseason scrimmage Aug. 21 at Allentown.

  • Allentown looks to fill spots left by key departed runners

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Conor Murphy repeatedly reset record times in distance running in his three years on Allentown High School’s cross-country and indoor and outdoor track teams before embarking this month on a college career at Rutgers University. Also graduated are top five crosscountry runners Andrew Fortier and Vincenzo Ferriola. Mimi Crawford, the lead…