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Brunswick area benefits from not-so-secret garden
Rutgers Gardens will hold open house July 27 By JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent This text will be replaced Rutgers Gardens features 180 acres of gardens, woods and fields nestled off Ryders Lane. An open house will be held Saturday. Traveling on Ryders Lane at 50 mph, motorists concentrating on driving may miss a small sign with…
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Activist advises Sandy victims to rebuild high
By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Owners of homes flooded by superstorm Sandy have good reason to rebuild to new floodplain standards: to avoid increased flood insurance premiums. The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 extends the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), established in 1968, for another five years on the condition that multiple new…
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Beach season salvaged after Sandy
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Beachgoers take a stroll along Belmar’s boardwalk on a muggy afternoon last week. Oceanfront tourism should fare well this summer if the weather holds up, local business leaders said. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Shore businesses are faring better than expected this summer, despite the multibillion-dollar blow dealt by superstorm Sandy.…
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Best new-car interiors for 2013
Automakers are slaving attention on their cars’ and trucks’ passenger compartments like never before. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features While sleek exterior styling may catch one’s eye on the street or in a dealer’s showroom, having to spend an hour at a time sitting in an inferior interior during a grueling commute can quickly take…
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Q&A
Life savers? with Sharon Peters Q: We’ve had some horrible car-wreck fatalities lately, and in every case the driver survived and the passengers did not. I’m wondering if all the extra airbags and things that are on the driver’s side now are the reason more passengers than drivers die in car wrecks these days. A:…
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REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
Maureen Baez recently joined Resources Real Estate in Rumson. “We are proud to have associates like Maureen with a wide range of experience related to our field,” said Carolynn Diakon, broker-senior partner. “Though she’s new to real estate, Maureen’s background is a perfect fit. Her keen eye for design will serve her well in this…
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SPORT SHORTS
Cyclists from all over the East Coast will join forces on Aug. 3 to celebrate the 33rd Annual Princeton Free Wheelers (PFW) Bicycling Event, open to anyone with a bicycle and an approved cycling helmet. Tours through the beautiful countryside around central New Jersey range from a kidfriendly, 16-mile ride to a scenic century, from…
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RBR basketball team camp attracts college coaches
By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Now in its fifth year, the Maroon and White Summer Team Camp next week will welcome college representatives for just the second time, a development that raised the stakes of the already-notable girls basketball tournament at Red Bank Regional High School. College coaches weren’t fully satisfied by last summer’s event, Red…
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Baffert going for fourth straight victory in the Haskell Invitational
Hard Enough (5), with jockey Paco Lopez riding, captured the $60,000 Jersey Derby at Monmouth Park on July 20. The racetrack will be hosting the $1 million William Hill Haskell Invitational for 3-year-olds on July 28. Whether trainer Bob Baffert can maintain his ownership of the Haskell Invitational will be on the minds of everyone…
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