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Michigan teens lend a hand in New Jersey
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer A group of teenagers from Michigan recently traded in the comforts of home to come to central New Jersey to pick up shovels, tools and paintbrushes and help residents whose homes were damaged by superstorm Sandy in October. Young people representing Teens on a Mission from Our Lady of…
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Beach season salvaged after Sandy
By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Russell Sage, 5, of Wall Township, is all smiles as he comes face to face with a new friend named Miles during a visit to Olde Freehold Day at Lake Topanemus Park, Freehold Township, on July 20. The day featured amusements, entertainment, food and family fun. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Shore businesses…
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Marlboro rejects plan for all-ages development
K. Hovnanian plan appeared to be in line with state law By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer T he residential development formerly known as Wildflower at Marlboro will not blossom in the township as soon as developer K. Hovnanian would like. The Marlboro Planning Board has denied K. Hovnanian’s application to convert an approved age-restricted community…
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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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Prudential ranked highest for customer satisfaction in three segments of study
Prudential Real Estate, an HSF Affiliates LLC company, and Prudential New Jersey Properties announced that the Prudential Real Estate affiliate network ranked highest for customer satisfaction in three of the four segments included in J.D. Power and Associates’ annual Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Study. The network scored highest in Repeat Home Buyer, First-Time Home Buyer, and…
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REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
Angela “Angie” Adams, a sales associate with the Metuchen/Edison of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., ranked No. 49 out of the company’s approximately 3,000 agents for units sold in 2012, attaining a spot in the coveted Top 50. On a worldwide scale, Adams ranked within the top 9 percent…
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Incorrect credit
Survey shows that 23 percent of Americans experience problems with their credit reports. Here’s how to fix it. Nearly one quarter of Americans surveyed say they have encountered problems with their credit reports, according to a recent survey by the Thomson Reuters legal information website FindLaw.com. FindLaw surveyed a representative sample of 1,000 Americans and…
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Cooke uses cross-country experience in 400-meter IH
By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Mark Cooke (c) How in the world does running crosscountry prepare a track athlete to jump hurdles? For Mark Cooke, it is through distance running that the J.P. Stevens High School track standout has become one of the best 400-meter intermediate hurdlers (IH) in the state. “From my experience running [hurdles],…
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