• Top down

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: We want to buy a second car — a convertible because finally, in our 50s, we’ve managed to buy into a beach house and we want to do the fun-in-the-sun thing fully. We want a new convertible, not used, but we’ve got to stay at $25,000 or less, and are…

  • BIG TRUCKS ON THE MOVE

    New pickups from Chevrolet, GMC and Toyota are coming this year to help meet a renewed demand for full-size trucks. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features With modest increases already being registered during 2012 and 2013, full-size pickup sales are poised to skyrocket. According to the Wall Street Journal, the recovery of the U.S. housing market…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Mimi Neuhaus, broker/owner of Neuhaus Realty, Holmdel, announces that Debra Brus, a 26-year real estate veteran, has joined the office. “I am delighted to welcome Debra to the Neuhaus team. She is the kind of high caliber agent our company is known for,” Neuhaus said. Brus is the recipient of many top producer awards, She…

  • MCAR raises funds and awareness in the fight against hunger

    (l-r) Donna Bennet, MCAR Equal Opportunity Committee co-chair; Linda Keenan, director of development for the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties; and Diane McCarty, MCAR Equal Opportunity Committee co-chair The Monmouth County Association of Realtors recently completed its year-long initiative to collect nonperishable food and monetary donations for The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.…

  • RE/MAX tops list of most productive agents, earns most rankings for properties sold

    Ranked by most properties sold, RE/MAX residential specialists led all competitors among the top 1,000 real estate agents in the nation. Published by The Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends, “The Thousand” ranked the top 250 agents and top 250 teams for transaction side and sales volume. When the 500 transaction standings are combined, RE/MAX…

  • Kukoda confident in rebuilding New Egypt boys basketball team

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Matt Kukoda had to get players used to his basketball coaching style at New Egypt High School, and now he is going through a similar experience with rebuilding a team for next season after seven players in his rotation graduated in June. For that reason, Kukoda said his young players are…

  • Freehold’s Okerson cruises to first Wall Stadium triumph of the season

    Chas Okerson seemed to be shot out of a cannon early on and then maintained that pace for the entire 40-lap distance in winning the main event for Modified stock cars at Wall Stadium Speedway on July 13. It was the first win of the season for the multi-time championship-winning Freehold race driver. When the…

  • Dambach invited to compete in U.S. lacrosse showcase event

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Alec Dambach A s the first lacrosse player from the area to be invited to the U.S. Lacrosse All-American Showcase in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Howell High School’s Alec Dambach is blazing a trail that has never been traveled before. That’s nothing new for the recent graduate. During the scholastic…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Jackson Renegades Girls Fastpitch Softball will hold tryouts for the 2013-14 season for the following age groups: 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U. The tryouts will be held at the Bartley Softball Fields across from the Holbrook Little League, Bartley Road, Jackson, from 9 a.m. to noon. The tryout dates are Aug. 3-4 for the…

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