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Mid-priced Mercedes
Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: Our 29-year-old salesman son says that this fall he’s going to buy a new Mercedes. When we expressed concern that he wasn’t quite in a financial position yet to be strapping himself to payments for a $40,000 car, he assured us that he’s aware of that and that this car…
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Cars that can go the distance
Today’s autos are engineered to last longer than ever; here are a few that can reasonably be expected to keep running for 250,000 miles or more with proper care. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Just as human life expectancy has risen dramatically in recent decades, our cars are lasting for many tens of thousands of…
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REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage presented Parag Bapna, an Edison resident and recent graduate of John P. Stevens High School, with the 2013 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Scholarship. Parag received the $4,000 scholarship based on an evaluation of his academic performance and potential, extracurricular activities, teacher recommendations and an essay. He plans to attend the University…
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Downtown urban lifestyle spurring sales at The Vue in New Brunswick
A dynamic urban lifestyle fostered by a vibrant and convenient downtown atmosphere continues to spur sales at The Vue, the 23-story mixed-use building in New Brunswick featuring 42 Penthouse condominiums, upscale amenities, exciting street-level retail and direct connectivity to the New Brunswick Train Station via a pedestrian walkway. The energy, convenience and active street life…
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Comets have brought pro fastpitch softball to N.J.
By NEIL BORENSTEIN Staff Writer Infielder Courtney Liddle looks for a pitch she can hit during a recent NY/NJ Comets game. Liddle was an All-ACC player at Virginia Tech. The Comets have brought professional fastpitch softball to New Jersey. PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA IANCIN LI The NY/NJ Comets have brought professional softball to the Northeast…
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Charlotte Sometimes is always about the music
By REGINA YORKGITIS Staff Writer Charlotte Sometimes CeeLo Green’s head bopped, Adam Levine’s jaw dropped, and before the song ended, four music superstars had spun around to fight over a Jersey girl. “You get down on yourself a lot in music,” Asbury Park resident Charlotte Sometimes said. Not on this night in February 2012, when…
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Charles T. Swiderski
Mr. Swiderski, 92, of Sayreville, died June 16, 2013, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Prior to his retirement in 1980, he was employed as a research assistant with E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 40 years.…
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Santina “Sandy” DiCaro Lombardo
Mrs. Lombardo, of North Brunswick, died June 18, 2013, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph W. Lombardo Sr. Surviving are four children, Dr. Paul Lombardo, and his wife, Chris, of Butler, Pa., Anthony Lombardo, and his wife, Pat, of Jackson, Sharon Biles, and her husband, Steve, of Spotswood and Joseph Lombardo Jr.,…
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Janis Jo Gresham Wilkerson
Mrs. Wilkerson, formerly of Old Bridge and East Brunswick, died June 22, 2013, at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Va. She was employed in administrative positions at Dow Jones & Co. in South Brunswick, where she worked for more than 20 years. After retiring in 1997, she moved to Port Arthur, Texas. Mrs. Wilkerson was predeceased by…
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