• Boost your appeal

    This summer, beautify your home to boost curb appeal for potential buyers Every home needs an “ah-ha moment,” says Scott Grams, executive director of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association. “You have to invest in that moment,” he says. Homeowners attempting to sell their homes in today’s real estate market need every competitive advantage they can…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Registration open for Vacation Bible School

    The Old Bridge Baptist Church, 21 Kossman St., East Brunswick, is accepting registration for its “Digging for Buried Treasure: The Word of God, Our Treasure” Vacation Bible School, which will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. July 22-26. There will be Bible lessons, crafts, games, snacks and music for children entering kindergarten through sixth grade. To register,…

  • 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. She was predeceased by her…

  • Keith L. Buttcher Jr.

    Mr. Buttcher, 25, of Old Bridge, died June 24, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed as a gas attendant for Wawa, Route 18, Old Bridge, where he worked for the past eight years. He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Lucy and Winant Buttcher; his step-grandfather, Carl Schwarz; and…

  • Regina B. Tomkowski Krempecki

    Mrs. Krempecki, 88, of South River, died June 26, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Krempecki; a son, Anthony Krempecki; and a granddaughter, Kelly Ann Carney. Surviving are two children and their spouses, Mark and Dawn Krempecki of South River, and Cheryl and James Carney…

  • Alfreda E. Rarus Golaszewski

    Mrs. Golaszewski, 88, of Sayreville, died June 22, 2013, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1984, she was employed by the B&T Diner, South River, where she worked for 30 years. She was predeceased by her husband, John B. Golaszewski; and four siblings, Irene Czernikowski, Julius Rarus, Paul Rarus and Clara Gurgul. Surviving are…

  • Margaret Cox Downey

    Mrs. Downey, 91, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died June 24, 2013, in Roosevelt Care Center, Old Bridge. She was a registered nurse for many years. She was predeceased by her husband, David Downey; and four brothers, George, Chester, William and Maurice Cox. Surviving are a sister-in-law, Margie Cox; and several nieces and nephews.…

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