• Tony Bennett’s star-studded birthday celebration is NBC’s holiday gift to you

    Tony Bennett’s star-studded birthday celebration is NBC’s holiday gift to you

    By Lori Acken On a balmy September night in New York City, “Tony Bennett” has just taken the Radio City Music Hall stage. Except it’s not the Tony Bennett — the iconic crooner who marked his 90th birthday a month before. It’s actor Alec Baldwin, sporting an exact replica of the real Tony Bennett’s wavy,…

  • Students “leaf” their mark on Jensen’s Deep Run

    Students “leaf” their mark on Jensen’s Deep Run

    PLUMSTED – A group of New Egypt High School students recently visited Jensen’s Deep Run, Route 537, to rake leaves and spread cheer to the adult community’s residents during the first New Egypt High School Community Service Day, according to a press release from the Plumsted Township School District. The students arrived at 8:30 a.m.…

  • Magic in the light

    Magic in the light

    A photographic journey of Bruce Springsteen’s career lands at Morven Museum & Garden By Adam Grybowski From the Princeton Packet It took many years for Frank Stefanko to discover the secret inside one of his best-selling photographs of Bruce Springsteen. Originally shot in 1978, the photo shows Springsteen sitting on the headlight of his Corvette,…

  • Effect of hurricanes on beach-nesting birds topic of talk

    Effect of hurricanes on beach-nesting birds topic of talk

    Christina Davis from New Jersey’s Endangered and Non-Game Species Program will present “Hurricanes and Beach Nesting Birds – More Than Meets the Eye” at the Monmouth County Audubon Society meeting on Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. The program will be held at the Knights of Columbus hall, 200 Fair Haven Road, Fair Haven. The public…

  • Ask our broker with Peter G. Miller

    Ask our broker with Peter G. Miller

    Retire an Owner? By Peter G. Miller CTW Features Question: My parents will be retiring in a few years. They currently have jobs so monthly mortgage payments are easy to handle, however once they retire that income will go away. Do many people at retirement age still have mortgages? What are the pros and cons…

  • Edison woman crowned Miss NJ USA

    Edison woman crowned Miss NJ USA

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Chaavi Verg is Miss New Jersey USA 2017, but it came with a loss and a year of emerging from a teenage girl into a young woman. As she rung in 2016, Verg, 19, made her New Year resolutions — be crowned Miss New Jersey USA and become extremely…

  • Rise of the real estate rookie

    Rise of the real estate rookie

    First-time homebuyers are purchasing in greater numbers – here’s why By Erik J. Martin CTW Features There’s a first time for everything in life: your first day at school, first kiss, first car, first job and – eventually – first home. Now, more Americans are choosing to take that initial step into homeownership in a…

  • First-timers surge

    First-timers surge

    A new survey shows that first-time homebuyers will surge during the Spring and Summer of 2017 buying season By Jesse Darland CTW Features The real estate market will see a huge increase in first-time homebuyers in 2017, according to Realtor.com’s Active Home Shopper Report. Based on a survey of users of the website in September…

  • Community candlelight service announced

    Community candlelight service announced

    The Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank, 172 Shrewsbury Ave., will hold a Community Candlelight Service at 7 p.m. on Dec. 24. Doors open at 6 p.m. The service will feature the music and dance ministries of Pilgrim. The special guest for the service will be the Second Baptist Church of Asbury Park. Pastor Semaj…

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