• Demographer meets with Howell panel to discuss preliminary info

    BY GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — Members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education’s Education Committee have met with a demographer to begin discussing a potential redistricting in September 2014. Redistricting is a process through which the board could change the school or schools that children who live in a specific area…

  • Pupils’ imagination on display at McAuliffe Invention Fair

    Students are challenged to think ‘out of the box’ BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A bout half of the sixth-grade pupils at the Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Jackson channeled the likes of Apple founder Steve Jobs and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the sixth annual Invention Fair on April 9 as they showed off…

  • No ‘Shore’ solution

    The race is on to protect New Jersey’s coastline before nature takes its course BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer A worker repairs a dock in the Metedeconk River in Brick Township, Ocean County. The dock was a victim of the storm surge and heavy winds of superstorm Sandy. JEFF GRANIT staff I n 65 years…

  • Coach’s passing shocks community

    JLHS football coach Tim Osborn dies unexpectedly April 13 BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Tim Osborn Jackson Liberty High School coaches, students, staff members and administrators are mourning the loss of their colleague, Lions’ football coach Tim Osborn, and the legacy of hard work and commitment he impressed on his players and other students. Osborn, 55,…

  • Howell marathoner recounts mayhem at Boston finish line

    By Amy Rosen Meredith ReccoppaMeredith Reccoppa has been running toward Boston since 2009; on April 15 she found herself running away from the city. Reccoppa, who is an employee of Greater Media Newspapers, was receiving her medal in a tent just minutes after having crossed the finish line in the Boston Marathon, when an explosion…

  • Safest family cars for 2013

    Several midsize models garnered the highest scores in recent crash tests, including one evaluation that some luxury cars failed By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features ACURA TL When it comes to new cars, safety sells. Buying a vehicle with a higher fuel economy rating may keep a few dollars in a family’s coffers, but buying one…

  • Q&A

    Filters and fiestas with Sharon Peters Q: Our son recently bought a Ford Fiesta and loves the fuel economy. We thought we might buy one this spring as a second car for ourselves. But he says we should wait because Ford is putting one out in the fall that will get even better mileage. Is…

  • Prudential to hold multiparcel consignment sale

    Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors is partnering with Max Spann Auctions to hold a multi-parcel consignment sale of land, building lots, retail, industrial and residential properties on May 30, with the location of the auction to be determined. This auction will bring many different investors to look at various properties for sale that are located…

  • Gloria Nilson & Co. brings home top honors, winning four FAME Awards and one SAM Award

    I ndustry accolades continue to pour in for Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate, Middletown, the preeminent real estate brokerage based in central New Jersey. On the heels of winning four awards from The Shore Builders Association of Central New Jersey (SBACNJ) at the 10th annual Fabulous Achievements in Marketing Excellence (FAME) Awards Celebration, the…

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