• BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Committee pauses for ecosystem

    Township pondering pros and cons of mosquito spraying By David Kilby, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The pellet form of a chemical spread by helicopter to kill mosquito colonies in the municipality has raised environmental issues, since the pellets are believed to interrupt the ecosystem and affect pollinizing insects including bees.    Committeewoman Jill Popko, liaison…

  • Find the best deals in used cars

    We scoured a wealth of data to uncover the best deals among three-year-old models in eight vehicle segments By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features The bad news for cash-strapped car buyers is that prices for late-model used cars remain high since Superstorm Sandy took tens of thousands of vehicles off the market last October. The good…

  • Q&A

    Vintage presents with Sharon Peters Q: My husband will turn 70 next year and we’re planning a special blowout. Some old photos of him in his 20s show him with his foot propped up on the back bumper of an old-fashioned little car that he often speaks of fondly. It was light green and, foreign,…

  • real estate briefs 

    Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors sales associate Lorraine Marchany recently earned the GRI (Graduate Realtors Institute) professional designation from the New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR). The GRI is a nationally recognized mark of achievement in the real estate profession. Marchany, SFR, SRES, ABR, ePro, ASP, CSP, was awarded this designation after completing 90 hours…

  • real estate briefs 

    John G. Udell, president of Weichert Commercial Brokerage Inc., announces that Senior Vice President Mario Chiarella has been awarded Weichert Commercial’s Broker of the Year Award based on highest dollar volume in sales and leases for 2012. Chiarella was Broker of the Year for 2011 as well. He was a key player in the company’s…

  • real estate briefs 

    Gloria Nilson, Realtors, Real Living, announces Patricia “Tricia” Kobos has been promoted as the Monroe office’s new broker manager after recently attaining her broker license. “We can think of no more a deserving person for this position than Tricia,” said Pat Bell, president of Gloria Nilson Realtors. “Her knowledge of the Monroe real estate market…

  • Toll Brother is having a national sales event through Feb. 24

    Toll Brothers, the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, is hosting a national sales event through Feb. 24, 2013, offering substantial savings and incentive packages. The event is taking place in Toll Brothers communities nationwide, and locally throughout Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Somerset, and Sussex counties in New Jersey. Homebuyers will be able…

  • sport shorts 

    A goalkeeper and field player are needed for the U15 Spotswood Girls Soccer Team. The team will play in Flight 2 MNJYSA and competitive tournaments this spring. If interested, please contact John Hager at [email protected] or 908-309-7795.

  • First Monroe AD and football coach, Hugh Walsh, dies

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent A ll you needed to know about the impact Hugh Walsh had on Monroe Township High School was the fact the administration named the football stadium after him while the district’s first athletic director and football coach was enjoying his retirement. On Feb. 15, Walsh, an Old Bridge resident, died after…

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