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Car expenses increase
Owning and operating a car will set motorists back 1.9 percent more this year than it did in 2011, according to the annual “Your Driving Costs” study recently issued by the AAA in Orlando, Fla. Motorists now pay an average 58.5 cents per mile, or $8,780 per year, based on driving a typical midsize sedan…
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Q&A
Smoke be gone with Sharon Peters We parked our car next to a campfire on a camping trip and left the windows open, so now we have smoke odor with us all time. What do you suggest to get rid of it? A: Wipe every interior surface with the appropriate cleaning product: leather cleaner if…
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The perfect renter
The rental market is competitive, so put your best foot forward to get the apartment you want The rental market is heating up, and now is a busy time in a lot of rentalheavy communities. Prospective renters need to get their papers in order and act fast to snatch up vacant apartments. According to the…
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Prudential Fox & Roach lending a hand on Community Service Day
Lending a helping hand in their communities was a gratifying experience for Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors Princeton Junction office volunteers who spent the day holding a charity flea market to benefit the ALS Foundation. The flea market was held on Sept. 21 as part of the company’s 17th Annual Community Service Day. More than…
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‘Sold My Soul’ coming to SWMHS stage
The Sayreville War Memorial High School Theatre Society will present director Michael A. Piccuirro’s “Sold My Soul for Rock and Roll” 7 p.m. Nov. 2 and 3 at the high school, Washington Road. Based on a 14th-century play by Shakespeare’s contemporary, Christopher Marlowe, the production deals with the Faustian legend of selling one’s soul to…
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Fall fun
Above: Sayreville War Memorial High School hosted a marching band competition Oct. 13 for the Tournament of Bands (TOB) Chapter 10 division. Known as “A Night of a Thousand Stars,” Sayreville’s show was a contest in which eight bands competed for musical and visual scores, sponsored by the Sayreville Band Parent Association. The Sayreville band,…
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Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament Soccer
Left: East Brunswick High School’s Natasha Ntone Kouo (l) and Piscataway Township High School’s Maia Williams battle over the ball during the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final, which was held at Woodbridge High School on Oct. 27. The Bears defeated the Chiefs, 2-1. Below: East Brunswick’s Sydney Rosa (c) celebrates with teammate Karen Spehalski after…
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Springsteen photographer to present ‘Streets of Fire’
Photographer Eric Meola, whose career is synonymous with visionary images of musical icon Bruce Springsteen and vibrant depictions of the world’s exotic places, will sign copies of his latest book, “Streets of Fire,” at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Monmouth University’s Wilson Hall, West Long Branch. The signing will include an illustrated discussion of the…
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Barbara DeSpirito
Mrs. DeSpirito, 74, of Freehold Township, formerly of Sayreville, died Oct. 21, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Surviving are her husband, Nicholas “Nick” De- Spirito; a daughter, Deborah Alvarado and her husband, Michael, of Freehold Township; two sons, Philip DeSpirito and his wife, Kathleen, of Middletown, and Steven DeSpirito and his wife, Jennifer,…
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