• CODA .

    Classroom punishment: American horror stories GREG BEAN When I was in the third grade, we had a teacher who was mean, cruel and scared us to death. If you were just sorta bad — say, you tracked mud into the classroom after recess — she’d make you sit in the closet where they kept the…

  • New efficiency standards could have a serious impact

    Did you know that on May 1, 2013, the government will change the efficiency standards for gas furnaces in our part of the United States? Contractors will not be able to install any gas furnace below 90-percent efficiency levels. Ninety-percent efficient gas furnaces do not vent into a common chimney like older, less efficient furnaces…

  • Freeholders condemn acts of hate in Manalapan

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders condemned the anti- Semitic symbols and messages that were discovered throughout the Monmouth Heights residential development in Manalapan on Sept. 6. Residents there woke to find swastikas — the symbol of Nazi Germany and hatred against the Jewish people — and other messages of hate spray-painted throughout the community.…

  • Monmouth Heights jolted by anti-Semitic vandalism

    Police, Prosecutor’s Office seek suspects in Sept. 6 bias crime in Manalapan BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Cars were the targets of vandals who spray-painted anti-Semitic graffiti throughout the Monmouth Heights development in Manalapan during the overnight hours of Sept. 5-6. READER-SUBMITTED PHOTO MANALAPAN — Commuters heading up Route 9 got a jolt of ugliness…

  • How do you stop hate crimes?

    BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARK ROSMAN Residents in the Monmouth Heights development in Manalapan awoke to symbols and messages of hate that were scrawled throughout the neighborhood during the overnight hours of Sept. 5-6. Shards of glass pour onto the street of a Jewish neighborhood after a brick smashes through a car windshield. A…

  • The well-connected car

    Auto tech updates will let drivers access information and services, with both hands on the wheel. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features ‘C onnectivity” is the big buzzword among automakers these days as they attempt to attract a new generation of tech-savvy buyers by integrating smartphone functionality into their vehicles. Most cars offer a simple Bluetooth…

  • Q&A

    with Sharon Peters Gen Y drive by Q: A bunch of us boomers were talking the other night about our first cars. Back then, we wanted loud, fast muscle cars to impress the girls. But kids today seem satisfied with crazy little cars that simply get them from point A to point B. We were…

  • real estate briefs 

    Jack Waters, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, announced that the Old Bridge office was recognized for outstanding performance in July. The office led the region, which is comprised of offices throughout Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, in resales, resale revenue units and resale dollar volume. You can visit Weichert’s Old Bridge office at 1394…

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