• County fair Charity Challenge a major success

    On behalf of the partners and staff of Bonamici, Colletti, Solitario & Tierney, CPAs, sponsor of the Charity Challenge at the 2012 Middlesex County Fair, I want to thank the fairgoers who attended the fair and helped support the 26 local charities that participated in this year’s event. In these difficult economic times, the fairgoers…

  • Officials are benefiting at voters’ expense

    Recently, news broke of an audit which revealed that the mayor of Monroe, Richard Pucci, had paid himself a bonus of more than $50,000 as the executive director of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA). This salaried position is one of three paychecks for the busy mayor, who while serving as the executive director of…

  • Nativity of Our Lord will host blood drive

    New Jersey Blood Services will conduct a Fall Blood Drive 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Nativity of Our Lord Church, 185 Applegarth Road, Monroe. Donors must be at least 17 years of age (16-year-olds need a parent’s permission letter), weigh at least 110 pounds and may not have donated blood within the last 56…

  • Dinners to begin at Italian-American Club

    The Sgt. John Basilone Italian-American Club will once again offer its weekly Tuesday night dinners beginning Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the club, 48 Appleby Ave., South River. The fresh-cooked homemade dinner will include salad, soup, entrée, dessert, and coffee or tea. Menus change every week. Cost is $10. For more information, call 732-238-0310…

  • Community invited to butterfly release

    Old Bridge Girl Scout Troop No. 81816 and Camp Quality of New Jersey will sponsor a butterfly release to raise awareness of childhood cancer from 10-11 a.m. Sept. 8 in Geick Park, Route 516, Old Bridge. The community is invited to attend. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. For more information, email [email protected].

  • Local dealer announces opening of second location in Toms River

    The World Family of Dealers announces that they have just been awarded by Volkswagen to open a second Volkswagen dealership in Toms River this September. Volkswagen’s selection of The World Family of Dealerships for this new point in Toms River is a result of World’s fast-growing success with their Volkswagen store in Neptune since 2009,…

  • ‘Closeout’ cars

    An assortment of models are about to be discontinued or redesigned. Choose among them to find the summer’s best deals. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Clearance sales are a holy grail for bargain hunters, with deep discounts typically plentiful on products that are nearing the end of their current product cycles. The same holds true…

  • Q&A

    Cruising beyond control with Sharon Peters Q: My husband loves cruise control. But he uses it all the time, even when traffic is too heavy for it to be safe. He likes to tell me that cruise control is more fuel efficient, and that he is completely in control and can hit the brakes any…

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