• On Campus

    On Campus

    Gabriella Cyran of Metuchen, and Elizabeth Sharlow of Edison, were named to the Dean’s List at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for the spring 2016 semester. This status is granted to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses.

  • Woodbridge Library offering array of programs for teens, tweens in June

    Woodbridge Library offering array of programs for teens, tweens in June

    The Woodbridge Public Library is offering several events for teens and tweens throughout June, including a craft program, book club, monthly Teen Advisory Group meeting, and the kick-off to the Teen Summer Reading Program. June Crafternoon: Teens and tweens in grades 6-12 can make no-sew emoji pillows in the Main Library Meeting Room on June…

  • Business brief

    Business brief

    Marc Gaffrey of Monroe, the supervising partner of Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas’s Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation Department in New Brunswick, was sworn as a new trustee for the Middlesex County Bar Association (MCBA) during an event on May 25 at The Grand Marquis in Old Bridge. Gaffrey is the co-chair of the MCBA’s…

  • Business brief

    Business brief

      A series of Central New Jersey technology meetups provide collaboration amongst New Jersey entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders. The Central Jersey Tech Meetup in South Amboy is available for anyone interested in design, applications or programming. Started in 2013, the group covers a range of topics from telephony to jquery (a Javascript library) plugins built from…

  • Eagle Scout project honors late Shore Regional High student

    Eagle Scout project honors late Shore Regional High student

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A local Eagle Scout project is paying homage to a former Shore Regional High School student who battled cancer for more than 18 months before passing away in November of 2014. On May 25, family, friends, students, faculty and local officials came out to support…

  • Coldwell Banker honors award-winning sales agents with Broadway trip

    Coldwell Banker honors award-winning sales agents with Broadway trip

    Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently hosted a two-day New York City Networking Event to honor approximately 365 award-winning real estate agents from New Jersey, Connecticut and Westchester and Rockland counties in New York. The affiliated agents were treated to a stay at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square and greeted with a networking…

  • Sunset Avenue Bridge reopened

    Sunset Avenue Bridge reopened

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — After being closed for more than a year, the Sunset Avenue Bridge, connecting Ocean Township and Asbury Park over Deal Lake, has officially reopened. Officials commemorated the opening of the new and improved bridge during a May 27 press conference. “This project, along with the nearby Main…

  • Smart ways to use a reverse mortgage

    Smart ways to use a reverse mortgage

    Reverse mortgages are inching back as a possible option for careful borrowers. By Erik J. Martin Content That Works Heading into your retirement years and looking to delay tapping into Social Security, increase monthly cash flow, and diversify your retirement funds with an extra source of money? You may want to move your real estate…

  • Townhouses rise in popularity as an affordable option

    Townhouses rise in popularity as an affordable option

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia Content That Works When it comes to the roof over their heads, most people want the same thing: A house of their own. “Surveys clearly indicate a preference among all age groups for homeownership, and homeownership in single-family homes,” says Robert Dietz, chief economist at the National Association of Home Builders.…

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