• Monmouth County SPCA Valentine’s Brunch announced

    Monmouth County SPCA Valentine’s Brunch announced

    The Monmouth County SPCA will hold its annual Valentine’s Brunch at McLoone’s Pier House in Long Branch at 11 a.m. on Feb. 14. This year’s event will honor MCSPCA volunteers Peggy and Jeff Blazewicz. Tickets are $85 per person and include a buffet brunch, one Mimosa or Bloody Mary, a chance and silent auction with …

  • Eatontown discusses garbage collection

    Eatontown discusses garbage collection

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Borough officials will once again go out to bid for the furnishing of labor, equipment and services for the collection and disposal of residential solid household waste following some difficulties with the initial process. “We recently awarded contracts for waste from our condos and apartment complexes, but…

  • Tips for buyers and sellers in 2016

    Tips for buyers and sellers in 2016

    How to make sure you close the deal in the new year 2016 is expected to be a healthy year in the real estate market, according to the experts at Realtor.com, which predicts home prices, new-construction starts and new home sales all will rise in the coming year (3, 12 and 16 percent, respectively). But…

  • Location, location, location (repeat)

    Location, location, location (repeat)

    How to balance your neighborhood preferences with the realities of your budget By Laura Depta CTW Features It is relatively simple to find the average rental costs or home values for a given city, but choosing a specific home location might prove more difficult. Most urban areas are full of different neighborhoods, the features and…

  • JCP&L posts best service reliability numbers in 2015

    JCP&L posts best service reliability numbers in 2015

    As a result of an ongoing infrastructure investment campaign, Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) posted its best service reliability numbers in 13 years in 2015. The statistics include an 18 percent reduction in the number of outages customers experienced the previous year. Last year, JCP&L customers overall averaged less than one outage for the…

  • Monmouth County Senior Softball recruiting players

    Monmouth County Senior Softball recruiting players

    The Monmouth County Senior Softball League has announced that it has several teams in its 50-and-over division and 60-and-over division that will be recruiting new players for the upcoming 2016 slow pitch softball season. The league currently have 12 teams in the 50-and-over division teams and four teams in the 60-and-over division that are playing…

  • Oceanport mayor preaches patience with fort development

    Oceanport mayor preaches patience with fort development

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer FORT MONMOUTH — Newly minted Oceanport Mayor Jay Coffey III said he wants the economy to dictate how Fort Monmouth is developed. Coffey, who took office last month and now sits on the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA), said the board must examine the market in deciding how each…

  • North Brunswick Community Garden plots available

    Applications are being accepted for the North Brunswick Community Garden, located at the Pulda Farm at 300 Old Georges Road off of Route 130. North Brunswick residents can reserve space for a family garden to grow herbs, produce and flowers. There is one parcel size available. For an application, contact Lou Ann Benson at 732-247-0922,…

  • Beekeeping workshop to be offered Feb. 27

    Beekeeping workshop to be offered Feb. 27

    The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County is hosting a free introductory beekeeping workshop. Introduction to Beekeeping is scheduled to be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Feb. 27 at the EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park at 42 Riva Ave. in South Brunswick. At this workshop, participants will learn the basics…

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