• Automakers accelerating on auto-braking

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Your next car could apply the brakes on its own to help avoid a collision Perhaps as the first step toward driverless cars, expect advanced safety systems that can help drivers avoid, or at least lessen the effects of a crash to become widespread in the not-too-distant future. Ten automakers…

  • Buying a condo is not the same as buying a home

    Stringent lending policies and the escalating costs of home ownership have led many prospective home buyers to consider condominiums instead of single-family homes. Condos are typically less expensive than single-family homes, which makes lenders and borrowers alike feel more comfortable. Lenders feel better because the loans aren’t as large, while borrowers are more comfortable because…

  • Firm advice: Consider both agent and brokerage

    If you’re thinking of buying or selling, chances are you’ll select your real estate agent based upon a name referred from a friend, neighbor or relative. Referrals are the No. 1 way both first-time and repeat buyers and sellers settle on an agent, according to surveys from the National Association of Realtors. But when a…

  • Goetz boys off to another strong start on hardwood

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Winning 20 games has been a trend for the Carl W. Goetz Middle School boys’ basketball team, which has done so in each of the last three seasons. This year’s team again is off and running in a 7-3 start. But this team will need some help if it wants to…

  • Mission Belief is NJ’s Horse of the Year

    Trotting filly Mission Brief has been named the winner of the Secretary of Agriculture’s Trophy as New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2015. Also selected New Jersey Sire Stakes Horse of the Year, Mission Brief will be honored Jan. 24 at the 59th Annual New Jersey Breeders Awards Luncheon at 1 p.m. at O’Connor’s…

  • Jaguars, Lions are off to strong starts on the ice

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s ice hockey team for the second straight year under coach Larry Clayton is off to a fast start at 3-1-1. Jackson Liberty High School has also started out strong at 4-3-2. JACKSON MEMORIAL A year ago, Jackson Memorial started off 6-0 and went 8-1-2 after 11 games,…

  • Merli Invitational

    MATT DENTON Howell High School’s Natalie Coil competes in the 55-meter hurdles at the Merli Invitational Dec. 26 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. The Rebels’ standout finished second in her heat.

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Jared DiZenzo of Jackson Liberty High School’s wrestling team added his second early season tournament title to his record at 285 pounds as he and 170-pound champion Tyler Kalmowitz won their weight classes in the Walter Woods Tournament at Middletown High School South Dec. 26. DiZenzo (4-0) won a 4-0 decision over Lou Ceras of…

  • Howell’s goal on ice is a return to the Rock

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Howell High School goalie Bobby Dovenero gloves a shot during the Rebels’ Dec. 22 game against Westfield High School at the Jersey Shore Arena in Wall Township. Howell won the non-conference matchup, 4-1, to improve to 5-2 this year. FRANK GALIPO Having gotten a taste of the Prudential Center in…

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