• Edison police seek missing man

    Demetrius Branham EDISON — Police are searching for a 45-year-old township man who went missing in Woodbridge. Demetrius Branham was last seen June 22, getting into a newer-model Mazda 3 sedan with another man outside the La Mirage Motor Inn, 969 Route 1, in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, police said. The Mazda is black…

  • PGA pros, fans tee up windfall for Edison-area businesses

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Top: Bubba Watson, who is ranked No. 3 in the Golf-World Rankings, and Phil Mickelson (below), who has won five major championships in his career, will be teeing it up this week at the Barclays, the first event in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup, at the Plainfield Country Club. op: shooting…

  • Art finds a home in nature at Grounds For Sculpture

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer A patron takes a solitary stroll through the Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, an oasis of nature and art. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR An escape from everyday life can be found in the sculpture garden and arboretum of Grounds For Sculpture. “I know it sounds cliché, but we are an…

  • Plan shows future face of flood-prone area after buyouts

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer As more and more homes in Woodbridge’s most flood-prone region are purchased and demolished by the state, a plan for the future of the area has emerged. “It takes us to the next level as we’re nearing the completion of the Blue Acres process,” said John Hagerty, a spokesman for…

  • With a lack of focus, high marks elude ‘American Ultra

    By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Mike Howell seems like just an average stoner. He lives with his girlfriend Phoebe, works at a convenience store and has a phobia that keeps him from leaving his small West Virginia town. But there is much more to Mike than meets the eye. He is actually a government-trained sleeper agent…

  • What, no flux capacitor?

    We’re usually skeptical of such assertions, but luxury automaker Lexus recently announced it’s developing a working prototype of a hoverboard like the one that lead character Marty McFly rides (after time traveling forward to 2015) in the movie “Back to the Future II.” The company says the skateboard of the future employs magnetic levitation via…

  • States with the highest and lowest car insurance rates

    While auto insurance premiums are largely based on a motorist’s driving record, two otherwise equivalent drivers will find they face drastically different insurance rates based solely on where they live. According to Insure.com in Foster City, Calif., those living in Maine ($805), Ohio ($843), Idaho ($877), Iowa ($886) and New Hampshire ($905) will pay the…

  • Weichert Workforce Mobility earns high customer service ratings

    Weichert Workforce Mobility received the highest service satisfaction ratings from relocated employees among the largest companies in its industry, according to the Twenty-First Annual Nationwide Relocating Employee Survey. Conducted by Trippel Survey & Research LLC, the Annual Nationwide Relocating Employee Survey is the only objective, industry-wide survey to rank the quality of service provided by…

  • Two landmark Red Bank properties sold

    Neil Barone, of Barone Commercial Resources LLC, Red Bank, just announced the sale and closing of two significant commercial properties in Red Bank. First, 74 Broad St. is a 12,000- square-foot three-story mixed use building at the corner of Broad Street and Monmouth Street. This was one of the first buildings built in Red Bank…

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