• Area schools teach the new three R’s

    Respect, responsibility, relationships are the mainstay of Bullying Prevention Month BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Tiff Roma (l-r), Isabella Olaguera, Aya Abdelaziz and Tess Cronin, of the Project Girl Performance Collective, act out a bullying scenario on Oct. 2 during an empowerment program presented as part of the Week of Respect at Red Bank Regional…

  • Beekeepers find sweet success in N.J.

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer From the Garden owner Drew Madzin endures the August heat to check on one of his honeybee hives. In a healthy colony, worker bees like the one pictured below can number in the tens of thousands and all of them are female. PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Standing among…

  • The most preventable car thefts

    Despite automakers’ most novel schemes to make today’s cars more theft-proof, common sense is unfortunately still not among a model’s standard features. Witness the fact that a growing number of auto thefts are being caused by owners who leave the keys inside while parked. The National Insurance Crime Bureau in Des Plaines, Ill., reports that…

  • Pets and the price of real estate

    Own a dog? It might make your housing options harder to find — and more expensive By Erik J. Martin CTW Features It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there when it comes to real estate — especially if you’re a dog owner who’s looking to rent. Recently published data from rental site Redfin found that dog-friendly…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., announces that Eatontown resident Allen Brodsky is now affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Middletown. As a sales associate, Brodsky will provide residential real estate services in Middletown as well as the surrounding communities of Eatontown, Tinton…

  • Weichert Workforce Mobility earns high customer service ratings

    Weichert Workforce Mobility, one of the world’s leading providers of corporate talent deployment solutions, 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…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth and Middlesex Counties (BBBSMMC) will hold its Ninth Annual Volleyball Tournament Sept. 13 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Main Street beach in Manasquan. Teams of six to eight players will compete, and each member of a team is asked to raise $75 ($50 for students) in pledges to…

  • Lancers, Bulldogs hard at work over summer readying for next girls basketball campaign

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Shore Conference girls basketball programs have been hard at work this summer. St. John Vianney High School and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School — two of the usual preseason favorites — are no exception. Both schools participated in the seventh annual Maroon and White Team Camp at the end of July.…

  • Red Raiders look to build on what was learned last season

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent It’s a tough and sometimes lonely job succeeding a coaching legend. John Paczkowski, despite a wealth of coaching experience at many schools, learned that last fall when he replaced longtime football coach Mike Ciccotelli at Keyport High School. “It was as much a learning experience for me as for some of…

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