• Removal of contaminated soil gives Pearl Street site clean bill of health

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer METUCHEN — Contamination from underground tanks discovered at the Pearl Street parking lot has been removed, according to borough officials. Nexus Parking — the developer of a sixlevel parking deck that will be part of the Pearl Street Piazza development — found the tanks during excavation of the site in…

  • Edison hosts state’s first parade celebrating Pakistani culture

    The state’s inaugural Pakistan Day Parade drew 7,000 attendees from across the state and beyond, according to organizers. Making its way along Oak Tree Road and ending in Iselin, the parade culminated in a Pakistani cultural festival and musical concert. The event, organized by the Pakistan Parade Committee of New Jersey, included 13 floats, Bhangra…

  • 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…

  • School board puts hockey proposal on ice

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Metuchen High School students who had hoped to play ice hockey in the coming school year will not achieve their goal. The Aug. 11 Metuchen Board of Education meeting became contentious as board members and residents discussed the possibility of the district joining an ice hockey cooperative in the Edison…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Gloria Nilson & Co. ranks as one of N.J.’s top-producing brokerage firms

    Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate, headquartered in Red Bank, recently announced its ranking as the No. 2 real estate firm in New Jersey in sales volume according to RISMedia’s 27th Annual Power Broker Report. Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate reported a total sales volume of $1,330,379,418 in 2014, representing 3,225 closed residential transactions.…

  • 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

    Sky Blue FC has confirmed its 2015 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) home finale for Sept. 2. Kickoff for the match against FC Kansas City will occur at 7 p.m. at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway. Tickets for the home finale of Sky Blue FC’s sixth professional season are on…

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