• Plumsted takes a step on redevelopment plan

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Plumsted officials are calling an approved $1.5 million bond ordinance a major step toward the construction of infrastructure to support downtown New Egypt and a future housing development. The bond, which carries a 40- year period of usefulness, will be used to cover preliminary expenses associated with the New Egypt…

  • A hand up, not handout for working families in need

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Founder Brant Holmes, right, and his wife and Executive Director Dorothy Stearns work together to put away a donation of eggplants at Bentley Community Services, South Brunswick. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Bentley Community Services is certainly not a typical food pantry. Walking into the main building of Bentley, one can be confused…

  • Here’s comes the self-driving semi

    How would you feel if you knew that big semi-trailer truck in the lane next to you was driving itself? Welcome to the future, as truck maker Freightliner’s new Inspiration Truck recently became the first autonomous big rig licensed to operate on public roadways, specifically in Nevada. Still in its prototype stage, the Inspiration enables…

  • Real Estate Briefs

    July was a sizzling month at Gloria Zastko, Realtors, where the firm took in 33 new listings. Leading the team for listings taken was Peter Maimone. Maimone can be reached by calling 732-297-0600, ext. 23 or 732-439-0472, or email [email protected], or visit www.zastko.com/pete. There were 40 new transactions, and leading the team for sales was…

  • Weichert, Realtors appoints new regional vice president

    Weichert, Realtors has announced that Carlo Siracusa has been named regional vice president. Siracusa will be responsible for the management and growth of Weichert sales offices throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties in New Jersey. Siracusa brings 13 years of real estate experience to his new role, most recently serving as sales manager of Weichert’s Corporate…

  • The best use for your money

    It takes dedication and discipline to save for a down payment. Once potential buyers accumulated those precious dollars, they will want to allocate every dime to their best advantage. Surprisingly, that may mean diverting some cash to other purposes. Consider: The lower a borrower’s credit score, the higher the interest rate on the mortgage. Even…

  • The wealth in walkable regions

    The virtue of walking doesn’t have to be limited to health. Walking also could be good for economy. The importance and benefits of walkability on real estate development is significant. Residential walkable communities create four times the tax revenue compared to regional and business malls, according to a recent panel on the topic at the…

  • Bruno named NJSIAA assistant director for cross-country, track

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It was only fitting that Bill Bruno was visiting the Steve Prefontaine shrine when the phone call came. As he was looking over the shrine to one of America’s greatest distance runners near his home tack at the University of Oregon, the call Bruno received was to inform him that…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Fall baseball and softball registration for the Old Bridge East Little League will be held Aug. 29 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Old Bridge East Little League Clubhouse on Ely Avenue. Forsgate Country Club, the award-winning, central New Jersey private golf club operated by RDC Golf Group, Inc., will hold the fourth annual R.A.…

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