• Cash battle

    Cash battle

    Ask Our Broker With Peter G. Miller By Peter G. Miller CTW Features Question: We’re in the market to buy a home, but feel outgunned by investors who can pay all cash. We’re Federal Housing Administration (FHA) borrowers who can put up 3.5 percent and no more. How can we compete? Answer: Let’s start with…

  • Easy being green

    Easy being green

    Today’s eco-friendly housing scene: It seems easy being green By Jim Parker CTW Features Alternative energy sources from solar to windmills have been around for decades, but always seemed too expensive on a large scale and a little flaky to catch on in a big way, something reserved for the granola and yoga crowd. Yet…

  • Learn about the uses of lavender Nov. 1

    Learn about the uses of lavender Nov. 1

    The Metuchen Edison Women’s Club will host Ellen Karcher, from the Pleasant Valley Lavendar Farm, from 7-7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at The Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Avenue, Edison. Karcher will discuss health benefits, culinary and cosmetic uses of lavender. There will be products for sale. For more information call Laurel at 732-742-6946.  

  • Hadassah chapter holds book club for residents of The Chelsea

    Hadassah chapter holds book club for residents of The Chelsea

    PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTINE SULLIVAN Members of the East Brunswick chapter of Hadassah held their monthly afternoon book club at The Chelsea at East Brunswick on Oct. 4. Carolyn Lawrence had more than 16 members discussing “The Sound of Gravel.” The next meeting on Nov. 2 will focus on “A Piece of the World” by…

  • Mindfulness, compassion and forgiveness explored by Hadassah members

    Mindfulness, compassion and forgiveness explored by Hadassah members

    PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTINE SULLIVAN CO-CHAIR OF PUBLICITY, EAST BRUNSWICK CHAPTER OF HADASSAH As Yom Kippur approached, the East Brunswick chapter of Hadassah held a presentation with Tracy Fink, center, who explored mindfulness, compassion and forgiveness at Temple B’nai Shalom in East Brunswick on Sept. 26. More than 50 people listened to Fink, director of…

  • Fall Foliage Walk to travel along Kingston’s railroad

    Fall Foliage Walk to travel along Kingston’s railroad

    The Kingston Greenways Association Fall Foliage Walk, “A Walk Through Kingston’s Railroad History,” will be held at 2 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Mapleton Preserve/D&R Canal State Park headquarters building, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston section of South Brunswick. Kingston Greenways Association and Kingston Historical Society will co-sponsor the leisurely walk, led by railroad historian…

  • Joyce Kilmer School receives grant to transform school climate

    Joyce Kilmer School receives grant to transform school climate

    Joyce Kilmer School has been accepted into the second cohort of schools that will a be part of a three-year School Climate Transformation Project. The project is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and the Office of Student Support Services in collaboration with The Center for Applied Psychology…

  • Antique appraisal set for Nov. 5 at Aberdeen temple

    Antique appraisal set for Nov. 5 at Aberdeen temple

    Temple Shalom will hold an Antiques and Collectibles Appraisal Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 5 at the temple, at the corner of Church Street and Ayrmont Lane, Aberdeen. The cost is $5 per item. There will also be an opportunity to bring gold to sell to a representative of Gary Michaels…

  • K-5 science curriculum topic of South Brunswick workshop

    K-5 science curriculum topic of South Brunswick workshop

    The 2017-18 South Brunswick Parent Academy workshop series continues with “Curriculum Focus: A New Approach to the Next Generation Science Standards for Grades K-5” from 7-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 at Crossroads North Middle School, 635 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. The workshop is designed to highlight how a new approach to…

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