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Fewer documents, more benefits for borrowers
By Erik J. Martin CTW Features New consumer finance rule reduces loan paperwork and aims to make closing more simplified Purchasing a home isn’t nearly as simple as touring an open house, settling on a sales price and signing a dotted line. There are lots of complicated documents and fine-print-filled forms that also have to…
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Vacation home sales soar while investment home sales decline
Vacation home sales increased nearly 60 percent over 2013, according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors Vacation home sales reached peak levels in 2014 while investment home sales decreased for the fourth consecutive years, according to the National Association of Realtors’ 2015 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey. Vacation home sales…
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St. Gabriel’s wins Tournament of Champions
The Marlboro St. Gabriel’s JV girls basketball team won the Trenton Diocese Tournament of Champions played in Trenton. St. Gabriel’s faced St. Gregory’s in the final and led all the way en route to a 25- 15 victory. The girls raced out to a 12-2 lead and never looked back. Jessica Riepe led all scorers…
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Braves show they can compete in A North in win over Patriots
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Manalapan High School girls lacrosse coach Kerry Eisman noted that the Braves’ goals for 2015 are the same as always. “Our prospects are the same as they have been — to be competitive in A North,” Eisman said. “We have a number of starters back, and we have a number…
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Cougars rolling on diamond with key division games on tap
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It’s a new division with strikingly similar results. After winning the Shore Conference A North Division baseball title last spring, Colts Neck High School moved to B North in 2015 and has picked up where it left off last year. Head coach Mike Yorke’s Cougars are 8-1 overall and 5-0…
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Area track and field athletes aim to excel at Penn Relays
Area high school athletes hope to play a big role at this year’s Penn Relays. The nation’s biggest track and field carnival runs from April 23-25 at historic Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Christian Brothers Academy’s (CBA) Distance Medley Relay (DMR) team looks to collect the program’s fourth Championship of…
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SPORT SHORTS
Scott Halpern, a sophomore psychology major in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College and a member of the men’s soccer team, is learning valuable leadership skills in Ithaca College’s Leadership Academy, the nation’s premier Division III sports leadership development program. The Leadership Academy, led by associate professor Greg Shelley, instills traits and…
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Cougars’ offense settles in; winning streak follows
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer First impressions can be misleading. Just ask Colts Neck High School’s new girls lacrosse head coach, Jillian Hadfield. At first glance, Hadfield thought she and the Cougars could be in for a long season. “Going [into tryouts], I had no idea what was going to happen. I went in with…
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Patriots pass first test of A North Division season
By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Freehold Township High School’s Nicole Sasso, right, tries to force a turnover by knocking the ball away from Howell High School’s Melena Fontaine during the April 16 Shore Conference A North Division game played in Freehold Township. The defending champion Patriots rebounded from two three-goal deficits to defeat the visiting…
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