• 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…

  • Coldwell Banker named Platinum Award winner by Cartus Broker Network

    Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. has been named a Platinum Award winner by the Cartus Broker Network. The award was presented at the annual Broker Network International Conference held at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa in Palm Desert, Calif. Cartus is a worldwide leader in employee…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Old Bridge Sayrewoods South Men’s League (SWSML) 30-plus Baseball League is seeking new players for the upcoming 2015 season, which will be its 22nd consecutive season. Registration for the 2015 season will take place 7-9 p.m. April 28 and May 6. For more details on registration or for additional information, email [email protected], call League…

  • Knights trying to earn berth in state boys golf tournament

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent With time ticking down before the May 1 deadline to qualify for the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV tournament, Old Bridge High School’s boys golf team needs to win five of its next eight matches to get in. Like most area teams, the Knights were hampered by the weather in the…

  • Resurgent hitting puts Bombers back on winning path

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent After batting .240 as a team last spring, there was much concern when Sayreville War Memorial High School’s baseball team opened the season with a pair of losses during which it scored just three runs. The Bombers’ bats have gradually come alive since then — six players are currently batting .345…

  • Delivering the pitch

    MATT DENTON Old Bridge High School pitcher Tyler Hopman delivers a pitch to a J.P. Stevens High School batter during the April 17 game played in Edison. Host J.P. Stevens won a one-run thriller, 4-3.

  • Rutgers Day

    TOP PICK Rutgers Day will welcome new additions this year, including a parade along College Avenue, displays about Rutgers’ participation in the Big Ten conference and health sciences programming on Busch Campus. The event will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 25, with programming taking place on the Busch, College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses in…

  • Weeknight activities the whole family can enjoy

    Many families have their own routines on weeknights. Kids may tackle their homework before dinner, and once everyone’s plate is clean, family members may spend time together or go their separate ways, spending time online with friends or watching their favorite television programs on the couch. Parents who feel their weeknights don’t include enough family…

  • Encourage a love of physical activity in youngsters

    According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, children and adolescents should engage in physical activity for 60 minutes or more each day.While fulfilling those requirements might not have been a problem for kids who grew up before the dawn of the Internet, nowadays kids are spending less time playing outside and…

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