• 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…

  • The value assessment

    By Erik J. Martin CTW Features Home sales lives and die by the price, which is why the appraiser is vital to the transaction They’re called “risk mitigators.” Or the “value man”/ “value woman.” Some know them as “invisible protectors” because they remain unknown to the buyer. Whatever the moniker, a property appraiser provides an…

  • How to time multiple mortgages

    Buying a new home and need to sell the first? Here’s how to schedule your purchase and sale for a smooth transition Nobody wants to get saddled with paying two mortgages. That’s why people prefer to sell their current home before completing the purchase on a move-up property. But real estate transactions — like life…

  • Group III champion Eagles aim for TOC hoops crown

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown High School South’s girls basketball team showed its resilience in its first state championship game appearance when it won NJSIAA Group III, 50-42, over North Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan despite playing the final two minutes without star player Stephanie Karcz, who fouled out. The Eagles led by…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    Stan Fischler, the legendary hockey sports broadcasting, will hold his annual hockey lecture at the Spring Lake Public Library at 7 p.m. March 12. Fischler began his career as a publicist for the New York Rangers in 1954 and has been covering hockey in the over half-century since. The winner of five Emmy Awards, Fischler…

  • State champion Lions plan ahead for next hockey season

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Hockey in Middletown will never be the same after Middletown High School North won the NJSIAA Public B championship, believed to be the first team title for the school since its football team won a state title in the late 1960s. “It’s been crazy,” said coach Matt Clemente, whose team will…

  • Lancers girls rally to claim Non-Public A championship

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Top: St. John Vianney High School players and coaches celebrate the Lancers’ first state championship since 2011. St. John Vianney’s girls captured the NJSIAA Non-Public A championship on March 14 at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River behind a fourth-quarter rally. The Lancers defeated Immaculate Heart Academy, 50-46. Above: St.…

  • Buyer & Cellar

    TOP PICK George Street Playhouse and Artistic Director David Saint have announced that New Jersey native John Tartaglia — from the original Broadway cast of “Avenue Q,” “Sesame Street,” and “Johnny and the Sprites” — will appear in New Brunswick as the sole cast member of “Buyer & Cellar,” the fourth production of the New…

  • Joseph J. Hagner

    Joseph J. Hagner, 77, of Colts Neck, entered eternal rest on March 11, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Ridgewood, N.Y., Joseph lived in Old Bridge before coming to Colts Neck. He attended Thomas Edison High School in New York and, upon graduation, enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and held the rank…

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