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Time for a change?
Automakers love to boast about their vehicles’ longevity, building ads around bruised and beaten up models still running after several hundred thousand miles, their proud owners beaming in the background. Unfortunately, a recent analysis cautions that long-time car owners are actually among the least brandloyal new-car shoppers. According to Experian Automotive in Schaumburg, Ill., the…
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REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
Mario Venancio, a sales associate for more than two decades with Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate, was awarded the 2014 NJAR Circle of Excellence Sales Award Platinum, having distinguished himself among his peers with more than $100 million in completed transactions on 112 units last year. Throughout his careers, he has achieved the NJAR…
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Weichert ranked No. 2 traditional real estate franchise in Entrepreneur
Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc. (WREA) has again been recognized as one of the top franchises by Entrepreneur magazine, which ranked the company as the No. 2 traditional residential real estate franchise and No. 3 overall in the Real Estate category in its Franchise 500 list for 2015. This year’s list not only reflects a…
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SPORT SHORTS
The 2015 Rutgers University Spring Football Game will be played on April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway. Admission and parking are free, and free 2015 Rutgers Big Ten Conference Football posters will be given away to all fans. After the game, everyone may go down on the field for free autographs,…
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Monmouth Park handicapper a winner in national contest
Monmouth Park Racetrack proved itself a stepping-stone to an Eclipse Award once again as 74-year-old John O’Neil captured first prize in the recently completed DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC) at Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas. O’Neil, a Monmouth Park handicapping contest regular, finished best of 606 entries and will be crowned Horseplayer of the…
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Lancers, Warriors exchange wins in A Central duels
By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The battle for the girls basketball Shore Conference A Central Division crown has followed a predictable path: a fight to the finish. St. John Vianney High School and Manasquan High School, two of the top teams in the Shore Conference and the state, are in a seesaw battle for first place.…
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Spartans bowling teams finish second in division
By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Ocean Township High School’s Angelica DeRose competes in the Monmouth County Bowling Tournament on Feb. 6 at Knob Hill Country Lanes in Manalapan. The Spartans girls reached the semifinals, where they lost to eventual champion Howell High School. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Ocean Township High School’s boys and girls bowling teams…
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State Theatre Family Fun Day
TOP PICK The State Theatre presents the ninth annual State Theatre Family Day on Feb. 16, featuring performances of Jack Hanna’s “Into the Wild Live” at 10:30 a.m., 1 and 3:30 p.m. Families can spend the school-day holiday enjoying dozens of performances, workshops and hands-on activities — many of which are free. The festival, which…
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Polar bear plunge
Above left: A.J. Cincotta-Eichenfield of New York City leads the charge from The Avenue Beach Club in Pier Village in Long Branch toward the ocean during the Freezin’ for a Reason Polar Bear Plunge on Feb. 7. Right: Brave participants come back out of the water. All of the funds will benefit Camp Sunshine, a…
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