• Water company warns customers about imposters

    Middlesex Water Co. is urging customers to be on the alert for individuals claiming to be water company representatives. The Iselin-based company, which serves several towns in Middlesex and Monmouth counties, recently learned of incidents in its service area where imposters, often working with another person, will pose as water company representatives and attempt to…

  • Agencies explain, advise on impact of flood maps

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — An open house that offered residents a chance to examine the new federal Flood Insurance Rate Maps held nothing but good news for Mary Horezga and her son, Andrew. Horezga, a South Amboy resident who lost her home to superstorm Sandy, said she was delighted to learn…

  • Milltown Mel predicts six more weeks of winter

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Clockwise from top left: Jerry Guthlein introduces Milltown Mel to the crowd. Guthlein gets Milltown Mel ready for his forecast. Jack Bicsko announces Mel’s forecast of six more weeks of winter. Despite the freezing rain and snow on Feb. 2, a large crowd turned out for the Groundhog Day festivities…

  • Homeless census gauges need for assistance

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Volunteers prepare to conduct the Middlesex County Point in Time count as well as to help provide services to the homeless during the Project Homeless Connect outreach on Jan. 28. Bitter conditions and drifts of icy snow did not postpone Middlesex County’s 2015 Point in Time survey of the…

  • Heart-healthy events

    Local hospitals are scheduling the following events to raise awareness of heart health:  Wear Red Day will be held 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Feb. 6 outside Monmouth Medical Center’s SeaBreeze Café, located on the hospital’s first floor at 300 Second Ave., Long Branch. In recognition of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” movement…

  • In matters of the heart, time is of the essence

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer With February designated as American Heart Month, numerous events are planned that will offer everything from blood-pressure screenings to tips on how to maintain a healthy heart. FILE PHOTO The idioms are endless: Home is where the heart is. Bless your heart. Be young at heart. Absence makes the heart…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Maddux Mason of Sayreville War Memorial High School grapples with Stiven Skenderi of John F. Kennedy Memorial High School at the Greater Middlesex Conference Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 31 at Piscataway Township High School. Skenderi was victorious in the match.

  • Cheap seats

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: We’ve had higher-end cars for 16 years, but a change in circumstances requires us to downshift into moderate or lower-end cars. We’re test driving a few, and I find most are acceptable in most ways except that the seats are back-breakingly awful. My husband says that’s just the way it…

  • 2015 cars with the best resale values

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Big money can be at stake depending on how quickly a given car or truck depreciates. Here’s which models are expected to best preserve their resale values over time. As astute car shoppers already know, the best way to wring maximum value out of a new car or truck is…

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