• Teen’s efforts take aim at addiction to opiates

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Metuchen High School student Heather Jones interviews Matthew Sielski, an EMT with the Metuchen First Aid Squad, for her documentary on opiate addiction. A Metuchen teen has taken a dark problem facing the community and brought it into the light. “Overdose from opiates is the No. 1 source of accidental…

  • Edison board moves election to November

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Board of Education will move its annual election from April to November, following a course that most New Jersey school districts have taken in recent years. After a lengthy discussion, the board voted 6-2 in favor of the move. The decision binds the board to hold its elections…

  • 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 Bishop George Ahr High School swimmers cheer on their teammates at the Greater Middlesex County Swim Championships on Jan. 30 at Perth Amboy High School. The Trojans’ girls finished second at the meet, while the boys placed eighth.

  • 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…

  • RE/MAX again named No. 1 real estate franchise

    RE/MAX, the No. 1 name in real estate, holds the top position for a third consecutive year among real estate brands in the 36th annual 2015 Franchise 500® survey by Entrepreneur magazine. This year’s ranking also marks the 12th time in 16 years that RE/MAX has been listed as the top franchisor in the real…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate announces its top performing sales associate by transactional volume, Mario Venancio, has broken the $100 million ceiling by closing $100,957,896 in real estate sales involving 112 units in 2014. The Monmouth County resident previously distinguished himself in terms of sales volume by closing more than $95 million in transactions…

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