• Affordable sticker shock

    Affordable sticker shock

    Climbing home and rental prices are hurting the chances of poorer people putting roofs over their heads. By Jim Parker CTW Features Coast to coast, the housing industry currently favors the home seller as prices are rising, sales surging and inventories dwindling, which leave the residences on the market more valuable. Take Seattle as a…

  • Author to share memoir about being a Pakistani/American Muslim

    Author to share memoir about being a Pakistani/American Muslim

    The East Brunswick Library will hold a special author visit with Sabeeha Rehman at 7 p.m. on Sept. 13 at the library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center Dr. Rehman is the author of the 2016 memoir “Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman’s Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim.” The book shares her reflections on…

  • Producer of ‘Beyond Standing Rock’ will answer questions after documentary

    Producer of ‘Beyond Standing Rock’ will answer questions after documentary

    The East Brunswick Library will show the 2017 documentary “Beyond Standing Rock” at 7 p.m. on Sept. 7 at the library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center Dr. “Beyond Standing Rock” takes a close-up look at the controversy on the front lines of the Dakota Pipeline. The film investigates the collision of energy development with Native…

  • Social media sales tools

    Social media sales tools

    Get the word out about your home – and speed up a sale. By Patricia Rivera CTW Features Even homeowners working with a real estate professional do well when they help promote their homes in their social media networks. And more people are taking it upon themselves to speed up the sale of their house…

  • Down dilemma

    Down dilemma

    Ask Our Broker With Peter G. Miller By Peter G. Miller CTW Features Question: We live in one of those high-cost metro areas and the thought of buying a home seems impossible. How do people purchase a first home if they don’t have 20 percent down? Answer: There’s no doubt some metro areas are both…

  • Still to pay

    Still to pay

    Percentage of the home’s current value that the median homeowner still owes: 62.2. Source: Zillow Equity Report © CTW Features

  • Longtime Edison principal passed away

    Gerald F. “Jerry” Young, of Edison, died August 13 at JFK Medical Center in Edison.  He was born in Monmouth Junction, and had resided in Edison for the past 60 years. Mr. Young retired in 2015 as a principal with the Edison Township Board of Education.  He opened the James Monroe School in 1964, then…

  • More than wins and losses for Mater Dei football team

    More than wins and losses for Mater Dei football team

    Mater Dei Prep enjoyed a magical 2016 football season. Under Dino Mangiero, who was in his first season coaching at the Middletown school, Mater Dei finished 12-0 and won the Non-Public, Group 2 state playoff championship. Mangiero, who played in the NFL for six seasons during the 1980s, looks beyond the victories and defeats. He…

  • Enforcement of ordinance raises residents’ concerns

    Enforcement of ordinance raises residents’ concerns

    JACKSON – Residents have expressed concern about the sudden enforcement of an ordinance whose purpose is to keep Jackson’s streets clear of obstructions. Those concerns came to the attention of the public on Aug. 22, when Township Council members introduced an amendment to a municipal ordinance which states that “no person shall encumber or obstruct…

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