• RE/MAX named leading global franchise by Entrepreneur magazine

    For the second consecutive year, RE/MAX has received the highest global ranking among real estate franchises by Entrepreneur magazine. Appearing in the October edition, Entrepreneur’s global rankings of U.S.-based franchises placed RE/MAX highest among real estate brokerage franchises for 2014, and 39th overall. 7-Eleven and Pizza Hut headed up the list. “The Entrepreneur ranking demonstrates…

  • NAIOP seeks nominations for 28th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards

    The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the commercial real estate development association, is now accepting nominations for the 28th Annual Commercial Real Estate Awards. Details and nomination forms are available at www.naiopnj.org. The awards will be presented at the 2015 Gala on May 14, slated for the Palace at Somerset Park, Somerset.…

  • Caseys girls have strong run in state soccer sectionals

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent A fter a slow start, Red Bank Catholic (RBC) High School’s girls soccer team rebounded to make its way to the finals of the NJSIAA Non-Public South Jersey A sectional tournament. After a tough 1-0 loss to Colts Neck High School on Oct. 7, the Caseys drew with Red Bank Regional…

  • Brookdale women’s soccer team repeats as national champions

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Marti Stewart was understandably nervous. A freshman at Brookdale Community College, she was joining the defending National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III championship women’s soccer team. Whatever fears the Marlboro High School graduate had were quickly alleviated. “My teammates were very welcoming,” she said. “We became a family…

  • Big year for Shore soccer with two sectional titles

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Shore Regional High School’s Cole Allem, left, jostles with New Egypt High School’s Vinny Masitti during the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I finals played in West Long Branch on Nov. 13. The Blue Devils were victorious, 1-0, and went on to the Group I semifinals, where they lost to Haddon Township…

  • Expressing the abstract

    IN THE ARTS “Sketch” by Dawn DiCicco Members of a “Lyrical Abstract Expressionism” class are exhibiting new works at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. Painters whose works are featured in “Abstract Expressions” are Betty Bullivant, Shrewsbury; Dawn DiCicco and Stephanie Martel, both Red Bank; Shari Epstein, Leonardo; Mercedes Farrugia, Freehold; James Kent, who…

  • A Musical Parade

    TOP PICK The Oasis Players will return to the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County at 2 p.m. Nov. 30. “A Musical Parade” will take the audience through a century of music, celebrating composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers. The cabaret salutes the 50th anniversary of Broadway’s “Hello Dolly,”…

  • Local comedian Vic DiBitetto prepares for breakout year

    ENTERTAINMENT By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Vic DiBitetto In show business, it’s not “who you know,” but “who knows you.” At least, that seems to be the case for Manalapan resident Vic DiBitetto, who, after 30 years of fighting in the trenches of stand-up comedy, has finally made it big. “It’s a tough, beautiful, unfair,…

  • Bobby Bandiera band to play HOPE concert

    RED BANK — Bobby Bandiera and Friends will return to the Count Basie Theatre at 8 p.m. Dec. 22 for the HOPE Concert VII, slated this year to benefit Horizons and the Count Basie Theatre’s arts education and outreach programs. “The history and legacy of the HOPE concerts is legendary,” said Adam Philipson, Count Basie…

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