• Weichert Corporate Housing names new national director of business development

    Frank Palestrini, president of Weichert Corporate Housing, announces that Marea Nathanson, a nine-year veteran of the corporate housing industry, was recently named to the organization’s executive team as national director of business development. Nathanson, a member of the New York Council of Relocation Professionals and Worldwide ERC, the workforce mobility association, comes to Weichert Corporate…

  • Somerset Gate nearing completion

    The final buildings at Somerset Gate, a brand-new, gated community of luxurious townhomes located less than a mile from downtown New Brunswick, are under construction for early 2015 delivery, according to sales manager Debra Buragina, a licensed broker at HouseMart Realtors. Now more than 90 percent sold out, Somerset Gate is distinguished by a convenient…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Colonial Basketball League, a recreational basketball league for third- through eighth-graders, is accepting registration through Nov. 7 at the Freehold Borough YMCA Community Center at 41 Center St. The league runs from December through March. The cost is $85 for Freehold Borough residents in third and fourth grades and $95 for those in fifth…

  • Brookdale women’s soccer team is top seed for Region 19

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Brookdale Community College women’s soccer team has done everything head coach Kate Miller has expected. “I am pleased with what these girls have done,” she said. “I couldn’t be happier.” Miller will be happier if the Jersey Blues repeat as Region 19 champions on Nov. 1 at Ocean County…

  • Lady Knights advance in GMCs with strong first-round win

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent OLD BRIDGE T he Old Bridge High School girls soccer team was slated to take the field on Oct. 28 against Woodbridge High School in the quarterfinals of the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament. The Lady Knights (9-6) are coming off a strong performance in a first-round victory over North Brunswick…

  • GMC Championships

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Senior Alyssa Kramer finished fourth individually and Old Bridge High School’s girls placed second as a team at the Greater Middlesex Conference Championships on Oct. 25 at Jamesburg’s Thompson Park.

  • Advocates call for ouster of shelter officials, mayor

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer A nimal welfare advocates and Helmetta Councilwoman Yvette Bruno called for the mayor to resign over problems at the animal shelter during a tumultuous Borough Council meeting. The cantankerous crowd also asked for the shelter’s director and assistant director to be removed from their posts at last week’s meeting.…

  • Lessons of Sandy help protect against future storms

    Homes damaged by the superstorm on Bayshore Avenue in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge are eligible for buyouts under the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Blue Acres program. OLD BRIDGE — Two years after Sandy left a path of destruction through much of New Jersey, a local official said the lessons learned…

  • GOP, Libertarian candidates challenge Pallone on Nov. 4

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. LONG BRANCH — U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) is hoping to withstand a challenge from Republican and Libertarian candidates in next week’s general election. Republican Anthony Wilkinson and Libertarian candidate Dorit Goikhman are looking to unseat the 13-term congressman in the race to represent…

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