• Challenges confront housing recovery

    Despite signs that the home sales, prices and construction continue to improve in key markets, several formidable obstacles stand in the way of a national housing recovery — especially challenges confronting younger buyers — according to a new report recently released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The good news from…

  • How price increases decrease buyers

    How a $1,000 can remove thousands of potential households from the marketplace What difference does $1,000 make? In your listing price, a lot, actually. Nationally, a $1,000 increase on a new, median-priced home removes more than 200,000 households from the marketplace, according to the latest estimates from the National Association of Home Builders’ “Priced Out”…

  • Brookdale’s Brzozowski to continue softball career at Coastal Carolina

    Cassidy Brzozowski, the 2014 National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division III National Player of the Year, will continue her softball career at Coastal Carolina University. Brzozowski said she wanted to “go down south” for college, and that one visit to the Conway, S.C., campus where she met her future teammates is all it took…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Keyport Borough Recreation Commission and the Keyport Spanish American Club will present the eighth annual Keyport Fest 5K. The Keyport Fest 5K will be held on Sept. 20, rain or shine. Awards will go to the top-three males and females for the 5K, along with the first three in each age group. There is…

  • Vikings, Raiders looking to improve on last year

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA The North Brunswick Township High School football team goes through a drill under the watchful eye of head coach Mark Zielinski. The Raiders will begin the season on Sept. 12, when they host Old Bridge High School on the new turf at Steve Libro Field.Both the South Brunswick High School and North…

  • Strengthen your weekend

    Here’s how to live it up on the weekends without the extra pounds By Jeff Schnaufer CTW Features When the weekend used to roll around, Julia Griggs Havey would walk to the freezer and pull out a pint of Baskin and Robbins Expresso ’n Cream Light — over and over again. “I would have a…

  • Apps rule for digital kids

    Avid users of the latest technologies, overweight kids and teens might benefit from apps to help them get healthy By Bev Bennett CTW Features Teens may filter out nutrition messages coming from parents or other adult authority figures. But that doesn’t mean he’s not interested in improving his diet. Instead of trying to play nutrition…

  • Palatines to celebrate New Jersey’s birthday

    The Palatines of New Jersey will celebrate the state’s 350th birthday with a lecture at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Germans of New Jersey Stanton Grange in Stanton. Lunch will be held at 11 a.m. Attendees are encouraged to wear Germanic heritage outfits from the 18th to 21st centuries. To volunteer, contact George Apgar…

  • Grandfather dedicated to helping ailing baby

    The Silva family was thrilled for the arrival of a baby boy a few months ago. His parents, Tim and Tara of Garwood, named him Jackson Conner. The first grandchild for Tim’s parents, David and Maria of Edison — where Tim grew up — Jackson was born outwardly healthy, with a perfect Apgar score, according…

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