• Weichert Financial Services names Tim McLaughlin chief operating officer

    Stephen Adamo, president of Weichert Financial Services, announces that Tim McLaughlin has been named to the newly created position of chief operating officer. In addition to assuming this new role, McLaughlin will retain his responsibilities in the company’s Capital Markets division. McLaughlin joined Weichert Financial Services in 2004 as senior vice president of secondary marketing…

  • Weichert, Realtors nominated as a 2014 finalist in the Inman News Innovator Awards

    Weichert, Realtors, a family of full-service real estate and financial service companies and one of the nation’s leading providers of homeownership services, was recently nominated as a 2014 finalist in the “Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise” category of the Inman News Innovator Awards. Weichert was recognized for its one-of-a-kind WeichertPRO customer relationship management system. As…

  • Middlesex Co. Assoc. of Realtors to hold Health Fair Sept. 18

    The Middlesex County Association of Realtors (MCAR) is having a Health Fair on Sept. 18 for members, 10 a.m. to noon at 779 Gornik Drive, Perth Amboy. Services include total cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure; vision screening; and flu immunizations ($15 for MCAR members). Fasting is not required. Results will be kept confidential. Appointments…

  • RE/MAX awarded multiple Silver and Bronze Telly Awards

    RE/MAX has been named a winner of 13 Silver and Bronze Tellys in the 35th Annual Telly Awards. The Silver Telly is the highest recognition in the competition. The Telly Awards honor the best in film and video production, online video content and local, regional and cable television commercials and programs. More than 12,000 entries…

  • Kuhn proud to represent Bishop Ahr swim team

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Katrina Kuhn of Bishop George Ahr High School is one of the Trojans’ top swimmers, holding five conference records and reaching the NJSIAA Meet of Champions three times. When swimmer Katrina Kuhn steps up to the block before a race, she freely admits that a raging battle with her nerves begins.…

  • Scout’s honor

    Joseph Kanevsky, a Boy Scout from Edison Troop 110, has completed the project required to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. For his project, the teen, with help from others, landscaped around the building and repaired the planter boxes at the Knights of Columbus Council 1146 in Rahway. He thanked Joey Barton and Barton’s Nursery,…

  • Muslim organization honors Barnes with community award

    EDISON — The American Muslim Council Political Awareness Committee recently hosted its third annual interfaith iftar and honored Sen. Peter Barnes with the Community Engagement Award for his engagement with the Asian community in New Jersey. “The purpose of this iftar is for our community to break bread with our Christian, Jewish and Hindu brethren…

  • New library gallery issues call to artists

    The Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., will soon open The Gallery at The Library in the upstairs Community Room. The September exhibit will feature the Oak Tree Artists, led by Ray Skibinski. In October, the winners of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey poster contest will be shown. In addition, the library is…

  • Seed donation, exchange program grows at library

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The Woodbridge Environmental Commission’s new Seed Library is anticipated to grow and flourish over time — much like the flowers that will sprout from it. Now in place at the Woodbridge Public Library Fords Branch, 211 Ford Ave., the Seed Library allows residents to take home packages of dried seeds…

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