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Lifeguards throughout the East Coast compete in the distance run event during the 30th annual National Park System All-Women Lifeguard Tournament held at Sandy Hook July 30. For more photos, see page 11.
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Bulletin Board items
– Submissions needed for crab cake contest OCEANPORT — The first annual Home Cookin’ Amateur Crab Cake Contest will be held Aug. 17. The contest will be a part of the Shore Chef Crab Cake Cook-Off that will take place Aug. 16-17 a
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What’s hurting affordability?
Survey looks at the economic factors holding back today’s buyers Stagnant income growth, mounting home price and a low supply of homes are making home ownership less reasonable, according to the 2014 Zillow Home Price Expectation Survey, where 106 panelists including economists, real estate experts and investment and market strategists are asked to identify the…
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Moving on up
Today’s rising equity has some owners thinking of cashing out and upgrading their home. By Madhusmita Bora CTW Features The recession that plagued the housing market is fast receding and home prices and values are not just resurfacing. They are shooting up. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20- city home price index jumped 12.4 percent in…
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All about the passive house
The eco-minded passive home is far from a new concept. Here’s how it got started and how you can learn more. While the number of passive-home projects in the U.S. is on the rise, the passive home is not a new concept. Heck, it doesn’t even use any breakthrough technology. Experimentation with the first superinsulated…
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Get to know the passive home
‘Super-insulated’ passive homes offer homeowners increased energy savings and a quiet environment. Take a look at these ecofocused homes are on the rise. By Alex Gallucci CTW Features Since 2004, the price of residential electricity has risen by nearly 37 percent, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. With homeowners ever more conscious of their…
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North Brunswick’s Pietrocola heading to Duke for master’s
By WARREN RAPPLEYEA A fter completing a record-setting pitching career at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Michelle Pietrocola will be heading off to Duke University’s Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program later this month to begin work on her master’s degree. The North Brunswick Township High School resident graduated from Richard Stockton this…
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Lifting weights
North Brunswick Township High School’s Jacob Newton-Tanzer, top, spots teammate Matt Mueller during a summer training session for the Raiders’ wrestling team.
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‘Colorful’ work of local artist included in Parkinson’s calendar
Colorful” by Annie Konopka will be featured in the 2014 “Creativity and Parkinson’s Calendar.” A nnie Konopka of Kendall Park is one of 13 artists whose work was selected to appear in the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation’s 2014 “Creativity and Parkinson’s Calendar.” Her acrylic painting, “Colorful,” which depicts flowery bursts of light green, brown and lavender,…
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