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    Standard wagons with Sharon Peters Q: I read your column on luxury wagons and am interested in makes that would not be considered “luxury.” With a 25-year-old Civic with 300,000 miles, I’m more comfortable with fewer “gizmos.” Any ideas? A: There are quite a number of options. Among them (and this is not an all-inclusive…

  • Kislak Real Estate Institute hosts Leadership Excellence award dinner at Monmouth University

    Monmouth University Kislak Real Estate Institute (KREI) hosted its 21st annual Leadership Excellence Award Dinner on May 29 in historic Wilson Hall. Over 500 real estate executives and professionals attended the event. Ronald S. Ladell, senior vice president of development for New Jersey at Avalon- Bay Communities Inc., received the Leadership Excellence Award and Caren…

  • Coldwell Banker survey finds that children may be the ‘chief purchasing officers’ of the family

    Do kids rule the roost? A new study from Coldwell Banker Real Estate finds that children may be the “chief purchasing officers” of the family. The survey, which was conducted among 2,800 parents across three generations, revealed that 79 percent of millennial parents (parents age 18-34) and 70 percent of generation X parents (parents age…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    New Jersey’s standardbred horsemen will celebrate June, the Month of the Horse in New Jersey, with donations of the new book, “Standardbred Old Friends”; a personal appearance by the retired racehorse, Indy; and an open house at Fair Winds Farm. The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey is donating 20 copies of “Standardbred…

  • Top area softball talent competing for Carpenter Cup tournament title

    By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent The Jersey Shore team is going for its third championship at the Carpenter Cup softball tournament, where some of the best competition from both sides of the Delaware River will meet next week. Sixteen softball teams representing 17 different high school leagues will compete in the Carpenter Cup, which is sponsored…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The Cougar Basketball Camp at Colts Neck High School will be held in two sessions: Read and React June 30 through July 3 from 9 a.m. to noon for ages 11-14 (cost is $125) and July 14-18 for ages 7-14 ($190 cost). There is a discount price of $300 for those attending both sessions. The…

  • Marino tees off in Marlboro for individuals with autism

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino, right, enjoys a laugh with golfers at the Bella Vista Country Club in Marlboro during the Corporate Resource Service’s second annual Client Appreciation Golf Tournament on June 11. The tournament helped raise funds for the Dan Marino Foundation. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Dan Marino…

  • Jersey Shore off to good start in Carpenter Cup baseball

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Jersey Shore team won its opening game in the annual Carpenter Cup Classic baseball tournament on June 15. Coach Cip Apicelli’s team was scheduled to meet Mercer County on June 17 in the second round of the 16-team, single elimination event. The tournament was started in 1986 to promote high…

  • Brodeur repeats as winner at Sheehan Classic 5K run

    Former Brick Memorial High School state champion Andrew Brodeur continues to find success on the Shore-area running circuit. The 24-year-old, who now lives in Bethesda, Md., and starred at Duke University, captured his second straight George Sheehan Classic 5K in Red Bank by clocking 15:19, an average of 4:56 per mile. He now competes for…

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