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Sayreville students seek sweet success
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Students at Samsel Upper Elementary School in Sayreville make the case for naming saltwater taffy as the official state candy. The students lobbied the state Assembly’s Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee in Trenton on June 5 alongside state Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), who introduced a bill in January…
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Primary offers glimpse into Nov. election
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Four of the five seats on the East Brunswick Township Council will be on the ballot this November, and primary election votes are foreshadowing a possible council shakeup. Republican primary winners include the current council’s three Republican incumbents: Camille Ferraro, James Wendell and Michael Hughes. The three Republicans are seeking…
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The sounds of summer
By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Clockwise from left: Brian Kirk and the Jirks perform at Pier Village’s Festival Plaza in Long Branch last summer; Random Test offers live reggae in Roosevelt Park, Edison; and a crowd enjoys a show at Raritan Bay Waterfront Park in South Amboy. FILE PHOTOS Free outdoor concerts are attracting a…
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Cub Scout Pack 132 to hold recruitment event
East Brunswick Cub Scout Pack 132 will host a Spring Recruitment Event 7:30 p.m. June 13 at Bicentennial Park, 176 Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick. There will be a raingutter regatta, songs, s’mores, a campfire program and information about the Cub Scout program. Prospective Cub Scouts, their parents and siblings are invited to attend. For more…
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Freehold Dodge Ram Subaru will celebrate 50th anniversary June 14
I n a world where we read about businesses that are started and folded in record numbers and others that cannot weather through tough financial periods, every now and then it’s nice to read about a family business that has prospered and flourished against what is arguably the toughest business sector to succeed in ……
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Q&A
Hot airbags with Sharon Peters Q: I read in one of your recent columns about how so many carmakers are using eight or 10 airbags. I’m wondering if this is just a game of one-upsmanship or if they really save lives? A: Determining whether a non-fatality in a wreck was definitely attributable to seatbelt-wearing (or…
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REAL ESTATE BRIEFS
Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., announces the company’s list of 2013 Coldwell Banker award winners in Monmouth County. The affiliated sales associates who earned these international awards for their sales success in 2013 include: International President’s Premier (Top 1 percent of approximately 85,000 Coldwell Banker…
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Values, long underwater, finally surfacing
How rising real estate prices are affecting homeowners who have been stuck underwater on their mortgages Good news on the foreclosure front: The number of American homeowners who are seriously underwater on their mortgages —the home’s debt being at least 25 percent higher than that property’s estimated market value — is at its lowest level…
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Toll Brothers’ executive receives special honor from the New Jersey Builders Association
A New Jersey homebuilding executive from Toll Brothers was recently honored at the 27th Annual Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards Banquet presented by the New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA). This year a very special SAM award was voted on by the NJBA members and associates at the 65th annual Atlantic Builders Convention. The NJBA’s first…
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