• Plan for beer garden awaits approval

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer A warehouse on Second Avenue in Long Branch is slated for redevelopment into a beer garden. The developer expects a spring 2016 opening. LONG BRANCH — The developer of a beer garden proposed for lower Broadway has targeted a spring 2016 opening. Preston Casertano, developer of the Whitechapel Project, said…

  • Web of social services buoys adult with autism

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Kevin Petranich performs his tasks at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton. This is part six in an occasional series of stories about people with autism in New Jersey. The entire series can be found at www.gmnews.com/autism. K evin Petranich doesn’t hit the snooze button on his alarm clock…

  • Stakeholders campaign to halt seismic test

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone calls for a halt to a planned seismic study of the ocean floor off the New Jersey coast this summer during a press conference in Point Pleasant Beach. Environmental activists and a local legislator are urging Rutgers University to halt a seismic testing study planned for…

  • D-Day legacy of service and sacrifice lives on

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Rudolph Schasney, a U.S. Navy gunner first mate who was involved in the D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944, participates in a Memorial Day ceremony on May 24 at Thorne Middle School in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. Seventy years after D-Day — the Allied troops’ invasion…

  • Bulletin Board items

    – Bikers hope to find a cure for diabetes The American Diabetes Association will hold its annual Tour de Cure on June 8 at the Educational Testing Services Campus, 660 Rosedale Road, Princeton. The cycling event is dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes. There will be a 10-mile family ride, a 30 mile-ride, a…

  • Top used cars for new grads

    They’re rated as being safe and reliable and are reasonably affordable, bringing both peace of mind — and pocketbook — to those heading off to their first jobs. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features HONDA ELEMENT While many students get through their college years driving an old “beater” car or borrowing a ride from the family…

  • Q&A

    High-end Hyundai with Sharon Peters Q: My brother called to say that he’d just bought a new Hyundai. We gave him a little good-natured ribbing about his cheapie choice, and he announced, huffily, that it was a $69,000 Hyundai. I love my brother, but he’s given to hyperbole. I seriously doubt he paid $69,000 for…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., announces that Tinton Falls resident Roxanne Donaghy is now affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Holmdel/Colts Neck. As a sales associate, Donaghy will provide residential real estate services in Holmdel/Colts Neck as well as the surrounding communities…

  • There has been a crown jewel sighting in Jackson

    Typically, crown jewels are found in Europe and represent national cultural icons. This crown jewel, however, is found in Jackson, and is a truly stunning real estate icon for the community. Designed and constructed by its existing owner, Jorge Fernandez, with plans approved by the renowned builder Morris Flancbaum, this luxury home has everything. Based…

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