• Grants to fund improvements of sidewalks, façades

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Residents may be able to make home improvements, thanks to this year’s Community Development Block Grant funds. Last year, the city used the funds for its Broadway façade program. This year, the city plans to establish a sidewalk and exterior façade improvement program, Business Administrator Camille Tooker said…

  • Youngster conducts drive for food bank

    Eliana Acosta, a 7-year-old resident of Old Bridge, has organized a Breakfast-Food Drive to benefit the Old Bridge Food Bank. Items sought include cereal, oatmeal, farina, granola, pancake mix, syrup, canned fruit, applesauce, peanut butter, jelly, apple juice, coffee and nonperishable breakfast foods. Donations are being accepted through April 4. To arrange to have items…

  • Trip to Atlantic City will benefit school band

    The Old Bridge High School (OBHS) Marching Band Parents will sponsor a bus trip to Showboat Casino in Atlantic City on March 22. The bus will leave at 11 a.m. sharp from the OBHS Grade Nine Center parking lot on Route 516, and will return at approximately 9 p.m. The cost is $35 per person…

  • Sayreville residents weigh in on proposal for berm

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — The future of War Memorial Park is a significant concern for residents who attended a March 4 presentation on a Rutgers University study on how to stem flooding in the borough. The recommendations of a research team led by Professor Anton “Tony” Nelessen of the Edward J. Bloustein…

  • Irish eyes and ears focus on pipes and drums

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Frank Johnson and Kate Honan rehearse with other members of the Pipes and Drums of Barnegat Bay at the Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River on March 5. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Like a perfectly poured pint of Guinness, pipes-and-drums bands have long steered the Irish through times of celebration…

  • Service engine soon

    Your car is trying to tell you something when one of the warning lights on the dashboard illuminates. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features I f you find yourself perplexed by the plethora of warning lights and displays on your car’s instrument panel, you’re not alone. A recent survey determined that a surprising number of U.S.…

  • Q&A

    Redesign reservations with Sharon Peters Q: We’re looking at the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, and we’re enthusiastic about it, but we’re afraid that all the bad press about the redesign will spoil its resale value in five or six years. What do you think? A: It’s a little early to tell how the public at large…

  • 46 Keller Williams agents earn Circle of Excellence Awards

    Keller Williams Realty, West Monmouth and Monmouth/Ocean and East Monmouth, announces that 46 of the brokers/ agents have achieved Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze for the NJPA Circle of Excellence Awards for 2013. Located in Morganville, Jackson and Shrewsbury, Keller Williams is ready to help you with your real estate needs. Call the Morganville office…

  • 99 Gloria Nilson agents receive 2013 NJAR Circle of Excellence Sales Award

    Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate, one of the pre-eminent real estate brokerages in New Jersey, announces that 99 sales associates were recipients of the 2013 New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR) Circle of Excellence Sales Award. “It gives us great pleasure to honor the recipients of the 2013 NJAR Circle of Excellence Sales Award,”…

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