• Coldwell Banker announces Monmouth County NJAR Circle of Excellence winners

    Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., announces its affiliated sales associates from Monmouth County who have earned the New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR) Circle of Excellence Sales Award for their sales excellence in 2013. “Agents recognized by NJAR as being among the Circle of Excellence have reached the pinnacle…

  • The Pointe at Turnbury offers $10,000 incentive to celebrate final phase of homes

    Buyers are responding to the final phase of homes launched last year at The Pointe at Turnbury, the active adult community located just a few miles from downtown Princeton. Sales have been strong, as buyers know this is their last chance to own a new construction townhome in this desirable neighborhood in South Brunswick. Now…

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    A visit by a therapy dog to the Parsons Elementary School in North Brunswick on March 7 gave one first-grader a chance to do some hands-on learning. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Manuel Pavao

    Mr. Pavao, 85, of Millstone Township, died March 3, 2014, at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was born in the village of Mosteiros in the Azore Islands of Portugal. Since 1959, he was a founding partner and director of Jocama Construction Corp., Old Bridge. Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Margarida;…

  • Weathermen going overboard these days

    Wind chill haters, unite! When I was a kid, temperatures were temperatures, and if you did not have enough sense to dress for the cold, your mother did: “Put your mackinaw, leggings and hat on before you go out — and close the door behind you!” Why all the hype in today’s weather forecasting? Why…

  • Trio of New Yorkers sentenced in ‘Baby Bones’ case

    Three New York residents were recently sentenced for their admitted roles in the case of a child whose skeletal remains were discovered in an Upper Freehold Township park in 2005. The remains were later identified as those of Jon-Niece Jones, who died several years earlier, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. Godfrey Gibson,…

  • Made in Monmouth will feature county’s products

    What do jewelry, bagels, orchids and surfboards have in common? How about handmade glass, honey, cosmetics, flags, beer, chocolate and tea? All of these items are made in Monmouth County. These items, and many others produced in the county, will be on display and available for purchase at the “Made in Monmouth” event to be…

  • Cinderella’s Closet volunteers help wishes come true

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent ALLENTOWN — Danielle Banyacski is a senior at Allentown High School who just may be a fairy godmother in training. She enlisted the help of her high school to hold a dress collection for Cinderella’s Closet of Monmouth County. Banyacski said she was enchanted by the idea that Cinderella’s Closet can…

  • Program will discuss ‘Jews in the Civil War’

    The Brandeis University National Women’s Committee (BUNWC) Tri- County Chapter will hold its next meeting at 2 p.m. March 18 at the Hamilton Public Library, 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton Township. The meeting is open to the public at no charge. The guest speaker, Rabbi Eric Wisnia of Congregation Beth Chaim, West…

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