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    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR East Brunswick High School fans cheer for the Bears during the Greater Middlesex Conference boys basketball tournament championship game on Feb. 27 at the Rutgers Athletic Center, Piscataway.

  • Time is now to ramp up fight vs. blood cancers

    Mark Rosman IN THE NEWS I hate cancer with a passion. During my 32-year career with Greater Media Newspapers, our staff writers have authored hundreds of articles about men, women and children who have battled the disease. Some of those articles have had happy endings and some, unfortunately, have reported the death of an individual…

  • Master developers may bid for rights to Fort Hancock

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Contractors repair a damaged porch on a historic officer’s home at Fort Hancock on Feb. 28. National Park Service officials are marketing 35 of the fort’s historic homes for reuse. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF National Park Service (NPS) officials will consider proposals from master developers as well as individuals for the redevelopment…

  • Females still in minority in coaching

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Marilyn McNeil, vice president and director of athletics at Monmouth University, talks about women in sports during a Feb. 26 presentation at Shore Regional High School in recognition of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Women are still being passed over for coaching and sports…

  • Middletown set to abolish Human Rights Commission

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Carolyn Schwebel The Middletown Township Committee has proposed eliminating the Middletown Human Rights Commission (HRC), an advisory board that has stood since 1968. Formed in the wake of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the volunteer commission was tasked with developing policies and procedures to deal…

  • Cold snap fuels hot real estate market

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Real estate professionals in central New Jersey say the sparse inventory of homes on the market this winter has resulted in a greater demand for those that are for sale. Buyers, meanwhile, are taking advantage of interest rates as low as 4.5 percent. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A lthough the…

  • Compact takeover

    Q&A with Sharon Peters Q: It seems to me that there’s an exorbitant amount of attention given to compact SUVs compared to sedans and other types of vehicles that appear, when I’m driving around town, to be a lot more popular. So tell me, what percentage of vehicles that are sold every year fall into…

  • New cars that hold onto their value

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Here are the models that are predicted to return the highest percentage of their original prices at trade-in time. Depreciation is typically one of a motorist’s largest ownership expenses and it pays off down the road to choose a model that’s predicted to have the highest resale value in its…

  • Coldwell Banker New Homes announces new custom estates under way at Camelot of Colts Neck

    Luxury estate buyers, who are searching for the finest handcrafted new home, should look no further than Camelot of Colts Neck, an exquisite collection of extravagant European manor-style estates on a picturesque cul de sac surrounded by the area’s innate beauty of tranquil horse farms, manicured properties and a rolling countryside. According to Coldwell Banker…

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