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Stage direction
By Madhusmita Bora CTW Features Staging often is called upon to help a for-sale home fetch a higher price, but a new study says it doesn’t make as much of a difference as we’ve come to believe. A new study that says home staging does not translate into higher selling price, has sparked a controversy…
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Mortgages: Go small
By C.J. Caruthers CTW Features As big banks stay stingy with mortgage money, small community banks fill in the gaps A s the largest banks in the country lose market share in the residential lending sector, small community banks are picking up the slack. According to some experts, that’s good for the economy and the…
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Spring into a new home in the desirable Mae Brooke Estates in North Brunswick
A ndrew Zastko, broker-owner at Gloria Zastko, Realtors and listing agent for Mae Brook Estates, reports brisk sales for the new year at Mae Brook Estates, a 10-home subdivision in the Farrington Lake section of North Brunswick. There are only two remaining homesites at Mae Brook Estates starting at $629,000. Zastko states, “The new year…
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Falcons, Bears hoops teams advance to GMC semifinals
By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent The best way to describe what the Monroe Township High School girls basketball team experienced when it met Piscataway Township High School in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament semifinals on Feb. 24 was chaos. That is what happened when the defending champion Chiefs applied the kind of pressure defense the…
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Monroe captures its first District 20 wrestling title
By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent South Brunswick High School’s Nick Daza, bottom, lost his 106-pound semifinals match at the NJSIAA District 20 Wrestling tournament to East Brunswick High School’s Mark Schleifer on Feb. 22. Schleifer fell in the finals to Nick Lombard of Monroe Township High School, but all three advanced to the Region 5 tournament.…
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Last chance to see ‘Baby the Musical’ at Center Playhouse
The Center Playhouse will feature “Baby the Musical” through March 2. The musical examines how parents-tobe experience the emotional stresses and triumphs that accompany the anticipation and arrival of a baby. This 1980s pop-rock production focuses on three couples on a university campus as they deal with the consequences of this universal experience. The cast…
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Tickets available for PTA Tricky Tray
The Lawrence Brook School PTA will hold its annual Tricky Tray March 7 at the school, 48 Sullivan Way, East Brunswick. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Calling will begin at 7:30 p.m. Prizes will include four One-Day Hopper Passes to Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla.; vacation certificates to the Caribbean; store and restaurant gift…
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Happy birthday, Mr. President
JOVELLE TAMAYO Alan Carmy, exalted ruler of the East Brunswick Elks, dresses as George Washington in honor of the first president’s birthday during the Elks Lodge’s Nautical Night on Feb. 22.
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Stefania Sawicki
Mrs. Sawicki, 88, of Perth Amboy, died Feb. 17, 2014, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a dietary aide at Roosevelt Hospital, Edison, where she worked for 15 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Vincent, and by a son, Victor. Surviving are a daughter, Irene Wisniewski of South River; a…
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