• Project illuminates prolific career of Thomas Edison

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Thomas Edison Beyond the status Thomas Edison holds in his namesake town, interest in the life and prolific career of Edison and his myriad inventions burns brightly throughout the world. Perhaps no one knows this — or the details of Edison’s achievements — better than the group of scholars whose…

  • February named Thomas Fortune House Month in Red Bank

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Red Bank has declared February T. Thomas Fortune Month in honor of the prominent journalist, writer and civil rights activist. Preservationists and community members are raising funds to save the deteriorating T. Thomas Fortune House. To the average passerby, the white Empire style house at 94 Drs. James Parker Blvd.…

  • Making love last, for better or worse

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Dr. William and Nancy Ainslie, who met as second-graders and reconnected in their late teens, discuss their marriage of more than 70 years. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR The sentimentality of Valentine’s Day can portray love as an ethereal dream state, rife with passion. But as true love plods along with…

  • Cash-saving hybrids

    Though most are priced higher than comparable gas-only models, several hybrid cars can prove to be more cost effective over a typical ownership period By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features LEXUS CT While many hybrid car buyers choose them to help reduce their carbon footprints for environmental reasons, far more motorists purchase the gas/electric-powered models to…

  • Q&A

    In and out with ease with Sharon Peters Q: My mother-in-law is a good and cautious driver. But she has begun having trouble, due to a failing left knee, getting out of her car. Any suggestions? A: Occupational therapists recommend the HandyBar. It’s a heavy-duty steel handle that she’ll slip into the U slot of…

  • 10 Gloria Zastko, Realtors receive 2013 NJAR Circle of Excellence Sales Award

    Ten Gloria Zastko, Realtors received the New Jersey Association of Realtors (NJAR) Circle of Excellence Sales Award for 2013. All are consistent and repeated top producers in the industry. The NJAR Circle of Excellence Sales Award is the industry’s way of saluting outstanding sales achievement. There are four levels: The Bronze level must have $2.5…

  • Lady Vikings’ bowlers win second straight GMC title

    SPORT SHORTS By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Cassidy Frattalone of North Brunswick Township High School high-fives her teammates after her turn at the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Championships held at Brunswick Zone-Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick. The Raiders lost the GMC Tournament to neighbor South Brunswick High School. JOVELLE TAMAYO A s part of a weekend…

  • State Theatre presents Family Day

    The Big Apple Circus will perform during the eighth annual Family Day on Presidents Day at the State Theatre. The State Theatre will present the eighth annual Family Day on Feb. 17. Family Day is part of the State Theatre’s Hub City Carnivale, a winter festival featuring four weeks of performances, participatory activities, social events…

  • Fire company to hold Valentine’s Day sale

    The Franklin Park Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a Valentine’s Day rose sale from Feb. 13-14 at the firehouse, Route 27 and Claremont Road. The cost of the roses is $12 per dozen.

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