• Fanciful features

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features From a built-in vacuum cleaner to seats that give a hot stone massage while en route, automakers are luring shoppers into showrooms with an engaging array of the latest high-tech systems. There’s no such thing as a “stripped down” new car any more. Even some of the smallest and least…

  • Orange Key Realty offers ideas for winter storm protection

    Michael Matthews and Ofir Hillel, brokers/owners of Orange Key Realty, believe the following suggestions can make a big difference for protecting your biggest investment, your home.” Keep your pipes warm. Some of the most expensive winter damage comes from burst pipes. Wrap the pipes in the cold parts of your house in insulation, and open…

  • Post-recession trends

    Home values and homeownership rates are down in more populous counties Home values are slowly picking up after the recession, though they’re nowhere near pre-recession levels. A closer look at home values shows that they declined in large counties but held steady in smaller counties after the most recent recession, according to new findings from…

  • Zuber remembered for integrity, fairness

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Walt Zuber They were known as Big Walt and Little Walt. For close to 40 years, basketball coaches would be at ease when they saw Walt Mischler and Walt Zuber walk onto the court to officiate a game. “We refereed games from Cape May to Jersey City to High Point,”…

  • Driving the lane

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR St. Joseph High School of Metuchen’s Breein Tyree puts up a floater between East Brunswick High School defenders Billy Donahue (25) and Gary Baumer during the Dec. 20 game played before a packed gym in East Brunswick. The Falcons scored a big season-opening win, 46-44.

  • Lonczak, Raiders off to 7-2 start at the lanes

    NORTH BRUNSWICK By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent North Brunswick Township High School’s girls bowling team is off to a 7-2 start this winter thanks to an experienced lineup featuring six players with 150-pin or better averages. The Raiders are also coming off a second-place showing on Dec. 21 at the Joe Romer Tournament, a baker-style event,…

  • As drivers age, big decision looms down the road

    By STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer For elderly drivers, the decision to stop driving is often made in consultation with family members and medical advisors. Representatives from the Automobile Association of America (AAA) Mid-Atlantic and the Oscar and Ella Wilf Campus for Senior Living, Somerset, discussed the challenges of initiating that conversation with an older family…

  • ‘Disney on Ice’ celebrates ‘100 Years of Magic’ in skating spectacular

    Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and their friends from Disney’s “Mulan,” “The Lion King,” “Pinocchio,” Disney/Pixar’s “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles” and “Toy Story” will take to the ice for a grand celebration in “Disney On Ice: 100 Years of Magic.” Produced by Feld Entertainment, the fanfare production features more than 60 Disney stars that span the…

  • VFW to hold breakfast buffet this Sunday

    VFW Post 9111, 11 Henderson Road, Kendall Park, will hold an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8-11 a.m. Jan. 5. The buffet includes omelets, French toast and more. The cost is $9 per person. Children under age 5 are free.

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