• When parents become lenders

    Family-financed down payment loans are increasingly common. Follow these guidelines to make the process smoother. With tightening credit markets, low savings rates and stagnant wages, many first-time homebuyers find themselves struggling to amass a down payment. The solution? Parents. Twenty-seven percent of first-time homebuyers received a down payment as a gift from “the good ol’…

  • Standardbred Fund Series replaces Sire Stakes’ Green Acres Division

    The deadline for registering mares to New Jersey’s new Standardbred Development Fund Series is Jan. 15. Beginning with the foal crop of 2014, the Standardbred Development Fund (SDF) Series will replace the Green Acres Division of the New Jersey Sire Stakes. The first of the new stakes races will be contested in 2016. “The SDF…

  • Smilin Eli is Sire Stakes Horse of the Year

    Smilin Eli has been selected as the New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) Premier Division Horse of the Year for 2013. The son of Muscles Yankee won all three of his NJSS starts at the Meadowlands, including the $150,000 championship finals in a career best and stakes-record matching 1:51.2. The award for NJSS Green Acres Division…

  • Raiders to follow 20-win season with new lineup

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent NORTH BRUNSWICK A fter winning 20 games a year ago, North Brunswick Township High School’s boys basketball team is in the unusual situation of sporting an entirely new lineup. “It’s not often that you graduate 10 letterwinners, but that’s part of high school sports,” said Raiders coach Ed Breheny, who has…

  • Back on the mats

    North Brunswick Township High School and South Brunswick High School wrestlers run through a collective warm-up routine before their Dec. 19 preseason scrimmage in Monmouth Junction. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Local resident helps dogs that have ‘ruff’ time staying warm

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent One local entrepreneur is looking forward to holiday shopping, and she’s hoping her product is on pet owners’ lists. Marketing and design professional Lindsey McGraw launched American Dog Apparel just under two years ago after taking courses in pet product design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. The…

  • Barnes & Noble plans January events

    Barnes & Noble, 869 Route 1 South,North Brunswick, has scheduled the following events during January: “Kindness Matters” storytime featuring “Llama Llama and the Bully Goat,” 11a.m. Jan. 8 Linwood Middle School book fair, 6p.m. Jan. 14 Cyber-bullying safety tips for educators and parents, 6 p.m. Jan. 16 “The LEGO movie” hands-on learning event for parents…

  • ENTERTAINMENT

    Planetarium features holiday and winter shows The Robert J. Novins Planetarium, on the Ocean County College (OCC) Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, is offering a variety of holiday, children’s, laser and seasonal shows through Feb. 1. Children’s shows “One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure,” for children age 10 and under. Sesame Street’s Big…

  • Registration opens for preschool classes

    Residents and nonresidents can sign up now for the South Brunswick Department of Parks & Recreation 2014 Winter Recreation Preschool Programs. Deadline for registration is Jan. 8. Programs include “Rough & Ready 2s” for 2- to 3-year-olds; “Messy Play,” “Just You and Me” or “Dance & Rhythm” for 3- to 4-year-olds; and “Alphabet Soup” or…

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