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Greening to sell
By Alexandra Gallucci CTW Features Energy efficient updates are all the rage right now, but which ones will help you sell your home at a better price? Making “green” improvements on your home not only helps the environment, but it can also equate to sizable cost savings on your energy bill and your taxes. There…
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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…
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SPORT SHORTS
The Friends of South Amboy will sponsor a night of charity basketball and a buffet dinner on Dec. 21 to benefit Samantha Carey and Kaitlyn Kehoe, two local children who have serious illnesses. The basketball games begin at 4 p.m. in the Cardinal McCarrick High School gym and feature teams from the host school and…
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Old Bridge seeks to better last year’s five-win mark
By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School girls basketball coach Dan DaMino welcomes back seven key players from a year ago, as the Lady Knights look to improve on last year’s 5-15 mark. Although the team will be without leading scorer Kaitlyn Johnson, who graduated last June, Old Bridge’s youthful roster gained tons of…
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Lady Knights return a veteran, championship-winning roster
By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Old Bridge High School’s girls indoor track and field team returns many of the athletes that helped it win the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV titles a year ago. The Lady Knights’ roster includes most members of the cross-country team that won the GMC title in…
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Taking it to the hoop
TERRY BOUDREAU Cardinal McCarrick High School’s Lauryn Materowski drives past East Brunswick High School defenders during the Dec. 13 preseason game played in South Amboy. Both teams open the 2013-14 season on Dec. 20.
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State Theatre ranked No. 1 worldwide in 2,000-seat category
COURTESY OF STATE THEATRE A year-end report of “Top Stops” by Venues Today magazine ranks the State Theatre in New Brunswick as the No. 1 venue in the world in the 2,000-seatand under category in its December issue, based on concert and event grosses from this past year, starting from Oct. 16, 2012. “We are…
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Salon taking part in holiday socks drive
Vogue Hair and Nail Studios, 3153 Route 9 North, Old Bridge, is an official drop-off site for the 2013 Socks for Seniors Holiday Sock Drive. New socks to benefit the cause may be dropped off at the salon. For more information, call 732-679-2822.
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YMCA seeks players for basketball tourney
The South Amboy Branch YMCA, 200 John T. O’Leary Blvd., will hold a 3-on-3 basketball tournament beginning at noon Dec. 21. Team members must wear the same color shirts and will be set up according to the number of teams. Cost is $15 for members, $20 for nonmembers. To register, visit the Y welcome desk.…
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