• Appliance dealer opens new store in E. Brunswick

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — In an age when computers may answer people’s customer service queries, Karl’s Appliance stands out as a destination for a quality customer service experience from a knowledgeable staff, according to company President Dan Schwartz. Schwartz started working at Karl’s Appliance 24 years after his father and grandfather…

  • BUSINESS BRIEF

    College Prospects of America Inc. will host a free seminar from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Radisson Hotel, 50 Gibson Place, Freehold Township. College Prospects is a group of former college coaches who scout, evaluate and work with high school athletes who are seeking college opportunities. Guest speaker Doug Plank, former Chicago…

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  • Robert Pfeiffer

    Mr. Pfeiffer, 75, of Millstone Township, formerly of Sayreville, died Aug. 28, 2013, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Along with his wife, he was the owner and operator of the Corner Deli, Perth Amboy, for 32 years before retiring in 2002. Prior to that he had been employed as a milkman for Puritan…

  • Politicians are sowing seeds of discontent

    A long, long time ago when I was an engineering student, I studied surveying. I never understood how a navigator at sea could stand on a pitching deck and line up the horizon with the sun while holding a sextant to his eye and turning the lever. It was once the only way to determine…

  • Cambodian refugee shares story of atrocities, survival

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Chanty Jong, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, shares her experiences during a talk at the East Brunswick Public Library. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR A n estimated 2 million people were killed when revolutionary Cambodian dictator Pol Pot rose to power in 1975 and ordered the immediate communist…

  • New Jersey’s ‘Silicon Shore’

    By SUZIE XIE Staff Writer From transistors to radio transmissions, New Jersey has been a stronghold of emerging technology. But can the state compete with the likes of Silicon Valley in California? Entrepreneur Avi Karnani thinks so. The founder of startups Thrive and Churnless, Karnani said Silicon Valley and New Jersey are similar in terms…

  • Commissioner addresses state education overhaul

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Christopher Cerf This school year represents a major turning point for New Jersey’s public schools. State law required sweeping changes to curriculum standards and the teacher-evaluation system to take effect this month, ahead of a new standardized assessment that will be implemented in the 2014-15 school year. State Commissioner of…

  • Member of ‘The Family’ celebrates in Freehold

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Actors Raymond Franza (l) and John D’Leo, stars of the new movie “The Family,” chat with D’Leo’s friend Bianca Castronovo of Millstone during a private screening of the film for close friends and family at the Freehold AMC Loews theater on Sept. 22. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Eighteen-year-old cast member…

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