• Q&A

    Big wheels with Sharon Peters Q: We’re looking at two vehicles. The Subaru Forester has 16-inch wheels that come standard, but you can get 17- inch wheels, and the Ford Escape’s range from 17 to 19 inches. The bigger ones cost more. What’s with the emphasis on wheel sizes, and why spend more for bigger?…

  • Sept. 7 car wash to benefit Sunshine Kids Foundation

    Prudential New Jersey Properties, 222 Millstone Road, Millstone, will host a car wash on Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to benefit the Sunshine Kids Foundation (a non-profit organization that helps children with cancer.) There will be a DJ for entertainment and classic cars on display. Cars will be $5 and trucks and…

  • Incorrect credit

    Survey shows that 23 percent of Americans experience problems with their credit reports. Here’s how to fix it. Nearly one quarter of Americans surveyed say they have encountered problems with their credit reports, according to a recent survey by the Thomson Reuters legal information website FindLaw.com. FindLaw surveyed a representative sample of 1,000 Americans and…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The inaugural Howell Township 5-Mile Race will be held on Sept. 21. The Howell Elks Club, B.P.O. No. 2515, is sponsoring the race, which will benefit CONTACT of Ocean and Monmouth Counties, a 24/7 Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Hotline. The 5-Mile Run begins at 9:30 a.m. and is preceded by a Health/Fitness 1-Mile Walk…

  • Varsity Report

    ALLENTOWN Replacing a quarterback with three starting seasons behind him like Nick Palladino and an explosive running back like Norman Williams, among many others, could be a discouraging task for some high school football coaches, but Allentown High School’s Jay Graber has an air of comfortable reassurance as he prepares his team for Sept. 7’s…

  • Allentown’s Scheuerman hopes for better football season at Lafayette

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School graduate Ross Scheuerman, now a junior at Lafayette College, was named to the Preseason All-Patriot Conference Team. He is one of Lafayette’s most versatile running backs. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE Running back Ross Scheuerman of Allentown is poised to leave behind a frustrating, injury-riddled sophomore season on a Lafayette College…

  • Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey set for Oct. 19-20

    Lighthouses and selected museums throughout the state will host the Lighthouse Challenge of New Jersey Oct. 19-20. Participants can tour the state and visit each participating lighthouse over the weekend to help raise funds for continued lighthouse preservation. Those interested can visit the lighthouses and museums on the challenge for an opportunity to step back…

  • Museum exhibit maps out state history

    Hermann Moll’s “Post Map” first published in 1729 I n an age of GPS, smartphones and Google Earth, some people see paper maps as useless tools of a bygone era. To Nicholas Ciotola, curator of cultural history at the New Jersey State Museum, old maps still hold value as ideal artifacts for exploring New Jersey…

  • Don’t think twice, it’s all right to save a life

    I t is not just celebrities in the news who die from prescription drug or recreational drug overdose. This tragedy often hits much closer to home. Sometimes it is a member of our own family, co-workers or neighbors. In fact, overdoses have caused more than 6,000 deaths in New Jersey since 2004, making it the…

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