• DATEBOOK

     Jersey Shore PFLAG monthly support meeting will be held 7-9 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Presbyterian Church House, Shrewsbury. Meetings are offered on the second Monday of every month and offer support, education and advocacy for parents, family members and friends of lesbians and gays, bisexuals, and transgender and intersex people. Although meetings are…

  • Contract awarded for training facility for Manalapan Police Department

    By MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has awarded a contract for the construction of a training facility for the Manalapan Police Department to Pharos Enterprises LLC, South Amboy. The contract was awarded during the committee’s Aug. 14 meeting. Pharos Enterprises was the low bidder among a group of four firms that…

  • Disney’s dreams capture author’s imagination

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Chuck Schmidt (r) had a chance to meet former Disney Imagineering leader Marty Sklar in 2011. Schmidt is the author of “Disney’s Dream Weavers.” Sometimes the dreams of childhood go by the wayside as time and life progress. That is not the case with Freehold Township resident Chuck Schmidt.…

  • New principals in Freehold K-8 schools

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Freehold Borough K-8 School District will start the 2013-14 academic year with a new principal in each of the district’s three schools. Joseph Jerabek, who was the principal of the Freehold Intermediate School, has left Freehold Borough for a position in the Keansburg School District. Ronnie Dougherty, the…

  • School standards spur full-day kindergarten

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer More school districts are offering full-day kindergarten programs as educational standards now place a greater emphasis on a strong curriculum for the young learners. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Many of New Jersey’s educational leaders agree that full-day kindergarten is a bona fide plus for students. But to establish the more…

  • Get in gear

    A fresh assortment of both full-size and compact vans offers a wider range of choices to small businesses and recreational vehicle buyers. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features With the economy enjoying a welcome recovery, automakers are once again paying attention to their fleets of commercial vans after years of dormancy. New models are hitting the…

  • Q&A

    with Sharon Peters The circle game Q: It seems that wherever we go these days — shopping centers, new subdivisions, even well traveled routes that used to be straight lines – there are roundabouts, those goofy traffic circles that no one seems to know how to maneuver. Must be the new trend in traffic engineering.…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Jack Waters, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, announced that Donna Warters of the East Brunswick office was recognized for her exceptional industry success during the month of July. Warters led the region, which is comprised of offices throughout Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, in resale listings. She can be reached in Weichert’s East Brunswick…

  • Vacancies available

    With some prior research and a little TLC, once-vacant foreclosed properties can have appealing price tags for buyers By Erik J. Martin CTW Features Thinking about purchasing a foreclosed home? You may be able to take some of the stress out of that distressed-property transaction by investigating how long it’s been vacant, the experts say.…

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