• Back in the big time

    Cadillac re-enters the large luxury-car market for 2013 with the elegant and thoroughly modern XTS sedan. By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features With the automotive marketplace leaning heavily toward smaller cars and crossovers these days, it’s difficult to remember a time when American motorists truly lived large. Expansive sedans with cavernous cabins and mighty V8 engines…

  • Q&A

    Old gas and seatbelts with Sharon Peters Q: I need to know how to dispose of old gasoline, please. My late husband always kept a 5-gallon container of gas for emergencies and now I’ve discovered an almost-full container that must be at least eight years old. I won’t put it in my car because it’s…

  • The Pointe at Turnbury surges past the 80 percent sold mark

    Special $20,000 incentive celebrates the launch of the community’s final phase of homes Realizing that it may be their last opportunity to own in the popular 55- and-better community just 5 miles from downtown Princeton, homebuyers are responding quickly to the recent launch of the final phase of homes at The Pointe at Turnbury. The…

  • Keyport dealership among the first Ford dealers in the nation to sell new F-150

    A Monmouth County dealership is among the first Ford dealers in the country to sell a 2016 F-150 truck. Joe Jarock Jr., an auto body shop employee and street rod enthusiast, purchased a new 2016 F-150 XLT from Tom’s Ford in Keyport. An employee of Al’s Auto Body in South Amboy for nearly four decades,…

  • Hawks’ football team heads into transitional campaign

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Monmouth University football team runs through an offensive set during the Aug. 15 practice at Kessler Field in West Long Branch. Monmouth opens the season on Aug. 29 at Montana State University. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Monmouth University football is embarking on what head coach Kevin Callahan referred to…

  • Most and least driver-friendly states

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Some states treat its motorists better than others in terms of ownership costs, commute times and other factors T hough much of America is more or less homogenous, some states are inherently more hospitable to motorists than others. Ownership costs, including gas prices, insurance premiums and repair costs vary from…

  • Comedy festival returns to Jersey Shore

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Three evenings of laughs, chuckles and all-out guffaws are side-splitting their way to the Jersey Shore this weekend as the second annual Asbury Park Comedy Fest kicks off on Aug. 23. The festival will be held at three venues across Asbury Park and Neptune on the evenings of Aug. 23,…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Jack Waters, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, announced that the Old Bridge office was recognized for outstanding performance in November. The office led the region, which is comprised of locations throughout Middlesex County, in new home dollar volume, resale listings, resale revenue units and resale dollar volume. Additionally, sales associates John Horvath and Ranbir…

  • Death By Improv yields live laughter

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer I t’s often said that laughter is the best medicine. Although the name may suggest otherwise, Death By Improv aims to bring nothing but laughter to its audiences. An improvisational comedy troupe, Death by Improv appears on the last Thursday of every month at To Be Continued… bookstore, located at…

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