Single Stream Recycling Has Started in Bradley Beach

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Bradley Beach has now started single stream recyling as of Monday, January 9. Recyling pick up is every Monday throughout the borough. You can now throw all your recylables into one can for curb-side collection. Acceptable items are: newspaper, office paper, junk mail, magazines, flat corrugated cardboard, cereal boxes, glass bottles and jars, … [Read more...]

Just Closed! 36 Tall Timber in Middletown

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WOW! What a price! Best Value! Wonderful neighborhood!  Just Sold! Another happy homeowner... 36 Tall Timber in Middletown. This property was listed for $579,900 and sold for $560,000.  Stately Custom Center Hall Colonial.  Beautiful home complete with fenced yard featuring heated gunite pool, hot tub, & outdoor fireplace!  Spacious rooms; … [Read more...]

Road Construction Near Monmouth Mall Six Months Behind Schedule

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Construction at the intersection of Routes 35 and 36 in Eatontown has hit a speed bump. The New Jersey Department of Transportation, which is running the massive project near Monmouth Mall, said this week that work there will take six months longer than originally projected. The project will realign Route 35, reconfigure traffic at its … [Read more...]

Home Affordability Reaches 1971 Level

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Homes are more affordable to purchase than they have been since 1971 as a result of falling home prices, according to the U.S.  Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Despite record low mortgage rates, the downward trend in home values is sustained in the majority of the U.S. The best housing affordability in a generation, however, … [Read more...]

Consumer confidence levels beat expectations

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Highest level since April According to the Conference Board, the Consumer Confidence Index for December hit 64.5, up from 55.2 in November. December confidence levels beat analyst’s expectations that the index would rise to 58.9 and consumer confidence is now at its highest level since April. The proportion of consumers expecting the business … [Read more...]

2012 Home Sales: Positives on Many Fronts

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On January 3, 2012 by Robert Freedman NAR released its latest pending home sales index figure last week and for the second month in a row the index is up. But more than that, the index has broken 100. This is significant because the only time since the housing boom collapsed that the index has broken 100 is when the home owner tax credit was … [Read more...]

Long Branch to NYC in 40 minutes…

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BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The City Council selected this shaped pier design for the proposed pier and ferry terminal. LONG BRANCH — City officials are confident that a $1 million bond ordinance for engineering and design costs will bring the city to the end of the design phase for the pier and ferry project. During the Dec. 13 workshop … [Read more...]

Costing more to drive the GSP. Getting off at Exit 102 will now cost you $1.50.

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Happy New Year and grab some more quarters and replenish your EZ Pass. If you took a trip on the Garden State Parkway already this year, you paid more at the tolls.  Prices went up 50 percent Jan. 1, bumping dollar tolls  through the Asbury Park Toll Plaza and Exit 105 up to $1.50.   … [Read more...]

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