Author: Central Jersey

  • Peapack-Gladstone Bank Helps Local Students Get Back to School

    Peapack-Gladstone Bank Helps Local Students Get Back to School

    Summer is now upon us, and the new school year will soon be on the horizon. In preparation, the United Way of Northern New Jersey has launched their 2014 Stuff the Bus school supply drive. Peapack-Gladstone Bank is proud to support this program by coll

  • CRANBURY:Rabid raccoon’s bite leads to pet’s death

    CRANBURY:Rabid raccoon’s bite leads to pet’s death

    Submitted photo. Shaggy, a nine-year-old Lhasa Apso, is pictured with the Hidalgo family during a recent Christmas.

  • BORDENTOWN: The results are in

       The township’s annual Fish Derby on July 4 had 100 children participate.    With the parents and other family and community members in attendance, there were over 300 people at Northern Community Park for the derby.    This year there was one winning category, “Largest Fish Caught,” but there were several winners.    The winners who received…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Youth Police Academy starts 2014 sessions

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Youth Police Academy starts 2014 sessions

    Ed Birch photo. Youth Police Academy students see the training of K-9 offi´cers during a class session Monday. Youth

  • EDITORIAL: The superintendent hiring game

    In the wake of Gov. Chris Christie’s cap on the salaries of school superintendents, a number have left our towns for greener pastures in other New Jersey districts or out of the state. The ensuing voids left some vacant districts scrambling to find the best qualified candidates for those openings and, in turn, created a…

  • TITUSVILLE: July 4 celebrated July 5

    TITUSVILLE: July 4 celebrated July 5

    Photos by Mike Chipowsky The Titusville 4th of July celebration was held on July 5, because of inclement weather on July 4. Titusville’s Miss Fourth of July for 2014 is Laura Niederer, a 2014 graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School. She will go to college this fall to study nutrition. One of the winners…

  • Rago’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Saturday, November 15, 2014

    Rago’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Saturday, November 15, 2014

    Rago Arts and Auction Center Rago’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction: Saturday, November 15, 2014 Post-War and Contemporary Art brings together essential works from leading painters, sculptors, and photographers working today with those of Post-War innovators and juxtaposes important originals with stylish multiples and the work of emerging and mid-career artists. Highlights to date include…

  • STOCKTON: Byway exhibit at Prallsville

    STOCKTON: Byway exhibit at Prallsville

    The work of 20 established fine artists, reflecting the contemporary art scene from Frenchtown to Trenton, can be seen in the Prallsville Grist Mill in Stockton until July 27. The opening reception will be held Friday (July 11) from 6-8 p.m. The exhibit, open daily from 1-4 p.m., reflects the art scene influenced by the…

  • MANVILLE: Scout leader Jim Kelly steps aside

    MANVILLE: Scout leader Jim Kelly steps aside

    Manville Boy Scouting sees a change in leadership, as longtime Scoutmaster Jim Kelly, right, steps aside in favor of Mike Trond.