Author: Central Jersey

  • Watch for Those Orange Curbing Hunger Bags

    Watch for Those Orange Curbing Hunger Bags

    Look for the bright-orange Curbing Hunger bags on your recycling bucket.

  • CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: May 22

    By Nancy Mrzljak    The Inn at Fernbrook Farms “Spring into Jazz Dinner” will be held 6-9 p.m., Saturday, May 24 at the Inn at Fernbrook Farms at 142 Bordentown-Georgetown Road, Chesterfield. Cost is $80 per person or $150 per couple. Who needs New Orleans? Let Fernbrook swoon you with the sweet notes of live jazz…

  • MANSFIELD: Police take part in annual ’Click’ It’ campaign

       MANSFIELD — Police officers from Mansfield Township will be cracking down on unbuckled drivers and passengers — both front seat and back — as part of the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign.    Beginning May 19 and running through June 1, the annual initiative includes high-visibility law enforcement and seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols…

  • MONTGOMERY: Skillman teen sets record in Scrabble event

    MONTGOMERY: Skillman teen sets record in Scrabble event

    Eighth-graders Jacob Sass of Texas and Thomas Draper of Montgomery are the winners of the 2014 National School Scrabble Championship held in Providence, Rhode Island. Courtesy photo

  • CRANBURY: Lions club honors two
  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: May 22

    By Peg Dotson    The Roebling Garden Club will be conducting their annual Geranium Fundraiser to beautify the Roebling Circle.    For a donation of $6 per plant, you can purchase a flower “In Honor of “ or “In Memory of” a loved one. Names will be published in this newspaper column at a future date.    Also,…

  • Honoring those who served

    Honoring those who served

    Masons mark Memorial Day with flags on the graves of veterans By Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group  On an cloudy spring afternoon, a group of men gathered at Princeton Cemetery to mark Memorial Day the way it’s supposed to be. They moved swiftly, holding batches of small American flags, using a tool to dig holes…

  • REGIONAL: Assemblyman Dancer supports U.S. control over Internet

       Citing concerns regarding the freedom of expression, Assemblyman Ron Dancer (R-12) has introduced a resolution urging President Barack Obama to maintain U.S. responsibility over the Internet’s Domain Name System.    According to a press release, the Internet currently provides over two billion people worldwide with access to knowledge, services, commerce, and communication. Navigating the Internet requires…

  • CRANBURY: Lions club honors two

    CRANBURY: Lions club honors two

    By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY — The Cranbury Lions Club recognized two of its own for their humanitarian efforts at its meeting on May 7 at Teddy’s Restaurant. Lions Christine Thompson and Patrick Meehan were each awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship, the highest honor a member can receive, for their involvement in community…