Author: Central Jersey
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Images of America is topic on April 30
On April 30, the Hopewell Valley Historical Society will present a program, “Images of America: Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell,” at 7 p.m. at the Hopewell Elementary School cafeteria, 35 Princeton Ave., Hopewell. The program is free, open to the public and appropriate for all ages. Parking is located next to the school. The…
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CRANBURY: Committee introduces $1.1M bond ordinance
By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer CRANBURY – The Township Committee unanimously introduced ordinance 04-14-04 at its meeting Monday night. The bond ordinance, which provides funding for various capital improvement projects in Cranbury, authorizes the township to issue bonds or notes in the amount of $948,815, which will partially finance the cost. According to the…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: April 24
Student art, music, food to be on display Fri., April 25 — Student arts, music and culinary talents on showcase at the Municipal Building on South Branch Road. From 5 to 7 p.m., students will lead docent tours of the gallery. Live gallery music will be presented by K -12th instrumental and choral…
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ALLENTOWN: Team effort key for AHS baseball
By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group The Allentown High baseball team knows that to be successful, it is going to take a combined effort from all of its parts. Through the early part of the season that effort has been quite successful. No one player has carried the Redbirds during a 9-2 start that included…
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POLICE BLOTTER: April 24
Police reported making 23 motor vehicle stops and issuing seven summonses between 7:45 and 11:33 a.m. April 14. * * * Lisa Bunsco, 42, of Hillsborough was charged with driving while intoxicated at 11:16 p.m. April 14. A motorist reported an erratic driver in a small silver four-door vehicle in the area of Brooks Boulevard…
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Buccaneer Bay BBQ Comes to Plainfield with Unity Bank’s Support
By Yankee Public Relations PLAINFIELD (April 24, 2014) – Unity Bank has provided a construction loan to Jerome Pereira of Fanwood to support the opening of Buccaneer Bay BBQ, 154 Terrill Road, Plainfield. “People have always commented on my culinary skills and this was my dream,” said Pereira, an entrepreneur and business consultant. “The building…
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Taking a musical journey
Omar Sosa will share sounds in the Afro-Cuban style By Anthony Stoeckert For Omar Sosa, music is all about discovery, for himself, his fellow musicians and his audiences. When he and the members of his quartet perform at McCarter Theatre, April 26 at 8 p.m., he says he’ll want to play with energy, speed and…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton An iPhone was reported stolen around 9 a.m. April 21 from Bon Appetit in Princeton. The combined value of the phone and case is $679. Plainsboro Tsujiu Chin, 47, of Kendall Park, was arrested at 5 p.m. April 4 on Route 1 after her 2000 Honda Civic hit a 2002 Toyota Rav4 while it…
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PRINCETON: School will offer classes in 2 languages
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A public school in Princeton could be offering kindergarten in two languages as soon as September in a move to have children learn half their day in English and half in Spanish. Enrollment will be on a voluntary basis, so parents at Community Park Elementary School will have the…
