Author: Central Jersey

  • CAPITOL NEWS AND COMMENT

    The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators and other items of political concern. Minimum wage    Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver, Assemblyman Tim Eustace and Assemblywoman L. Grace Spencer hailed the approval of a referendum by New Jersey voters that will increase the state’s minimum hourly wage to $8.25 per hour with annual…

  • HOPEWELL: Experts to dicuss marriage equality issues at forum

    Three prominent experts in the ongoing debate surrounding marriage equality will gather at Har Sinai Temple on Dec. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. for a public forum. HOPEWELL — Three prominent experts in the ongoing debate surrounding marriage equality will gather at Har Sinai Temple on Dec. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. for…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Senior home honors vets

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Senior home honors vets

    Brandywine Senior Living at Princeton held a special Veterans Day Recognition honoring 23 of the resident veterans on Monday afternoon. By Azra Baig, Special Writer Brandywine Senior Living at Princeton held a special Veterans Day Recognition honoring 23 of the resident veterans on Monday afternoon..    South Brunswick Mayor Frank Gambatese, and Lt. Col. George P.…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Run will assist Special Olympics

    Jared Miller, an eighth grader at Pond Road Middle School , is set to host the second annual Black Friday Fun Run on Nov. 29, according to the township website. ROBBINSVILLE — For the second year in a row, a township youth invites the community to participate in a fun run to benefit Special Olympics…

  • NORTH HANOVER: Township anticipates park grant

    At the Nov. 7 North Hanover Township Committee meeting, the committee introduced an ordinance appropriating $300,000 and authorizing the issuance of $285,500 in general improvement bonds to finance improvemen by David Kilby, Special Writer NORTH HANOVER — As North Hanover awaits grant money from Burlington County for park improvements, residents are questioning the issuance of…

  • MANVILLE: Kids can compete Nov. 23 in shooting free throws

    First level of Elks tournament will be held at Weston School    The Manville-Hillsborough Elks will sponsor its 42nd annual free throw shooting contest at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, in the gymnasium of Weston Elementary School, 600 Newark Ave., Manville.    The event is free of charge. If the participant is successful enough to move…

  • Free concert at Living Waters

       RINGOES — New Jersey-based singer-songwriter-pianist Jo Stones will perform a free concert Sunday, Nov. 17, at Living Waters Lutheran Church as part of its ongoing “Inside the Artist’s Studio” ser    RINGOES — New Jersey-based singer-songwriter-pianist Jo Stones will perform a free concert Sunday, Nov. 17, at Living Waters Lutheran Church as part of its ongoing…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Don’t Toss It boutique opens as a shop for ‘creative reuse’

    Have a box full of buttons or a drawer full of costume jewelry taking up space?   Don’t toss it — repurpose it.    LAMBERTVILLE — Have a box full of buttons or a drawer full of costume jewelry taking up space?    Don’t toss it — repurpose it.    A new store, called Don’t Toss It, has opened at…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: ‘Routine’ stop nabs wanted man