Author: Central Jersey

  • ACME holds annual luncheon benefit on Saturday

    And a silent auction, roo    On Sept. 28, ACME Screening Room will host its annual Benefit Lunch with a silent auction and film screening of “Musical Chairs,” by Director Susan Seidelman, who also will lead a Q&A after the film.    ”We were honored and surprised to discover that Susan Seidelman has been a patron of…

  • MANVILLE: Community calendar, issue of Sept. 26

    What’s going on around the borough? Fri., Oct. 4    Tricky tray auction: St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, 1900 Brooks Blvd. More than 100 gift certificates and prizes. including flat-screen TV, outdoor grill, Kitchen Aid mixer, iPad, household items, appliances, theme baskets, door prizes, food and a 50/50.    Doors open at 5 p.m. Auction begins at…

  • LAWRENCE: Afghan woman activist tells students to work for change

    If there is one point Afghan activist Noorjahan Akbar wanted to make to the students at The Lawrenceville School, it is that they can be agents of change — in Afghanistan and anywhere the By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    If there is one point Afghan activist Noorjahan Akbar wanted to make to the students at…

  • MANVILLE: Kids get to pet a turtle

    MANVILLE: Kids get to pet a turtle

    Children gathered around a large turtle Saturday when the “Lizard Guy” gave them a chance to meet it up close and personal. (Photos by Mary Ellen Day)

  • LAWRENCE: Fred Vereen’s 80th birthday to double as fundraiser
  • MANVILLE: Kids get to pet a turtle

    MANVILLE: Kids get to pet a turtle

    The ‘Lizard Guy’ lets Christian Byra and his sister, Madison, get a touch and long look at a snake at the library on Saturday.

  • LAWRENCE: Church gets go-ahead to relocate

    The Straightway Baptist Church got the green light to relocate to Lawrence Township last week after the township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance to convert a vacant building on Whitehead Road into By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Straightway Baptist Church got the green light to relocate to Lawrence Township last week after…

  • SOUTH COUNTY: Schools regionalization OK’d!

    Overall, nearly 29 percent of the registered voters in the three towns cast ballots By John Tredrea, Special Writer    By a landslide margin, voters in Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell approved the regionalization of South County schools Tuesday.    Those casting ballots OK’d two referendum questions, and by doing so, have set the stage for combining…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Town loses a longtime public servant

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Town loses a longtime public servant

    David H. Knights, 60, a man who has left an indelible imprint on the town and region he loved, died Tuesday morning By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Hopewell Borough Council President David H. Knights, 60, a man who has left an indelible imprint on the town and region he loved, died Tuesday morning.    Upon hearing…