Author: Central Jersey

  • CRANBURY: MAYOR’S CORNER
  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: April 2, 2015

       Springfield Township has entered into a municipal partnership program with other Burlington County townships to offer reduced rates at the Indian Spring Golf Course in Marlton.    For more information on how to receive a $5 per round reduction, visit www.indianspringgolf.com/index.html.    The Jacksonville Community Center hosts a monthly breakfast the first Sunday of every month from…

  • CRANBURY: Rocking out

    CRANBURY: Rocking out

    Staff photos by Charles W. Kim. The Down Syndrome Association of Central New Jersey held a dance for families at the Cranbury Inn on March 21. Below left, organization member Amy Johns holds a state is´sued proclamation honoring the event on World Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

  • REGION: Seasonal burning program underway by state

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    New Jersey State Forestry Services seasonal prescribed burning program as part of the state’s efforts to reduce wildfire risks has been underway.    ”Prescribed burning is part of a planned strategy that the state uses to reduce accumulations of undergrowth, fallen branches and downed trees that can act as tinder…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Jazz singer honored at State House

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Jazz singer honored at State House

    Wenonah Brooks first began singing as a young child at her church with family members Hopewell Township resident Wenonah Brooks recently was honored on the floor of the NJ State Assembly chambers during a Women’s History Month ceremony celebrating distinguished women in the arts. Ms. Brooks, a well-known area jazz singer, has preformed with noted…

  • CRANBURY: Rocking out

    CRANBURY: Rocking out

    Staff photos by Charles W. Kim. The Down Syndrome Association of Central New Jersey held a dance for families at the Cranbury Inn on March 21. Below left, organization member Amy Johns holds a state is´sued proclamation honoring the event on World Down Syndrome Awareness Day.

  • ETEP Courses offered at Hunterdon County Polytech
  • HILLSBOROUGH: School’s honor society chapter inducts more than 100

    More than 100 students were inducted into the Hillsborough High School chapter of the National Honor Society in a ceremony March 17 in the auditorium of Hillsborough High School. The vast majority of students were members of the junior class, but 14 were seniors. Maxwell Zylowski, president of the Hillsborough National Honor Society, greeted the…

  • CHESTERFIELD CHATTER: April 2, 2015

       This will be the final column of Chesterfield Chatter.    This column has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life.    I would like to thank the countless people who over the past 19 years have provided information to be included in the column and everyone who has read the column week after week.…