Author: Central Jersey

  • PLUMSTED: School safety valuable lesson at New Egypt

    PLUMSTED: School safety valuable lesson at New Egypt

       PLUMSTED — New Egypt Primary School students are learning about school safety, respectful living and safe choices.    Through a joint effort between members of the Plumsted Township Police Department and the faculty and students of New Egypt Primary School, a new program created by Plumsted Township School Resource Officer Danielle DePalma has helped place further…

  • Four AmeriQuest Executives Earn Certified Transportation Professional Designation

    By 1888 PressRelease 1888PressRelease – CTP program gives trucking professionals a thorough understanding about everything entailed to successfully operate a private fleet in today’s highly regulated and complex marketplace. CHERRY HILL, NJ – The Strategic Fleet Planning and Financing group of AmeriQuest Transportation Services announces that four additional members of its staff have achieved the…

  • MONTGOMERY: Girls Basketball Player of the Year

    MONTGOMERY: Girls Basketball Player of the Year

    Cameryn Benz led the Montgomery High School girls basketball team in scoring and rebounding. Photo by Robert Gleason

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Downtown eateries to have Restaurant Week

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — The Historic Downtown restaurants are hosting the third annual Restaurant Week, featuring samples of eateries along restaurant row on Farnsworth Avenue from March 29 to April 3.    ”Restaurant Week was part of a trend that New York and Philadelphia promote every winter to generate foot traffic during…

  • PLUMSTED: School safety valuable lesson at New Egypt

    PLUMSTED: School safety valuable lesson at New Egypt

    Plumsted Township School Resource Officer Danielle DePalma teaches junior officer Ava Kuey about school safety. 

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Budget holds taxes close to flat

       ROBBINSVILLE — For the first time in many years, Robbinsville residents will see very little increase to their upcoming tax bill.    March 11, the Robbinsville Board of Education approved its tentative budget, which maintains programs for students and accommodates costs associated with the new addition at Sharon Elementary School and enrollment growth with only a…

  • Many attended 50th-anniversary fete of library

    Roxanne Robinson, president, Allentown Library Association     I am so delighted that so many people came to the history of the Allentown Library lecture on March 8.    A thousand thanks to Joan Ruddiman for all her research and for making the story so engaging.    Thank you, also, to the borough and township for declaring…

  • Nearly One-Third of New Jersey Teachers Would Choose a Different Career Path

    Nearly One-Third of New Jersey Teachers Would Choose a Different Career Path

    By Plymouth Rock Assurance n Teachers’ Insurance Plan of NJ A recent poll conducted by Plymouth Rock Assurance – Teachers’ Insurance Plan of NJ revealed that nearly one-third of New Jersey teachers polled would choose a different career path if they “were given a ‘do over,’ that is, an opportunity to go back in time…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: St. Joe’s 4th-graders win thrillers

    HILLSBOROUGH: St. Joe’s 4th-graders win thrillers

    St. Joseph’s Church in Hillsborough 4th-grade basketball team completed its hoops season with a 9-3 record. Kneeling, from left, are Dom Monsorno, Chris Demetrio, Graham Ross, Griffin McCaffery, Ben Spitzer and Evan Sabo. Standing, from left, are Nick Rindgen, Zach Conklin, Paul Steele, Nick West, Shane Donoghue and Joey DiIorio. In back, from left, are…