Author: Central Jersey

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: March 5

        Margo Mattis, president of the Burlington County American Legion Auxiliary Executive Board, will be honored at a testimonial dinner to be held at Charlies’ Other Brother on April 19.     Ms. Mattis was president of the Willitts-Hogan-Tonne American Legion Auxiliary Unit 39 in Roebing for the last four years.     The dinner will be…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: Instant communication can be too insistent

    PHS PERSPECTIVE: Instant communication can be too insistent

    By Ian Stewart     I have written countless times about how great I think all the activities I partake in at PHS are and how I am so glad that I signed up for them, but I have just about reached the point at which I feel almost overcommitted, and I think a large part…

  • NEW EGYPT: Cottage Cafe helps prepare special students for their future

    NEW EGYPT: Cottage Cafe helps prepare special students for their future

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor     PLUMSTED — Even on a frigid Friday it’s always warm in The Cottage Café.     Students and faculty sip hot cocoa and coffee and enjoy assorted snacks all while basking in the warmth of the smiles and excitement of those who staff the classroom turned café from 10-10:30 a.m.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Trenton’s A-TEAM connects through the arts

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer     WEST WINDSOR — The arts center aims to prove there is a connection with Trenton artists.     The West Windsor Arts Center is hosting “A-TEAM Artists of Trenton,” an exhibition of works by artists from the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), through May 2. An opening reception and artist…

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: March 5

        The Northern Burlington Band Boosters are having their first annual Comedy Night on Friday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Rutgers ECO Complex, 1200 Columbus Road, Columbus.     Tickets are $25 and include the three comedians show and dessert.     Tickets can be purchased at [email protected] or by calling or texting Mary Wolverton…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Taking the plunge

    ROBBINSVILLE: Taking the plunge

    RHS students, faculty and board memberstake part to aid Special Olympics     SEASIDE HEIGHTS — A group of Robbinsville High School faculty, students and board members took to the snowy beach in 17-degree weather to plunge into the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean.     They joined nearly 6,000 people in this year’s record-breaking Polar…

  • HAMILTON: new Philly-centric eatery comes to town

    HAMILTON: new Philly-centric eatery comes to town

        HAMILTON — Mayor Kelly Yaede went behind the counter to help make a famous Philly cheesesteak during the grand opening of Wit or Witout? Famous Philly Eats.     The event took place March 3 at the Philadelphia eatery’s first location in New Jersey at the Shoppes at AMC on Sloan Avenue in Hamilton.   …

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougar boys eliminated from states

    MONTGOMERY: Cougar boys eliminated from states

    Senior Chase Ta scored a team-high 23 points in Montgomery High’s 59-56 loss to Marlboro in the Central Jersey Group IV tournament on Wednesday. Photo by Robert Gleason

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Agriculture Department nutrition staff works at assisting families

    ROBBINSVILLE: Agriculture Department nutrition staff works at assisting families

    Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Pat Dombroski, back right, and New Jersey Depart´ment of Health commissioner, Mary E. O’Dowd, back left, observe Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) social service specialist, Kathleen Gaffney, left, conduct a nutrition class with a WIC mother and her daughter at the Mercer County WIC office.