Author: Central Jersey

  • MONROE: Council approves age-restricted COAH housing

    MONROE: Council approves age-restricted COAH housing

    Jenine Clancy photo. One of the developments under construction in the township that will dedicate a percentage of homes as affordable housing.

  • Murata Machinery USA Introduces New MW120GTEX Twin Spindle CNC Turning Center

    Murata Machinery USA Introduces New MW120GTEX Twin Spindle CNC Turning Center

    By 1888pressrelease 1888 PressRelease – The new MW120GTEX is a high-accuracy redesign of a Muratec customer favorite, offering great performance in small spaces and a twin gantry loader for higher productivity. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC – Murata Machinery USA, Inc., the leader in high volume production turning centers, has announced the introduction of its new MW120GTEX…

  • PACKET PICKS: Sept. 26

    Sept. 26-27 Mercer Italian American Festival The 15th Annual Mercer County Italian American Festival will take place Sept. 26-28 at Mercer County Park in West Windsor. The festival includes a food piazza featuring regional Italian restaurants; an Italian market with Italian specialty products; a heritage pavilion with art, and memorabilia; a cultural theater with cooking…

  • National Chemistry Week "Candy" Activities Night & Poem Contest

    National Chemistry Week "Candy" Activities Night & Poem Contest

    Louise Lawter Help celebrate National Chemistry Week (NCW) 2014 with the Princeton Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Princeton University. Come to our NCW "Candy" Activities Night on Friday, October 24. This year’s NCW theme is “The Sweet Side of Chemistry n Candy”. There will be demonstrations, videos, and hands-on activities related to…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: School hosts trendy ‘icebreaker’

    HIGHTSTOWN: School hosts trendy ‘icebreaker’

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — The Grace Norton Rogers Elementary School hosted a back-to-school ice breaker activity by recently participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. "It’s not often that teachers get the unique opportunity to teach children about giving back and making a difference in their community," said fourth grade teacher Shannon…

  • SOUTH COUNTY: Great start for new K-12 district

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer The opening of the school year — the first ever for the grades K-12 South Hunterdon Regional School District — "went very well," said Superintendent of Schools Louis Muenker at Monday night’s meeting of the district school board. The regional district was formed after public elections last fall backed merging…

  • FLORENCE: Township will improve Hornberger Avenue

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — Council unanimously approved an ordinance for preliminary work and improvements to Hornberger Avenue at its meeting on Sept. 3. "If the township is ever going to land a developer for the Roebling Steel plant it has to be able to provide improved access in and out of the…

  • LAWRENCE: Homeless man charged with trespass

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A 43-year-old homeless man, who suffered a broken leg, has been charged with criminal trespass for entering an abandoned building on Quakerbridge Road, according to Chief of Police Mark Ubry. Police were alerted by a citizen that a man, later identified as Kevin Roach, was lying on the ground outside…

  • WEST AMWELL, LAMBERTVILLE: There are two sides now to PennEast issue

    WEST AMWELL, LAMBERTVILLE: There are two sides now to PennEast issue

    The proposed Penn East natural gas pipeline (red line) appears to go through or along some preserved properties (in green) in West Amwell and Hopewell townships. This map was provided by the nonprofit environmental Sourland Conservancy.