Author: Central Jersey

  • MONROE: Open house attracts volunteers

    MONROE: Open house attracts volunteers

    Firefighter Robert Grassi helps a young would-be firefighter spray water through a fire hose at the annual Firefighter Re´cruitment Day in Monroe.  Photo by Jenine Clancy

  • THINGS TO DO: Aug. 29

    Sat., Sept. 6 The annual Cranbury Day Yard Sale of St. David’s Episcopal Church, 90 S. Main St., Cranbury, will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 609-655-4731 or visit stdavidscranbury.com. American Repertory Ballet Workshop students perform during Cranbury Day in Princeton Ballet School’s Cranbury studio at 29 N. Main St. Dancers from…

  • The Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico Finds New Donations From foodtweeks(TM) App
  • HIGHTSTOWN: Rise needs help for Backpack Drive

    HIGHTSTOWN: Rise needs help for Backpack Drive

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHSTOWN — Rise is hosting its sixth annual Backpack Drive to provide children in need with the school supplies they need to start of school and is still seeking the community help. "The Backpack Drive enables Rise to strengthen our community and help the working families who struggle to provide…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Aug. 29

    Join the South Brunswick Senior Center, in the Municipal Complex, Route 522, as September 2014 celebrations for Senior Center Month take place and we invite all adults 55+ who reside in South Brunswick to come and take a tour, attend the many special events planned this month and become a member. Thurs., Sept. 4 The…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Rise needs help for Backpack Drive

    HIGHTSTOWN: Rise needs help for Backpack Drive

    Konah Mustapha, 11, who is entering sixth grade, is one of the 96 children who received a backpack on the last day of the Rise Summer Academic Enrichment Program. 

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Fisher named full-time coach

    Interim last year takes over Ravens boys soccer By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    Jeff Fisher went into his senior year of high school with high expectations on the soccer field and the baseball field.    But a severe knee injury suffered in the first scrimmage of the soccer season changed all that. And while Fisher…

  • JAMESBURG: School sets schedule change

    JAMESBURG: School sets schedule change

    BY Jenine Clancy, Special Writer JAMESBURG — Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School will switch to block scheduling, Principal Chad Donahue announced at the school board meeting on Aug. 21. Mr. Donahue, who took over from former superintendent and principal Gail Verona, said the new scheduling will incorporate back-to-back classes that will be made up of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Extension service offers Master Gardener classes

    A new season of Master Gardener classes will be starting soon at the Middlesex County EARTH Center in Davidson Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Master Gardeners are community volunteers trained in earth-friendly gardening and environmental principles. These lecture classes will meet once per week for three hours each from mid-September through mid-April.…