Author: Central Jersey

  • LAMBERTVILLE: CCI volunteers help make Johnson’s garden grow

    LAMBERTVILLE: CCI volunteers help make Johnson’s garden grow

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer Tom Johnson’s vegetable garden needed some love and attention. Coming through to provide it last week was a team of CCI Greenheart volunteers, who worked with members of a local chapter of the Knights of Columbus and associates from Forest Green, an area business, to help Mr. Johnson out. In…

  • WEST AMWELL: Kayaking bail jumper given more jail time

    Former West Amwell resident Steven Pieczynski, who was convicted in March of jumping bail and escaping to Canada with use of a kayak, has been given additional jail time on burglary and theft charges. Mr. Pieczynski had previously been sentenced on third-degree bail jumping and received four years in state prison. Superior Court Judge Stephen…

  • MANVILLE: She’s proud of school’s accomplishments

    MANVILLE: She’s proud of school’s accomplishments

    Superintendent Ruberto prepares to start her retirement By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Manville Schools Superintendent Johanna Ruberto will put in her last day today, Thursday, at the helm of the borough school system. Tomorrow she plans on painting the front door on her Raritan Township home. Dr. Ruberto has spent the last five years at…

  • SPRINGFIELD HAPPENINGS: JULY 31

       The Springfield Township Council meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a work session and the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a regular meeting.    The Planning Board meets the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. for a work session and the third Tuesday of the…

  • LAWRENCE: Community calendar

    Thu., July 31 Sustainable Fare for Sustainable Jersey, a farm-to-table fundraising event, 5 to 9 p.m. at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrenceville. Cocktails will be served starting at 5 p.m. and dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $150 per person and can be purchased at sustainablejersey.com. Fridays, Aug. 1-29 Meditation Circle, Fridays…

  • FLORENCE: Resident recognized for a lifetime of commitment

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    Joseph Varga was the parade grand marshal for the 2014 Patriotic Celebration, a special day and community tradition that dates back to at least the 1930s.    Mr. Varga drove his “Little Toot,” a mechanized train, in the parade every year for the past 38 years. This year, however, his…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Seven file for 3 seats on school board

    By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Seven people filed for three seats on the Hillsborough/Millstone School District Board of Education by Monday’s deadline. Three are in the job now and seek re-election: Judith Haas of Titus Court, Jennifer Haley of Mulford Lane and Christopher Pulsifer of Ditmars Circle. Two are residents with volunteer backgrounds, particularly on…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Pennytown plan going back to drawing board

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer A plan to build 70 affordable housing rental units on a 25-acre Pennytown tract owned by Hopewell Township is going back to the drawing board because the development firm retained by the township says the tract cannot sustain as much development as had been anticipated. At Monday night’s Township Committee…

  • FRENCHTOWN: Chill out on a tubing trip down the Delaware

    FRENCHTOWN: Chill out on a tubing trip down the Delaware

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer Chill! That directive, which apparently started with a generation that was quite young at the time, is a slang way of telling you to relax. Taken literally, to chill is to cool off, which is relevant to relaxation. It’s July. A good way to chill your mind at the same…