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  • Sheriff plans senior academy

    By: centraljersey.com The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department will hold its annual Senior Citizens Police Academy on six consecutive Tuesdays beginning April 5 and running through May 10. The program, which focuses on safety issues important to seniors, is free of charge. Those interested in attending should call the Sheriff’s Community Services Unit at (609) 265-3788.…

  • The Ashtons have big plans for their 38 acres

    The Ashtons have big plans for their 38 acres

    The Ashtons, of Route 518, have five sons, 38 acres, six beef cows and more. Shown above feeding the cows are Issac (left), 11, and David, 16.

  • Defend New Jersey from invaders

    By: centraljersey.com "Star Trek" fans will recall Starfleet’s prime directive when encountering an alien civilization was noninterference. But for alien species invading this state we’re in, the opposite is true. Nearly one-third of New Jersey’s 3,000-plus native plant species now are considered rare. We are losing our native wildlife to invasive flora and fauna of…

  • EnviRUNment 5k benefits Watershed

    By: centraljersey.com Get active and help protect your water and environment at the third annual Greening Princeton EnviRUNment 5K. Join Greening Princeton, a student environmental group at Princeton University, and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, central New Jersey’s first environmental group, on Saturday April 16 for this fun fundraising event. Runners, joggers and walkers are…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – SBHS Viking baseball team prepares for new season

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – SBHS Viking baseball team prepares for new season

    By Maria Riegel, Special Writer    The South Brunswick High School Varsity Baseball Team is looking forward to a promising 2011 season. The team has seven returning seniors and 11 underclassmen combining for a total of 18 players this year, according to head coach Timothy Sweeney.    Three of the returning seniors; Zach Gildenberg, Craig Cleffi, and…

  • POLICE BEAT: March 24, 2011

       Stephen Houston, 31, of Florence, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and charged with criminal mischief on March 15. Mr. Houston was seen by a witness causing damage to a vehicle parked on West Third Street, police said. Investigation revealed that Mr. Houston had damaged four other vehicles parked on the street, police said. Police…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Board eyes takeover of Y child care

    By Amber Cox, Staff Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The Board of Education is looking at the possibility of taking over the YMCA’s primetime before- and after-school child-care program.    The program, which is housed at the elementary school, 2146 Jacksonville-Jobstown Road, has been running for several years, but the board recently asked interim Superintendent Joseph Miller to…

  • POLICE: March 24, 2011

       Hawa Alpha, 23, of Beakes Street in Trenton, was charged with shoplifting at 7:47 p.m. March 19 at the J.C. Penney department store at the Quaker Bridge Mall after a store loss prevention officer saw her hide an assortment of jewelry, valued at a combined $69, in her purse, police said. She was issued a…

  • Andrew Corselli

    By: centraljersey.com HILLSBOROUGH – Joan Olszyk knows a thing or two about perseverance. She has lost three family members to Loeys-Dietz Syndrome since 1995, but it hasn’t stopped her from moving ahead. "She comes to work every day with a smile and we don’t know how she does it," said Erica Neiman, the chief operating…