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  • Joanne Degnan

    By: centraljersey.com ALLENTOWN – The school district’s 18 bus drivers and aides facing the loss of their jobs told the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education that its plan to sell its fleet of buses and outsource transportation routes was a shortsighted, one-year budget fix that could end up jeopardizing students’ safety in the long…

  • Tuesday’s school board Candidates Night will be televised

    By: centraljersey.com The Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters will hold school board Candidates Night on Tuesday (March 29). The 90-minute program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the TV studio at Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington-Titusville Road. It will also be televised live on Comcast channel 19, and Verizon channel 32. Beginning March…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Brady pancake breakfast raises $6K

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Brady pancake breakfast raises $6K

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    More than 250 people attended a pancake breakfast Sunday, raising $6,161 for the Hugs for Brady Foundation to help children with cancer, according to Ellen Gambatese, who helped to organize the event.    The first Hugs for Brady Pancake Breakfast was held Sunday from 8 a.m. until noon at the Senior…

  • Staffers

    By: centraljersey.com Gene Robbins Managing Editor On Monday, staffers in Hillsborough schools were "on a high" knowing that a negotiated agreement staved off the privatization of 270 jobs, which is more than one-fourth of the school’s work force. By Tuesday, they were mulling the reality of a $2,000 to $3,000 increased expense in their personal…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Local Jews celebrate Purim at two events

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Local Jews celebrate Purim at two events

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    The township’s Jewish community and others came together this weekend to celebrate the holiday of Purim.    There were two township events scheduled last weekend to celebrate the holiday; one was sponsored by the Chabad of North and South Brunswick, Saturday at the Chabad House on Route 27 and the other…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Viking girls take county championship game

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Viking girls take county championship game

    Viking player Erica Dwyer scored eight points in the first quarter of the championship game.

  • EAST WINDSOR: Treadmill ignites; townhouse residents displaced

    EAST WINDSOR: Treadmill ignites; townhouse residents displaced

    The rear yard of 488 Fairfield Road is littered with fire- and smoke-damaged items after Tuesday morning’s fire. (Staff photo by Doug Carman)

  • NEW HANOVER: Should middle school students go to Bordentown?

    By Amber Cox, Staff Writer    NEW HANOVER — The Board of Education continued the discussion of expanding its sending-receiving relationship with Bordentown Regional School District to include New Hanover’s 52 middle school students.    The board held a special meeting March 17 to discuss the proposal and receive more public input, stressing a decision needs to…

  • Hoop camp in Hillsborough

    By: centraljersey.com The Dan Schantz Basketball Camp, formerly known as MMOG Basketball Camp, has announced the camp dates for this summer. This camp will once again be held at Christ the King School in Manville (due to the construction at Mary Mother of God in Hillsborough). The camp, in its fifth season, will be directed…