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  • Nominations sought for preservation

    By: centraljersey.com Burlington County is seeking nominations for its annual Historic Preservation Awards Program, which honors residents, organizations and municipalities that have contributed to the county’s rich history. Sponsored by the Burlington County Freeholders, the awards are presented each year in May during National Historic Preservation Month to recognize those who have taken steps to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Tip leads to drug arrest

       A 39-year-old man was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine on Feb. 23.    Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano said that his office’s Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force received information that an Hispanic male identified as Miguel Ortiz Perez of Brookside Lane, Hillsborough, would have a quantity of cocaine in the area of Farm…

  • Jottings

    By: centraljersey.com Please send items for this column to [email protected] with the words "Bordentown Jottings" in the subject line. Bordentown Township Senior Citizen Club meetings are Monday, March 7, and Monday, March 21, the first and third Monday of each month, at 1 p.m. at the Senior Community Center on Municipal Drive. Doors open at…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: ‘Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ to be presented

       ”Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” will be presented by the Somerset Valley Players at their theater at 689 Amwell Road (Route 514) from March 25 through April 16.    The musical tells the classic Biblical story of love and redemption in ancient times. Favored son Joseph, with his coat of many colors, becomes exiled by…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Not so fast Richard LoCascio, Chesterfield Your cover story in last week’s edition (“Districts Receive Hike in State Aid”) would have readers believe happy days are here again. Not so fast. What the article neglects to point out is that the nominal increases in dollars flowing back to local communities in the proposed state budget…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Community mourns equine vet ‘Doc’ Dey

    UPPER FREEHOLD: Community mourns equine vet ‘Doc’ Dey

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The state’s horse industry and the Upper Freehold community are mourning the death of prominent equine veterinarian and farmer Dr. Stephen Perrine Dey II, who died suddenly last week at the age of 74.    Dr. Dey, of Heritage Hill Farm, was a tireless advocate for agriculture and…

  • Group to collect used clothing

    By: centraljersey.com Unwanted clothing will be collected Saturday, April 9, to benefit the Hillsborough High School’s Project Graduation. The drive will take place in the municipal building parking lot near the Board of Education entrance off Beekman Lane. The group will collect gently used wearable and usable men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, including shoes and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School’s’Phantom of Opera’ opens this week

    Ambitious production of 100 props, 200 costumes By Andrew Corselli, Staff Reporter    When the “Phantom of the Opera” opens on Friday at Hillsborough High School, the theater program will be well prepared.    James Romick, a Broadway veteran of 21 years who has played all but one male role in “Phantom,” came to a practice in…

  • MANVILLE: Students receive honors for their patriotic essays

    MANVILLE: Students receive honors for their patriotic essays

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Three Christ the King School students were honored as local winners for the Veteran’s of Foreign War Patriot’s Pen Essay competition. Allison Charneski of Manville, Matthew Dowling and Andrew Colabella, both of Hillsborough, were recognized by Manville VFW Post 2290 chairman Fred Gorbatuk and Commander Charles Goodyear Feb. 25…