Category: archives

  • PARENTING PEARLS: Offering service: A constant source of happiness

    By Mae Sakharov    As I was growing up, for me reading was salvation and a way to learn about the world beyond my family and my little town in New Jersey. A voracious reader from as early as I could turn a page, my favored books were about those courageous individuals who triumphed over adversity…

  • Briefs

    Briefs By: centraljersey.com The Lawrence High School Athletic Hall of Fame is currently accepting nominations for the 2011 class, scheduled to be inducted in October. Nominees may be former athletes, coaches, teams, or special contributors. Athletes must have graduated in 2006 or earlier in order to be eligible. Nomination forms can be filled out online…

  • ‘How To’ workshops slated

       The community is invited to attend a series of “How To” workshops hosted by Mt. Airy Church of West Amwell.    The workshops cost $10 each and are as follows:    — March 16 — How To Care for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s. Author Patti Kerr thought she knew what it meant to love and care…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Budget hearings to start

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    A series of public meetings on the township budget will begin Tuesday, according to officials.    Public Affairs Coordinator Ron Schmalz said the first in the series will take place Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. before the start of the Township Council meeting at the municipal building on Route 522.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Bus service may expand

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Bus service may expand

    NJ Transit graphic A picture of the proposed park and ride on Independence Way.

  • LAWRENCE:State aid cuts school tax rate increase by 2 cents

    By Lea Kahn    An unexpected increase in state aid has made the difference between a proposed 5-cent school district property tax rate increase and the 3-cent increase to support the proposed 2011-12 Lawrence Township public school district budget.    School district officials learned that the public school district would receive $672,646 more in state aid for…

  • Route 22 Public Meeting – March 19

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders SOMERVILLE – The second public meeting for the Route 22 Sustainable Corridor Long Term Improvements Project will be held Saturday, March 19, starting at 9 a.m. in the first-floor conference room at 27 Warren St. Parking is available in the municipal parking deck off Veterans Memorial Drive. The meeting will…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Bus service may expand
  • Justin Feil

    By: centraljersey.com The Hillsborough High School ice hockey team looked motivated to go after a state crown as they opened play in the public A Division tournament with a 4-1 win over Bayonne. No one looked better than Danny Congiusta, who scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner short-handed in the second period. He…