Category: archives
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RESULTS
By: centraljersey.com PU men’s hoops The Princeton University men’s basketball team suffered its first Ivy League loss of the season when it dropped a 75-65 decision at Brown on Saturday. The loss dropped the Tigers to 8-1 in Ivy play and just behind 9-1 Harvard in the Ivy League standings. Kareem Maddox had 19 points…
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N.J. has role in Philly ‘foodshed’ plan
By: centraljersey.com You may not be aware that the entire Garden State is part of greater Philadelphia’s "foodshed" – the region that supplies locally grown food to the Philly metropolitan area. A newly released "foodshed" plan underscores the need to protect and nurture the region’s local food supply system, something often taken for granted. The…
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Disappointed by article
By: centraljersey.com I was so disappointed by your article about local data revealed in the state’s 2010 school report cards (Feb. 17: "School districts’ per-pupil costs top state average"). The report cards provide valuable information on student achievement, class size, teacher characteristics, computer resources, student demographics and other subjects, but all your article discussed was…
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Concert to benefit student with leukemia at NH-S
By: centraljersey.com NEW HOPE – When John, Jeff and Jake Cimbalista learned a classmate of theirs at New Hope-Solebury High School, Carly Stephens, had been diagnosed with leukemia, they reacted the way many people in their tight-knit community did by asking, "What can we do to help?" The brothers, three of the four members of…
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Dillon basketball celebrating 40th
By: centraljersey.com The Princeton Recreation Dillon Youth Basketball League will be celebrating its 40th anniversary at Jadwin Gym on Saturday. Interested individuals should RSVP to Erin Metro at [email protected].
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Allison Musante
By: centraljersey.com PRINCETON – With the deadline for budget submissions around the corner, the Board of Education is still looking to trim another $1.1 million to meet the state’s 2 percent tax levy cap. At the board’s meeting Thursday, Superintendent Judy Wilson gave an update of the proposed budget to a packed house. The board…
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TNR method to control feral cats topic at Tabby’s Place
By: centraljersey.com RINGOES – Seeing homeless cats on the street? Did neighbors lose their house, and their pet kitty was left in the driveway? Want to help? A national animal welfare organization, Best Friends Animal Society, is holding a "boot camp" on humane methods to control populations of and care for free-roaming cats. This method,…
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A tasty, generous victory
By: centraljersey.com A tasty and generous victory THUMBS UP to Ruthie and Ron Bzdewka, the owners of the House of Cupcakes on Witherspoon Street in Princeton, not just for winning the Food Network’s "Cupcake Wars" – and a $10,000 prize – but for donating the money to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Such generosity should…
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Transparency needed
By: centraljersey.com The procurement of goods and services by local governments is regulated by State law. Here in Chesterfield, however, State law seems to be regarded more like guidelines than actual rules. The Chesterfield Township Committee recently awarded six professional service contracts, while their appointees on the Planning Board awarded five service contracts. They were…
