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  • Locals set for state basketball tourney

    By: centraljersey.com The New Egypt High girls basketball team received the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye for the Central Jersey Group I tournament. The Warriors will face the winner of the game between No. 8 Bound Brook and No. 9 Riverside in the quarterfinals on March 3. The New Egypt boys are the…

  • Ken Weingartner

    By: centraljersey.com The road through District 17 can be difficult, but Hopewell Valley’s wrestlers won’t face any surprises. The Bulldogs have already seen all the major players. Hopewell Valley, which on Tuesday night capped a perfect dual-meet season in the Colonial Valley Conference, to go along with its Mercer County Tournament championship, will travel to…

  • Candidacy

    By: centraljersey.com If schools boards ran help-wanted advertisements, they might read like this: Wanted: Citizens who are dedicated and hard-working, have a strong sense of ethics, are willing to learn and ask questions and can communicate with and work well with others. Applicants must be willing to represent the interests of the children and the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – O’Sullivan to make Assembly bid

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – O’Sullivan to make Assembly bid

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Another township councilman has his eye on the 14th District state Assembly seat.    Republican Councilman John O’Sullivan announced Friday that he will seek his party’s nomination to run against incumbent and former Mercer County freeholder Daniel Benson in November’s general election.    ”The average person needs to have someone experienced in…

  • TRENTON: School districts’ per-pupil costs top state average

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    TRENTON — The state Department of Education last week released the 2010 school report cards that provide information about individual districts’ performance and finances.    All four local school districts spent more per pupil than the state average. Some exceeded the average more than others.    State data show that South Hunterdon…

  • Bob Nuse

    By: centraljersey.com The Robbinsville High School boys basketball team isn’t quite ready to contend for a Mercer County Tournament championship, but the Ravens are moving closer. The Ravens dropped a 73-55 decision to Pennington in the opening round of the MCT on Monday, but still have plenty to be excited about this season. "We’ve had…

  • David Kilby

    By: centraljersey.com Tianle Li, a chemist at Bristol-Myers Squibb on Route 206, pleaded not guilty Feb. 9 to the charges of hindering apprehension and causing the death of her husband, Xiaoye Wang, who died of thallium poisoning at the University Medical Center at Princeton on Jan. 26. Ms. Li, of Stanley Drive, Monroe Township, was…

  • Cranbuddies preschool programs set

    By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – The Cranbury School District is offering two integrated preschool programs for the 2011-12 school year. It is welcoming 3-year-old typically developing children to the Cranbuddies program Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. The 3-year-old class also includes children who require a special education program. The class is taught by a teacher certified…

  • Players call for auditions for comedy set for June

    By: centraljersey.com Open auditions for the Somerset Valley Players’ production of "The Boys Next Door," directed by Christopher Rollings, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13, at the playhouse at 689 Amwell Road (Route 514) in Hillsborough. The performance dates are June 10-26. Needed are seven adult…