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  • NATURE NOTES

    By: centraljersey.com The following is a list of activities being offered through the Nature Center at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville. All programs are offered free of charge. Some require advanced registration as indicated below. Attendance is always limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Programs will commence at the Nature Center…

  • John Tredrea

    By: centraljersey.com March 1 has been targeted as opening day for a teen center in Pennington. If all goes well, the center would be in the YMCA building, at the corner of Academy Avenue and South Main Street. "We still have one final challenge," Kim Bruno, mentor of YAB (the Hopewell Township Youth Advisory Board),…

  • ALLENTOWN: Upper Freehold must close $1.7M budget deficit

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional School District outlined a grim preliminary $32 million budget for 2011-12 that, if enacted, would cost parents more for after-school activities, subscription busing, student parking and the full-day kindergarten program to help close a $1.7 million projected deficit.    Other steps being proposed to close…

  • Crunch Time helpers deserve thanks

    By: centraljersey.com We would like to take the opportunity to express our thanks to all who helped make Crunch Time a success. Crunch Time is the special time that the Princeton Public Library sets aside for the Princeton High School students to do some last minute cramming before mid-year and final exams. We thank the…

  • Lawrence Lightning swims to win over Montgomery

    By: centraljersey.com The meet began with the boys and girls individual medleys. Francesca Iucolino (1:46.90.) led the girls 10/under age group followed Vicki Wengler and Gillian Dauer. Jonathan Lessiohadi led the 10/under boys (1.54.35) with great races by Ian Dauer and Devon Meth. Katelyn Takacs, Katie Smith and Kelsey Holt put in excellent performances in…

  • Help me find the best of Hillsborough

    By: centraljersey.com January is probably not the best season to try to learn your way around a new area, as this newspaperman has learned. I like to poke my nose in out-of-the-way places, and I have probably irritated drivers by slowing to gawk at things like the plaque (I’m a history major) atop the Neshanic…

  • East Windsor

    By: centraljersey.com Officers responded to the Target parking lot Feb. 2 at 11:30 a.m. for a report of a theft from a taxi. The taxi driver reported that a passenger in her cab had reached into her purse, which was located on the floor between the front seats, and removed a wallet containing $3,000 in…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Family members have stronger connection

    By David Kilby, The Packet Group    ROBBINSVILLE — Christine Archer, who donated her kidney to her great uncle about a month ago, wants people to know that donating a kidney is worth the sacrifice.    Arnold Strong, 69, Ms. Archer’s grandmother’s brother, was on dialysis for two years before Ms. Archer, 20, donated her kidney to…

  • IRS offers tips on what to do if you are missing a Form W-2

    By Gregg Semanick, IRS NJ Spokesperson Before you file your 2010 tax return, you should make sure you have all the needed documents including all your Forms W-2. You should receive a Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, from each of your employers.  Employers have until January 31, 2011 to send you a 2010 Form…