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  • Gene Robbins

    By: centraljersey.com Hillsborough’s long-term goal of a town center is being tested by a developer’s plan for stores and housing at the Amwell Road-Route 206 intersection. A developer who wants to build stores and offices at the Shoppes at Woods Tavern at the northwest corner of the key area is asking for relief from zoning…

  • Apprentice program set for September

    By: centraljersey.com BRIDGEWATER – Raritan Valley Community College, in affiliation with the New Jersey Independent Electrical Contractors Association, is offering an electrical apprentice program in September. The program follows the National Electrical Apprenticeship curriculum. Classes for the noncredit, National Electrical Apprenticeship curriculum will be held at the college campus at 14 Vogt Drive. Financial aid…

  • Joan Ruddiman

    By: centraljersey.com The American Revolution looms large in our national psyche. Every child is schooled in the glories of how the patriots defeated a world power and established a republic that not only survived but thrived. There is another side to the story. What Americans revere as a brave revolution was in the eyes of…

  • Monroe gets arts grant

    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – Monroe Township Patrons of the Arts Inc. has been awarded $2,500 to support arts and entertainment programs by OceanFirst Foundation, of Toms River. The grant will provide art-oriented programs, workshops and performances that will benefit residents of Monroe Township and neighboring communities. Driven by its mission to foster, support, educate, inspire…

  • Pat Tanner

    By: centraljersey.com Ruthie and Ron Bzdewka, proprietors of House of Cupcakes on Witherspoon Street, still do not know what initiated the call from the Food Network asking them to submit a videotaped audition for its show, "Cupcake Wars." But they responded, and within hours the required three-minute video was on its way. The upshot? On…

  • Why not at ‘Y’

    By: centraljersey.com While reading about the search for a site for the senior (and possibly youth) center, I was puzzled as to the need for such center(s) with the YMCA planning to construct a facility sometime in the future. Why should our municipal government be adding services when we cannot afford our current services. It…

  • Volunteers sought to assist senior citizens

    By: centraljersey.com PLUMSTED – The Plumsted Senior Outreach Services (SOS) is looking for volunteers to assist with its mission of assisting senior citizens. Many of the services are provided for free and include: information and referrals, transportation for medical appointments and shopping, health programs and screenings, a "Move Today" exercise program, mind aerobics program, Project…

  • Dog licenses

    By: centraljersey.com EAST WINDSOR – All dog licenses are required to be renewed by the end of January. All dogs seven months of age or older are required to be licensed. Rabies vaccines must be valid through November in order to obtain a 2011 license. For information contact the Municipal Clerk’s office at 443-4000, ext.…

  • Scout reconstructs historic railroad site

    By: centraljersey.com HIGHTSTOWN – When Alex Prunchak of Boy Scout Troop 59 was deciding on an Eagle Scout project, his first priority was to choose something to help the community. He also wanted something that would stand the test of time and would be interesting to research. After talking to Historical Society members Warren and…