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  • Tree recycling offered in New Hope, Solebury

    By: centraljersey.com Hugh Marshall, of Hugh Marshall Landscape Contractors, and Dee Dee Bowman, an agent with Coldwell Banker Hearthside Realtors, have teamed up to recycle Christmas trees this holiday season. The tree collection, which is scheduled for Jan. 5, is free for New Hope and Solebury residents and will not incur any costs for the…

  • Spring will see launch of deadly curve’s realignment

    By: centraljersey.com WEST WINDSOR – Work to realign the Alexander Road "S-curve" is expected to begin next spring, more than five years after a 14-year-old girl lost her life in a car crash on the dangerous stretch of road. Pete Weale, of Fisher Place, reminded council members about the project’s overdue completion date at the…

  • Standing for the Students

    By Margaret Mattes, PHS Correspondent All of a sudden, the holidays are no longer approaching- they are upon us.  At Princeton High School, the few days leading up to winter break are filled with class parties, students roaming the halls with Santa hats, and, of course, “Candy Grams.”   Delivered in homerooms on the Wednesday…

  • Victoria Hurley-Schubert

    By: centraljersey.com Five former New Jersey education commissioners explored broad themes, such as their perception of public education in New Jersey, impediments to improvement and addressed topics such as the role of charter schools and public school choice; teacher evaluation and compensation; teacher and principal tenure; and other major policy changes currently under consideration in…

  • Pat Summers

    By: centraljersey.com For some "holy grail" kinds of things, you’ve got to search and search. You may get lucky; you may not. But if what you seek is the game of bridge – if you’ve always wanted to try it, or wondered what its coded language is all about – your search is over. Merely…

  • Tues., Dec. 28

    By: centraljersey.com Princeton Borough Council, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall. Wed., Dec. 29 Princeton Township Committee, 10 a.m. Municipal Complex. Fri., Dec. 31 New Years Eve Gala with the Princeton Elks. 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. $35 pp in advance, $40 pp at the door. Includes hors d’oeuvres, hot buffet, desserts, champagne toast, party favors, chocolate…

  • HANSEL AND GRETEL GINGERBREAD COTTAGE CHALLENGE!

    By Cotsen Children’s Library What makes a gingerbread cottage enticing to little boys and girls? You decide! Our five eager contestants will each receive the same gingerbread kit. But the similarities stop there as they go crazy with the icing, candies, and various imaginative toppings. The finished cottages will be on display at Labyrinth Books…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Sidewalk plan riles residents

    Township Council tables ordinance By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — There was little goodwill toward men at a raucous Township Council meeting two days before Christmas as residents alternately denounced a proposed sidewalk maintenance ordinance as a gift to a developer and an attempt to bill homeowners for damage caused by township-owned trees.    Township…

  • MILLSTONE: Planners postpone vote on solar energy farm

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    MILLSTONE — The Planning Board will try again in January to come to a decision on a proposed 20-megawatt solar energy farm planned for a 132-acre tract of land between the Moto industrial park and the Monroe Township border.    The special Dec. 22 meeting had already passed the three-hour mark…