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  • Demand healthful plant-based school meals

    By: centraljersey.com This week, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act – the first major bipartisan bill enacted since the election by a deeply polarized congress. The act will replace junk food in school lunches and vending machines with more healthful options. Several jurisdictions have taken similar action. The Hawaii, California, New York and…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Slowdown open: Eatery back in business

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Jirada “Chef Da” De Toro didn’t think her cafe’s coffee was simply meant to wake you up and get you moving. Just as the name of her Hightsown restaurant suggests, she said she set up the recently reopened Slowdown Cafe for her coffee-guzzling customers to relax, take in…

  • Princeton Township

    By: centraljersey.com Rodrigo Ramirez, 34, of Trenton, was arrested on outstanding warrants out of Princeton Township and West Windsor, totaling $2,000. At 11:53 a.m. on Dec. 7, police responded to the Municipal Courtroom to assist in Mr. Ramirez’s arrest. He was taken to police headquarters and later released after posting the $2,000 bail. Joseph Bridgeforth,…

  • Freeholders Offer Tips for Waste-Free Holidays

    Somerset County Board of Freeholders The Somerset County Board of Freeholders invites residents to give “green” gifts a chance this holiday season and to recycle as much as possible.  “During the holidays, there are many things that we can do to minimize the amount of waste we create,” said Freeholder Deputy Director Robert Zaborowski, solid…

  • MILLSTONE: Proposed connector road troubles planners

    By Joanne Degnan, The Packet Group    MILLSTONE — A developer’s request to turn a proposed cul-de-sac off Prodelin Way into a through street that connects to the back of a planned shopping center on Route 33 in Monroe was derided as unsafe by the Planning Board last week.    ”Dumping all that traffic onto Prodelin Way…

  • Nominate Outstanding Women in Somerset County by Jan. 6

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders Do you know a Somerset County woman who has made extraordinary contributions to her career field or her community? The Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women is seeking nominations for its 2011 Outstanding Women in Somerset County awards program. The nomination deadline has been extended to Jan. 6,…

  • Climate change is topic for Dems

    By: centraljersey.com Is climate change a topic too hot to handle? At 7:30 p.m. Sunday , at the Suzanne Paterson Center, the Princeton Community Democratic Organization will sponsor a panel discussion of this controversial topic. All are invited to attend. On Sunday, Richard Moss and Shimon Anisfeld will discuss both how to slow the progress…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Locals light up the night

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    To Carole Dailey, “it is a light of hope for victims of domestic violence.”    Ms. Dailey and about 20 other volunteers braved the frigid cold Monday evening to set up 230 candles around the East Windsor Municipal Building and join nine other Mercer County municipalities for the Communities of Light…

  • Lewis School Raises $15,000 at Annual Walk-A-Thon

    Lewis School Raises $15,000 at Annual Walk-A-Thon

    By Cathy Byers The Lewis School’s 3rd Annual First Child in the Woods Walk-A-Thon was a fantastic success! The event was held on Saturday, October 23rd, 2010, at Mercer County Park. Lewis School students, families, and faculty joined together to walk a leisurely 5 miles amidst the beautiful fall scenery along the path.        Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith…