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  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Band rocks cafe for food pantry

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Band rocks cafe for food pantry

    BY Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Millstone band Finale Hill filled Rockn’ Joe’s Café on Route 27 with rock, applause, people and donations of food for the township’s food pantry Saturday night.    Finale Hill practiced as people came in for the show.    ”(Donating food) wasn’t really much (of a big deal) at all,” said Louis Mazza,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Town announces holiday trash schedule

           Recycling and trash pickup for the next two weeks will be remain the same despite the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, according to a press release from the Township.    Because Christmas Day and New Year’s Day are on Saturday this year, Friday pickups will be as scheduled, according to the release.    Residents looking to throw…

  • Top-Tier Tutoring Releases Enhanced Podcast That Showcases Campus Visit to the University of Miami

    By Rhonda Rivera West Orange, NJ, December 16, 2010:  In its latest podcast, Rhonda Rivera, co-founder of Top-Tier Tutoring, shares information learned at the University of Miami during the recent campus tour and attendance at the information session led by the Admissions Office.  To listen to the podcast, go to www.bit.ly/fdf9cI. During the podcast, Rivera…

  • Mercer County Symphonic Band Performs Dec. 22

    By Saveria Symons West Windsor, NJ: The Mercer County Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr. Louis Woodruff, will present its annual Winter Concert at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 22 at Kelsey Theater on the West Windsor campus of Mercer County Community College. Admission is free. The program includes a variety of classics for band, contemporary…

  • Brushill Nursery photos

    By: centraljersey.com Mary Brienza Staff Writer Kingston’s Brushill Nursery is dealing with the recession by changing the focus of its business. Commercial landscaping and typical project size have been drastically reduced by the recession, making the business shift to serve more residential clients, company officials said. "Commercial (work) started to die off," manager Joe Moffa…

  • Government to widen state veterans program in 2011

    By: centraljersey.com A program launched in New Jersey in 2009 to help veterans of all ages at risk of nursing home placement to remain independent in their homes and communities with needed services is expanding to 28 states in 2011, said Health and Senior Services Commissioner Poonam Alaigh. The Veterans Directed Home and Community Based…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Building with optimism

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Building with optimism

    Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Despite the tough economic times, with many uncertain and worried about the future, one local businessman said he was optimistic as he opened a new office plaza on Route 27.    Attorney Paul Rajan, 65, and his Realtor wife, Hershey, 60, of North Brunswick, own the new two-story commercial building called Hershey…

  • Fire marshal offers holiday safety tips

    By: centraljersey.com Christopher Weniger, chief fire marshal for Hillsborough Township, issued the following holiday fire safety tips: Decorating homes and businesses is a long-standing tradition around the holiday season. Unfortunately, these same decorations may increase your chances of fire. Based on data from the National Fire Protection Association and the U.S. Fire Administration, an estimated…

  • Two brothers are charged with theft of sprinkler valves

    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – Two brothers have been charged with the theft of brass sprinkler valves at an adult community. Dec. 2, the Monroe Township Police Department began the investigation into the thefts of these valves used for lawn irrigation sprinkler systems. The thefts occurred in the Greenbriar at Whittingham gated adult community. Detective Louis…