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  • Allison Musante

    By: centraljersey.com As the holiday season approaches, community members have ample opportunities to share in the spirit of gift-giving. The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton is accepting food donations year-round, but encourages donations by Sunday for Thanksgiving distribution. It is seeking low-sodium canned vegetables, low-sugar canned fruit, and canned proteins, such as salmon, tuna…

  • David Kilby

    By: centraljersey.com After hearing comments from dozens of parents, the Monroe Township Board of Education agreed to keep Applegarth School closed from June 2011 to June 2012 to ensure all asbestos is removed and as much renovation as possible is completed. "Our number one priority is to make sure all asbestos is removed," said Lew…

  • Mary Ellen Zangara

    By: centraljersey.com The Manville Education Foundation held its first golf outing on Oct. 28 The MEF decided to try something new this year and the event was a success. Forty golfers teed off at the Hillsborough Golf and Country Club in Hillsborough having a great autumn day of golf. Lunch was provided at the ninth…

  • State Library offers ‘get help’ Web site

    By: centraljersey.com The New Jersey State Library has launched a new Web site designed to make it easier for residents to connect to state programs, services and agencies that can help them during these tough economic times. "Many New Jerseyans are facing severe financial and employment challenges and the place they are turning to for…

  • Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day to be held Sunday

    By: centraljersey.com EDISON – The Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste Management will have its Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Middlesex County College at 2600 Woodbridge Ave. Use the Mill Road entrance. The event will take place in parking lot 2. The hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

  • Truly green energy is built in right places

    By: centraljersey.com Here in one of the most densely developed states in America, we still have lots of space for solar panels and other renewable energy facilities. Parking lots, rooftops and reclaimed industrial sites, or "brownfields," are often ideal locations since they are close to energy consumers and don’t harm natural resources. We don’t need…

  • New Jersey giving big trees their due

    By: centraljersey.com Every year around this time, public attention focuses on enormous evergreen trees – the kind that are festooned in twinkling lights at Rockefeller Center, the White House lawn and other public places. In New Jersey, there’s a quieter search going on for gigantic trees, and not just those of the holiday variety. The…

  • John Tredrea

    By: centraljersey.com Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington have won awards from Sustainable New Jersey for working to make the Valley more green. Sustainable Jersey is a certification program for New Jersey municipalities that want to implement environmentally friendly policies and take steps to sustain their quality of life over the long term. Mayors were…

  • Rustic Mall plans concern resident

    By: centraljersey.com The Nov. 10 issue of the Courier News ran a story on the redevelopment of the Rustic Mall area of Manville. As a resident of Manville, I am concerned about any plans for the redevelopment of the Rustic Mall area that include housing. Three of the four schools in our town are at…