Category: archives
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MILLSTONE: Solar farm eyed for township site
Environmental Commission hears plan By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer MILLSTONE A plan to build a 20-megawatt solar farm with 60,000 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels on 125 acres of undeveloped land northwest of Moto Business Park was unveiled Monday to township officials. But the red-headed woodpecker, the wood turtle and a looming federal deadline for obtaining…
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ALLENTOWN: UFRSD projects $292,000 shortfall in unemployment insurance account
By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer ALLENTOWN The layoffs of 39 teachers and staff in Upper Freehold Regional schools earlier this year due to school budget cuts is costing the district dearly, and not just in the classroom. School Business Administrator Diana Schiraldi told the Board of Education last week she projects a $292,000 shortfall…
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Goddard School students get fire safety lesson
By: centraljersey.com Members of the Hillsborough Fire Department visited the Goddard School in Hillsborough during Fire Safety Week. The children and firefighters talked about fire safety at home and in school. They then watched a firefighter dress in full firefighting gear. The children also saw a real firetruck and learned about its equipment. When the…
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HHS RamsPage recognized for excellence
By: centraljersey.com The East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education would like to recognize Elizabeth Dunn, Kate Featherston and the staff of the RamPage for winning the Award for General Excellence in Division B at the fall conference of the Garden State Scholastic Press Association at Rutgers University on Oct. 25. In addition, the…
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Historic District lit up for Halloween
By: centraljersey.com Historic halloween Crowds of trick-or-treaters descended upon Hightstown’s historic district when Stockton Street was transformed with haunted yards, spooky houses – one with a 10-foot tall man on stilts – and even a magical kingdom, on Halloween night.The "Magic Castle" Halloween spectacle was hosted by Dan Buriak and Mike Schmidt complete with lavish…
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Funhouse to honor HEWYFL
By: centraljersey.com The Fun House at 278 Monmouth Street in Hightstown is donating an Open House for the Hightstown-East Windsor Youth Football Leagues party from 12 to 1:30 p.m., Sunday, for the SuperBowl Champions and 1:30 to 3 p.m. for the entire league. As many as 200 people are expected to attend. For more information,…
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HILLSBOROUGH: State champs reunite and reminisce
A plaque commemorating the 2000 Hillsborough High football team, Central Jersey Group IV state champions, which is displayed at Catered Affair on Route 206.
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Sunday, Nov. 14
By: centraljersey.com Book-signing: 12:30 p.m., St. George’s Church (Ericson Hall), 56 Main St., Helmetta, by Monroe resident Bettie Linke, formerly of Jamesburg, for her book, "That’s the Spirit." Autumn Tales: 3 and 7:30 p.m., haunting tales by Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy and others, Bimah Players Community Theater, Monroe Township Jewish Center, 11 Cornell Ave., $12;…
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ALLENTOWN: Test result ‘oddities’ concern UFRSD officials
By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer ALLENTOWN Upper Freehold Regional School District officials say eighth-graders scored strongly on state standardized tests last spring, but the language arts scores of elementary school students were disappointing. ”There are a lot of districts, and we are certainly one of them, that are very disappointed because the scores did…
