Category: archives

  • Deadline extended for benefits

    By: centraljersey.com Military members whose service was involuntarily extended or whose retirement was suspended between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, due to stop loss, are entitled to retroactive payments of $500 for each month they were extended, according to Department of Defense officials. The deadline to receive those benefits has been extended to…

  • New Exhibition: Paintings by Chris Riggs at Makeda Gallery
  • Margaret Vaccarella

    By: centraljersey.com Margaret Vaccarella, 91, died Oct. 26 in Somerset. She had been a lifelong Manville resident. Funeral services were held at Fucillo & Warren Funeral Home, in Manville, Nov. 3, followed by burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Hillsborough. George Solomon George "Mickey" Michael Solomon, 50, died Oct. 21 in Hillsborough. Mr. Solomon was…

  • Photos by Dave Burd

    By: centraljersey.com – Most Artistic, 507 (iPod Touch); – Most Patriotic, 442 (Night Watchman); – Best Home Made Costume, 501 (Necromancer); – Best Use of Recycled Materials, 513 (Mother Nature and the Recycling Fairies); – Comic, First Place, 224 (Baby Jaws); – Comic, Second Place, 226 (Vegan Vampire); – Comic, Third Place, 217 (Clown); –…

  • Pulp fiction fest

    By: centraljersey.com The annual Pulp AdventureCon for fans of pulp fiction books, magazines and posters will be held 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Ramada Inn, 1083 Route 206, Bordentown. Admission is $5. Songs for Haiti A fundraising Songs for Haiti concert and dessert reception will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday,…

  • NH-S Middle School seeks local vendors

    By: centraljersey.com The New Hope Solebury Middle School’s Parent Teacher Group (PTG) is sponsoring its third annual PTG Holiday Shop and Craft Fair on Nov. 13 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at New Hope-Solebury High School. This event is held to help New Hope area residents and district families get a jump on holiday shopping by…

  • Joanne Degnan

    By: centraljersey.com ALLENTOWN – Sometimes when opportunity calls, you’re in the shower. Madeline Collins, the 17-year-old author and illustrator of a children’s book about the sacrifices of veterans, waxes lyrical about missing the personal call two weeks ago from ABC-TV reporter Bob Woodruff, a former Iraq war correspondent whose foundation is receiving the proceeds from…

  • Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day set

    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.…

  • They don’t come any better than JoAnn Meyer

    By: centraljersey.com If you knew JoAnn Meyer, you were her friend and she was your friend. You were good friends. It was that simple. So of course there was a lot to it. She was person of tremendous depth. She had a carefree attitude and a profound quality, at the same time. It was some…