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  • Robbinsville

    By: centraljersey.com Melinda Ponti, 50, of Robbinsville, was charged Saturday with driving while intoxicated, careless driving, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident. Police responded to the area of West Manor Way and Patriot Drive about 11:30 p.m. on a report that a car had struck a utility…

  • New agency must satisfy constitution

    By: centraljersey.com The state’s Fair Housing Act needs revision. Now that a state Appellate Court has struck down the Council on Affordable Housing’s third-round regulations, it seems pretty clear that attempts to nibble around the edges of the 25-year housing program will neither satisfy municipal officials nor pass constitutional muster. And let’s be clear, the…

  • Delaware and Raritan Canal walk to be offered

    By: centraljersey.com KINGSTON – Join the naturalist of Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park in a loop walk that will lead through the historic canal park, Mapleton Preserve (former site of Princeton Nurseries), Cook Natural Area, Middlesex County Open Space Park and the Heathcote Meadow Preserve. This hike, to be held Saturday, Nov. 13, is…

  • MANVILLE: Events make note of Red Ribbon Week

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville Schools and the Manville Municipal Alliance will take part in National Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-30 to give students a chance to pledge that they will be drug and alcohol free.    Kicking off the week, the Manville Senior Citizens and others will be tying red ribbons along Main…

  • Wine tasting room opens at Terhune’s

    By: centraljersey.com The long-awaited Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery tasting room is now open for business. Terhune Orchards is one of the few operating farms in the Garden State with a winery and tasting room. The winery offers seven varieties of red and white wine, including an award-winning Vidal Blanc, a bronze medal winner in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Best feet forward

    HILLSBOROUGH: Best feet forward

    By John Patten, Managing Editor Sunnymead students highlight Breast Cancer Awareness Month    It’s said it doesn’t always matter if you win or lose, but it does matter how you play the game — and for the members of the Hillsborough Jr. Raiders Division II team Nebraska Huskers, playing the game in memory of a beloved…

  • Amber Cox

    By: centraljersey.com CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP – Elementary school students will have a fresh start to the new year when they enter a brand new $37 million building on Jan. 5. Furniture for the Chesterfield Elementary School on Saddle Way will be delivered by mid-December and teachers and staff will begin moving in and preparing classrooms over…

  • Eileen Oldfield

    By: centraljersey.com Providing quality food at low price is the business mantra at Maestro 206, a new restaurant on Route 206 South, owners said. "One of the comments at CoccoLa was that the prices were too high," Maestro 206 Co-owner Romin Patel said. "We decided to have competitively priced dinners." "We have an array of…

  • Betty Jane Hunt

    By: centraljersey.com This is an introduction to a series of articles, which will appear in The Beacon, about the diverse use of agricultural land in West Amwell Township. Of the 14,016 acres that make up the land area in West Amwell, 7,650 acres were farmland assessed in 2006. That means there is agricultural activity taking…