Category: archives
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Scarecrows contest returns to festival
By: centraljersey.com Lawrenceville Main Street presents its annual Scarecrows in the Village harvest festival and contest on Sunday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Lawrenceville Farmers’ Market on Gordon Avenue. Enjoy delicious treats from favorite Farmers’ Market vendors, paint a pumpkin and listen to live music with family and neighbors. Budding artists…
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Reformers offering bad reforms
By: centraljersey.com It has been an eventful week for New Jersey schools. First, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave Newark schools a $100 million grant with the implicit understanding the city would move forward on a reform agenda that includes charter schools, new ways to assess teacher performance and other changes. Then on Tuesday, Gov. Chris…
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Greenacres hosts benefit
By: centraljersey.com Golfers and tennis buffs will help fight cancer Monday by participating in the American Cancer Society’s 25th Annual Golf and Tennis Classic. The Oct. 4 event, a major fundraiser for the Cancer Society’s Central New Jersey Region, will be held at the Greenacres Country Club in Lawrence. This year’s outing will feature scramble…
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Firehouse set to host vendors fair
By: centraljersey.com A vendors fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the firehouse of Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company No. 2. The firehouse is located at 375 Route 206 near Charlie Brown’s restaurant. Vendors, crafters, holistic vendors, companies and services at the fair will include jewelry companies and crafted jewelry, embroidered…
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Briefs
By: centraljersey.com The Hopewell Valley YMCA is accepting Recreation Basketball registrations for the 2010-11 season. The league is open to boys and girls in grades 3-6. Participants will be placed on teams based on assessment ratings and a coaches’ draft. Teams practice weekly at a local elementary school, or the Admin Gym. Games are played…
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PAL U16s top Howell, two U8s also victorious
By: centraljersey.com Goals by Reena Ketkar and Raffi Alexander powered the East Windsor PAL U16 Blast travel soccer team to a 2-0 victory over the Howell United Titans. Stellar defense came from Amy Woods, Kristen McGrath, Kelly McGlew and Erika Serhus. Isabel Hulme scored an early goal and the U-8 United held on for a…
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Schools have chance at arts grants
By: centraljersey.com At a time when schools throughout the region are reeling from budget cuts, Young Audiences New Jersey, Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania, and retail giant Target hope to provide some relief. They are teaming up to offer Arts Education Grants of up to $10,000 each, to selected public schools in New Jersey and…
