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  • North Hanover voters to decide open space tax cut

    By Christopher Sacco    NORTH HANOVER — Township voters will have a referendum on their Nov. 2 election ballot that would lower their open space tax from 7 cents to 5.5 cents per $100 of assessed property value.    The measure was placed on the ballot Aug. 31 by the Township Committee.    The average decrease in annual…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Children left on school bus

    Twins found asleep on vehicle in East Brunswick By Davy James, Staff Writer    Twin 6-year-old elementary school students were left on their school bus for two hours after they left Indian Fields Elementary School.    Police discovered the children on the bus, where they had been left after the bus driver failed to check for the…

  • LETTER: Township should explore solar

    Jean Dvorak, South Brunswick    I was delighted at the recent township Planning Board meeting to hear a warehouse developer, Hadley, proposing green building concepts including solar energy installations.    The company plans to put solar panels on its warehouse roof and over the large infiltration basin. From the looks of the plans and their responses to…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Local instrument bank aids student musicians

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    Four years ago, Kendall Park resident Judy Walters had a daughter ready to move on from Greenbrook Elementary School and she was ready to give up playing the instrument she had played throughout her early years of school.    ”My oldest daughter had played the drums in elementary school but she…

  • Not surprised!

    By: centraljersey.com As a former Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education member whose tenure on the board coincided with that of Jim Wulf and Judy Lindenberger, I am disappointed, but not surprised by their decision to appoint NJEA member and former HVRSD employee Stephen Keen to chair the Personnel Committee. This is but one example…

  • The bloom is off the rose

    By: centraljersey.com Mother Nature can be a capricious mistress. In recent years, we’ve seen an unexplained devastation of bat and bee populations. We’ve also witnessed the successful return of the eastern bluebird after years of decline due to competition from non-native birds. But a new blight attacking the non-native multiflora rose has the potential to…

  • Dance Expo Grand Opening

    By Robin Silverman-Krakowski Dance Expo Opens a Plainsboro Studio Plainsboro, NJ n Dance Expo, the premier dance studio in the greater Princeton area, is opening its 3rd studio on September 11, 2010 in Plainsboro, NJ. Opening in the prestigious Town Center development, Dance Expo will be celebrating its grand opening with a coffee, muffins and…

  • ‘Toxic Soup: The Politics of Pollution’

    ‘Toxic Soup: The Politics of Pollution’

    Workers protest DuPont’s environmental practices and treatment of its workers in Toxic Soup.

  • Governor Christie puts tough ethics rules on table

    By: centraljersey.com New Jersey government does not have the best reputation – for good reason. The state has been beset by scandal after scandal, with high-profile politicians finding themselves behind bars or under indictment for everything from accepting bribes to influence peddling and theft of public money. Efforts have been made to end the parade,…