Category: archives
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Legislators urge help for re-forestation
By: centraljersey.com Assembly members Linda R. Greenstein, D-Plainsboro, and Wayne P. DeAngelo, D-Hamilton, recently urged Gov. Chris Christie to work with them to help the taxpayers of towns affected by the deforestation of hundreds of acres of trees resulting from the widening of the New Jersey Turnpike. The affected towns include Mansfield, Bordentown Township and…
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Seminar aimed at step-families
By: centraljersey.com On Tuesday evenings, beginning Sept. 14 and running through Nov. 16, a seminar/workshop entitled "Step-up to a Healthy Step-family" is being offered at Christian Community Chapel in Hillsborough. The sessions will be facilitated by Rev. Joel E. Davis and will meet from 7:30 until 9 p.m. A unique design requires the husband and…
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Monroe Township to host ‘Evening of Remembrance’
By: centraljersey.com MONROE – Saturday, Sept. 11, Monroe Township will host and "Evening of Remembrance" community candlelight memorial service. It will be held at the Monroe Township Memorial Tree Park at Prospect Plains and Half Acre Road. Music will begin at 6:30 p.m. with vocal selections by the Rising Stars Voice Studio. Ceremonies will begin…
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Veterans feted at ballpark
By: Mary Ellen Zangara – Special Writer The Somerset Patriots stadium was not just for baseball on Sunday, but was host to a large tribute to veterans before the game. Veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Gulf War, Desert Storm, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Haiti, Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom were…
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Editorial
Parents can add to kids’ education By: centraljersey.com Students throughout central New Jersey will head back to school next week, causing many parents to breath a sigh of relief. Summer is over, after all, and the kids will be out of the house. But the school year offers a different kind of challenge to parents,…
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Letters to the editor
Holt problem, not solution By: centraljersey.com The furor over New Jersey not receiving "Race to the Top" funds is misdirected. What is outrageous is a government using our money as doggy biscuits to train us to jump through their hoops. Think about it. We have a federal Department of Education that has no constitutional basis…
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ALLENTOWN: Bridge to the future
The Stone Bridge Middle School cafeteria is all polished and ready to go for the first day of school on Sept. 13. Staff photo by Joanne Degnan
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Nelson Riddle Orchestra to perform
By: centraljersey.com MONROE – Saturday, Oct. 2, at 8 p.m., the Monroe Township Cultural Arts Commission and the Monroe Township Patrons of the Arts will present the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. The performance will take place at the Richard P. Marasco Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1629 Perrineville Road. Nelson Riddle was a music arranger who…
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In the kitchen
Simple summer fruit desserts By: Faith Bahadurian – Special Writer This is the perfect time of year for summer fruit desserts. Peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots are in the markets. You might also find some local late-season berries at the farmstand, but even those from elsewhere seem to have extra flavor. Most of the summer…
