Category: archives
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Down on the farm
By: centraljersey.com Howell Living History Farm will celebrate the coming harvest season on Aug. 21 by unearthing a special crop of potatoes that will be donated to the Greater Mercer Food Cooperative. The potatoes were planted April 24 by Howell Farm visitors, volunteers and interns. Visitors of all ages can join the harvest crew any…
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PHS graduate comes home as Tigers assistant
Hoeland, Levy enjoying return to area By: Bob Nuse – Sports Editor Chris Hoeland enjoyed a successful tennis playing career while at Washington University in St. Louis. Once he was finished, he needed to make a decision as far as what sort of career path to take. As it turned out, that decision led him…
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Library happenings
By: centraljersey.com HILLSBOROUGH: – Follow this column concerning special events being planned at Hillsborough Public Library, located in the municipal complex, South Branch Road and Beekman Lane, 369-2200. Library hours are 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday, and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Registration is required…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: East Windsor’s Takter takes Hambletonian
By Ken Weingartner, Special Writer When Jimmy Takter won the $437,000 Merrie Annabelle Stakes with his 2-year-old filly trotter Thatsnotmyname on Aug. 7 at the Meadowlands Racetrack, he might have felt like he finally captured his great white whale. Several races later, he reeled in an even bigger fish. That is because Takter’s Muscle Massive…
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NJ State Librarian Norma Blake elected ASCLA vice president/president-elect
Norma Blake, NJ State Librarian
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Retail center gets S. Brunswick OK
Business update By: Davy James – The Packet Group The South Brunswick Township Planning Board has granted for a retail center and pharmacy to be built at the intersection of Route 27 and Finnegans Lane by developer Riya Finnegans LLC. The approval of the application, on Aug. 4, ends years of legal wrangling between the…
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Community calendar Calendar
Farmers market By: centraljersey.com Bordentown City announces the return of its Farmers Market with an expanded line-up of locally grown and organic produce as well as exciting activities. The Farmers Market will run every Wednesday this summer from 4 p.m. until dusk at the city parking lot located at Farnsworth and Railroad Avenues. Springfield Fun…
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MHS grad Popescu earns crew gold Popescu
Helps U.S. win junior world title By: Justin Feil – Assistant Sports Editor Paul Popescu was happy just to make the United States Junior National rowing team. Winning the Junior World Championship gold last Sunday in Racice, Czech Republic, was a giant bonus for the Montgomery High School graduate. "We had good speed in practice,"…
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Florence tries new ‘gable top’ recycling program
By: centraljersey.com FLORENCE – Burlington County is looking to expand its curbside recycling program to include the "gable top" paper cartons commonly used for milk and orange juice, and Florence Township residents are helping the county "pilot" the program. The county is gauging the logistics and economic feasibility of collecting the cartons countywide. Florence Township…
