Category: archives
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Helmet wearers to get reward
By: Maria Prato – Staff Writer CRANBURY – Throughout the summer, police will be targeting individuals racing through town. Officers say these individuals fit a particular description – under 17 years old, those wearing a helmet and traveling with wheels under their feet. In their 15th year of running the Helmet Safety Program, not much…
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In the kitchen
Brr! Icy blender drinks By: Faith Bahadurian – Special Writer This is shaping up to be one hot summer, and whenever I see a photo of an icy blended drink in a tall frosty glass with beads of sweat running down the outside, I think to myself, "Ahhh, I want to climb right in!" Of…
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Letters to the editor
Reduce spending on part-time benefits By: centraljersey.com I would like to comment on a recent story on North Hanover’s budget 2010 budget plan coupled with Thursday’s public budget hearing. Since this budget will require increasing the municipal local purpose tax 5.2 cents per $100 of assessed home value which represents a 16.5 percent increase coupled…
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Food pantry seeks help
Increase in need means an increase in demand By: Davy James – Staff Writer The South Brunswick Food Pantry is continuing to see an increase in the number of people seeking aid to get through tough economic times. Social Services Director LouAnne Wolf said the pantry now is seeing an average of 50 families per…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Pay-to-play sports, clubs discussed
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer In the wake of budget cuts, the Board of Education is considering fees for sports and extra-curricular activities as a way to sustain current programs. ”Unfortunately, this isn’t money that would be collected to improve our current programs,” District Superintendent Edward Forsthoffer said at Monday’s meeting. “This is money that…
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ROBBINSVILLE: School board drops appeal of township budget cuts
Will use special education aid to address shortfall By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE The Board of Education has voted to withdraw its appeal to the state of a $190,000 budget cut that the Township Council made to the defeated 2010-11 school budget. Instead, the school district will apply $185,000 it recently received in…
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Capitol news and comment
By: centraljersey.com The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators representing Central Jersey communities and other items of political concern. School salary cap Assembly Republican Whip Dave Rible and Assemblyman Domenick DiCicco said they will draft legislation based on Gov. Christie’s announcement of his additional toolkit proposal to cap education administrator salaries. "School…
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Greener state parks help cut red ink
By: Michele Byers New Jersey’s state parks are getting greener. Fourteen are scheduled for energy-efficient capital improvements. Greener energy in the parks means a greener environment – and more of the other kind of green left in taxpayer pockets. Facing a 20 percent increase in recent utility bills, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection…
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Police beat
FLORENCE By: centraljersey.com Davon J. Fenderson, 20, of Trenton, was charged Sunday with possession of a weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they received a call at 11:40 p.m. reporting that a vehicle with three people in it had been parked in the dead end portion of Wilbur Henry Drive. Police said the…
