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  • Editorial

    Privatization plan needs more study By: centraljersey.com Gov. Chris Christie is considering a plan that has the potential to save taxpayers money – or result in a breakdown of government services. The governor last week released a report put together by the New Jersey Privatization Task Force, a panel he appointed in March to review…

  • Robbinsville

    By: centraljersey.com Township Council: 7:30 p.m. second and fourth Thursday, court building, 1117 Route 130. Planning Board: 7 p.m. third and fourth Wednesdays, Senior Center, 1117 Route 130. Zoning Board: first Thursday, Senior Center. Board of Education: Generally 7 p.m. fourth Tuesday, Robbinsville High School student activities center, 155 Robbinsville-Edinburgh Road. . Township: 609-918-0002; Schools:…

  • Summer readers pack library

    By: Mary Ellen Zangara – Special Writer The Manville Public Library annual summer reading program is off to a strong start, with a the most participants the library has seen for many years, according to Children’s Librarian Ruth Bielanski. "We have 51 signed up and we are taking more," she said. "Not everyone is there…

  • PBA to host fundraising game to benefit Joey Mathewson, 8

    By: centraljersey.com Kasey LaStella and Joseph Mathewson’s 8-year-old son Joey was a healthy child, active in the Hillsborough Little League, Hillsborough Dukes and attends Sunnymead Elementary School, until he suddenly began having violent seizures in April. He was rushed to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick April 19, and since that day, has…

  • A spot where ‘Z’ stands for food

    By: Lea Kahn – The Packet Group LAWRENCE – With the opening of Z Food Farm on Princeton Pike, it’s not a stretch to say that organic farms in Lawrence Township run the gamut from A to Z. Z Food Farm, which is located on the site of the former Little Acres II farm stand…

  • Local firm to have solar panels installed

    By: centraljersey.com ROBBINSVILLE – Sovereign Consulting Inc., an environmental consulting business, has partnered with Integrity Energy LLC to have a roof-mounted solar system installed at the local business. The 42.3-kilowatt Solar PV system, which consists of 180 solar panels, is expected to generate about half of the electrical energy used by the office, on North…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Local firm wins bypass bid

    By Brian Roach, Staff Writer Officials tout potential for new jobs    Mayor Frank DelCore and Assemblyman Peter Biondi were on hand to congratulate Anthony and Joseph Caruso, owners of the Hillsborough-based Carbro Constructors Corporation, on July 7 after the company was awarded a $43 million contract to construct a section of the Route 206 bypass.…

  • District sets fees for sports

    Participation in athletics, band, color guard to cost $75 By: Davy James – Staff Writer The South Brunswick School District has established fees for participation in sports and band at South Brunswick High School and Crossroads North and South Middle School. The district has set a $75 fee per sport for participation in marching band,…

  • MANVILLE: North Second Avenue man charged with drugs, guns possession

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    A North Second Avenue man was charged with possession of a firearm and narcotics after a month-long investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force and the Manville Police Department, according to Somerset County Acting Prosecutor A. Peter DeMarco.    Darrick Daughtry, 33, was charged with…