• Hopewell Library Friends slate spring house tour

    Hopewell Library Friends slate spring house tour

    2 W. Broad St. and 9 Burton Ave.    Take the “Stroll Through Hopewell” — a house tour featuring homes and historic buildings of Hopewell on April 17 from 1-5 p.m.    The self-guided tour will start at the railroad station in Hopewell Borough and will feature eight houses and historic buildings of varied styles, including Arts…

  • Students visit Mercer special school

    By: centraljersey.com Rider education and psychology majors interested in working with students with disabilities had the opportunity to visit the Joseph F. Cappello School of the Mercer County Special Services School District on last month. The Cappello School provides developmentally appropriate learning experiences for children, between the ages of 3 and 7, who are classified…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Tax rate flat in proposed borough budget

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Though Hightstown’s taxpayers may see no change in their municipal tax bills this year, the borough’s parks may feel a squeeze.    According to a summary sheet provided by Borough Administrator Herbert Massa at Monday’s council meeting, the borough’s proposed $6.27 million budget for 2011 includes only $68,350 to…

  • PRINCETON AREA: >‘Mayors for Meals’ delivers sustenance to seniors

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert and Allison Musante, Staff Writers    Like the mailman, neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the Meals on Wheels volunteers from their appointed rounds.    The group of dedicated volunteers deliver meals to 60 to 65 homes in the Princetons, Plainsboro, West Windsor, Hightstown, East Windsor area five days a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Annual conference inspires SB women
  • PRINCETON: PHS Asian Festival tonight

       Princeton High School is hosting an Asian Festival on Friday, March 25, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the school’s gym on Walnut Lane.    Event organizers are students from PHS’s Asian American Club, Chinese Club and from the school’s Chinese and Japanese language classes. Students from several heritages and backgrounds will share many aspects of…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Brady pancake breakfast raises $6K

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Brady pancake breakfast raises $6K

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    More than 250 people attended a pancake breakfast Sunday, raising $6,161 for the Hugs for Brady Foundation to help children with cancer, according to Ellen Gambatese, who helped to organize the event.    The first Hugs for Brady Pancake Breakfast was held Sunday from 8 a.m. until noon at the Senior…

  • Both sides must talk for fair pact

    By: centraljersey.com This is the way it’s supposed to work. The Board of Education and leaders of the education association agreed following a 10-hour session Sunday to "save" about 270 nonteaching jobs from being handed over to an independent contractor that would set its own salary scale and benefits. In exchange, the school board gained…

  • Shared sacrifice

    Myrna Michaelson Lambertville     The president of Pennsylvania’s largest teachers’ union asked its members to “seriously consider state Gov. Tom Corbett’s call for them to accept a one-year pay freeze.    James Testerman of the Pennsylvania State Education Association sent a letter to the Pennsylvania union’s local affiliates asking them to discuss a pay freeze and…

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