• LAWRENCE: Budgets show values, says Sen. Menendez

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The United States is facing some difficult choices in the days and years ahead, both at home and abroad — but for U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, those decisions will be reached on the basis of “doing the right thing.”    Sen. Menendez spoke to about 100 people, including students, at Rider…

  • Joanne Degnan

    By: centraljersey.com ALLENTOWN – The school district’s 18 bus drivers and aides facing the loss of their jobs told the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education that its plan to sell its fleet of buses and outsource transportation routes was a shortsighted, one-year budget fix that could end up jeopardizing students’ safety in the long…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Board president’s remarks improper

    John E. Smith Jr., Dayton To the editor:     I find School Board President Dr. Matthew Speesler’s remark about teachers caring “more about themselves than they do about the students” in a recently published report highly inflammatory and improper.    It is exactly this kind of rhetoric that fosters bitterness and animosity between all concerned parties.…

  • Justin Feil

    By: centraljersey.com Sarah Muchowski capped a career of highlights with the Florence High School girls basketball team with one more. On Saturday, the Flashes senior suited up one last time for a high school game, this time as a member of the North team that was edged by the South, 75-69, in the 33rd annual…

  • PLAINSBORO: CEO gives medical center progress update

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The pieces appear to be falling into place for the new University Medical Center of Princeton, which is still on schedule to open early next year with a goal to be one the country’s most comprehensive medical campuses.    On Tuesday morning, members of the Plainsboro Business Partnership turned…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – BOE committee cuts $2.8 million from school spending plan

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    After cutting some $2.8 million in spending, the Board of Education Budget Committee approved the tentative 2011-12 budget that will be presented to the full board for a public hearing and adoption at the March 28 meeting.    Committee members as well as six members of a newly formed Citizens Advisory…

  • Sheriff plans senior academy

    By: centraljersey.com The Burlington County Sheriff’s Department will hold its annual Senior Citizens Police Academy on six consecutive Tuesdays beginning April 5 and running through May 10. The program, which focuses on safety issues important to seniors, is free of charge. Those interested in attending should call the Sheriff’s Community Services Unit at (609) 265-3788.…

  • Log your ‘green’ lifestyle, measure your carbon footprint

    By: centraljersey.com BASKING RIDGE – Learn about saving energy and reducing your "carbon footprint," at the third annual Eco-Rally organized by the Somerset County Park Commission at its Environmental Education Center. Prior events have involved more than 1,000 participants. One activity will be to follow participants trying to live a greener lifestyle for two weeks.…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police Blotter

    Princeton Borough     Philip Ugolini, 61, and Patrick Ugolini, 19, both of Lincroft, were charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams. At 8:45 p.m. on Monday, police stopped their vehicle on Nassau Street for having an expired registration, when they found the two men were in possession of marijuana. They were arrested and later…

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