• Locals help Peddie swimmers at winter championship meets

    By: centraljersey.com In the first two meets of the short-course championship season, Peddie swimmers swam to 28 top three finishes at the 9/10 and 11/12 Silver/Bronze Championships. In 12-year-old events at the 11/12 Silver/Bronze Championships at Raritan Valley Community College, Nika Blank (East Windsor) placed third in both the 100 free (1:01.28) and the 100…

  • Lecture looks at dinosaurs nearby

    By: centraljersey.com WEST WINSOR – William B. Gallagher of Rider University will shed light on dinosaur discoveries in New Jersey in his talk, "Dinosaurs in Your Backyard" at Mercer County Community College on Thursday, April 7, at noon in the Communication Building, Room 110, on the West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. Free and…

  • LAWRENCE: School board to air budget Tuesday

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township residents will have a chance to weigh in on the Lawrence Township public school district’s proposed $64.6 million budget for 2011-12 on Tuesday night.    The Lawrence Township Board of Education has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed spending plan for 7 p.m. at the Lawrence High School Commons.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Arrest made for purse theft at fundraiser

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Arrest made for purse theft at fundraiser

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    A 20-year-old Kendall Park resident was arrested for allegedly stealing a purse with six credit cards from a volunteer at the Hugs for Brady pancake breakfast at the Senior Center on Ridge Road on Sunday, police said.    Police said Jessica Taylor attended the event and allegedly took a volunteer’s purse…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Tuesday’s school board Candidates Night will be televised

    Ruth Luse    The Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters will hold school board Candidates Night on Tuesday (March 29).    The 90-minute program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the TV studio at Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington-Titusville Road.    It will also be televised live on Comcast channel 19, and Verizon channel 32.    Beginning March…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Students honor fallen hero

    By Amber Cox, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Hometown hero, the late Spc. Benjamin Moore, was honored through a fundraiser called Hugs from Home at Bordentown Regional High School.    Army Spc. Moore, 23, gave his life while serving his country in Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in early January.…

  • PRINCETON: $10,000 raised for injured Marine

       A 21-year-old injured Monroe Township Marine will benefit from more than $10,000 raised throughout February and March at the Alchemist & Barrister.    The Witherspoon Street pub recently wrapped up its annual St. Patrick’s Day Longbeard contest and collected $10,525 for the Colin Pasick Road to Recovery Fund, which supports the Marine who lost his legs…

  • Musical continues to April 16

    By: centraljersey.com "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" will be presented by the Somerset Valley Players at their theater at 689 Amwell Road (Route 514) through April 16. Friday and Saturday shows are at 8 p.m. Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. General admission is $20 or $18 for seniors and students. For information, visit…

  • Lupus Support Group

    Julia Oppenheimer Lupus Support Group Meetings  2011 These free meetings offer information about lupus as well as support for those with lupus and their families.  For directions or questions, please call the LFA NJ office at 1- 800-322-5816.  Check our web site at www.lupusnj.org for updates! Mercer County Support Group:  Karen Jarvie and Rebecca Schaefer, Group…

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