• LAMBERTVILLE: School issues will be focus of Tuesday joint meeting

    Ruth Luse    Members of the West Amwell Township Committee, Stockton Borough Council and Lambertville City Council will hold a joint open public meeting with school boards of Stockton, Lambertville, South Hunterdon Regional and West Amwell Elementary on Tuesday (March 29) at 7 p.m. at The Justice Complex, 25 S. Union St., Lambertville.    The mayor and…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Local Jews celebrate Purim at two events

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Local Jews celebrate Purim at two events

    Staff photo by Mary Brienza Chana Lieba Rosenbluth, 11, of Teaneck works on one of the art projects offered at Purim Italiano.

  • SPRINGFIELD: Board eyes takeover of Y child care

    By Amber Cox, Staff Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The Board of Education is looking at the possibility of taking over the YMCA’s primetime before- and after-school child-care program.    The program, which is housed at the elementary school, 2146 Jacksonville-Jobstown Road, has been running for several years, but the board recently asked interim Superintendent Joseph Miller to…

  • Pat Tanner

    By: centraljersey.com When I attended Slow Food’s Salone del Gusto in Turin, Italy, back in 2000, I tasted many gustatory wonders at the multi-day presentation and celebration of traditional artisanal foods and wines. But no sight was more astonishing than the long lines that formed each day at one particular stand – the longest line…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council bends on animal control officer issue

    But administrator firm By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — After a third demonstration of support for animal control officer Bettina Roed, it appears as if her supporters’ words have changed a few hearts and minds on the Township Council — but it might be too late.    At a meeting on Monday, 17 members…

  • Joan Ruddiman

    By: centraljersey.com It is not uncommon for readers who have several books going at the same time to find that the juxtaposition of ideas reveals interesting truths. After all the hype, I had to read "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua (Penguin Press, 2011). Long a fan of Michele Norris on NPR’s…

  • Michele Byers

    By: centraljersey.com "Star Trek" fans will recall that Starfleet’s prime directive when encountering an alien civilization was noninterference. But for alien species invading this state we’re in, the opposite is true. Nearly one-third of New Jersey’s 3,000-plus native plant species now are considered rare. We are losing our native wildlife to invasive flora and fauna…

  • GOP governors’ plans hit the middle class

    By: centraljersey.com Let me get this straight. The Republican governors’ solution for addressing the recession and state budgets is as follows: Give tax breaks and incentives to corporations to encourage business growth and job creation. Who pays the taxes corporations do not pay? The middle class pays those taxes. Meanwhile the governors bust unions to…

  • Contemporary Art Group Exhibit at the Artist Framer in Cranford

    By J. Cabanos The Artist Framer in Cranford NJ once again presents The Contemporary Art Group in an exhibit on April 8th to May 24, 2011. Twenty-seven artists from all over North Central Jersey will show recent work in various media: oils, acrylics, watercolor, photography and ceramic sculpture. Stefanie Lalor of the Artist Framer says…

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