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    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – The Monroe School District plans to increase its budget by $1.63 million this year. The Board of Education introduced its preliminary budget to the public at its meeting March 3. If approved, the total budget for the 2011-12 school year would be $103,080,284, or $1.63 million more than last year. The…

  • MONTGOMERY: Boys Basketball Player of the Year

    MONTGOMERY: Boys Basketball Player of the Year

    Dennis Symons Montgomery High senior Ryan McCoy led the team in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and blocks to help the Cougars to a Skyland Conference Raritan Division championship. Photo by Dennis Symons/dennissymons.com

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Event gives boost to walking-bridge project

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Organizers behind the effort to rebuild the walking bridge over Peddie Lake’s dam received $3,500 in proceeds Monday from a wine-tasting event held late last month, placing the committee about $8,000 from the amount needed to begin construction, Greenway Bridge Committee Chairman Darek Hahn told the Herald.    Mr.…

  • Sat.., March 12

    By: centraljersey.com Modern era sacred music On Saturday the Princeton Pro Musica Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Music Director Frances Fowler Slade, offers a selection of sacred music in the modern era, with a program of works by French composers, Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) and Maurice Durufle (1902-86), with the unique work of German/Russian composer Alfred…

  • ‘Everything Beethoven!’

    By: centraljersey.com Saturday, March 12 – "Everything Beethoven!" a concert featuring pianist Matei Varga, will be held at 7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 79 One Mile Road, East Windsor. Matei Varga, a teacher at the Lucy Moses Music School in New York City, is established as one of the leading young artists of…

  • PRINCETON: Group will support cancer supporters

       The YWCA Princeton Breast Cancer Resource Center (BCRC) hopes to let breast cancer supporters know that they are not alone, with a newly formed support group called Supporting the Supporters. The group had its first meeting on March 7 and will continue to meet on the first Monday of each month, from 7:30 to 9…

  • MONROE: Building schools, a penny at a time

    MONROE: Building schools, a penny at a time

    By David Kilby, Staff Writer    MONROE — Students at Brookside Elementary are learning how far their extra lunch money can go through the Pennies for Peace program, which has given them a chance to raise money for students in Afghanistan and Pakistan who have no school to go to.    Tens of thousands of students across…

  • Senate should vote no on S-2662

    By: centraljersey.com In a wired world, telephone, Internet and cable television services are essential. On March 21, these services could be threatened. New Jersey senators will vote on a bill that eliminates consumer protections and allows companies to cut services, dramatically increase rates and impose extra charges on these three services. Senate Bill 2664, deceptively…

  • GOP candidates sought

    By: centraljersey.com The Princeton Borough and Township Republican Committees are extending an invitation to local Republicans interested in running as municipal candidates in the June 7 primary election. The deadline for filing for the primary election is April 11. In Princeton Borough, the mayor position and two council seats will be on the ballot. In…

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