• Auxiliary hosting annual filet dinner

    By: centraljersey.com The Manville Rescue Squad Auxiliary will host its ninth annual All You Can Eat Filet Mignon Dinner. The annual dinner is being held on Saturday, March 12 at the VFW Hall on Washington Avenue. Chairperson Josephine Pschar and the members of the auxiliary have been planning the annual fundraiser for months. The dinner…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Seniors leave mark on HHS hockey program

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    By all accounts, the Hillsborough High School ice hockey team outplayed Montgomery in the state public A Division quarterfinals, yet it was the Raiders who saw their season end with a 3-1 loss on Saturday.    ”It’s kind of a good summary of the season,” said Hillsborough head coach Joe…

  • Justin Feil

    By: centraljersey.com SEWELL – As happy as Sean Johnson was with his swims at the Meet of Champions on Sunday, the Hillsborough High School senior was happier to see how well his teammates did. "We wanted to go out and put everything we had into it," Johnson said. "It worked out great. We dropped multiple…

  • PRINCETON: Borough budget shows 1 cent tax hike

    Victoria Hurley-SchubertStaff Writer    Borough officials introduced a one cent tax increase when they presented the 2011 budget Tuesday night.    The 1 cent tax increase is to cover a proposed deficit of $206,000.    The $25,991,953.18 budget includes a spending increase of $1,179,818; a revenue increase of $971,842 and a potential tax increase of $207,976.    In 2010,…

  • PRINCETON: Consolidation panel OKs borough form of government

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The borough form of government was unanimously accepted at Wednesday nights Joint Shared Services Consolidation Commission meeting.    The borough form of government includes six at-large council people and a mayor directly elected by the people.    The group also discussed findings and suggestions for the possibility of shared public works and…

  • 50 years of Green Acres open space

    By: centraljersey.com Michele Byers Special Writer New Jersey’s Green Acres Program celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. This highly successful program is the longest continuously running, state-supported open space program in the nation – a testament to the foresight of those who established it and to countless New Jersey voters who voted yes for open…

  • U15 Fury plays well in Wildcat event

    By: centraljersey.com The Hopewell U15 Fury competed in the NJ Wildcats tournament near Matawan last weekend, and went 1-2-1. On Saturday, the Fury played the Greater Flemington Cyclones to a scoreless tie and fell 1-0 to US Parma Liberta from Westfield. On Sunday, the Fury beat the West Chester United, 3-0, and fell to the…

  • PLAINSBORO: Tax rate increase of less than a cent predicted

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — With a preliminary budget of about $24 million, residents can expect a tax rate increase of .75 cent.    Township Administrator Bob Sheehan said the budget rose by 3.7 percent from last year — less than a million dollars — with state cap exceptions for employee pension and health…

  • Bob Nuse

    By: centraljersey.com As the sting wears off from Tuesday night’s 49-47 loss to Asbury Park in the Central Jersey Group I final, the seniors on the New Egypt boys basketball team will realize just how much they meant to the program in their four years. "We had a great group of seniors who helped us…

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