• Wine tasting at Terhune

    By: centraljersey.com The Delaware River Valley Wine Trail will kick off wine and food month with special treats this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, March 5 and 6, visit participating wineries and sample foods along with your wine. Terhune Orchards will be offering its homemade chili and other savories this weekend from noon to 5…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Haircut is her way of helping kids in need

    HIGHTSTOWN: Haircut is her way of helping kids in need

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Jackie Eldridge’s hair reaches all the way down to her navel, but she’s going to have it cut off at her chin level next Saturday. The 7-year-old first-grader at the Grace Norton Rogers School has a little more in mind than a change of fashion, however.    ”I want…

  • Rise receives $10,000 grant to continue Safe Dates Program

    By: centraljersey.com HIGHTSTOWN – Rise, a Community Service Partnership, has received a $10,000 grant from The Fund for Women and Girls of the Princeton Area Community Foundation. The grant was given in support of the Safe Dates Program for the girls in the East Windsor Regional middle school. Leslie Koppel, executive director of Rise, said…

  • By Andrew Corselli

    By: centraljersey.com Gov. Chris Christie touched on subjects ranging from the state budget to pensions to collective bargaining at a packed town hall meeting in Hillsborough’s Municipal Building on Wednesday. "There’s a lot of controversy in the country right now about public sector unions and collective bargaining, and also the craziness that’s going on in…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Borough might avoid tax hike, mayor says

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The municipal tax rate might stay put this year, Mayor Steve Kirson said.    A better-than-expected tax revenue from higher property occupancy rates, along with steady state aid, could mean that a tax increase for the cash-strapped borough might not be necessary, the mayor said.    ”Right now, on a…

  • Parenting skills dominate spring educational series at Saint Peter’s

    Parenting skills dominate spring educational series at Saint Peter’s

    (Photo courtesy of Chris Martino/www.chrismartino.com)

  • Gardening forum to be offered

    By: centraljersey.com Master Gardeners of Mercer County will host speakers Margaret Roach, Joe Eck, Rob Cardillo and Mercer County horticulturist Barbara J. Bromley for a day-long program celebrating gardening Saturday, March 26. Garden design, plant selection, placement and maintenance will be highlighted as well as advice and guidance for a garden. Learn the how-to of…

  • ‘Visions’ to open at Gourgaud Gallery

    By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – The Gourgaud Galley will present "Visions" by artist Charles Thaylor from March 6 to 27. The opening reception will be Sunday, March 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. The show will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the first, third and last Sunday from 1…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: EWRSD superintendent says aid boost means fewer job cuts

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    Superintendent Ed Forsthoffer said the unexpected financial aid the East Windsor Regional School District will receive from the state will save some — but likely not all — of the jobs he previously expected to have to slash in the proposed 2011-2012 budget.    Mr. Forsthoffer said the school district will…

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