• Elections

    By: centraljersey.com The Bordentown Township fire district budget election for the $1.5 million Fire District 2 budget will be held Saturday at the Derby Fire House on Crosswicks Road for 2 to 9 p.m. District 2 is proposing a new fire tax rate of 0.129 cents, an increase of 0.006 cents, Fire Commissioner Stephen Monson…

  • Candidates are needed for school board seats

    By: centraljersey.com On Wednesday, April 27, Hopewell Township registered voters will pick three Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education members who will serve full three-year terms. No seats are open in Pennington or Hopewell Boroughs. Those holding the three open township seats are Roy Dollard, Judy Lindenberger and Laura Desai, who is completing former board…

  • BORDENTOWN: Cancer victim aims to bring hope to others

    By Amber Cox    ”Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible” are words of inspiration for a Bordentown Township native battling cancer.    Chris Kalargheros, 35, of Monroe Township, was diagnosed with neuroendocrine pancreatic neoplasm in June of 2008.    Mr. Kalargheros’ doctor, Igor Astsaturov, said Mr. Kalargheros’ type of cancer is very rare…

  • CHESTERFIELD: Bigger school, more students hike budget by 10%

    By Amber Cox    CHESTERFIELD — With a new school building that is three and a half times larger than the old one, the Board of Education has projected a 10 percent increase for this year’s total operating budget.    Superintendent Ellen McHenry said the proposed budget of $9.6 million, presented at a special meeting Feb. 10,…

  • Fire District elections are Saturday

    br>    The Bordentown Township fire district budget election for the $1.5 million Fire District 2 budget will be held Saturday at the Derby Fire House on Crosswicks Road from 2 to 9 p.m.    District 2 is proposing a new fire tax rate of 0.129 cents, an increase of 0.006 cents, Fire Commissioner Stephen Monson said,…

  • MANVILLE: ABIS student earns first in patriot essay contest

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Alexander Batcho Intermediate School eighth-grade student Patricia Amarilla was one of the Patriot’s Pen Essay contest winners who were recognized on Saturday at a luncheon at VFW Post 2290.    Patty won the District 15 contest and the contest brought winners from the area to be honored.    The Patriot’s Pen…

  • DEAN’S LIST: Feb. 17

       Douglas Bradley of Manville and David Janovsky of Manville have been named to the dean’s list at the University of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut for the fall 2010 semester. Students must earn a 3.50 or better cumulative grade point average to be eligible for the dean’s list. * * *    Maya Cieploch of Manville…

  • David Kilby

    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – Tianle Li, of Stanley Drive, pleaded not guilty Feb. 10 to the charges of hindering apprehension and causing the death of her husband, Xiaoye Wang, who died of thallium poisoning at the University Medical Center at Princeton on Jan. 26. Ms. Li, a chemist who worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb in Lawrence,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Free food draws crowd to ‘Sampler’

    HILLSBOROUGH: Free food draws crowd to ‘Sampler’

    By Gene Robbins, Managing editor    Feed them for free and they will come.    That social axiom was proved in spades Friday when hundreds of people overwhelmed the 12 or so food vendors in the first “Hillsborough Sampler” expo.    The event was advertised to last for four hours, but most of the vendors saw their offerings…

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