• Consolidation vs. home rule

    Werner Graf Hopewell Township     There is nothing wrong with looking into consolidating municipalities (vs. shared services) as David Sandahl suggests, but there are two fundamental flaws in the notion that consolidation would reduce property taxes.    First is an underlying belief that larger, consolidated municipalities would do better in managing costs. The evidence is overwhelmingly…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Town hires USDA to addle goose eggs

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer     The Township Council passed a resolution at the Jan. 25 meeting that created a contract between the township and the United States Department of Agriculture to control the Canadian goose population by addling their eggs, township spokesman Ron Schmalz said.     The resolution to hire the USDA passed 4-0…

  • ‘Last year we spent very little money in January but the bulk was spent in February. I think, looking at this, we’re about to spend the same, and I would hope less.’

    By: centraljersey.com Doug Carman Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN – As the white piles up, the green is melting away. Borough Administrator Herbert Massa said Hightstown had already spent about $16,386 of its $20,000 snow budget for this calendar year as of Jan. 26, the date of the last major snowstorm. Yes, that means he’s not even…

  • Physician to discuss the unique signs

    By NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.: Cardiologist Nidhi Kumar, M.D., will discuss ‘‘Women and Heart Health – How Heart Disease in Women Presents Differently Than in Men,’’ at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the Sister Marie de Pazzi Conference Center, located on the ground floor of Saint Peter’s University Hospital, 254 Easton Ave. The educational evening…

  • Susan Van Dongen

    By: centraljersey.com Forget the controversy over the changes in Western astrology that’s been in the news lately. You know, all the chatter about how the earth’s wobbly rotation has shifted all the astrological signs by 23 degrees. So Geminis are now Tauruses and whatnot, Scorpio has been reduced to just about 10 days, and there’s…

  • LAWRENCE: Planners to discuss two cell towers

    By Lea Kahn    Two applications — one for permission to install a cell tower adjacent to the Trenton Farmers Market and another to expand operations at a mulching and recycling facility on Bakers Basin Road — top the Planning Board’s agenda Monday night.    Liberty Towers LLC and Britton Industries are slated to appear before the…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Woman wanted in West Windsor credit card theft

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Woman wanted in West Windsor credit card theft

    Police are seeking this woman for allegedly stealing a wallet in West Windsor and then going to South Brunswick to fraudulently use the credit cards to purchase hundreds of dollars in merchandise.

  • PRINCETON: Potential loss of jobs seen as lost opportunity

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Jobs, jobs and more jobs. The defunct Princeton University arts and transit project would have brought several hundred stable construction jobs to the Princeton area.    ”This is an opportunity for job growth in Central Jersey to the tune of $350 million dollars,” said Assemblyman Wayne D’Angelo, who represents the International…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Playing the Pajama Game

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Playing the Pajama Game

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer     Students at Crossroads North will be performing The Pajama Game musical this weekend.     Sandy Olsen, who is directing the play, said Monday the play was to be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the school on George’s Road.     Tickets are $10 at the door and…

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