• Calling all Trekkies

    By: centraljersey.com The USS Avenger, a long-time science fiction fan association based in central New Jersey, will hold its monthly meeting on Feb. 13 at 2:00 p.m. at the North Brunswick Free Public Library on Hermann Road in North Brunswick. This month, the meeting’s program will focus on superhero films. With so many movies being…

  • Last chance to ‘say with flowers’

    By: centraljersey.com Today is your final opportunity to "say it with flowers" this Valentine’s Day with the help of the Lions Club and Cranbury’s The Cutting Garden. A bouquet of 12 long-stemmed roses with greens, all tied with a lovely red bow, is $50. Visit www.cranburylion s.org for ordering information. *** Register by Tuesday, Feb.…

  • Ellen C. Shakespear

    By: centraljersey.com Gene Grossman considers himself to be a lucky man, having met and married one of the only five women in his graduate economics program at M.I.T during the late 1970s. The couple dated throughout school and, after graduation, both sent applications to teach at universities across the country. When Mr. Grossman was offered…

  • Friday, Feb. 4

    By: centraljersey.com Mother Goose Time: 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., Monroe Township Library. Program for children 18-36 months. Registration is not required. Saturday, Feb. 5 Microsoft Word: 9:15 a.m., Monroe Township Library. Learn how to compose and format a basic business letter using this program. Participants must be competent with both the keyboard and the mouse.…

  • REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Heard it through the HoVal weather grapevine

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    And all the news just repeats itself    Like some forgotten dream    That we’ve both seen.     — John Prine    Egypt is getting turned upside down, apparently. I wish them all well, of course, as I’m sure everyone else does. Maybe we’ll see how much different things are when it all…

  • Kings and Queens Bowling program to begin in Monroe

    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – The Monroe Township Recreation Department is introducing the newest division of its Special Sports. The Kings and Queens Bowling program will begin Feb. 5 at Knob Hill Country Lane on Route 33 in Manalapan. "This is one more program for our special needs athletes and their families," said Su Reiser, administrator…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: $nowstorms add up

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — As the white piles up, the green is melting away.    Borough Administrator Herb 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 counting…

  • Monday, Feb. 7

    By: centraljersey.com Monroe Township Committee, 7 p.m., 1 Municipal Plaza. Cranbury Board of Health, 7 p.m., second-floor conference room, Town Hall, 23A N. Main St. Cranbury Township Committee, Town Hall, 23A North Main St. Tuesday, Feb. 8 Monroe Township Human Relations Commission, 4 p.m., 1 Municipal Plaza. Wed., Feb. 9 Jamesburg Borough Council, 7 p.m.,…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Meetings    Editor’s note: Representatives of municipal governments, boards, committees and commissions doing business in Hopewell Valley are requested to e-mail or fax (609-924-3842) lists of meeting dates for 2011 as soon as they are available for use in this column and in order to comply with the state’s Open Public Meetings Act (Sunshine Law).    HOPEWELL…

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