• YOUTH HOOP RESULTS: YMCA, WINTER, TRAVEL

    By: centraljersey.com The following are results and highlights from the Hopewell Valley YMCA Basketball League last weekend. BOYS 3-4 Patrick Mormile scored 15 points and Anthony St. John had four as the Wildcats moved to 3-0 with a 32-25 win over the Tigers. Tommy "Down Low" Mollis, Marc Porpora and Jim O’Connor also chipped in…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Elm Ridge Park residents want to save dam

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Township Committee agreed Monday night to try to bring residents of the Elm Ridge Park development to the table during ongoing negotiations with state and federal officials on the fate of the dam that keeps Honey Lake in place.    The 23-acre lake is located in Elm Ridge Park,…

  • Bob Nuse

    By: centraljersey.com Kevin Wright isn’t measuring the success of his Bordentown High boys basketball team this season in terms of wins and losses. What Wright prefers to look at this season is the progress the team has made over the first month of the season. "We’re making big strides both offensively and defensively," the first-year…

  • Scheide concert tonight at PU to aid UMCP

    By: centraljersey.com Musician, philanthropist and humanitarian William H. Scheide will celebrate his 97th birthday by sponsoring "Sound Medicine," an All-Mozart concert to benefit Princeton Healthcare System’s "Design for Healing" Campaign. The concert, to be performed by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, will be held Thursday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. in Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium. Mark…

  • Saturday, Jan. 29

    By: centraljersey.com Souper Bowl: Hosted by the Youth Group at St. James Church in Jamesburg, along with Girl Scout Troop 81654, to benefit the Deacons Food Pantry in Jamesburg. Donate canned soups after each Mass at the church on Lincoln Avenue. Sunday, Jan. 30 Souper Bowl: Hosted by the Youth Group at St. James Church…

  • NEW HOPE: School board, teachers OK contract

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — Teachers in the New Hope-Solebury School District have a new contract that provides a pay increase of close to 6 percent over three years.    Teachers will receive a 1.5 percent raise for the current school year. They will receive a 2 percent increase in each of the…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Scout reconstructs historic railroad site

       HIGHTSTOWN — When Alex Prunchak of Boy Scout Troop 59 was deciding on an Eagle Scout project, his first priority was to choose something to help the community. He also wanted something that would stand the test of time and would be interesting to research.    After talking to Historical Society members Warren and Shirley Olsen,…

  • Kindergarten registration set

    By: centraljersey.com Cranbury School kindergarten registration will occur Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 9 to 11 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. in the large group room. Children do not need to attend. Students must be 5 years old by Oct. 1. Those who have not informed the school they will have a child attending kindergarten…

  • Michael Redmond

    By: centraljersey.com In 1911, William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, King George V of England was crowned at Westminster Abbey, and St. Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto) was pope in Rome. The world population was approximately 1.6 billion; the U.S. population was 94 million. There were 46 states in the Union.…

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