• Charles W. Kim

    By: centraljersey.com So far, only one of three Board of Education members up for re-election says they will run for another term. Board president Dr. Matthew Speesler said Monday he will seek a sixth term on the board this April. "We still have work to do," Dr. Speesler said before Monday night’s meeting started. "I…

  • Last days for recycling holiday trees

    By: centraljersey.com NORTH BRANCH – The Somerset County Park Commission will accept natural Christmas trees for recycling through Monday, Jan. 31. Somerset County residents may bring their tree to Colonial Park, parking lot F, 156 Mettlers Road in East Millstone, Franklin Township, or to North Branch Park, 355 Milltown Road in Bridgewater at the northern…

  • Rec wrestlers topple Hillsborough

       Manville’s rec wrestlers hosted Hillsborough and came to wrestle.    From the start at 45 pounds to the finish every one of the kids wrestled well. Nick Lombardino came out and dominated at 45 pounds. With a takedown and then an escape and another takedown in the second period Lombardino had a 5-0 lead going into…

  • MANVILLE: Seniors enliven palates

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Tea is known to have great medical benefits and the senior citizens at the Manville Senior Center learned all about those benefits and got to have a taste testing on Tuesday at their center at Fire Company No. 1.    Lisa Carra, the manager of the center, thought this would…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Summer autism program cuts questioned

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    Several parents voiced their displeasure at Monday’s school board meeting about reductions to the district’s extended school year program.    The parents, all of whom have children in the autistic program, were upset with the changes, which will cut hours of the six-week summer program by about one-half. The board maintained…

  • Make up school sessions scheduled

    By: centraljersey.com Snowstorms have closed township schools twice so far this year, and will have to be made up, according to Superintendent of Schools Dr. Gary McCartney. At the Jan. 24 Board of Education meeting, Dr. McCartney announced that as a result of school closings earlier this month due to inclement weather, school would be…

  • Capitol

    By: centraljersey.com The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators and other items of political concern. Higher penalty Legislation senators Fred Madden and Donald Norcross sponsored to require a five-year minimum jail term for intentionally killing a police dog has been released by the Senate Law & Public Safety Committee. The measure was…

  • John Tredrea

    By: centraljersey.com 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, in the eastern…

  • LAWRENCE:Detox center makes its case to zoning board

    By Lea Kahn    The fourth meeting in a series of public hearings by the township Zoning Board of Adjustment on a controversial application for a drug and alcohol detoxification center is slated for Wednesday night at the Municipal Building.    The meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m., will be held in the Township Council chambers at…

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