• BORDENTOWN: Perfect start for Scotties

    By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    The Bordentown High School wrestling team couldn’t have hoped for a better start to the season.    Four matches into the season the Scotties are perfect.    ”We couldn’t ask for anything more,” Bordentown coach Joe Sprague said. “We won the Patriot duals and we beat Rancocas Valley, which were two…

  • NJ Transit adds service for New Year’s weekend

    By: centraljersey.com NEWARK – Holiday revelers attending New Year’s Eve festivities to ring in 2011 will benefit from extra service and savings on NJ Transit this holiday weekend. NJ Transit will operate late-night trains after midnight on New Year’s Day, as well as special late-night bus service from Port Authority Bus Terminal to accommodate travelers…

  • David Kilby

    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – The state has granted the township a one-year extension on its tax revaluation since it noticed – as the township insisted – it would be impossible to reevaluate all of the township’s 21,338 properties by the end of 2011. Due to the extension, the township now has until January 2013 to…

  • Church team helps bring clean water to Mexican town

    By David Anderson, Special Writer    Bricks came crashing down on main street in the pre-dawn hours during a hard freeze in the winter of 2009. Years of rain and freezing had finally caused the brick facade on the steeple of the Pennington Presbyterian Church to collapse. The roof slates also needed repair. Shingles were falling…

  • Justin Feil

    By: centraljersey.com Mike Morelli was waiting for his turn to shine, but it almost got thrown off this summer. Before he even got to his senior year with the Hillsborough High School boys basketball team, Morelli broke the wrist on his shooting hand. "I went for a loose ball at midcourt at an AAU game,"…

  • Bus schedule change

    By: centraljersey.com Effective Monday, Jan. 3, a schedule change will take place on the shuttle bus operated by East Windsor Township, serving East Windsor and Hightstown commuters from the Princeton Junction train station. All morning pick up times at bus stops will be 5 minutes earlier so that passengers on the second morning run can…

  • Programs set at Waterside Villas

    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – The list of winter events at Waterside Villas in January includes a historical overview of Monroe, a presentation on identity theft and fraud prevention and a pet fashion show. Each of the following programs is free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Friday, Jan. 7 – John D. Katerba,…

  • NEW HOPE: Partnership plans to save playhouse

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — A bank seizure of the financially strapped Bucks County Playhouse prevented the historic theater from putting on its last few holiday shows, but waiting in the wings are a group of locals and theater professionals who are determined to restore the theater to its former glory.    An…

  • Eleanore Weber

    By: centraljersey.com Eleanore W. Weber, 83, died Sunday in Manville. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, at 11 a.m. at the Fuccillo and Warren Funeral Home, 205 S. Main St., Manville. Burial will be at Lake Nelson Memorial Park, Piscataway. Visitation hours will be from 10 to 11 a.m. today, Thursday, at the funeral…

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