• NEW HOPE: Officials OK 2011 budget

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    NEW HOPE — For the third consecutive year, the borough’s budget will maintain the tax rate and not increase property taxes in 2011.    The average property owner, whose property is assessed at $47,400, will pay $555.77 in real estate tax next year to support borough services.    The Borough Council approved…

  • Central High sophomores accept ‘Challenge’

    By: centraljersey.com More than 300 sophomores at Central High School recently experienced Challenge Day, a program designed to break down barriers and form connections among and between students and teachers at the school. A movement started in 1987 by a California group, "Be the Change," the one-day program challenges students to step outside their friendship…

  • LAWRENCE: Puliti expected to be elected new Lawrence mayor

    By Lea Kahn    Councilman Gregory Puliti is expected to be elected to the honorary post of mayor when Township Council holds its annual reorganization meeting at noon on New Year’s Day at the Municipal Building.    Mr. Puliti would serve his fifth, nonconsecutive term as mayor. He was chosen to serve one-year terms as mayor in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Soccer team to hold tryouts

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Soccer team to hold tryouts

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    A local soccer team is looking for players to represent Central Jersey for the upcoming season.    The NJ Blaze soccer team, of the men’s National Premier Soccer League in the Keystone Conference and are based in central New Jersey, according to their official website.    They will be holding tryouts at…

  • Renew dog papers ASAP

    By: centraljersey.com All East Windsor Township dog licenses are required to be renewed by the end of January. All, dogs seven months or older, are required to be licensed. Rabies vaccines must be valid through November 2011 in order to obtain a 2011 license. For information, contact the Municipal Clerk’s office at 443-4000, ext. 237.

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Maasai woman needs funds for girls school

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Maasai woman needs funds for girls school

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Seeds to Sew International Inc., a Hopewell Valley-based nonprofit organization, is working with Central High School’s Hopewell-Keroka Alliance and local residents and business owners to raise $6,000 for Maasai Girls School in Kenya.    The high school’s alliance has been working to help Kenya for several years, sending aid and teams…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Hungry for more holiday good will

    Township hopes to extend seasonal spirit with New Year’s food drive By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — As many East Windsor residents finish off the last of their Christmas leftovers and end their season of giving, the township is hoping to keep that part of the holiday spirit alive.    East Windsor is sponsoring…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Maasai woman needs funds for girls school

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Maasai woman needs funds for girls school

    Shown from left are David Angwenyi, Central High School biology teacher who was born in Kenya and is an adviser to the school’s Model World Health Organization club; Ellyn Ito and Kakenya Ntaiya.

  • …And Then There Were Nine!

    By Lisa Bogart FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 30, 2010 Press Contact: Lisa Bogart                             Somerset County Library System                             908-526-4016 ext. 188                             [email protected] …And Then There Were Nine! Bridgewater, NJ — January is a time to celebrate beginnings and renewed connections along with the New Year. For the Somerset County Library System, this…

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