• Call for artists made

    By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – The "January Open Call for Artists" exhibit will be held Jan. 2-30. All art will feature the theme of "Winter Birds." Various mediums from oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, photography and collage will fill the walls at the gallery. The opening reception will be Sunday, Jan. 2, from 1 to 3 p.m..…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Crashes cause only traffic headaches

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer Two serious accidents that involved trucks and cars may have caused traffic delays, but no serious injuries, according to police.    A car and a tractor-trailer collided at 3:33 p.m. Tuesday on Distribution Way between Route 130 and Deans Rhode Hall Road, police said.    According to police, Michael Clancy, 40, of…

  • LAWRENCE: 4-cent tax increase likely in school district

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Although township school district officials are not ready to complete the proposed 2011-12 operating budget, township property owners may face a 4-cent hike in the school tax rate under the budget being prepared.     The 2010-11 school district property tax rate is $2.30 per $100 of assessed value. The…

  • Lions Club announces home decorating winners

    By: centraljersey.com Merry Christmas to all the winners of the Lions Club annual home decorating contest! The Lions’ elves were out late looking for the prettiest decorations lighting up the winter evening. The winners are 19 Scottsdale Court/Michel; 24 Scottsdale Court/Keyser; 9 Monroe Place/Palumbo; 40 Station Road/Golubieski-Schilling; 48 Washington Drive/Valente; 24 Washington Drive/Johnson; 31 N.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township eyes hike in dog license fees

       The first dog license fee increase in 20 years has been proposed to help offset what township officials say will be a 110 percent increase in the cost of animal control services in the next three years.    An ordinance introduced Dec. 14 would increase the current $7 dog license fee set in 1991 to $14.80…

  • WEST AMWELL: Health board action ends township-Fulper fight

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — A recent Board of Health vote marks the end of a years-long legal clash between a large landowner and the township.    With little discussion, board members unanimously agreed Dec. 16 to amend the reserve septic ordinance to exclude a General Development Plan from the ordinance’s requirements.    The…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Watershed group backs Fertilizer Control Bill

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, based in Hopewell Township, has hailed the state Legislature’s Dec. 13 passage of the Fertilizer Control Bill and has urged Gov. Chris Christie to sign it into law.    Association officers say the bill is “a critical measure for the protection of clean water and the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Freak accident kills KP man

    By Mary Brienza, Staff Writer    Cigarettes and oxygen may have proved to be a lethal combination for a Kendall Park man, according to police.    Douglas Tribault, 66, a resident of the Oakdale Mobile Home Park, was found dead inside his home Sunday after a neighbor reported him missing, Sgt. James Ryan said.    Mr. Tribault had…

  • COLUMBUS: Young Greyhounds looking to improve

    Boys hoops team inexperienced By Bob Nuse, The Packet Group    Gene Darling knows his Northern Burlington High boys basketball team is a work in progress.    ”We only have two seniors,” the Greyhounds coach said. “We’re young. We have one starter back from last, so we’re still getting ourselves together.”    It didn’t help matter that Northern…

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