• Bill promotes worst kinds of sprawl

    By: centraljersey.com Most environmental groups and advocates, including New Jersey Conservation Foundation, have supported affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents for decades. But a bill rapidly making its way to the governor’s desk pits affordable housing against the environment in a cynical effort to maximize private profits. The truth is that intelligent planning provides…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Police spread holiday cheer
  • PRINCETON: Teacher a star at jazz festival

    PRINCETON: Teacher a star at jazz festival

    unknown Andrea Brachfeld is an English as a second language teacher in the Princeton school system, and a sought-after jazz flutist who returned this week from attending a jazz festival in Cuba.

  • NJ Transit offers extra holiday service

    By: centraljersey.com NEWARK – NJ TRANSIT this week announced a special extension of the Family Super Saver Fare, which allows up to two children 11 and younger to travel free with each fare-paying adult. Usually limited to weekends, the Family Super Saver Fare will be in effect continuously from 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23 through…

  • David Kilby

    By: centraljersey.com JAMESBURG – Council President John Longo will be retiring from the council in January and looks forward to the next steps in his life after more than a decade of "challenging and rewarding" work with the borough. Mr. Longo, 69, has served Jamesburg as councilman for nine years, or three terms. Before that,…

  • Charles W. Kim

    By: centraljersey.com About 60 children had an opportunity Sunday to make their final pitch to Santa Claus to fill their Christmas lists, courtesy of township police. The South Brunswick Policeman’s Benevolent Association Local 166 and the Fraternal Order of Police Local 51 unions sponsored its annual Meet Santa Day at the Veterans of Foreign Wars…

  • Mate prepared Chargers for loss of all starters

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Steve Mate has coached Spotswood High School’s boys basketball team to over 200 victories in 15 years. That hasn’t happened by accident. Besides being one of the best at tutoring the fine points of the game, Mate’s experience has taught him that planning for the future takes place while developing his…

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    Monroe Township’s Ryan Genevieve (r) reaches for the ball to make a steal against North Brunswick’s Dion Rogers during the Dec. 17 season-opener played in North Brunswick. The visiting Falcons lost to the Raiders, 73-56. More photos at gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Bears looking to regain their former GMC status

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Back in the ’90s, the battle for supremacy in Greater Middlesex Conference girls basketball was usually between Piscataway, Bishop Ahr and East Brunswick. That isn’t the case anymore. While the Chiefs and Trojans continue to produce winning teams, the Bears have dropped a few notches in the pecking order. Except for…

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