• Reforestion pacts release funds for towns

    By Amber Cox    Chesterfield, Mansfield and the state Department of Enviromental Protection have reached an agreement for a reforestation project after the townships lost several acres of trees for the turnpike widening project.    Chesterfield will receive three installments, over three years, totaling about $1.15 million. The first installment of $304,093 is expected before the end…

  • MANVILLE: Party brightens special kids’ holidays

    MANVILLE: Party brightens special kids’ holidays

    Dancers from Serova’s School of Dance entertained the families and their children at the Elks’ holiday party. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • Adath Israel sets dedication

    By: centraljersey.com Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, will have a very special sabbath morning service, on Saturday, Dec. 18. The synagogue will dedicate a new huppah and new bima furniture. The huppah is the wedding canopy under which all Jewish brides and grooms are married. The bima is the space or "stage", in the…

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Time to get involved Bill Seaman, Springfield Is Springfield Township heading down the wrong road?    On Thursday 12-02-2010 I attended an open meeting on the fate of the Springfield Township Elementary School. This was supposed to be an informational meeting with input from the community. What I found was typical of the entire Springfield Township…

  • Open call for artists made

    By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – The "January Open Call for Artists" exhibit will be held Jan. 2-30. This is the second one hosted by the Gourgaud Gallery. Daniel Thomas, chairman of the event and a member of the Gourgaud Gallery Committee, said he expects similar results to last year’s first show, which featured 22 artists with…

  • Linda Seida

    By: centraljersey.com SOLEBURY TOWNSHIP – Solebury police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man who assaulted a woman as she left work at a local restaurant. The woman, whom police did not identify, had finished her shift as a waitress at The Restaurant at the Black Bass Hotel, on River Road in Lumberville,…

  • Shade Tree group awarded $7K

    By: centraljersey.com BORDENTOWN CITY – The Bordentown City Shade Tree Committee has received a $7,000 state grant which it used to remove six dead street trees in residential area. Al Barker, committee chairman, said the contract to remove the trees was bid out earlier this year and the trees were removed this summer. The grant…

  • Bob Nuse

    By: centraljersey.com Larry Kimport has been looking forward to this season for his Allentown High School wrestling team. "I’m excited because we have a group of kids who have come through the ranks and now they are seniors," Kimport said. "This is the biggest group we’ve had since I have been here. We have 40…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Council won’t release developer’s funds

    Nonaction follows residents’ complaints By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council balked at releasing a developer’s $414,259 performance guarantee last week for the Washington Estates neighborhood after Olivia Road residents once again packed the meeting to complain about their street and plead for help.    Residents of Olivia Road contend CJS Investments of…

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