• Tips

    By: centraljersey.com The holiday season is a time when busy people can become careless and vulnerable to theft and other holiday crime. The following tips from Chief Paul A. Kaminsky and the Hillsborough Township Police Department Community Policing Bureau can help you be come careful, prepared and aware during the holiday season. Park Smart: Park…

  • Saturday, Dec. 11

    By: centraljersey.com Christmas Wassail: 7 p.m., tour of Cranbury Main Street homes, sponsored by Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society. Sunday, Dec. 12 Advent concert: 4 p.m., Nativity of Our Lord Roman Catholic Church, 185 Applegarth Road, Monroe. Music ministry to present "Gaudete" (Rejoice) with an evening of lessons and carols, followed by Knights of Columbus…

  • Players set auditions

    By: centraljersey.com The Somerset Valley Players will have open auditions for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," directed by Nick Pelino, will be held Jan. 4 and 5 at Neshanic Reformed Church,715 Amwell Road and Route 514, from 7 to 10 p.m. Performance dates are March 25 through April 16. Needed are 16 males, ages…

  • County seeking outstanding women

    By: centraljersey.com Do you know a Somerset County woman who has made extraordinary contributions to her career field or her community? The Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women is seeking nominations for its 2011 Outstanding Women in Somerset County awards program. The nomination deadline has been extended to Jan. 6. For a nomination…

  • Lions have toy drive

    By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – The Cranbury Lions Club annual Toys for Tots drive is continuing. There are boxes and barrels at any 1st Constitution Bank branch or at the Cranbury Post Office for the collection of toys. Toys should be new and unwrapped. The cutoff for donating is noon Thursday, Dec. 16. The club first…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Miller enjoys Nationals experience

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Julianna Miller would have liked to have had the Hillsborough High School girls cross country team join her for the Nike Cross Nationals on Saturday, and while she would have liked a faster time under smoother running conditions, she won’t forget her first trip.    ”It was amazing,” said the…

  • PRINCETON: Students are owners in act of giving

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A simple tree stands in the library at the Hun School of Princeton, bedecked with pairs of gloves, scarves and hats instead of lights, ornaments and tinsel. This tree, visible to all, reminds students and staff of the community services projects underway at the school.    One project will benefit The…

  • PENNINGTON: Officials to seek money for LHT connector

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Pennington Borough will apply for a state grant to help connect the borough to the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.    The Borough Council decided Monday to pass a resolution authorizing Mayor Anthony Persichilli to apply to New Jersey’s Office of Lands Management for a Recreational Trails Program grant to augment the $220,760…

  • Briefs

    By: centraljersey.com Hopewell Valley Lacrosse, a youth lacrosse program for girls and boys in grades 3-8, is currently accepting registrations for the spring 2011 season. Returning players and interested newcomers must complete the registration process at www.hovallax.com. For more information, visit our website or email [email protected].

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