• SBHS fans attempt holiday prank

    SBHS fans attempt holiday prank

    Photo by Laura PanconiNorth Brunswick’s “bleacher creatures” unknowingly roll out a banner created by South Brunswick juniors Ian Moritz and Ryan Fisher during the annual Thanksgiving Day game.

  • Recycling center sets Saturday event

    By: centraljersey.com BRIDGEWATER – The Somerset County Recycling Center at 40 Polhemus Lane will be holding its next first Saturday of the month event from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 4. As part of the program, residents can drop off textiles, chipboard items, electronics, button-cell and rechargeable batteries, tires, scrap metal, antifreeze and usual…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Council OKs police, Public Works union contracts

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The township’s 18 Public Works employees and the Police Department’s eight police sergeants and lieutenants will be getting 2 percent raises in 2011 under new union contracts approved Monday by the Township Council.    The resolutions authorizing the collective bargaining agreements with Teamsters Local 35 and the Superior Officers…

  • Hillsborough Heat baseball seeking player

    By: centraljersey.com The Hillsborough Heat 11U baseball team is looking for a player to round out its roster for the spring/summer 2011 season. The team is a competitive, travel team that competes in multiple spring leagues, spring and summer tournaments, and conducts indoor winter workouts. Players must be age 11 or under on or before…

  • ALLENTOWN: Regional school district eyeing ways to boost test scores

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional School District is launching a writing workshop program in grades K-4 next year and looking to give teenagers more experience reading “dense nonfiction text” in order to improve test scores.    The plans were discussed as part of the district’s 2010 Achievement Report, which was…

  • Kitchen tour will benefit school’s PTO

    By: centraljersey.com The Toll Gate Grammar School PTO will hold "Homes for the Holidays: A Holiday Kitchen Tour" on Dec. 4 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. "We are inviting the entire community to come out and enjoy a day of holiday cheer," said Janice Mintz, co-chairwoman. The tour features eight renovated kitchens all decked out for…

  • Lea Kahn

    By: centraljersey.com Four bridges in Lawrence Township have been included in a list of more than 200 bridges that are considered to be structurally deficient, according to a report released Wednesday by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. Two of the bridges are located on Route 1 and one apiece is located on I-95 and I-295, the…

  • SBHS fans attempt holiday prank

    SBHS fans attempt holiday prank

    Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    Two South Brunswick High School juniors almost pulled off a major prank during the traditional Thanksgiving football game against rival North Brunswick.    Ian Moritz, 17, and Ryan Fisher, 16, created a banner stating "This is Viking Country" which ended up unwittingly being unrolled and shown to the crowd by the…

  • Saturday, Dec. 4

    By: centraljersey.com Holiday card-making: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cranbury Library, 23A N. Main St. Tree lighting: 6 p.m., Refreshments, music and a visit from Santa on the firetruck. Bring a food donation for the local food bank. Sponsored by Monroe Recreation and the Monroe Township Mother’s Club, rain or shine, at Garvey’s Family Restaurant,…

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