• Tree money on its way

    By: centraljersey.com Money 8MONEY Evan Grossman Staff Writer EAST WINDSOR – The check is in the mail. Mayor Janice Mironov said this week the township expects the first reforestation settlement payment from the state "any moment." The town is due more than $4 million, broken into three payments over the next three years. The first…

  • Toll Gate Grammar PTO sets kitchen tour

       ”Homes for the Holidays: A Holiday Kitchen Tour” will be held Dec. 4 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. rain or shine.    This tour features eight renovated kitchens, all decked out for the holidays.    Using creative design ideas, each kitchen will be adorned according to a unique holiday theme and festive decor style, a spokesman said.    The…

  • MCCC’s Radiography Program Celebrates New Clinical Lab Equipment

    MCCC’s Radiography Program Celebrates New Clinical Lab Equipment

    By Saveria Symons West Windsor, N.J. – Courtesy of a Carl D. Perkins federally-funded grant, Mercer County Community College’s Radiography Program has received state-of-the-art digital radiographic equipment to enhance instruction. Students will now be performing clinical laboratory procedures with equipment that is on par with affiliated hospitals and hospitals nationwide. The new digital x-ray imaging equipment,…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of Nov. 25

       Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in the Hillsborough Beacon, drop a note to Hillsborough Beacon Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3842) or e-mailed to [email protected] before…

  • Sponsor a Wreath – Honor a Veteran’s Sacrifice

    Sponsor a Wreath – Honor a Veteran’s Sacrifice

    Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Cadets Jose Avila (L) and Emily Speziale (R) place memorial wreath on the grave of Major Francis Burke, the only Medal of Honor recipient interred at Brigadier General William C. Doyle National Cemetery in Wrightstown. Photo by Sgt.

  • Collecting toys for kids in need

    By: centraljersey.com Toys 8TOYS Evan Grossman Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN – For 10 years, Santa Claus has been covered in tattoos. And instead of a reindeer-drawn sleigh, he’s driven a pickup truck stuffed with toys. One of the borough’s signature events, Mac’s Toys 4 Kids Motorcycle Show has spread holiday cheer and good will for a…

  • School housing status targeted

    By: centraljersey.com Housing 8HOUSING Lea Kahn The Packet Group Public school and municipal representatives have launched separate attacks on the tax-exempt status of housing provided to faculty and staff members of private schools and colleges. The New Jersey School Boards Association’s Delegate Assembly approved a resolution supporting legislation requiring private schools and colleges to reimburse…

  • Sponsor a Wreath – Honor a Veteran’s Sacrifice

    Sponsor a Wreath – Honor a Veteran’s Sacrifice

    By Major Marvin A. Goldberg Joint Base Lakehurst-Dix-McGuire, NJ. 23 November 2010. On Saturday December 11th starting precisely at 12 noon, volunteers across the United States and overseas led by members of the US Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and veteran’s organizations will place seven specially designed wreaths for each of the military…

  • Holiday open house set

    By: centraljersey.com Catch the holiday spirit Nov. 26, 27 and 28 as Stony Brook Gardens, located on the corner of Yard Road and Route 31, hosts its annual holiday open house. As usual the homemade cookies of Eleanor Nelson will be served with coffee and tea. If you are looking for a gift for "someone…

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