• Illuminating the Season

    Hanukkah offers gifts that are less tangible than money or wrapped presents By Michele Alperin    Surprising as it may be to many, Hanukkah’s historical connection to serious gift giving is tenuous at best. But with Jews living in an open society, particularly in the United States, the influence of Christmas has expanded the typical Hanukkah…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK- Camoratta eyes Assembly seat

    BY Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    Township Councilman Joe Camoratta is putting his hat in the ring to fill the vacant state Assembly seat in District 14.    ”South Brunswick and Middlesex County need to be represented in Trenton,” Mr. Camoratta, 57, said Monday. “Mercer (County) already has representation (from the district).”    Mr. Camoratta, in his…

  • Cell tower variance issue to go back to zoning board

    By Lea Kahn    The Cellco Partnership’s application for a use variance to build a cell tower on the Peterson’s Nursery property on Route 206 at Province Line Road will return to the township Zoning Board of Adjustment next week.    The zoning board will consider the use variance application at a special meeting, set for Wednesday…

  • Small Business Saturday set

    By: centraljersey.com To celebrate the first Small Business Saturday, American Express card members will earn a $25 credit by spending $25 or more at select small businesses this Saturday. The Learning Express on Route 206 in Hillsborough is a certified small business and will participate in the program. Customers must register their American Express cards…

  • Kirson set for mayoral term

    By: centraljersey.com Mayor 8MAYOR Evan Grossman Staff Writer HIGHTSTOWN – From a previous life on Wall Street, Steve Kirson has begun his indoctrination into borough politics along Main Street. The mayor-elect, who will take office in January, has started attending meetings and getting ready to take over for Mayor Bob Patten, who has held the…

  • ALLENTOWN: Cardio-weight room at AHS gets approval

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — A controversial plan to spend $101,197 over the next five years to convert a storage area inside Allentown High School into a cardio-weight room was approved 7-2 by the Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education.    The district has received a $67,465 state grant for the project, which is…

  • Volunteers need donations for Christmas food baskets

    By Lea Kahn    When a police officer knocked on the door to his apartment at the Lawrence Plaza apartment building a few days before Christmas last year, Ira Serle didn’t know what to expect.    But the police officer, who was out of uniform and off duty, appeared at Mr. Serle’s doorstep to present him with…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN

    By: centraljersey.com Every year around this time, public attention focuses on enormous evergreen trees – the kind that are festooned in twinkling lights at Rockefeller Center, the White House lawn and other public places. In New Jersey, there’s a quieter search going on for gigantic trees, and not just those of the holiday variety. The…

  • Farmers fight hunger

    By Lea Kahn    Elbow deep in a bin full of squash, Agnes Bougot paused for a minute to reflect on her family’s good luck.    ”I think I am fortunate enough to have more than enough to eat,” said Ms. Bougot, who was sorting out the squash in the barn at Terhune Orchards.    ”When you have…

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