• Rustic Mall plans concern resident

    By: centraljersey.com The Nov. 10 issue of the Courier News ran a story on the redevelopment of the Rustic Mall area of Manville. As a resident of Manville, I am concerned about any plans for the redevelopment of the Rustic Mall area that include housing. Three of the four schools in our town are at…

  • Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day to be held Sunday

    By: centraljersey.com EDISON – The Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste Management will have its Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Middlesex County College at 2600 Woodbridge Ave. Use the Mill Road entrance. The event will take place in parking lot 2. The hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

  • PRINCETON: Merchants reaching out to welcome new residents

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The welcome wagon is making a comeback in Princeton in a sleek new form — a welcome box from the Princeton Merchant’s Association.    ”Get to the heart of Princeton,” said Mark Censits, president of the Princeton Merchants Association and owner of Cool Vines on Spring Street.    ”What can PMA offer…

  • Allison Musante

    By: centraljersey.com As the holiday season approaches, community members have ample opportunities to share in the spirit of gift-giving. The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton is accepting food donations year-round, but encourages donations by Sunday for Thanksgiving distribution. It is seeking low-sodium canned vegetables, low-sugar canned fruit, and canned proteins, such as salmon, tuna…

  • NJ Transit sets holiday schedules

    By: centraljersey.com NJ Transit is gearing up to ensure that travelers’ plans go smoothly over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Scores of NJ Transit customer service representatives and volunteers will be deployed at major facilities to assist customers throughout the holiday period, and extra rail and bus service is ready to roll to match Thanksgiving travel…

  • Faith Bahadurian

    By: centraljersey.com Whether you spell it Chanukah or Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights is a favorite holiday of Jewish children everywhere. Even non-Jewish children who learn of this holiday have been known to lobby their parents to celebrate it in their own home, because what kid doesn’t like the idea of receiving presents for…

  • BP renews backing of climate research

    By: centraljersey.com In a continuing research partnership to identify ways to tackle the world’s climate problem, Princeton’s Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) has received a commitment of $11 million from BP as part of an extension of a partnership first announced in October 2008. Scholars and students will explore further the science, policy and technology dimensions…

  • AUDUBON NOTES

    By: centraljersey.com Washington Crossing Audubon Society is offering Birds of Shark River, a field trip at 9 a.m. on Nov. 20, led by Mary Doscher. Migratory birds from northern climates more frigid than New Jersey’s head this way to spend the winter in the warmer, open, and fish-filled waters here. Ms. Doscher will help participants…

  • Quinto reaches Meet of Champs

    By: centraljersey.com Although the Hopewell Valley High girls cross country team had its season end at the Group III meet last Saturday at Holmdel Park, sophomore Casey Quinto continued her outstanding season. Quinto finished 11th overall and earned a wild card berth into this Saturday’s Meet of Champions. "She ran with a lot of heart,"…

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