• Candidates offer thanks to Plainsboro voters

    Michael Weaver and Ed Yates, Plainsboro We would like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of Plainsboro Township for their support in our re-election to the Plainsboro Township Committee. We are indeed humbled by the confidence the community has expressed through their votes.    Elections are about having a dialogue with the voters. That’s…

  • Dolls, Hess trucks featured at Cranbury Museum

    By: centraljersey.com You are invited to the opening of "Tomorrow’s Antiques," featuring collectable dolls from American history and Hess trucks, on Sunday, Nov. 14, at Cranbury Museum. Dolls and trucks belonging to several of Cranbury’s children will be on display. Each child who visits the exhibit with an adult will be entered into one of…

  • Y should emphasize its appeal to seniors

    Jerry Berkelhammer, Princeton While the Healthy Community column in the Nov. 9 Packet quite appropriately emphasizes the mission of the Princeton YMCA to serve children and families, it neglects to mention that a good part of each day at the Y is occupied by neither school children nor members of traditional child-based families.    From roughly…

  • 4-H fair to feature vendors, crafters

    By: centraljersey.com The Somerset County 4-H Association will host a one-stop-shopping opportunity on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ted Blum 4-H Center on Milltown Road in Bridgewater. A mix of vendors and crafters, offering a wide variety of items, will be on hand. Products and crafts include jewelry, home…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State champs reunite and reminisce

    HILLSBOROUGH: State champs reunite and reminisce

    By Andrew Corselli, Staff Writer    Some things never change.    Ten years have come and gone since the Hillsborough High School football team did something that’s only been done once before at HHS, but the players from that squad still remain in contact with each other.    On Oct. 29, the starters from the 2000 Raiders, a…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Leftover candy could net equipment, books

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    Students at St. Augustine of Canterbury School in Kendall Park used their leftover Halloween candy to get more gym equipment and library books Tuesday.    ”It was a fun day, an exciting day and a learning day,” said Sister Mary Louise Shulas, principal. “(The students) really enjoyed what they were…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State champs reunite and reminisce

    HILLSBOROUGH: State champs reunite and reminisce

    A plaque commemorating the 2000 Hillsborough High football team, Central Jersey Group IV state champions, which is displayed at Catered Affair on Route 206.

  • ALLENTOWN: UFRSD projects $292,000 shortfall in unemployment insurance account

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — The layoffs of 39 teachers and staff in Upper Freehold Regional schools earlier this year due to school budget cuts is costing the district dearly, and not just in the classroom.    School Business Administrator Diana Schiraldi told the Board of Education last week she projects a $292,000 shortfall…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Child-care nurse charged with theft, lewdness

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    A 38-year-old registered nurse from Perth Amboy allegedly did more than just steal from the township family that hired her, according to police.    Kassandra Field-Ralph, a licensed practical nurse under contract to the local North Brunswick office of Maxim Healthcare Services, was arrested and charged with lewdness, theft and…

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