• Book Lovers’ Luncheon to feature Sheila Kohler

    By: centraljersey.com On Nov. 14, the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation will host its fifth annual Book Lovers’ Luncheon at the Greenacres Country Club, Lawrenceville. The luncheon, a fundraiser for the school district’s author-in-residence program supported annually by the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation, will feature guest speaker Sheila Kohler, author of 10 novels and a lecturer…

  • NT Calloway closes the deal on goals by Cox and Prakriya

    By: centraljersey.com The real estate business is having its ups and downs, but it was one big high note for NT Calloway Realtors last weekend. Calloway not only lent Franco’s Pizza two players, but claimed a 2-0 win in Hopewell Valley Soccer Association’s Division 3 girls play as Lauren Cox and Veena Prakriya scored goals…

  • MONROE: Middlesex officials talk economics

    By Natalia Knochowski, The Packet Group    MONROE — Officials from four Middlesex County municipalities met last Thursday afternoon at a luncheon hosted by the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce to discuss the state of economic development in each town — and each official had optimistic reports and plans.    Mayor Peter Cantu, of Plainsboro, Mayor Richard…

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    By: centraljersey.com Nobody’s Property, on view through Feb. 20, 2011, explores a new kind of landscape: a contemporary look at the land and earth. Even the exhibition title forms a kind of landscape on the rug as you enter. Its shadow lettering makes you think about whether it’s projected light or sculpted into the pile.…

  • SPORTS: SBHS Vikings on winning streak

    By Ken Weingartner, Sports Writer    The state sectional football playoffs, according to the calendar, begin Nov. 12.    For South Brunswick High, the playoffs, for all intents and purposes, began Sept. 24. That’s when the Vikings began a five-game win streak with a 35-7 victory at Edison.    The win streak, which continued last Friday with a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Eric Vanbiervliet, 19, killed by train

       Hillsborough resident Eric Vanbiervliet, 19, was killed by a train near the Homestead Road railroad overpass at about 5:45 p.m. Monday, according to police.    He was struck by a westbound CSX Railroad freight train. Police responding to an initial report said he was pronounced dead at the scene.    An investigation of the incident is continuing.…

  • Deadline extended for benefits

    By: centraljersey.com Military members whose service was involuntarily extended or whose retirement was suspended between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, due to stop loss, are entitled to retroactive payments of $500 for each month they were extended, according to Department of Defense officials. The deadline to receive those benefits has been extended to…

  • ALLENTOWN: Redbird runners peaking

    By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    TITUSVILLE — A strong showing at the Mercer County Championships last Friday has Caroline Ticse and the Allentown High School girls cross country feeling good heading into the Central Jersey Group III state meet Saturday.    ”I think we can go faster,” said Ticse, the Redbirds senior who placed second…

  • Scouts plan food drive

    By: centraljersey.com With demand at record levels and the holiday season upon us, boys from Boy Scout Troop 28 of Lawrence will be on hand Sunday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to collect donations of non-perishable food items from generous patrons of Pennington Quality Markets, located on Route 31, Pennington. As demand…

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