• Exhibition of sculptures

    By: centraljersey.com Friday, Sept. 10 – The Mariboe Gallery at Peddie School will hold an opening reception for an exhibition of sculptures by Boston-based artist Sachiko Akiyama from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., with an artist talk at approximately 7:15. The exhibition will run through Oct. 4. For more information about this show and other…

  • Kristina Bacon joins marketer Tastefully Simple

    By: centraljersey.com Kristina Bacon, of Manville, has become an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc., a national direct sales company featuring more than 60 easy-to-prepare foods. Ms. Bacon will offer the company’s food products, along with easy ideas for everyday meals, recipes, serving suggestions, at home taste-testing parties. For more information about Tastefully Simple products,…

  • Sports and Safety

    Sports and Safety

    There are ways to help prevent ACL tears and other sports injuries that might require surgery, and a set of guidelines to follow when dealing with concussions By John Saccenti With just seconds left in the game, your daughter is on the soccer field trying to get open. She gets the ball and makes her…

  • Christopher Sacco

    By: centraljersey.com NORTH HANOVER – Township voters will have a referendum on their Nov. 2 election ballot that would lower their open space tax from 7 cents to 5.5 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The measure was placed on the ballot Aug. 31 by the Township Committee. The average decrease in annual property…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Councilman Theokas resigns, citing relocation

    GOP to tab three potential successors By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Mike Theokas, the lone Republican on the Borough Council and the campaign manager for the local GOP’s mayoral candidate, stepped down from his council seat this week because he is moving out of the borough.    Mr. Theokas, whose three-year term expires Dec.…

  • A School that Fits

    A School that Fits

    Research is essential when deciding on the right independent or boarding school for your child By Michele Alperin Confronted with the rich diversity of independent and boarding schools in the greater Princeton area, parents may experience a moment of panic when they have to decide which one will work for their child. The decision is…

  • Frank Pignataro

    Frank Pignataro

    By: centraljersey.com HILLSBOROUGH – State championship angler Richard Pennacchio, 14, will put his reputation on the line this week, when he participates in the BASS Federation Divisional Championship in Delaware. The competition follows his most recent achievement – winning the 2010 TBF Bass Federation NJ State Youth Championship for the 11-14 age group on July…

  • West Nile makes return

    By: centraljersey.com State and county officials ask that New Jersey residents protect themselves against West Nile Virus. Three cases have been confirmed in the state – in Essex, Ocean and Passaic counties – and Mercer County officials have identified high infection rates in sample populations of mosquitoes, meaning residents are at greater risk. The increased…

  • PRINCETON: Bruvik happy to be home

    PRINCETON: Bruvik happy to be home

    Stuart graduate returns to take on PU field hockey By Zoe Crain, Special Writer    Since she began playing field hockey at Bucknell University four years ago, up until Sunday, Stuart Country Day School graduate Kelly Bruvik had yet to play a collegiate field hockey game in her home state.    ”I actually joke with my coach,”…

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