• WEST AMWELL: New roof among changes at elementary school

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — When 275 students begin classes at West Amwell Elementary School on Sept. 7, they’ll begin learning their lessons under a brand new roof.    The old roof was original to the building, which was constructed in 1952.    ”It certainly needed to be replaced,” Superintendent Todd Fay said.    The…

  • News and notes

    By: centraljersey.com Registration is now open for the Fall sessions of Express Swim America LLC Learn to swim program. Starting on Sept. 11 at The College of New Jersey Aquatic Center in Ewing, all swimmers are welcome to join this safe, progressive program, designed to develop swimmers of all ages. Express SwimAmerica, LLC is a…

  • School district contact information

    By: centraljersey.com Contact information for the South Brunswick school district, school board members and schools is listed below: Central office: P.O. Box 181, Monmouth Junction, N.J. 08852; telephone, 732-297-7800; fax, 732-297-8456; Web, www.sbschools.org School board members and staff e-mail addresses: – Matthew Speesler, president – [email protected] – Stephen F. Parker, vice president – [email protected] –…

  • MANVILLE: Police Blotter

       An Adesa Auto Auctions employee reported a white 2007 Land Rover, valued at $30,600, and a blue 2007 Land Rover, valued at $37,800, missing from the North Main Street property at 12:04 p.m. Aug. 23. Both vehicles were entered in the National Crime Information Center database. * * *    Joseph McCormick, 25, of Newark Avenue,…

  • Church group connects with children in Haiti

    By: Eileen Oldfield – Staff Writer Monfort Road resident Alena D’Auria knew the images of post-earthquake Haiti from seeing them on television and on the Internet following the Jan. 20 quake. But spending a week rebuilding houses and parts of an orphanage in Calabasse, a town outside Port-Au-Prince, brought the disaster home, she said. "One…

  • Health matters

    Spotlight on Da Vinci prostatectomy By: John A. Watson, M.D. – Princeton HealthCare System In prostate cancer surgery, millimeters matter. Located just beneath the bladder, the prostate is attached to numerous nerve fibers and blood vessels that play an important role in urinary continence and sexual function. To spare these nerves and vessels during surgery,…

  • EDITORIAL: News submission tips to make everyone’s job easier

    Clip this out for future reference By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    The calendar doesn’t say so, but for Valley children it will be true. Summer will end Sept. 8 when schools open again for classes.    With schools getting back to business, area clubs and organizations also will come alive again and begin to submit news…

  • Editorial

    Parents can add to kids’ education By: centraljersey.com Students throughout central New Jersey will head back to school next week, causing many parents to breath a sigh of relief. Summer is over, after all, and the kids will be out of the house. But the school year offers a different kind of challenge to parents,…

  • Senior corner

    By: centraljersey.com – Hopewell Valley Senior Services and Hopewell Township Parks and Recreation Department invite seniors 60 and over to a free afternoon of food, fun and music on Sept. 7 at noon. This event will take place at Sullivan’s Grove in Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. RSVP by calling 737-3753 no later than Sept.…

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