• State colleges need compensation controls

    By: centraljersey.com "Doing more with less" is a recurring theme these days for families and businesses. It’s also true for New Jersey’s state colleges and universities. Step one is figuring out what you’re spending in the first place. In the case of the state colleges, their workers compensation costs are a surprisingly large expense. Fortunately,…

  • Mushroom Fun and Education for the Entire Family: Fungus Fest 2010!

    Mushroom Fun and Education for the Entire Family: Fungus Fest 2010!

    Jim Barg, Publicity Chair, New Jersey Mycological Association What, exactly, is a mushroom? What are these “things” growing in my lawn? Are they poisonous? Are they edible? Are my pets safe if they eat them? What good are mushrooms, anyway? Answers to these and other questions you have about mushrooms will be found at the…

  • BORDENTOWN: BRHS girls soccer returning experienced core

    Scotties return field players from state tourney team By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Dominick Castaldo already is seeing the benefits of a season’s experience together on this year’s Bordentown Regional High School girls soccer team.    Last year, without a senior, they went 7-9-1 and reached the Group II state tournament, where they lost to…

  • Allentown Art Guild Reflections Exhibition

    Allentown Art Guild Reflections Exhibition

    By Terry Goldstein "A work of art is a world in itself, reflecting the senses and emotions of the artist’s world." The Allentown Art Guild, in collaboration with the Laurita Winery, invites you to attend REFLECTIONS, an exhibition featuring works by the multi-talented members of the Allentown Art Guild. The exhibiting artists reflect a wide…

  • MCCC Art Professor Mel Leipzig to Discuss Works of Bonnard and Vuillard Sept. 21
  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Retiring clerk plans to do some traveling

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Retiring clerk plans to do some traveling

    Annette Bielawski will retire from her post as Hopewell Township clerk on Sept. 30.

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL: Sept. 2, 7 p.m., Borough Hall.     PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: Sept. 7, 6 p.m. (not 7 p.m.), Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: Sept. 7, 7 p.m., agenda meeting, Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY and OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEES: Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m., joint…

  • Religious services

    By: centraljersey.com – Centenary U.M. – There is one worship service at 9 a.m. by the river on Lewis Island at the end of Lambert Lane and Coryell Street. Coffee fellowship will follow at the church at 10 a.m., followed by a free pancake brunch at 11 a.m. All are invited. On Sept. 12, fall…

  • Book notes

    A woman to whom we are all endebted By: Joan Ruddiman – Special Writer Rebecca Skloot’s first book took the publishing world by storm. Within days of its release, rave reviews propelled "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" (Crown Publishers, 2010) into the top echelons of Best Book lists. The book is fascinating, but so,…

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