• Borough OKs pay hikes for workers

    By: Maria Prato – Staff Writer JAMESBURG – The Borough Council approved pay increases for municipal employees in a split vote Wednesday night. Under the pay increase, the borough’s statutory employees, which include the chief financial officer, the administrator, the municipal clerk and the tax assessor, will see a 3.75 percent pay increase. The borough’s…

  • MANVILLE: Summer readers pack library

    MANVILLE: Summer readers pack library

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The Manville Public Library annual summer reading program is off to a strong start, with a the most participants the library has seen for many years, according to Children’s Librarian Ruth Bielanski.    ”We have 51 signed up and we are taking more,” she said. “Not everyone is there at…

  • Schools set fees for sports

    Participation in athletics, band, color guard to cost $75 By: Davy James – Staff Writer The South Brunswick School District has established fees for participation in sports and band at South Brunswick High School and Crossroads North and South Middle School. The district has set a $75 fee per sport for participation in marching band,…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Board seeks state OK for school roof solar panels

    By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Board of Education is wondering whether one way out of its budget difficulties might be through the roof.    The board is seeking state approval of its plan to install 5,890 photovoltaic solar panels on the rooftops of the Sharon Elementary School, Pond Road Middle School and Robbinsville…

  • MANVILLE: Time capsule holds students’ memories

    MANVILLE: Time capsule holds students’ memories

    Jamie Fischer helps bury the Class of 2010’s time capsule at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • Squandering a bumper crop of farmland

    By: Michele Byers The last few weeks have brought the fresh taste of high-quality, locally grown fruits and vegetables to many New Jerseyans. The Garden State still produces some of the best tomatoes and corn in the world. We should all take note, however, of a new inventory of our disappearing farmland nationwide. Since 1982,…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Business owner gets break on water bill

    By Cynthia Williamson, Special Writer    When Hopewell Borough business owner Virginia Aris opened her quarterly water bill recently, she was flabbergasted. The amount was $367.52, over four times the $89 she normally pays for a three-month period.    Likewise, her water usage surged from about 1,000 gallons a quarter to 29,000 gallons for a space that…

  • ‘Irrational prejudice’

    Judge’s ruling confirms beliefs of same-sex marriage advocates By: Hank Kalet A federal judge in Massachusetts last week did what New Jersey has refused to do: make it clear that denying same-sex couples the right to marry violates their rights. Judge Joseph L. Tauro of U.S. District Court in Boston ruled in two separate but…

  • At the libraries

    By: centraljersey.com PENNINGTON – Schoolchildren in grades K-five, now is your opportunity to "Make a Splash" by registering for one or more weeks of the rest of the summer program: July 21, "Journey to Atlantis"; July 28, "Goin’ to the Creek" (at Kunkel Park). The program will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. All children must…

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