• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Firefighters battle heat and brush fire

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    About 30 firefighters worked to extinguish a grass and brush fire in Deans on Saturday.    The Monmouth Junction Fire Department was dispatched at 4:20 p.m. to an area off of Deans Pond Lane, off of Georges Road.    The extremely dry conditions and high temperatures led to a request for additional…

  • Corradino welcomes county Dems to reorganization meeting at VFW

    By: centraljersey.com The Somerset County Democratic Committee welcomed a packed house of new and returning committee members at their reorganization meeting held June 15 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290. At the meeting, voting delegates, who were elected to the SCDC in the June 8th Democratic Primary, voted for SCDC officers and by-laws.…

  • Adventures Close to Home

    Adventures Close to Home

    • Toward the end of summer, horsedrawn plows are used to prepare fields for fall planting at Howell Farm. In this plow hitch, a colt is tied to its mother to begin to “learn the ropes.”

  • Engagement

    Lazowski – Fowlie By: centraljersey.com Kenneth and Barbara Lazowski of Hillsborough announced the engagement of their daughter Rachel Lazowski to Alex Fowlie, son of the late William Fowlie of Middletown and Betty O’Brien and her husband James of Toms River. Ms. Lazowski graduated from Hillsborough High School; the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of…

  • Religious services

    By: centraljersey.com Christ the King Roman Catholic Church – Located on North Second Avenue, Manville. Daily Masses – Monday, noon; Tuesday through Friday, 7 a.m.; Saturdays, 4:30 p.m.; Sundays, 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Confessions: Tuesday, 7 to 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. and before every weekday Mass. Rectory, located at 211 Louis St.,…

  • Farmers market expands, adds music, artisans

    By: Geoffrey Wertime – Staff Writer BORDENTOWN CITY – The Bordentown City Farmers Market is off to a strong start in its first full season. The market made its debut last July, but this year the season started June 9. "Last year was right after the (May) election and we did an abridged version of…

  • Next up on Gov. Christie’s ‘to-do list’

    By: Richard Keevey Several weeks after the Gov. Christie’s election I suggested in several venues that, given the state’s finances, he would have no choice but to make significant reductions. I suggested that transit subsidies would be reduced; school and municipal aid would be significantly reduced; and although a moral dilemma – Medicaid and other…

  • Free Online SAT Prep

    By Harini Subrahmanyam Fredrickson, Special Correspondent Start your summer with an 8-week SAT test preparation program from www.majortests.com.  It provides you a detailed daily plan that moderates your pace and helps you stay focused.  The first five weeks of the program requires an hour a day of practice, stepping up to 2 to 3 hours…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Schools to get state grants for repairs

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick School District is hoping a grant from the state will help to recoup money spent to improve school infrastructure.    The district recently was awarded a $714,000 grant from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority for window replacements at the Cambridge and Constable schools, as well as roof…

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