• MONROE: Library to hold book sale

       The Friends of the Monroe Township Public Library will hold its annual book and media sale Saturday, April 25, through Friday, May 1, at the library, 4 Municipal Plaza.    Purchase gently used books and media at bargain prices.    Donations of clean, lightly used books and media are accepted at the main desk during library hours.…

  • Thanks for making school’s auction successful

    Annie Shubiak, Christ the King Home School Association    I would like to take the time to thank all the families, friends and businesses who have supported the Christ the King School Basket Auction and made it another success.    A special thank you to the chairwoman of this event, Sandy Charneski, and all the families who…

  • Chipboard Recycling in Somerset County

    Somerset County Board of Freeholders The Somerset County Recycling Center, located at 40 Polhemus Lane in Bridgewater, has expanded its recycling program to incorporate chipboard.  Chipboard items include cereal, pasta, cake, cookie, cracker, tissue, detergent, gift, shoe, shirt and retail boxes; poster board; and the backing of writing pads. All plastic liners should be removed…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Danelle Porrovecchio, 29, of Washington Commons, was charged with driving while intoxicated, using a wireless phone while driving and careless driving after police responded to the scene of an accident on South Triangle Road in which she had crossed over the center line and crashed head first into a parked car at 8:57 p.m. Feb.…

  • MANVILLE: North 13th resident charged with possession of heroin

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    A North 13th Avenue resident was charged Tuesday with possession of drug paraphernalia as part of a monthlong narcotics investigation by the prosecutor’s office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force in conjunction with the Bound Brook Police Department.    Tammy Izzo, 37, was arrested after police allegedly found her in possession…

  • This Week’s Central Jersey Events

    STAGE American Repertory Ballet, Stuart Country Day School, 1200 Stuart Road, Princeton, Director’s Choice — a showcase of dance for all ages: children matinees: March 26: Jump, Frog, Jump!, 10 a.m.; Dance Alive-Ballet Rocks, 1 p.m., Sneak Peek, 4 p.m., $5; Twyla Tharp’s Baker’s Dozen and Sinatra Suite, Graham Lustig’s Stardust and Rhapsodia, March 27-28,…

  • Community calendar

       Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in the Hillsborough Beacon, drop a note to Hillsborough Beacon Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542.    All items should be typed and must be mailed, faxed (609-924-3244) or e-mailed to [email protected] before…

  • Special-ed issues will be discussed

    The East Brunswick Special Education PTA (SEPTA) will hold its next monthly meeting at 7:15 p.m. March 30 in the public-meeting room at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. Sharon Oleszkiewicz, director of special education for East Brunswick Public Schools, will discuss special-education issues including self-assessment, district performance and the parent’s right…

  • Holy Week Concert planned for March 22

    Choral members from the New Jersey districts of the New Apostolic Church will present a Holy Week Concert at 4 p.m. March 22 at the New Apostolic Church, 445 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick. The event will feature choral pieces reflecting on Palm Sunday, Good Friday and the Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Light refreshments will follow…

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