Author: Central Jersey

  • FLORENCE: Seriously injured fireman returns

    FLORENCE: Seriously injured fireman returns

    Brian Richardson named fire marshal By Amy Batista, Special Writer    FLORENCE — It’s been a year and a half since fireman Brian Richardson was severely injured in an explosion caused by a tractor-trailer fire on Interstate 295.    He returned to work Oct. 15 and soon after, was appointed fire marshal; he was a provisional fire…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Buerkle receives Kean lacrosse award

    HILLSBOROUGH: Buerkle receives Kean lacrosse award

    Ryan Buerkle, when at Hillsborough High

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Don’t just gloss over senators’ policy remarks

    To the editor:    Now that the Booker-Lonegan contest is over, it is an opportune time to revisit the Founding Fathers’ ideas regarding the United States Senate.    It is a generally forgotten fact that U.S. Senators have not always been popularly elected. Direct election of U.S. Senators only began with the adoption of the 17th Amendment…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Dukes honor their scholar-athletes
  • WEST AMWELL: Mt. Airy 4-H Dairy Club to celebrate 90 years

    WEST AMWELL: Mt. Airy 4-H Dairy Club to celebrate 90 years

    Dinner planned for Nov. 30 By Betty Jane Hunt, Contributor    The Mt. Airy 4-H Dairy Club will celebrate its 90th anniversary on Nov. 30 at the Lambertville-New Hope Rescue Squad Banquet Hall, 70 Alexander Ave., Lambertville.    The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. There will be a roast beef dinner, live music, a video, thanks…

  • NORTH HANOVER: Township enters new snow removal, court contracts

    The Township of North Hanover has inked a new contract for snow removal, but the cost is relatively the same as its last one By David Kilby, Special Writer    NORTH HANOVER — The Township of North Hanover has inked a new contract for snow removal, but the cost is relatively the same as its last…

  • MANVILLE: Two local men charged with thefts in car spree in Monmouth County

    Officer checked out ‘suspicious car’ here    Police said they recovered proceeds from burglaries in Marlboro and Old Bridge Township after Manville Patrolman Joseph Buda responded to a citizen’s call and checked a suspicious vehicle near Frank’s Pizza in the Marketplace parking lot off North Main Street at 7:36 a.m. Nov. 17.    Marlboro police came to…

  • MANVILLE: Members sought for Friends of the Library Committee

    Library Happenings column    Manville Public Library is looking for community members who would like to join the Friends of the Manville Library Committee.    This committee will promote the library’s programs and collections, raise funds for special library projects and encouraging a lifelong love of reading and learning. Call Barbara Forbes at 908-722-9722.    * * *…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Where were you when JFK was shot?

    Residents can recall in detail the circumstances of the assassination 50 years ago By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    For millions of Americans, Friday’s 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy still lives vividly in their memories.    Random interviews with Hillsborough residents brought back the images of Mrs. Kennedy’s pillbox hat and blood-stained pink…