Author: Central Jersey
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HILLSBOROUGH: Resident doesn’t want more signs for township
To the editor: A few weeks ago I read an article in this newspaper from the Democrat candidates for Township Committee about their so-called plans to fill vacant businesses. In their article, they claim there are no plans to get stores into the Kmart shopping center, but on the front page of the same edition…
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LAWRENCE: Police blotter
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Three dirt bikes — two Hondas and a Yamaha — were reported stolen from a locked shed on Drift Avenue between 11:30 p.m. Sept. 29 and 6:30 a.m. Sept. 30. The motorcycles were valued at a combined $2,200. The thief forced open the shed door. Two Yamaha dirt bikes were…
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HILLSBOROUGH: GOP candidates vote to ‘do more with less,’ writer says
Letter to the editor To the editor: We hear that the economy is improving, but in many ways it is hard to see how things are getting any better. Times are still tough, and it’s sometimes a struggle to make ends meet. As a taxpayer in Hillsborough, I want to know that my tax dollars…
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MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features
County officials describe floor plan for renovations By Mary Ellen Day, Special Writer Manville Public Library joined the Somerset County Library system about two years ago and last week an open house at the library shared exciting news with the community. Keith McCoy and Brian Auger, the top administrators in the county library system, spoke…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Woods Road firefighters to hold open house, dedication of addition
Community Calendar, issue of Oct. 9 Sat., Oct. 11 — Fire Company No. 3 will hold an open house and dedicate its new building addition in a ceremony from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the firehouse at 324 Woods Road. The dedication takes place at noon. There will be tours of the new apparatus…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Oct. 9
The complete calendar of events is online at www.messengerpress.com. Scroll down the webpage to the Lifestyles tab on the left. Wednesdays Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience…
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LAWRENCE: Three charged with prostitution offenses
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A woman who advertised her services on Craigslist, and two men who responded to those advertisements, were charged with prostitution-related offenses at the Sleep-E-Hollow Motel on Brunswick Pike. Samantha Jopko, 29, whose address is listed as the motel, was charged with engaging in prostitution at 9:07 p.m. Sept. 30, said…
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FLORENCE: Man charged with shooting woman
By Amy Batista, Special Writer FLORENCE — A local man has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly shooting a woman in both arms at the Academy Woods Apartments, police said. According to police, the incident occurred just before midnight on Oct. 6 at the Academy Woods Apartments located on Cedar…
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Ox artist is honored at event in Lambertville
Brainy “Oxford” hangs out at Mercer Meadows Dog Park, next to the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.
