Author: Central Jersey

  • FLORENCE: Town to preserve Potts Mill property
  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • TRENTON: Watson Coleman is opposed to PennEast pipeline proposal

    Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) has sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission maintaining her opposition to a pipeline project proposed by the PennEast Pipeline Company that would run through Hunterdon County to Mercer County, and has many concerned about the impact on the area’s ecosystems and natural resources. PennEast wants to build…

  • MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    MANVILLE: Library to add comfy chairs, bistro features

    County library system official Brian Auger speaks with Ethel Gargiulo, Dolores O’Bara and Rosalie Puza in Manville.(Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • 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…

  • MANVILLE: Resident says she finds Democrats on council disrespectful

    Letter to the editor To the editor: I would like to take the time to urge my fellow residents to join me and support Steve Szabo and Dayna Camacho this Nov. 4 for Manville Borough Council. I have been following issues very closely in our town, and noticed something that raises concerns. It’s the lack…

  • Rago features talk on woodworker

    The Rago Arts and Auction Center will host an open house on Oct. 16. The event will features the sculptor and furniture designer, Mark Sfirri, speaking on "Wharton Esherick: The Reluctant Woodworker" at 6 p.m. The talk takes place during the preview week for Rago’s 20th C. Decorative Arts and Design Auctions. The auction house…