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  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Fire department hosts first annual carnival

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Fire department hosts first annual carnival

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    Residents from surrounding communities enjoyed the first annual Hope Hose Humane Co. No. 1 family carnival Aug. 7-11 in the lot adjacent to Retro Fitness on Route 206.    Approximately 4,500 people attended the carnival. A large parking lot was available so many carnival-goers could park near the entrance.    ”We…

  • MANVILLE: Houses going up, coming down in flood area

    MANVILLE: Houses going up, coming down in flood area

    Contractors slowly raised the home of Donald and Kathye Quick on South Bridge Street at Huff Avenue as one response to continuous floods in the Lost Valley section of the borough. The house now is scheduled to make the slow drop to its new, higher foundation today or tomorrow, Ms. Quick said. She said the…

  • LAWRENCE: Map changes could require flood insurance

    LAWRENCE: Map changes could require flood insurance

    In the wake of preliminary changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood hazard maps, Lawrence Township officials are going to mail letters to about 1,000 property owners to inform them of By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    In the wake of preliminary changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood hazard maps, Lawrence Township officials…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Fighting fires is ‘a way of life’
  • FLORENCE: Drive sober or get pulled over

       Local police will be out in force from the middle of August through Labor Day as part of the annual nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown on drunk driving.    The crackdown, which will include highly visible enforcement throughout Florence Township, started yesterday, Aug. 14 and will run through Sept. 2.    Chief Alvin…

  • MANVILLE: Eck, Booker lead in Senate balloting here

    Dems have tight three-way race; neighbor Eck defeats Lonegan in GOP race    Familiar faces to Manville did well in borough balloting for the U.S. Senate primary nominations Tuesday.    Dr. Alieta Eck, who lives in neighboring Franklin Township, won the borough tally for the Republican nomination. She gathered 98 votes to Stephen Lonegan’s 78, but the…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Fire department hosts first annual carnival

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Fire department hosts first annual carnival

    Nadia Jones rides the carousel during the first annual Hope Hose Humane Co. No. 1 family carnival in Bordentown City on Aug. 10.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: 100 tires pulled from Raritan River

    HILLSBOROUGH: 100 tires pulled from Raritan River

    Scouts, park system, others combine to do volunteer cleanup    Somerset County Park Commission rangers, Boy Scouts, environmental groups and high school honor society students cleaned a 10-mile stretch of the Raritan River from Neshanic Station to Raritan Borough on July 27.    The group, which pulled 101 tires from the river, will be back Sunday, Aug.…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 15

       A 14-year-old Mt. Etna, Pennsylvania, girl was charged with shoplifting for allegedly taking costume jewelry worth a combined $68.75 from Claire’s at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 3:36 p.m. Aug. 6. She was released to a guardian’s custody.    Taleil Brown, 19, of Lakedale Drive, was charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana…