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  • 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…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Remembering war’s sacrifices

    HILLSBOROUGH: Remembering war’s sacrifices

    Purple Heart veterans hold ceremony in Hillsborough    Members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart held a memorial ceremony in the Garden of Honor at the Hillsborough Municipal Complex on Wednesday, Aug. 7. The former servicemen are members of the order’s Chapter 27, located in Somerville.    The Purple Heart is awarded to members of…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Route 206 work may bring delays

    State set to begin work in Montgomery and come north    State Department of Transportation workers are scheduled to begin Route 206 re-surfacing work from Bridgepoint Road to the northern end of Montgomery Township and continuing into Hillsborough this week.    The work was scheduled to start Wednesday, Aug. 14, and continue for several weeks.    Milling, paving,…