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POLICE BLOTTER
Daryl Genovese, 38, of Main Street was charged with shoplifting in the Wal-Mart on Main Street at 8:21 p.m. Aug 11. Mr. Genovese also was charged with an outstanding warrant from the Franklin Police Department for $300. His bail was set at $2,000 and he was turned over to the Somerset County Jail. *** The…
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Construction equipmenttaken from new school site
Forklift attachment is valued at $2,600, By John Tredrea A forklift attachment belonging to the construction firm of J.B. Contracting of Wharton used on a front-end loader was stolen from the construction site of Stony Brook Elementary School, Hopewell Township police Lt. George Meyer said Monday. A front-end loader is a heavy piece…
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Rx for neighborhood needs
Former Wonderbread outlet now a community drug store By:Sally Goldenberg Area residents now have a new option for their pharmaceutical endeavors Easy Pharmacy, a small, family-run operation, opened shop on Kennedy Boulevard on Friday morning. Kiran Parvatrao, a 38-year-old pharmacist from Crowel Road in Hillsborough, purchased the vacant plot of land that formerly housed…
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Reason for cancelingmeeting challenged
By:Alec Moore The Township Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday was canceled, either because there just wasn’t much to do or because Mayor Joseph Tricarico is on vacation, depending on whom you ask. Deputy Mayor John Gelardi said the meeting was canceled because of a lack of available items on the agenda for that night. "There…
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DIRECTOR’S DESK: Helping kids
New programs being offered by the Plumsted Township Police Department. By: Peter L. Weinrich PLUMSTED Within several weeks, the Plumsted Township Police Department will begin to distribute Student/Family Lifeline Cards to high school students and Safety Coloring Books to grade school students in a combined effort to reduce injury and death among these age…
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EDITIORIAL: Let us help you become better voters
Our goal is to help residents make educated decisions and we need your help The mission of community newspapers is to be the eyes and ears of the community and to offer residents a voice they might not otherwise have. We take this mission seriously. Our goal is to offer residents of South Brunswick a…
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For the week of Aug. 15
By: Douglas C. Gunda HAMILTON Douglas C. Gunda, 48, died Saturday, Aug. 10, at Millhouse Nursing Home. Born in Princeton, he was a longtime Hamilton area resident. Mr. Gunda owned Doug’s Landscaping Service and was a stock car racing fan. He is survived by his wife, Melody Dawn Gunda; a daughter, Valerie Leigh Gunda…
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Leonard Smolenyak
MANVILLE Leonard Smolenyak died Saturday, Aug. 10, at home. He was 67. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., he lived in Hillsborough fr 25 years before moving to Manville in September. Mr. Smolenyak retired from the A&P Food Company in Edison where he worked as a warehouseman for 30 years. He was a communicant of Sacred…
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West Nile Virus update
From the Monmouth County Mosquito Commission. By: As the mosquito season enters into the peak period for West Nile Virus activity, the Monmouth County Mosquito Commission urges residents of Monmouth County to take precautions to protect themselves from mosquito bites. "Our mosquito surveillance shows that WNV amplification in the bird-mosquito cycle is beginning to accelerate,"…
