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  • MANVILLE: Mayor: We need share of Sandy storm aid

       Editor’s note: This letter was sent to New Jersey U.S. Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, congressmen Rush Holt, Leonard Lance and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen. Copies were sent to local, county and state legislators.    Dear legislators:    As a result of the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy, the tri-state area will be receiving nearly $50 billion…

  • Wine, Chocolate, Romance and Fun at Laurita Winery

    Wine, Chocolate, Romance and Fun at Laurita Winery

    By Kate Devine February is the month of Wine, Chocolate, Romance and Fun at Laurita Winery   Laurita Winery (New Egypt, NJ) – Wine and chocolate weekends at Laurita Winery have become a romantic Valentine’s tradition for many couples and a staple on the February calendar. Celebrate Valentine’s Day as well as your love of…

  • Businesses & Institutions Reminded That Recycling Is Mandatory

    Businesses & Institutions Reminded That Recycling Is Mandatory

    by the Somerset County Board of Freeholders Recycling has been mandatory in New Jersey for over 25 years. Somerset County officials are reminding businesses and institutions that this law applies to them as well as to residents. The Somerset County Department of Public Works is sending a letter to approximately 10,000 businesses and institutions about reporting…

  • Autism Gala Celebrates 25 Years Of Friends, Family

    Autism Gala Celebrates 25 Years Of Friends, Family

    By Aileen Kornblatt On Saturday, January 19, 2013, Eden Autism Services celebrated a quarter-century of Eden Dreams, the not-for-profit organization’s annual white-tie dinner gala held each year at the Hyatt Regency Princeton. Raising $140,000 in net proceeds, Dreams of Dreams Remembered commemorated the strength of the individuals and organizations that support Eden by recalling special people…

  • UPDATED FLORENCE: Bustleton farmland application dismissed (Video)

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor FLORENCE — The Zoning Board unanimously dismissed a massive solar facility proposed on Bustleton Road farmland Tuesday night.  The Bustleton land in question is near the Burlington Township border. Florence Township is now planning on creating a new ordinance in 2013 restricting solar farm locations to protect its farmland. (For the story,…

  • EAST WINDSOR: New Jersey Turnpike Authority schedules opening of new 10-lane Interchange 8 Toll Plaza

    New interchange set to fully open by Saturday morning, weather permitting EAST WINDSOR – Mayor Janice Mironov announced this morning that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has advised the township that the new 10-lane East Windsor Interchange 8 Toll Plaza will be fully open this Saturday, Jan. 26. The open is scheduled for early in…

  • NEW HOPE: Dee Dee Bowman leads historians

       At its 54th annual meeting, the New Hope Historical Society elected Dee Dee Bowman president.    Ms. Bowman and her husband, Ernie, have resided in their 1817 residence in New Hope for 30 years where they have raised their two daughters.    She is a longtime member of the Historical Society having served several terms on its…

  • Jambalaya Brass Band to Host CD Release Party at Lucille’s at B.B. King’s Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) Celebration

    By Stephen McConnaughey Jambalaya Brass Band will be hosting a CD release/Mardi Gras party in support of their latest CD, On the Funky Side, at Lucille’s Bar & Grill in the B.B. King Blues Club in NYC on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. The band will be performing four sets starting at 8:00 PM at this event,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Cops: Officer, driver injured in DWI crash

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Cops: Officer, driver injured in DWI crash

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    An alleged drunk driver crashed into the rear of a township police car on Route 27 early Tuesday morning, sending the driver and a police officer to the hospital, according to police.    The accident occurred at 12:04 a.m. Tuesday as Patrolman First Class Angelo Zecca, a more than 15-year…