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  • LAMBERTVILLE: Baseball enthusiasts gather for opening day

    LAMBERTVILLE: Baseball enthusiasts gather for opening day

    At Saturday’s opening day for the West Amwell Youth Baseball and Softball Association, the young players celebrate the call to “play ball.”

  • Year-Round Medicine Drop-off Site Now in Somerville

    Year-Round Medicine Drop-off Site Now in Somerville

    Somerset County Freeholder Director Patricia Walsh, Sheriff Frank Provenzano, Lt. Steve SanAntonio and Freeholder Patrick Scaglione launch Project Medicine Drop.

  • CHESTERFIELD: Results nix controlled substances as factor in deadly school bus crash

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    MOUNT HOLLY — Results of the toxicology reports on the two drivers from the fatal February bus crash in Chesterfield Township have been released to the public.    Burlington County Prosecutor Robert Bernardi and Chesterfield Township Police Chief Kyle Wilson announced in a press release April 20 that neither controlled dangerous…

  • Year-Round Medicine Drop-off Site Now in Somerville

    Year-Round Medicine Drop-off Site Now in Somerville

    By Somerset County Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano SOMERVILLE – Somerset County has begun a free medicine-collection program for residents to safely dispose of unwanted, expired or unused medicines. This is the first year-round medicine collection offered in the Somerset County area. The drop-off site set up by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, in…

  • SPRINGFIELD: School district votes member off board

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The school board unanimously voted to terminate one board member’s position on April 17 following a number of missed meetings.    According to Superintendent Joseph Miller, the board discussed the issue of Jennifer Steele’s absences at board meeting.    ”We really have attempted over and over again,” he said. “We…

  • FLORENCE: Township thanks longtime, newly retired employee

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    FLORENCE — Just shy of hitting the 22-year mark, one employee of the township has retired.    Deputy Tax Collector Bernadette Carlani was honored by the Township Council on April 18 for retiring after 21 years of service. She began her employment in the township in June of 1991. Mayor Craig…

  • Daily Facebook Promotions from Rider Insurance

    Daily Facebook Promotions from Rider Insurance

    By Rider Insurance RIDER INSURANCE PROMOTES MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH  SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – Rider Insurance is joining with federal, state and local highway safety, law enforcement and motorcycle organizations in proclaiming May as "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month". By increasing education and awareness of the importance of safe riding and the need for mutual respect for…

  • Friends of Somerset Regional Animal Shelter

    Friends of Somerset Regional Animal Shelter

    By Friends of Somerset Regional Animal Shelter Do you have a doggie Diva?  Is your cat too “cute” for words, then enter our photo contest to find out if you pet’s the “one”. For the first time ever, the Friends of Somerset Regional Animal Shelter is holding a photo contest to determine who gets to…

  • JAMESBURG: Industrial accidents injure two

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    JAMESBURG — Two men were seriously injured in two separate industrial accidents Saturday, according to police.    In the first incident, an unidentified 46-year-old man from Willingboro in Burlington County was injured about 8 a.m. at the Wakefern Food Corporation warehouse, 355 Davidson Mill Road in South Brunswick.    According to…