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  • Peapack-Gladstone Bank Brings Holiday Cheer to Somerset County Residents

    Peapack-Gladstone Bank Brings Holiday Cheer to Somerset County Residents

    Peapack-Gladstone Bank collected hundreds of gifts for needy Somerset County residents in 2010.

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: AUFLL baseball makes a pitch to town leaders

    League’s plan to take over field maintenace is waylaid by elected officals’ concerns about switch to Cal Ripken baseball By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — The leaders of Allentown-Upper Freehold Little League made a pitch last week for assuming responsibility for the maintenance of the three baseball fields at Byron Johnson park if the…

  • LAWRENCE: Schools want to hear parent priorities

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    What do parents want to see in next year’s budget for the Lawrence Township public school district? What programs do they value and what are their priorities?    Those are the questions Lawrence Township school district officials are seeking to have answered at two special sessions next week, as they begin…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Days without power prove frustrating

    On weekend, remainder of township homes get their electricity back By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Don’t tell Casey Reznik about hardships from Mother Nature’s tantrums in the last 10 weeks.    The 24-year-old lives on Long Hill Road and endured more than 16 days in a 72-day stretch without electrical power and all that means…no…

  • ALLENTOWN: Salon raises $1,800 for juvenile diabetes research

    ALLENTOWN: Salon raises $1,800 for juvenile diabetes research

    The staff of Create Yourself salon in Allentown recently raised $1,800 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation with a “cut-a-thon” fundraiser. From left: Nicole Ranalli, Maggie Gentz, Jenna Grygon, Michelle Balsamides, Staci Lacy, Tina Freiberger (back), Rose Jones (front); Amy Bole; Theresa Scotto; Lisa McGrady; and salon owner Nicole Schoen.

  • MONROE: Truck driver dies on NJTP Exit 8A ramp

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — A male truck driver died late Tuesday morning while driving on the northbound Exit 8A New Jersey Turnpike ramp.    Emil Deleon, 39, of Union City was traveling on the northbound exit 8A ramp when the tractor semi-trailer he was driving was overturned at about 11:35 a.m.    The tractor-trailer fell…

  • ELECTION: Allentown mayor wins sixth term

    ELECTION: Allentown mayor wins sixth term

    Allentown Mayor Stuart Fierstein, who has served as the borough’s mayor for 20 years, was elected to a sixth term.

  • LAWRENCE: Township helps elect other Democrats too

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lawrence Township voters put themselves in lockstep with many voters in Mercer County as they returned incumbent Democratic freeholders, county officials and state lawmakers to their elected offices Tuesday.    Of Lawrence Township’s 19,450 registered voters, 5,428 went to the polls for a turnout of 28 percent. Another 443 voters turned…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township health department to give flu shots Nov. 18

        The Hillsborough Health Department will sponsor a flu vaccination clinic on Friday, Nov. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the in the multi-purpose room of the Hillsborough Municipal Building on South Branch Road.     The clinic is for Hillsborough and Millstone Borough residents ages 18 years and older. No advance registration is…