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  • ROBBINSVILLE: Fix it, grind it or rip it up?

    Town mulls options for hazardous sidewalks lifted by tree roots By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — The Township Council says the best way to decide what to do about 3,100 square yards of uneven concrete sidewalks, and the trees causing the problem, is to ask the residents in the various neighborhoods for feedback.    A…

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

    Peapack-Gladstone Bank Brings Holiday Cheer to Somerset County Residents

    By Rosanne Schwab Imagine if there were no toys or gifts for your family during the holiday season? The fact is that poverty in the United States has hit its highest rate since the Great Depression. Though holidays are meant to be a time of joy and happiness, families who struggle financially often find that the holiday…

  • Allentown Borough Election Results

    Mayor Fierstein re-elected to sixth term Unofficial voting results for the Allentown mayoral election: Stuart Fierstein (Republican): 314 Write-In: 212 Unofficial results for the two borough council seats: Michael Schumacher (Republican): 302 Angela Anthony (Democrat): 285 Don Swaysland (Republican): 284 Ray Gooley (Democrat): 257

  • Men Mentoring Men to Screen "Five Friends" in Princeton

    Men Mentoring Men to Screen "Five Friends" in Princeton

    Hank Mandel, co-producer of “Five Friends” Will Appear at a Screening in Princeton Sponsored by Men Mentoring Men

  • EAST WINDSOR: Democrats dominate, win all four council seats

    EAST WINDSOR: Democrats dominate, win all four council seats

    East Windsor Township election results By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    EAST WINDSOR — The Democratic candidates for Township Council were victorious on Election Day claiming all four seats up for grabs, according to the unofficial vote count from the Township Clerk’s Office.    The seats won on Nov. 8 are for four-year terms. However, the…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Democrats win all three Borough Council seats

    Borough Council election unofficial results By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Voters chose Democratic candidates to fill the three Borough Council seats up this election, according to unofficial results from the Borough Clerk’s Office.    Based on the numbers on Tuesday night, 2,868 votes were cast in the borough on Election Day for the…

  • Lambertville, West Amwell and Stockton incumbents win

     In Lambertville, incumbent Democrats Beth Asaro and Elaine Warner swept easily to victory today in a three-way race for two seats on the Lambertville City Council.  Ms. Asaro and Ms. Warner received 572 and 569 votes respectively.  Republican challenger Stephen Robbins finished a distant third, with 284 votes. In West Amwell, Thomas Molnar (incumbent Republican), of Goat…

  • Miriam Martinez Answers the Call to Office – POLLS Are OPEN for YOU to Place Her There
  • MANVILLE: Democrat Corradino wins squeaker in mayor’s race

    Defeats Councilwoman Asher and will begin his fifth non-consecutive term Manville’s next mayor will be a familiar one. Angelo Corradino, a Democrat who held the mayor’s seat from 1992 through 2007, won a fifth four-term as mayor with a thin margin over Councilwoman Susan Asher, a Republican. Unofficial, but complete, results had Mr Corradino at…