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  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Child dies in ATV mishap

       UPPER FREEHOLD — A 4-year-old boy died Oct. 13 after the all-terrain vehicle he was a passenger on overturned.    The boy, Igor Espinal, had been riding on the ATV in the lap of his father, Igor Espinal, 40, on the gravel driveway at the family’s residence on Davis Station Road in the Cream Ridge section,…

  • Last Somerset County Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off In 2011 is Oct. 22

    Somerset County Board of Freeholders HILLSBOROUGH – Now that the weather is cooler, it’s a perfect time to clean out your garage, basement or other storage areas of hazardous waste products. The last Somerset County Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off event for 2011 for Somerset County homeowners and farmers will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22, from…

  • District 14 residents deserve better

    Geoffrey Lewen, Robbinsville In his letter of Oct. 13, Robbinsville resident Dave Boyne lauds Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo for sponsoring legislation to reward excellent, frugal school districts with additional state aid.    As usual with electioneering, it is the magician’s “other hand” we should be watching. Mr. Boyne does not mention that Mr. DeAngelo’s bill only offers…

  • Laurence Hart Releases Closed Station Platform Via Launchingpad Media
  • HILLSBOROUGH: Hillsborough nurse cited for wound care research

       Connie Johnson of Hillsborough has been awarded the 2011 Wound Care Conference Achievement Award for outstanding research in wound care by the National Alliance of Wound Care. Ms. Johnson is a certified wound care specialist with Robert Wood Johnson Visiting Nurses, a member of VNA Health Group.    Ms. Johnson, RN, BSN, WCC, was presented the…

  • LAWRENCE: It took a while, but Brearley House restored

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Brearley House sits alone in the middle of a grassy field at the end of Meadow Road — the last surviving unpaid road in Lawrence Township, which probably looks much like it did when the house was completed by John Brearley II and his son, James Brearley, in 1761.…

  • LAWRENCE: Holt holds town hall meeting in township

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    U.S. Rep. Rush Holt was peppered with a wide range of questions — from economic issues to education to congressional redistricting — by a standing-room-only crowd at a town hall-style forum at the Lawrence Township Municipal Building Monday night.    Rep. Holt listened and offered answers to the crowd of nearly…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Project Graduation sponsors two fundraisers

    Cash in gold, saveclothing for benefit drive     Project Graduation, which sponsors a graduation night party for Hillsborough High seniors, has two fund-raising projects.     You can bring unwanted gold jewelry, single earrings, tangled chains, dented bangle, old charm bracelets, etc., and receive cash on the spot at Bentley’s Jewelers in the Hillsborough Promenade at…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Foxmoor resident files suit

    Mayor, ex-councilman trade barbs at packed meeting By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Nearly 100 Foxmoor residents packed last week’s council meeting to protest the town’s plan to auction 6 acres on Washington Boulevard, complete with preliminary approvals for a three-story office building.    Calling the plan a “dump on Foxmoor” and a “total violation…