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  • HIGHTSTOWN: Residents say Turnpike Authority made waves

    HIGHTSTOWN: Residents say Turnpike Authority made waves

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Residents with homes along Route 33 petitioned the Borough Council earlier this month to address the ramifications of floodwaters caused by Irene while alleging the New Jersey Turnpike Authority contributed to the damages.    As floodwaters overwhelmed Hightstown on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28, Route 33, known locally as…

  • WATERWAYS: Groups say Turnpike expansion causing sedimentation

    WATERWAYS: Groups say Turnpike expansion causing sedimentation

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association is raising concerns that local streams in Hightstown and East Windsor are filling up with sediment near the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s expansion at Exit 8.    ”This water didn’t use to be this color,” said Jennifer Coffey, policy director of the Watershed. “It starting turning…

  • Somerset County Democrats Annual Gala

    Somerset County Democrats Annual Gala

    Somerset County Democrats Enjoy some great food, drinks, Jazz, Silent Auctions and Democratic friends at our 2011 Fall Gala on Thursday, October 6th! Cocktail Hour starts at 6pm, followed by Dinner at 7pm and will once again be held at the gorgeous Dolce, located on North Maple Avenue in Bernards Township, NJ We have a…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Irene damage being assessed

    By Christina Whittington, Special Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The floodwaters Hurricane Irene dumped on the borough may have receded three weeks ago, but at Monday night’s Borough Council meeting, the damages the flood left behind still were being assessed.    Mike Theokas, newly appointed borough administrator, presented Mayor Steve Kirson and the council with an update on…

  • Princeton Congregations Aids in Hurricane Cleanup

    Princeton Congregations Aids in Hurricane Cleanup

    Debris Removed from Lincoln Park Home by Mormon Helping Hands

  • WE REMEMBER: Phyllis Berliner remembers 9/11

    By Phyllis Berliner    I will never forget a minute of 9/11.    We were living on Staten Island. It was my 3-year-old daughter Sarah’s first day of preschool. It was a beautiful clear day.    I was taking Sarah’s picture in front of the school a few minutes before 9 a.m.    I stopped to pick up a…

  • Princeton Congregations Aids in Hurricane Cleanup

    Princeton Congregations Aids in Hurricane Cleanup

    Sandra Duffy Over the past three weekends, hundreds of volunteers from three Mormon congregations based in Princeton have donned yellow “Helping Hands” t-shirts and vests with thousands of other Mormons throughout the metropolitan New York area and gone out into communities throughout central and northern New Jersey to help aid in the cleanup of Hurricane…

  • Somerset County Democrats Annual Gala
  • Smartphone App Makes SCLS Mobile

    Lisa Bogart FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Press Contact: Lisa Bogart                         Somerset County Library System                         908-526-4016 ext. 188                         [email protected] Smartphone App Makes SCLS Mobile Bridgewater, NJ. September 23, 2011 – Somerset County Library System (SCLS) is accessible on the go! The SCLS mobile app powered by Boopsie, now available, gives users access to the…