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  • Clerk lowers public records fees

    By: centraljersey.com County Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello is lowering subscription fees to use Mercer County’s Public Records Electronic Search System (McPRESS) beginning Jan. 3. McPRESS, a viewable and printable electronic program available to professional title searchers, law firms, and members of the public, provides online access to information on property related transaction records for all of…

  • Tree recycling offered in New Hope, Solebury

       Hugh Marshall, of Hugh Marshall Landscape Contractors, and Dee Dee Bowman, an agent with Coldwell Banker Hearthside Realtors, have teamed up to recycle Christmas trees this holiday season.    The tree collection, which is scheduled for Jan. 5, is free for New Hope and Solebury residents and will not incur any costs for the borough or…

  • Police seeking armed robbers of Wachovia Bank

    By: centraljersey.com MONROE – Dec. 23 at 10:57 a.m., the Monroe Township Police Department went to Wachovia Bank in the Concordia Shopping Center at 1600 Perrineville Road for a reported holdup and robbery involving a handgun. A male subject wearing a mask entered the bank and approached the teller, police said. He brandished a handgun…

  • LAWRENCE: Outgoing mayor recalls events of a challenging year

    By LEa Kahn    Whether it was the monthly Meet the Mayor sessions or the budget summit, the theme of out-going Mayor Michael Powers’ one-year term as mayor was community outreach.    Mayor Powers is wrapping up his second, nonconsecutive term as mayor Friday. The post is honorary, and the mayor is chosen from among the five…

  • HUNTERDON: Health survey results good and bad for county

       Results are in for the recent public health telephone survey of county residents.    Some of the news is good. Some of it, not so good. But the far-reaching survey produced real, tangible findings that should give residents pause, and focus.    ”Clearly, we’re encouraged about the progress but we’re also concerned about current negative trends, “said…

  • Local architect contributes to Valley’s new hospital

    By: centraljersey.com In the past, the traditional hospital setting has been built more on functionality and use rather than aesthetics and eye-catching design. One area hospital is about to combine the two with some help from Princetonian Michael Graves, who is widely recognized "as one of the most visionary architects and designers in the world."…

  • WEST AMWELL: No shocks in special education review

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    WEST AMWELL — A special education audit at South Hunterdon Regional High School contains no surprises.    It concludes with an assertion the school has long maintained in the face of criticism: The high rate of special education classifications stems from the elementary districts that send their students to South Hunterdon.…

  • …And Then There Were Nine!

    By Lisa Bogart FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 30, 2010 Press Contact: Lisa Bogart                             Somerset County Library System                             908-526-4016 ext. 188                             [email protected] …And Then There Were Nine! Bridgewater, NJ — January is a time to celebrate beginnings and renewed connections along with the New Year. For the Somerset County Library System, this…

  • Andrew Corselli

    By: centraljersey.com The Township Committee on Tuesday voted to raise the current $7 dog license fee to $14.80 for 2011 and $19.80 thereafter. Each registration tag and renewal will have an additional $1.20 state fee on top of the township fee. In addition, there will be a $3 fee for any dog of reproductive age…