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MANVILLE: Police set test of new warning system
By John Patten, Managing Editor The borough will test an Internet-based emergency notification system Nov. 4, one capable of quickly delivering thousands of phone, text and e-mail messages to residents. ”The test will begin at approximately 10 a.m. and if everything goes as planned, we will have contacted all residents within one hour,” Chief Mark…
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County sets Election Day closings
By: centraljersey.com Most Mercer County offices and facilities will be closed on Tuesday due to Election Day. The following county offices will be closed Tuesday and will reopen for business on Wednesday: McDade Administration Building (640 South Broad St., Trenton); Criminal Courthouse (209 South Broad St., Trenton); Civil Courthouse (275 South Broad St., Trenton); Mercer…
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Medical corps volunteers needed
By: centraljersey.com Community members are invited to attend a recruitment and orientation training program for volunteers for the Somerset County Civilian Medical Reserve Corps from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy, at 402 Roycefield Road in Hillsborough. "The county civilian MRC plays an integral part in…
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Natalia Knochowski
By: centraljersey.com CRANBURY – There’s no need to leave town, or even your neighborhood, for a scary Halloween activity this week. Residents can just take a stroll over to 128 N. Main St. where Keith Shaw and his family are putting on a Halloween Haunted Scare Trail for the fourth year. On Halloween, visitors will…
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Justin Feil
By: centraljersey.com A upset loss to Pingry in the Somerset County Tournament could have sent the Hillsborough High School field hockey team spiraling into a tailspin. Instead, the Raiders are flying high. "I just think my girls realize they have to show up to every single game," said Hillsborough head coach Lyndsay Samenfeld. "They have…
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MANVILLE: Parents press board for resignation details
By John Patten, Managing Editor Complaints about handling of protests, teacher dominate meeting If new Board of Education President Heidi Alles hoped to enjoy a quiet evening in her first meeting Tuesday, after being sworn in as president following Andrew Zangara’s resignation from that post, her hopes were quickly dashed. After finishing the board’s agenda…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Good housekeeping
Workers have started work on the house’s westerly side, addressing the most damaged section of the structure. Staff photo by Andrew Corselli
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Jamieson next for street name
By: centraljersey.com The Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to honor former Hillsborough mayor William A. Jamieson Jr. by naming a street after him. Jamieson Street will be added to the list of street names in honor of World War II veterans the next time a street is to be named. Mr. Jamieson, a…
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CRANBURY
By: centraljersey.com – A blackboard, which is dated back to Dec. 21, 1944, was accidentally discovered when workmen from the Scozarri Co. were working in the Old School. "We pulled down the pegboards and saw all this stuff still written on the board," said Jimmy Hutchinson, one of the workmen. On the board was a…
