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  • MILLSTONE: POLICE BEAT

       Mailboxes on Stillhouse Road, Rues Road and Saddlebrook Road were vandalized July 1, state police said. One mailbox on Rues Road exploded after a chemical was placed inside it. The Hamilton Station Criminal Investigations Office and Arson/Bomb Unit were investigating the incident. Police are asking anyone with information to call 609-584-5000, extension 5289. * *…

  • Donate School Supplies for Needy Kids

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders             The Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women (SCCSW) has launched its annual “Project First Class” school-supplies collection. Children of families served by the Food Bank Network of Somerset County will benefit from the donations this year.             Although any types of new school supplies will be welcome,…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    West Amwell and Lambertville    West Amwell Township police report:    — On June 26 at 12:30 p.m., the Quick Chek on Route 31 reported the theft of $38.10 in gasoline. Management reported that on the previous day, June 25, at 9:57 p.m., the driver of a black BMW with New Jersey license plates obtained the gasoline…

  • LAWRENCE: Young actress wows festival judges
  • ALLENTOWN: Young singers head to Music City stage

    by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — Most of the 18 children from the Community Christian Children’s Choir who were selected to perform at the Grand Ole Opry House in the nation’s “Music City” had already heard of the famous venue. And, if not, they simply Google’d it.    ”I searched the Internet to learn…

  • Hot Books for Hip Kids

    Hot Books for Hip Kids

    Debi Lampert-Rudman, community relations manager for Barnes & Noble at MarketFair in West Windsor, says Cuban author Edel Rodriguez’s "Sergio Saves the Game" is one of her newest favorite books.

  • MANSFIELD: Day camp owner fights warehouse plan

    by Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — Tentative plans for the construction of a massive warehouse complex have friends and administrators of the Liberty Lake Day Camp up in arms — in a veritable turf war with township officials and Margolis Enterprises.    In March, the Planning Board unanimously gave Margolis Enterprises, of Boca Raton, Fla.,…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Stormy weather gives farmers the blues

    by Sean Ruppert and Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writers    Hardly a day went by last month without rain.    For most people, it was an inconvenience, something that ruined a barbecue or a trip to the ballpark, but nothing more.    For many of the area’s farmers, though, the extra precipitation has been much more serious. Some crops…

  • Sustainable Jersey Eco-Tip

    Buses are the greenest choice for short trips By Laura Lynch     Here’s a quick question. Which is the most energy efficient form of transportation from Washington, D.C., to New York City: a car with two passengers, an Amtrak train full of people, or a loaded bus?     When Sunil Somalwar, professor of physics at…