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  • MANVILLE: Officials review ‘long process’ of flood study

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Borough officials expressed concern Tuesday about a widely held belief among residents that the recently completed Green Brook Flood Control Commission’s study will create additional flooding in Manville.    ”They have to believe that … it will not make our flooding worse,” Councilman Ken Otrimski, the Office of Emergency Management director,…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter

       At 12:55 p.m. May 25, a Haran Avenue resident reported that someone damaged her flowers, and believed the damage occurred overnight.    The damage is estimated at $10.    At 1:20 p.m. May 26, Adesa Auto Auctions security reported a 2007 Chrysler Town and County van was missing from the business’s North Main Street lot.    The security…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Woman realizing late husband’s vision for restoring home

    HIGHTSTOWN: Woman realizing late husband’s vision for restoring home

    Phil McAuliffe Anne Willis stands in front of her home on North Academy Street in Hightstown. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • MANVILLE: Property lawsuit draws complaints

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Despite the Borough Council’s recent actions to begin eviction proceedings against tenant Frank Racz — who rents space on the corner of South Main and Kyle streets in the building formerly owned by Kenneth Grant — questions about rent payments and other concerns colored the public portion of the May…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Salon recycles clipped hair for environmental cleanups

       Customers at Beyond the Fringe Hair Designs studios in Hillsborough and Skillman have been helping clean up the environment, after the salon joined with Matter of Trust to recycle clipped hair to make special oil-absorbing mats.    ”Our recent hope is to bring awareness to the issues that we and our environment face.” owner Donna McCray…

  • LAWRENCE: Legion baseball preview

    Young Post 414 has talent By Rich Fisher, The Packet Group    The cast of characters has grown younger, but that doesn’t mean things can’t get better.    Lawrence Post 414 American Legion baseball coach Angelo Capuano is not about to make any bold predictions as to how his team will do this season. But, if the…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Council saves social services spot

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    After weeks of deliberation the Township Council decided not to reduce the position of Social Services assistant to part time.    As part of the ongoing process to adopt the municipal budget, the council had considered reducing the hours of the position from seven per day to three and a half.…

  • MONROE: Gas theft carries one year sentence

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — A former employee for Monroe’s Department of Public Works was sentenced to nearly a year in the county jail after pleading guilty in March to a single count of theft, admitting he stole $213 in fuel from the township.    Earl Wilson Jr., of Jamesburg, was sentenced to serve…