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  • MANVILLE: Four volunteers graduate at fire academy

    MANVILLE: Four volunteers graduate at fire academy

    Manville’s former Fire Chief John Yanko, an instructor at the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy, congratulates academy graduates (left to right) Jason Zangara, Fire Co. no. Lt. Chris Ziobro, Molly and Robert Mikita. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Lance says mercury being prepped for move

    HILLSBOROUGH: Lance says mercury being prepped for move

    U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance reported the mercury supply stored in Hillsborough is being prepared for shipment to Nevada at a news conference Friday. Staff photo by Audrey Levine

  • Harry & David Partners with USO in Snacks for the Troops Program

    Colleen Taylor HARRY & DAVID PARTNERS WITH USO IN SNACKS FOR THE TROOPS PROGRAM SOLIDERS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOME DELICIOUS SNACKS MEDFORD, OR. February 4, 2009—Troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan will soon be able to look forward to some delicious Harry & David snacks in their USO Care Packages.…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township approves contracts for services

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — The Township Council has approved several agreements for professional services and renewed two interlocal agreements with Hamilton Township.    The council on Tuesday OK’d resolutions contracting Richard Coppola for planning services, Daniel Dobromilski & Associates for landscaping services, Ronald A. Curini Appraisal Company for property tax appraisal services,…

  • Fernbrook Farms Camp Open House

    Maryann Hutson Calling All Campers!! Registration is open and there’s plenty of space at Fernbrook Farms Education Center’s Summer Day Camp program. You can see our camp first hand or register at our Open House on Sunday, February 22 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. You can also register for Spring Camp (April 13-17).  During a typical week at…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Police Beat

       Anna Leonova, 22, of East Windsor, was charged Jan. 31 with driving while intoxicated.    Police said Ms. Leonova was observed driving at 38 mph in a 25-mph zone on Mercer Street around 2:25 a.m. Police said a breath test found her to have a .11 blood alcohol level.    She also was charged with DWI in…

  • Gala to Celebrate Courthouse Centennial

    Gala to Celebrate Courthouse Centennial

    The Somerset County Historic Courthouse in Somerville was dedicated April 3, 1909.

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township police probe vehicle break-ins

       EAST WINDSOR — A rash of vehicle break-ins occurred in the parking lot of the Princeton Arms Apartments over two nights in the last eight days.    Four owners reported that their vehicles were entered and items were stolen in the overnight hours of Jan. 29-30, with another five owners reporting the same thing happened on…

  • MANVILLE: Four volunteers graduate at fire academy

    MANVILLE: Four volunteers graduate at fire academy

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    About 100 emergency personnel and firefighters — including several Manville volunteers — received certificates in firefighting and emergency medical skills from the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy in Hillsborough during the academy’s semiannual graduation ceremony Jan. 22.    Graduates from Manville and Hillsborough and as far away as New…