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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Two men charged in connection to car burglaries

       Michael Flanagan, 23, of Merritt Drive and Andrew England, 19, of Millstone River Road, were charged in connection to a series of car burglaries, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest announced Friday.    The two men were charged with third-degree conspiracy, third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, three counts of third-degree criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia following…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Traffic alert: bridge repairs closing parts of Amwell Road

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Sections of Amwell Road will be closed for a total period of about six months as the county repairs three different bridges — one of which is considered “structurally deficient.”    From Jan. 6 through about June 19, work will be done on the Amwell Road Bridge over the Neshanic River;…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Two men charged in connection to car burglaries

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Michael Flanagan, 23, of Merritt Drive, and Andrew England, 19, of Millstone River Road, have been charged in connection to a series of car burglaries, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest announced today.     The two men were charged with third-degree conspiracy, third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, three counts of third-degree criminal…

  • MONROE: Local man pleads guilty in Israeli espionage case

       An 85-year-old Monroe man who had been accused of spying on thte United States for Israel during the 1980s has pleaded guilty in federal court to "reduced charges of leaking classified military documents to the Israeli government," according to The New York Times.    Ben-Ami Kadish, who moved to The Ponds retirement community about 13 years…

  • Bruce Lambertson

       EAST WINDSOR — Bruce K. Lambertson died Dec. 26.    Born in Perth Amboy, he was a longtime resident of the Fords and Woodbridge area, having graduated from Kennedy High School in 1966. He was a graduate of Uppsala University with a degree in accounting.    Mr. Lambertson had been employed earlier in life as an accountant…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter

       Cristina Magee, 33, of Raritan, was charged with theft after she was alleged to have taken money from her cash register at the Bottle King, on Route 206, on five separate occasions.    According to police, she took $14 on Dec. 4, $50 on Dec. 6, $20 on Dec. 8, $44 on Dec. 11 and $91…

  • LAWRENCE: Sabatura part of national soccer power

    Villanova-bound senior lifts Vipers By Rich Fisher, The Packet Group    They’re called the F.C. Bucks Vipers and they contain plenty of players from Bucks County, Pa.    But there is a strong Mercer County influence on the squad that is currently ranked the No. 1 girls U-18 travel soccer team in the nation on the gotsoccer.com…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Still more break-ins to vehicles reported

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    More thefts have been reported in about a 2-mile radius around the center of town with thieves taking all sorts of electronic items from vehicles victims reported were not locked.    Hillsborough police Lt. Bill Geary said the robberies have been concentrated in the areas of Auten Road near Gemini Drive…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Traffic alert: bridge repairs closing parts of Amwell Road

    HILLSBOROUGH: Traffic alert: bridge repairs closing parts of Amwell Road

    Traffic to Flemington will be detoured to River Road and Pleasant Run Road in Branchburg, while local traffic will be detoured to Zion and Long Hill roads while a culvert is replaced.