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  • Police Beat

    Staff report East Windsor    Erik J. Crawford, 21, of Vintage Drive, was charged Aug. 29 with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, careless driving, failure to maintain lane, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident and driving an uninsured motor vehicle. Police said they responded to Oakbranch Road at 2:45 a.m. on…

  • Hunterdon keeping an eye on Hanna

       The Hunterdon County Division of Emergency Management is continuing to monitor Tropical Storm Hanna as it makes it way toward the area. The county is working with the New Jersey State Office of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service to keep updated on the track of the tropical storm as well as emergency preparedness…

  • ACLU: East Windsor schools ask anti-immigrant questions

    Bolandi denies intent but will change enrollment forms By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    The East Windsor Regional School district is among 187 statewide that are “breaking the law by asking for information that would reveal a parent or child’s Social Security number or immigration status as a prerequisite for enrollment,” according to the American Civil…

  • 537/539 fix may begin by early ’09

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    PLUMSTED — Local officials are taking steps toward improving an intersection they say is highly traveled and highly hazardous.    Plumsted Township and the Office of the Ocean County Engineer have made improving the intersection at routes 539 and 537 a priority, Mayor Ron Dancer said.    There is no designated left-turn…

  • Parenting Pearls-Sept. 4, 2008

    Take time to evaluate teacher training programs By Mae Sakharov    Over the next decade, many teaching positions will open up as the baby boomers retire, marking the first shortage of teachers across the country in many years.    The National Education Association reported, “The shortage is critical. We need to hire two million teachers over the…

  • Robbinsville to hold 9/11 observance

    Robbinsville officials, firefighters and police will take part in a ceremony to honor all who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at the Town Center 9/11 memorial off Lake Drive and Hutchinson Road. The ceremony will take place at the memorial dedicated to…

  • Municipalities to discuss possible state police costs

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    Officials in Upper Freehold and Millstone are looking for more information regarding the state’s decision to charge the municipalities for state police usage, and will send representatives to tonight’s (Thursday’s) League of Municipalities meeting on the issue.    Municipalities have until Dec. 15 to decide whether they want to pay for…

  • Editorial: Scout sets example

       Timothy Monticchio is someone all of us should emulate.    The 14-year-old Boy Scout from Monmouth Junction made it his mission to provide local families in economic distress with the kinds of items that sometimes are forgotten by donors to the township Food Pantry: personal hygiene products like toothbrushes and deodorant.    The Scout collected items from…

  • Historian seeks end to confusion over road names

    By Linda Seida     WEST AMWELL — Township historian Ruth Hall has lived in the same house her entire life, and yet she has had three different addresses.     When the house belonged to her parents, its address was a box number. Later, it was 172 Rock Road. Later still, the house was re-christened 306…