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  • Report of toxic waste at 3M quarry angers Montgomery officials

    150,000 pounds of materials, including chromium, manganese, lead, zinc and cobalt have been accumulated since 1999 alone, according to report. By: Greg Forester    MONTGOMERY — Township officials have drafted a letter of concern to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regarding the 3M Belle Mead plant, following this week’s discovery of the existence of…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 10, 2007

    Atle Selberg, Carl E. Fuchs, Cephas H. Monnett Atle Selberg Mathematician    Norwegian mathematician Atle Selberg, professor emeritus in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, died Monday at his home in Princeton. He was 90.    Throughout a career spanning more than six decades, Professor Selberg made significant contributions to modular forms, Riemann…

  • Council creating business directory

    Map will include businesses, parks, churches and schools in Jamesburg By: Michelle McGuinness       JAMESBURG – The borough wants to know who is doing business in Jamesburg.       Jamesburg’s director of community development, Bernie Long, is collecting information from businesses to be included in a new borough map. He wants business owners to contact him with their…

  • Wasting money on prison cells for drug users

    United States is home to 23 percent of the world’s prisoners       Here’s a question you might think is a no-brainer: Who has a higher percentage of citizens locked up behind bars – Robert Mugabe or Jon Corzine?       If you picked the bloodthirsty dictator of Zimbabwe, you’re wrong. The governor of New Jersey presides over a…

  • Police target drunken driving

    Statewide program will crack down on impaired driving during last weeks of summer By: Emily Holody       Summer is a time for parties and celebrations, and many summer events include alcohol. Unfortunately, that could mean that some people hit the roads drunk.       In Cranbury, the number of drunken drivers has more than doubled since 2004, said…

  • It’s high summer, folks — and peach pandemonium rules!

    …nearly ideal weather conditions have resulted in an exceptionally fine crop this year By: Pat Tanner Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski At Terhune Orchards, two generations of the Mount family — from left, Tannwen Mount, Pam Mount and Gary Mount — proudly display some of their peach crop. Terhune Orchards recently hosted the statewide kickoff…

  • William Miller

    William Miller, 74, died Sunday, Aug. 5, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.       He was born in Newark and was a longtime resident of the Somerset section of Franklin before moving to Monroe four years ago. He was an Army Veteran. He was a congregant of Temple Beth El in Somerset.       He…

  • Borough seeks study for EW police service

    Patten ‘insulted,’ Schneider wants other options By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The borough will seek proposals from companies to study the feasibility of having East Windsor provide it police services.    That 4-1 Borough Council decision came Monday night despite strong objections from Mayor Bob Patten and Councilman and police liaison Dave Schneider. Ironically, it also…

  • Still the boys of summer

    Senior softball league continues love of the game By: Megan DeMarco       MONROE – A group of about 20 men crowded around first base on Field One in Thompson Park one hot Saturday morning.       Although at first they seem disorganized, each man eventually picks a card from a fanned deck, telling him which team he’ll play…