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Letters for the week of Feb. 16
Find another site for assisted living plan To the editor: The owner of the house and land at the northwest corner of Route 206 and Province Line Road the Gulick property is to appear, once again, before the township Zoning Board of Adjustment next month to seek a use variance that, if…
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Staying ahead of criminalskeeps county prosecutor busy
County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest supervises 19 police departments, municipal prosecutors, police chiefs and 120 employees from the prosecutor’s office, with a budget of $8.9 million. By: Donna Lukiw It’s 5 a.m. and Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest, 52, is running the treadmill and riding a bike as part of his daily morning routine. "From 5…
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Red Raiders’ run ends in Prep B quarterfinals
PENNINGTON BOYS BASKETBALL By: Mike Molaro When The Pennington School boys basketball squad was suffering through a winless December and early part of January, the Red Raiders never wavered from their belief in their coaches, the program and their teammates. That’s what mades their recent success from the 0-14 start all the more enjoyable. "The…
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Claremont residents’ grievances heard
About 30 residents met with EPA representatives and borough leaders in hopes of getting help with problems related to the environmental cleanup of their neighborhood. By: Melissa Edmond Mary Adamcik has endured a lot during the six years that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s cleanup of the creosote contamination in her neighborhood has been going…
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POLICE BLOTTER
A fuel tank was stolen from a construction site at Pine Hill court in the K. Hovnanian planned adult retirement community near the intersection of Georges Road and Route 130 in Dayton between 5 p.m. Feb. 8 and 7 a.m. Feb. 9. The fuel tank, owned by the Taylor Oil Company and being used by…
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Town eyes East Village area task force
Panel to focus on areas east of Route 130 near Davidsons Mill and Deans Rhode Hall roads. By: Joseph Harvie Township officials want to address the concerns of residents in the eastern section of town regarding issues such as stormwater management, truck traffic and historic preservation. Mayor Frank Gambatese said Tuesday the township will set…
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Richard Raymond Kowal Sr.
BRIDGEWATER Richard Raymond Kowal Sr. died Feb. 11 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 77. Mr. Kowal was born in Manville and had lived there until moving to Bridgewater in 1995. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 through 1949 and in the Naval Reserve until 1953. He was a tractor-truck operator…
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Township hoping for grant money
Township officials are concerned that due to proposed federal budget cuts, South Brunswick may not receive the $88,200 grant it requested from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. By: Joseph Harvie The township is hoping to get the same amount in grants from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development this year…
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Mustangs can’t contain Technology
Newark school rolls again By: Shawn Tyrrell There have been few easy games during the course of the season for the Manville High boys’ basketball team. Last Friday was no exception, when the struggling Mustangs played host to visiting Newark Technology in a rematch from early in the year that saw the Panthers roll…
