• DOG DAYS: Grooming your dog is important for good health
  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Town takes action against overgrown lawns

    Liens placed against abandoned properties to pay for mowing By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The township is using a new ordinance to place liens against three abandoned houses in order to recoup the cost of having to hire contractors to mow the grass.    Township Construction Official Ron Gafgen said the last owners…

  • ALLENTOWN: Dogs are all ears at library storytime

    ALLENTOWN: Dogs are all ears at library storytime

    Boomer, a Monmouth County SPCA certified pet therapy dog, listens to Angelo DeRose, 7, of Cream Ridge, read “Hooray for Fly Guy” at the Allentown Public Library on July 5. At left are Boomer’s handler, Lori Thompson, of Neptune; Angelo’s 5-year-old sister, Samantha; and (far right) Michael Chiaravallo, 7, of Upper Freehold. Staff photo by…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Envoys for the environment

    ROBBINSVILLE: Envoys for the environment

    The 2012 graduates of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassador Program are shown in this recent group photo.

  • Thanks for sendoff from Lawrence Elementary

    Jackie Cleak, Lawrenceville To the editor: I want to express my appreciation to all my present and past colleagues at Lawrenceville Elementary School and throughout the district for the wonderful sendoff given me at my recent retirement.    My time at LES was a very rewarding experience and though I know it’s time I retire with…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Workers hopeful town will reconsider pay raises

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — Nonunion employees who turned out at a recent Township Committee to plead for 2 percent salary increases that were budgeted, but not granted, remain hopeful that the governing body will have a change of heart.    ”The employees were encouraged that the committee appeared willing to revisit the…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: NJDEP approves design plan for Jacobs Creek bridge 

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Mercer County received approval Tuesday, from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), for the county’s proposed design for a new bridge over Jacobs Creek in Hopewell Township and for changes to Bear Tavern Road in the vicinity of the bridge, Julie Willmot, county spokeswoman said.    Plans are for the…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       Ingrid Yaneth Argueta-Galicia, 34, of Trenton, was charged with shoplifting clothing worth $346.46 from Macy’s at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 4:23 p.m. July 8.    A vandal smashed three window panes on a building on Brunswick Pike sometime between 6 p.m. July 7 and 9:21 a.m. July 8, but did not get inside. Damage was…

  • Unity Bank Receives Business of the Year Award from Linden Chamber of Commerce

    Unity Bank Receives Business of the Year Award from Linden Chamber of Commerce

    Linden Mayor Richard J. Gerbounka (center) and Unity Bank employees Carolina Alvarez, Xiomara Turcios, Lubica Vendelova, and Mereece Pillay.

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