• Peapack-Gladstone Bank Emergency Loan Program

    By Rosanne Schwab Bedminster, NJ PEAPACK-GLADSTONE BANK EMERGENCY LOAN PROGRAM Picking up the pieces after a natural disaster can be difficult – especially if your property has incurred heavy damage. But at Peapack-Gladstone Bank, we are here to help. Through October 15, 2011, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is offering an Emergency Loan Program to provide loan assistance to those…

  • LAWRENCE: HomeFront gives kids a backpack full of hop

    LAWRENCE: HomeFront gives kids a backpack full of hop

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Happiness is a new backpack full of school supplies, a new outfit and new shoes for the first day of school for most children — but especially for those who are living in shelters or whose parents are struggling to make ends meet.    More than 1,000 backpacks filled with school…

  • IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    Dennis Symons, Jr. Robbinsville firefighter Steve Kadir rescued a truck driver whose rig was stuck in rapidly rising floodwaters near Voelbel Road and Route 130. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville Division of Fire

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Sept. 1

    Thu., Sept. 1    Crochet Corner: Needle crafters who already know the basic crochet stitches are invited to drop in to socialize and work on a project of their choice at the library from 3-5 p.m. Experienced needle crafter Margaret Woo will be available to assist individuals. Registration suggested.    Lawrenceville Main Street Artists Network: is seeking…

  • Critical Blood Drive Thursday, Sept. 1 at Neshanic Reformed Church, Hillsborough

    Critical Blood Drive Thursday, Sept. 1 at Neshanic Reformed Church, Hillsborough

    By Meryl Bisberg This Thursday, September 1, 2011, a previously scheduled blood drive in Neshanic will take much greater importance in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.   Boy Scout Troop 1776 will hold the Sixth Annual Silvano Zobele Blood Drive at the Neshanic Reformed Church in Hillsborough from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM.  Silvano Zobele, who…

  • Critical Blood Drive Thursday, Sept. 1 at Neshanic Reformed Church, Hillsborough

    Critical Blood Drive Thursday, Sept. 1 at Neshanic Reformed Church, Hillsborough

    Thursday’s blood drive is especially significant now due to the critical blood shortage caused by Hurricane Irene

  • MANSFIELD: Mansfield awaits DEP word on warehouse project hearing

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    MANSFIELD — The township’s Wastewater Management Plan is still waiting on approval from the Department of Environmental Protection that would clear the way for a construction of a sewer system for Columbus and a 1.9-million-square-foot multi-warehouse development on 100 acres next to the 60-acre Liberty Lake campsite.    In August the…

  • IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    Province Line Road in Upper Freehold was closed due to flooding that washed over the single-lane metal bridge. Photo by Stephanie Bellanova

  • LAWRENCE: Teens charged in burglary try

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Two Trenton boys, 17, were charged with attempted burglary for allegedly trying to break into a car parked on J. Russell Smith Road, off Spruce Street, at 1:24 a.m. Aug. 16. police Lt. Charles B. Edgar said.    The victim saw one of the two boys — both 17 years old…

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