• POLICE BLOTTER: Sept. 1

       A thief escaped with four cartons of cigarettes and six bottles of vodka, worth a combined $346, during an early-morning burglary at the Glendale Liquors store on Quakerbridge Road Aug. 26.    Police responded to a burglar alarm activation at 3:22 a.m. and discovered a broken window. The burglars damaged another window and the glass door,…

  • PRINCETON: Fallen EMT laid to rest

    PRINCETON: Fallen EMT laid to rest

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A Princeton hero was laid to rest Wednesday.    Emergency Medical Technician Michael Kenwood, 39, the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) member who died from injuries sustained during an attempted swift water rescue at an abandoned car in the western section of Princeton Township on Sunday, was memorialized Wednesday…

  • IRENE:SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Agencies release storm information

    By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor    Several agencies throughout the state are making appeals and releasing information on how to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.    The New Jersey Department of State put out an appeal Tuesday for residents to volunteer to help their neighbors clean up after the storm.    ”It is at times…

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

    IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    Hundreds still without power three days post-flood By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    Hundreds of water-weary residents in Allentown, Robbinsville, Upper Freehold, Millstone and Plumsted were still without power Tuesday, two days after Hurricane Irene snapped utility poles, downed trees, flooded homes, businesses and power substations, and washed out numerous roads and bridges.    There were no…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Fallen EMT laid to rest
  • IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    IRENE:CENTRAL JERSEY: Hurricane causes flooding, road closures

    Plumsted residents watch the floodwaters rise in downtown New Egypt on Sunday. Photo by Sherri Lotito

  • PRINCETON: Fallen EMT laid to rest

    PRINCETON: Fallen EMT laid to rest

    Pallbearers carry the coffin of Michael Kenwood at his funeral Wednesday in Paramus. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • EAST WINDSOR: Fallen EMT laid to rest

    EAST WINDSOR: Fallen EMT laid to rest

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, The Packet Group    A New Jersey hero was laid to rest Wednesday.    Emergency Medical Technician Michael Kenwood, 39, the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) member who died from injuries sustained during an attempted swift water rescue at an abandoned car in the western section of Princeton Township on Sunday, was…

  • Manalapan Baseball hosting Labor Day Weekend Classic

    The Manalapan Baseball and Softball Association’s fourth annual Manalapan Labor Day Weekend Classic will be held today through Sept. 5. The Labor Day Weekend Classic is expected to draw 90 teams from as far away as Virginia, as well as from Brooklyn, N.Y., and locally from Marlboro, Freehold, Old Bridge, Howell, Edison, Sayreville, Lincroft and…

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