• PLUMSTED: POLICE BEAT

       Waleed T. Hussam, 32, of Manalpan, was arrested Feb. 25 on two warrants, one from Jackson and one from Manalapan.    Police said they responded to a report of burglary and theft on West Millstream Road, where a resident reported two men in a black Ford pickup truck with North Carolina registration stole electrical cords.    Police…

  • Candidates for area school boards are running unopposed

    Most board hopefuls are incumbents By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Area residents, most of them incumbents, filed by the Monday deadline to run for all but one of the 14 open seats on area school boards. Voters will choose school board candidates in the April 21 election.    As of Monday, no one had filed for…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: O’Rourke to report for work March 17

    Mayor David Del Vecchio: ”On the 17th he’ll come back, and we’ll go from there” By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — A fired sergeant who won reinstatement through the courts will return to the Lambertville Police Department on March 17 for his first day back on the job.    The city had requested that Sgt.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Student ready for "Mr. Habitat" challenges

    HILLSBOROUGH: Student ready for "Mr. Habitat" challenges

       Hillsborough High School student Phil Li will be vying to be named “Mr. Habitat” Friday, as members of six area high school Raritan Valley Habitat Youth Councils entertain a crowd in a fundraising project at Bridgewater Commons Mall.    From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Phil and his fellow “Mr. Habitat” hopefuls — Philippe Trodjian, of…

  • COLUMBUS NEWS: From the March 5 edition

    By Peg Traino Peg Traino   Tel: 298-7476   [email protected]    Mansfield Township will provide a free rabies clinic at the Franklin Fire Company on Saturday, March 7, 9-11 a.m. for dogs and 11 a.m. – noon for cats. Please note that all dogs and cats must be leashed or in a carrier. * * *…

  • LAWRENCE: School to host green expo

    Sustainable Lawrence’s second annual Green Building Expo, free and open to the public, will be hosted by the Lawrenceville School (2500 Main St., Lawrenceville) on Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the School’s Irwin Dining Center.     Expo attendees will learn the latest environmentally and financially smart ways to fix up…

  • LAWRENCE: Man indicted in 2008 assault by auto case

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A Mercer County grand jury has indicted a 44-year-old resident for allegedly driving into a grandfather pushing his 9-month-old granddaughter in a stroller on the sidewalk along Denow Road in October 2008.     Lloyd Brower III, 44, of Denow Road, was indicted on two counts each of second-degree aggravated assault…

  • LAWRENCE: It’s easy being green: revising the three ‘R’s’

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Reading, ’riting and ’rithmetic, move over — the new three R’s are reduce, reuse, recycle, at least according to Lawrence Intermediate School students in their quest to “go green.”     In a pair of back-to-back assemblies Feb. 26, LIS students learned from community leaders — from Sustainable Lawrence Executive Director…

  • Assembly asks governor to establish panel

    Joseph R. Malone, Assemblyman, District 30 To the editor:    Editor’s note: The following is a copy of a letter sent to Gov. Jon Corzine.    Dear Gov. Corzine:    Recently you announced that Edward McBride and Matthew Boxer will be responsible for overseeing New Jersey’s share of the federal stimulus legislation. While it is commendable that you…

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