• ROEBLING: Man could escape jail in teen molestation case

    A Roebling man, accused of molesting a teenage girl with special needs in Princeton, will be able to avoid criminal prosecution by entering a diversionary program for first-time offenders. by Philip Sean Curran, Packet Media Group A Roebling man, accused of molesting a teenage girl with special needs in Princeton, will be able to avoid…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Mount named mayor

    Moments after Lorisue Horsnall Mount was sworn in for her third term on the governing body at the Jan. 2 Township Committee meeting, she took the office for mayor. by Jane Meggitt, Special Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Moments after Lorisue Horsnall Mount was sworn in for her third term on the governing body at the…

  • FLORENCE-ROEBLING NEWS: January 9

    by Peg Dotson The annual meeting of the Florence Township Library Association will be held at the library on Hornberger Ave in Roebling on Tuesday, Jan. 21.    RSVP to the Library Director LaVonna Lawrence at 609-499-0143 if you plan to attend.    The Florence Township Library is looking for a few good men or women to…

  • New Minister to be Installed into Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Somerset Hills

    By David Milkes Reverend Jennifer Kelleher will be formally installed as the settled minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Somerset Hills (UUCSH) at a ceremony and service on Sunday, January 12, 2014. The event will be held in the Tech Center of Raritan Valley Community College, on 118 Lamington Road off of Route 28…

  • COLUMBUS CORNER: January 9

    by Packet Media Group The Mansfield Township Recreation Committee will meet Tuesday, Jan. 21, from 8 to 9 p.m. at the Mansfield Township Municipal Office and Mansfield Township Municipal Court, 3135 Route 206 S. Columbus.    For more information, visit http://www.mansfieldtwp-nj.com.    The Mansfield Township Committee will meet Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at…

  • HAMILTON: Township hosts blood drive

    HAMILTON: Township hosts blood drive

    Just a few days before Christmas, township officials invited residents to participate in a blood drive to give the ultimate gift of life. by James McEvoy, Managing Editor HAMILTON — Just a few days before Christmas, township officials invited residents to participate in a blood drive to give the ultimate gift of life.    The drive,…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Richard Sullivan: Conservation trailblazer

    by Michele Byers ”If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton in a tip of his hat to earlier mathematicians upon whose work he built.    New Jersey’s environmental movement has had its “giants,” and one of them was Richard J. Sullivan, who passed away in…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Starting Hunterdon County’s 4th century

    LAMBERTVILLE: Starting Hunterdon County’s 4th century

    Lanza, Lagay sworn in as freeholders    Lambertville’s John Lanza and Suzanne Lagay, who also has Lambertville family ties, were sworn in as Hunterdon County freeholders on Thursday, Jan. 2, in the historic courthouse on Main Street in Flemington.    Mr. Lanza said it was symbolic that the 2014 reorganization was taking place in the historic courthouse…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: His dream comes true

    HILLSBOROUGH: His dream comes true

    Douglas Tomson is sworn in by state Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli as Hillsborough’s mayor for 2014. With the new mayor are daughters Sara (in blue), Hannah (in red) and Hailey (in pink), with his wife, Rachel. (Photo courtesy of Hillsborough Township)

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