May 8, 2017 at 10:44 AM
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ - At least six fire companies reported to "Hidden Brook a Springpoint Community" on Bob Franks Way, for what appears to be a "smoke condition."
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By AUDREY BLUMBERG
April 25, 2018BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset County Library System is ready to embark on a process to improve experiences for its patrons.
With the most recent strategic plan having been completed in 2017, the system is preparing to create a new one.
“It’s time for us to look again at what our communities need, and how the library can respond in a way that has an impact,” said ...
By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK
April 25, 2018EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Township of East Brunswick, Department of Recreation & Parks and the East Brunswick Arts Commission will sponsor the 16th Annual East Brunswick Art & Music Festival – an outdoor juried show of fine art and fine handmade crafts – on Saturday, June 2, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The daylong event is planned to provide artists with a venue to ...
By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK
April 25, 2018EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Rachelle Francois is a missing and endangered person from East Brunswick.
She was released from Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, April 20, 2018 around noon.
Francois was placed in a taxi cab by the hospital and then went to an unknown address in Elizabeth, not to her home in East Brunswick.
Ms. Francois requires medications, and it is believed ...
By MALIK A. LYONS
April 25, 2018SOMERSET, NJ - Back by popular demand, the Franklin Township Chamber of Commerce will host its annual "Scholarship Golf Outing" at the Royce Brook Country Club Wednesday, May 16th from 10:45 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The outing will benefit Franklin High School graduating seniors. The new leadership team decided to bring back the golf outing, last held in 2014
"It was ...
By DARLENE CULLEN
April 25, 2018SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The new Department of Motor Vehicles Office in South Plainfield is scheduled to open May 14th at 5000 Hadley Road. Mayor Anesh received the official notification from B. Sue Fulton, the newly-sworn director of the state DMV announcing the opening. "I would like to thank everyone who helped make this become a reality," said Anesh. "This is a ...
By KENNETH SIMMONS
April 25, 2018PISCATAWAY, NJ – Piscataway residents and visitors can now look forward to swimming laps, shooting hoops and showing their creativity in a central gathering space as plans are under way to build a new community center in town.
Piscataway officials announced on Monday that construction is expected to begin at the end of the year on a center that will include three swimming pools, a ...
By MALIK A. LYONS
April 24, 2018SOMERSET, NJ - During Tuesday night's council meeting Township Manager Bob Vornlocker gave an update on when storm debris will be picked up, how much has been removed to date, and what streets will be finished last.
"The progress on the brush pick up is good, we're really making some headway now that the weather has finally cooperated," Vornlocker ...
By FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT
April 26, 201804/19/2018
A Berger St. resident reported that unknown actor(s) entered their unlocked vehicle during the overnight hours and stole a purse which contained personal identifying documents and $33 in cash.
A business on Rt. 27 reported that an unknown black male stole $45 in cigarettes during the evening hours.
A resident of Conerly Rd. reported that unknown actor(s) stole 3 Mongoose ...
By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK
April 25, 2018EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Rachelle Francois is a missing and endangered person from East Brunswick.
She was released from Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, April 20, 2018 around noon.
Francois was placed in a taxi cab by the hospital and then went to an unknown address in Elizabeth, not to her home in East Brunswick.
Ms. Francois requires medications, and it is believed ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Piscataway residents and visitors can now look forward to swimming laps, shooting hoops and showing their creativity in a central gathering space as plans are under way to build a new community center in town.
Piscataway officials announced on Monday that construction is expected to begin at the end of the year on a center that will include three swimming pools, a ...
CRANFORD, NJ – In a quaint white house near the border of Cranford and Garwood, 105-year-old Kurt Steiner sat at his dining room table, surrounded by cabinets that held his collection of Viennese glass and antique Limoge plates. At his table, he had his carefully taped together passport and exit papers from Vienna, Austria, stamped with a large “J” and “Jude,” the ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Two city Water Department employees have pleaded guilty to charges of falsely reducing water to about 50 different properties in exchange for bribes, costing the city about $500,000, state officials announced.
Joseph “Gordo” DeBonis, 55 of Toms River, a suspended senior account clerk, and William “Billi” Ortiz, 56, of North Brunswick, a meter ...
MONTGOMERY, NJ - Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson and township Police Director/Capt. Thomas Wain are asking the public for help in the investigation of what is being considered a bias crime.
Detectives assigned to the investigation released that the following information based on the preliminary and ongoing investigation, which continues to evolve as investigators interview ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The Rotary Club of Hillsborough will provide local businesses multiple opportunities to showcase their services and connect directly with customers at its 11th annual Rotary Fair, scheduled this year for Aug. 14–19.
More than 15,000 people from Hillsborough and surrounding communities are expected to visit the weeklong family event held at the Hillsborough Promenade, ...
By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK
April 25, 2018EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Rachelle Francois is a missing and endangered person from East Brunswick.
She was released from Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, April 20, 2018 around noon.
Francois was placed in a taxi cab by the hospital and then went to an unknown address in Elizabeth, not to her home in East Brunswick.
Ms. Francois requires medications, and it is believed ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Piscataway residents and visitors can now look forward to swimming laps, shooting hoops and showing their creativity in a central gathering space as plans are under way to build a new community center in town.
Piscataway officials announced on Monday that construction is expected to begin at the end of the year on a center that will include three swimming pools, a ...
CRANFORD, NJ – In a quaint white house near the border of Cranford and Garwood, 105-year-old Kurt Steiner sat at his dining room table, surrounded by cabinets that held his collection of Viennese glass and antique Limoge plates. At his table, he had his carefully taped together passport and exit papers from Vienna, Austria, stamped with a large “J” and “Jude,” the ...
By JILL ESPOSITO
April 26, 2018BRIDGEWATER, NJ - For the several months, over 200 Somerset County 4-H members and adult volunteers, some from Hillsborough, have been stripping fabric and braiding sections to create the World’s Longest Textile Braid, in hopes that it would be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Well they did it!
To qualify, the braid had to be at least 800 meters, the ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - B. Sue Fulton is just beginning to find her away around her new office in Trenton , but the newly-sworn director of the Department of Motor Vehicles found her way to Somerville Saturday at the invitation of state Sen. Christopher Kip Bateman for a visit to the local DMV office on Roosevelt Place which has been causing headaches for neighborhood residents.
She arrived 45 ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - The Watchung Borough Council voted on Thursday night, before packed chambers and over 500 watching on Facebook live, to close the Watchung Library and explore redevelopment of the library site on Stirling Road.
After years of discussion and debate, the council decided not to renovate the existing library or construct a new library. Mayor Stephen Pote ...
By JILL ESPOSITO
April 26, 2018BRIDGEWATER, NJ - For the several months, over 200 Somerset County 4-H members and adult volunteers, some from Hillsborough, have been stripping fabric and braiding sections to create the World’s Longest Textile Braid, in hopes that it would be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Well they did it!
To qualify, the braid had to be at least 800 meters, the ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - B. Sue Fulton is just beginning to find her away around her new office in Trenton , but the newly-sworn director of the Department of Motor Vehicles found her way to Somerville Saturday at the invitation of state Sen. Christopher Kip Bateman for a visit to the local DMV office on Roosevelt Place which has been causing headaches for neighborhood residents.
She arrived 45 ...
