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Home Burglary, Crash, and Power Outage in Warren
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Long Blue Line of New Jersey Police Cyclists Tour Through Somerset County
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Crash Closes Mountain Avenue in Warren
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Power Outage in Warren, Watchung
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Car Drives Into Route 22 7-11 in North Plainfield
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UPDATE: Public Responds to Police Sketch of Hillsborough Intruder
By JAKE NEMCEK
May 12, 2022
WARREN, NJ — A home burglary, a crash, and a power outage were reported in Warren last weekend according to Warren Police.
At 8:24 pm on Saturday, a crash was reported near Kathy Lane at Mountain Avenue, not far from the Hillcrest Road light. The driver, Kenneth Militzner, 94, was traveling east on Mountain Avenue when his car went off the road into an embankment, police said.
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Borough police officer Vito Spadea slowed his bicycle and stopped along East Main Street mid-afternoon Monday to greet his wife, two daughters and other supporters as several hundred police officers from New Jersey towns passed through the borough on their way to Washington, DC where they will join with police from across the country to honor their brothers ...
WARREN, NJ — A crash on Sunday morning has closed Mountain Avenue between Valley View and Alana Drive. At 10 am first responders are en route. Expect delays.
WARREN, NJ — It’s not just you. JCP&L has dispatched a crew to investigate a power outage on the Warren and Watchung border with a line reported down on Hillcrest Road. The restoration estimate is 12:30 am.
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — Traffic is slow in the area of 7-11 on Route 22 east after a car ran into the front of the store. First responders are on the scene at 3:30 pm on Thursday afternoon.
No further information is known at this time.
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – A composite sketch of a suspect wanted in connection with an April 13 home invasion that led to the suspect groping a woman while she was taking a shower has led to several tips as to the identity of the suspect, according to Frank Roman, deputy chief of the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Detective Division.
Roman said detectives are pursuing all of the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - A 34-year-old resident of Maine, reported missing by his family on April 18, was found dead Thursday morning by a search team in the Sourland Mountain Preserve.
Parker Veitch, a resident of Lovell, Me., was described by family as an avid hiker.
Police followed up on a call received about an abandoned car in the parking lot of the preserve off East Mountain Road Tuesday ...
WARREN, NJ - New Jersey American Water has provided the following update regarding the water main break in Warren east of the intersection of Mount Bethel Road and Mountain Boulevard:
This is an urgent notification from New Jersey American Water. Our crews are making emergency repairs due to a main break beginning at 8 a m in Warren, Watchung, and Green Brook. You reside in the affected area ...
WARREN, NJ — Did you wake up Wednesday morning with no water? There’s a water main break in Warren affecting parts of Warren, Watchung and Green Brook. The break is just east of the intersection of Mount Bethel Road and Mountain Boulevard. Avoid the area. No estimation yet as to restoration, but it is anticipated to be all day. Check back here for more ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – A woman taking a shower inside her Andria Avenue residence was groped by a naked man who entered the shower and grabbed her from behind before she was able to fight him off, according to Somerset County Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart.
The woman called police after the attack at 10:18 p.m. April 14.
Taggart provided the following account:
Police met with ...