Pair of deer romp through elementary school class in Mercer    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: The Jersey Journal
Two deer jumped through a window at Faith Baptist School in Hamilton, Mercer County Monday and were contained in a classroom until animal control officers could tranquilize the deer for removal, according to a ...... Full story...

Mercer meets COAH deadline    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: The Times
Lobbyists begged and towns protested, but the state Council on Affordable Housing did not budge from its year-end deadline for receiving updated plans from municipalities.... Full story...

2008 Year in Review: Congo the Death Row Dog    Posted on 2009-01-03
Source: The Trentonian
PAUL MICKLE Staff Writer PRINCETON TWP. - In a case that illustrated the power of money and mindless animal lovers, a German shepherd named Congo dodged the death penalty in April and two months later mauled ...... Full story...

Bail stays high for man charged with plier attack on his babymama    Posted on 2009-01-02
Source: The Trentonian
A judge refused to reduce the $50,000 bail this week for a man who allegedly beat, bit, kicked and repeatedly pinched his girlfriend with pliers after another guy called their house on the eve of Christmas Eve.... Full story...

NJ Gov. Corzine Criticizes Republicans For Lawsuit    Posted on 2009-01-01
Source: The Post Chronicle
New Jersey Senate Republicans sued Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine on Wednesday for refusing to release the financially battered state's budget records, prompting him to accuse them of playing political games.... Full story...

NJ Gop sues governor over budget documents    Posted on 2008-12-31
Source: New Jersey News
Republicans in the New Jersey Senate have sued Gov. Jon S. Corzine over what they claim is his refusal to turn over budget documents.... Full story...

Lawmaker wants small towns in Ocean County to merge    Posted on 2008-12-30
Source: Asbury Park Press
An assemblyman from Mercer County, who drew the ire of Shore legislators with his proposal to consolidate smaller towns with larger ones, is seeking their help passing bills that would merge municipalities in ...... Full story...

2008 in Review: Accused of fireboming brother to death, Tormu Prall finally nabbed    Posted on 2008-12-29
Source: The Trentonian
Tormu Prall spent most of 2008 as a fugitive after cops accused him of firebombing his brother to death.... Full story...

Corzine is now on the inside refusing to look out    Posted on 2008-12-28
Source: Asbury Park Press
It looks like Gov. Jon S. Corzine's plan that poor children be provided preschool is having unintended consequences.... Full story...

Theft of toys brings out good in others    Posted on 2008-12-28
Source: The Times
If Leonor Tapia needed proof that, as the adage goes, "everything happens for a reason," this Christmas week has provided more than enough.... Full story...

Governor faces hard choices in new year    Posted on 2008-12-26
Source: CourierPostOnline
With the economic recession showing no sign of loosening its grip on New Jersey, Gov.... Full story...

Mercer Legal Services for Elderly available at new Hamilton site    Posted on 2008-12-24
Source: The Trentonian
Mercer County Legal Services for the Elderly will be making their assistance available to seniors at a new site beginning next year.... Full story...

Ocean legislator proposes merging towns in Mercer    Posted on 2008-12-22
Source: Press of Atlantic City
A Brick Township legislator is striking back against a colleague's proposed law that would consolidate a handful of towns in Ocean County.... Full story...

Cops: School head, not cop, ran over dog    Posted on 2008-12-21
Source: The Trentonian
A city school district supervisor who read the Trentonian's story Tuesday reporting that Sheriff's Officer Vince Piscotta had struck a little dog and kept on going came forth yesterday to admit that he was the ...... Full story...

TRENTON: Zampini enters guilty plea of aggravated manslaughter    Posted on 2008-12-20
Source: Cranbury Press
The East Windsor man charged with the murder of his live-in girlfriend has admitted he stabbed her nearly 30 times over an argument about a television remote control.... Full story...

Exonerated of murder charges once, accused boyfriend killer could face grand jury indictment again    Posted on 2008-12-20
Source: The Trentonian
A Mercer County prosecutor is expected to ask a new grand jury to file another indictment against a suspected boyfriend killer whose initial charges were tossed out by Superior Court Judge Thomas P. Kelly.... Full story...

Schools close as NJ braces for snow    Posted on 2008-12-19
Source: The Trentonian
Many schools in New Jersey are closed or are planning to send students home early in anticipation of a wintry storm that's heading our way from the Midwest.... Full story...

Attempted murder indictment: HIV-positive woman spit blood at a cop    Posted on 2008-12-19
Source: The Trentonian
A city woman was indicted by a grand jury on attempted murder charges after the HIV-positive scrapper allegedly spit saliva and blood on an arresting officer, prosecutors said yesterday.... Full story...

Hazing death sentence: no booze for frat prez    Posted on 2008-12-17
Source: The Trentonian
Michael Torney, former president of Rider University's now-defunct Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to abstain from alcohol in Mercer County Court yesterday in ...... Full story...

Mercer Executive Hughes recovering from ...    Posted on 2008-12-16
Source: The Times
Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes was hospitalized Sunday after suffering a heart attack outside his home in Princeton Township, his office reported.... Full story...

County Executive Brian Hughes resting after cardiac surgery    Posted on 2008-12-15
Source: The Trentonian
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes suffered a sudden cardiac arrest yesterday but is recovering at a local hospital after emergency surgery, according to county spokesperson Julie Willmot.... Full story...

State lacks data on blood tests for two Mercer communities    Posted on 2008-12-14
Source: The Times
Every year since 1996, the state has compiled a report with results of tests of children's blood-lead levels as part of its effort to eliminate childhood lead poisoning.... Full story...

No bail reduction after judge smacks down accused killers in jail    Posted on 2008-12-12
Source: The Trentonian
A judge refused to lower the $500,000 bail yesterday for both the suspected robber and accused carjacker who were in jail on those charges when arrested for allegedly killing a Bordentown father of four to get ...... Full story...

Indictment charges Parsippany man lied to receive charity care    Posted on 2008-12-11
Source: Daily Record
A Parsippany man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly misstating his income to obtain $36,570 in charity care coverage for treatment at Morristown Memorial Hospital in 2005, state Attorney General Anne Milgram ...... Full story...

County Bar Executive Director Fired; Prosecutor Asked to Investigate    Posted on 2008-12-10
Source: Legal Times
The Mercer County, N.J., Bar Association has fired its executive director, Francine Kowalczyk, under circumstances suggestive of mishandling of funds and has requested the county prosecutor to investigate her ...... Full story...