North Plainfield police blotter    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
ROBBERY, 2:15 p.m. Jan. 3: At about 2:30 p.m., a borough officer went to Plainfield police headquarters for a robbery report. There, the officer met with the 23-year-old victim, who said she was robbed at Jefferson Avenue and...... Full story...

Warren police blotter    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
HIT AND RUN, 6:14 a.m. Dec. 30: A hit-and-run crash was reported on Reinman Road and Summerhill Drive. Police said Niket Khanna, 18, of Monmouth Junction lost control of the vehicle and hit a curb. Police said Khanna responded...... Full story...

Montgomery police blotter    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
CAR CRASH, 10:19 a.m. Dec. 19: Police responded to Hollow Road near Servis Road for a car crash. Naomi A. Young, 72, of Skillman was driving a 2001 Volkswagen Passat south on Hollow Road, police said, when she lost control...... Full story...

Today's weather: Snow, sleet with high in mid-30s    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
Today: A chance of snow between 9 am and 1 pm, then sleet likely. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.Tonight: Rain. Low around 30. East wind between 10 and...... Full story...

TV, checkbooks stolen from Woodbridge apartment    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
WOODBRIDGE —Property worth some $2,000 was stolen Thursday, Jan. 1, from an apartment on McFarlane Road in Colonia, police said. The burglary occurred between 3 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Missing from the apartment were a television...... Full story...

GPS unit taken from car in Woodbridge    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
WOODBRIDGE —A GPS unit, valued at $700, was stolen from a car parked outside a Wright Street home in Iselin Sunday morning, police said. The victim, 38, told police she found the front driver's side window of her...... Full story...

$30K car stolen from store parking lot in Woodbridge    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
WOODBRIDGE —A 2005 Acura RSX, valued at $30,000, was stolen Sunday afternoon from outside the Dick's Sporting Goods store in Woodbridge Center, police said. - Joshua Burd... Full story...

1 car stolen, another ransacked at Woodbridge hotel    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
WOODBRIDGE —A car was reported stolen Sunday night from outside the Hilton Hotel parking lot on South Wood Avenue, police said. The owner, a 35-year-old Allentown, N.J., man told police he parked the 2005 Lexus ES at...... Full story...

Central Jersey police blotter: Back-seat passenger tries to hide drugs during traffic stop    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
A report of a juvenile being arrested during a traffic stop in which the back-seat passenger was observed attempting to hide drug paraphernalia is among the items in today's Montgomery police blotter. To read the entire...... Full story...

Readington police blotter    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
DRUNKEN DRIVING CRACKDOWN: Township police recently completed the "Over the Limit, Under Arrest" crackdown against drunken driving. Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety, 17 roving patrols...... Full story...

Teachers should accept a smaller pension or a wage freeze    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
During holiday get-togethers, there was a common theme around the dessert table: The economy stinks, and how safe is your job? One person lost her job working for the admissions' office at a small college. Another was...... Full story...

Somerville mayor sees projects helping borough in 2009    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
SOMERVILLE —Mayor Brian Gallagher said officials would continue pushing ahead with local redevelopment projects and other initiatives despite choppy economic waters. "Somerville has been through many challenging times...... Full story...

Hazardous travel conditions expected in Central Jersey as snow, sleet moves in    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
CENTRAL JERSEY —The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Somerset and Hunterdon counties from noon today through 8 a.m. Wednesday. A winter weather advisory is in effect for Middlesex County....... Full story...

UPDATE: Police searching for prisoner who escaped from Montgomery farm    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
MONTGOMERY —A search is under way for a prisoner who escaped this morning from the state Department of Corrections farm on Burnt Hill Road. Police Capt. Robert Palmer said the prisoner is a minimum-security inmate. The...... Full story...

Route 1 ramp, Ford Ave. in Woodbridge to be closed this week    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
WOODBRIDGE —The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced Tuesday the upcoming closure of the Route 1 southbound ramp to Ford Avenue as well as Ford Avenue. The closures are part of NJDOT's $98 million Route...... Full story...

Ex-fiance gets 7 years in prison in death of North Brunswick toddler    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
MIDDLESEX COUNTY —A Middletown man acquitted in October of manslaughter but convicted of child endangerment in the death of a 3-year-old North Brunswick boy was sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 6, to seven years in prison. Robert...... Full story...

Tonight's Watchung Planning Board meet canceled    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
WATCHUNG —The Planning Board meeting scheduled for 7:30 tonight in Council Chambers has been canceled due to a forecast of inclement weather. Staff Report... Full story...

Pair arrested after Woodbridge police find $12K in cocaine in vehicle    Posted on 2009-01-06
Source: My Central Jersey
WOODBRIDGE —A 33-year-old South Amboy man and a Perth Amboy woman were arrested on drug charges after police found about $12,000 worth of cocaine in their vehicle. Capt. Robert Hubner, head of the Woodbridge Police Special...... Full story...

Keyport man charged in fatal stabbing outside Perth Amboy bar    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: Asbury Park Press
A Keyport man has been charged with fatally stabbing a 25-year-old Perth Amboy man on State Street early Sunday during a clash that began inside a nearby bar, authorities said.... Full story...

Today's Weather: Cloudy, chance of rain    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: My Central Jersey
Today: A chance of light rain before 11 am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. National Weather Service... Full story...

Plainfield offering new resource guide to city residents, visitors    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: My Central Jersey
PLAINFIELD —Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs and the city's Communications Division have partnered with area businesses to create and distribute a special "Plainfield Map and Resource Guide" to be provided free to city...... Full story...

93-year-old 'advocate for the people' to be sworn into another term in Warren    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: My Central Jersey
WARREN —In municipalities throughout the state's 21 counties, often the first week of a new year is marked with the swearing in of newly elected officials. But none of the ceremonies, at least according to the tallies...... Full story...

Raritan Township holds reorganization meeting    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: My Central Jersey
RARITAN TOWNSHIP —The Township Committee has welcomed two new members and switched the roles of its top two officials while keeping the balance of power firmly in Republican hands. Republicans Thomas Antosiewicz and Oliver...... Full story...

Readington children share stories with Afghan students    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: My Central Jersey
READINGTON —A middle school teacher in this Hunterdon County municipality explains life in America to her pupils by having them teach on it to youngsters halfway around the world. About 130 youngsters in Sue Reardon&#...... Full story...

Middlesex Borough police blotter    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: My Central Jersey
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, 2:44 p.m. Dec. 26: The owner of two industrial units on the 200 block of Lincoln Boulevard reported that graffiti was scrawled on her building. An investigation revealed that unknown actors spray painted...... Full story...