Township planners on March 2 got their first look at a proposal to build a mixed use building on Hamilton Street and three single family homes behind it. The Planning Board did not vote to approve the application, presented by 745 Hamilton Street LLC, because no information was given about storm water management. That is expected at the board’s first …

Applications for three developments that promise to change the look of the Hamilton Street business district will be heard by township planners during March. Two of the projects are new, while one is currently before the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Fires in two cars in one driveway were extinguished Feb. 29 before they spread to a Jurocko Avenue home, police said. A 9-1-1 call reporting the fires was phoned in at about 10:25 p.m., according to a press release from the township police department.

A 23-year-old North Brunswick woman was revived from an apparent overdose when a township police officer administered a dose of Narcan, police said. Police were called to a Route 27 grocery store at about 1:15 p.m. on Feb. 29 on the report of an unconscious woman in the store’s bathroom, according to a press release from township police.

Charles Nolley speaks with pride when he talks about the experiences of he and his fellow Red Tail pilots during World War II. Nolley, 98, of Edison, was a member of the elite Army Air Corps fighting force known as the Tuskegee Airmen, four squadrons of fighter pilots comprised entirely of African Americans. Drafted in 1943, Nolley was a lieutenant …

The Better World Market reopened its doors Feb. 29 with new owners, but with the same commitment to community as the original management. Montgomery residents Steve Greenspoon and his wife, Donna Simonetti, unlocked the doors after acquiring the business from Elijah’s Promise of New Brunswick. The Hub City non-profit operated the market at Route 27 and Skillman’s Lane as a …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced the re-signing of first baseman Matt Fields.  

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Police are trying to figure out why a Montgomery man was lying on Route 27 Feb. 26 before he was struck by a car. According to police, Todd Hawthorne, 53, was found lying on Rt. 27 near the Little Rocky Hill fire house shortly after 10 p.m. by Officer David Cruz, who was on patrol. Hawthorne was unconscious and bleeding from …

Township police are investigating a one-car accident on Amwell Road that left a Mount Laurel woman injured. Police said that at about 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 26, a 2007 Dodge Charger driven westbound on the road by Adelaide Slobert, 63, crossed the center line into the eastbound lane, left the road and struck a ditch before overturning.