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A Somerset dentist is offering to buy children’s excess Halloween candy and donate it to troops serving overseas. Dr. Joseph Haddad of Advanced Dental Arts, 738 Easton Ave., is offering $5 a pound for excess candy. Children can bring in the candy from 3-6 p.m. on Nov. 4, 5 and 7. “It’s a well-known fact that too much candy can …
Read More »Tornado Watch Until 5 p.m.
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Somerset County and the rest of the state until 5 p.m. today. More details at the NWS Web site.
Read More »Report: About 22 percent of township children live in poverty
About 22 percent of Franklin’s children younger than 18 – and about 15 percent of Franklin Township residents overall – are living below what one organization defines as the state’s poverty level, according to a report released over the weekend. The report showed that 2,959 of the township’s children younger than 18 are living in poverty, according to the report …
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