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More than $24,000 worth of jewelry and other items were stolen from a Kingsberry Drive home on Aug. 8, police said. No information was provided on how the thefts occurred. The thefts were reported at 1:35 p.m. The items reported stolen included: A white gold wedding band and ring, valued at $11,000 Assorted jewelry valued at $4,000 A golf tennis …

Aug. 1 The hood on a car parked on Reeve Street was damaged. Cars driven by Myra Chanez and Monica Jackson, both of Somerset, collided on Hamilton Street. Chanez said she was turning left into a driveway when Jackson’s car passed her on the left and the two collided. Jackson said Chanez pulled out of a parking space on Hamilton …

Update: Police have identified the injured man as Patrick McDonald, 71, of New Brunswick. McDonald suffered a non-life-threatening head injury, and is in stable condition at a local hospital, police said. The car’s driver, Unab Javed, was cited for careless driving, police said. Original Story: A 71-year-old New Brunswick man was in serious condition July 27 after he was hit …

The Hamilton Street Advisory Board on Aug. 7 got a look at plans for three proposed developments in the business district. Two of the projects have been in the hopper for a while; one of those has already been approved, but had been changed. The third project is new. The new project involves the BP gas station at the corner …

Wine meets art at Wine & Dreams, a new “sip-and-paint” offering in the Cedar Grove Center on Cedar Grove Lane. Store owner Shital Patel has taken the sip-and-paint model and added one extra: Karaoke. Customers can bring their own beverage and snacks and choose from a selection of ceramic figures, wine glasses, blank canvases and other materials to paint. Walk-ins …

The township’s third Walgreens pharmacy held its grand opening on Aug. 4. The store, located in the Marketplace at Princeton at Routes 27 and 518, has been ready for about two years and open since mid-May. Permitting and other issues forced a delay in the store’s opening, but, said Walgreens’ Michael Kindelberger, “the store’s doing well and we’re excited to …

July 25 Brianna Jones of Mt. Laurel was driving down Canal Road when an approaching car veered over the double-yellow line, forcing her to veer to the right. Jones then veered left, overcorrected and left the road, hitting a telephone pole. July 26 Shawn Fontaine of South River was cited for careless driving after his car collided with one on …

The Stein Mart department store in Franklin Park will close in mid-October, a company spokeswoman said July 26. The store, located in Franklin Towne Center on Route 27, is one of six Stein Marts slated for closure this year, said spokeswoman Linda Tassef. The store is closing, she said in an email, because “we were at the end of a …

July 18 Antonio Goes of Linden was cited for careless driving after the truck he was driving struck three other vehicles on Easton Avenue. Police said Gomes said he thought something broke on the undercarriage of his truck, causing him to have trouble stopping His truck rear-ended a stopped car driven by Francisco Camacho of Somerset, propelling the car off …

Regal Bank’s Somerset branch manager is being transferred to the Millburn branch, according to a release from the company. The move of Ronald F. Field is one of two changes the bank is making following the recent opening of the Springfield branch, according to the release. In addition to Field, Anna Pedreiras, assistant vice president and branch manager, will be …