Submitted by Budd Van Lines. Somerset-based moving company Budd Van Lines on December 14 assisted in the delivery of approximately 3,800 wreaths to Long Island National Cemetery for Wreaths Across America. The wreaths were picked up by Budd Van Lines in Maine and hauled to Long Island, where more than 60 other carriers met up to convoy to the cemetery. …
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Unity Bank and its employees have donated $1,500 to the Franklin Food Bank. The donation was part of $28,500 in donations the bank and its employees made to 19 food pantries in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to a press release from the company. “I am extremely proud of the generosity our employees continue to show in this important community …
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Y Yuan Lien. Photo: New Jersey Realtors. Township resident Ya Yuan “Y.Y.” Lien was named 2019 Realtor of the Year during the annual New Jersey Realtors Awards Ceremony at the Triple Play Realtor Convention & Trade Expo in Atlantic City on December 20. Lien has “showcased outstanding commitment to the Realtor organization,” and professionalism and expertise in her industry, according …
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UPDATE: A Somerset County Grand Jury handed down indictments for the four Rubin family members and their two employees, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said on December 20. The Grand Jury charged David Rubin, Lisa Rubin, Sherylee Rubin, Batsheva Rubin-Rivera, Andre Watts and Dunia Patricia Hernandez with second degree operating an organized retail theft enterprise, second degree receiving stolen property, …
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Police are investigating a December 17 accident on Amwell Road that left one man dead. Police said that the man, who was not identified pending notification of his next of kin, was trying to cross Amwell Road, near Doria Road, at around 9:35 p.m. when he was hit by a person driving a Kia Sorento. Responding officers found the man …
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Somerset County law enforcement officials will once again participate in the annual “Drive Sober of Get Pulled Over” campaign now through January 1, 2020. During that time, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated, according to a joint press release issued by the Somerset and …
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Melissa Jenkins and Mayor Phil Kramer cut the ribbon opening the new BAM Desserts store on Easton Avenue. Success is sweet for the owners of BAM Desserts, evidenced by the December 13 opening of their new, expanded location at 1830 Easton Avenue. Owners Melissa and Lester Jenkins held a ribbon-cutting to formally mark the new location’s opening. Among those attending …
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Township residents will have a chance to weigh in on the performance of the FTPD on December 17. A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police will arrive at the department that day to begin the re-accreditation process, according to a press release from the department. The assessors will “examine all aspects of the …
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One man was killed November 14 in an early afternoon fire in a Hempstead Drive apartment, authorities said. The fire is currently under investigation, according to a press release from the Franklin Township Police Department. Police received a call about the fire at about 1:37 p.m., according to the release. The unidentified occupant of the apartment was taken to a …
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Kassin Coffey A 31-year-old North Brunswick man has been arrested in connection with a Nov. 4 shooting on Somerset Street. Kasin A. Coffey was charged on Nov. 8 with 2nd Degree Aggravated Assault and 2nd Degree Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in the shooting, which left a 25-year-old New Brunswick man with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a Nov. 12 press …
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