A 22-year-old township resident was convicted of drug-related charges after a 2-day trial in Somerville. Jose Lozada-Rojas was found guilty of 2nd Degree Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance after trial in state Superior Court, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. According to police, Lozada-Rojas on July 16, 2015 met with an undercover detective in the …
Read More »Resta’s Car Care Gives Customers, Food Bank, Gifts On Its 70th Anniversary
It’s Resta’s Car Care’s 70th anniversary, but for 70 minutes on Sept. 17, it’s the customers who will get the present. From noon to 1:10 p.m. on Sept. 17, gasoline customers at Resta’s, 1873 Amwell Rd., at the corner of Cedar Grove Lane, can receive up to seven gallons of regular gasoline at 70 cents below the listed price. Resta’s will then …
Read More »Police: Man’s Body Found In Locked Car, Suicide Suspected
Police are investigating a suspected suicide near a strip shopping center on Easton Avenue. At 10:11 p.m., police received a call of an unresponsive man in a parked car in the parking lot of 1830 Easton Ave., according to a press release from township police. Police found a 30-year-old man locked in the car, unconscious and unresponsive. Police said that …
Read More »Updated: Police Arrest Manville Man Wanted For Murder Of Township Resident
Update 3: Isaiah “Ike” J. Bell was arrested the morning of Sept. 14 in a Staten Island, NY apartment, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Somerset County detectives, along with detectives from New York City’s 120th Precinct and detectives from the Staten Island Warrant Squad, arrested Bell without incident at about 9:45 a.m. Bell was …
Read More »Stage House Tavern Hosts Labor Day Barbecue To Honor ‘Fallen Heroes’
The Stage House Tavern on Sept. 5 hosted a barbecue fundraiser to honor the “fallen heroes” of the country’s military and first responders. The event, in its inaugural year, directly benefited the John Basilone Memorial Foundation and the Bristol Myers-Squib Childrens’ Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, said Donald Erickson, the Amwell Road restaurant’s head chef and general …
Read More »Unity Bank Celebrates Anniversary By Giving Away $25,000
Unity Bank is celebrating its 25th anniversary by giving away $1,000 to 25 people – for a total of $25,000 – in the bank’s “25 Years of Serving the Community Giveaway.” The bank’s 25th anniversary is September 16. There is no purchase required to enter the contest. Visit UnityBank.com to enter and see contest rules. Contest registration, which is open until December …
Read More »Updated: Police Seek Public’s Help In Locating Missing Township Woman
Update: Bertha Dyer has been found in Philadelphia and reunited with her family, police said. “I would like to thank of the agencies involved for their tireless efforts in this case,” township Chief of Police Lawrence Roberts said in a release. “I am thankful that Ms. Dyer was found safely and reunited with her family.” Original Story: Township police are …
Read More »Township Boy Dies From Injuries In Amwell Road Accident
Update: A GoFundMe campaign has been created to help the family. Donations can be made by clicking here. Superintendent of Schools John Ravally has issued the following statement: “On behalf of the Franklin Township Board of Education and the entire school community, our deepest condolences are extended to the Russoniello family. We will continue to offer whatever support we can …
Read More »Snyder’s Farm Employee Raising Money To Save Africa’s Big Cats
It’s not often that one can help save a life by buying a pillow, but, for at least the next week or so, that’s the case at the Snyder’s Farm roadside stand on South Middlebush Road. That’s because Hillsborough resident Milena LaBarbiera, a Snyder’s employee, is selling handmade pillows to raise money for the National Geographic Society’s Big Cats Initiative. …
Read More »New Mixed-Use Hamilton Street Project Fully Occupied
It’s no wonder why Arnold Garcia is always smiling. The township-based builder was still two weeks away from getting a Certificate of Occupancy for his new apartment-retail building on Hamilton Street, and he already had all seven apartments rented out. Plus, the two retail spaces on the first floor are just about spoken for, with a day care center planning …
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