Mercer County practices handing out meds in bioterrorism attack
Health departments from Mercer, Hunterdon and Somerset counties participated in a "full-scale distribution exercise" on March 24 at the West Trenton Firehouse in Ewing. EWING - If Mercer County ever...
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Philanthropic leader to discuss donor importance at Grounds For Sculpture
Reynold Levy, president of the Robin Hood Foundation will lead a discussion April 7 at Grounds for Sculpture. HAMILTON - The CEO and president of the Robin Hood Foundation will lead a discussion at...
View ArticlePrevention is key to combating lead poisoning, expert says
Lead-based paint in older homes is the most common source of lead exposure TRENTON -- The crisis in Flint, Michigan -- and more recently, Newark -- has cast new attention on lead in water supplies,...
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Federal review of PennEast gas pipeline project delayed 7 months
Critics of the PennEast pipeline say a lack of information is the reason behind the delay, while PennEast said the schedule is a milestone. Watch video The federal government's schedule for its...
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Suspicious powder at West Windsor town hall a hoax, police say
The powder was discovered inside an envelope at 8:45 a.m. and led police to evacuate the building on Clarksville Road. WEST WINDSOR -- Powder found inside an envelope at West Windsor's municipal...
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Hamilton police arrest man with gun, drugs at shooting scene
NnaNna Akuma, 23, is charged with several firearm and drug charges following in incident at Greenwood Village Apartments. HAMILTON -- Police have identified a man arrested on gun and drug charges near...
View ArticleCrosswalk planned for Lawrence Hopewell Trail at Carter Road
The Hopewell Township council voted to endorse constructing a crosswalk at the Carter Road crossing on the trail. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP -- The Hopewell Township council this week voted unanimously to...
View ArticleTrenton's CFO sues city over lack of pay raises
Janet Schoenhaar contends that she has not received the annual incremental raises that she was entitled to TRENTON -- The city's comptroller has filed a lawsuit against the city over mandated pay...
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Trenton man stashed drugs in cough drop bag, police say
Malachai Brawner, 30, is charged with several crimes for alleged drug sales from an apartment on East State Street. TRENTON -- A two-month drug investigation of a Trenton man yielded cash, a handgun,...
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Man arrested in home invasion, beating of 92-year-old woman
Joseph Blanche, of North Trenton, was apprehended near his home Wednesday evening by a U.S. Marshal's task force. EWING -- A 21-year-old Trenton man has been charged in connection with the home...
View ArticleTrenton Punk Rock Flea Market expands to 2 days with 400-plus vendors
Organizers are anticipating between 8,000 and 10,000 people TRENTON -- Crowds in the thousands will descend on the capital city this weekend for the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, its biggest one yet....
View ArticleCarter Road bridge in Lawrence to close in April for replacement
On April 18 the Carter Road bridge in Lawrence will be closed for 135 days as construction begins to replace the structurally deficient bridge. LAWRENCE -- Construction will start in April on...
View ArticlePlainsboro man charged with several firearm possession counts
Anthony Gaylord, 35, of Tamarron Drive, was arrested at his home Wednesday evening by New Jersey State Police troopers. PLAINSBORO -- A township man has been charged with numerous weapon possession...
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CFPA screening NRA documentary April 3
Princeton's Coalition for Peace Action will be screening acclaimed film producer Robert Greenwald's just-released documentary film "Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA" on Sunday, April 3 at 3...
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Error on nationally-distributed SAT exam spurs lawsuit
The exam's misprint gave some students more time to complete a section of the SAT PRINCETON - A family is blaming the makers of the SAT after a nation-wide printing error gave some students more time...
View ArticleGet a glimpse inside Roebling factory, soon-to-be lofts
Crews are working to convert the Roebling complex's Building 101 into 138 luxury lofts TRENTON -- Now that work has gotten underway to transform the historic Roebling complex into a place where people...
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Trenton man crashes into parked cars, arrested as he walks away
Carlo Cardero-Hidalgo, 42, also was charged with cocaine possession, police said TRENTON - A Trenton man who crashed his car into two parked vehicles was arrested after he tried to walk away from the...
View ArticleTrio prepped for killing at Burlington County motel, prosecutors say
Joshua Major, 21, of Pemberton Borough, was the third suspect charged with killing Michael "Mickey Rome" DiMattia. TRENTON - Hours before Michael "Mickey Rome" DiMattia was shot to death in his...
View ArticleAt Princeton University, lots of applicants but few accepted
The 29,303 applicants to the Ivy League university this year was also its largest applicant pool to date. PRINCETON -- Princeton University offered acceptance letters to 1,894 of the 29,303 students...
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