newjerseynewsroom.com

1. Breast Cancer Awareness Month goes local
(Health/Healthquest)

... Center and the Somerset County Cancer Coalition will begin its Eighth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh will speak and present ...

2. Thoughts on New Jersey's Congressional redistricting
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in a community of interest. For example, Somerset County’s Franklin Township lies in both the 6th and 12th districts. On the face of it, such a split would not be egregious, since the northeastern part ...

3. New report places seven New Jersey counties among nation's 20 smoggiest areas
(N.J./State)

Middlesex, Somerset and Hunterdon ranked 17th BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Seven New Jersey counties are among the top 20 areas considered to be the smoggiest in American, according to ...

4. Two arrested in second major theft of state-controlled historic artifacts in six months
(N.J./State)

... War era collection of 82-year-old Harry Kels Swan of Somerset County. The collection was begun in 1795 by one of Swan’s ancestors and has been built over 18 generations. During the blackout, the collection ...

5. Deadlines set to file claims against 18 dishonest N.J. lawyers
(N.J./State)

... J. Cutillo - Bergen - June 27 Patrice M. Davis - Essex - June 30 Roosevelt Hairston Jr. - Pennsylvania - June 3 Stephen M. Hiltebrand - Camden - June 17 Peter H. Jacoby - Somerset - June 7 Yong-Wook ...

6. N.J. woman allegedly spiked boyfriend's dinner with cocaine
(N.J./State)

BY ALICIA CRUZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM South Bound Brook police arrested a 29-year-old woman who allegedly spiked her boyfriend's dinner with two lines of cocaine. A Somerset County Jail representative ...

7. N.J. flooding: 162 roads close as rivers rise again
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... mainly in Bergen, Passaic and Somerset counties. The governor said authorities will monitor the Delaware through the night and depending on the outcome, he may close non-essential state government activities ...

8. Pallone requests federal disaster aid for Monmouth, Middlesex and Union counties
(N.J./State)

... and Somerset counties as disaster areas. Federal funding also is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work ...

9. Hurricane Irene damages at American Cyanamid Superfund site worrying environmentalists
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... governments have touted the site as a success, since a northerly, less contaminated piece was developed into a shopping center. Somerset County built a stadium for a minor league baseball team along a ...

10. President Obama to inspect flood damage in Paterson
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic, and Somerset. Federal funding also is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private ...

11. N.J. power outages: Union, Middlesex and Somerset face longer wait for electricity
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... while it may take until Sunday for Union, Middlesex and Somerset counties. Ocean County Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari criticized JCP&L and said the health of senior citizens still without ...

12. UPDATE: N.J.’s flooded rivers crest, take lives
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... causing the Toms River to rise. In Somerset County, Governor Christie told NorthJersey.com the Passaic and Ramapo rivers are New Jersey's ''biggest concern,'' saying, "We are seeing record flooding levels ...

13. N.J. National Guard soldiers and airmen providing support in 13 cities and towns
(N.J./State)

... is the largest New Jersey National Guard domestic mobilization since 1985. Personnel have been posted at armories and installations including Teaneck, Franklin (Somerset), Morristown, Riverdale, West ...

14. Hurricane Irene update from National Weather Service
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren and western Passaic counties are under a tropical storm warning. A tornado watch went into effect for these New Jersey counties — Bergen, Cape May, ...

15. Gov. Christie calls for one-year moratorium on N.J. fracking
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... compounds and greenhouse gases than those energy sources. The legislation was sponsored by Senators Robert M. Gordon (D-Bergen), Linda R. Greenstein (D-Middlesex) and Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) ...

16. Strong Virginia earthquake sends a shock wave through New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... a magnitude 3.0 at its epicenter in Victory Gardens. A 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck the same area in December 2009. A pair of quakes hit Somerset County in February 2010, the larger of the two measuring ...

17. Gov. Christie seeks federal aid for flood-impacted Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... from May 14 to present. Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties were included ...

18. N.J. awards $14.6M to 95 local governments and airports for infrastructure improvements
(N.J./State)

... County. $205,200 for aircraft tie-downs and new runway pavement at Central Jersey Regional Airport in Somerset County. Airports also seek 2.5 percent state matching grants to supplement Federal Aviation ...

19. Top 100 Places to Live includes N.J. towns South Brunswick, Madison, Montville, Ridgewood and Hillsborough
(N.J./State)

... 53 we find Hillsborough, of Somerset County. The township has nature trails that are open to the public; an educational and is developing an environmental center is being developed. All five New Jersey ...

20. Poll: N.J. drivers with long commutes speed, distract themselves and flip off other motorists
(Life/Style)

... may even be reading this article as you drive. Remember, a trooper sits in median strip at the foot of Schooley’s Mountain as you come down the hill highballing east on Route 78 in Somerset County. More ...