Basking Ridge News

Inspirational speaker Andrea Mastrobattista will continue her Inspirational Workshops this month with "Eliminating Negative Self-Talk" at the Somerset Hills YMCA, 140 Mt.

A Basking Ridge man was arrested for DWI after hitting a liquor truck outside a Stirling wine store, police said today.

A Basking Ridge man who worked as a stockbroker pleaded guilty last week to defrauding an investor of more than $260,000, authorities said.

Water has been restored to the YMCA on Mount Airy Road and the immediate area following repair of a water main break, according to Bernards police.

The demolition of the original Giants Stadium started and is expected to be completed by July.

NEW YORK a ' A Ridgewood lawyer charged in a $53 million insider-trading case pleaded not guilty Tuesday, along with six others charged in the case.

SAGE Names Ed and Marge Reichman Sweethearts of the Year During the Month of February By SAGE Eldercare 1/29/2010 Ed and Marge Reichman of Basking Ridge have been married for over 60 years and for the past twelve years they have been delivering Meals on Wheels for SAGE Eldercare in Summit.

The county Health Department is trying to make sure it's giving the public every opportunity to obtain a vaccine against swine flu, scheduling the latest in a series of free clinics for Friday.Feb. 5. Meanwhile, further clinics are being scheduled elsewhere, as health departments seek to use all of the doses dispensed to them by the state.

A former stockbroker from Basking Ridge pleaded guilty today to defrauding an investor by misusing the investor's investment funds and sending the investor a fake account statement, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Don't you love a great mystery? Summit Playhouse presents "Murder in Green Meadows" February 19 - March 6, 2010.

Morris County member of new Gov. Chris Christie's transition transportation team is offering some blunt talk on the state gas tax.

Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey presented Basking Ridge resident Susan Jenkins with the Employee of the Year Award for its Community Therapy Services Program at the agency's annual conference at Montclair State University.

The play is called "Thoroughly Modern Millie,'' but it is set in the 1920s. So, a little "Millie Jeopardy'' was in order for the cast of the Springfield-based Front & Center for Performing Arts to bring them up to speed on the era for their staging of "Millie'' this weekend in Basking Ridge.

In the 140 lbs. match Chatham's Anthony Lofredo tries not to get pinned by Ridge's Zack Bond while he adjusts his headgear.

Plans for a much-needed expansion at the Old Bridge Food Bank are moving forward.

A woman driving Monday on Washington Valley Road was injured when she lost control of her car, causing it to crash into a mailbox and then hit a telephone pole.

Supporting American Red Cross efforts to aid those in need, Verizon Wireless encourages customers to contribute, via mobile phone, to the Haiti earthquake relief effort.

Verizon said it is lowering the price of its wireless plans and raising charges for data services -- a move to ease pressure on its data networks with the growing popularity of Internet-capable phones -- and will likely force rival AT&T to follow suit.

Members of Pleasant Valley Pool can take advantage of an early payment discount by renewing their membership by 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan.

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