Bloomsbury News

To the Editor: I recently learned that Franklin Township Mayor Bonnie Butler and members of the Land Use Board have been quietly negotiating for months with a land developer regarding a proposal to build a massive trucking hub off Route 173 - within a mile of my Bloomsbury home.

A 31-year-old Easton man was killed Monday night when his pickup truck rear-ended a tractor-trailer then slid beneath it on Interstate 78 East in Bloomsbury .

One person was killed tonight when a tractor-trailer collided with another vehicle on Route 78 in Hunterdon County, State Police said.

Opposition has already begun mobilizing to a proposed truck transfer station near Interstate 78 in Warren County, as the project's application nears completion.

Three years ago, a lonely soldier in Iraq appealed to get a train set for Christmas - because his unit was not coming home for Christmas.

The Open Cupboard Food Pantry and its thrift shop are moving this week from High Bridge to much larger quarters in Clinton at 37 Old Highway 22, in space adjacent to the Rite-Aid pharmacy.

But he's put on an impressive show as a high school senior on the football field.

Venture crew member Patrick Boyle, left, talks with travelers Marty Jackel, left, and Mark Saddington as they stopped for coffee at the Bloomsbury rest stop on Interstate 78 West in Bethlehem Township, Pa., last year.

Martin Milita, 56, an attorney who lives in Clinton Township, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, making terroristic threats and harassment after Patrolman David Formalarie received a report of an aggressive driver who "had brandished a knife at another motorist" on Hamden Road near ...

Two women who were responsible for the care of a developmentally disabled woman, have been named in a 17-count indictment in connection with the alleged abuse, neglect, and starvation death of 29-year old Tara O'Leary. Bridget Grimes, 52, and Debra Sloan, 55, were named in the indictment handed down in a Hunterdon County court last Friday.

Karlene E. Dixon, a 35-year resident of Bloomsbury, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 at home.

Are you over the age of 16? Looking for a way to give back to the community? Bloomsbury Rescue Squad is actively looking for new members.

Two women were indicted Friday and charged with 17 counts related to the death of a 29-year-old developmentally disabled Middletown woman who weighed 43 pounds when she died and two other woman under their care who were found to be neglected.

The 12th District Legislators would like to announce the indictments of two caretakers in the case of Tara Oa Leary, a developmentally disabled woman who was neglected so severely in a sponsor home that it lead to her death.

Two women have been indicted for mistreating and abusing three residents at a state-licensed home for disabled adults.

The states and highway lines all run together for trucker Eddie Long of Virginia, who took a break in New Jersey today from hauling empty plastic bottles from Pennsylvania to Maine.

Legislation requiring both commercial and non-commercial drivers to remove snow and ice from their vehicle was signed into law Tuesday by Gov.

Details of a countywide recycling enforcement and education program that could be in effect next year were described to municipal leaders Wednesday night.

With a municipal water system in need of $1 million to $2 million in repairs and new employee costs, borough officials are close to finalizing its sale to Aqua New Jersey.

Officials here haven't had much luck finding a buyer for the old graphite mill on Church Street, so they're willing to give it away.