Manville News

A state appeals court has rejected a Somerville man's request to reduce his 17-year prison term for a home invasion in Bridgewater.

A 25-year-old borough man was taken into custody by the Somerset County SWAT team and is undergoing an evaluation after authorities received a report of a suicide threat at his South Third Avenue home.

A former executive of a Canadian company that disposes of contaminated soil has pleaded guilty in a fraud scheme related to the cleanup of a New Jersey Superfund site.

WARRANT ARREST, 8:48 p.m. June 21: Police said they arrested 25-year-old Plainfield resident Kenneth Robinson on an active $750 warrant from Bridgewater.

A 20-year-old township man who volunteered with the Finderne Rescue Squad was killed in a crash early Friday when he lost control of the truck he was driving on Foothill Road, police and a relative said.

Teens and tweens from 28 New Jersey libraries will have the chance to win a trip to WWE's SummerSlam in Los Angeles this summer by taking part in the SummerSlam Reading Jam in support of the Summer Reading Program sponsored by the New Jersey Library Association and the New Jersey State Library.

In seeking what he described as a better business opportunity, the owner of a popular paint and hardware store on South Main Street has closed shop and moved to a strip mall in the Somerset section of Franklin.

When Oscar Gonzalez needed to find customers for his new store, Discount Mattress & Furniture Company on South Main Street in Manville, he contacted the Courier News.

A Superior Court judge rejected a motion Friday to dismiss one of the charges against a former borough volunteer firefighter accused of stealing money from a firehouse.

The owner of a Bridgewater landscaping firm pleaded guilty Thursday, June 25, to participating in a fraud conspiracy at the Federal Creosote Superfund site in Manville.

A week ago Friday was a big, nostalgic, day for Somerville. To start several months of Somerville's 100th year anniversary activities, more than 1,000 residents and friends attended the opening of a 50-year-old time capsule ... heard some good speeches about the Somerset County seat by Mayor Brian Gallagher and former Mayor David Hollod and others ...

Police arrested a Manville man who they say had marijuana and pills when they found him in a vehicle in the Church Street area this weekend.

A Manville resident was charged with drunken driving following a hit-and-run accident on Talmage Avenue early Monday morning.

When he was Iraq, one the best ways Army Specialist Matthew Wilfrid was able to talk to his mother back home was via Instant Messenger.

A man who hid in a local laundromat until closing time to search for money - only to find he couldn't escape - was found under a pile of blankets when officers responded to the area because of an alarm he had tripped, authorities said.

Borough officials are steps closer to having the Environmental Protection Agency remove the Rustic Mall property - and nearby connecting areas - from a national list of contaminated properties.

Lateefah Fleming, Center for Modern Dance Education in Hackensack, will present 'Raqs La Majali' Middle Eastern Dance Workshop at the seven senior centers operated by the county Office on Aging.

The momentum to install red-light cameras in New Jersey may be slowing - if not coming to a halt entirely.

Borough records, old newspapers, a utility bill, a coloring book, a license plate and a diploma from Somerville High School - those were just some of the yellowed items unveiled Friday from a time capsule buried on June 12, 1959, that officials recently unearthed.

Flag Day will be celebrated Sunday with a number of events throughout Central Jersey.