Phillipsburg News

An aerial shot of the Roseberry Street and Route 22 intersection in Phillipsburg.

Like many employers who are absorbing the rising costs associated with medical benefits, Warren County officials are looking to their municipal employees to start to share the burden of this expense.

A late-night fight on Jan. 31 escalated into one person wrestling with an on-duty patrolman, police said.

Members of the Warren County Tactical Response Team take an unidentified man into custody tonight after he barricaded himself in a public housing apartment, threatening to harm himself.

The Hunterdon County Sheriff's Department reported the following recent arrests: Probation Charges Justin Britt, 23, of Phillipsburg was held in the Hunterdon County Jail without bail after his arrest Feb.

DNA tests indicate a leg found on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River last summer belonged to a missing New Jersey teen.

The town's community policing team is organizing its first-ever community cleanup noon to 3 p.m. Feb.

The Easton Area High School Red Rover statue has been vandalized. The 50-pound concrete bulldog statue, which sits on a columnlike platform at the school's front entrance, has been spray-painted maroon, one of the colors of the Phillipsburg School District.

A New Jersey man is among the finalists for a National Book Critics Circle Award.

The exterior of Warren Lumber and Millwork, Inc. located on Belvidere Ave. in Washington.

In its first full year in operation, the Warren County Interfaith Hospitality Network provided roughly 2,600 nights of shelter in 2009 for homeless families and children.

The growth of Warren County Community College on its Washington Township campus is no surprise.

In one year, observers in Central Jersey learned the difference between the happy endings and the anguish that can come with the hunt for a missing person.

Eddie Arabia-Meyer was in the kitchen chopping broccoli Thursday afternoon when he looked out the window and saw his two sons talking with a teenager.

Garrett Henderson says he wants to be a good neighbor. The new owner of the property formerly known as the Stateliner Pub came before Phillipsburg Town Council on Tuesday to plead for an easement into the town's right of way.

Warren County Community College is creating a satellite campus in Phillipsburg's Journal of Commerce building, 445 Marshall St.

Gov. Jon Corzine talks to a group of Phillipsburg Band members after the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Phillipsburg High School.

A man suffered non-life threatening injuries early this morning after he was struck by a freight train in the Warren County town.

Phillipsburg at Hunterdon Central wrestling, 1-16-09. Phillipsburg at Hunterdon Central wrestling, 1-16-09. Added by Tim Farrell/The Star-Ledger on January 16, 2010 at 3:56 PM Hunterdon Central's Jake Maffucci nearly pins Phillipsburg's Brandon Hull in their 189 pound bout during the Phillipsburg at Hunterdon Central wrestling match.

Phillipsburg boys basketball coach Kevin Lloyd will be taking his team on some longer road trips next season under the Skyland Conference realignment plan.