Warren News

Dogs just may be fathers' best friends, to borrow a phrase, and with Father's Day coming up, there's time to find a great new friend for him.

The answer is important to the large number of patrons, volunteers and employees of the county library expected to attend to learn the outcome of an appeal by Warren Township Branch Library Circulation Director Larry Sapienza, the 20-plus-year veteran of the county library system who was fired by Library Director Brian Auger in April.

Seven Warren Township Brownies, representing Troop 22, came to Watchung Hills Regional High School one afternoon recently, not on a cookie-selling mission, but, on the contrary, to bring a gift.

On May 25th, thanks to the generous efforts of more than 280 Mt. Horeb School students and their families, a giant check for $2,400 was presented to Sue and Ed Goldstein, the founders of The Valerie Fund .

From left, Ghanshyam Patel, Anna Fallone, Ruth Chalker and Laj Verna with items donated by members of the Warrenbrook Senior Center to the Valerie Fund.

Here are videos of local properties for sale in Warren posted online this week-take the tour, then check back Saturday to see if any of your favorites will be hosting open houses this weekend.

The New Jersey Department of Education released the Schools Report Cards for the 2010-2011 school year , Thursday.

Alexander Hopewood, 18, of Warren failed to stay in his lane on Top of the World Way on May 29 at about 2:50 p.m. and struck a vehicle driven by Suneet Koul, 30, of Warren, police said.

Warren volunteer firefighters were able to quickly hit a fire in the attic of a house about 150 feet off of Mountainview Road, at about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday.

It seems the words "Made in China" are ubiquitous, but there are thousands of products manufactured in the U.S.-and Warren resident Connor Gallic wants more people to buy them.

Editor's note: A TheA Warren Township Police A release information on significant events Monday through Friday, after review by senior officers.

Dana Lynn Monahan, of Warren,A received aA Doctor of Physical TherapyA from Quinnipiac University during a commencement ceremony held May 13 at the TD Bank Sports Center.

The New Jersey Assembly passed Janet's Law, which requires automatic defibrillators in schools,A Thursday afternoon.

Mount Saint Mary Academy Student Council executive board members Amanda Searls of Green Brook, Claire Nolan of Meyersville, Lisa Cavallo of Westfield, Jennifer Thomas of Iselin, Dana Grazia of Warren and Mary Sullivan of Branchburg.

Lawrence Sapienza, the Warren Township Library circulation supervisor fired after the library attempted to institute a new policy for volunteers , met with a panel to present his case on why he should be reinstated, Tuesday.A "It felt good," Sapienza said.

According to Green Brook fifth-grader Megan Camp's mother, she gets a lot of ideas-and one of them recently netted more than $100 for The Valerie Fund .

Virgin Mobile's feature phone arm just added a third tier, delivering unlimited talk and texting, along with 50 megs of web access for $40 per month.

Janet Zilinski, an 11-year-old from Warren, New Jersey collapsed and died due to sudden cardiac arrest in August, 2006.

Warren Township's municipal field was conquered by Girl Scouts Saturday, as more than 200 local Scouts made crafts, bounced, camped out-and, of course, made s'mores-all in celebration of Girl Scouting's centennial.

Montville police charged Akim Brock with theft May 9 , after he was caught tking used cooking oil from a local restaurant.