Mercer County News

Labor issues like binding arbitration for police and fire unions and civil service are high on the list of reforms that New Jersey town governments want from the incoming Christie administration, mayors and other municipal officials told a transition task force Thursday.

State Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone of Bayonne is due in court on Friday for his arraignment on charges he and his wife pocketed paychecks meant for his legislative aides.

Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver, the front-runner for the Assembly speaker position, said today a Mercer County lawmaker is no longer campaigning for the leadership post.

Twenty-three families in Mercer and Burlington counties will finalize adoptions tomorrow when both vicinages hold Adoption Day programs in their courthouses.

A Middlesex County law firm is trying to shut down a disgruntled ex-employee's gripe site, calling the gossip and name-calling a cyber assault of "toxic fire" on its reputation.

Mercer County is poised to be among the first in the state to establish a trust fund for the homeless.

Amid objections by a few residents, the township council adopted a resolution Tuesday night endorsing reduction of the speed limit on North Olden Avenue to 35 mph from 40 mph.

A Mexican national, who was illegally residing in the Atlanta, Ga., area, pleaded guilty today to a one-count information that charges him with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.

One of two top-prize winning Mega Millions tickets for a jackpot worth $77 million was purchased at a supermarket in Union, Union County, officials said.

It was President Woodrow Wilson, former New Jersey governor, who first declared Nov.

"It's hunting season which is our chance to feed many hungry people in New Jersey but we can't do it without the public's help," says Les Giese, co-founder and Board Trustee of the group.

A second man has been arrested in the fatal shooting Oct. 23 of a New Brunswick resident, authorities said today.

20 during regular office hours Admission: Free, 392-3805 In a dizzying display of artwork, Trenton native Lou Storey uses shapes, symbols and words to get his message across: Social work works.

The two owners of Jersey Cash 5 jackpot tickets that were sold in Middlesex and Mercer Counties have split the top prize of $77,466 for the Jersey Cash 5 drawing held on Monday, November 2. Each winning ticket is worth $38,733. Acting Executive Director William T. Jourdain said the winning tickets were the only two sold for Monday's drawing that ...

REPUBLICANS DECLAN O'SCANLON and Caroline Casagrande have spent their last two years in Trenton representing the 12th Assembly District, which includes 14 Monmouth County communities, as well as a handful of Mercer County municipalities.

The separate governing bodies representing Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have formally agreed to explore the possibility of merging or sharing some of their overlapping services and resources, The Times of Trenton reported on Tuesday.

Police had put out an alert about Piero Porfirio, 53, of Hamilton Township, after he had been missing since going for a walk on Wednesday morning.

Two Mount Olive men were injured Saturday night in a two-car crash on a slick Mercer County roadway in Hopewell Township.

Finally this week has given us some great autumn weather that we can brag about.

HIT: Funds for the nearly $300,000 study, secured by Congressman Rush Holt, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to seek solutions to flooding problems along the Delaware River.