March 8, 2023 HIGHTSTOWN, NJ (MERCER)–Hightstown Engine Company # 1 announced the passing of Past President , Chief , and Life Member Neal M. Glackin. Neal has over 50 years of service with the fire department and has held every fire line position, multiple executive line positions, chaired multiple committees, built numerous apparatus and served…

July 23, 2021 WEST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Around 4:10 p.m. the West Windsor Police Department and West Windsor Emergency Services responded to Old Trenton Road and Cottonwood Drive for an overturned vehicle. West Windsor and Princeton Junction Fire Companies were also dispatched to the scene but recalled due to no entrapment and no services needed. There…

September 10, 2021 WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO, NJ (MERCER-MIDDLESEX)–The Steinert Spartans scored 27 against the West Windsor Plainsboro Co-Op North/South Football Team. Photo Gallery by: Brian McCarthy, OnScene News Photos by: Brian McCarthy OnScene News September 10, 2021 ALLENTOWN, NJ (MONMOUTH)–The Allentown Redbirds fell to the Nottingham Northstars with a final score of 34-0.

May 12, 2023 HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Health officials reported that a bat found in a private home in the Elm Ridge Park neighborhood on May 9th has tested positive for rabies. The bat was submitted for testing at the New Jersey Public Health & Environmental Laboratory on May 10th and test results provided to the…

December 30, 2020 By: Tyler Eckel HAMILTON (MERCER): Hamilton Police received a call around 10:10pm for a possibly intoxicated driver in a red vehicle with Pennsylvania plates traveling on South Broad Street. The vehicle reportedly struck a traffic light and continued down South Broad Street towards the Whitehorse Circle with a blown out rear passenger…

The international parental kidnapping offense of which Patel stands convicted carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. July 25, 2022 CAMDEN, N.J. – A naturalized U.S. citizen who had been living in India was convicted of obstructing the parental rights of his child’s mother by kidnapping the…

October 15, 2021 TRENTON, NJ (MERCER)–Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced today that investigations conducted by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force have resulted in charges being filed in two recent homicide cases. “The tenacity and resolve of the Homicide Task Force are truly remarkable,” Prosecutor Onofri said.  “Even with the continual shooting violence…

October 5, 2020 LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–This morning the Lawrence Township Fire Department responded to a couple of potentially serious calls that were mitigated. The first call at 9:45 am was on Gainsboro Road where an excavator hit a gas line. Firefighters evacuated houses on Gainsboro and Marlboro for about a half hour. Lawrence was…

April 27, 2020 HAMILTON TOWNSHIP-LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ (MERCER)–Around noon today a pickup truck with a small trailer was found in the water in the Assunpink Creek off 5th Avenue and Assunpink Blvd. reported originally to be in Hamilton Township. Hamilton Township Fire Department and Police Departments responded and on arrival the vehicle was found in…

June 14, 2021 LAKEWOOD-BRICK, NJ (OCEAN)–Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced that the investigation into the wildland fire that occurred on Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Lakewood Township and Brick Township, though ongoing, presently remains at an impasse.  The investigation is being conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit –…