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Bound Brook, Manville, Raritan and other parts of Somerset County could again experience flooding, due to a rain storm expected to hit later Monday and Tuesday. The National Weather Service office in Mount Holly this afternoon issued a Flood Watch for parts of northern New Jersey including Somerset, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris and Sussex counties. Rain heavy at times is predicted... Full story »

Somerville and Raritan are entertaining the notion of joining the county dispatch system for all of their police and emergency calls. With a letter sent to the county administrator, Somerville has officially begun an exploratory process that will last about eight months to weigh the costs and benefits of joining the system. Raritan, which formed an ad hoc committee a... Full story »

SOMERSET COUNTY -- Somerset County’s Park Commission rejected a plan to continue the sale of cigars on their public golf courses this week after a proposal to do so created a maelstrom of controversy among elected officials who contended the plan would be the tacit promotion of tobacco products by the government. Ray Brown, secretary director of the Park Commission,... Full story »

This week's Glimpse of History photo gallery can be viewed at: http://photos.nj.com/4504/gallery/glimpse_of_history/index.html Hunterdon County Glimpse of History: A photo of "the Gospel Wagon" taken on May 6, 1903. Morris County Glimpse of History: A 1940 photo shows Mary and Lillian Japko in front of "Mary’s Lunch Room" on Whippany Road in Whippany, Hanover Township. Middlesex County Glimpse of History:... Full story »

CLINTON TWP. — A 15-year-old Somerville girl who hid marijuana in her bra was arrested here Friday. She turned out to be a missing person. According to police, Friday just after 12 a.m., Patrolman Sean Ross was traveling Route 22 West near the Round Valley Reservoir access road when he entered the license plate number of a 1998 Acura into... Full story »

John Ray Wilson, of Franklin Township, was sentenced to five years in state prison Full story »

School board members said they’re faced with prospect of across-the-board layoffs and program cuts, or big tax increases.  Full story »

73-year-old driver of car may have suffered medical emergency prior to head-on collision Full story »

HILLSBOROUGH - Today’s after-school crash of a Toyota Camry into a school bus loaded with Hillsborough High School students may have been caused by a heart attack. A witness said he saw paramedics performing CPR on the man who had been driving the car and he overheard that the driver may have suffered a heart attack. After the accident... Full story »

Two people in car were seriously injured, one student sustained minor injuries Full story »

HILLSBOROUGH — A school bus accident on Auten Road in Hillsborough somewhere between New Amwell and Triangle roads that occurred within the hour resulted in multiple injuries, according to mycentraljersey.com. Staff answering the phone at the Hillsborough Police Department at about 3:35 p.m. today said the many officers were at the scene and media questions could not be answered until... Full story »

HILLSBOROUGH — With a 19.6% reduction in state aid, Hillsborough School District faces $5.1 million more to be cut from its proposed budget. The district had been preparing for a worst-cased scenario of a 15% reduction in state aid, or $3.4 million more to be cut from the budget. But Trenton announced last week that schools would lose state aid in an amount up to 5% of their entire budgets. Full story »

BRANCHBURG — School officials are trying to close a $2 million shortfall caused by a 73% drop in state aid. They had been expecting that percentage to be no greater than 15 up until this week’s news from Trenton that schools would lose state aid in an amount up to 5% of their entire budgets. Full story »

John Ray Wilson says he grew 17 pot plants to treat multiple sclerosis Full story »

The county Parks Commission will not be tempting the golfing public to smoke cigars anytime soon. Yesterday the commission rejected a bid from a cigar vendor and reaffirmed its 2007 policy of not selling tobacco products, according to parks director Raymond A. Brown. He noted that the one bid received “was not responsive to the request” made by the commission.... Full story »