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Hunterdon residents who fear that recyclables and trash are being mixed together in the same Premier Disposal truck are mistaken, according to the company's president. Michael Dinardi said his company, which purchased Kasper Disposal earlier this year, has received some complaints from residents who think recyclables are disposed of with trash. "That absolutely would not be the case," he said....

EAST AMWELL TWP. - Emergency crews rushed to a property off Rocktown Road here late this afternoon for a report of a man pinned under a large tree. According to initial scanner radio reports, the man's head was under the tree and he was unconscious but breathing. Amwell Valley Rescue Squad was dispatched, along with paramedics from Hunterdon Medical...

A Raritan Township man should have been able to withdraw his guilty plea on a charge of spitting on a police officer, the Appellate Division of the State Superior Court ruled today. On Dec. 16, 2006 Matthew Pappas, then 34, was charged with drunken driving after a motor vehicle stop. Pappas was also charged with aggravated assault on an...

CLINTON TWP. - Somebody stole the headlights, fog lights and washer bulbs, with a total value of around $3,300, from two vehicles at the Hunterdon BMW dealership on Route 22 West. In addition, the front bumper to one of the cars was cut and the windshield weather stripping was removed from the other, police reported today. The theft took...

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - South Korea fired artillery in a 90-minute drill from a front-line island Monday and launched fighter jets to deter attacks after North Korea warned of catastrophic retaliation for the maneuvers.

LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan is scheduled to be released from a rehab center Monday into another year of uncertainty.

BANGALORE - Prosecutors in New York are set to file civil fraud charges against accounting firm Ernst & Young LLC over the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Snow and freezing temperatures caused a third day of chaos in the U.K. for road, rail and air passengers, British officials said Monday.

LONDON - Snow and frigid temperatures caused disruption across northern Europe for a third day Monday, stranding travelers, snarling traffic and shutting schools. Authorities said the bad weather is likely to run through Christmas.

LONDON - Snow and frigid temperatures caused disruption across northern Europe for a third day Monday, stranding travelers, snarling traffic and shutting schools. Authorities said the bad weather is likely to run through Christmas.

Share110 99 Share close Google Buzz Digg Stumble Upon Fark Share Email Print newark-firefighters.JPGStar-Ledger fileNewark firefighters wash down their Rescue 1 truck outside their firehouse on Mulberry Street in this file photo. NEWARK - The retirement of 80 firefighters may have spared the Newark Fire Department from layoffs last month.

The retirement of 80 firefighters may have spared the Newark Fire Department from layoffs last month.

The retirement of 80 firefighters may have spared the Newark Fire Department from layoffs last month.

Eight years ago, Newark Archbishop John J. Myers stood among the nation's bishops at a landmark gathering in Dallas and helped craft a policy intended to cleanse the priesthood of pedophiles and restore trust among shaken American Catholics.

Why Google's Chrome notebook will succeed

CNN) -- A 65-year-old man's remains were stashed in containers across South Florida, police said Thursday, releasing the victim's identity one day after charging another man in his murder.

Castrodale: Michael Vick could successfully have a dog. This opinion might not be popular, but it might be the best way to show how far he's come in his rehabilitation.

(CNN) -- A test of the United States' only long-range missile defense system failed Wednesday -- the second failure this year in two tries.

(CNN) -- A test of the United States' only long-range missile defense system failed Wednesday -- the second failure this year in two tries.

The flow of immigrants to the United States has resumed, after falling to the lowest level in decades during the recession, a new study finds.

This week, Steve Pearlstein, a columnist for The Washington Post, locked horns with Google over the thorny subject of the search giant's dominance and its quest to spread into new corners of the Web by buying other companies.

The release felt solid - the way it had all game - whether it was a silky jumper or violent dunk. This time, Amar'e Stoudemire stepped behind the 3-point arc, outside his normal range. The ball left his right hand and settled into the net, igniting the loudest roar Madison Square Garden had heard in years, the apparent game-winner at the buzzer topping Paul Pierce's apparent game-winner with 0.4 of a second left.

The House of Representatives could vote to extend the the Bush-era tax reductions Thursday after the Senate overwhelmingly adopted it.

(CNN) -- Jeff Peterson and his 30 volunteer comrades with the Community Fire Department in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina, were enjoying an early Christmas dinner Sunday afternoon when someone looked out a window and saw smoke, thinking it might be a car fire.

Several counties in southern New Jersey are expected to get up to three inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.