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• Three arrested for marijuana possession after I-78 vehicle stop in Bernards 

  by Deirdre on August 30th, 2010 | Comment

  BY JEFF GRANT • STAFF WRITER

  Three New York men face charges of marijuana possession after less than 50 grams of the illegal drug was found in their vehicle during a stop by state police along Interstate 78, troopers said.

  The arrests were made around 1:15 p.m. Friday along the highway's westbound lanes about three miles east [...]

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• Former Bedminster Township Public School teacher pleads guilty to charges stemming from a drunken driving crash in Hillsborough last summer 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on August 15th, 2010 | Comment

  By JOSHUA BURD

  Erin Markakis, 27, a former fourth-grade teacher at the Bedminster Township Public School, pleaded guilty on Friday (Aug. 13) to five counts of assault by auto before Superior Court Judge Robert Reed, sitting in Somerville. She also pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. The Bridgewater woman will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty [...]

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• Far Hills police say convicted burglar arrested in a barn 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on August 9th, 2010 | Comment

  A 40-year-old man with no known address is reportedly back in jail after he was arrested in a Far Hills barn last Friday, Aug. 6, and allegedly found to be in violation of his parole for previous burglaries in Morris and Sussex counties, according to Far Hills police.

  Far Hills police received a report that the man, Edwardo [...]

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• National Night Out, rubber ducky races, canceled this year in Peapack-Gladstone 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on August 3rd, 2010 | Comment

  The rubber ducky races held for the past 10 years as part of Peapack-Gladstone's National Night Out program, have been called off  for this year's event, (Tuesday, Aug. 3) due to local budget contraints and a shortage of officer in the borough police department, said Borough Police Chief Greg Skinner.     

  Each year, National Night Out, a nationwide initiative [...]

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• Bernardsville police department promotes four officers to supervisory positions 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on July 28th, 2010 | Comment

  Effective this Saturday, Aug. 1, the Bernardsville police department is promoting four officers from within the department to fill vacancies created by retirements within the last two years, said Borough Police Chief Kevin Valentine.

  Detective Sgt. Demmings Hoadley will be promoted to become the department's one lieutenant, Valentine said. Hoadley will command the patrol division and the department's [...]

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• Bernards man who formerly owned Bedminster IT firm pleads guilty to tax charge 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on July 23rd, 2010 | Comment

  By MICHAEL DEAK

  A Bernards man who formerly owned a Bedminster Township information-technology company is to be sentenced Nov. 5 after he pleaded guilty Tuesday (July 20) in federal court to not paying federal taxes the company withheld from employees and instead using the money to pay for personal and business expenses.

  Subrat Patnaik, 57, [...]

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• Far Hills police on lookout for drug use, indiscreet liasions and unleashed dogs around Far Hills fairgrounds 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on July 21st, 2010 | Comment

   

  Far Hills Borough police have beefed up their patrols in the woods behind the downtown Far Hills fairgrounds after reports of lovers' meetings, illegal drug use and other inappropriate behavior in the area, said Police Chief Kenneth Hartman.

   Hartman said police have for the past month increased their patrols at the fairgrounds and the wooded area behind the [...]

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• State police helicopter rescues Bedminster man who broke leg in mountain biking accident 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on July 19th, 2010 | Comment

  A 51-year-old Bedminster Township man who reportedly fell and suffered multiple breaks to his leg while mountain biking in Allamuchy State Park on Sunday, (July 18) was hoisted to safety by a state police helicopter team, according to state police.

  Terry Markovich was airlifted about 125 feet from a ledge in remote and rugged terrain in [...]

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• Bernardsville BIKE SMART program to encourage safety for local children and adult bike riders 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on July 19th, 2010 | Comment

   

   Bernardsville's annual BIKE SMART program, coordinated by borough police, could later this summer begin providing bicycle safety gear to adults, along with its usual goal of encouraging safe biking practices for local youths.

  Bernardsville Police Chief Kevin Valentine said the program's main goal is to reward local children who are observed by local police to be [...]

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• Resident of Society Hill in Bernards charged in sexual assault and sexual misconduct incidents in Union County 

  by Linda Sadlouskos on July 13th, 2010 | Comment

  A Bernards Township man who served nearly 17 years in prison for a 1989 sexual assault is facing a group of new charges in connection with a pair of alleged sexual crimes occurring during the last year, the Union County Prosecutor's Office announced on Monday, July 12.

  Donald Andrews, 40, was arrested late last week [...]

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