Helmetta News

The Jamesburg Historical Association has announced the two winners of their recent history essay contest: Robby Dara and Christopher Tagliaferro, both Monroe Township residents and recent graduates of ...

Edwina M. Brodzinski, 71, of Willingboro passed away Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Samaritan Hospice in Mt.

Tadeusz Kluczyk, 58, of Spotswood died Thursday, June 19, 2008, at Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, after a long battle with cancer.

A quaint hamlet, Helmetta is a close-knit community where old meets new. While remnants of the once-vibrant Helme Snuff Mill, built in the 1880s by Helme Tobacco, still remain on its original site, the old, ...

Janina Grocholski, 88, of Helmetta died Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at the Gardens at Monroe, Monroe Township.

" Governor Jon S. Corzine today submitted the following nominations to the State Senate.

Angelica Mercado died Thursday, June 5, 2008, at her home in Monroe Township. She was 67.

This August, Diana Tuorto of Stanhope, NJ will release her latest children's novel, Luck of the Draw, which is appropriate for ages 8-14+. Proceeds from book sales will benefit ReRun, Inc., a 501 non-profit ...

American soldiers continue to die in Iraq. More than a dozen have died this month, bringing the total dead in the war to nearly 4,100. In Afghanistan, more than 500 Americans have died.

This year's Jamesburg-Monroe-Helmetta Memorial Day parade will reach a milestone on Monday when it celebrates the holiday for the 125th time.

Mayor Raymond Heck of Millstone in Somerset County is leading an effort to create a coalition of nearly 200 towns with populations of 5,000 or less to fight cuts in state aid.

Yolanda Villacampa has announced the engagement of her daughter Laura Anne, Helmetta, to Christopher Thomas Keane, Red Bank. via Asbury Park Press Online

In the first school election since the state implemented the new school-funding formula to curb rising property taxes, many Central Jersey voters continued to take out their property-tax frustration on local ... via Home News Tribune

The news comes hot on the heels of Comcast's recent HD onslaught in both North and South Jersey, and while a specific number of households isn't mentioned, we are told that parts of Mount Holly, Westampton, ... via Engadget HD

“They should be entitled to the same amount of aid back.”

In the third part of a weekly series of stories, Gannett New Jersey shows why fixing the state's tax-and-spend structure can be derailed by special interests. via Home News Tribune

One man was killed and four other people were injured in a one-vehicle crash near mile marker 119 on the Garden State Parkway Friday morning, State Police said. via Asbury Park Press

“I think the mayor was pinned against the wall and she had no choice”

Faced with opposition from more than 40 residents and chiefs of neighboring police departments, the mayor and the Borough Council decided Thursday to not go forward with the proposal to introduce the position ... via Home News Tribune

“As a society, we can't tolerate this”

With residents outraged over skyrocketing property taxes, rising tuition and reduced help for the poor and mentally ill, Gov. via Jersey Journal

“What are we going to cut? A police officer? There's no waste. There's nothing left.”

Beginning little more than a century ago, local historians say, this tiny town was home to one of the world's largest snuff mills. via New York Times

MOBILE OFFICE: Assemblyman Sam Thompson will hold a mobile office from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. via Home News Tribune