Hunterdon County News

LEBANON TWP: A family was helped out of their Buffalo Hollow Road home early today after the house was surrounded by by nearly two feet of water in a flash flood.

Steve Perchaylo of Kingwood Township is flanked by the objects of his affection a ' Stephen Perchaylo of Mount Bethel, Pa., Frank Perchaylo of Kingwood, Bertha Sautner of Milford, Diane Robbins of Stockton and Melody Hamlin of Holland Township.

During the months of July and August, the Hunterdon County YMCA Child Learning Center at the Round Valley Branch in Annandale is providing back-up child care for unexpected, short-term child care needs for children ages 6 weeks to 7 years.

James Andrew Kurz, son of Andrew and Valerie Kurz of Raritan Township, has received a master's degree in finance from Villanova University.

Seven north county municipalities that are considering shared police services are again seeking bids for a study of the proposal.

ALEXANDRIA TWP. SUV Had Be Towed Richard Dean, 21, of Alexandria lost control of a 2005 GMC Sierra and went off Hickory Corner Road, hitting a tree before stopping about 1 a.m. June 11.

We learn that the stock of California trout in the Delaware is doing well, much better than the salmon introduced in the same water.

Jessica Cito of Clinton has started her summer internship with AgChoice Farm Credit.

Two truck drivers were treated at and released from Central Jersey hospitals after a Wednesday night collision on a road shoulder of Interstate 78 shut down parts of the highway in Hunterdon County early Thursday morning, snarling traffic for about nine hours, authorities said.

A diverse and talented group of 17 Hunterdon County high school seniors has been awarded college scholarships by the Jennie M. Haver Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Emergency personnel work at the site of a two-truck wreck on Interstate 78 in Union Township, Hunterdon County.

An East Orange man was remanded to the Hunterdon County Jail on $20,000 cash bail after he was charged with burglarizing cars and leading police on a chase across Route 202-31. Anton Ford, 42, has been charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, criminal mischief, hindering apprehension and resisting arrest about 8:28 p.m. June 21 ...

County crews are working hard to keep mosquito larva levels down after weeks of unusually rainy weather.

"Opa! Big Fat Greek Festival" will take place Saturday, noon-10 p.m, and Sunday, noon-8 p.m. at Razberry's on Route 12, sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Parish of Hunterdon County.

IT'S FATHER'S DAY all the time for Michael Frederick of Clinton Township, even though the calendar says it's this coming Sunday.

CLINTON Shoplifting From A&P A 19-year-old and two juveniles -- all from Annandale -- were charged Friday with shoplifting from the A&P supermarket on Route 173.

A former local union official has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he embezzled more than $85,000 using a union credit card, including 450 separate charges at 14 gentlemen's clubs totaling more than $65,000. Branchburg resident Shawn Clark, 44, had been a business representative with the New Jersey Regional Council of ...

The Greek Orthodox Parish of Hunterdon County will host its fifth annual Greek food and cultural festival this weekend at Razberry's Banquet and Conference Center.

A price dispute that delayed the county in erecting a traffic light at the intersection of routes 517 and 523 in Oldwick has led the Freeholders to start condemnation proceedings against Melick's Town Farm, owned by Freeholder George Melick's children.

Organizers of the petition drive to oust Hunterdon County Sheriff Deborah V. Trout from her elected post have officially called it quits.