Crime & Safety

Long Hill Woman Missing 3 Days, Raccoon Attack Top Local News

The three school board candidates whose terms are up for re-election decline to say whether they'll run again.

Search for Missing Long Hill Woman Underway

A massive search was underway Thursday for a woman who never made it home from her parents' Basking Ridge home a night earlier. But the good news went out Saturday evening that Carrie Ruffner had been found safe not far from her home.

Three School Board Members Uncertain About Seeking Re-election

A third of the membership of the Bernards Township Board of Education is up for re-election in 2013, and none of the three board members whose terms expire have committed to running again. However, one longtime board member said he is leaning toward running because he said he feels he ofter provides a differing opinon.

'Vicious' Raccoon Attacks Child in Bernardsville Backyard

A mother who said her 6-year-old daughter was subjected to an unprovoked and "vicious" attack by an aggressive raccoon in her Bernardsville backyard on Monday said she wants to warn the public about what happened. The raccoon had not been found as of late Friday.

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An important fundraiser to assist patients of the the long-running VNA rummage sale is the mother of all rummage sales in this area, in an enterprise that fills a veritable temporary department store full of bargains at the Far Hills Fairgrounds.

Unconscious 63-Year-Old Revived After Route 202 Crash

A 63-year-old man was resuscitated on the scene of an early-morning Route 202 crash in Bernardsville Friday where police said he was found without a pulse and not-breathing inside his smashed pickup truck. Truck backed up on Route 202 and down North Finley Avenue into Basking Ridge.

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Verizon Co. is investing $100 million in solar panels and fuel cells, with the Verizon Center in Basking Ridge, already deemed a "green" building, to be part of the company's plan for a massive plan to generate energy that may even keep the lights glowing in a power outage.

Liberty Corner Hosting This Year's Memorial Day Parade in Bernards Twp.

With the Liberty Corner Fire Co. opening its doors at stepping-off point, the Bernards Township annual Memorial Day parade, the parade — which switches off between downtown Basking Ridge and Liberty Corner for location — this year is back in Liberty Corner Village.

Juvenile in Critical Condition After Being Struck on Route 22

A juvenile was in critical condition at Morristown Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car Monday while walking in the left lane of Route 22.


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