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Borough resident David Antebi, 82, pleaded guilty yesterday to a reduced charge stemming from his arrest during last summer’s health-insurance reform ”town hall meeting” in Piscataway. Antebi had been charged with causing false public alarm, a third class felony, outside the Piscataway Municipal Building on Aug. 25, when Rep. Frank Pallone Jr.(D-6th District) was slated to lead a [...] Magnolia Street, near South Second Avenue. Meryl Frank has announced she will step down as mayor of Highland Park on Jan. 5. The announcement, circulated this week among members of the borough Democratic Committee, ends months of speculation (and complaints from her critics) about when the three-term mayor would resign her post. Frank could not be reached for comment. A call to the [...] School officials notified parents yesterday that an unidentified motorist on Lawrence Street followed two borough schoolchildren on their way home yesterday afternoon. The driver was described as “a man in an older Buick” in an e-mail alert distributed to parents. Police are investigating the incident. The alert comes a week after news that another driver attempted [...] Will the second time be the charm for the borough’s town-wide garage sale? Since last weekend was a chilly washout, the borough’s town-wide sale is now set for Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct. 25. The garage sale information hotline is (732) 249-1654. Borough police are investigating a report that an as-yet identified driver tried to lure some Bartle School students into his vehicle Friday morning. The driver, described as “a man in a beige tone van,” asked some students to get into his vehicle, according to a notice from Assistant Superintendent Karen A. Lewis that was distributed Friday [...] Candles and signs line the wall in front of the Reformed Church of Highland Park following today’s late-afternoon vigil on behalf of immigrant families torn apart by the detention and deportation of alien parents. Details and more photos will be posted tomorrow. A tornado watch is in effect through noon today in Middlesex County, according to the National Weather Service. Conditions favorable to the formation of twisters are also in effect in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem counties. residents should be aware of the chances for gusts of wind up [...] |
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