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Police & Fire
Police ‘Astonished’ As Friend Picks Up Hunterdon County Chase Suspect In Freshly Stolen Audi Police ‘Astonished’ As Friend Picks Up Hunterdon County Chase Suspect In Freshly Stolen Audi
Police ‘Astonished’ As Friend Picks Up Hunterdon County Chase Suspect In Freshly Stolen Audi Officers say they were left “astonished” after a friend was driving an Audi that had just been stolen when arriving at the station to pick up a police chase suspect in Hunterdon County. Readington Township Police saw two vehicles, a dark-colored Audi and a Honda Accord, traveling closely together on Main Street in Whitehouse Station just before 11:50 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, a press release said. Officers tried to stop the Honda due to a loud exhaust, and the driver sped off onto Rt. 22 as the Audi headed onto Oldwick Road, police said. Police continued to chase the Honda until it was stop…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Mismatched License Plates Lead To Gun Arrest In Newark: Sheriff Mismatched License Plates Lead To Gun Arrest In Newark: Sheriff
Mismatched License Plates Lead To Gun Arrest In Newark: Sheriff A Georgia man was arrested at Weequahic Park in Newark on weapons offenses, including possession of illegal ammunition, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said.  Coy Jones, 64, of Calhoun, was parked on the Rt. 22 service road around 11:15 a.m. Sunday. Sheriff's officers approached his Ford pickup when they noticed the vehicle had a Texas license plate in the front and a Georgia plate in the back, Fontoura said.  Calhoun told officers he had a loaded .40-caliber Smith and Wesson handgun in a driver's side door compartment. Another magazine and a box of bullets were also found. …

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by Paul Milo
Business
Wawa, Fairfield Inn May Come To Union: Report Wawa, Fairfield Inn May Come To Union: Report
Wawa, Fairfield Inn May Come To Union: Report A developer has submitted plans to build a complex on Rt. 22 in Union that would include a hotel, restaurant and a self-storage facility, Jersey Digs reported last week.  The complex would be built on the eastbound side of the highway near Vauxhall Road and in an area that's now home to a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant and a motel.  The proposed development would include a Wawa gas station and convenience store as well as the hotel, a Fairfield Inn by Marriott. It was not known whether the development would displace any existing businesses in the area.  Wawa, the popular co…

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by Paul Milo