Mercer County's New Criminal Courthouse Now Open
In separate news releases, Mercer County officials tout the opening of the county's new criminal courthouse and announce that the county clerk's office now has a new entrance.
Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by the Mercer County administration. Only columns of celebratory gold and black balloons flanking the first-floor information desk indicated that Monday (Jan. 14) was the first day of operation for the new Mercer County Criminal Court building, as it was business as usual for the courts. But county and court officials paused late in the day to mark the long-awaited opening of the stately building at South Warren and Market streets. Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes, joined by the Honorable Mary Jacobson, Mercer County assignment judge, thanked well-wishers and posed for a few photos in the Special Proceedings Courtroom, officially marking the end to the largest public project in …
