A mother-daughter business that was started in response to an act of discrimination celebrated its 20th anniversary Sept. 23 with a festive gala. ASL Interpreter Referral Service provides sign language interpreters for the deaf, hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind in a variety of settings. The company was founded by Kathy Kady-Hopkins and her mother, Christine Sherwood, and has an office on Clyde …

Jean L. Ambrose (nee LoTruglio) of Somerset, New Jersey, 83, died on September 19 at the Center for Hope Hospice in Scotch Plains. Jean was born in Jamaica, New York and attended schools in Freeport and Baldwin on Long Island. She was a graduate of New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass Residential College) of Rutgers University in 1954, of …

Dozens of Franklin High School students and some parents showed up at the Sept. 22 Board of Education meeting to express their anger over the aggressive enforcement of existing and new policies by the school’s new principal. At the end of the long night, they were told by the board president that the policies to which they objected could be changed, …

Despite some boisterous objections from parents and students, the Board of Education Sept. 22 adopted a policy modification banning charter school students from participating in district athletic programs. The modification passed 6-2, with board members Richard Seamon and Pat Stanley casting the only “no” votes. The ban affects students attending the township’s two current charter schools, the Thomas Edison EnergySmart …

Claudina Rodriguez, aka “Gladys,” was born in Puerto Rico to Enriqueta Rodriguez and Primetivo Hernandez. She was their 7th child of a total of 9. (5 girls 4 boys). They lived in a small town, “El Corozo”, on the very tip of the south west of the island of Puerto Rico. Gladys met our father Francisco in Mayaguez Puerto Rico; …

Penny Moreno, 47, died Wednesday, September 21 at McCarrick Care Center in Somerset. Ms. Moreno was born September 25, 1968 in Elizabeth, the daughter of Michael and Bethel (Woodruff) Yankowski. She lived in Seaside Heights for many years before settling in Somerset. Penny enjoyed to make many things; she made candles and doll houses just to name a few. She …

Bridgewater, NJ – Somerset Patriots starting pitcher Nik Turley (1-0) struck out 14 batters to lead the Somerset Patriots (2-0, 77-63) to a dominating 10-0 win over the Long Island Ducks (0-2, 72-68) in Game 2 of the Liberty Division Series at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening. The Somerset Patriots lead the best-of-five series 2-0.  

Bridgewater, NJ – Scott Kelly hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to lead the Somerset Patriots (1-0, 77-63) to a 3-2 win over the Long Island Ducks (0-1, 72-68) in Game 1 of the Liberty Division Series at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening.  

A plan to redevelop the Econo Lodge property on Easton Avenue into a suite hotel, an assisted living center and a QuickChek convenience store are under review by township planning staff. The application should go before the township Zoning Board of Adjustment in December, said Mark Healey, the township’s chief planner.

Barbara Gates, 72, died Tuesday, September 20 at Park Place Center in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Mrs. Gates was born and raised in Ossining, New York, the daughter of James K. Fitch and Rena (Johnson) Fitch. She relocated and settled in Somerset with her husband in 1962. Barbara was a crossing guard for the Franklin Township school …