Bridgewater, NJ-   The York Revolution (20-13, 48-55) defeated the Somerset Patriots (15-16, 57-44) 5-2 before 6,071 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday night.  

More than $24,000 worth of jewelry and other items were stolen from a Kingsberry Drive home on Aug. 8, police said. No information was provided on how the thefts occurred. The thefts were reported at 1:35 p.m.

Aug. 1 The hood on a car parked on Reeve Street was damaged. Cars driven by Myra Chanez and Monica Jackson, both of Somerset, collided on Hamilton Street. Chanez said she was turning left into a driveway when Jackson’s car passed her on the left and the two collided. Jackson said Chanez pulled out of a parking space on Hamilton …

The Franklin High School boys track team’s championship season was capped off Aug. 8 with the awarding to team members of their championship rings. The event was held in the FHS cafeteria, and attended by team members, their families, coaches and district officials.

By Bill Connell, Somerset. I was out to dinner recently with a friend who knows I have spoken at more then a few public meetings. He asked “do you lose your hearing when you speak?’”

Space for commercial and non-profit organizations is still available for the fourth annual Franklin Day Festival, scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 23 in Colonial Park. Volunteers are also needed for the event, where thousands of visitors are expected.

Update: Police have identified the injured man as Patrick McDonald, 71, of New Brunswick. McDonald suffered a non-life-threatening head injury, and is in stable condition at a local hospital, police said. The car’s driver, Unab Javed, was cited for careless driving, police said.

Bridgewater, NJ-   The Somerset Patriots (15-15, 57-43) and the York Revolution (19-13, 47-55) split a double header at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday afternoon.  

Township police officials are hoping to roll out their “Coffee With A Cop” program next month. Det. Sean Hebbon, who heads the department’s Community Policing effort, said Aug. 7 that plans are in the works for the program to be held throughout the township.

The Hamilton Street Advisory Board on Aug. 7 got a look at plans for three proposed developments in the business district. Two of the projects have been in the hopper for a while; one of those has already been approved, but had been changed. The third project is new.