Update: Cox pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault, according to a published report. Cox in October will be sentenced to 23 years in prison, must register as a Meagan’s Law offender and faces parole for life, according to the report in the Highland Park Planet.

Members of the Sri Balaji Temple on Elizabeth Avenue June 4 held a ceremonial groundbreaking for their proposed permanent temple. The temple is in the process of securing Franklin Township approvals for the temple, said Vijayaraghavan Poondi, Sri Balaji’s president.

Bridgewater, NJ-   The Sugar Land Skeeters  (22-22) defeated the Somerset Patriots (27-17) 6-2 at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon.  

It seemed a little dicey earlier in the morning, but the Franklin Township Farmers’ Market’s debut June 3 was deemed a success by its organizer and participants. A steady rain that fell for hours before its kickoff time cleared up shortly after 10 a.m., just in time for the market’s grand opening.

BRIDGEWATER – School kids from the township were featured June 3 at the Somerset Patriots’ baseball game at TD Bank Ballpark here. The kids and their parents took part in a mini parade around the ballpark, a local dance company performed, an elementary school principal threw out one of the first picthes and a Franklin High School student sand the …

Franklin Township Soccer Club families gathered at Middlebush Park after the June 3 games were completed for a few hours of fun. The club’s annual Family Fun Day included a number of inflatable rides, games and a tricky tray for a number of gift baskets.

About 150 students at Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School showed off their best work Jun3 in the school’s first Innovation Day. Students at the school, located on Pierce Street, were free to choose what projects they wanted to work on. Their choices ran the gamut from a hybrid of music and botany to computer programming to science.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (27-16) defeated the Sugar Land Skeeters  (21-22) 9-2 before 7,032 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday night.  

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced that outfielder Jerry Sands’ contract has been purchased by the San Francisco Giants organization. The former Major Leaguer will report to Double-A Richmond.  

Mr. Dennis T. Harris departed this life on May 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick following a short illness. He was 73 years old. Mr. Harris was born and raised in Danville, Virginia where he attended Danville public schools, subsequently graduating from John M. Langston High School. He relocated to New Jersey and lived in East …