A Somerset woman was elected chairperson of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners’ Central Region Leadership Team. Bertha Robinson, owner of Star One Professional Services, was elected along with other officers on June 18, according to a release from the organization.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have signed Major League infielder Jermaine Curtis for the 2018 season. He is active for Tuesday night’s game against the New Britain Bees. Curtis enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and first in the Atlantic League. The former fifth-round draft pick spent the first seven years of his professional career in the St. …

  Half of the deficiencies that threatened to scuttle necessary state environmental permits for a natural gas pipeline project, before an 11th-hour withdrawal of the permit applications, were connected to the part of that project which falls in Franklin Township.

A township 4th Grader will be among the students taking part in an academic and career-oriented educational program this summer. Kimberly Osenenko, a student at Elizabeth Avenue Elementary School, will participate in “National Youth Leadership Forum: Pathways to STEM,” a program in Philadlephia presented by Envision, a company that develops education programs for students in elementary school through college.

By Arnold W. Schmidt, Somerset The placement in Franklin Township of life size statues and busts of Mother Theresa, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela for a proposed Peace and Non-Violence park is being hotly debated and is potentially divisive.

BRIDGEWATER – June 23 at TD Bank Ballpark was all about Franklin Township schools. It was the annual Franklin Schools Night, and township students, teachers and staff showed their pride. Representatives from various township schools were able to parade around the ball park’s perimeter prior to the Somerset Patriots’ game.

Wheaton College student Aaron Policastro of Franklin Park recently performed in the 2018 Commencement Celebration Concert. Policastro played double bass with the Symphony Orchestra. Heather Attanasio of Somerset has been named to the President’s List at West Virginia University for the Spring 2018 semester. Attanasio just completed her freshman year and is majoring in Nursing.

Charlotte Hall passed away June 21 at Parker at McCarrick Care Center in Somerset. She was 92 years old. Ms. Hall was born in New Brunswick and was a graduate of New Brunswick High School. She moved to Somerset in 1966. She was a lifelong parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle Church in New Brunswick and a member of the …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (30-22) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (22-31) 7-2 at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday afternoon. The Patriots jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a two-run home run by Mike Fransoso (2).

EWING – Graduating seniors of Central Jersey College Prep Charter School were told that they can “do anything, you can be anything, you can accomplish anything” at the school’s commencement held June 23 at The College of New Jersey. The words of encouragement came from their keynote speaker, township resident Randall Pinkett. In addition to being a successful entrepreneur and …