SILENT REMEMBERING – Participants in the observance included Deputy Mayor Ram Anbarasan, Councilwoman Kimberly Francois and Township Manager Robert Vornlocker. The Township Council on September 12 officially observed the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center which took the lives of six township residents. The annual ceremony was held at the 9/11 Memorial outside the Township Library’s …

Members of the township’s various emergency services units gathered once again at St. Matthias Church on John F. Kennedy Boulevard September 11 to honor their comrades who were killed during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. During the observance, the names of each of the more than 300 firefighters, police officers and EMTs who were killed in the attacks were …

Editor’s Note: This open letter is in response to a letter received by Mayor Kramer from the state Chamber of Commerce president, asking the Mayor to support the Schoolhouse Road B9 warehouses development. Dear Mr. Bracken:

Mary Ann Vetter, of Somerset passed away peacefully surrounded by family on September 10. She was 90. She was a loving wife of 37 years to her husband, as well as a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.Born in Rockville Center and raised in Malverne, New York, she lived in Huntington, Long Island before moving to Somerset in 1988.After graduating college, …

Graphic: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. A 38-year-old Raritan man faces up to 16 years in state prison after having plead guilty earlier this month to two counts of sexual assault, including one that involved a woman running on a trail in Six mile Run in 2022. Rogelio Calyeca Postrero entered a guilty plea to two counts of 1st Degree Aggravated …

By Aaron Sapiro. WHAT?!? No more 911?

By Bill Connell. Now that I am a silver haired empty nester I am able resume my hobby of bike riding. My pretentious friend says I am actually a “cyclist” Whhaaat ever!!. I am just trying to make a healthy choice, relieve stress and defer my chance of expiring any time soon.  Ironically cycling is inherently dangerous, especially in NJ. 

The Franklin High School Warriors soccer team lost its season opener 3-0 in a rain-shortened game.

Mrs. Dezheng Li Passed away September 8 peacefully at her home in Somerset. She was 84 years old. Li was born in Shanghai, China where she resided before moving to the United States five years ago to live with her loving daughter Tracy. She was a lifelong animal lover and devoted teacher who was always willing to learn. After moving …

MAKING A POINT – Bob Smith, attorney for Parker at Somerset, speaks to the Zoning Board during the September 7 hearing. The Parker at Somerset rehabilitation center won Zoning Board of Adjustment approval for its plan to re-stripe its parking lot and create an outpatient rehabilitation facility at the September 7 Board meeting. Meanwhile, a township couple wishing to build a …