Building on the success of previous year’s parade, the Somerset County Juneteenth Committee will celebrate Juneteenth with a Juneteenth Parade at 11 a.m. June 15. The Grand Marshalls for this year’s parade are Civil Rights Activist Larry Hamm, Chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress and a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, and Bishop George Searight, Founder and Senior …

Sponsored Content. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School (CJCP) announced today that for the fourteenth straight year, 100 percent of its senior class will be graduating on time this Spring and that every member of the class of 2024 has also been accepted to a college or university next Fall, continuing an unprecedented senior class streak for CJCP which began …

Cory Pelzer of Somerset received the BA in Psychology from Wilkes University. The University awarded over 700 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 77th spring commencement ceremonies held on Saturday, May 18, in the McHale Athletic Center in the Simms Center on Main, 169 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Jay H. Kapadia of Somerset was among seven members of …

Franklin High School students in four science-related clubs held their annual gathering at the high school May 17, an event designed to bolster support for so-called STEM professions. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, which are seen as related disciplines.

It was all fun and games – sort of – May 17 when the students of Franklin Middle School’s Sampson G. Smith campus took on the school’s staff in a basketball game. Students and staff alike had the opportunity to display their skills on the court before an appreciative crowd of onlookers.

Junior Mike Schiermeyer and Sophomore Stanley Madera went 3-for-3 May 20 in the Franklin High School baseball team’s 6-3 defeat of Hillsborough High School. Franklin took an early 3-0 lead in the 2nd inning, then added another in the 3rd.

SQUARING UP – Senior Sophia Ziegler squares up for a bunt attempt during the Lady Warriors May 20 game against Mt. St. Mary. A pair of runs in the bottom of the 4th inning broke a 1-1 tie and proved to be the winners in Franklin High School softball’s 3-1 victory May 20 over Mr. St. Mary. Mt. St. Mary …

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L’Oreal on Commerce Drive won Planning Board approval May 15 for a 158,000-square-foot addition to its building. The addition will be used as a new manufacturing facility, the Board was told.