The Franklin High School Lady Warriors field hockey team could not keep up with an aggressive Mt. Saint Mary’s squad on Sept. 17, falling 4-1. The Mount struck first, but the goal was answered later in the first half by Franklin’s Lekha Gowda, with an assist by Cynthia Do. The game stayed knotted at 1 until about midway through the …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced that infielder Ryan Long has been signed for the 2019 season. He was acquired in a trade with the Evansville Otters for a player to be named later. The 25-year-old third baseman spent his first three years of professional baseball in the Frontier League with the Evansville Otters. Long broke out in a …

The Lady Warriors soccer team notched a win Sept. 16, blanking South Brunswick 2-0. A first-half goal by Anabel Makutonin and a second-half goal by Jasmine Jackson sealed the game for Franklin. Gaining assists on the goals were Gabrielle Davis and Madison Straub. The Lady Warriors’ next scheduled game is Sept. 18, against Pingry, at home. Following are some scenes …

Sophmore Tahj Hyman works around a Phillipsburg defender in the Warriors’ home opener Sept. 13. The Franklin High School football Warriors lost their home opener Sept. 13, 42-7, but they did draw some blood from their opponent in the process. The touchdown scored by senior Donnele McQuilla represented the first points scored against the Phillipsburg Stateliners after the Liners had …

Herbert W. “Herb” Jager, of Somerset died September 10 at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 79. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he lived in Marlboro, Tenafly and Clifton before moving to Somerset 12 years ago. Herb worked as an Art Director for various advertising companies in the New York City area for …

Bridgewater, New Jersey – The Somerset Patriots (22-38, 64-66) defeated the Sugar Land Skeeters (31-28, 66-63) 10-7 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday night. The Patriots jumped put to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Olmo Rosario started the scoring with an RBI single, followed by an RBI fielder’s choice by Jimmy Paredes. Edwin Espinal then …

Students in two township schools have been named semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Awards program. John Guirguis of Franklin High School and Zhaoyi Xiang of Rutgers Preparatory School are among 16,000 students nationwide who were named semifinalists. The two will now be able to compete for the 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $31 million, that will …

By Robert Quinn. In the midst of this important election season for Somerset County’s Freeholder and Sheriff races, I wanted to take a moment to comment and provide guidance to my supporters in the public and Republican Party. Several months ago, we saw Tim Pino “lose” to William “Bill” Parenti by a small fraction of votes. Many of Tim’s supporters …

Firefighters, EMTs and their supporters gathered at St. Matthias Church on John F. Kennedy Boulevard Sept. 11 to once again honor first responders who died in the terrorist attacks 18 years ago. Participants came from departments across the township to hear the names of the firefighters, EMTs and police officers killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon …

Tyrone Harrison. The 22-year-old Piscataway man who admitted running down a township resident while drag racing last year was sentenced Sept. 11 to 13 years in prison. Freddy S. Garcia, Jr. was sentenced to 10 years in prison for vehicular homicide and three years in prison for leaving the scene of an accident, according to a press release from the …