Josephine Rose Russo, 82, passed away at her home in Somerset, surrounded by her family on June 12. Mrs Russo was born September 09, 1936 in New Brunswick to the late Eugene and Grace (DelCielo) Scaletti. She was a lifelong resident of Somerset. Mrs. Russo was predeceased by her brother, Eugene and her sister, Emily. Josephine did not want to …
Read More »Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have teamed up with RWJ University Hospital Somerset (RWJUH Somerset), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, to host a baseball/softball equipment drive at TD Bank Ballpark for the games on Wednesday, June 19th and Saturday, July 27th.The Somerset Patriots take on the Long Island Ducks at 7:05 pm for both games. The Somerset Patriots and RWJUH …
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Theresa Augustine, 89, passed away on June 11 at Cranford Health and Extended Care in Cranford. Mrs. Augustine was born April 20, 1930 in Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania to the late Stanley and Banchae (Rushkowski) Doliva. She was a longtime resident of Carteret before recently relocating to Cranford. Theresa loved crocheting, reading and playing bingo. She also loved to travel and …
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SCPO Chief of Detectives John Fodor. Photo: LinkedIn. The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office will assume administrative oversight of the township police department on July 1, following the abrupt retirements of FTPD Chief Richard Grammar and Captain Greg Borlan. Both Grammar and Borlan will retire as of June 30. As of next month, John W. Fodor, the Prosecutor’s Office’s Chief of …
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Franklin High School Lady Warriors display their championship rings on June 10. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team received the final memento of its historic 2018-19 campaign on June 10: the championship rings. Holding an intimate dinner for team members, coaches and family at the Chimney Rock Inn, the girls celebrated each other one more time. The rings …
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Bruce Blum. Photo: PIA NJ. A township man was elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey on June 9 at the association’s annual business meeting at Harrah’s in Atlantic City. Bruce Blum, CPIA, is owner of Blum & Walsh Group Inc., a division of T.E. Freuler Agency in Somerset. As an active member of PIANJ, Blum …
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A $2,500 reward is being offered by Crime Stoppers of Somerset County, Inc. for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those involved in the shooting death of a 30-year-old Somerset man. David D. Anderson of Henry Street died after he was shot multiple times before 11 p.m. May 18 on Matilda Avenue, according to a press release from …
Read More »Bridgewater, New Jersey – The Somerset Patriots (26-17) completed a weekend sweep of the York Revolution (13-30) with a 4-3 win Sunday afternoon at TD Bank Ballpark. The Patriots opened the scoring on a beautiful afternoon in the bottom of the second inning. Justin Pacchioli reached base on a two-out double down the left field line, stole third base and …
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Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (25-17) defeated the York Revolution (13-29) 5-4 in ten innings before 6,014 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening. Trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the tenth inning, Somerset rallied for three runs. Will Kengor drove in one and Edwin Espinal tied up the game with an RBI base hit. After a double …
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The school’s entryway was decorated with paper hot air balloons, each of which carried a picture of a teacher. The third annual Science Fair Spectacular kicked off June 7 at MacAfee Road Elementary School with the theme of “Up, Up and Away.” Highlighting the fair was a hot air balloon set up behind the school. As in the past, students …
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