​Waldorf, Maryland – The Somerset Patriots (17-10) plated five unanswered runs over the final three innings Friday night to top the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (6-21) 6-4 at Regency Furniture Stadium. The Patriots jumped in front in the top of the first inning on an RBI infield single from Will Kengor. The Blue Crabs answered in the second on a two-out, …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (22-17) defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (11-28) 1-0 at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening. The only run of the game came in the bottom of the third inning when Michael Crouse launched his first home run as a Patriot. “I realized they were pitching me fastballs away,” said Crouse. “He got behind …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced that New York Giants Super Bowl XXV Champions OJ Anderson and Stephen Baker will appear at the Wednesday, August 28th game at TD Bank Ballpark. The team will take on the Lancaster Barnstormers in the 7:05 pm game presented by a4 Media. Anderson and Baker will participate in an exclusive Meet & …

Franklin High School Spanish teacher Maggie Muir-Shylock reacts after being honored as the FHS Teacher of the Year. Twenty teachers and educational service professionals were honored May 23 for being the best in the district at what they do. The Teachers of The Year and Service Professionals of The Year were acknowledged during a breakfast at The Imperia on Easton …

State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen speaks about the FHS Lady Warriors basketball team on the floor of the Assembly Chamber. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team on May 23 was honored by the state Assembly for the second time in the last three years. Led by state Assemblymen Joe Danielsen, the Assembly unanimously passed a resolution honoring the Lady …

Students in the Franklin High School Amnesty International Club on May 23 held a fundraiser for a local Syrian family that recently relocated to New Jersey. The family includes two high school-aged children, with the mother pregnant, organizers said. The club raised money through its annual dinner with an eye toward buying the family a crib and baby items. ” …

An aerial view of the former Consolata Mission property on Route 27. The Board of Education on May 23 conditionally approved nearly $2 million in contracts to prepare one of the buildings it will acquire on the former Consolata Missionaries property on Route 27. The three contracts are contingent upon the district and township closing on a property swap that …

I am the Democratic Candidate for Sheriff. Retired Lieutenant from the Franklin Township Police Department with 31 years experience. During those years I have worked with the residents, business owners, schools and places of worship to provide the safety and security every community deserves. I’ve organized and supervised large-scale operations, worked with multiple Federal and State agencies throughout my career. …

A fire in a garage damaged two condominium units on Becket Place early in the morning of May 23. Photo: Somerset Fire & Rescue Co. No. 1. Residents of two Becket Place condominiums were displaced May 23 as a result of an early morning fire. There were no reported injuries. Police received a call about the fire at approximately 5:49 …

Lydia Halle Lenaghan died on May 10 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was 86 years old and lived in East Millstone. Lydia Lenaghan was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1939. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr in Classical Philology. She had been a …