​Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots today announced the signing of Major League right-handed pitcher Mike Broadway for the 2019 season. “I’m excited to get to work,” said Broadway. “I’ve heard good things about the Patriots and the Atlantic League. I’m looking forward to it. I’m ready to get started.”  Broadway enters his first season with the Somerset Patriots and first in …

A new library branch, a fitness center and music and video studios are just some of the amenities that will be included in the Franklin Township Youth Center when it opens on Lewis Street. The 24,000-square-foot center is slated to open in September of 2020. Under discussion for decades, and championed the last several years by Township Councilwoman Kimberly Francois …

By a fortuitous quirk of fate, everyone who applied for Central Jersey College Prep Charter School’s 6th Grade for the 2019-20 school year will be admitted. The same can’t be said for any of the other upper grades, however. The Mettlers Road charter school held its annual upper school lottery on March 20, which is when parents of rising 6th …

The annual “Somerset Saturday Night” comedy fundraiser is set for 7-10 p.m. April 5 at the East Franklin Fire Department, 121 Pine Grove Ave. Tickets for the adults-only, BYOB event are $20, and an be purchased here. The event will mainly benefit teh MacAfee Road School PTO, but other PTOs and organizations can benefit by selling tickets, said Dan Bocchino, …

Students in the guitar and orchestra programs at Franklin High School got to exercise their creative sides March 19 at the 6th annual GO Cafe showcase. The 33 students, about evenly divided between guitar and orchestra programs, picked their own music and arranged it especially for the performance, said Patrick Callahan, who heads the school’s guitar program. Callahan and Mark …

People of all faiths packed Temple Beth El March 16 for a vigil in honor of the victims of the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand The roughly hour-long commemoration featured comments by political and faith leaders from the township and the region. The vigil was sponsored by the Franklin Township Interfaith Council, whose vice-president is Temple Beth El’s Rabbi …

​Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots today announced that six-year Major Leaguer Jimmy Paredes has been signed for the 2019 season. He was acquired in a trade with the Lancaster Barnstormers for a player to be named later. “I’m feeling good; ready to starting playing again,” said Paredes. “I can’t wait to until I get to Somerset with the team and we …

Another increase in the value of township properties is contributing to a projected slight decrease in the school tax rate, the Board of Education’s business administrator said March 18. BA Jon Toth’s comments came during an open meeting of the school board’s finance committee, during which schools Superintendent John Ravally and Toth brought board members and the public up-to-date on …

PISCATAWAY – Finally, the emotions came. They greeted their wins on the basketball court in the Somerset County championship, the state sectional championship and the state group championship with low-key congratulations, an acknowledgement that there was something more they wanted. “This is great, but we have more work to do,” was their common refrain. But then, just seconds away from …

About 45 people gathered at an abandoned farm house in the Six Mile Run state park March 16 to help clean up a bit of Franklin Township history. Organized by former Mayor Chris Kelly, the group – which included Boy Scouts, politicians and a geo-caching group – spent several hours climbing in and around the dilapidated structures, pulling out all …