​Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots announced today that 2018 Atlantic League batting champion Craig Massey has been re-signed for the 2019 season. “Coming [to Somerset] the first day and seeing the clubhouse, I feel like I’m in the major leagues,” Massey said during the summer to MyCentralJersey.com. “This is my major leagues. I just try to be grateful for every little …

Submitted by the Franklin Township Task Force on CS206 & NESE. We’ve worked for years to stop the NESE Project, and now we are in the home stretch.  We are calling on Governor Murphy and the NJDEP to deny the water permit applications so that Compressor Station 206 and pipeline near and under Raritan Bay is not constructed. With the …

By Matthew Piccoli, Somerset. My response to the Speak Out titled, “Scouts Help With Problem-Solving” is that Scout parents are the best and I am living proof. My father is an Assistant Scoutmaster with Troop 113, Somerset, and my mother is involved with the Troop committee. They are committed to the Scout program and I have learned so much from …

By Bill Connell, Somerset. I once again led a parent group in set construction Footloose, at Franklin Middle School. It is a petri dish of problem solving. I must be honest though, we create the problems and then try to solve them. The journey makes January a lot shorter. After the show starts I get to reflect on all the …

​Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots announced today the signing of New Jersey native and former Rutgers Scarlet Knight Steve Nyisztor for the 2019 season. “I’m very excited for the upcoming year and the chance to play for the Patriots,” said Nyisztor. “Being a New Jersey native, I’ve been a fan of the team my whole life. They have a great reputation …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced that the team will welcome WWE Hall of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan to TD Bank Ballpark for an appearance on Sunday, July 14th. Game time against the New Britain Bees is scheduled for 5:05 pm. Duggan became a fan favorite in the WWE for his patriotic character often seen going up against villains …

More than 1,000 applicants vied for 26 open spots in the annual lottery held Feb. 2 by Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School. The 26 slots are in the school’s Kindergarten, said Oguz Yildiz, the school’s Lead Person. TEECS currently has 510 students, Yildiz said. The class breakdown is 50 students in each grade from Kindergarten through 8th Grade and 42 …

Alyssa Kowalsky of Somerset, a Hospitality Resort and Tourism Management Pre-Major major was one of more than 2,400 students at Coastal Carolina University who were named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester. Amanda Lake of Somerset was honored for academic achievement by being named to the Dean’s List at Delaware Valley University for the Fall 2018 semester. …

​Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots announced today that right-handed pitcher Vince Molesky has been re-signed for the 2019 season. “It’s an understatement to say that I am excited to return to Somerset,” said Molesky. “I’ve been ready to return since the season ended last year; especially with the way it ended. I’m coming back hungry and ready to win a championship.”  …

Applications for admission to Central Jersey College Prep Charter School once again far outnumber the available open slots, a school official said. As of the end of January, the school has received about 1,300 applications, said Namik Sercan, the school’s chief educational officer. That’s as compared to the 1,600 it received by the end of last year’s application period, he …