A 31-year-old Staten Island man faces multiple charges after he was arrested May 10 when he thought he was meeting a 13-year-old girl at a township coffee shop for a rendezvous that would lead to sex. Thomas McKernan was arrested at about 11:35 a.m. at the unnamed Cedar Grove Lane shop, following a month-long investigation that involved explicit online chats …

Submitted by the Franklin Township Task Force on Compressor Station 206 and NESE. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) wrote: “The use, enjoyment, and existence of uncontaminated natural resources is a right common to the general public”  in their March 27, 2019 lawsuit against E.I. DuPont DeNemours & Co. in the Parlin section of Old Bridge, found at …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced that left-handed pitcher David Holmberg has been signed for the 2019 season. Holmberg enters his first season with Somerset and first in the Atlantic League as well. The 27-year-old spent his 2018 season pitching in the Colorado Rockies organization, throwing in 22 games and striking out 65 batters across 107.0 innings.

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (11-3) shut out the Lancaster Barnstormers (5-10) 2-0 before 6,801 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening. All the scoring took place in the bottom of the third inning when the Patriots claimed a 2-0 lead on an RBI single by Will Kengor and a sacrifice fly by Edwin Espinal.

Submitted by Pam Attanasio. Most people are familiar with the Franklin High School Color Guard, part of the award-winning Franklin High School Warrior Marching Band, that performs at football games and competitions in the fall. You are probably not familiar, though, with the Franklin High School Winter Guard, an indoor color guard that performs to pre-recorded music.

Thomas Vanderbeek, a University of Richmond received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship grant. He will assist in teaching English in a German school in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. Vanderbeek will graduate in May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and German Studies. During his time at UR, he studied abroad in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. “This opportunity will …

Submitted by the Franklin Township Task Force on Compressor Station 206 & NESE. Though FERC’s definition of “need” for the NESE Project is only based on economics, under the National Gas Act, and since National Grid has subscribed to purchase all the gas that this Project would deliver, it is not unexpected that FERC issued their Certificate of Public Convenience …

Tim Pino 779 Star View Way Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Retired Chief/ K-9 Unit Commander of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Candidate for Somerset County Sheriff.

Robert Quinn, 43, father of two, Franklin Township resident, Republican Candidate for Somerset County Freeholder http://www.quinnforfreeholder.com

Submitted by Unity Bank. CLINTON – Unity Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: UNTY), the parent company of Unity Bank, was the top-ranked New Jersey community bank on the recently published American Banker magazine list of the Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks. Unity was ranked 13th nationally on the respected industry list, which reviewed 601 institutions throughout the U.S.