Submitted by the Somerset County Park Commission. The Somerset County Park Commission’s award-winning Putting Course and the Paddle Boats on Powder Mill Pond at Colonial Park will open for the season on Saturday, May 5. The Colonial Park Putting Course offers the player gardens and natural landscaping rather than the amusements found at traditional miniature golf courses. Designed over a …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots will host their Sixth Annual Ballpark Comic Con at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday, May 12th presented by the Hugs For Brady Foundation. The event will begin at 4:30 pm and last throughout the double header games scheduled for 6:05 pm.   Ballpark Comic Con offers fans and comic books lovers a unique experience combining …

More than 700 cyclists helped to raise about $78,000 in the 29th annual Tour de Franklin on April 29. The tour is the largest fundraiser for the Franklin Food Bank. The tour offered a variety of routes, from 10 miles to 62 miles, all of which started and ended at Franklin High School. Lisa Frey, chairperson of the ride’s planning …

Arbor Day was celebrated on April 28 by the township’s Shade Tree Commission with the planting of the final tree in the Middlebush Park “re-greening” program. The commission, in conjunction with the township Department of Public Works and Parks Department has planted 325 trees over the last two years, said commission chairperson Sara Malone. The types of trees planted included …

Sierra Leonians gathered at Naaman Williams Park April 28 to celebrate the 57th anniversary of their nation’s independence. The day was marked with music, food and the ceremonial raising of the Sierre Leonian flag on one of the park’s flag poles. A proclamation commemorating Sierra Leone Day from the Township Council was read by Deputy Mayor Shanel Robinson. Other township …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots won both games of Sunday’s double header at TD Bank Ballpark to complete the Opening Weekend sweep of the Road Warriors. First Game: The Patriots took the first game 1-0 on a walk off fielder’s choice and error during Scott Kelly’s at bat in the bottom of the seventh inning. Somerset’s bats were held in …

More than 900 pounds of food and $600 in donations was gathered April 28 for the Franklin Food Bank at the two township Stop and Shop supermarkets. The donations were made as part of the chain’s second annual “Feeding Our Families” food drive. Stop and Shop stores are located in Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue and on Route 27 in …

The Elizabeth Avenue School PTO held its inaugural vendor fair April 28, and all indications were that it was a success. That was the word from the organizers of the event that was held at Franklin High School. Approximately 70 vendors selling everything from clothing to jewelry to crafts and toys filled tables in the school’s cafeteria. Money raised from …

Zarephath’s Pillar College held its annual family day festivities April 28. College officials used the occasion to celebrate the school’s table tennis team, which recently placed fourth in a national competition. The day featured the traditional softball game between faculty/staff and students/alumni, and also a dunking tank. The Franklin Reporter & Advocate was on the scene and live streamed some …

Six township residents were among 58 people throughout Somerset County arrested April 17-19 in a deadbeat parent sweep by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. The six, who were arrested on each of the three days of the sweep, owed a combined $110,678.16, about 10 percent of the total $1,075,285.97 owed by the parents arrested. One resident, Omar Taylor, 35, owed …