Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (9-3) defeated the Road Warriors (4-8) 7-6 in the second game of a day-night double header at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening. The Road Warriors took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning on two errors. Somerset cut the lead in half with a run in the bottom of the frame …

Haig H. Sergenian, 88, died peacefully on Saturday, April 21, 2018 in Montgomery, NJ. He was born in Chicago in 1929, the son of Harold H. and Ella (Hill) Sergenian, and later lived in Saratoga, NY and Yonkers, NY. Haig graduated from Michigan State University in 1951 and served in the US Army 1951-1953. He married the love of his …

A Franklin Township Police Officer is among four recipients of the 2018 200 Club of Somerset County Valor Awards. Cpl. Keith Hermann will be honored for his actions in stopping a burglary in his own Manville home, according to a press release about the event. Hermann in November 2017 received the New Jersey PBA’s Valor Award for the same incident. …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (8-3) defeated the Road Warriors (4-7) 4-3 in the first game of a day-night double header at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday afternoon. With the game tied in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Patriots scored three runs on consecutive two-out singles by Yovan Gonzalez, Craig Massey, and Scott Kelly to make the score …

The estimate for completion of the winter storm debris cleanup project undertaken by the township is now May 9 for residential areas, and the week of May 14 for remaining major roads. That’s because township public works crews must temporarily stop the limb pickup work they’ve been doing for more than a month and mow lawns at township parks and …

A 14-year-old Franklin High School student died May 8 after he collapsed during a gym class at the school. The student, who was not identified, was stricken on the high school’s athletic field at about 9:10 a.m., said district spokeswoman Mary Clark. Officials called 9-1-1 “and the physical education staff of the high school immediately began CPR,” Clark said in …

Residents along Route 27 in Little Rocky Hill should finally be able to take a proper shower by the end of the summer. And, more importantly, fire hydrants in that area will work. That’s because the Township Council at its May 8 meeting awarded a $5.6 million contract to Basking Ridge-based Dewcon, Inc. to re-line a stretch of water main …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Road Warriors (4-6) shut out the Somerset Patriots (7-3) 3-0 at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday evening. The Road Warriors took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI double by Edwin Gomez and an RBI single by Jorge Fernandez-Diaz. Melvin Rodriguez’s solo home run (1) in the top of the …

By PJ Parker. For more than 40 years, the first Saturday in May has marked the annual spring flea market at Somerset Presbyterian Church, on John F. Kennedy Boulevard. According to Barbara Nicol, chairperson of the event, “over 70 vendors from Franklin Township as well as surrounding communities and as far as New York and Pennsylvania set up their tables, …

The Rutgers Plaza Kmart is the apparent latest victim in Sears Holdings’ trimming-down effort with the confirmation May 7 that the store will close in late July. Rumors about the store’s closing have been flying around the township for the past week or so. The township Kmart has not appeared in any of the several lists released since last year …