The Township Council picked a Deputy Mayor for 2019 at its Jan. 7 reorganization meeting, but did not choose to fill the seat vacated by the person who held the position last year. The Council also filled a number of positions on the various township boards and commissions, named a municipal court judge, prosecutors and public defenders, and the other …

​Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots and manager Brett Jodie have announced the coaching staff for the 2019 season. Glen Barker will return as the team’s Third Base/ Hitting coach while Jon Hunton will also return as the team’s Pitching Coach/ Director of Baseball Operations. Fox Beyer will continue to work as a volunteer Assistant Coach. “Around the turn of the new …

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Two Bound Brook men were charged recently with attempted murder in connection with a September drive-by shooting on Franklin Boulevard. Dyshawn O. Williams, 23 and Sekuann D. Copeland, 22, both of Talmadge Avenue in Bound Brook, were charged with 1st Degree Attempted Murder and 2nd Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose following their arrests on Jan. 3 …

SOMERVILLE – Two township residents were part of history at the Jan. 4 Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders meeting. Former township Deputy Mayor Shanel Robinson took the oath of office for her first Freeholder term, and former township Mayor and current Freeholder Brian Levine was elected as the Freeholder Director for 2019.

William (Bill) A Csehi Sr. of Somerset died January 2 at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was 94 years old. Born in New Brunswick, Bill resided in Somerset for the past 62 years. Enlisting at age 17 in the United States Marine Corps, Bill proudly served his country as a PFC, Artillery, 4th Marine Division during World War …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced that single game tickets for the 2019 season will go on sale on Monday, January 14th. Tickets will be on sale beginning at 10:00 am in person at the ticket office located at TD Bank Ballpark, over the phone by calling (908) 252-0700, or online at www.somersetpatriots.com.

The January 7 Township Council reorganization meeting is the perfect time for the governing body to follow-up its censure of Councilman Rajiv Prasad by adding some teeth to the measure. Prasad was censured by his fellow Democrats at the December 2018 meeting for the ethical lapses that have been well-documented in these pages.

An incumbent and two returning Board of Education members were sworn in Jan. 3 at the board’s annual reorganization meeting. Also at the meeting, Nancy LaCorte was re-elected by board members as their president, and Ardaman Singh won re-election as board vice-president.

By PJ Parker. Franklin’s Native Son Kevin Apuzzio was only 21 years old when he lost his life, trapped in a basement during a structural fire.