Food, shopping and kids’ activities will highlight the inaugural Food Truck Festival sponsored by the Franklin Township High School Project Graduation, set for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 9 at the high school, 500 Elizabeth Ave. Between 12 and 15 food trucks with a mix of different foods and desserts are expected, as are numerous vendors with wares to …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots will host special nights to recognize the Somerset, Union, Middlesex, and Hunterdon County schools’ Teachers of the Year. The Patriots have invited Teachers of the Year from each school in the counties to attend a Teacher Appreciation Night at TD Bank Ballpark. The Patriots will recognize the teachers on the field in a pre-game …

Mr. Thomas Egan passed away on May 12 at the Regency Heritage Care Center in Somerset. He was 84 years old. Tom was born in Newark but grew up in Bloomfield. He was a graduate of Bloomfield High School and Newark College of Engineering (now NJIT). He served our country faithfully in the United States Army as a Military Police …

Submitted by Somerset County Park Commission. BRIDGEWATER – The Somerset County Park Commission has scheduled another summer of enjoyable performances in Duke Island Park on Old York Road here on Sunday evenings. All concerts are free and lovers of all types of music are invited to bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets to enjoy relaxed Sunday evenings highlighted by live …

Some budding baseball players in the Philippines will receive equipment soon, thanks to the efforts of the township’s newest Eagle Scout. Brian Toczek, a member of Boy Scout Troop 113, conducted the baseball equipment drive as his Eagle Scout project last spring. Toczek said he collected about $10,000 worth of bats, helmets, batting gloves, balls, cleats and protective gear.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Lancaster Barnstormers (10-5) defeated the Somerset Patriots (10-5) 2-1 at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday night. The Patriots went up 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning on an RBI single by Craig Massey.

NORTH BRUNSWICK – The Franklin High School freshman who died suddenly during a gym class was remembered by his friends and family May 11 in an impromptu gathering at Sabella Park. Dylan Burrell, 14, collapsed May 8 on the FHS athletic field and died several hours later in a New Brunswick hospital.

A 40-year-old township man was sentenced on May 11 to more than 17 years in state prison after his convictions on seven counts of sexual crimes. Thomas Canales was sentenced by state Superior Court Judge Colleen Flynn, sitting in New Brunswick, to 17 1/2 years in state prison. He will have to serve 85 percent of 16 years of that …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Lancaster Barnstormers (9-5) defeated the Somerset Patriots (10-4) 11-1 before 6,832 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening. The Barnstormers took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Joey Terdoslavich and an RBI single by Trayvon Robinson.

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in locating the suspect in a May 8 stabbing in the Hempstead Drive area. Township police received a 9-1-1 call at about 9:57 p.m. of shots fired in the area, according to a press release from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.