The front of township police headquarters was once again the starting point for several hundred law enforcement officers who set off on the 2018 Police Unity Tour early in the morning of May 10. The tour is a bike ride from various starting points across the country with the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. as its goal.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (10-3) defeated the Road Warriors (4-9) 6-2 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening. The Road Warriors took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a double play. Somerset answered immediately, tying the game on a sacrifice fly by Endy Chavez and taking the lead on an RBI single by Alex …

Mr. Miguel Santiago passed away on Thursday May 10, 2018. He was 85 years old. Mr. Santiago was born in Puerto Rico but lived in Brooklyn and Queens before moving to Somerset. He was employed for many years by Admiral Plastics Corporation as a Mechanic. He was pre-deceased by his wife Magdalena Santiago in 2017. He was also pre-deceased by …

A Facebook fundraising page has been established by the mother of the Franklin High School student who died during gym class May 8. Tracey Warren, a Westchester, NY resident, created the page on May 9.

Construction of the performance gazebo in the Municipal Complex on Demott Lane is underway, even as its organizing committee is still seeking donations. The 38-foot-wide gazebo will be built near the township library and is seen as a place for the presentation of various forms of entertainment, including music, plays, and dramatic readings.

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.

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.

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 …