One of two brothers who admitted to the 2013 murder in the township of an aspiring rap artist was recently denied parole. Antwan Cromedy, 32, was denied parole as of Jan. 3, according to a notification from the state Division of Criminal Justice.

James J. McNamara passed away peacefully Jan. 4 at his home in Somerset surrounded by his loving family. He was 88 years of age. Mr. McNamara was born in Brooklyn and raised his family there. After he was widowed, he moved to the Somerset area, to be close to his family. He fought with the 84th Combat Engineer Battalion, US …

Mrs. Norma Yurcisin passed away January 3 at the University Medical Center of Princeton in Plainsboro, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Columbus, NJ to Florence and Floyd Conner, Norma had been a Somerset resident for the past 66 years. She was a graduate from Pemberton High School. She helped with the family business for many years in bookkeeping …

Township Clerk Ann Marie McCarthy remains free on no bail following her arrest in mid-December on insurance fraud and theft by deception charges. McCarthy, 52, faces between three and five years in prison for each of the two charges for which she was arrested: 3rd Degree Insurance Fraud and 3rd Degree Theft by Deception.

A 40-year-old township resident faces more than 30 years in jail following his Jan. 2 conviction on sex crime charges. Thomas Canales was found guilty of seven criminal counts, including three counts of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault, three counts of 3rd Degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and one count of 4th Degree sexual contact, according to a press …

Julius G. Rodek, 86, died Dec. 31 at Centra State Medical in Freehold. Mr. Rodek was born June 12, 1931 in Lackawanna, New York to the late Joseph and Caroline (Bolla) Rodek. He was a lifelong resident of Somerset. Julius served in the Army during Korean Conflict from 1952 to 1954 having attained the rank of CPL. He was a …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced that single game tickets for the 2018 season will go on sale on Tuesday, January 16th. 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.

Two local business owners are pitching in to help end hunger among children, one cup of soup at a time. Charmayne and Clinton Fleming, the owners of the Zoup! Fresh Soup Company franchise in the Cedar Grove Center on Cedar Grove Lane, are participating in the company wide fundraising effort for No Kid Hungry, an organization formed to combat child …

Winners of the November 2018 Township Council election were sworn in Jan. 1 at the annual reorganization meeting. Newest council member William Galtieri (D-Ward 2) was sworn in, as were returning council members Ted Chase (D-Ward 1), Charles Onyejiaka (D-Ward 3), Carl R.A. Wright (D-Ward 4) and James Vassanella (D-Ward 5).

A Somerville-based organization will begin programs for township at-risk youth later in the month, Middle Earth will provide the programs for students in Franklin Middle School and Franklin High School in rented space at 935 Hamilton St., beginning on Jan. 19, said Middle Earth’s Ike Onyejiaka.