Cross country phenom Billy Hill and girls’ soccer star Kimberly Chavkin were named the Franklin High School fall “Athletes of the Year” at the Jan. 9 athletes award night. Members of all fall sports teams – football, boys’ and girls’ soccer, tennis, cheerleading, cross country and field hockey – gathered in the Frank Pepe Theatre to receive certificates letters and …

After the most recent attempt to decorate the street didn’t go exactly as planned, the Hamilton Street Advisory Board on Jan. 9 decided to start planning for this year early. The plan last year was for holiday lights to be strung across the street in the business district, in spots where there were opposing utility poles. The board had hoped …

Margaret (Peggy) A. Grimes, 89, passed away peacefully on  Jan. 8 at Regency Heritage Care Center. Peggy was born April 30, 1927 in Manhattan, New York to the late Walter and Frances (Harney) Green. She grew up in Manhattan and moved with her husband to central New Jersey in the late 1950s, where she last resided in Somerset. Peggy was …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots have announced that single game tickets for the 2017 season will go on sale on Tuesday, January 17th.   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 on-line at www.somersetpatriots.com.   2017 features the …

One of the founders of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Community Breakfast will be the keynote speaker for its 20th anniversary. Frank V. Pepe, a former township schools Superintendent and one of the three founders of the event, will headline the breakfast, slated to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 16 at the Doubletree Hotel, 200 Atrium Dr. The …

Mrs. Millie (Lagowski) Toth passed away peacefully Jan. 6 at St. Peter’s University Medical Center in New Brunswick at the age of 92. Mrs. Toth was born in Portage, Pa. and moved to the Somerset area as a teenager. She remained a resident of Franklin Township for the remainder of her life. She was long time parishioner of St. Joseph …

Mrs. Catherine Jean Rebbel passed away Jan. 7 at her home in Flemington. She was 84 years old. Born in Baltimore, Md. to Edward and Evelyn Rossiter, Jean graduated from Patterson Park High School. She’d lived in and around Somerset since 1967 before settling in Flemington in 2002. Over the years, her garrulous, personable nature aided her in her work …

Hundreds of students, parents, teachers and administrators gathered at Franklin High School Jan. 7 to basically celebrate the township school district. The morning-long program featured presentations on curriculum in the schools, a demonstration of high school robotics, a student art gallery and information sessions on initiatives being undertaken by the district, among other things. The biggest draw,however, was the “District …

                          Update:  Somerset County Crime Stoppers has increased to $1,000 the reward for information leading to the arrest of the Lewises. Original Story: A township father and son – one considered armed and dangerous – are wanted by police in connection with the Jan. 4 shooting of a …

Dec. 27 Mohammad Emad of Somerset was cited for driving an unregistered vehicle after he was involved in a collision at Easton Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard. Emad said he was traveling through the intersection when his car collided with one driven by Carol Parker of Somerset. Parker said she had the green light. Jeffrey Wells of Plainsboro was …