Bridgewater, NJ – The New Britain Bees (22-28, 58-62) defeated the Somerset Patriots (26-24, 64-56) 11-9 on Sunday evening at TD Bank Ballpark.   The Bees rallied from a 9-6 deficit in the top of the ninth inning to score five runs on closer Jon Hunton. Cole Garner hit an RBI single, Michael Crouse drove in a run on a …

Bridgewater, NJ – The New Britain Bees (21-28, 57-62) defeated the Somerset Patriots (26-23, 64-55) 4-3 in ten innings on Saturday evening at TD Bank Ballpark.   New Britain broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the tenth inning on an RBI triple by Michael Crouse that would lead to the final score.   “They made some plays when …

It may have been the “Week of the People” celebration, but there was clearly only one man of the hour at Naaman Williams Park on Aug. 27. That man was Waltin “Turk” Young, a mentor and coach to scores of township residents. An honorary renaming of Matilda Avenue to Waltin “Turk” Young Avenue kicked off the day, which featured food, entertainment …

Gladys Mancuso, formerly of Monroe Township, died Aug. 26 at the Regency in Somerset. She was 86 years old and was born in Brooklyn, NY to Joseph and Antoinette Merolle. She was a loving Mom to her daughter Linda and her husband Earl Walker Jr., her daughter Laurie and her husband John Filiberti, and her son Mark. She was a …

Seniors at the Quail Brook Senior Center “got their Western on” Aug. 26 at the center’s 4th annual Hee Haw Hoedown. The day featured jumping chickens, a variety of dancing, rope tricks, horsehoe tossing, and eating, said Allyson Toth, the center’s manager. “We ate cactus made out of cucumber and pickle,” she said. “And we’ll be having grilled hot dogs.” …

It’s no wonder why Arnold Garcia is always smiling. The township-based builder was still two weeks away from getting a Certificate of Occupancy for his new apartment-retail building on Hamilton Street, and he already had all seven apartments rented out. Plus, the two retail spaces on the first floor are just about spoken for, with a day care center planning …

Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots (26-22, 64-54) defeated the New Britain Bees (20-28, 56-62) 7-6 on Friday evening at TD Bank Ballpark.   The Patriots jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. The first run came home on a balk by Bees starting pitcher Daniel Sattler. Aharon Eggleston then drove in two runs …

All charter school students would be banned from district-sponsored co-curricular and athletic activities starting in the 2017-18 school year under a policy revision introduced by the Board of Education at its Aug. 25 meeting. If enacted, the policy revision would allow charter school students who have participated in those activities in prior years to do so again during the 2016-17 …

Shashi Mittal is clearly excited as he takes visitors through his newly opened supermarket. “All of our products come from different parts of the world,” he says. “Very high quality, a lot of healthy options.” Mittal and three partners have opened Star Bazaar in the Easton Franklin Shopping Center at Cedar Grove Lane and Easton Avenue. The store takes up …

The Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders is sponsoring a 2016 photo contest to showcase the beauty and attributes of this area. Residents and county staff are invited to submit entries between Sept. 1 and Sept. 30. “We want to feature images on our website that depict Somerset County as a great place to live, work and play,” said Freeholder …