8/10 Sometime in the overnight hours an unknown actor entered an unlocked vehicle on Runyon Ave and took an iPod valued at $125. Sometime in the overnight hours an unknown actor entered an unlocked vehicle on Pine Grove Avenue and took a cell phone charger valued at $20. Following a motor vehicle stop on Ray Street and Matilda, Patrice Athanazie, …

John Dziamara, 70, of Annandale, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday in Bethlehem, Pa. John was born in Rudesheim, Germany and lived in Canada, Rockville, Md. and Charlotte, NC. prior to moving to Annandale in 1996. He retired from Hitachi Data Systems in New York City, but continued working as a Consultant for Tech Service Professionals. He served our country faithfully …

Bridgewater, NJ –Somerset Patriots (22-18, 60-50) defeated the York Revolution (21-18, 61-48) 13-2 on Wednesday evening at TD Bank Ballpark.   Starting pitcher Nik Turley (3-0) scattered just three hits and struck out ten batters over six innings pitched for the win. The ten strikeouts ties a team season high.   “I felt like my breaking balls were working. I …

A township church is helping a Zarephath-based radio station to create a temporary Sept. 11 memorial. Somerset Presbyterian Church, 100 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, is serving as a collection point for Star 99.1’s “Empty Shoe Memorial.” The station is collecting 2,996 pairs of shoes, one for every person who was killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as a …

Submitted by Cheryl Zanone. Emily Amon, a 4th Grade Teacher at the Franklin Park Elementary School, was among 22 educators selected by the New Jersey Science Teachers Association to attend a week-long professional development workshop held at Rowan University in Glamssboro. The workshop was entitled, “Preparing Elementary Teachers to Implement the Next Generation Science Standards.” The NGSS and the New Jersey Model …

A 34-year-old Somerset man was one of eight people in the state indicted Aug. 16 and charged with running a “pill mill” that distributed “tens of thousands” of high-dose pills of oxycodone. Donn Rush was indicted with six other people from Somerset, Middlesex and Burlington counties and a Warren-based doctor in what the state Attorney general’s Office has dubbed “Operation Busted Script.” …

Bridgewater, NJ – David Vidal’s eighth inning grand slam (21) led the Somerset Patriots (21-18, 59-50) to a 6-4 win over the York Revolution (21-17, 61-47) on Tuesday afternoon at TD Bank Ballpark.   Vidal’s grand slam came with the team trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning. His 21st home run leads the Atlantic League this season …

A township company’s plan to create a 9-acre solar farm has gained an unlikely opponent – the township Environmental Commission. The commission is opposed to the plan because the company, Rotor Clip, wants to clear more than 17 acres of trees to install the farm, and members say that’s not a good trade-off. “The trade-off does not benefit the environment,” commission member …

Elaine “Betty” Milder, 92, died August 14 at her home in Somerset. Mrs. Milder was born August 20, 1923 in Bloomfield, the daughter of Charles and Helen (Angell) Rugg. She was a lifelong resident of Somerset. Betty was an avid bowler and loved spending time with her family. Elaine was preceded in death by her parents; her loving spouse, Philip …

By State Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-17). As the representative in the New Jersey General Assembly in the 17th Legislative District, I want to extend my utmost congratulations to KiJana Haney, Darshini Shah, Jeremy Delly Hanson, Jo Ann M. Chatelain, Parth Patel, and Melanie Cella, for going above and beyond at their respective universities over the last academic year. KiJana Haney …