A Bound Brook man faces several weapons-related charges after he was allegedly found with a 45-caliber handgun and hollow-nose bullets. Isaiah Wilson, 25, was arrested at about 4:30 p.m. May 23 after he was stopped by members of the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force and the Franklin Police Department in the area of Martin Street …

Mr. Frank Gerace passed May 24 at his home in Somerset, from the complications of a stroke. He was 95 years old. Mr. Gerace was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and lived there until he moved to Somerset in 1965. As a young man in the Italian section of Buffalo, he whiled away many days reading a wide variety of books, …

Charles Thomas passed away May 23 at Somerset Woods in Somerset. He was 84 years old. Mr. Thomas was born in Suffolk, Virginia and had resided in Somerset for over 60 years. He retired from Local 156 in New Brunswick as a Carpenter. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset where he served …

A new 5-year contract for the schools Superintendent was approved May 25 by the Board of Education. The $196,584 contract ups schools Superintendent John Ravally’s salary by nearly $20,000, and comes just two years into his original 5-year term.

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced the re-signing of first baseman Kyle Roller.  

Franklin Township had the second-largest numeric population increase in Somerset County from 2015 to 2016, data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows. According to the new population estimates, released May 25, Franklin’s population in 2016 stood at an estimated 66,311, up from 2015’s 66,028.

Musical instruments valued at $17,000 were stolen from a Berger Street home. Police said the owner reported the equipment was stolen sometime between May 15 and May 17.

May 16 Yi Shu of Connecticut was cited for careless driving after the car she was driving rear-ended one on Franklin Boulevard driven by Hetal Patel of Pennsylvania. Patel told police that she had slowed for a cat running across the road when her car was hit. Tara Kanetkar of Somerset was cited for careless driving after she did not …

BRANCHBURG – How do you get more than 500 middle schoolers to sit still and pay attention for an hour? You bring in the Franklin Middle School dancers to perform for them.

By Vidhu Goyal, Somerset. You recently published this article and it only shows one person’s view, not any views of the residents living on Julie and Deborah Drives. We have been subjected to rash drivers zooming through our complex for over 10 years as they try to avoid the speed bumps of Somerset Mews.