The final tallies of the Nov. 8 write-in votes were released this week, and they show that 543 write-in votes were cast, with the bulk of them going to the two late-starting Board of Education candidates. Andre Fryson and Kunal Lakhia announced their candidacies for the school board on Facebook, after well after the filing deadline had passed.

Mary Sutch passed away peacefully on Dec. 4, 2016. She was 96. Loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was predeceased by her husband, George and son, George Michael. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Ann Stumpf and her husband Robert, Granddaughters, Denise Latanzio and husband Alan, Kimberly Sutch and Brooklyn; her grandson, George M Sutch; her 2 Great …

Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have announced that Marc Schwartz has been named the radio broadcaster for the 2017 season.  

The township’s Dutch heritage was celebrated Dec. 4 with the annual holiday observance at the Hageman House and barn on South Middlebush Road.

Ricardo Benson apparently doesn’t believe in wasting time. Even before the Lakewood resident opened his store – Custom Tees And More – on Hamilton Street, he was already working to give back to his adopted community.

  The holidays are popping up all over the township.

  What started as an idea more than seven years ago came to fruition Dec. 2, with the groundbreaking for the Claremont Road Elementary School.

  The 2016 holiday season was formally kicked off Dec. 2 with the annual township tree lighting at the municipal complex on DeMott Lane.

  Organizers of the inaugural “Designer Bag Bingo” held at Franklin High School Dec. 2 by the Sisters Network of Central New Jersey proclaimed the event a success.

  Township officials were among the invited guests to what turned out to be a “wall-breaking” Dec. 2 at Akorn Pharmaceuticals.